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4 Views of M. Thiers on the Solution of the French Political Problem. THE REPUBLIC INEVITABLE. “Religious Ideas Which Serve as the Instru- ments of a Betestable Policy.” France “Drifting Between the Syl- labus and Materialism.” THE BONAPARTIST ADMIRAL. ‘The Journal des Débats of September 8 contains the tant views of the great octogenarian thor of Histoire du Consulat et de ‘The gentleman who was favored ) this grave and solemn following statesman, th Empire,” M. Thiers, with the interview statement Was Wa: 1M It was nine o'clock t y brilliant and the sun, slowly moving from th Dent de Jaman toward the Dent de lOche, gradually hghted up the whole depth of the lake beyond tho trees of that delicious Beau- Rivage Park, wher frst President of the French Republic has already recovered his wonted health and vigor. I found him return to resume his dail e the ng from his morning walk, about “push on.” he said, “as fast as I can. 1 mistrust my memory, and I am Anxious not to leave unpenned any longer ideas which have occupied my mind for forty years, 1 must at last write the book whi i embody them. ‘THIS WiLL DR MY LAST WiLt.”? Then, remembering that we are on the soil so mach beloved by the author of “Julie,” “Rousseau said that he wrote his ‘Emile’ to repair the error of not having himse!f brought up children. I have not to make myself the same reprowch, eince I never had any chil- dren, but how many, mony times have I not asked my- self what I should wish my son to learn from me at the time when I should have to help his intellect and make over to him the fruits of my long studies? The youth of France 1s, as it were, my child, They are going astray through the bad teaching received by them, To escape from religious \deas, which at present do scarcely anything more than eu! ve A DETSSTAULE STATRCRAPT, allow themselves to be laid hold of by other {deas, which will do them no better service, It is not good that they should thu vel an oblique path be- tween the § nd downright materialism, I will endeavor to bring them back to reason and keep them there. It was for their sake, as well as for my own, that during the last years, provious to having been obliged to assume the weighty burden of piloting my country after her terrible shipwreck, I was so happy to examine closely with the best masters what it is possi- bie for man to scan, aided by the profoundest exponents of all the sciences, I studied chemistry, geology, as- tronomy, with an ardent love for truth. I wished to near the light in everything. Could a long political life interfere with this?” And TI let him talk, simply con- fining myself to the remark that men, when young, have ever yicided to the craving after novelty and taken for strength of mind the adoption of the most ultra views; that the bias of the last century was the same, and was similar in previous centuries, but that with age ma- terialism and scepticism gradually lost their hold on the soul, and that, giving their right place to the mys- terious and the unknown, we surrender the bitter pleasure of doubting everything for the sweeter pleas- ure of doubting less frequently : “But my task is not an easy one.” continued my Mustrious interlocutor, “for wo must only believe what common sense allows us to believe. I am, you may well imagine NO ADVOCATE OF THE SUPERNATURAL, as understood by M. Guizot, It ds, to say the least, strange to imagine a God-boatman, who does tricks to draw the crowd to him. Miracles are superfluous to the idea of aGod. He needs no little tricks to make himself belieyed by His cyeatures.”? “And what will be the title of the work ?”’ I asked “T have not got that far yet." But we may expect a book of the kind that Cicero wrote at Tusculum as a solace from his family troubles and his civic anguish; and let us congratulate ourselves that M. Thiers is writing his “De Natura’ Deorum’” at the very time when Cwsars are disappearing, and that one can augur well of the Republic. Passing to another subject: “the Republic,” said he, “4s inevitable and was so. People have said that I could have prevented its establishment. This is a great mistake. People lose their time in trying to hamper it, and when they fall in line and accept the established order of things they are foolish to show that they re- gret it. In order to confrant the last difficulties that face us—to beat off extreme parties—we want nnity and union, and we should rapidly form an enormous mass of good republicans, hard working, order loving men, if we never again spoke of our various polit and of our bygone loves. Moderate minds are very numerous, not only among the middle classes, but among the lower offers We must do nothing to alienate them, and everything to establish confdence between all who really wish to raise France up, and to see her face her new fortunes without any danger to the State or the public peace. . INTELLECT WILL HOLD ITS SWAY, but let it not be too proud and too haughty. In a word, the lower orders have a right to consideration, and policy requires that this should never more be lost sight o: ‘This is just about what I heard, and it isa sign of the times to hear this from the mouth of him who in 1850 Used the expression “‘vile multitude” as descriptive of the mob, rez Of socialism to the silent yoke of Cwsarism. Although the een ha adjourned the 4 ssion of some practical political questions, I could not refrain from ask- ing M. Thiers whether he was still convinced of the superiority of a voting by list over that of voting by dis- tricts. “More than ever. In ordinary times i should be for disthict voting, which brings the candidate they wou more in connection with the voter. But have not definitely founded the edifice. ties, only half restrained by a policy wh seoms to take a pleasure in advising them to nurse their hopes, have hitherto done nothing but postpone their quarrels, We have done nothing so long as we have not a homogeneous Assembly—that is to say, a moc ate one, from which are excluded the representatives of extreme part; The good of the country re and public order still demand this sacrifice, When I proposed district voting I thought the Republic would never be attacked, I must confess I did not anticipate the 24th of May. That day bas been inade up for, but with the attitude of the Present government the reparation—indeed, order and public peaco—would run groat risk if we did not cling to the sole means of securin those moderate elections, which will be our salvation for a longtime tocome, I | Gm not Certsin, but I entertain the hope that THE ASSEMBLY WILL BND IT8 CARRER WELL, and that its patriotivm will induce it to pass voting by list, Then I have not only the hope but the intimate conviction that the elections will prove the salvation which we expect them to be, gins | to pass from the tumultuous heavings | disorganization, to meet, a second time, the same re- ward? It would be too heavy a sacrifice, both as a citizen and 4 man, Doubtless I should have liked to finish what I began. [It is a very natural pleasure. | desire, too, to keep, as long as I can, my place in public life, but as a simple citizen, im that Chamber where I | have passed so much of my life. 1 will therefore not accept multiple elections, We are no longer in 1871. If they do me violence I shalt regret itextremely. The government must go on without any fresh shocks, without any extraordinary remedies, I ean desire nothing better, both for France and myself.” | THE LONDON TIMES ON M. THIERS. The London Zimes of September 9 has an article on | the foregving interview, of which the following i . summary :— On the exquisite shores of the Lake of Geneva M. Thiers is enjoying not only the physical refreshment of the scene, but the moral satisfaction of justly appre- ciated labors and services. The colony of his country- men in Geneva and Lausanne can scarcely be consid- ered as out of France, and they share the life of the French nation without being immersed in the personal ‘and party intrigues which tend to obscure its real im- uises, “‘Thore can be no doubt that in waiting on M. Phiers tast sun y to preseot him with an address and | THE SUMMEN VANGUARD, An Effort to Replace Her in the Battle Line of the British Navy. SCIENTIFIC CONQUEST OF THE SEA. Results Achieved by Divers and Submarine Craftsmen, PREPARATORY WORK. [From the London Daily Telegraph, Sept. 10, 1875. We published yesterday the most important opinion other tokens of honorable regard they have but given ex- pression to the true sentiment of France, This ts not | one of those too numerous occasions on which offi cious congratulations seem emefly bestowed for the sake of the distinction therr acceptance reflects on those who offer them, They are worthily prompted by | adesire to render due honor to avery venerable old | maa, who as yet has received from his countrymen a | most inadequate recognition of his merits, | He retires to pursue in privacy the studies which are | his recreation, and it is when he seeks refreshment in | ‘the favorite refuge of French genius that we hear of a | proper wibute being paid by his countrymen to his character and his work, However this apparent noglect may forthe present | be excused, France i8 too generous a nation to fail in | the end to nize in M. Thiers one of the greatest men | who have vod her, and she may yet have occasion to | stration. | wisdom to digeern the neces- sity of choosing w urse “divided the country least,” and who had the ability to impress that idea upon his countrymen for at icast a long enough time to carry them turough the worst dangers of the crisis, As he truly confesses, he could have done nothing without the co-operation of the nation; but if we ask what the nation was likely to have done’ without his assistance, the answer would be diticult to give. It was his voice, in a word, which summoned the nation to its only safe , course, and it was his hand which firmly guided it unul the worst perils were passed. It will be seen that M. Thiers in his retreat still re- tains his apprehension of the dangers by which his country’s course is threatened, and adheres to the counsels by which he for once extricated her from her gonfusion, 1k might be wishea, indeed, that the book On which he is concentrating his matured literary power’ could be described as something else than “a is race, that the dire lessons of experience emancips The merit of the last ew years of his life was ted him the instruction of his countrymen would be an analysis experience, deseribed with rvation which he displayed | years. Frenchmen might y from one who has such attention, But if the form work be not all that might purpose bespeaks the later | He Sees that the error of | of his long and molancho! | the power of impartial ob: in 1871 and the follow listen to the tra irresistible claims on and matter of have been desire wisdom of the old statesman, his countrymen is that they are perpetually following | the phantom of one idea or another. If they re “the religious ideas which now serve for little more than the instrument of 2 detestable policy,” they allow | themseives to be seized by other ideas” which in turn | render them no beter service. j them to reason, | which are greater than reason.’ M. Thiers recognizes that facts have been too strong for him. ‘He denied thut he could have pre Republic, which w inevitable in polities is the trath which, of all others legitimists, Bonapartists and republicans have alike until it is accepted rather as the inevitable than as the ideal form of government, So long as a form of govern- ment represents the triumph of one party in the State content to t whatever is best im existing circum. | stances they have a common ground on which to under- | stand one another. M. Thiers may justly claim, as he | did in one of his 9 es at Ouchy, as much credit for | appreciating this necessity as for liberating the terri- | tory The liberation, indeed, as we have suid, was the legitimate result of the practical patriotism thus ex- pressed, and if France is to regain stability and progress | | i» must return once more to the principles which M. ‘Thiers practised in. olfice, aud which he expounds in is retirement. THE ADMIRAL’S LETTER. The following is the letter of Admiral de la Roncitre | le Noury, Deputy to the National Assembly for the Eure, | and at that time in command of the Mediterranean | fleet, which was read by M. Raoul Duval at the Béna- | partist banquet at Evreux, and which excited such at- | tention as to cause his removal from the command:— ON Boag THE MAGENTA, Sept. 2, 1875, My Dear Mowsizok Tapiveat—I aim much annoyed at not being able to accept the invitation which you send me for the dinner which is to be held next Sunday, ‘The public service keeps me at present afar off. I have always at heart the wish to associate inyself with every | | manifestation of the union of the conservative party, | | of which I claim to be in my own sphere one | of the immovable supporters;’ and in the con- servative party I make no distinction of opin- | jon. He is conservative in my eyes, whatever be the ; shade to which he belongs, who repudiates the doc- | urines of the revolutionists of the Fourth of Septem- ber and of their sectaries. It is in this vein of ideas | that I should have liked to join my fellow citizens, to be able once more to ailirm my convictions and to pre- | sent them asa title for their future suifrages. While | remaining the impartial appreciator of the facts which | were accomplished beiore May 24, 1 shall not cease to be the devoted servant of the government of Marshal | MacMahon as long as he shall not be borne outside of | the conservative paths in which to-day he is concen- trating his most ardent efforts; but I assert that when the moment comes FRANCE SHOULD BECOME FREE TO CHOOSE, and thug once more take the place among the European / hierarcfy which is denied her by the present form of | governmeut. What you may say is that! shall un- | ceasingly fight against that which my sense of recti- tude orders tue to fight aainst—namely, compromises | and the dissolvent weaknessss of fear, the defections | | and shameful alliances of hatred—defections und | iiiances, alas! which are not new, but which remain a | | stigma for those who have not known how to escape | them, for those who even to-day are preparing them. | selves for such a course, Transmit to my friends the | expression of the regrets which I feel at my absence, | I know enough of my dear feilow citizens of the Bure to be certain that they will believe in my sincerty, 1 AM HONORED BY A GRKAT COMMAND, | perhaps the last step of my long career w I shall hold for some time jonger, a command, however, which does not keep me far enough off to prevent me from go- ing now and then to shake hands with them and to serve their interests with the ardor which [ have always | employed. Iam ambitious to exercise my command with honor, for my constant thought is that they should be proud of their compatriot, This feeling has | | always guided mo im my career abroad, as also during the painful trials of the | siege of Paris, Teil ghem I hope sincerely that | | the union of which the banquet which is being pre- | | pared is a striking manifestation will serve as an ex- | to all conservatives. It is an honor for the De- | partment of the Eure to have taken the initiative, and | | Lotfer you, my dear M. Tardiveau, my liveliest con- | gratulacons for having been one of the promoters, and | | for having remained the determined champion of the | | great party to which we belong. Receive, Vice Admiral DE LA RONCIERE LE’ NOURY, Deputy tor the Eure, ATTEMPED KIDNAPPING. aoa | | An outrageous attempt at kidnapping has just been | | made public in Brooklyn. A few days ago Mrs. Eugene | Hayse, who, together with her husband and their in- fant, a boy of ten months, occupies apartments on the third floor of No, 629 Pacific street, heard her child, who was in an adjoining room, cry out, She hastened to see What was the matter and found the door leading to the hall ajar. Mrs. Hayse looked down stairs and was shocked on behoiding a man hurrying down with the infant under his arm, The mother screamed and ran after the fellow, demanding ber child. A comrade of the fellow, who stood at the doorway, on secing her, ran off into the street, ‘The fellow with the infant roughly throw it to the ost frantic woman, | and, with an oath, made his exit. There was but | one other person sh the house, a woman, at the time, and | | they were both so alarmed, though it was between’ wo | and three o'clock in the ‘afternoon at the time, that | | they failed to give any alarm to the police.’ The ruiflan who bad the child in his arms was of medium height, rather stoutly built and had a black mustache, He wore a check shirt and slouch hat, They both were poorly dressed and were evidently tramps. Mrs. Hayse | is of the belief that she saw one of the fellows standing | sooner or philosophical work,” for philosophy is the quicksand of | pinties of working upon het. ted the establishment of the | form us that c neviiable,”? That there are things | down and work at twenty-five fathoms can always be | provided; and in the volume which we have named need to learn. Even the Republic itself will be unstable , instances are given of divers attaining twenty-eight | and even thirty-four fathoms. Hooper, a Liverpool | | professional, searched a sunken vessel in Pichdangue over another, so‘long is it constantly liable to suspi- | Bay, near Valparaiso, at the latter depth, 204 feet, cion and attack. But from the moment people are | but | ad | surely found, which has appeared on the subject of recovering the lost Vanguard, in the form of a letter from the well known submarine engincers, Messra, Sicbe and Gorman, These gentlemen agree with all that we have recently stated as to the possibility of raising the foan- dered ironclad, and pronounce it a task difficult, but in no sense impossible. Whether, therefore, the Lords of the Admiralty, as reported, have determined to put off all attempts to lift the ship will the spring, or | whether Captain Bate, with his erew of riggers and divers trom Devonport, will do something more than merely clear the wreck during the present favorable weather we certainly offer a distinct protest against operating upon the sunken man-o’-war by employing | explosives. If she can be lifted she ought to be lifted, and the effort, we say, must be made later for the honor of the flag which she bore when she went down, Even with reference to the court martial about to be held, the one witness we most want above water is the Vanguard. She and she alone can surely tell us whether the bulkheads were closed, and all was performed at the last moment | which duty and seamanship prescribed, and if she should give her dumb evidence after the finding it will still be full of interest to the navy and naval science, The points upon which the public may well be glad to have the experienced judgment of these submarine en- gineers, are the position of the vessel and the possi- Mr. Henry Siebe is the author of an extremely interesting volume entitled from philosophy aud from theories ot whites r sine, “The Conquest of the Sea,” and his firm and that when his eyes were opened to realities he ‘ é had the courage to face them. ‘The philosophy | D8v@ ‘invented and patented the dress now | which France needs is the philosophy of facts, and the ; @lmost universally employed in the wonder- most valuable contribution M. Thiers could ‘make to | ful things daily done im the watery world. THE SHIP CAN BE RAISED. It is, therefore, of national interest to hear from so high an authority that the Vanguard does not lie out of reach of easy efforts, and that, as a matter of scientific fact, this noble fighting ship can almost certainly be repliced in the battle line of the British Navy. In these matters everything depends upon divers. A | tivo | vessel sunk beyond'the reach of those skilful and bold | ‘2esubiect The Western Union Telegraph Company searchers of the deep is gone beyond recovery. Now, the Vanguard lies upon a bed of hard white sand in about He will wy to recall | nineteen fathoms and a half of water, and the depth to d, let ws hope, algo to the facts of life, | which the Admiralty divers are wont to descend is | twenty fathoms, But Messre, Stebe and Gorman in- ompanies of men able and willing to go | this is the very deepest level ever searched, At this point the pressure of the con- densed water upon each square inch of the frame amounts to 8$ilbs., and it is the ascertained limit, for the present at least, of what man can resist, Now, divers have already been down to the keel of our sunken man-of-war, and have actually measured her wound. She lies on a firm and clean bottom, where she can be readily prevented from silting up with sand; and when her gear and guns have been removed there is nothing whatever but the weather which will stand in the way of an effort to raise and repair her, We demand that this object shall be steadfastly kept in view, whatever is done with the tophamper of the giant wreck; and, meantime, it will not be without interest to notice at'some length the peculiarities of the modern system of submarine work, which, within the limits named, has been brought to most remarkable per- fection. FEATS OF DIVING. The general equipment of a diver is well known, With a watertight dress and a supply of air pumped into his helmet from above he can live, move and even work ‘d under water as deep as fis body can endure the great pressure of the condensed fluid. At thirty- two feet this amounts to 40,000 pounds, and where tho Vanguard lies a man must bear a superincumbent weight of not less than 160,000 pounds. It is wonder- ful that the human frame can sustain this, but, of course, the air inside the body balances the pressure | outside; yet the strain is prodigious. The great point is to ascend slowly; from any such considerable depth the diver is obliged to come up with much caution, A Greek who had gone down into thirty fathoms was too quickly hauled back, and, from the above depth to the deck of the vessel in less than five minutes, when he was undressed the muscles began to sweil all over his body by the ex- Gess of air absorbed during his stay under water, his lungs were in a state of vacuum, the blood was forced by the pressure of air from all parts of the body into them, inducing congestion of the lungs and causing his death. The ascent must therefore be made very leis- urely, and only those of a particular constitution can stand the work atall. Full-blooded, short necked per- sons, pale-complexioned, deaf, high-colored or hard- drinking men are not ailowed to follow the profession. Those who can resist the effect of the great pressure do not, however, suifer in their health. On the contrary, weak-lunged persons have been known to derive great benefit (rom the habit of breathing the compressed air, and Whitstable especially is full of hale, amphibious turers hike “old John Gann,’’ who bailt “Dotlar Tow’’ there with thé proceeds of the silver picked up from sunken Spanish Armada vessels, DIVING SIGNAL SYSTEM. A complete system of signals by means of the air tube and life-line has been arranged, and the diver some- times carries a speaking pipe, by which he can com- municate or send up a siaie with written messages, ‘The signalman is responsible, and must be very vigi- lant all the time the diver is down. Occasionally he will give one pull on the life-line, and the diver returns the signal by one pull, signifying “All right.” If the sig- nal be not returned the diver must be hauled up,but ifthe diver wishes to work without being interrupted by sig- | nal he gives one pull on the line independently for ‘Ail right; let me alone,’’ irregular jerks, diver failing int t, and, not ret ly. When thi ascend the ladder, and wishes to be pulled ‘up, he gives four sharp pulls on the life-line. If, while being hauled up, the diver gives ono pull it signifies “All right; don’t haul me any more,” The work which skilled persons can do under water and at. considerable dopths 18 something truly astonishing. They can lay masonry, drill solid rock, cut away iron plates and fastenings, clean ships’ keels, repair’ valves, cut loose and effect almost ‘everything that could be ‘e water. SUBMARINE CRAFTSMEN, The handiest men about a wreck are’ those who, hav- ing been seamen, understand each portion of a vessel, for the submarine toiler is constantly obliged to walk backward for fear of fouling the lines in the gear of the wreck, and under the sea it is piteh dark AUany grat Should the signalman feel any uch as might be occasioned by the a hole, ho signals to know if all 13 iving any reply, he hauls up imme- depth or if the winds and waves have stirred up the | bottom. The men have, however, the great advantage | of the electric lamp, which diffuses a light in the darkest gloom, and with the aid of this it is, as we havo said, amazing what tasks can be performed in those gloomy abysses of the ocean, Some divers are exceod- ingly handy at repairs; one having riveted a plate of iron in place of that destroyed in passing over a rock by a vessel which afterward sunk. She was raised and sieamed back to England, the diver returning in her, and when in dock the engineers could hardly credit that the plate had been riveted under water, Accordingly, men are trained for different tasks; a ipbuilder’s hand makes the best inspector of wrecks, @ mason goes down for building operations, and a steam fitter must be found when engines are to be taken to pieces. Men of ail these trades are in constant training and readiness; they earn, and they deserve, very high wages, and {n any such case ag that of our lost fronclad, where the wreck lies within reach, and can be it is hard to eay what they cannot tackle, The standing masts and yaras of the Van- guard and the fact that almost everything about her is iron offer difficulties; but if science and public spirit do thoir part as well as our divers will, the Vanguard ought to float again next year almost as good a ship ag “That is tho last crisis, Thore was no Bonapartism | near the street door the evening previous when she | over, in France before the 24th of May. There will be none efter the election of the new Assembly, if, before elec- tion day, the country can be convinced of all it has to gain by keeping out of the Legislature every one who would still force bis way in Ww disturb the national peace.” M, THIRRS WANTS REST, M. Thiers is evidently of opinion that we shall not ‘Have to pass through too heavy trials, “I trust so,” ue said, ‘for my own sako At my age I may be be ieved. I was quite broken down. I have recovered, I bave my hoaith and my faculties, I have got rid of the bronchitis which clung tome, I merely want rest, $0 a8 to finish the book of which we were speaking. Can I again wish for official position? By no means. And, in the first placo, it would be a sign that France was in Qn abnormal condition, Besides, should I have tho Strength, or could 1 have the desire, to begin again the same work and to saye the State # second time from was entering the house with her husband and child, | The police of the Tenth precinct have now the case in | hand, and are doing their utmost to effect the arrest of the Villains concerned in the attempted abduction, BURNED OUT, A disastrous’ fire, with loss of life, visited the west end of Staten Island on Wednesday morning, About four o’clock the handsome residence of Mr. James Ratan, shipbuilder, at West Tottenvillo, near Ward's Point, was discovered to be on fire, The flames had then made so much progress that they could not be checked. The fire seems to have caught in the upper art of the house, in or near a room occupied by Mr, utan’s aged mother, who unfortunately perished. Mr. Rutan himself and his wife, two daughters and son barely escaped with their lives, having nothing on but their night clothing. The house haa recently been re- fitted, and everything in it was destroyed. ‘The build- ing was valued at from $5,000 to $6,000 and was par- PEATS OF SUPMARINR SALVAGE. It may encourage the public mind to hope for and de- Mand the restoration of this noble vessel when it is ‘nown what feats have already been performed by sub- Marine salvage, The following vessels were raised by caissons:~ The Prince Consort, at Aberdeen, an iron peace steamer of 607 tons (when tho dead weight ifted was $60 tons, including engine and boilers); the brig Ridesdale, sunk off Calshot Castle, 170 tous bur- den; Her Majesty's gun brig Partridge, 180 tons. and the brig Dauntless, 179 tons, in the Victoria Docks, in twenty-five fect of water, Colonel Gowan, in the har- bor of Sebastapol, raised many large ‘war vessels, One of them, the Viadimir, weighed about 6,000 tons, being entirely filled with mud, For these operations he constructed from four to six large caissons, about 100 feet jong, 65 feet width and 22 feet depth, and worked the weight up with two anda half incl alng over steam winches. The vessels lay about sixty-two feet beneath the surface, and, on account of the ‘mud, it was TS cs Lod good the lifting gear under their keels, e Vanguard does not weigh more in the water than the Viadimir did, and we have far better tally insured, but in what companies could not be ascer- tained. ‘The furniture was valued at about $4.000, material and ineans than Colonel Gowan could com- mand. site, moreover. in an excellent nesition being brought | diver, from any cause, is unable to | upon the white sand, and the judgment of persons so experienced as Messrs, Siebe and Gorm»n is that she certainly can be recovered, either by filling up her wound With @ watertight shield, and then closing the vessel in everywhere and pumping the water out, or by slinging her bodily to powerful hulks and bringing her inshore by means of successive udes The first course would seem very problematical to any les® ac- customed judges than these gentlemen; for, except that divers seem able to perform anything, how could 80 Vast a vessel have evory orifice and adit sealed ¢ “pon? GIVR UP THR BHI." The second is the simpler plan, apparently; but in any ease what we emphatically urge is that the Van- guard must not be abandoned to the darkness of the deep sea without strenuous efforts to reco: her, Whatever she discloses, whemsoever she condemns when she appears, the ship may be and vught to be jifted, and the proceedings of the Admiralty will be very closely scanned if they do less than their best toward this national object. EFFORTS TO RAISE THE SHIP. (From the Daily News, Sept. 11, 1875.] Captain Batt and a large staff of divers from Deven- port Dockyard arrived at the scene of the wreck of the Vanguard at six this morning. The steamtug !n which they caine had two lighters in tow. 1t deposited them close up to the wreck, between it and the steam ten- der Orwell, and leaving still further north the Irish Lights Commissioners’ hghtship, Thus they stand at present—the sunken vessel on te south; next, | and quite adjacent, the Plymouth lighters; to north. | ward of these, at a short distance, the Orwell gunboat, and on the extreme north the lightship. A signal gun hes been established on board the latter to si » of fogs, In addition to the government stat! of ers and ‘appliances, under the command of Staff- | Captain Batt, a small staf! has been sent over by a pri- | vate firm—five divers and attendants—with submarine lamps, air pumps and other diving gear, trom the establishment of Messrs, Denayrouzo & Co., sub- marine engineers, London and Paris, They were landed at Kingstown by the quarter to seven A. M. Holyhead mail steamer, and were immediately afterward con- veyed to the’ Vanguard by the Amelia, which Jeft Kingstown about ten ‘o'clock = this__—- morning, The divers trom Messrs. Denarouze’s _ establish ment carry with them a peculiar kind of sub- marine lamp patented by the firm, The chiel distinguishing advantages claimed for it by its inventor | are that M can be lighted under water, and sts light may be reed on for continuance. The specimens brought for use are of the ordinary size, but the glass appears to be uncommonly strong. “By means of au air lube com- municating from each lamp to Lue surface a constant supply of oxygen may be kept up. The igniting in im- mersion is managed by an ingenious contrivance for Bubjecting a quantity of phosphorous in the lamp to sharp friction, and thereby generating flame. The total number of divers and atiendants is nearly one hundred ‘The divers went down twice to-day, early inthe morning and again in the afternoon.’ They succeeded in bringing up across-yard and some pieces of rope, with some portions of the maintopsail and of other sails, some blocks, and a necklace belonging to the mainmast, A NEW CABLE. THE NEW LINE FROM PUNTA RASA TO KEY WEST. To-morrow or next day the telegraph steamship Pro- fessor Morse, now at Key West, will begin to make ar- rangements for laying the new cable between Punta Rasa, Fla. on the Mexican Gulf, and the island of Key West. Yesterday afternoon a Heratp reporter called on Dr. Norvin Green, vice president of the Inter- nutional Ocean Telegraph Company, the owners of the above mentioned vessel, to gain further particulars on | hold a controlling mterest in the shares of the company | in question, and Dr. Green is also Vice President of the | Western Union. The following statement was given by him to the reporter:— The cable to be laid by the Professor Morse is 126 miles in length, from Punta Rasa, Fla, the terminus where the Havana cable connects with the land lines, and Key West, which we call a way station. The steam- ship in question left London in the end of June, calling on her way across the Atlantic at Fayal to coal, and arriving at Key West on the 25th of July last, in the midst of the yellow fever epidemic, The services of twenty-five extra men were required to handle the cable, but the International Ocean Company did not think it safe to expose the ofli- ; cers and the crew not ouly to the epidemic, but to con- tact with people living in che midst on its ravages, As ameasure of safety, therefore, the Professor Morse was ordered up north, to Port Royal, 8. C., which port she left on the 14th, reaching Key West on the 19th } inst. THY THREE HAVANA CAnLES, Three cables have been laid between Havana and Key West, the first in 1867, now entirely abandoned, The second in 1870 has been working well till lately, and will be grappled for and repaired shortly by the 'Pro- fessor diorse. The third, or 1873 cable, is in good con- dition. When the present Punta Rasa and Key West cable is laid, and the second Havana and Key West one is repaired, Ube sysiem between these latter points will be duplicated, as it has been sith the West In- dian system to Demerara and other points, | Beyond Demerara -the cables are open for | pubiic business to Para, and from thence to Pernambuco, communicating with the Brazilian tele- graph system, and also with the Brazilian cable across the Atlintic. ' Thus there is a periect telegraphic circle between Europe and North and South America. For the past three weeks we have been running steam yes- _ (Weather permitting) between Punta Rasa and Key est. ‘THE NEW CABLE, The cable that is about to be laid is not of the ordi- nary character, being a compromise between the deep sea and shore-end cable, The main body of the cable | Weighs four tons a mile and the shore end twelve tons. It was made by the Indian Rubber und Gutta Percha Company, at Silvertown, London, and has been shipped in three separate tanks illed with water. Our manager at Key West, who is an excellent electrician, is on board, also an English electrician sent out to us by Sir Samuel Canning. The first thing to be done in the matter is the | placing of the heavy shore ends. Two or three | days will be employed at Punta Rasa in laying four | miles, and six or eight days at Key West in laying | about six miles. These shore ends huve to be laid by | flat bottomed scows, and, being very heavy cargo, none of them can carry more thau a mile’s length over the | reefs. The cable has, therefore, to be laid in sections and new jomts made. The weight of the 126 miles of cable is upward of 600 tons. The Professor Morse is a first class steamship, admirably adapted tor her work, fully equipped tor paying out or grappling cables, and i3 the only vessel of her kind in the United States, CUBA LIBRE. The agent of the Republic of Cuba in this city, Mr, Miguel de Aldama, received yesterday important cor- respondence from ‘Cuba Libgp,”’ including a letter of | Sefior Spotorno, President pro tem., declining to receive Mr, de Aldama’s resignation as Cuban Agent General in this city, which resignation had been sent to Cuba some time ago, and the same applies to Mr. Echeverria, Diplomatic Agent, President Spotorno makes a per- sonal appeal to his patriotism to continue discharging bis important mission, Stringent orders have been issued to all commanding officers of the Cuban army for the complete destruction | of all property found in their paths, President Spotorno, ina recent speech to Congress, promises ‘ta rigid en: | forcement of the rules of civilized warfare in so far as | the enemy and the exigencies of the times may demand.” | News has been received that Spanish envoys, with | “gate conducts,” signed by Count Valmaseda, had ap- proached the headquarters of General Maximo Gomez, | seeking an interview on the subject of the destruction of property. THE COMING ECLIPSE. Concerning the great eclipse of the sun which will occur September 29 Professor Louis Swift writes to the | Rochester Ezpress as follow: There are three kinds of solar eclipses and two of | lunar, the former being partial, annular and total, the Jatter’ partial and total. “The coming eclipse will be an- | nular and total (ring like), caused by the moon being | too small to cover the entire sun, hence a narrow bright ring will surround the black moon, presenting a sight as beautiful ag its occurrence 18 rare,’ The eclipse (not the annular phase) first touches the earth at sunrise in the Atlantic Ocean northeast of the Bermuda Islands, | and leaves it at sunset in the southern part of | Africa, The annular phaxe, not visible here, first | touches the earth at sunrise on tho shore of Lake | Ontario, about three miles northeast of that narrow | | neck of land separating Sodus Bay from the lake, fol- jowing the track of the partial phase, and leaves the | earth at sunset on the Island of Madagascar. gf a line | be drawn on a map, commencing about five miles north | of Watertown, through Ticonderoga, to a point five | miles south of Portland, Me., it will nearly represent the northern limit of the annular phase. If parallel to this another line has been drawn, commencing five miles north of Ithaca, running about ten miles south of Cort- land, five miles north of Hudson to Duxbury on Cay Cod, it will nearly represent the eouthern liinit of the annular phase, The distance between these two lines represents a terrestrial about 110 miles in width. Through the centre of this belt the eclipse will not only annular, but will also be exactly central, tho ring concentric with the sun’s centre, and of course of equal width all round. On each sido of the central lino the ring will be eccentrie and of course unequal in width, the eccentricity in- creasing until each boundary is passed, when the eclipse ceases to be annular and assumes the appearance of a long, slender crescent. I observed this same eclipse wit) much youthful curiosity at its appearance in 1539, though it Was neither annular nor total, though nearly 60, The beautiful thoughts connected with it cling to me yet, and awaken a desire to observe it again, which 1 intend to do near Syracuse, where the magnitude of tho eclipse will be the largest—11% digits, * * * In 1898 this eclipse will occur again, and every eighteen ears, and about ten days thereafter, every lime pass- ih over the earth some sixty miles farther south, and will finally pass off the earth at the South Polo, after having Rene oprare aare times from 1388 first ap- co at the Not jo, occupying ears, Ker this it will not touch "the earth, but will take lace in space till after the lapse of 12,492 years, when Few toueh the earth again aethe Noten Bote, as be- fore, to repeat the same cycle over and ver again for- ever, THE SCULLERS. The O'Neill and Engelhardt Single Scull Race at Saratoga Lake, STAKES $1,000 A SIDE. Engelhardt Wins Easily in 22m. 22 3-4s. Sanavoaa Lane, Sept. 23, 1875. The single scull match race between George Engel- hardt, of Greenpoint, ond James O'Neill, of New York, came off this forenoon on Saratoga Lake and resulted in an easy victory for Engelhardt. Both men have a large number of friends who, previous to this race, had great confidgnce in tho ability of their respective champion to beat his opponent. How sadly some of them were disappointed the result of the present con- test goes to sho®, The race, which should haye come off on Tuesday, was postponed from that time until this forenoon on account of the unfavorable state of the water for shell boat racing; yet there were tim when the race might have been rowed. The délay from | the original date proved in the end sutisfac- tory, This forenoon the luke was in splendid Condition and afforded both men a fair chance to row on even terms, In the early morning the steamboat Commodore Brady was ready to go up to the upper end of the lake to bring Engelhardt down from his quarters to the starting point, Arriving there he and his friends were ready to embark. A short delay in getting all on board, and the steamer was off again on her way over the course, and down to the grand stand, The crowd which had assembled there for the past two days was perceptibly diminished, and the pool seller had but a slim attendance round his stand, The water was almost as still asa mill pond, A little ripple here and there ruffied its surface, Mit not of such a nature as to interfere in the slightest degree with the smallest shell or the lowest rigged boat, THE CONDITION OF THE MEN was variously criticised. Engelhardt was never in better condition, locked splendidly, ‘as brown as a berry,” and, as one of his friends said of him, he was “fit to row for a man’s life.’? He was full of life and in good spirits, too, and had the old grin which distin guishes him when he sits in his boat ready to row, O'Neill, on the other hand, while looking fincly and ad- mitting he was “in good shape,” was still in dread of a bad cough which has hung on to him for the last week or ten days, and which was liable to come against him ata critical time in the race when he was working hard, Otherwise he was in every respect as well trained and as well prepared for the contest as his opponent. HOW THE RACE WAS BROUGHT AnoUT. Somewhere about the time of the University regatta at Saratoga a number of the friends of both Engelhardt and,O’Neill had some talk about the relative merits of both men as scuilers, and from this talk in agreat meas- | ure the present match was arranged. Engelhardi’s friends believed that George could repeat a similar vic- tory over Jim to that which he achieved on the Troy course in 1872; but O’Neill’s friends contended then, as they have done since, that James was not at that time in good condition, and to that cause they attributed his defeat, While acknowledging defeat O'Neill many times since then felt anxious to again mect the antagonist who defeated him, and last year there was a prospect of their coming together on the course which they rowed over to-day, but somehow or other Engelhardt was not ready to attempt the ordeal and O'Neill rowed over the course alone, making the distance, it is claimed, in the fastest time on record, Little has been heard of either O’Neill or Engelhardt since then until the present match was brought about, On the 3ist of July the represent- atives of both men met together and signed articles of agreement to row a scullers’ race, three miles, with one turn, on Lake Saratoga on the 2ist September, The following is a copy of the ARTICLES OV AGREEMENT under which the race was rowed to-day :— Articles of agreement entored into the Uist day of July, 1875, between daines O'Neill, of Now York elty, and Georg Englehardt, of Greenpoint, L. L. 1. We do hereby mutually ngroe to row #_ scnllers? race on Saratoza Lake on Tuesday, September 21, 1875, over the three mile course, with one’ turn, ut the hour of oleven o'elock A. M., provided smooth water can be had. mt that time, The condition of the the referee, who iy hereby from hour to hour (but the race ‘shall not’ take plnce Inter thau threo o'clock P. M.) and from day to day until smooth water is had. 2.The course is to'be from two stakeboats anchored fifty yards apart, to and around separate stakebunte anchored fifty Yards apareat the turning polut, one milo and a half tro Tie starting point and return. 3; Ab staring the two competing oats shall be held by ir storns. ‘4. ‘The turn shall be as they please; but each competitor shall keop lis own water from start to nish. 3, No coaching shall bo allowed. 6; Bach ‘contestant shail have two Judges, one of each to follow the race with the referee; the others to remain in the uppor turning stakeboat. Hho cholee of position shall be decided by tossing up or by lot, end the signal to start shall be the word. “go,” given by the referee. 8. Wo hereby agree upon Dr. Russell Withers or Mr. E. R, Craft for referee, and iis decision shall be final, If Dr. Withers or Mr. Craft decline to accept the office of referee, then the referee must be chosen by the mutual agreement of the signers of these articles, or their reprosentatives, ten duys from the date of this instrament in writing. §, The race shall be for $1,000 a side, to be posted ag fol- lows :—Five hundred dollars to be placed in the hands of Mr. Hamilton Busbey, whom we heroby agree upon as final Stakeholder ut the timer of signing’ these articles, and the race shall be play or pay as to this ninount as soon ns posted, and the remalning 4200 tobe placed in his hands ton days prior to the day of the race, at an hour not later than five o'clock P. M, The race ix to be play or pay as to the whole mount as soon ay posted. A ‘default by either party in sting the last $500 shall work as a forfeiture of the first 0), ‘In case the race is rowed the stakeholder is hereby in- structed to pay over the amount of money in is hands only on the order of the referee, 20, Al questions arising that are not full articles of agreement sisal] bo decided by the referee under the laws of bout racing adopted by the National Association of Amateur Oarsmen, {JAMES ONE Gigned) UROKGE BNGELranpe, Witnesses. H. D, MeLwryrx, Hasiurox Busney. The following sketches of both men will enable the reader to judge of the past performances of these two oarsinen, Who may now be considered among the best professional scullers in the country :— JAMES O'NEILL formerly belonged to the Mutual Boat Club, of Albany, where he was always considered, from the time he made his début as an oarsman, as one of the most reliable | oars i a boat’s crow. The Mutual Club was then in its | palmiest days, and as a racing club was one of the best | known in the country, It was sure to be represented in most of the regattas, and its many trophies are as so many evidences of the strength and ability ot the ciub in these days, The Hudson Amateur Rowing Association regatta then fourished, and in most of the noted contests whi distinguished the = car of that organization O'Neill Wok @ prominent part. Leaving the Mutuals, James went to New York and there joined the Gulick Boat Club—a well known and plucky Club in those days, but now gathered in and reckoned among oe ngs that were, While a member of the Gulicks, O'Neill pulled in the crew in the memorable six-oared shell race with the Atalantas, which was regarded as one of | the hardest rowed races that ever took place on the Hudson River, _ In this the Gulick erew were success. ful, and from that day to this O'Neill dropped the oar and never afterward pulled a sweep ina race. He sub- sequently turned his attention to sculling and has shown by his performances that he is quite as good with the sculls as in fori jays he was at the oar, Tom Fearon, of Yonkers, a noted. amateur seuller, about this time attracted O'Neill's attention, and a match was arranged between the two men, The race was rowed, and, an unfortunate foul occurrmg, the race was awarded to Fearon. The next contest in which he en- gaged was with Engelhardt, on the ‘Troy course, in October of 1872, when he was defeated. Last year he entered the extra scullers’ race here in the international regatta, and there being no coinpetitors against | him he’ rowed over the course alone, making the dis- tance in 21m. 19}98., which, itis claimed, is the fastest three mile on record. GKORGE ENGRLMARDT, Compared with O'Neill, Engelhardt’s record is com. paratively brief. His rac ave been few, but in all of | them he has proven himself the ablest man over every | antagonist he has been brought into contact with, He | first came into notice during the dying days of the Hud- | son Amateur Rowing Association regatta, and in the last regatta given under the auspices of that organiza | tion, October 9, 1871, George, in a seventeen-foot work- ing boat—the racing craft of those days—won the Sin- le Scullers’ Prize, with tive competitors against him, je achieved his victory so handily and with such ap- parent ease that he was looked upon as a promising souller, Ho has since proven parte worthy of the expectations which that performance ehcouraged into belief, ‘The following year at Philadelphia, in the Schuylkill “aah regatta, George, in a five mile ‘race, defeated Dick Bainbridge, John’ Lavens and William Gannon, all good men and fast rowers, but none of | them the equal of the new comer, Out of this victory grew a match race between Knugelhardt and Balubridge on the Pleasant Valley course. This came off on August 28, 1872, and Engellardt was in triumphant, Shortly after came his race with O'Neill at Troy, and Foe? again proved that luck and skill were still om bis . Since that time he has not rowed a race, BRVORK THR START, Shortly before the start the judges of both mon c together—Judge Charles B. Elliott, of Greenpoint ir George Engelhardt, and Mr. George F. Ei it, of | see Bout Club, for James O’Neill—apd tossed covered in these | its ‘pi for choice of posit: , for in reality mae ees hs ene, Engelhard’ 1, George Ei dharta geal eae ae ‘ngel , age rears, weight 13 Ds. height 5.6; boat, cedar, 29 et long, 10% inches wide, 27 Ibs, weight, . 2, James O'Neill, age 37 years, wolght 152 Ibs, height 5.1044; boat, paper, 40 feet long, 12 inches wide, 29 los weight, THE RACE. Very little time was lost in getting the men into tine Engelhardt had the eastern position and O° nearest the grand stand. Shortly aft referee, Mr. Mitchell, cautioned the men to get ready, and a few seconds later them the word “ge. "? Both men caught the water nearly together—whatewer advan. taye was had was gained by O'Neill tn the star, O'Neill started off at a terrific rate, pulling a short, quick, nerv- ous stroke, and rowing for the first minute about forty- six strokes, Alter the first few strokes from vie start Engelhardt settled down toa thirty-six a minute gait, and held it up steadily until the turning stake was reached, bardt's style of rowing is particulariy graceful and @ilective, Arms, legs and body work hatmoniously wwgetber aud perlorm their iui share His stroke is long and sweeping—a en pull through the water and ao finish. His rowing resembles Courtenay’s very much, with perhaps a trite more dash init, At the hull-mile stake O'Neill lod Engeliardt fully two boats’ ieugtas and was holding him there; but the terrible work he was doing was telling ou him apparently, while Engel hardt kept pegging away ab his thirty-six Lo O'Neul’s forty-two and forty-three. [fhe could only have been able to bave kept this work up thr put the race the chances are that the result would |i been different, At three-quarters from the start O'Neill still had the Jead aud was pulling down to forty, About bere E of the work. good reach, an hardt began to lessen the gap, and belore the mile was reached the Greenpoint boy had ciosed up the — distal and gob oa slight lead. Passing the mile O'Neill struck one of the stakes with is oar and caused him a slight loss. From here to the turning flags he did not seem to pull with his accustomed vim; his strokes were much slower and he was doing more arm work than appeared yood. Tue first tile was rowed sn 6m, O63, by Engelhardi, with O'Neill close upon him. At just 10m, and 47s. from the Start, Engelard turned the stake and hewded for home, and ‘seventeen seconds later O'Neill got round and fol lowed after. 8 soon as both boats were fairly suraiglat- ened out Engelhardt did some splendid rowing and in- creased the gap whieh separated the two boau, When two miles Were rowed over Engelhardt let up and for a time coased rowing, At this time the race was vir- tually over, and unless an accident occurred, Engelhardt’ had the race. ‘The last’ mile was rowed easily with occasional spurts bj the Greenpoint boy, just to “show what he could do,” and he crossed the’ line, winning the race easily in 22m. 224s. O'Neill coming in a few boats’ lengtr behi It seems that when O'Neill had rowed about three-quarters of a mile he was seized with a fit of coughing, which stuck jo him all through the re- mainder of the struggle. Engelhardt won the race casily, and could have tade better time had he chosen to do so. , SUMMARY. SaratoGa Lake, Sept. 25, 1875.—Single scull match race between George Engelhardt aud James O'Neill, dis- tance three miles, one and a-half return, stakes $1,000 aside, won by George Engelhardt, ‘Time, 22m, 224. THE BINGHAMTON REGATTA. THE SECOND DAY'S SPORT—TEN THOUSAND SPECTATORS PRESENT—A DISPUTE WITH THE REFEREE—GREAT DISAPPOINTMENT, BinGHasron, Sept. 23, 1875. ‘The second day of the regatta hore attracted a crowd of 10,000 people, who lined the banks on either side of the Susquehanna, The weather was charming, In consequence of the complete stillness of the atmos- phere the yacht race was postponed, and the sport commenced by a race between the second crew of the Argonauts -and the Acacias, of this city, The course was one mile, The Argonauts won easily in 6m, 273, A COLLISION WITH THE REFERER, In the afternoon a very unfortunate dispute arose be- tween the crews in consequence of the decision of the referee that yesterday’s row between the four-oared boats was no raco, and that it must be pulled over. The Watkins and’ Durgo crews, backed by the Ar- gonauts, refused to accede to this, and the Binghamtons pulled over the course alone two miles. ‘Time, 12m, 388, SINGLE SHELL RACB, The single shell race between G, W. Lathrop, of the Beaverwycks, R. H. Robinson, of Union Springs, and ‘Tracy, of the Atalantas, of New York, was won by Rob- inson by several lengths, Lathrop claiming two fouls, Time, 16m, 80s, DOUBLE SHELL RACE. In the double suell race but one boat started, rowed by Courtuey and Robinson, Tine, 8m. dls, JUNIOR SINGLE SURLLS. In the junior single shells three boats started; Lyon, ofthe Argonauts, came in at lus leisure several lengths ahead in 17m. 68. Agroat deal of dissatisfaction was expressed by t large crowd of spectators present at the failure to row the four-oared race, m which most’ interest was felt, aud the conductors of the regatta will have difficulty in explaining it satisfactorily. ‘The crews are also severely criticised for not obeying the directions of the referee and rowing under protest. “ROWING IN ENGLAND. SADLER VS. BOYD FOR THE CHAMPIONSHIP AND £400. Tho latest mail advices bring the intelligence that Joseph H. Sadler has signed the articles of agreement for the great sculJer’s race with Robert W. Boyd, and nothing is likely to mterfere with its coming off, on Monday, November 15, This is to be a straightaway race, in ‘‘bestand best”’ boats, on the Thames, the course being from opposite the Star and Garter, at Putney, to the Ship Inn, at Mortlake, and is for £200 a side and the championship of England. The Sportsman of Sep- tembor 1] says:— Sadler has signed the articles for this match, and all seems now to be going on satisfactorily. Boyd was as “fine” last month as he would want to be for any race at his age, for young men do not require to be trained to such fiddle strings as do older men who will never see six-and-twenty again. What Boyd wants most just now is rest and gentle exercise, coupled with a change of air. Sadler, having been recently in work, does not carry any great encumbrance of flesh, but he was not by any means thoroughly ft when he rowed at the Thames regatta, and he will no doubt be not only pounds lighter than that on the day of the match, but also some ten per cent stronger with extra work and condition. He isnot in hard work yet, but there is no hurry for this on his part. MEDICO-LEGAL SOCIETY, NOMINATION OF OFFICERS—A PAPER ON SUSCIDE, ‘the New York Medico-Legal Society held their first stated meoting after the summer vacation last evening at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, Twenty- third street and Fourth avenue, It 1s the custom of this society to put members in nomination for office a month before election, and last evening the following names were presented:—for President, % 8. Bahan, Clark Bell, Rs L. Parsons, E. Eliot, R. D. Doremus, Wilham A, Haminond, L. A. Sayre, F. N, Hamilton and A. Bell; for First Vice President, G. H. Yea. mans, J. C, Peters, R, L. Parsons, D. 8, Riddle, R. J. O'Sullivan and R, 8, Guernsey; for Second Vice Presi- dent, © & Wood, RL. Parsons, J. B Janevan and 8 8. Bahan; for Recording Secre- tary, GR. Wells, D. 8. Redell and MN, Miller; for Corresponding Secretary, ©. Seward and | GS. Chanovan; for Treasurer, J. F. Lyon, F. 8, Bahan and ©. H, Woodbury; for Chemist, Dr. Doremus; for Librarian, R. 8. Guernsey; for Trustees, D. D, Field, C. 8 Wood, J. F. Janevan, W. W. Patterson, J. R. Dos- passos, J. 0, Winterton, W. B. Wallace, C. F, Jewitt, A. N. Bell and F, C, Nye. The paper ot the evening, the subject being “The Penal Laws Relating to Suicide in Ancient and in Mod- ern Times,” was presented by Mr, R. 8. Guernsey, of the New York Bar. After an interesting résumé of the subject, a notable fact in which was’ that not @ word of condemnation of suicide is to be found in tho Bible, the paper concluded ag follows :—Self-preservation is unquestionably the natural Jaw, which is an instinct of all animal life, If it’ were g not moro prevalent than the destructive agents Without and-within organic beings, they would all sooner or later be annihilated. Love ol life, thereforo, is and must ‘be the natural selection for servation, and death and the fear of it is and must be naturally shunned for the same reason, | is the only being in all animal life, with one exception, that ever commits wilful and deliberate self-destruc- tion. The scorpion will gometimos sting itself to death when in despair and its Hope of life is gone. There are and must be umes when the natural instincts are over. come or lost, and then some other stronger and coun- teracting influence must be brought to bear to pres serve or restore them to power and healthy action, It jg unquestionably the duty of a State to use any and every means to protect and preserve its members from destruction from whatever source it may come, How- ever useless and burdensome a suicide may have been regarded by the community or by his relatives and friends, his example should not be allowed, because some more worthy person may be tempted in @ moment of despoudency and madness to follow the uns fortunate and cowardly course to escape the ills and ails of life, instead of “taking up arms against a sea of troubles” and bravely fighting the battles of life throngh any and every adversity, always hoping for the better in the sharp extremities ‘of fortune, and thus living heroically 1 tho path of duty and right, TENEMENT HOUSE QUARREL, Feolings of envy and hatred have existed for along time past between the families of the Rafters and the Honcban, of No. 403 Bast Kighvoonth street, On Wednesday night tno parties*-men and women—-camo into collision on the doorstep, and, as alleged, John Henehan was stabbed vy Joun Rafter, cutting bim sbebuly on both checks, “Raiter was leld for trial,