The New York Herald Newspaper, May 9, 1875, Page 8

NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, MAY 9, 1875—QUADRUPLE SHEET. The Wreck of the Schiller. The tremendous physical powers of the earth, in comparison with which all the inge- nuity and daring of man are futile and una- vailing, have no expression greater than in the sea, The ocean at once divides and unites mankind. ‘There are no more Pyrenees,"’ said Louis XIV., when he dreamed that France had conquered Spain; yet, although the mountains may be laid Jevel with the plains and nations cease to be divided by their inaccessible peaks, the ocean still remains the unconquerable, the untamed element upon which the flag of no nation can be planted. In ancient days the sea was a terror, but modern commerce has made it an ordinary path. It is a convenience rather than an obstacle, but sometimes it takes ter- rible revenges. The words of Lord Byron are recalled when wo read of such catastrophes as that which is recorded this — u LONDON OFFICE OF THE NEW YORK | thou tint sou Majetin, nuonitons HERALD—NO. 46 FLEET STREET. merciless was the ocean then, when man had PARIS OFFICE—NO. 3 RUE SCRIBE. | no existence in the world, as now when Subscriptions and advertisements will be ~ aa engulf in one hour hundreds of x ppy lives. aaenren und forwarded on the same terms ENA The 08 Ghia & z iller, as in New York. fully chronicled in our columns, is one more proof of the utter helplessness of man when brought into conflict with the fearful forces of nature. The sea, which bad again and again borne this fated bark in safety to her port, unexpectedly became her grave. We may calculate as well as we can the causes of this disaster, but we must not leave out of the problem the illimitable forces of nature. The sea rises in rebellion against man and avenges her apparent subjugation by insurrections against which human struggle is useless, Ships sail from peaceful ports and are never heard from again; a thousand fathoms low they founder. Armadas are sunk in the unsounded depths, and still the gray and melancholy waste, old ocean’s un- monumented graveyard, hides in its profound abysses innumerable victims. It breaks upon the beach with delight, but its music has an undertone of grief—a dirge older than the race of man. No more terrible conquest of the ocean is recorded since the Atlantic was wrecked off the coast of Newfoundland than that of the Schiller, a noble steamship, which sailed from this port not two weeks ago. The Schiller left New York for Hamburg April 28, intend- ing to stop at Plymouth and Cherbourg, but NEW YORK HEKALD BROADWAY AND ANN STREET. JAMES GORDON BENNETT, PROPRIETOR, NOTICE TO SUBSCRIBERS.—On ond after January 1, 1875, the daily and weekly editions of the New Youx Henarp will be tent free of postage. —$—— All business or news letters and telegraphic despatches must be addressed New Youk eravp. Rejected communications will not be re- turned. Letters and packages should be properly sealed. VOLUME XL---eccorccoreosccesserececceseoeeNQ, 129 AMUSEMENTS TO-MORROW. ‘ BOWERY OPERA HOUSE, stag Bowery.—VARIETY, at 8 P. M.; closes at 10:45 WoOp's MUSEUM, Broadway, corner of Thirtieth street. —MAZEPPA, at 8 P.M.; closesat 10:45 P.M. Matinee at? P. M. THEATRE COMIQUE, Foe Broadway.—VARIELY, at 3 P. M.; closes at 10:45 METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, West Fourteenth street—Open from 104. M. wo 5 P. M. OLYMPIC THEATRE, Pe ad Broadway.—VARIETY, at 5 P. M.; closes at 10:45 FIFTH AVENUE THEATRE street and Broadway —THY, BIG BO- Mr. Fisher, Mr. wear ee NANZA, at 8 P. M.; closes at 10:30 P. Lewus, Miss Davenport, Mrs Gilbert. BROOKLYN PARK THEATRE, Fulton avenue.—VARIETY, at $ F. M.; closes at 10:45 METROPOLITAN THEATRE, ‘No. 585 Broadway.—FEMALE BATHERS, at 8 P.M, ROBINSON HALI, ‘Woat © ixteenth street.—VARIETY, at 8 P. M. BOOTH’S THEATRF, corner of Twenty-third street and’ Sixth avenne.— EVADNE, at 8 PF. M.; closes at P.M. Miss Clara dorris, Boarteanth dase cant ee arenes bk FUGTR PAR” P FUMEUSE, at8P.M. Mlle. Aimee. was wrecked upon the Scilly Islands, south- MIASTRELSY, at P. M.; closes at 10 P.M. This ship bore from New York more than three hundred lives, all of whom had reasonable hope of a safe and speedy passage. Ocean travel has become in the opinion of the public as safe as travel upon land. Steamers are continually crossing the Atlantic, and no traveller fears them more than we fear the street cars of the city. To go to Europe, or BROOKLYN THEATRE, THE TWO ORPHANS, at 8 P. M. WALLACK’S THEATRE, Broadway.—ROAD To RUIN. ats P. M.; closes at 10:40 P.M. Mr. Montague, Miss Jeffreys-Lewis. QUADRUPLE SHEET. _ return thence, is now a _ pleasure NEW YORK, SUNDAY. MAY 9, 187%. tip, ded with danger or ex- citement, with possibly a distant ice- From our reports this morning the probabilities are that the weather to-day will be warmer and clear. Watt Srreer Yesterpax.—The stock mar- ket was irregular. Gold advanced to 115}. Foreign exchange was firm. Money was easy en call loans at 2 and 3 per cent. berg or a storm to make the passage enter- taining. But the sea will not be disappointed of her prey. She exacts her penalty; she is inexorable in demanding her toll, and it has been fearfully paid by over two hundred passengers upon the Schiller, which now, with her cargo of dead, lies fathoms deep off the Saventr Ixpiaxs = been captured by pop smie of a eck are not fully ex- paras sepery™ Logs be omg perc oe plained, yet are not difficult to understand. are Lone Wolf and other chisti, Gatingnished The ppynd was cepa camtery ee in for their many murders and cruel deeds. Kick- the ereltel ea pe An nay Pree ing Bird, who betrayed his comrades, was acca Ot quane a poses disposed of with poison by a fair but treacher- | 4, Glasgow shipbuilders who had launched apn gS a. em aa her on the Clyde. Her passage from New Tae Ecursz or rae Sux.—By a special York was evidently smooth and safe, telegram report from Egypt, through London, | until the ninth day of the voyage, when she we are informed that the scientists who went | struck upon the Retarriere ledges, near out to observe the eclipse of the sun were | Bishop's Rock, off the southern point of the vastly disappointed. Heavy clouds obscured | Scilly Islands. A heavy fog prevailed at the the great Inminary ten minutes before the oc- | time. If the reader will glance at the map he currence of the phenomenon, and thus ren- will see that the Scilly Islands form a dered the work of the expeditionists almost | natural obstacle to Plymouth Sound; and, fruitless. indeed, they have been heaped high Tae Case oy roe Mutmreens, who com- Se eg 7 sialon = vi mitted the murders on board of the American at of modern navigation. Thay asaas re schooner Jefferson Borden, was heard in one | invite shipwreck and to stretch a rocky, of the police courts of London yesterday. | threatening arm between the hospitable Captain Patterson gave testimony. The | shores of England and the adventurous West. magistrate decided that the wounded sailors Cooper, in one of his admirable sea novels, has shall be detained until they are able to come | described a narrow escape of an American into court and tell their story and hear the ship from ruin upon the Scilly Islands, evidence against them. It is thought thatan | the rocks upon one hand and an English | application will be made to the British gov- | cruiser upon the other. Modern science has ernment for the extradition of the men to | gone its utmost to reduce the dangers which America. =n the Scilly Islands present to the navigator by | Tux Brsseaen Sreawen on Trrat.—A spe- | Placing lighthouses upon the dangerous cial Henatp telegram by cable from London | Teefs. But in this case the lights were reports that a trial trip of the Bessemer shrouded in fog. In darkness the Schil- steamer was made yesterday. A very numer- | ler, ‘‘that fated bark, built in the | ous company, including many distinguished | ¢clipse and rigged with curses dark,’’ personages, was on board. The swinging rushed upon that unmerciful barrier. Wo saloon, the great mechanical attraction | know but little of the terrible scene that fol- which, it is hoped, will prevent seasickness, | lowed. The Schiller lies broadside on the was not worked; but we are not informed of | rocks, under water, her mainmast gone, and the cause of the omission. When about to enter | Probably a complete and hopeless wreck. The Calais harbor the steamer refused to obey her | 8° Was rough, preventing boats on shore | helm and dashed furiously on the woodwork of | from going to her relief, and of the three hun- the pier, damaging the pier considerably and | dred and seventy persons on board the ship | herself slightly. The passengers who were | Jess than fifty are known to have been saved. | on board journeyed to Paris, whence they | There is a world of tragedies embodied in | will return to England. these cold and barren facte. | The responsibility of this awful shipwreck | An Expranation mm Onpzr.—In the Comp- | seems to rest with the officers of the ship. troller’s quarterly report of claims against the | There was no stormy, which might have placed county, audited and paid in 1872, are the fol- | the steamer at the mercy of the waves; there | lowing: —Warrant No. 5,789, in favor of | was simply a fog and the darkness of night. Thomas J. Creamer, for salary as Commis- | Conceding that none ot the lights could have | sioner of Taxes snd Assessments for the | been seen, the fog bell at Bishop’s Rock | We cannot yet tell whether the captain of the Schiller did all that was possible to avert this calamity. He is its victim, and it is but just to judge him charitably till the whole truth is known. But the startling fact remains that in tran- quil weather, off the well known coast of England—its quiet harbors not better known than its dangers—an American steamship was wrecked, with hundreds of passengers on board. These passengers had trusted them- selves to the skill of the officers and the good faith ot the steamship company. They are victims of a terrible blunder. There were on board of the Schiller the citizens of New York, Philadelphia and other cities, who sought pleasure or business advantages in Europe. Some of them were returning to their old homes to see their friends, others were for the first time seeking the delights and marvels of European capitals, Hundreds of them were suddenly engulfed in the devouring waves, with hardly @ moment’s warning of their fate. It cannot be that an event so terrible and apparently so unnecessary shall be overlooked as a mere accident of nature. Neither storm nor fire which is 4 DOF collision with other vessels caused the destruction of the unfortunate Schiller. She was lost upon a coast well known to ex- perienced sailors; upon no new rock, but upen ancient reefs of immemorial danger, and somebody must be held to an awful re~ sponsibility. Ocean travel can never be safe if such accidents, as they are wrongly called, are tolerated. We trust that the in- vestigation will be swift and thorough, and that the guilty persons will be fully punished if they bave not already met the penalty of their own neglect. The sea is merciless to the guilty and the innocent alike, and therein is the more reason why man should be just. The Ethan Allen Celebration. The letter we print this morning completes the historical résumé of the events which oc- curred at Fort Ticonderoga a hundred years ago, now of so much interest on account of the celebration of the Ethan Allen Centennial, which takes place to-morrow. Twenty years before the beginning of the American Revolu- tion the French and English were contending for dominion all along what is now our northern frontier, from Quebec to old Fort Du Quesne. In 1755 General Braddock met his famous defeat in the meadows of the Youghiogheny, and three years later Aber- crombie courted a fate not less terrible on that historic spot to which Allen owes much of his fame. It was at the cost of much blood that the English were able to capture Fort Ticonderoga, and then it was only to hold the work for a few years before it fell into the hands of the Americans as the first fruits of Lexington and Concord. Fol- lowing that great success of the hand- fal of Green Mountain boys whom Allen, guided by the brave and patriotic lad who led the small force into the fort just one hundred years ago, commanded on that event- ful morning, was the battle of Bunker Hill and the subsequent evacuation of Boston and occupation of New York. Those were gloomy days for the struggling patriote, and if the projected expedition of Burgoyne was success- ful all the glories of Lexington, all the prowess of Allen and all the blood shed on the heights of Charlestown had been in vain. The whole country seemed at the mercy of the British commander, and his military genius was as overpowering as his military advantages. Few soldiers could have planted their guns on the heights of Mount Defiance as Bur- goyne planted his while on the way to disaster and disgrace at Saratoga, and no one, save Allen, could have- clambered up those steep declivities and cap- tuned them. The second achievement of the bold pioneer, whose name is asaociated for- ever with the picturesque region where thou- sands will assemble to-morrow to com- memorate his valor, was scarcely less hazard- ous or glorious than the first. This adventurous spirit was no mere soldier of fortune; for though the Captain Dalgettys whose swords are for sale to whoever will bid the highest price for them have proved them- selves brave soldiers on many a hotly con- tested field, they were not men to undertake feats like his, so full of danger and so uncer- tain of reward. It was unselfish patriotism as well as unexampled courage which dis- tinguished Ethan Allen, and his own account of the capture of Ticonderoga, which we re- print to-day, shows that the man and his acts are alike worthy to be commemorated at the scene of his exploits on the centennial of his great achievement. The International Rifle Match. Considerable anxiety exists in the public mind on the score of the Team selected to represent America in the coming interna- tional contest at Dublin. There is a feeling that had greater efforts been made valuable reinforcements could have been obtained from the South and West, where the true American rifleman is indige- nous to the soil. It was among the class of men accustomed to handle the rifle from their youth that the public ex- pected to see the champions of American marksmanship chiefly recruited, and the ab- sence of men of this stamp from the Team gives cause for apprehension which we hope the issue may prove to be groundless, It is not, however, reassuring to find that the Team which goes across the water to support the honor of America should be almost iden- tical with the one that contested with the Irish Team last year at Creedmoor. Even then, when the Irish riflemen shot with month of August, 1872, $833 33; warrant | should have been heard. The ledge of Retar- No. 2,870, in favor of Roswell H. Jerome, for | riere, upon which the Schiller struck, salary as recognizance clerk in the District | is said to be barely o third of a Attorney’s office for January, 1872, $208 33; | mile inside of Bishop's Rock, and) warrant No. 6,750, im favor of Charles our telegrams assign no reason why the McCafferty, for salary as recording clerk of | officers of the steamer did not hear the | the County Clerk's office for August, 1872, | alarm bell. The mystery of the wreck re- | $90 22; warrants Nos. 878 and 8,299, in favor | sembles that of the Ville du Havre, | of James McCorvill, for $35 each, for rent of | which went down in almost the middle of premises for election purposes, But although | the Atlantic by reason of an unexplained col- in the said report these warrants are charged | lision. But even if the lights could not be | as having been paid to the parties entitled to | seen, even if the fog bell of Bishop's Rock | them the Comptroller's books show that they could not be heard, there was till were never so paid, bat thet, after being held one more chance fo» the unlucky by the Comptroller in his own possession | Schiller. Tho British law accept | until the Ist of May, 1874, they were then | no excuse from captains whose vessels aro cancelled by him. By what authority were | wrecked upon this coast because of tides or | they credited as paid when they were not winds. It holds that by constant and careful paid? By what authority were they withheld | soundings with the lead the experienced navi- from the parties by the Comptroller? and | gator cannot fail to tell the dangerous prox- all the disadvantages ot climate and want of acquaintance with the ground, the victory rested with America by only three points, and even this was due toan error on the part of ono of the Irish riflemen, who lost a shot by firing on the wrong target. It is well known that several of the most reliable of the Irish riflemen were not able to come out to this country. There is, therefore, little reason to doubt that the American Team going to Ireland will have to contend with opponents still more formidable than thore they encountered at Creedmoor, and this time with all the odds of climate and local knowledge against the Americans. Under these circumstances the gentlemen superintending the selection of the Team ought not to allow any red-tapism to inter- fere with the selection of the best possible men, whether or not they may have conformed under what provision of law were they can- | imity of his vessel to the const, and demns celled by him? An explanation ia in order. | the cantain wha fails tn wan Siett , to the roles laid down for competitors, Above ali things we want victory, and to attain this grand end all trivial considerations should be unhesitatingly set aside. An Event in the Protestant Charch. The magnificent new Presbyterian church over which the Rey. Dr. Hall presides with so much acceptability will be dedicated to-day. Those who have watched the steady advance of New York in architectural beauty have not failed to notice the slow, majestic growth, the eloquent and almost poetic value of the build- ing which has been gradually taking shape on Fifth avenue, within the shadow of our Central Park. It is not so much the edifice, however, as the fact that it represents the progress in this community of one of the most important branches of the Christian faith, The Rev. Dr. Hall has for a long time been recognized as the head of the Presby- terian denomination in the city of New York. In our advance to metropolitan greatness there naturally has grown up all denomina- tions of the Christian faith. Although Pres- byterianism has not taken the same hold as Catholicism and perhaps other faiths, still it has always maintained a representative ca- pacity. Its strength is not so much in the number or wealth of its congregations asin the character of the men who have accepted its doctrines. In the multitude of sects and nationalities which combine to form this Republic Presbyterianism has taken a large and prominent part. It goes back to the time when Calvin pro- tested against the Episcopal and Catholic principle which three hundred years ago controlled Europe. It represents the genius of Knox, who, a few years after his great master, planted the seeds of the sturdy faith on the hard soil of Scotland. In England we find this growth in the Lollards of the four- teenth and fifteenth as well as in the Puritans of the sixteenth century. Not more than three centuries have elapsed since it became a formal denomination within the Christian churches of England, and yet its influence to-day is second only to that of the Estab- lished Church. The Presbyterian denomination in America represents more than uny other influence that of Scotland and Scottish ideas. Fora long time it was feared that the liberalism of the American Republic, spreading, as it did, in the growth of those States, would be unfriendly to the establishment of any strict Presbyterian system. It is to the honor of the members of this Church that during the probationary years of our Republic, when we were uncer- tain as to the proper principles of government, the Presbyterians were true to lib- erty, temperance and justice. There |. were, of course, a large number of Presbyterians, who were willing to accept the government as it was, without regard to slavery and temperance; but it was in the Presbyterian fold that we found the one of the few Christian denominations which regarded slavery asa crime and was willing to testify its devotion to Calvin's ideas by debarring from its communion table all who would not accept in its truest and most absolute sense those maxims of the Gospel which prescribed purity of character, liberty of conscience and absolute freedom to all, without distinction of color, caste or race, The dedication of this church of Dr. Hall is, therefore, the celebration of more thana mere local event. It is not alone that we have built a beautiful church on Fifth ave- nue, nor that we have given an almost royal home to a powerful and respected denomina- tion. Itis the foundation in this great city ofanother evidence of the spirit of Presby- ternanism in this country. Although some of us may be disposed to question all the stern decrees of Calvin and regret the theology which in some respects is so harsh and un- bending, and to hope for a religion which gave more consideration and hope to the weakness and temptations of human nature, still we respect in the Presbyterian Church the possession of those high and noble quali- ties with which civil liberty would be a prob- lem and free government impossible. Politicians and the Charter Heforms. The action of the State Legislature on the various propositions to amend or change por- tions of the present New York city charter shows how desirable is the adoption of some constitutional provision regulating the gov- ernment of cities in accordance with the views expressed by Governor Tilden. The two houses of the Legislature are politically antagonistic, the Senate having a republican and the Assembly a democratic majority. Every proposition to amend the charter in the interests of the city and the taxpayers is so framed or altered in the Senate as to increase the power and patronage of Comp- troller Green or some other department officer who is in alliance with the republican party. Unless this end can be accomplished the proposed amendment finds no favor in the Senate. In like manner the charter amendments, when they reach the Assembly, are so changed as to increase the power and patronage of the democratic Mayor, and are rejected unless this object can be secured. So between the rival houses desirable measures are sacrificed and abuses are suffered to continue. No person denies that we need a very thorough reform in the business of street cleaning. The people of New York have been called upon for the last two or three years, under a government that has claimed to favor reform, to pay about a million dollars a year for this work, while the streets have been left to be cleaned by the rain, wind and sunshine, and except on a few favored thoroughfares scarcely a pretence has been made to assist the weather in the work. With the summer approaching the reek. ing filth of the neglected streets threatens the city with pestilence and death; yet all we can obtain from the Senate in the way of relief is a bill that gives to the present incapa- ble and worthless street cleaning authorities the power to make contracts for three years, thus extending the existing evil that length of time. This outrageous proposition is made because the Street Cleaning Bu- reau is now under republican control. In the Assembly we are offered change that contemplates a continuance of the existing evils, only giving the demo- cratic Mayor and Common Council the choice of the persons who shall control the depart- ment, instead of leaving it in the hands of the Police Commissioners. Between the two propositions the people will be left without The Proposed any reform and the present abuses will be left untouched. The city suffers from the lack of the power to properly repair the old streets and from the loose manner in which the public debt can be increased. But when it is proposed to alter the law so as to remedy these defects the Senate seizes the opportunity to make Comptroller Green a dictator over the city, and the Assembly responds by striving to make the amendments inure to the benefit of the Mayor and his democratic friends. Mean- while it is matter of indifference to the Legislature how much the city may be dam- aged and the taxpayers wronged by the fail- ure of the charter amendments. The country representatives are resolved to promote the interests of their parties without regard to the interests of the metropolis. The Woodins of the Senate and the Lincolng of the Assembly look upon New York asa place to be worked for the profit of rural republicans, while such sturdy democrats as Fox and Jacobs, Wachner and Tim Campbell regard the city patronage as the legitimate spoils of the Tammany democ- racy, and will be satisfied with no reforms that do not help to fill the municipal offices with their own political followers. No por- tion of the State has suffered so severely as New York from the greedy schemes of the politicians, and any movement calculated to take the city out of the hands of the Legisla- ture must bea welcome and substantial re- form. Hence we hope yet to see a message on the subject of city governments from Gover- nor Tilden, so that the people may have his views before them before the next election for the Senate and Assembly is held. Waiting for the Verdict, One takes a sad kind of interest in thé tragedies which are being daily enacted in and near such a city as this. Every twenty-four hours furnish material for a novel of the most exciting order. Incidents are recorded in the columns of every newspaper which, if properly grouped into a literary composition, would convince almost any reader that the imagination of the writer had run riot. The New York life of which history takes note is enacted on the fashionable avenues and in the great mercantile exchanges. But far below this is another world, one of poverty and guilt, of temptation and remorse, like the mud at the bottom of the clear tide, where evils of every shape crawl and where untold crimes find a lurking place. Into this world the majority of ministers and philanthropists never peep, but from contact with it they shrink with a natural dread. The inspiration of these dangerous classes is rum. Bad liquor is the chief source of courage to the criminal. He drinks when he is concocting his schemes, and he drinks his stirrup cup when he sets out on his midnight expedition. While sober there are certain limits to his audacity ; but when the fire is in his veins he is like a wild beast of the forest, reckless of his own life and careless of the lives of others. What New York might be- come if the gin mills of the city were to be consumed by the blazing indignation of those who have lost, and more than lost, dear ones in this way, it might not be easy tosay. No one can doubt, however, who has watched the progress of crime and looked into its causes, that if such an abolition could be effected the moral mercury would indicate a higher tem- perature at once. Here follows the last tragedy of drink :— Mrs. Bridget Sheridan had finished her Sun- day’s work, and at four o'clock was watching her sleeping husband, when she heard a knock at the door. Almost before her invitation to enter could be uttered one Doyle came into the room with the unmistakable gait of drunkenness. Some men are happy when they drink. The mystic stimulus steals into the brain and unlocks every cell, letting out all sorts of queer conceits and brilliant sayings and repartees. They are better company and appear to be clearer headed when roused by a given amount of liquor. Richard is himself, his best self, after the dram. Other men are sleepy when they drink. A veil is drawn over the brain, and the mind burns as dimly as acandle in an impure atmosphere, and at last flickers and goes out. Such imbibers quietly drop under the table, and are not heard from until the next day. There are still others who grow to be ugly when they drink. Every demoniac propensity which is kept in tolerable subjection by sobriety is let loose by whiskey. In this latter catalogue we must write the name of Doyle. He stag- gered across the floor of Mrs. Sheridan's apart- ments, and, hitting his clumsy trunk against the table, upset it with all its dishes. This confusion worse confounded naturally roused the ire of the frugal housekeeper, who opened the door and suggested to Doyle, in language which does not appear in evidence, the pro- priety of a hasty leave-taking. Perhaps her voice lacked melody as she invited her guest to stand not upon the order of his going, but to go at once. Doyle felt that his dignity had been in- sulted, and determined to avenge it. Under the hallucination of drink the offence magni- fied itself to his mind, and the possible conse- quences of what he might do were not thought of. The poor brute armed himself from the arsenal of the street with a brick and a pav- ing stone and returned to Mrs. Sheridan's household to teach her and her husband bet- ter manners. With unsteady aim he hurled the brick, which just missed the head of the head of the family. He then took better aim, and with the paving stone brought the of- fender to the floor with a fractured skull. After that the story went on in the usual way. A poiiceman took Doyle into the re- tirement of a cell, where he will have ample leisure to calculate the exact cost of o glass of whiskey. Mrs. Sheridan hurried to the doc- tor, who, good Samaritan as he was, seemed perfectly willing to visit the patient, pro- vided he could get just a dollar for his trouble, but who preferred to sit in his easy chair and wait for a more remunerative call if the dollar was not forthcoming. Bat, in spite of the doctor's refusal to attend the case until he was compelled to, the wounded man died. If he had died under the care of the physician it would have been in the order of nature, but | to die after the prescription of the doctor has | been refused is a fact which invests the case with singular interest. All this from a Sunday afternoon spree ; bad whiskey the cause, and the result a funeral, a widow, two orphans and a pris- oner under indictment for murder. This. | owed the disease of which he died. however, 1s only one of a thousand épisodes of a like character, and to-morrow we srall hear of another. Whose fault is it? That is 0 very serious question. Pulpit Tepics To-Day- The ascension of Christ, which the Churcl commemorates at this time, has not attractec very wide attention from the city pastors to-day, judging by their pulpit announcements. Mr McCaffrey will set torth the joy which thy Church feels in that event, while Dr. Porteou: dilates on the agitation of belief in Episcopa Christendom and the authority and infalli bility of the individual soul. Dr. Ewer con tinues his series of lectures on the worship 0: the Church in its internal structure and ex: ternal aspect, and Mr. Newton will conside: the historical Christ as impunged by scientific criticism, in continuance of his series on the conflicts of science and religion, Dr. Thompson will tell his people how to use God's gifts, and will present the salient fea. tures of the English Reformation, also in con- tinuance of @ series on Church history. The weariness of life will occupy Mr. Borel’s attention and time, while Mr. Hepworth will give his ‘disciples’? some suggestions about faith and works, and will demonstrate, for their comfort, that God’s Kingdom is not ofthis world. Mr. Van Buskirk will tell another society of disciples when, where, by whom and by what authority the name “Christian” was first given to disciples of Christ. Dr. Ganse will show how God’s presence, though real, may be unrecognized by men, as was the case in Jacob’s experi- ence, Sentimentalism is sometimes, though it never should be, mistaken for religion, and Mr. Pullman has set himself to brush away some of the glamour of sentimentalism, so that his people shall the better distinguish between the two, and so separating them they may at- tain rest if faith in this life. hero are crosses in the life of every man, some have more and some less, but they are the lot of all. Dr, Deems has selected three of them on which be will speak to-day. Mr. Lloyd will encourage his hearers toward true man- hood by the example of the three Hebrew young men in Babylon whose faith in God triumphed over the fierceness of the flame and the greater fary of a heathen monarch’s wrath. Balaam will be set forth by Mr. Lightbourn as an example of love of money anda warning to the covetous. Mr. Willis will draw some useful lessons from summer and winter figs for the benefit of young men, and old ones, too. Affection and taith, as illustrated by Orpah and Ruth, will demand the attention of Dr. Holme, while Mr. Hawthorne will collate certain hindrances to spiritual develop- ment for his hearers, and show them some- thing from God’s record books. Dr. Fulton, in Brooklyn, will touch the school question to-day in answer to the ques- tion, Shall the public schools become Papal or Christian? Mr. Hugo will treat this question also as one of the three strongholds of American liberty, ond Mr. King will define Protestantism and Romanism, that bis hearers may be able to note the distinc- tions. Mr. Lynn will present the practical side of Spiritualism and give some tests of the life beyond the grave. The labor agita- tion in its religious aspects will be discussed by and before the Retorm League by Mr. Hume and others. Mr. Saunders will con- trast Sinai and Zion, and will present the closing scenes in the life of the patriarch Jacob, and thus will the pulpits of New York and Brooklyn be occupied to-day. Arnuztics,—The annual trials of physical endurance which have come to be an ac cepted part of our college course were yes- terday held by the students of Columbia and Princeton. The accounts we publish in another column of these contests will prove interesting to all who love manly sports. The young men went into the various trials of strength and endurance with enthusiasm. PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. Judge George F. Comstock, of Syracuse, is resid. ing at the Fifth Avenue Rotel. George W. Childs and ex-Secretary of the Navy Borie are on a visit to the Presiaent, Senator Augustus 8, Merrimon, of North Caro- lina, is sojourning at the St. Nicbolas Hotel. The owner of the educated hog has just com- mitted suicide at Montgomery, Ala. The hog still lives. ‘The first question the President asks an appit- cant for office nowadays is whether he tsa “Yale man.” Captains Asa A. Holgate and Herman Schreiner, United States Army, ate quartered at tae Evere:t House. Sefior Don Gabriel Mancera, a member of the Mexican Congress, is registered at the St. Nicho- las notel. The young fellows out West don’t taink much o1 Ethan Alien, because he did not know how to piay base ball. Mr. ©. Koopmanschap, of “Chinese cheap labor” notoriety, arrived at the Fifth Avenue Hotel yes- teraay from San Francisco. Senators Algernon S. Paddock and Phineas W. Hitchcock, of Nebraska, have taken up their resi- dence at the Winasor Hote’. The tuneral of the late Mr. John Sheridan, father of Lieutenant General Sheridan, took place yesterday at Somerset, Onto. Judge Pierrepont had @ long conference with the President yesterday at the Executive Man- sion. He returned to New York last night, Long John Wentworth, of Chicago, wh man undertook to swindle him, spit on and remarked that ne was an American eagle all over, ‘That settied it. Baron and Baroness de Bussierre, of Paris, who have been residing in Washington for several months past, arrived im this city yesterday, ana are at the Hoffman House. They wili leave for Europe some time during the coming week. Hon. William Annand retired yesterday from the Premiership of Nova Scotia, and Mr, Vail, Pro- vincial Secretary, becomes the leader. Mr. An- nand goes to England shortly as Immigration Agent for New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Wang King-kt is @ scholar and the son of @ scholar, and he was a great favorite with the late Emperor. nese rumor has it that Wang ac. companied young master on those midnight excursions to which he seems to have eventually 's pros. pects are not so bright as they were. Moncure D. Conway, in speaking of the lectures of Mr. George Smith, the young Assyriologist, it was something new for the fashionable tives from one who talked about ‘Igsduba and ‘is ‘istory.’ and who concladed ‘on the ‘ole,’ thusand so.” Conway ‘it the young scholar hon the 'ip. A pamphlet, attributed to General Todieben, hag appeared at Brusseis, entitied “L’Angieterre ct les Petite Etate & la Conférence de Bruxelles.” ft gives an account of the barbarous way in whiet England carried on war during the last century. and contends that its military weakness, as com pared with the great Continental Powers, which ite government tries to conctal as far as possible, is thereason why England refased to take part in @ secomd conlerenge