The New York Herald Newspaper, September 29, 1875, Page 8

+ PWitton Park and Etherley, TWD RAILWAY JURE —__-—— The First Railway from Darlington to Stockton-on-Tees. A SMALL BEGINNING. ‘How the Press Deseribed the Innova- tion Fifty Years Ago. THE FIRST PROGRAMME. Daniaxcroy, England, Sept. 17, 1875. The Northeastern Railway Company, of England, Propose to celebrate at this place, on the 27th inst, the Uftieth anniversary of the completion and opening for traffic of the first railway in Europe. The occasion promises to be very interesting, as all the prominent Pailway men of Eng’ , and many from the Continent, will be present To Americans the celebration will possess an unusual Jnterest, reopening, as it will, the much discussed and never settled question as to whether the frst passenger railway was built in England or America, The gentle- men who have these ceremonies in hand announce that the road extending from Wilton Park, Darlington, to Stockton-on-Tees was the first railway operated by steam, The formal opening took place on September 27, 1925, The great interest manifested in the under- taking at that time was tame in comparison with what It would have been could the great results to England have been even surmised, The Stockton and Darling- ton Railway long since ceased to have an independent existence, having been merged into the colossal system of the North-Eastern Railway Company, whose lines of double track steel rails extend the length of the king- fom. Whether this was the first railway completed or fot it is beyoud my province to discuss in this letter, but that this beginning was the germ from which has grown the gigantic railway system of England cannot be doubted. The London and Great Western, the Mid- land, the Northeastern and the Great Northern, all sprung directly from that “experiment” for a coal and passenger railway which was inaugurated fifty years go. A SMALL BEGINNING. A few facts connected with the promotion, construc. Jion and opening of the line will prove interesting as thowing how vast a system has risen out of com- paratively small beginnings. The original projector of jhe line was the late Mr. Edward Pease, quiet quaker of the William Penn stamp, who went Howly to work upom what seemed an impossible task, pamely, the raising of the funds necessary to grade the joadway and build the rolling stock. His first idea had deen to form a horse tramroad between Stockton and Darlington, What he first contemplated was merely Jhe means of effecting large sales of coal at the stations slong the proposed route. The shipment of coal from whe river Tees was not taken into account asa source of revenue, as it was not expected that more than 10,000 jons could be disposed of at Stockton, and these merely jor the purpose of ballasting ships disembarking goods it that port, The conveyance of passengers was en- {rely a secondary consideration. In getting up a com- yany for the purpose of surveying and forming a lway Mr. Pease had great difficulties to contend vith. The people of the neighborhood spoke of it as i ridiculous undertaking, and predicted that it would do the ruin of all who had todo with it The Stockton merchants and snipowners, whom the formation of a jailway was calculated to benefit so greatly, gave the yroject no support, and not twenty shares were sub- Joribed for in the whole town. Mr. Pease nevertheless persevered with the formation of a company, and he in- luced many of his friends and relations to subscribe for jhares. The Peases, the Backhouses and other mem- ‘ers of the Society of Friends had, however, great faith Jo the practicability of the scheme and from them It received the warmest support ‘THE FIRST RAT. laid with considerable ceremony by Mr. Thomas eynell, of Yarm, at @ point near St Jobn’s Well, on the 224 of May, 1822 During the summer Mr. ani Mr. Thomas Richardson went over to Killingworth to see the working of Stephenson's loco- motive engine, and the result of their visit was that in Phe amended act of 1823 Mr. Pease had a clause in- Jerted giving power to work the railway by means of Jocomotive engines and to employ them for the haulage f passengers as well as merchandise. The second jtockton and Darlington act was obtained in the pession of 1823, not, however, without opposi- }ion—the Duke of Cleveland and the road trustees pppearing as determined opponents of the bill. The yrorks were now vigorously proceeded with, and George Btephenson was appointed engineer of the company at Yhe modest salary of £300 per annum. A wooden }ramroad had been contemplated when the act was first applied for, but malleable iron was recom- jnended by Stephenson; the expense, however, was aa pbstacle to the full adoption of his views, and ulti- mately it was agreed to have one-half of the rails, 800 sons, made of malleable iron and the other half of cast Yon. SROGRAMME OF OPENING OF FIRST PUBLIC RAtLWar, SEPTEMBER 27, 1825, The construction of the line, including all outlays, t £125,000 and was owned by fifty shareholders, be formal opening of the Stockton and Darlington fine was announced by posters, of which I send you photographic copies :— ‘THR FIRST RAILWAY TIME BILL, OCTOBER 10, 1825, The following comtrasis forcibly in ite brevity and Simplicity with Bradshaw's voluminous and puzzling tables :— as Stockton & Darlington ror Railway. The Company's OG, 0. A. ©... CALLED THR Which commenced Travelling on MONDAY, the 10th of OCTOBER, 1525, will continue to run from Dartington to Stockton, and from Stockton to Dar- lington every Day, (Sun excepted) .setting off from the DEPOT at each piace, at tbe times speci- fied as under. (viz. ON MONDAY, From Stockton at baif-past 7 in the Morning, and will reach Darlington about hall-past 9; the Coach will set off from the latter place on its return r 3 im the Afternoon, aud reach Stockton about 4, PEDDADDERLDDIDILIDSDIPTI IEEE ITED IED DE DE: Aad nOOOO DOF OS OS OE DEOL DNDN TUBSDAY, H From Stockton at 3 in the Afigruoon, and will reach 3 2 Darlington avout 5, 2 «On the following Days, vin { WEVMESDAY, THURSDAY AWD FRIDAY, 3 From Darlington at haif-past 7 im the Mor Awill reach stockton aboot haifpast 9; t [$ will set off from the latier place on its return at 3 iu the Afternoon, and reve Darlington about 3, SATUSDAY, 's ‘ From Darlington at 1 in the Afternoon, and will reach Stockton about 3, i Passengers to pay 18. each, and will be allowed a Package of notexceeding isfy, all above that weight ty pay at the rate of 2d. per Stone extra Carriage ©’ 6mall Parcels 4d. each. The Company will not be 'Saceountable for Parcels of above £0 Value, unless 2 for as such, ‘> Me. RICHARD PICKERSGILL at his office tn ‘2Commercial Street, Darlington; and Mr. TULLY at Stockton, will for the present receive any Parcels J und Book Passengers. Gvvnnevenonooovoncoevorscersrsceecestee OUT OF THE rast. In an old file of the Durban Chronicle, placed at my Alsposal, I find the following characteristic account of bils coremony im the paper dated Uctober 8, 1826:— DARLINGTON AND STOCKTON RAILWay, Ont ‘se’nnight that great work, the Darling- Yon iat’ dtockon Railway, was formally opened y the proprietors for the use of peli. It te @ single railway of tweuty-tive mie ie fog oe mg will open the London Pace te Se etre Ss antes we Susans au as a6 facil obtaining of feet bh +y its Jine aod the northern parts of Yorkshire, the collieries i west to east from near West yn to Stocktn-upoD with branches to ington, ‘arm, &c., and is chiefly composed of malleable tron yaiils,' At the western extremity of the line a deen ra- NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNE SDAY, SHPITEMBER 29 1875, vine oecurs at the river Gaunless, on the summit of the | fluttened amoug the matted hair behind unhappy woman must have met her death from shovt- hills, on each si are fixed for th the two ridges, of which permanent steam engines se of conveying the goods across engine on the wostern aide-of the vale is called the Etheriey engine, and that on the east- | ern side the Brusselton engine, the latter of which, in addition to conveying the goods up from West Auckland, also continues the transit down the eastern side of the ridge, Below this, to the east, the country, though undulating, is pretty flat, and the conveyance is performed by locomotive engines. To give éclat to the public opening of the road « programme was issued manent steam engine, below Brusselton Tower, nine miles west of Darlington, at eight Accordingly the committee, ‘after 1 specting the Etherley engine plane, ‘assembled the bottom of Brusselton engine plane, near West Auck- land, and here the carriages loaded with coals and merchautise were drawn up the eastern ridge by the Brusselton engine, a distance of 1,960 yards, in seven and a half minutes, and then lowered down the plane ‘on the east side of the hill, 880 yards, in Ave minutes, Atthe foot of the plane the locomotive engine was ready to receive the carriages, and here the novelty of the scene and the Gneness of the day had attracted an immense concourse of spectators, the fields on each side of Uhe railway being literally covered with ladies and gentlemen on horseback and pedestrians of all kinds. The train of carriages was then attached toa locomotive engine of the most improved construction, and built by Mr. George Stephenson, in the follow oe! Wagons loaded with coals and flour; then an elegant covered coach with the committee and other proprie- tors of the railway; then twenty-one wagons, fitted up on the occasion for passengers; and, last of all, six wagons loaded with coals, making altogether a train of thirty-eight carriages, exclusive of tho engine and ten- der, Tickets were distributed to the number of nearly 800, for those whom it was intended should occupy the coach and wagons, but such was the pressure and crowd that both loaded and empty carriages were instantly filled eb pepeenneen, The signal being given the en- gine Started off with this immense train of carriages, and here the scene became most interesting—the horse- men galloping across the fields to accompany the engine, and the’ people om toot running on each side of the road, endeavoring in vain to keep up with the caval- cade. The engine arrived at Stockton in three hours and seven minutes after leaving Darlington, including stops, the distance being nearly twelve miles, which is at the rate of four miles an hour; and upon ‘the level part of the railway the number of passengers in the Wagons were counted abuut 650, and several more clung ‘to the carriage on each side—so that the whole number could not be less than 600—which, with the other load, would amount to about eighty tons. Nothing could exceed the beauty and grandeur of the scene. Throughout the whole dis- tance the fields and lanes were covered with elegantly dressed females and all descriptions of ctators. In contemplating the events of the day, elther in a na- tional point of view or as the efforts of a company of mdividuals furnishing a speedy, efficacious and certain means of traffic to a wide and extended district, it alike excites the deepest interest and admiration; and immense train of carriages covered with people, fori ing a load of from eighty to ninety tons, gliding, as it were, ,smoothly and majestically along the railway through files of spectators at such an astonishing rate of speed, left an impression on those who witnessed it that will never be forgot THE PANDORA. NEWS FROM THE ARCTIC EXPLORING EXPEDITION. ‘The following letter appeared in the London Times of the 18th instant:— To rue Eprror oy THE Trmes:— ‘Sm :—Knowing the great interest felt by the general public, as well as the anxiety of all those having re- Jations or friends with the Arctic Expedition, and being aware that through some unknown cause of detention expected letters have failed to reach the families of the officers serving therein, I venture to ask you to insert this letter to say that the steamship Pandora was quite near the vessels of the Government Expedition, she being on the 30th July at a Danish settlement near Disco, ail well on board, and in excellent spirits. 1 gather wy information from two letters from sailors on board, and by these letters it would sapere that, getting short of water, they put mto Friegtut (?), a Danish settlement, south of Disco, on the same coast, and that on the before mentioned date they were ready to proceed. One of the letters contains the following remarks, by which it would appear that the crew are very comfortable:—After sending his love to his moiher, the writer says he hopes to be with them by September, 1876, though he states he does not wish to be and promises the old lady a good cup of Je good rum in it, on bis return, hese letters were despatched by a Danish victual- Ting ship, and my correspondent having read them, I can vouch for the correctness of the above information. G. T. HARPER, Agent to Captain Allan Young. Souruamrton, September 15. THE LONDON MYSTERY. FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS OF THE WHITECHAPEL TRAGEDY—FRESH CLEWS TEND TO ESTABLISH THE IDENTITY OF THE MISSING WOMAN— WAINWRIGHT IN PRISON. {From the London Daily Telegraph, September 17.) Gradually the story of the dreadful crime in White- chapel is being told. A clew had to be found in regard tothe purchase of the American cloth in which the fragments of the body were packed for removal from Whitechapel road to the borough. This clew has been found, There isnow no doubt that the prisoner pur- chased two yards of black American oilcloth at a shop in Whitechapel about midday on the Friday before he removed the body from the warehouse. No suspicion was created in the mind of the shopman, because Wainwright had previously bought quantities of the same material for the purpose, as was supposed, of having it cut inte squares, and so using it as covering for travellers’ samples, However, he purchased a couple of yards, for which he paid Is. 44, and with it rolled up under bis arm heleft the shop. As there would be but a yard for each of the parcels, it must have been a somewhat dificult task for whoever wrapped up the mutilated pieces to cover them from observation, as weilas to get them safely away. This explains the ease with which the man Stokes wasable to pull aside the top of the parcel he had carried when he caught sight of the head; and, moreover, the purchase having been made on the Friday, it gor long way to support the theory that THR IDEA OP REMOVING THE BODY _ was hastily couceived, and the act accelerated by the belief that the police, who had been brought into the court after the burglary at Messrs. Wilcox’s, had an eye upon the premises, and might search inside tor evi- dence of the depredation. ‘The police have very energetically sought to trace out the shop where the chopper found in the warehouse was bought, but as yet it bas not been definitely ascer- tained. Mr. Baylis, of Whitecaapel road, has an entry in his book of having sold Wainwright lime on the 10th September, 1874; bat it must not be forgotten that at that time the prisoner was under contract to supply the police stations at the east end with what is known as “turnery,” or, in other words, brushes and mate- rials requisite for cleansing, and that would account in some way for the quantity of chioride of lime which was found in the warehouse and in and about the grave, It is said that a few months ago the men in ‘ainwright’s employ complained of the terrible stench in the workshop, especially in that part where the we was found nnyworths of chioride of lime were frequently sent for and thrown over the spot, it being drainage was bad and that there was some open com- September the neighbors detected an unusual smell of chioride of lime, which continued for some days, and without their being able to discover whence it came, Once, when some of them showed a desire to ascertain the cause of the stench that annoyed them, they went into the court, and toward the warehouse which has gained so unenviable a notoriety. Wainwright was stand- ing bebind the open door, and on seeing them approach he closedit. It was seldom if ever that entrance to the Warehouse was effected from the back. THE RESULT OF THR POST-MORTEM examination of the body has not transpired; but it is rumored, and on very strong grounds, that the surgeons who were engaged in that ghastly occupation have found two buliets within the skull, and a — lying it 80, the ing, and it is probable thas her aseassin, by cutting her throat, made assurance doubly Harriet Lane, the soi-disant Mra. King, was the Youngest ot twenty children, nineteen of whom wero girla, For @ long tse after her disappearance her mother, who is very old and {nfirm, clung tu the hope of her daughter returning, and even went so far as to keop a kettle constantly ling in readiness to make tex for her whenever she returned. At the time of the fire in Wainwright's house she concdived a strong pre- sentiment that Gaughier bad perished in the Hames, In prison WAINWRIGHT BETRAYS NO SORT OF DESPONDENCY, but eats and drinks well, and passes most of his time in reading the newspapers, His wife visite him daily, and appears to suffer acute anguish at bis position. The greatest activity is being displayed by thi Police, di- rected by Chief Inspector Me! of the H division; Ppong Fox, of the M division; and Sergeant Foster, of the H division, who bave the case in hand. During the greater part of yesterday the police were e ed in making an exhaustive examination of the cellar beneath the empty as the ‘Hen and Chickeas,”’ but nothing bearing upon the case has been discovered. A like search was ai the same time carried on at the house in the W: i road, and thero (he quest was rewarded by several dis- coveries of the highest interest and importance. It will be remembered that the dress worn by Mrs. King on the day when sbe parted from her friend, Mrs. W' more, was minutely described in our yesterday’ special report. She is said to have had on # black silk bonnet, trimmed with a pink or red rose; her dresa was ¢' line of railway extends from | of dark gray, a fabric of mixed color, the pattern upon it consisting of alternate narrow trl of black and white, and down the front of this she wore « number of imitation jet buttons. Part of the trowvailles of yesterday's examination of the rubbish accumulated in the warehouse where the grave was dug consists of two imitation jet buttons of # common pattern, which of course, will have to be identified if they are to be used as evidence, But @ discovery promisiug to be of even greater service in the cause of justice is that of 4 PAIR OF RARKINGH FOUND yesterday in the lireplace of ao upper room of Wain- Wright's late place of business. These earrings are of very slight value, though of showy design, ‘ue tnate- Stating that the proprictors would agsemble at the per- | er:—1 Locomotive engine, with the Stephenson) and assistante; 2 | coals and water; pext, six | feared that the — munication with the sewers. About the beginning of | in the borough known | rial of which they are made is that known as Abyssin- ' tan gold, Each pendant consists of a number of parts, the upper portion being formed in the shape of a lozenge frame, the interior of which is fitted with orna- | Mental work Tadiating from a small bead-like point | Below the lozenge hangs a shield-shaped frame, within which hang loosely a number of tringe-like wires, which | moved in accord with the wearer's motions, But over ‘and above these discoveries in importance has been | another, made by Chief Inspector McDonald, of the H division, under whose direction the examination of | Wainwright's late promioss is being conducted. Qn re- examining the earth which bad been in the grave a gold | ring ana keeper like those worn by Mrs. King were yes- | terday discovered; and thus, if they are proved to have been her property, a direct’ testimony will have been established as to the identity of the body discovered with that of the long-missing Mra. King. THE AXE IN THE AIR. The ‘one-man power" is about to achieve a victory | ofno small importance in the Board of Fire Commis- | Stoners, it we may believe a rumor which got afloat yesterday afternoon. Governor Tilden has had under | consideration for more than eight months certain | charges preferred by Mayor Wickham against two of | the Fire Commissionera, The magnates of Tammany Hall, wearied of such a long delay and anxious to secure the patronage of the department, are said to have effected a compromise with one of the accused Commissioners, promising him amnesty on the condi- tion that he will act for the future with them, The arrangement is so far completed that it is expected at the meeting to-day that the political guillotine will be put in operation and it will be “heads off? with all in the department not belonging to the ranks of the faithful. Ere tho Ist of November we may look for some sweep- ing changes, the President of the Board being left ina hopeless minority. ‘This may be regarded also as a positive triumph for the Governor. THE SENATE COMMITTEE, The Senate Committee to investigate the city depart- ments met at parlor No, 1 of the Fifth Avenue Hotel yesterday, and, after some informal and unimportant discussion, adjourned to meet this morning, when they | will set to work in earnest. NEWARK BUSINESS REVIVAL. Speaking to a Herap representative a leading and distinguished business man of Newark said:—‘I'll stand by the Hena.p always, for it stands by the busi- ness interests of the country. Sixty-five columns of advertising in its Sunday issue! By Jove, it speakg | the truth when it claims to be a business barometer; | when it says that these columns of advertising ‘are conclusive evidence that the long season of dulness is ended.’ You go and buzz our leading business men, and, mark my word, their story —_ will prove the Heratp correct.” A visit was made accordingly to a number of business mon, with a general result indicative of a strong revival in business. Leading hatters—hatting is one of the most important of Newark's varied and extensive in, dustries—stated that their business was never better, that every journeyman was on full time and difficulty was experienced in getting enough men. Four leading hat firms, some of whom have extensive connections South and West, had the same encouraging story to tell, Tne shoe trade is not so active, but shows a great im- provement on the condition of things a year ago, Con- ected with this trade is AN INCIDENT OF THE TRXAN COAST CYCLONE, The firm of William J. Dudley & Co. shipped to In- dianola, that ill-fated Texan town, a bill of goods worth $1,000," Orders from the same place for a similar amount reached Newark soon after the first lot was shipped, but as yet nothing has been heard of the latter. It is feared the goods or the parties to whom they were consigned, or all, were swept away. The harness trade is not very lively, nor the carriage business; but this is not unusual in the best of times at this seuson of the year. People of means, pleasure and leisure, the class which sustain the carriage and barness busi- ness chiefly, buy in the spring generally. Saddlery hardware is fair, and machinists and founders are reported doing a good business, with a prospect for months to come the best known in a long time, The clothiers are likewise looking up, and even the jewel- lera, who in Newark have suffered the worst of any trade, are in hopes of doing a brisk fall and winter trade. Altogether, as before stated, business in Newark is showing a more encouraging upward tendency than has been noticed for eighteen mouths or two years, THE EPIZOOTY IN NEW JERSEY. The epizooty is spreading rapidly in New Jersey. Nearly every animal in the Jersey City Fire Department is affected, although the attack is slight, The horses on the different city railroads are also affected, the dis- ease manifesting itself in a discharge of matter from the throat and nose and a continuous coughing. Chief Engincer Farrier, of the Fire Department, states that the disease is more prevalent than that of two years ago, but not so virnlent, It affects the animals in run- ning to fires, and great caution is necessary while they are being oxercised. It is estimated that twelve hun- dred horses are affected within the limits of Jersey City, but no deaths are reported. SHOOTING AFFRAY. Officer Scott, of the Second Brooklyn precinct, last evening arrested Edgar Massey, of No. 59 Hicks street, at the instance of John Trenor, residing at No. 147 Til- lary street, on the charge of assault with intent to kill. Trenor alleges that while he was passing along Hicks street yesterday afternoon the prisoner threatened to take his life, and then discharged a revolver at him. ‘The acc was held to await an examination belore Justice Walsh. THE LONG ISLAND FAIR. The three days’ fall exhibition of the Queens County Agricultural Society opened at the fair grounds, Minneola, yesterday, under the most favorable auspices of weather and attendance. As compared with the exhibition last fall the show of cattle is perhaps not quite so full, but the character of the stock is excellent, The most notable feature of this department is a fine herd of Jerseys from the Beacon stock farm of Mr. William Crozier, at Northport. He proposed also to exhibit a herd of Alderneys, but the difficulties of transportation proved too great There are numerous other hand- some specimens of imported stock, some of the exhibitors being Charles H. Jones, of Coldspring; W ill- jam Willets, of Roslyn; Eppenetus Titus, of Minneola; | John H. Kenyon, of Roslyn; Horatio 8. Park, of Bay- | side, and others, almost every neighborhood in Qacens | county being represented and several exhibitors coming from Suffolk county, A great point of attraction ts the tent in which are exhibited the two enormous cattle of the Central Park stock, raised by Mr. George Ayrault, of Poughkeepsie—a steer weighing about 4,000 pounds and a heifer weighing about 3,000 pouuds, Their immense proportions excite ‘great admiration. Among the exhibitors in the.fioral departinent are P. Jedrey & Son, of Smithville Centre, who have a large | variety of plants in pots; Mr. Altred Wayte, of Queens, | a variety of cut flowers; Mr. 8. L. M. Barlow, of Glen Cove, who shows among other things two specimens of | the Bird of Paradise flower, and Mrs, W. Q. Valentin of Glen Cove, verbenas, tuberoses, &c. In fruits M Barlow exhibits thirty-three varicties of grapes, in- | cluding a monster bunch, weighing several pounds, and some hothouse pineapples. Mr. John A: King exhibits ten varieties of pears. The show | of apples is about equal to that of last year, although it | bas not been an ‘apple year.” The exhibitioa of horses, which is quite full, commenced at eleven | o'clock in the forenoon and continued at short inte throughout the day, It will be continued to-day and | to-morrow, commencing at ten o'clock exch day, Most of the premiums in the other departments will prob- ably be awarded to-day, A NOTORIOUS BURGLAR CONVICTED. | | | antec | Durjng the month of May a gang of burglars infested | Jersey City, and they plied their avocation chiefly in | | the Second precinct, Captain Van Riper set a watch on | | the thieves, and on the night of the 22d of May John | French was arrested for entering the store of Wiliam | Huishiser,on Pavonia avenue, and stealing therefrom FRENCH AFFAIRS. The Republicans Watching Bonapartist Placemen. AN ADMIRAL IN TROUBLED WATERS Rumored Intention of M. Buffet to Resign. THE KINGS OF SPAIN AND HOLLAND. Panis, Sept. 13, 1875. The dismissal of Admiral de la Ronciére le Noury from the command of the French squadron in the Med- iterranean is just now the talk of all the watering places in France. There is a good deal to be said about it. The Admiral himself says that he merely wrote a letter to a friend, without the smallest idea that it would be published, and in that letter he merely ex- pressed his personal opinion “that any form of govern- ment was better than anarchy. He adda that his dis- missal took him quite by surprise, and ifso it was cer- tainly a strong measure. Moreover, it was oojectiona- ble, because it seems to have inaugurated A NEW SYSTEM OF DENUNCIATION, which is not a pleasant part of modern French politics, Reasonable men will really wonder that anybody can be found t run after public employments, or even to ao« cept them, save under circumstances of dire necessity or in time of public trouble. Indeed,- reasonable men do not run after them, and if an official appointment were offered to any French gentleman of good fortune and good character he would assuredly smile at the simplicity of any Minister who could suppose that he would accept it, Commissions in the public service are not what they used to be under the old monarchies, when they opened the only road to distinction, and presented a certainty of competence and a taif prospect of wealth, An ambitious man who served the Bourbon kings or the French emperors was very well rewarded. Ho obtained, it he was lucky, high social rank, many privileges over his fellow countrymen, and often a great deal of money for very easy work; in any case he was generally provided for during the term of his natural life. But now the public service has become a closely watched slavery, Its rewards are few, mean and insecure. It frequently terminates with loss of character and ruin about middle life—that Js to say, as soon as an officer rises high enough to excite Jjealousies he is huried down without scruple to make way for somebody else who will bid higher for his place than he can do. But sensible men do not form the majority of any community; and as @ matter of fuct the competition for government appointments among thoughtless people is as keen as ever, Therefore the French republicans of the Extreme Left, finding that they themselyes can obtain few or no lucrative offices, and that, while they are all out of employment, the Bonapartists, the Legitimists and the Orleanists really divide the public taxation among them, have set to work denouncing the placeholders, one by one; and they indignantly ask how it comes to pass that France is not governed by republicans after it has adopted the republican form of administration. Thus, whenever part of an old speech, & passage in a book written twenty years ago, or a de- funct article in a newspaper can be raked up against any placeholder, a peremptory demand is made for his dismissal, M. Ducros, the Prefect of the Rhone, has been very fiercely malireated in this way; then came the turn of several of the Bonapartist generals; and the latest riot has been made about ADMIRAL DE LA RONCIERE LE NOURY. If his case could be looked at merely as that of a man who has been untairly denounced by jealous rivals he would inspire a good deal of sympathy, But the secret history of it leads to the belief that he has sinned quite as much as he has been sinned against, In the first place the Admiral wanted to turn out M. de Gon- taut-Biron, the French Ambassador at Berlin, and to eet off diplomatizing with the Germans instead of that professional envoy; and It is known that when his efforts to make himself Ambassador at M. de Gontaut- Biron’s expense had failed he felt very sore on the sub- ject. It is said, even, by well informed persons that he has been for some time past looking out for an oppor tunity to vent his spleen on Marshal MacMahon’s government, which refused him the embassy at Berlin. It is said that he fell into the common error of fancying himself indispensable, and that he wanted to show the Ministers of the Septennate: what it was to offend a clever and eloquent colleague. People pooh-pooh his statement that the letter he wrote was not intended for publication, and they say that his arrogance has brought its natural punishment on him. He challenged the government; his challenge was taken up, and he has been officially killed according to the Jaws of combat. If this is the real state of the case— and it has a strong color of truth about it—Admiral de Ja Ronciére le Noury has got little more than he de- served, His antecedents must also be taken into ac- count, and ifthe republican party have treated him harshly it 1s clear that the Admiral’s position as com- mander of the Mediterranean squadron gave them some cause for alarm. He springs from a family which owes everything to the Bonapartes, and he himself obtainpe rapid promotion under the Second Empire. He is the son ofa general of Napoleon I., and was born at Turin in 1813. He had to work his way through the slow promotion of the French navy, and might have died an obscure lieutenant but for the favor of Napoleon If. His advancement, however, under that sovereign was noticeable, He commanded the French man-of-war Roland during the Crimean war in 1856, and two years afterward he was selected to leada scientific expedition to the Arctic Ocean, and placed at the head of the naval division off Newfoundland. Then he was taken out of hig state cabin window up the staircase of honor into diplomacy, and after being INTRUSTED WITH SEVERAL IMPORTANT MISSIONS which gave him double pay and allowances, he was restored to active service in the navy with additional honors, and given the command of the Levant squad- ron, In 1861, after having been promoted on an average twice a year, he was raised to the rank of rear admiral, and appointed chief of the staff to the Minister of Marine. In 1866 he was made Grand Officer of the Legion of Honor, and carly in the spring of 1867 he commandea a squadron sent to watch the evacuation of Mexico by the French, On his return from this expedition he was made a vice admiral, and as soon as the Franco- mand of the transport service. Thus, it will be seen that the Second Empire gave him everything it had to give to a sailor; and he would be more or less than human if he did not feei a deep sentiment of gratitude toward the Bonapartes, Napoleons were always desperate plotters, and the re- shirts, cuffs, collars, &c. French and his confederates effected an entrance by cutting the glass ina basement | window with a diamond, and the stolen goods were | conveyed to a boat at the abattoir dock. The case was | tried in the Conrt of Quarter Sessions, and yesterday | sfternoon the jury rendered a verdict of guilty. Que of | | the confederates, John Magrath, alias Jack Morgan, pleaded guilty, while the third, Henry Thorpe, pleaded | Bot guilty and is beld for trial | The war against tramps in New Jersey is being vigor- ously carried on. Three of these vagabonds were ar rested yesterday on the line of the Newark and New York Railway by Officer Ball, and conveyed to the | Fourth precinct station. They gave their names as | Benjamin Whittemore, Frederick Leveridge and Frank Benson. Justice Keese examined them separately, but | Bo two of them agreed as to their movements. He Penitentiary, HIGHWAY ROBBERY, A laborer named John O'Rourke, residing at No, 71 | Washington street, Jersey City, was on his way homo about midnight on Monday night, when he was met by | three men, one of whom grasped him by the collar, | The others immediately fell upon him, knocked him down and robbed him of his week’s wages, amounting to $16. He was so badly beaten that he was unable to leave his bed yesterday. Although he created a loud alarm no police officer responded to his cries. He states that an officer on that beat had been drinking | with bim a faw minutes previously, thereupon sentenced them to three months each in the | publican party may have rationally felt some appre- hension at seeing the most powerful fleet of France in command of an imperialist officer. His wise course, if he intended to keep such a place, was obviously to re- main extremely quiet; and to flaunt his imperialist convictions in the face of the public at such atime was injudicious, if not rash, ers of the French Left might have deen startled to see @ Bonapartist admiral holding one of the chief commands of the navy, while a Bonapartist general is Governor ot Parisg another Bonapartist general Governor of Lyons, and more Bonapartist gen- erals hoMiing some of the strongest places in the coun- try, for it was plain, and tt 1s still to a certain degree evident, that if the Bonapartists were suddenly to pro- Claim their young Emperor, neither the army nor the navy would oppose an imperiaNst restoration, and that the Civil Service under such prefects as M. Ducros would give it a very warm support. A RESTORATION OF THR EMPIRE in France would signify imminent disaster to M, Gam. betta, M. Louis Biano, M. Thiers and their tollowings, | as well as to the rich Orleans princes and the noblemen who still adhere to the elder branch of the Bourbons, It is scarcely surprising, therefore, to find that they watch over the commands of the army and mavy and } the prefectures of departments with some anxiety. If | Admiral La Ronelére le Noury takes the punishment he | has brought upon himself in good part, and does not | make @ noise about it, he will silently be | restored to favor verv soon, for the Bone German war broke out he was appointed to the coni- | Now, it 18 known that the | Wiser men than the lead. | | | | } —QUADRUPLE SHEET: partist influence is still very strong, and nobody about MacMahon reaily wants to hart him. MacMahon is himself an old imperialist captain, and doubtless feels a good deal of sympathy for the Admi- ral, His dismissal, however, was a test question; the republicans have carried their point, and all the storm which has been raised may now blow over pleasantly enough. The rest of the news in Paris to-day is soon summed up:— rf A NEW OBSERVATORY is to be built in the wood of Vincennes, in Paris, and placed under the direction of M. Janssen, a young gen- tieman of science, who has just returned from Japan. A ROYAL MARRIAGE. The marriage of the new King of Spain engages & good deal of attention, French diplomatists would be glad to see him marry a daughter of the Duke de Mont- pensier, German diplomacy, however, has just pre- sented Princess Louise Marguerite, third daughter of Prince Frederick Charles, to the lonely little boy who is mocked by the title of King of Spain. This lady was born in 1860, and has, therefore, not yet at- tained her sixteenth summer, It is rumored that M, Buffet will probably tender his resignation before the next meeting of the Versailles Parliament. The Orleanist writers in the French press are strongly urging the Count de Chambord to abdicate, though the reason for their so doing is notso clear, inasmuch as the princes themselves have declared that they will give a frank support to the Republic. The Bonapartists Jast pow are writing in favor of the Bourbons, desiring, probably, to recall French attention to the monarchical system by any method, no matter how desperate. If they can once get the idea of personal government back inwo the French mind, the Bonapartists will then point out that they are better governors than the Bourbons. M. Emile de Girardin, in a series of very able letters just published, advocates the suppression of military service in France and a general disarmament. He con- siders that that would be the most rational reply to the gigantic military preparations of Germany. THR KING O¥ HOLLAND is in Paris, and ts said to feel so uneasy about the designs of Germany on the Dutch seacoast that he is desirous of ascertaining what help France could give him, whether diplomatic or military, in case of need. There has been a great outcry about the enormous fortune of the Duke d’Aumale. M. Bocher, a friend of His Royal Highness, asserts that the whole of the Orleans property lumped together does not amount to $20,000,000, and that this sum is divided among eight branches of the family, three of them foreigners, The statements which have been made are probably equally untrue on both sides, and public opinion has long ago formed its own conclusions on this subject, and notning is now likely to shake their belief that the Orleans princes are very wealthy. The Duke d’Aumale is understood to be the richest of them, and his property cannot be fairly estimated as producing an annual revenue of less than $1,000,000, RAPID TRANSIT. AN OPEN CONSPIRACY TO DEFEAT IT-—-WHAT DISAPPOINTED PROJECTORS MEAN TO DO. The Commissioners of Rapid Transit, a(ter having dis- posed of the clamor of the projectors of the depressed scheme by the opinion of their counsel, who say that afer the contracts they have made they cannot adopt any other than an elevated plan, entered again upon their labors yesterday free of all embarrassments. They discussed the best elements of an elevated structure with Mr. Navarro and Mr. Alexander, of the Gilbert plan. Mr. Gardner demanded another hearing yester- day, but was informed by Commissioner Brown that to hear him and his associates would only be a waste of time, as the decision of the counsel of the com- mission precluded all possibility of their road being built, Mr. Morris announced yesterday to the writer that the refusal of the commission to adopt his plan would defeat rapid transit, and went so far as to say that “they” (meaning himself and his associates, Messrs. Gardner and Smith,) would deliberately go to work and exert all their power to defeat the success of the commission’s labors, and to prevent an elevated road from being built, “We shall-go to every capitalist whom the Commissioners induce to build an elevated road,” said Mr. Morris, further, yesterday, “and by rep- resenting to them the facts” (meaning the alleged supe- riority of a depressed over an elevated structure) “shall alienate them from the scheme, make them throw it overboard and adopt our own. We shall fight them at every step, we shall undermine the ground on which they rest, and the upshot of all this will bo that they will have to resign, to be reappointed todo their work again and to adopt the depressed plan.” ‘Already last week the favorers of the depressed plan endeavored to influence the Commissioners by the statement that all tne financial backersof rapid transit enterprises were in favor of the depressed plan, and would build no other, The Commissioners investigated this and found it untrue. Yesterday Mr. Morris mado the following explicit statement to the writer, and gave it force by using well known and strong names. “The Commiasioners of Rapid Transit cannot author- {ze any company but the New York Elevated to build an elevated road in the Third avenue without ob- taming the consent of the Droperty owners, and the time for doing this has elapsed. The only company that can now build an elevated road in the Third av- enue is the New York Elevated Railroad and I teil you that they will not do it, Mr. David Dows, Mr. Tracy and Mr. W. L. Scott, who are the principal cap- italists in tbat company, and Mr _— Court- right, the President, ‘have distinctly as- sured me that they will not under any circumstances build any other than a depressed road on the Third avenue, and that if the Commissioners authorize an elevated one they will not have anything to do with it,” Such was Mr. Morris’ statements, given as nearly as can be word for word as he uttered it, and as its truth would imply @ probable failure of the Commissioners’ work it was deemed important to investigate it, ANOTHER STATEMENT. Messrs. Dows and Tracy were not found, but Mr. Scott, who is President of the Erie and Pittsburg road, aud one of the directors of the Lake Shore, was at the office of the New York Elevated Railroad Company. Mr. Scott has represented the company before the Commissioners, and is more noone authorized to speak for Messrs. Dows and Tracy. The statement of Mr, Morris as given above was repeated to him and he was asked if it was true He replied that it was not; that Mr. Morris had called upon him and asked his permission toquote him as saying that he would not buildjanything but a depressed but that he had told him (Morris) that he must not ‘quote him in that manner. He never said any such thing nor any- thing that could be interpreted as meaning it, He knew that Mr. Morris had told the Commissioners the same things, but the only truth in these statements was that he bad said he would rather have the option of building either a depressed or an elevated road than to be con- fined to either. “On the contrary,” said Mr. Scott, “we shall build just such a road, be it what it may, AS THE COMMISSIONERS SHALL DIRECT. I said this to the Commissioners on Satarday. This is also the view of Mr. Dows and Mr. Tracy, whom I represent, We have perfect confidence in the wisdom of the commission, and have no doubt that the elevated plan to be promulgated next Monday will be satis{ac. tory to us all, and we shall build the road om the Third avenue as speedily as it is possible.” So much for Messrs. Dows, Tracy and Scott. As to Mr. Courtright, the President, he sai Mr. Morris’ statement was made of whole cloth, on the con- | trary, that if he had the choice to-day between a de- pressed or an elevated road in the Third ayenue he would PREVER TO BUILD THE LATTER. A depressed road would deter people from riding, by pegs and the noxious gases which it would bring with it. Mr. Gardner is quoted as having sald that he would go before the Commissioners to be appointed by the Supreme Court in case the property owners object, and there squelch elevated railroads on the Third avenue forever by his arguments, A SENSIBLE SUGGESTION, To Tum Epiror or THe Herat :— It seems to be a foregone conclusion that the people of New York are to bave rapid transit elevated railroads, | whether the horse car companies are willing or not, It is said that the Third avenue horse car company intend to spend $3,000,000 to prevent the construction of an elevated railroad in their street or avenue, Would it not be much more sensible in them to invest that $3,000,000 in the stock of the new elevated road; and, instead of the proposed war avainst the elevated road, would it not be better to amalgamate with it by joinin, the two together, putting in the horse railroad and al their property a a fair rate, and receiving the value in the joint stock, and then converting the horse tracks into a freight road? It seems to me that such a disposition of that three millions to be spent in Hitigation would be much more profitably placed as I suggest, and the horse tracks used for freighting. RAPID TRANSIT, KINGS COUNTY REPUBLICANS. The Executive Committee of the Kings County Re- publican Gencral Committee held a large meeting Jast evening, and resolved to hold the primar- jes on the evening of October 7. There was a very free comparison of views om the status and chances of the different candidates, With regard to the mayoralty the feeling appeared to be almost unanimous in favor of the election of ex-Comptroller Frederick A, Schroeder. | Third disu —— CITY POLITICS. REVOLT IN THE WIGWAM. MEMBERS OF TAMMANY HALL GENERAL COM- MITTEE PROTESTING AGAINST BOSS KELLY’S CANDIDATE, At a meeting of the Tammany Hall General Committee of the First district, on Monday evening, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted :— Whereas the State Central Democratic Committee, with « view of carrying out the work of reform, inaugurated Governor Til 88 to the democracy either’ br ther bra leur, aud whose antecedents will not *Vtiscoae Mr. John Fox has annoanced himself as # candi- a date for re-election to the State Senate from the Fourth dis- trict, and clams that the leaders in Tammany Hall have pledged him such nomination, be it therefore Resolved. That the Tammény Hall General Committee of o First district at a special meetin on the 27th tHe Uiicemaber, respectfully protest agelast the renomination of said Fox for the reasons :— First—That the political antecedents of Mr. Fox as Super- visor of this city in 1860, when he voted in the affirmative om all the monstrous jobs of that body, which were published im the public press of last {all aud resulted in the defeat of Tam- many's candidate for Register, are not such as to stand the olosest scrutiny.” Tho fraudulent, by “d by that joard, and upon every one of which Mr. Fox’ corded ‘ie reco! in the affirmative, as may be found by examininy rds, are said pepere Solan led the Can, out et ‘The opponents mmany Hall are well awa and, should ‘Mr. Fox. be Feuominuted, will not fail to make fit. "*Second-—That on the eve of an Important election in No- vember, 1874, Mr. Fox deserted the standard of Tammany Hall, to'which he owed all that he has and is, and alli himself with its enemies tn an effort, which proved tally buccess! to defeat its regularly nominated can) Thrd—That in the last Legislature rapt bibs in which he was interésted, and only fuiled because an houost Governor interposed his'veto to prevont thelr con- ‘Mfyurthetiecanse said Fox has forfeited the osteem ang confidence of u large majority of the democrass of the Fou Sonate District, nnd his ronomination at this time would, we four, prodace dissension within the organization. ‘or these und other reasons we do uot believe that Mr. Fox can stand the closo scrutiny into his antocodente recommended for ail candidates for the Logisluture by the Demoeratic Central Committee, and therefore we respect fully protest against his renomination. On motion of Mr. Halliday Mr. Nicholas Muller was unanimously recommended by the committee as thew choice for Senator to represent the Fourth Senatorial distirict in the next Legislature, THOMAS FOLEY, Chairman, Paruicx Kervi, Secretary. TAMMANY'S DISCIPLINE. ‘THE TROUBLES IN THE SECOND AND SEVEN- TEENTH ASSEMBLY DISTRICTS TO BE SETTLED ‘TO-DAY. To-day the Committee on Organization will meet ® Tammany Hall to take action on the report to be mad by the Committee on Discipline relative to the reorgant: zation of the general committees of the Seventeenth and Second Assembly districts. In the former district there has been agreat deal of trouble lately, It was first started by the capture of the committee of the dis trict by Thomas 8. Masterson and his friends, and the ousting of Francis Blessing and ex-Judge Coulter from the Committee on Organization as a matter of course, Bit the defeated minority in the committee have bided their time quietly, and one day last. week succeeded in winning over to their side three of Masterson’s followers, thus placing Masterson in the minority. This point gained, and finding that there were members of the committee who were not as loya as they should be to Tammany Hall, the new majority called for @ reorganization of the committee, Their request for an investigation into the affairs of the dis trict was complied with lately; and at a recent meeting of the Committee on Discipline, which has been carry- ing onthe investigation, the majority of the General: Committee who asked for the reorganization voted unanimously to put Masterson off the Committee on Organization as one of the representatives of the ais- trict, and at the same time voted to retain on it Frede- rick Smythe, although he is of the Masterson The new deal has very naturally lav on the shelf a good many aspirants for the Civil Justiceship, Assembly and Aldermen from the district who had joined their fortunes to the Mas- terson faction, and, if report speaks truly, al! democrats in the district who wish for harmony in the party and sirength in the district for their candidates will rejoice when the Cominittee on Organization orders—as it will order—a reorganization of the district, which will be virtually an instruction to the pew majority to get rid of those members who are in the way, and have them replaced by more congenial atthe ‘As for the Second district, itis more than probable that the party headed by Alderman Lysaght will be sustained, One of the chief difficulties in the district quarrel hes in the am- bition of Jeremiah Murphy, once a member of that de- lectable coterie of statesmen known years ago as sistant Aldermen,” who bankers after th pots of the Board of Aldermen, Mr, Murphy’s ambition will not be gratified, it is believed, if Mr. John Kelly has anything to say about the nominees for Aldermen tor the year 1876. WHY JOHN MORRISSEY SOLD OUT. It is a matter of town gossip that John Morrissey has closed out his interest in the gaming concern of Reed & Spencer, in Fulton street, and that he has also dis- posed of his houge in Twenty-fourty Btreet to Spencer for the sum of $40,000, The friends of Mr. Morrissey say that he has withdrawn from business in anticipa- tion of running for State Senator from the Fourth dig trict against the Tammany candidate, John Fox, so that he may enter the campaign with clean hands, He may even go so far as to dispose of his Saratoga prop- , Which ig valued at over $750,000, and includes the race’ track and the “club house,” together “with all that this implies.” When in Congress the ‘honorable John’! won many friends by his straightforward, honest conduct, and the man and his business were a constant contradiction, Mr. Morrissey js now in Troy, where he went last Monday to pay the last tribute of respect to the re- tains of his father, which were to be interred in the cemetery at that city yesterday, He was tw returo to the city at an early day, THE WORKINGMEN PRONOUNCE, Yesterday evening a meeting of the Workingmen’s Democratic Association was held at No. 287 avenue B, Dr. R P. Gibson was present and made an appropriate speech. The resolutions adopted wero the following:— Resolved, That we have uniformly been supportérs of Tammany “Hail, and as long as Tammany Hal people proper recognition we will be with shem, and when they refuse to concede to the demands of the people then the people must protect themselves on the principle of the greatest good to the greatest numbers. Resolved, That we have always been identified with Tam- many Hail and are determined to be so long as we get a Tepresentation, Aware of the many mistakes of the honorable gentlemen who wero nominated for our support and who were elected lust fi dd who we supported with all our ability, and also the es of the Commissioners with re- i to the reduction of ‘wages to $1 60 aday, we ave Resolved to form an association of voters, so ns to be in @ tea todemand, and we do demand, that Dr. Robert P. ibson shall get a recognition by a suitable appointment oF on for his past services, and in return, as herete- pledge our hearty support to Tammany Hell. The meeting adjourned at a late hour, to meet agaim next Monday at the same place. THE REPUBLICAN COMMITTEE. A meeting of the Executive Committee of the Sub Committee of the Republican State Central Committee was hold yesterday afternoon at the Fifth Aveaue Hotel, with General Sharpe in the chair, The business done was of a routine nature, after which an adjourn- ment was had uotil to-day, Among the visitors to tl committee rooms yesterday were Secretary of ‘Treasury Bristow, Colonel Howe, Hou. W. &, Gedney, Colonel Spencer and others, A TEMPERANCE TICKET. Tho temperance people of Kings county are first in the fleldin Brooklyn with nominations of candidates for oflice this fall The probibition ticket is as fol. lows :— Sheriff—Oliver Cotter. Supervisor at Large—William T. Parsons, Senators—Second district, James Morton; Third dis- trict, E. B, Hall, Assembly—First district, Andrew Fitzgerald; Second district, Alexander Campbell; Third district, Henry Thomas; Fourth district, W. W. Whitehead; Filth dis- trict, an Whitney; Sixth erat Eg. C. bo aah Seventh district, E. W. Blanchard; Ninth disttict, “A. Maine, Justices of Sessions—William Tasker and Philip Evans, Commisnoner of Public Instruction—Eli Johnson. Commissioners of Charities—First district, Benjamin T. Jessup; Second district, Sidney A. Beers. Mayor—Harvey B. Spellman, Ri apreb d the -—First district, John Richardson, ict, Horace A, Hooker; Fourth district, T. D. Williams; Fifth district, John Patterson. MR. MEADE'S VOTE. To tax Eprtor ov tae Harap:— The Hern of Sunday contains an oft repeated com- parison of the respective votes of Meade and Hogan for Congress, giving Meade only 175 majority, and from this result 18 sought to be shown the strength of each candidate in the democratic party. This inforence is entirely unjust toward Mr. Meade and the Tammany organization, The true state of facts is as follows:— Fr (& ¢ Hogan's) alliance with the republicans was open, avowed and never denied, and while Fox sup- ported the republican candidate for State and county offices the republicans ran Hogan's tickets from their boxes and in every other way supported the latter for Congress. Now as the republican vote for Dix in tho Fiftn Con tonal district was 4,116, the correct state- e'vote fu Congress would be:— %. Mr. Fox made cor. bargains with the republicans to secure the passage of Total ............ seeee Thus giving Meade nea + 18,233 of the democratic vow, Very respectfully, yours, JOHN McGINN No, 67 West Houston street, New You, sept. 27, 1876