The New York Herald Newspaper, September 15, 1875, Page 3

Breaking of a Rotten Aerial Fire Ladder. THREE MEN KILLED. Miraculous Escape of Others on the Machine. ‘Melancholy Ending of the Scott-Uda Ladder Job. A shocking accident occurred yesterday morning at a public experiment with the Scott-Uda aerial ladder at Rutgers square, on the plaza formed by the junction of East Broadway and Canal street, which ended in the cruel death of three men, At will be remembered that this aerial ladder, originally ‘the invention of an Italian, who conveyed the right to Mrs, Uda, has somewhat frequently figured tn the news- papers in connection with the notorious corrupt job- bery by which the Fire Department acquired the title to the patent from the lady; that the late Secretary of the department, Mr. White, was dismissed on proof being furnished that he received $10,000 of the $25,000 which the city paid her for the pat- ent, and that the Fire Commissioners were also mixed up with the job ina manner which has created great suspicion and distrust in the public mind. In fact, the public did not need this last crowning proof to know that this wonderful ladder was simply a corrupt Job. Its whole history is concrete enough. It began in shame and corruption and jobbery, and it ended in death, ‘It was not enough to take the people’s money, Dut the lives of the people’s servants must be sacrificed too!” This seems to be the public verdict in regard to ‘the accident which shocked this community yesterday, THE EXPERIMENTS. It appears that this aerial ladder, for which most won- derful qualities have been claimed, while many compe- tent persons have denounced it openly, has for some months been the subject of constant experiments, The Chief of the Department, Mr, Eli Bates, had given orders to sclect men from each company, in order that they might acquire a thorough knowledge of the proper handling of the ladder, The experiment yesterday morning had also been ordered by the Chief, and the following men were de- tailed to ascend the ladder:—William H. Nash, Chief of the Fourth batallion; Phillipp Maus, of truck No.6; William Hughes, of Engine Company No, 9; Robert J. Gould, of Engine No. 15; Thomas C. Lea, of Hook and Ladder No, 9; Cornelius J. Kingsley, of Engine Com- pany No. 11; Cusick, assistant fireman of the chemical engine, and Jessie Patten, of Engine No. 16, eight in all As these expertments always attract great crowds, word was sent to Captain McElwaine, of the Madison street station, to send somo of his officers to keep the crowd in order. It is to the great credit of this captain, and he should be substantially commended for it, that the manner in which he did his duty on this occasion ‘was no doubt instrumental in saving many lives, A GREAT CROWD PRESENT. ‘There was a large crowd in attendance as early as eight o’clock. Nash, the chief of the battalion, and a very daring, reckless man, who never seems to havo thought of danger, had, by way of a previous informal experiment, already raised the ladder at six’ o'clock in tho morning and ascended to the top, When the hour for holding this little exhibition arrived the square Dounded by Canal street, East Broadway and Rutgers street was uncomfortably crowded. Among the more prominent spectators was Mrs. Uda herself and Mr. White, the former Stcretary of tho Fire Department, who little thought that they were to witness the death of three human beings by means which they had Kindly provided for the city, and after having madea comfortable pile of money out of the operation. When the ladder was put together and raised to a height of ninety-eight feet Captain McElwaino noticed that it ‘would fall upon the spectators in case of an accident, ‘and therefore ordered his men to push the crowd back, removing them all from the possibility of bodily danger. Had this not been done, and the crowd been allowed to remain within falling space, the loss of life might have been terrible, as the number of women and children was very considerable. THE ORDER TO ASCEND, ~ Nash, tho chief of the fourth batallion, gavo the order to ascend at a quarter to eleven o'clock, the put- ting together of the eight sections and raising of tho ladder having consumed much time. The men, how- ever, were somewhat uneasy, and seemed to be unwill- ing to execute the order. “Why, there's fid danger! exclaimed Nash, and he lightly mounted the ladder and began to ascend it with great rapidity. The others, whose names havo already been given above, wero sufficiently encouraged to follow him. Alas! it was their courage and pluck which plunged them into destruction, for it was only tho first two who followed him quickly who met Nash’s cruel fate. These two were Maus and Hughes. When tho latter two had passed above tho third section Nash, who was a wonderfully rapid climber, was already on the top of the ladder and calmly looking down upon the spectators from the giddy height of ninety-eight feet, and the five others were away bebind below the third sec- Sion, ‘THE BREAK. ” It was just above this section of the aerial ladder that the break occurred. The spectators were admiring Nash’s coolness and skill on the top of tho ladder when, to their great horror, they suddenly noticed a dangerous praying te and fro of 23 Tight wooden structare that ‘was standiiig there ninety eight fect high andasohait any support whatever to insure the safety of the elght ‘precious lives upon it. Several women, presumably the wives or other relatives of the men on the ladder, gave o loud shriek, and Chiet Bates, taking in at @ glance the perilous situation, instantly shouted the or- der, ‘‘Come down!” Tho men started to execute this order, and their palo faces and trembling figures were easily discernible from the ground. But it was too Jate. There was suddenly a loud snap, the ladder broke at the third section and precipitated the three men who were still above it down to the ground and into eternity. It was an awful spectaclo, and for a moment everybody’ stood aghast, almost petrified, as though they could not realize this sudden disaster, It had come so suddenly, so utterly\without any warning, ‘and everybody was so unprepared for it, that the per- fect and awful stillness which reigned for some seconds was easily to be explained. THE RESULTS. It is stated that the two distinguished spectators, Mrs. Uda and Mr, White, immediately upon seeing the ladder fall, left the scene in great haste. While they ‘hurried away, the terribly mangled bodies were put upon stretchers and promptly conveyed to the Madison street police station, followed, of course, by a large and curious crowd, What is remarkable is that the men below the third section clung with sufficient strength to ‘the ladder to escape being thrown down and, after some difficulty. accomplished the descent, One or two are #aid to have fallen, but this does not appear to be true, for they ail walked away considerably weakened by the shock, but without og 6 injuries, Nash and Maus had died instantaneously, but Hughes still lived when the Stretcher arrived at the police station, Maus had fallen on his left side and in- juries appeared to be the worst of all. ‘oth his arms and bis left leg were broken,'his nose was cut clean off, his teeth knocked through his cheeks and his skull fractured. Hughes’ skull was also fractured, he having fallen on his head, His arms, one leg, his Bi the police station in great agony hor aout nen ats jon in great agon; min- utes, and then expired. cient ACTION OF THR AUTHORttrES, Commissioners Brennan and Cox were quickly at the police station, and personally ordered the ambulance wagons, Coroner Croker gave permission to remove the bodies to tho respective homes of the men. This was dono after many heart-rending scenes had been wit- nossed at the station house, Mrs. Nash was the first to arrive, and on seeing the remains of her husband, mangled beyond all recognition, fainted, and had to be carried away, Other scenes of this kind followed, too ainful to be separately dwelt upon. At three o'clock in the afternoon Coroner Croker arrived with his Deputy, Dr. McWhinnie, and empanelied a jury. The {nquest will not be held until next week, SKETCHES OF TILK DEAD. Nash, who was the best known of the three victims, Fesided with his family at No. 149 Clinton street, Ho was a tal), athletic man of forty, who bore all tho indi- ations of strong health and the promiso of a long lifa, He was a member of the Royal Arch Masonic Order, and belonged to Ancient Chapter No, 11. He served all during the war in Berden’s corps of sharpshootors, and attained the rank.of assistant adjutant general, Ho hag s NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1875.-TRIPLE SHEET. been cofifietted With (He departivent for seven years, | ‘and leaves a widow and three children. fine looking man, about thirty-six birth and a carpenter by trade. le was with the department for a P yan but has done good service, He leaves a widow and two children, ughes was a man of twenty-eight, American ey who fad been connected with ees five years. He had only been married a few months ago, and his youthful widow was perfectly distracted, tearing her hair and giving other distressing evidence of dee} og ‘THE WONDERFUL LADDER. ‘The ladder was one of four which had been built at Concord, N. H., by the Abbott Downing Company, for $2,000 each. It was constructed out of the very lightest ine timber. All day yester- day splinters by people the ladder were carried about and exhibited as a mark of the prepos- terous reckles#ness with which these ladders had been built, Chief Bates declines to state the cause of the accident any further than that the strain upon the ladders was &- doubt too great, He said that it had been put together properly, and that the accident was in pO wise owing to carelessness onthe part of the men. It i probable that none of these ladders will ever be used again; so that the loss to the city foots u $35,000. Nash had made frequent experiments wit the ladder, and it is ot touching and pathetic interest Gt this date to read his report on these experiments, NASH'S REPORT ON HIS EXPERIMENTS. ‘The report is dated August 2, 1875, and addressed to Eli Bates, Chief of Department, The first experiment which he details was at the very spot where he met his cruel death, He says:—‘I raised her to an angle of forty-five degrees, the point resting on the roof of the six story tenement No. 171 East ry the truck being about in the middle of the square, in which po- sition I walked over, jing the railroad cars on double track with perfect safety to the roof, Then raised her with four sections, with a man weighing 140 pounds, to an angle of sixty-seven degrees, and shifted her in various directions with this weight on the top, at an elevation of sixty feet, and made a complete circle in the square with apparent safety, This was repeated on several different days at the same place.”” The next experiment was at Moller’s sugar refinery, at South and Moutgomery streets, where he “raised five sections, with a man weighing 170 pounds, to an angle of sixty-seven degrees at an elevation of seventy feet, and with this weight on top I shifted the truck a com: plete circle over @ double railroad track and placed tho point against a building.” He adds these now sadly sig- niticant words:—“This I consider, without guy ropes, TO BE TOO DANGEROUS TO BE REPRATED for ba paregvepat ty ” At an experiment in De- lancey slip he had thirteen men on the ladder, but. the Jadder was resting again&t a roof. At the next trial, in Attorney street, six men were on the ladder, and he says that “it bent and twisted like a monster fishing pole;” but still seemed to have no suspicion of its un- safely. The report concludes as follows:—The quickest time thus far is about six seconds per foot, which is, when height and the weight which these experiments have shown her to be capable of bearing is taken into consideration, I think pretty rapid.transit in an upward direction for any portablo ladder to make, and, with officers and men drilled and disciplined for’ this’ especial service, I feel quite contl- dent could be very greatly improved upon.” |The yictims will probably be buried together to-mor- row. Their families will receive $1,000 cash from the aid fund and a pension of $160 per annum, WISTORY OF THE LADDER, In the year 1872 Mrs. Mary Belle Scott-Uda applied to the Fire Department to introduce her new invention of the ‘‘aerial ladder.”’ The ladder was on four wheels, and by using a crank the hind wheels were brought forward, each movement raising the height of the’ ladder. When the two hind wheels were brought forward to the fore wheels, the height of the ladder increased to about 100 feet, and thena “fly”? was added, of about twenty-five feet, At the first exhibition of thé ladder in 1873, in the City Hall Park, a fireman named Leary, attached to engine No. 81, was severely injured by falling from the “tly.” Leary is now a member of No, 6 Truck, one of its members be- ing killed yesterday. 'n course of time the “aerial ladder” was adopted by the Fire Department, and the sum of $25,000 was paid to Mrs. Scott-Uda for the privilege of building the lad- der, Each ladder cost about $5,000, and one was built at the old Fire Department shops on Elizabeth street. In the beginning of the present year it was ascertained that the Secretary of the Department, W. B. White, had g hand in the sale of the ladder to the Fire Department. The HxeRaxo first called attention to this affair, and the consequence wasthat Secretary White was dismissed. When four ladders had been puilt and were ready for service it was found that they were too large for the engine houses, and therefore if the arial ladders were to be adopted new houses would have to be erected, This would cause an additional expense of from $1,000 to $50,000 to alter or build the new houses, Then came the grand dénouement, and Mr. Secretary W. B. White was found to have received $10,000 out of the $25,000 privilege to introduce the ladder. Since then nothing has been heard of the ladder until recently, when one or two were gent out on duty. The trial o the one which was so disastrous yesterday shows the result, Mrs. Scott-Uda’s maiden name was Mary Belle Scott. She was formerly a music teacber in Chicago, and went to Florence, Italy, to finish her musical education. In Florence she met Signor Uda’ Then came marriage and a return to the United States. She personally at- tended to the “aerial ladder.” ‘THE FIREMEN’S IDEAS. A visit was paid yesterday to the firemen and mem- bers of the hook and ladder companies in the city, Each and all were severe in their condemnation of such acrial flights, They recalled the first trial in the City Hall Park, when Leary, of Engine No. 31, now of Hook and Ladder No. 6, nearly lost his life bY falling from the “tly.” The firemen protested against the adoption of such a ladder, kuowsug that it was unsafe, and yet, if under orders, would mount it to the very end in pur- suance of their duty. ‘The excitement among the firemen was very great, and ifthe inventor or Mr. ex-Secretary White was recognized throughout the gity some rough times would ensue, The men now are dermined not to recognize | the matchwood ladder, and will not ascend it except under orders. ‘The families of the deceased firemen will soon com- mence suits against the city for the loss @f their hus- ands and fagbors 0 ye 4 ~~ A TOUCMING SCENE. Tn the parade of the veterans of the Mexican war esterday was an old man named Hughes He left his ome joyfully inthe morning in anticipation of the day’s parade, Down Broadway the procession marched, amidst cheers, &€., of the sidewalk spectators, Mr. Hughes felt glad and joyful, and his step was young and Hanke notwithstanding his years. To the lively music of the Governor's Island Band, the procession entered the City Hall Suddenly a youth who had been watching the parade jumped out of the crowd and approaching Mr. Hughes suid, “Your son is dead.” Mr. Hughes left the parade to find out the particulars, In a few moments he was informed of the terrible lad- der disaster and that his son was among the dead. The old soldicr wiped a tear from his eye and then went straight to his home, No. 131 Madison street, His day of erent was over and he returned home to weep over his dead son, AID FOR THE DEAD MEN’S FAMILIES. To Tue Epiror ov THE HERaLp:— Inclosed find check for $20 toward creating a fund for the relief of the families of the dcad firemen. EHEHALT BROTHERS, No. 67 Willett street, THE VETERANS OF THE MEXICAN WAR. ‘The annual celebration of the New York Association of Veterans of the Mexican War took place yesterday, and exceeded anything of tic kind that has taken place for several years, The veterans assembled at a little past ten o'clock, and proceeded to Worth Monument at Madison squaro, where they received ae guests and took up their line of march, A detailed force of police headed the line, followed by the Governor’s Island Band and the guestg in coathes. Then came the Navy Yard Band, followed by tho old veterans, General J. Hobart Ward acting as Grand Marshal. At a little past eleven they wheeled Into Broadway and proceeded to the Park, where they were reviewed by Mayer and Common Council, after which they marched down to the Battery and took the steamboat thet Smith for tho East Side Park, foot of Eighty- fou street, whero they arrived at a quarter past. two. Among those who ,took in the parade wero Major Genoral Joseph Hooker, Gen- eral E.R. Bi of Philadelphia; Captain C. F. Sergent, of Philadelphia, Sergeant Thomas R. Crellin, Second Pennsylvania regiment; Major Robklotz, of Mauch Cha: Pa. ; ex-Senator sh, of Ohio; Colonel William L. Tidball, Genoral John ©. Robertson, late of Governor Dix’s staff; Captain James Turner, General H. D. Gil General Mansfield Lovell, Rear Admiral Henry Walker, United States Navy} Dearborn G. Piper, Colonel James F. Kerrigan, the founder of the Worth Monument; Colonel George M. Leanurd, Com- modore F. W. Seagrist, Colonel John C. Broome, United States Navy; Colonel W. W. Tompkins, Captain 8. B. H. Vance and some twenty others, BOARD OF ALDERMEN, An adjourned meeting of the Board of Aldermen was held yesterday afternoon. Owing to the early approach of the Syracuse Convention only twelve members wero present, The balance of tho Board, on the democratic side, had probably taken their departure for the Con- vention in the afternoon train. Acommunication was received from the Corporation Counsel stating it was the duty of the Common Council to pass the ordinance previously submitted to them authorizing the Comptroller to issue bonds to the amount of $2,666,666 66, being one-third of the $8,000,000 appropriated for the completion ofthe Brook- lyn Bridge. The Corporation Counsel, however, added that the Comptroller had authority to issue the bonds under the law without consent of the Common Council, Alderman McCarthy, from the Committee on Roads, asked to be dischay from further consideration of ordinances relative to the Kingsbridge road, as 1t- bad been decided by the Corporation Counsel that the work could be done by the Commissioner of Public Works without any ihterference of the Board of Aldermen. Estimates for 1876 were sent in from the Police Com- missioners, Department of Buildi: Park Commis- sioners, District Attorney’s office, Taxes and Assessments and Commissioners of Accounts. These estimates have been already published in tho Henan, A communication was recetved from the Department of Parks ts tke was now too late to stop further pro- ceedings as to the laying out of a parade ground in the by 4 part of the island. This paper was laid over. jome unimportant routine business wag transacted, when the Board adjourned fo Septempar 2% lommissioner of | BREAKFAST TO BARRY SULLIVAN, SPEECH OF THE REV. DR. M’GLYNN—“‘DRAMAS ARE SERMONS”—REMARKS OF MR. O'CONNOR POWER. The breakfast rooms of Delmenico, corner of Fifth avenue and Fourteenth street, were the scene yester- day of a complimentary déjewner given by a committee of Irish-American friends to Mr. Barry Sullivan, the Irish actor. The orchestra band of Booth’s Theatre, under the leadership of Mr, Operti, discoursed selec- tions of Irish national music and other popular compo- sitions of the day. A boys’ madrigal glee club also lent the charm of their youthful voices during the progress: of the breakfast in singing a number of melodies, among them the pathetic Irish song, “Come Back to Erin.” The tables were ranged in the form of aT. At the head or guest’s table, sat the chairman, Hon. 8. 8. Cox; on his right were the guests ofthe day, Mr. Barry Sullivan, Mr. John Brougham and Dr, Carnochan, and on the left Rev. Dr. McGlynn and Father McAuley After dessert the chairman spoke the address of wel- come, which sparkled and glistened with the orator’s famons wit. Mr, Suilivan then arose amid great applause, and said in substance, that surrounded as he was by men distinguished for learning and talent, it would be out of place to make a speech, and he therefore begged to give his most sincere, grateful thanks for the kind re- ception rendered him on this occasion, He believed that when the people of this metropolitan city and the speaker knew each other more they would (profession- ally speaking) esteem cach other more, The chairman toasted the “Church and the Drama,” and in a few appropriate remarks called upon Dr. Me- Glynn to respond. Dr. McGlynf expressed his great pleasure to find himself here to help to honor adistinguished guestand in his person to do honor to a most honorable profes- sion. Were it not for that national bashfulness which is characteristic of most Irishmen it would afford the speaker every pleasure to respond in the name of re- ligion to the toast of the “Church and the Drama.” ‘Thanks to thesinnate energy and good sense displayed by the acknowledged leaders of the stage, the drama, with or without the Church, could hold itsown, It was a sad thing that there ever had been a divorce or antagonism between the Church and the drama, Ags a matter of hfstory, the drama owes its origin to the re- Ugious sentiments of mankind. He would say a word of excuse for members of his own profession who discouraged and berated the drama. This was on account, long ago, of the pagan, idolatrous and immoral customs which had crept into it and which it was necessary at all hazards to denounce. Butin the dark ages religion brought the drama into her sanctuaries and made those well remembered passion plays to sym- bolically represent the sufferings and death of the man God. Much of the glorious panoply of our modern stage is borrowed from the ancient uses of the Chris- tian Church; and it would now bea: mistake if the Church refused to take to her heart her own offspring; for she is the mother and patroness of the arts, music and the drarna, (Applause.) In later times the Church turned against the drama, not because of an innate wickedness in the thing itself, but on account of its abuses; and I for one would not condemn the drama or aught else because it was abused. I should like to take the drama or anything else unholy and sprinkle it, not, indeed, with Cologne, ‘but with holy water, The whole scheme of religion is to make men more human and less animal. Therefore the drama, if properly applied akd purified, is a powerful agent of the Church. ‘The denunciation of the drama so frequently indulged in is a bugbear in the hands of those who know nothing about it, As for protessional players, there are those who think them corrupt, mere vaga- bonds, outcasts and wicked people; but as a matter of fact I think the true actors and actresses possess the capacity of being ennobled and elevated in practising the wonderfal works of the immortal Shakespeare. Dramas are sermons, wondrous sermons; and the soul- stirring words of “Hamlet” make a man more Chris- tian and more humane than many other amusements that he ¢ould engage in. (Great applause.) “The Stage” was responded to by Mr. John Brougham, To the toast, ‘The English Parliament and Irish Rep- resentatives,” Mr. John O’Connor Power responded. Before he began to speak, much to the chagrin of Irish nationalists present, the band persisted in playing “God Save the Queen’? The representative gentleman said that he felt highly honored in being permitted, under any circumstances, to address the company, who are here to do honor to a man of whom Irishmen had a mght to fecl proud. It was kind in the chairman to introduce me as a member of the British Parliament; but I will say now that if I am a member of the English House of Commons If still look forward with steady hope to the time, perhaps not far distant, when I shall be a member of an Irish Parliament. (Applauge.) The speaker then referred in compliment- ary terms to the guest of the day, and congratulated the Irish peopie through him that it is not now as in the early days of O’Counell, when the Liberator, in common with many others similarly situated, had’ to seek an education on the hospitable shores of France, or elsewhere, to develop his and their great natural abilities, It was then—it is even now—a work of great difficulty for Irishmen to achieve distinction, yet Mr. Sullivan has accomplished this without stooping to anything that would debase the country in which he ‘was born. It was about five o’clock when the band struck up Home, Sweet Home,” BOARD OF POLICE. POLITICS AND POLICEMEN—CONTRIBUTIONS OF PATROLMEN FOR POLITICAL PURPOSES DIS- CUSSED. The full Board of Police Commissioners met yester- day, President Matsell in the chair, A communication from Inspector Thorne commend- ing the bravery of Officers Morgan and Sprague, of the mounted squad, in the performance of their duty, was referred to the Committee on Rules and Discipline. Patrolman Carmack, of the Twentieth precinct, was, on motion, permitted to receive from the authorities of the New Jersey Penitentiary the sum of $150 as a re- ward for the capture of Herman Lidendorff, alias Dutch Harmon, ‘The fésignation of Patrolman Allen W. Gould, of the Fourteenth precinct, was presented by the chief clerk. This {s the officer who recently figured in an unenviablo light before the Asscmbly Investigating Committee, and who was proven to have been placed on the force when unqualified and incompetent, Commissioner Disbecker, hose appointee Gould was, moved that the resignation be laid on the table and charges be pre- ferred Against the officer. Gould, the Commissioner stated, had sworn falsely as to his not being married at the time of his appointment, and, besides, his leaving the State and throwing up his shield without notifica- tion to the Board was an offence of which the latter should take cognizance and punish, The motion was. carried, An application from the Board of Police Justices for the detailment of an officer to the First District Police Court, to act as interpreter in said court, was denied, on the ground that the appropriation for the Board of Police Justices provided for the he wtinonl of clerks and interpreters, and that it would be illegal for the be: partment of Police to detail oficers for other than police duty, i POLITICAL ASSESSMENTS, Commissioner Smith, from the Committee on Rules and Discipline, offered & resolution that rule No. 691 of the Police Manual be promulgated by general order to the members of the department on each Monday until after the November elections. ‘The following is the text of the rule:— No member of the force shall be permitted to solicit or be obliged to make contributions, in money or otherwiss, on any pretext, to any person, committee or association for ‘any political purpose whatever. Commissioner Disbecker here stated that he had re- ceived information from reliable sources that certain precincts in the city were to be called upon to make contributions for political purposes during the pending campaign. To the Commissioner's own knowledge many members of the department were levied upon at the previous lection for contributtons, This practice, he said, should be effectually stopped. PatroMmen had, as a rule, other and more useful channels for the disposal’ of their money. He (Disbecker) would therefore move that rule 501 be so amended as to omit the words “be obliged to.” This amendment would make the giving of any sum by patrolmen for political purposes a punishable offence, He had consulted counsel as to the charge, sad Rig acting with @ thorough knowledge as to 118 jogality. General Smith called the attention of Mr, Disbecker to the fact that an amendment was out of order until the original resolution was adopted, whereupon the re- solution to promulgate the rule was adopted, all the Commissioners voting aye. Commissioner Disbecker renewed his motion to amend the rule. Commissioner Smith opposed it on the ground that its adoption would be an infringement on the rights of the members of the department as citizens, They should not be prohibited from making any disposition they pleased of what was their own, They earned their money and hada right to spend it as they chose. The rule as it stood was just and fair, Policemen should not be obhged to contrib- ute to anything they did not desire to aid; but, at the same time, they should not be debarred from disposing of their money as they saw fit, COMMISSIONER VOORHIS WAS OPPOSED to the amendment. Wise heads had framed thevTule as it stood, The proposed amendment he regarded as illegal. If it were adopted a policeman could not con- eae toward the support of his church if he desired 10 80, After some further discussion the Fi coed ‘was put and lost, Commissioners Matsell and Disbecker young yea, and Commissioners Voorhis and Smith bg After the imposttion of several fines ahd the recep- tion of some routine spnorts the Board adjourned = GUIBORD. THE BODY STILL UNBURIED—OPINIONS PRO AND ©ON.—INTERVIEW WITH ROUSBELOT, THE CURE Mowrrean, Canada, Sept. 14, 1875. Public opinion here has formed somewhat upon the pastoral letter of the Bishop of Montreal. There has as yet been no expression of sentiment, which may be easily understood when I state thatthe New York HERALD contained the pastoral letter more than half a day in advance of the evening journals here, and that many readers learned for the first time last night of the utterances of the prelate of this diocese on the most momentous question that has ever occupied the public mind, The appearance of the Henan last evening with the pastoral letter excited the greatest wonderment ‘The friends of the institute look upon it with less dis- may than they did on Sunday, for they see their way now to further action against the Fabrique, on account of the damgge done, the interests of which they are the executors, Mr. Dantre, president of the institute, is still very reticent. He has the entire burden upon his shoulders, and besides this has to bear the daily weight of the politico-religious French press. The general opinion is that the pastoral is supremely insolent, flagrantly un- true and thoroughly hypocritical, and the reasons alleged by those with whom I have conversed are, that the orders of the highest tribunal of the Empire are ignored completely in their bearings upon allegiance and the duty of the subject, AH authority but that of the Church is unrecognized and law itself regarded as of no moment when a mob, actuated by a generous sentiment in favor of religion, as the Bishop terms it, choose to take the wink and oppose their violence to constituted authority. They regard it as a manifest directly affecting all civil liberty, The allegations in the pastorals they allege to be false are that the demonstration was a peaceable one, when it is known to all the world that the riot was of, and that those engaged in it belonged to, the very lowest order of French Canadians. The hypocrisy they find tn the whole body of the document, while they declare that the act of cursing the grave is but the expgession of a weak bigot instead of the deliberate determination of a prelate of large views and deep thought. HIGH TONED CATHOLIC OPINION. The educated Roman Catholics, the professional men whom I have met, do not say much. They bow to the decision of the Church, but they cannot be con- sidered as regarding it as politic ander the circum- stances, They believed at tirst—those of them who are opposed to the institute—that the order of the Privy Couneil would have been quietly obeyed and all com- plication be thus avoided. ‘They were prepared to sub- mit, but now they accept the decree of the Bishop pas- sively. They fear, however, that the business, so far as Catholicism is concerned, will not end here; that, on the other hand, grave coustitutibual difficulties may arisé and soon affect the standing of their faith, not alone in this province, but in the Dominion, ‘The situation is thus:— In 1867, when the Dominion was inaugurated under the British North America act, the claims of the French and Catholic people of the Province of Quebec, then Lower Canada, were duly considered, LEGISLATIVE UNION, Sir John A. McDonald was himself in favor of what was known as legislative union, or centralized govern- ment; but Sir George Cartier stood out for the Catho- lies of Quebec, He held that they would be crushed under the Protestant majority and that the privileges they enjoyed would be repudiated and their claims as a distinct race and nationality ignored, I need not re- count the great struggle which was waged between 1864 and 1863, Sutlice it to say that the Catholics now re- member it and fear that the result of the present trouble may be to bring the question of legislative union prominently forward again, and with unpleasant emphasis, If I am correctly informed, time and time again has the question of legislative union been prominently betore the Legislature, New Brunswick, Ontario, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward’s Island favor it, and should their yoices be called for in a plebiscite the Province of Quebec must surely go under, and thon where would the clergy and clerical intluence be, with.the vast Provestayg majority of the Dominion opposed to any union of @Murch and State, favorable to secular education and repudiating any itimunity of any particular osder of ‘ergy from the operation of the law bearing against a rgtrograding minority ? This is the question asked by reflecting®Catholics, who believe that such action as the Bishdg™has taken ig surely hastening the decadence of Catholic power in Canada, Such, brieily, is the state of opinion, and men are waiting for the issue, A CURE INTERVIEWED, T had an interview this afternoon with the Curé Rous- selot, the real defendant in the case, and he informed me that he had heard nothing new in the aflair and did not corroborate the statement of his lay agent (Mr. Clement) that the Sheriff had orders to bury the body of Guibord; in fact, he stated he knew nothing fresh on the subject, and indeed asked me tor the latest informa- tion. He said there can be no doubt but that the burial will now take place in peace and quietness, and that after the pastoral letter already published no further opposition will be offered, ‘The Catholics claim that the Frocestants are defeated, as no matter in what part of the cemetery the remains of Guibord be buried, that art can no longer be considered consecrated ground. espite this pacitic idea, 1 tind that in Visitation street, at the east end of Montreal, where ali the French work- men reside, the most bitter feeling exists, THE CANAL BOARD, SESSION YESTERDAY AT ALBANY. Aupaxy, N. Y., Sept 14, 1875. ‘The Canal Board held a session to-day. The Black Rock harbor improvement was: referred to a comimit- tee, consisting of the Lieutenant Governor, the State Engineer and Canal Commissioner Jackson, In reference to the Buffalo elevator charges Mr. Raines offered the following resolution :— ved, That unless the representatives of the ele associations of Buffalo, Oswego and New York appear this Board at its next meeting, and give assurance that they wili immediately return to the rates adopted at the opening of navigation, this Board will raise the toll upon grain to the rates of 1874, and the Auditor is hereby directed to forward copies of these proceedings to the different boards of trade and representatives of the elevating associa- tions of the cities of Buffulo, Oswego and New York. The resolution was lost by a tie yoto—4 to 4—Messrs, Willers, Stroud, Raines and Pratt voting in the aflirma- tive, and Dorsheimer, Hopkins, Jackson and Sweet in the negative. Eesignation of John D. Fay, Division Engineer on jon of the Erie Canal, was received and accepted. ~ Canal Commissioner Jackson offered a resolution, which was adopted, citing James Kelly, Engineer of Section 12 of the Erie Canal, to appear before the Board and show cause why he should not be removed from oflice, and in the meantime suspending him, THE WESTERVELT TRIAL. THE PRISONER FLATLY CONTRADICTS THE TESTI- MONY GIVEN BY SUPERINTENDENT WALLING, PuuLADELrHia, Sept. 14, 1875, The examination of Westervelt was continued to-day. His testimony referred principally to interviews which had taken place between himself and Suftrintendent Walling. He stated that he had upward of fifty inter- views with wate in reference to Mosher and Douglass before they were killed at Bay Ridge, In contradiction of Superintendent Walling’s state- ment that Westeryelt always, aspen on the 1st of No- vember, 1874, denied having seen Mosher and Douglass after the Ist of July, the witness stated that on five different 6écasions before the 1st of November he had fold Walling of having seen the two men. He had told him of their deing at his house, of Mosher's visit to Trenton, of their being = the river in a boat and of other occasions on which he had seen them. Other points of Superintendent Walling’s testimony were taken up and analyzed and dened in the most unquali- fied manner. THE MEDICAL COLLEGES. The preliminary sessions of the Bellevue Hospital Medical College and of the Medical Department of the University of the City of New York begin to-day, and the regular winter terms will commence September 29. The regular course of lecfures of the College of Physi- cians and Surgeons will begin Friday, October 1, and continue until March, The session of 1875-6 of the Woman’s Medical College of the New York Infirmary, at No, 128 Second avenue, will begin October 5, BURGLARIES IN WILLIAMSBURG. During the night of Monday two houses were forcibly entered in the Eastern District of Brooklyn, one cer- tainly for the purpose of plunder, while the other seems more for the purpose of pure malicious mischief, No, 86 Lee avenue, the residence of Mr. J. A. Wilson, entered by forcing open the front basement door, was robbed of a fancy Chinese box, worth $100; six silver teaspoons, $12; one gold headed cane, $10, and a meershauin pipe, valued at $5. No, 176 Lorimer street, the residence of Mr, John Mitchell, a forward politician and officeholder of the Fifteenth ward, was entered through the cellar grating, ‘and though a diamond pin, worth $100, is missing, tho intruders cut the wearing apparel of Mrs. and Miss Mitchell into stripes, not only dresses, but their under- clothing. Pillow cases were also slashed across with a sharp weapon, farniture defaced and everything turned upside down, A WARNING TO BURGLARS, In the Court of Sessions at White Plains, Westchester county, yesterday, George Poxley, a New York thief, indicted for burglary in the first degree, was convicted and sentenced by Judge Gifford to fifteen years in the State Prison. The convict, with two confederates, who escaped, broke into the residence of Thomas H. Lud- low, at Yonkers, last July, and carried off a gold watch and chain, together with about $30 in money, Poxley moe officer who tried to arrest He THE BEECHER SCANDAL Mr. Beecher Consents to Withdraw the Suit Against Moulton. The Defendant Indignantly Objects. HE DEMANDS A TRIAL. There is another muddle or complication in affairs connected with,the great scandal case, It will be re- membered that there is now an indictment for lioel hanging ovér the head of Mr. Francis D. Moulton, which was found by the Grand Jury of Kings county | upon Rey. the complaint and testimony of the Henry Ward Beecher. This indictment is now in the office of District Attorney Brit- ton, of Kings county. It seems to have troubled the mind of Mr, Britton so much that last month he determined to make an effortto quash it quietly, but formally and legally, The motives of the official will be found in the first of the following letters, which he addressed to Mr. Beecher on the 2ist ult, It will be seen from the other letters to and from Mr. Moulton that Mr. Beecher agreed with the District At torney that it would be well, under the circumstances noted by Mr. Britton, to quash the indictment, but that Mr. Moulton refused to arrive at that conclusion, The letters are interesting reading and will, no doubt, re- vive much of the talk about the scandal, which has flagged greatly since July : BRITTON TO BERCHER, Ovrice ov tHe Distaict ArtorNey, Kixas Covyry, Room 3, Counry Court Hovse, Bkooxuyy, August 21, 1875. Rev. Hexry Warp Brecurr:— Deak Sm—There is in this office an indictment, found upon your complaint and testimony, against Mr. Francis D. Moulton for libel, based upon publications by him regarding yourself, It was not at once disposed of, awaiting the result of a civil action in the same court brought by Mr. Theodore Tilton against your- self, involving substantially the same question.” The trial of that case continued six months, terminating in July last by a disagreement of the jury. At its con- clusion, in accordance with custom pending the summer heat, the court adjourned its jury term, civil and crimi- nal, until September, The time now approaches when it is incumbent on me to make some disposition of this indictment, As a public officer, representing to tho best of my ability the interest of the people only, I am, and can be, no party to the personal controversy con: nected with these matters. On behalf of the people only Lam cailed upon to act, T have, therefore, given the subject serious and con- scientious reflection, and the following, considerations present themselves, suggestive that the public interests would be best served by moving for a noile prosequi in this case, Substantially the issuo herein involved was tried in the civil action, and after a protracted and most ex- haustive investigation the jury disagreed. On a trial of this indictment—unlike that of the civil case—the weil established principle that the accused is entitled to the benefit of a reasonable doubt will apply, and the probability of an agreement for conviction will be thereby lessened, and it is but reasonable to assume that in the absence of additional evidence—of the ex- istence of which I am not informed—a jury will be no more favorable to the case of the people in the criminal proceedings than to that of the defendant in the civil action, and will NOT BE LIKELY TO CONVICT nor probably to agree. The trial will involve much valuable time of a Judge of the Court, to the exclusion of other business press- ing for disposition, and will also be of greut expense to the county. It will be very difficult, if not impracticable, to obtain in this county a jury qualified by law to sit. I have omitted including among these considerations the effect upon public morals of another trial of the issues involved in this matter, as perhaps this may not be a proper subject to influence my action, Not intending to express or intimate any personal opinion upon the merits of this controversy, I am con- strained by these facts to invite the views of yourself and Mr, Moulton upon this subject, and ‘to submit to your judgment whether it will not be better that the trial of this indictment should nottake place, Any suggestions which you may think proper to make will receive careful consideration. I am, very respectfully, WINCHESTER BRITTON, District Attorney, BRITTON TO MOULTON, Orvice or Tax District Artornry, Kinas Courry, Room 3, Counry Courr Hovsi Brooxyy, Sept. Wy 1 Crry Court oF Brookixy.—The’ People, %e., Francis D. Moulton. vs. Dear Sir—I herewith enclose copy of a letter for- warded by me to the Rey, Henry Ward Beecher. I may properly say that Mr. Beechér, in reply, concurs in the'disposition of this case as suggested by Ino. I submit to you whether, for the reasons stated, you should not also acquiesce in the action proposed. Before determining the matter I await the expression of your views, Very respectfully, WINCHESTER BRITTON, District Attorney. MOULTON’S FIERCE REPLY, Brooxuyn, Sept. 13, 1875, Dear Sin—Your favor of the 11) enclosing a copy of your letter to the Rev, Henry Ward Beecher, was duly received, and in reply I beg to declare at once that I cannot “acquiesce in the action pro} ” With this polite but peremptory protest against tho withdrawal of the indictment, I would be content to terminate our correspondence, but your note invites an expression of my ylews, and more particularly challenges my judgment as to the “suflicioncy of the reasons’ stated” to justify your contemplated action, and as an omission to ro- Spond to your suggestion ‘might be imputed to some motive of studied incivility, I proceed with candor, but in all courtesy, to comply with your request, In discussing the considerations that determino you to abandon the prosecution, you and I contemplate the subject in differént aspects and relations. As a sworn ofticer of the government you are permitted to look only at the public interests, and to be controlled exclu- sively by a sense of official duty; whereas I, a private citizen, indicted of a criminal offence, will be pardoned if 1 pursue the course best calculated TO VINDICATE MY OWN INNOCENCE. It wil] not be surprising, therefore, nor will it imply any disparagement of your understanding if your “rea- sons’’ fail spaces me as decisively as they appear to ates yourself, . You are correct, no doubt, in your calculation of the chances of a verdict for the prosecution; but is not the acquittal of the innocent as much an object of your duty and your solicitude ag the conviction of the guilty? Tam no lawyer, and, therefore, you will excuse my error if 1 have supposed the spirit of our jurispru- dence to be such ‘that it exhibits more alucrity in signalizing the innocence than the criminality of the citizen, and that the most grateful duty of the public prosecutor is to be instrumental in makimg reparation to the unjustly accused, In my laic ignorance I had imagined that the District. Attorney represents as weil the defendant as the people, and with this impression have rested sdfe in the assurance that he would not suffer the machinery of the law to be paotese my destruction, but would, when he found me tim of false and malicious prosecution, hasten to fie me the vindication of @ public acknowledgment of my innocence, or else of a formal acquittal by ajury of my countrymen. Less than this is not the full measure of for vie- my rights; less than this I disdain to. yh Tn hat the trial of the" fodlettiper mpstass ‘mo will involve a heavy public expense and obstruct other exigent business of the cot is an objection that should have been considers at an earlier stage of the p ing, and have avatled to prevent your prede- cessor permitting the powers of the District Attorney's office to be prostituted to the purposes of the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher in his controversy with Mr. Tilton. I have been accused of crime in the name of the people; I haye been compelled to plead as a culprit; Ihave been held to bail for now nearly a year; and surely it is too late for the representative of the people in the prosecution to decline to yield to my DEMAND POR A TRIAL, on the ground that the trial would bea vexatious and oppressive burden upon the people! What other ex- penditure can be more legitimate and laudable than that incurred in vindicating the innocence of a man against whom the people have been betrayed to insti- tute an unfounded prosecution? What supremer in- terest can engage the attention and the time of the courts than the duty of absolving from unjust accusa- tion a citizen against whom hitherto has not been heard a whisper of suspicion or reproach? To me it seems scarcely consistent with the magnanimity of a great people to plead poverty and the pressure of other en- gagements as an excuse for denying a trial to one whom they have falsely arraigned and oppressively ursue! iL. The impossibility of empanelling a jury in this community is a difficulty, I am advised, thit may easily be evaded by changing the venue to another county. IV. Although you do not formally enumerate among the reasons that may determine your action @ consider- ation of the ‘effect Le ablic morals of another trial of the issues involved in this matter,” yet your refer- ence to the topic plainly reveals its influence on your Judgment. ut why should this effect, if such there may be, operate to deprive me of * constitutional right to a speedy and impartial trial? It is not I, but my accuser, the Rey, Henry Ward Beecher, who com- mitted adultery with Mra, Elizabeth R. Tilton, and so gave occasion io this noisome scandal. It was not I who irst obtruded the rerolung story before the public; but, on the contrary, through three ip 2 moray ‘bot with indefatigable endeavor and, an untaltering fidelity to suppress cA and at last I was compelled to speak re- luctantly in self-defence to repel AN INPAMOUS CHARGE ‘BLACKMAT Thy which, in bis desperation, the Rey. Henry Ward Beechor levelled agaist me, Why now should I alone be sacrificed to the policy of silence? This present in- dictinent was not of my instigation, but is the work of the Rev, Henry Ward Beecher, and whatever depriva- tion of public morals may ensue {rom its trial mast be imputed to him, and not to the innocent victim of hig calumnious accusation, But, I do not allow that the interests of public morallty will be hurt by an investigation of the Rev, Mr, Beceher’s guilt. The time was when I thought, and 1 acted on the gonviction, (bab the cause of hms LL SHOCKING ACCIDENT, | virtue would te promoted by the con= criminality; but events have demon- ould have kno} I apy policy, is ever impaired or on and fibcarm can come of sis transaction only in consequence of an apparent impunity and privi- lege vouchsafed to ministers of the Gospel to revel in the unhallowed pleasures of ogee sm cence; wi on the iy the welfare of re- ligion and society will begeennet y indissolubly link- ing to the offence its ine’ le penalty of jure anck retribution. In the circumstances of the , be they ever so copiously detailed, will be found peed per d to disgust and repel, and nothing to bewitch and attract; aud, except there be a miscarriage of justice, of waled, however, you evidently have no apprebensiot cannot "coneeive the possibility that the publio morals will be affronted by the proof of the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher’s adultery. ; 1 am indicted of libel in charging the Rey. Henry Ward Beecher with criminal intercourse with a female member of his congregation. The charge is true; ha knows it to be true; and, whatever the imperfections of man’s tribunals, the Supreme Ruler will some da: reveal the truth and vindicate the right. For the truth, and nothing but the truth, and that, too, under challenge and in defence of my own character and the character of her whose good name is dearer to me than life itself, I have been arraigned as a criminal, compelled like @ felon to plead with uplifted hand, sub- pted to the ignominy of bonds agafnst an escape fromy Justice, loaded with obloquy by the public press, frowned Upon and avoided by society; and now, after the in- dictment against has served its ie by dis crediting in advance a witness of the Rev. Mr. Beecher’d guilt, and it is apparent to you, as it is to the world, that Iam innocent and must bo acquitted—at thid moment, and under these circumstances, I am re- uested to “‘acquiesce” in a nolle prosequi and to suf- fer my accuser to escape the Ley * of his perjured prosecation! Never, sir, never! 1 demand a trial, and shall be ready, on any reasonable notice, to make good my defence. "Very respectfuliy, FRANCIS D, MOULTON. The Hon. Wixcnuster Brirroy, District Attorney, &c., &, ko CARL, SCHURZ’S RETURN. WHAT HE THINKS OF THE RAG MONEY CAM« PAIGN IN THE WEST—A HARD MONEY MAN. Yesterday morning at noon the news wae telegraphed from Sandy Hoo that the Hamburg steamship Pom- merania, commanded by Commodore Schwensen, the veteran commander of 103 out-and-home trips across the Atlantic, was in the offing, and bearing back to out shores the celebrated Missouri statesman, Carl Schurz, * It was not till two o’clock that the ocean steamship in question dropped her anchor at Quarantine, when she was instantly boarded by Health Ogicer Dr. Thomp- son. After his official visit had terminated a HERALD reporter made his way on deck. The scene was am animated one; nearly 700 hundred people, of all ages and every condition in hife, were on the deck. The first thing that struck the eye was a group ot German peasants gathered around a Franciscan and a Benedictine monk, who were together bidding farewell to their travelling companions, previous to getting their baggage ready ta going ashore. Under the guardianship of Dr. Jenner, the Pommerania’s doctor, the Hrraup reporter found seated away aft, on a bit, adjoining the wheelhouse, the object of his search, engaged in the perusal of the Heratp. The ex-Senator looked the picture of health and wore a dark tourist suit of clothes. After intra ducing himself to Mr. Schura the reporter held the fol- Jowing conversation with the bold Missourian :— Rerorter—I have come to learn your views, Mr. Schurz, on the present state of the political fieid in this country. Mr, Scuvrz (laughingly)—Why, my dear sir, you have arrived too soon. I must post myself thoroughly as to what has been doing since I left home. I cers tainly have seen the Heratp and other American papers4n my wanderings abroad, but only at rare in- tervals. To be frank with you, I ought to interview you instead of you me, The reporter consented to this change of réles and Mr. Schurz asked :— . Vhat is your present sensation in the New York press??? Revorter—Well, the Guibord affair in Montreal is one of them, The reporter then told the story of that religious war between Catholics and Protestants, at which Mr, Schurz expressed great regret that such @ state of things should come to pass. The next subject touched on was the Maine election, and the report that the democrats were said to be in the ascendant, which evidently pleased hin. Then the RAG MONEY campaign in Ohio. Mr. Schurz declined, however, ta express his opinions as to whether democrats or repub« licans would carry the day, In reply to a question as ta whether Mr. Schurz had become imbued at all with ins flation ideas, he replied, ““You know I am a hard money man.”? Then he asked as to what had been done in the recent Republican Convention at Saratoga, who had | been nominated for office, and aiso if Clarence Seward | had accepted the nomination. While the reporter was being ‘interviewed’? Commo- dore Schwensen had gone on board the tugboat Only Son to clear his vessel at the Custom House, and was then waving his hand as @ signal of farewell to bis nD gers. Mr. Schurz, happening to look out on the bay, Saw what was passsing and said, ‘i am very sorry I did not bid my friend Schwensen by. T went overt with him, and think he is a splendid _saflor and fine fel- low in every respect.” Then the New York Demo- cratic Convention was discussed and namerous other matters, At last the reporter thought it wag his turn to ask @ few questions, and asked Mr. Schurz where he had spent hit holiday on the Continent of Europe. He replied:— I left here the 29th of April, and havo visited Berli Hamburg, Kiel, England and Switzerland, where I spent in the latter place my time in the Grisons and Bernese Oberland. Revorrer—Did you do any alpenstock work while in Switzerland? Mr. Scnurz (laughingly)—Oh no; I went on excur. sions, however, similar to those enjoyed there by the majority of people, While in England 1 resided prin- cipally at London. I made no speeches anywhere, save when my friends gave me a banquet in Berlin last June. Another halt in the conversation occurred here by Mr, ot asking the whereabouts at the present moment o VICH PRESIDENT WILSON, i The reporter then asked Mr. Sclrura what his present movements were to be, and he replied, “I shall go to the Fifth Avenue Hotel, and propose stopping a few days in New York, when I shali go West.” At this Lime several friends of Mr. Schurz camo up to speak to him, and the reporter bade him good day. A fellow passenger of Mr. Schurz suid that Mr. Behar uged to write eyery evening while in the passage for a pro- tyaoted ehgth of ti He spoke politics with nobody, and carefully eschewed the subject On the 10th the Pommerania was caught in a hurricane and had a great many of her sails split. THE SCENE AT HONOKEN. Upon arriving at the wharf in Hoboken hundreds of eople had gathered to welcome Mr. Schurz back to the Tnited States, His particular friend, Dr. Jacobi, of Thirty-fourth street, was absent, however. Under the present cumbersome system of collecting duties on acon the delay here was terrible and of ours’ duration, General Nichols, at the head of the custom brigade, worked manfully; but their task was a Herculean one.’ Women begging to be allowed to take the customs oath, wearied with waiting, were to be seen all along the wharf; men using ban a4 far from complimentary to our customs system, the customs of- ficers with perspiration hebgeou | down their face, and, tp somo cases, apparently at their wits’ end; crying childrep and many women looking as weak as if they would faint, Mr. Schurz saw it all and apparently took mental note of it, seeing the crying necessity tor reform in this matter, A FRENCH FRIGATE IN PORT. Yesterday afternoon at two o'clock the handsome French frigate La Minerve (second class), from Halifax, NN. &, came to an anchor off the Battery, She mounts sixteen guns, four of which are of the new or 1871 model. She has a well drilled crew of 390 men. Shortly after dropping her anchor she fired a national salute of twenty-one guns, which the fort on Governor's Island promptly responded to, after which she saluted the United States flagship Minnesota, which lost no time in responding to the courtesy. following are the principal officers:— Admiral—Bento. Com: ‘Bebic. Chief of Stag’—Jonc! Liewtenants—Domalain, Biller, Lapotaire, Coy, Des- camps and Santelli, Sub-Lieutenants—G: Chaplain—Faron. jourdan. arnault and Babean. Chief Engineer—Doneaa Midshy —Batail Houette, De Laubriere, Arl- bin, De Tery, Broayer Thoret, In reply to questions put by a Hera reporter to the: Fn C the watch on board La Minervo last evening @ stated :— “We left Halifax, Nova Scotia, last Sata at three o'clock, We commenced our cruise on the Ai leaving L’Orient, in France, and sailed directly to Nova ne we visited Sydney, Cape Breton, and then frigate Bellerephon, which is about paytog & visit to & vis! oO there waters Our station is the West Tn giclcamo, "whieh lately stopped here 8 iclenn whiel sto on formance. "La Minerve ls aoe 5 i = E é you, I can’t tell you The bie seg thanked tho officer for ee inmeueae his rifle to show the sun had set, DEATH OF MR, MACNAMARA, Peter J. Macnamara, who shot himself in the head at his residence in North Third street, Brooklyn, E. D., on Sunday evening last, died at the Eastern District Hos- pital yesterday inoring hal pa nln ook The ing ware called for by bis friends and will be buried to day.