The New York Herald Newspaper, October 22, 1875, Page 4

NEW YOKK HERALD, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 22, 1875.—1 OUR PUBLIC PARKS. Administration of Affairs Under the City Government. THE PURPOSE OF THE CENTRAL PARK. The Primary Law of Works of Art. INTERVIEW WITH COL. HENRY G, STEBBINS. t val Park bas already cost the city several | millions of dollars, with the view to the development of | a genera! love of art; andit will undoubtedly consume millions more before the original design in its construc tion and improvement can be completed. The outlay on this park is not chiefly an investment for future generations, a8 has been maintained. It is comething | more than that’ The Hxxarp has claimed that the ‘Denefit of the outlay ought to be, to some extent, ex- perienced by the people of to-day. The H reporter having stated this to one of the | Park Commissioners, Colonel Stebbins, with whom he conversed yesterday, said that it is his ‘con- viction that the Central Park throughout should | be a single work of art, and as such sub- | Yeet to the primary law of every work of art— wamely, that it shall be framed upon a single, noble motive, to which the design of all its parts in some subtle way shall be confluent and helpful. The right to vuse any part of the Park for any purpose which is law ful to be pursued in the streets of the city has often been claimed—to travel anywhere upon it either on foot or im any vebicle A | street railway through the midst of the Park was called for a few years ago. Steamboats and evena Tull-rigged ship have been proposed to ve placed in its , New roads have been demanded, crossing and | destroying for their original purpose the most impor- tant features,of the design. It has been proposed to ‘widen every principal walk not laid directly along by the side of a drive and throw them open to carriages. & demand has more than once been made for a change 4m important features of the pian, for no other reason than that particular business speculations would be | thereby rendered more promising. The use of various paris of the ground assumed at | the time of application to be unoccupied has been asked for horse races, for steeplechases, for experiments with sundry new machines, for various kinds of advertising, | was designated a3. a proper site for the use of farmers’ , i goneplenonaty ugly and'llptaced building; what is to be Colonel Sranurs—The atenal has proved so useful to usall through that it is probable it will stand for some time yet, It having bee®reducea in height and thus made less conspicuous Nan formerly, and its color has been subdued by traikng over it the vines which the old administration tot’ down or uprooted. It is there that the daily work of\he Meteorological Observatory has been uninterrupted|ywertormed, There complete registers have been obtained yf the tempera- ture and pressure of the air;fof the trection, force and velocity of the wind; of the total amtant of every fall of rain she temporary variation of every shower and the depth of every snow. Not a day, e * day or holiday, has been lost, ape See ekaLp Comaissionsk—When the original dejgn of the Central Park i completed, how will it cothare with those pleasure grounds of Europe which have. world-wide celebrity? Colone! Stxnmiv8—As a work of art it will be su- perior to any other park in the world. I say this with contidence. * | have visited the most celebrated parks in Europe, and am perfectly famil: with the systems under which they have been laid out. Here the interviow terminated. BOARD OF ALDERMEN. 4 REDUCTION OF THE CITY NATIONAL GUARD SUGGESTED—THE ARMORY LEASES—A NEW FERRY TO STATEN ISLAND. yesterday afternoon, with Mr, Lewis in the chair. A petition was received from Collector Arthur asking for the passage of a resolution ceding a small strip of Jand at the foot of Whitehall street, on the Battery, for use of the Custom House authorities, in accordance With alaw passed by the last Logislature. Consider- ation of the matter was referred to an appropriate committee, A communication was received from the Department of Parks soliciting the Board to grant authority for the erection of sewers inthe annexed district, It was re- forred to the Committee on Streets. A report from the Committee on Ferries was adopted authorizing the establishinent of a new ferry to Staten Island, at the foot of Whitehall streot, the franchise’ to be advertised and given to the highest bidder. Hudson street, (rom Canal street to Ninth avenue, wagons in the sale of produce. A report was received from the Committee on Repairs and Supplies, to whom was referred a previous resolu- tion, calling upon the Governor to reduce the present numerical strength of the National Guard, This report was signed by Alder- men Gilon and Strack. Its principal points are as follows:—‘In the matter of providing for the National | Guard your committee learn that four regiments of | infantry and two battalions of artillery are in possesston | of property belonging to the city; that nine regiments of infantry and two troops of calvary are occupying pri- vate property, which has been leased for their use by former Boards of Superviscrs ofthe county. From the information upon this subject which your committee has received, they are fully convinced that these leases were entered into in a most reckless manner and with an utter disregard of the requirements of the law—so much so, indeed, as to leave no doubt of the invaltlity of ail leases of tlis nature, and the necessity of imme- diate und prompt attention to this matter on the part of the proper authorities, who are, under the Military Code as recently amnendod by the Legislature, the Board for the sale of various wares, for popular meetings, tor Atimerant preaching, for istributing controversial | ‘tracts, &o. “It will be seen,” said Colonel Stebbins, “how read- | ily the destruction of the original plan might be ‘That plan was essentially an wsthetie one. To carry it out successfully in all its detalls there should be no disturbing influences. My idca is that the ad- ministration of the affairs of the public parks is cer- | Aainly disturbed by political connections. The parks | arean instiiution by themselves. They require to be | ‘under the supervision of men whose education has wuliarly fitted them for the care aud improvement of | jure grounds. For exampie, large sums are ex- | pended upon the roads, walks, &c. They need cou- ey aro to keep them in order. Skilled men alone ure able to do the work satisfactorily. The grass upon | the lawns and elsewhers tn the Park must be cut in @ particular way. Here, again, men are wanted who understand a certain kind of work, ‘with which they are perfectly familiar from long expe- | rience. Now, permit me to ask you, my dear sir, if | the force employed on the public parks consists of men ‘who occupy their positions through political favoritism and not through their merit as skilled laborers, what canbe accomplished? Very little indeed, And yet @uch must be tke consequence when the city govern- ment seeks to control a department of this kind. From the very constitution of the political machine itself evils of this nature must necessarily result {rom the anion of things so entirely opposite, art and politica—a lar association. ComMissiongn—The present work of the Park Cothmissioners is to finish the programme laid — last winter? : lone] Sreunins—It ts, and e' ‘thing is doing vet Ricely. We sbull be Tonnes to (Seg dimcpentg howeres, | to keep within the sum set aside for the purpose. HeRaLy CommissioneR—W hat was the amount of the iation made by the Legislature last winter for preservation of. the public parks? Oslone! Sreneiws—Frve hundred and seventy-five thousand dollars was the amount. All that could pos- Bibly be done with it has been performed with judg- ment, the gratifying results being everywhere ap- parent—in the Central Park particularly. That park was never in finer condition than itis now. I rode through it on Sunday last, and was pleased in observing laa well-ordered appearance, Hanaio Comsissioxgr—A couple of years ago Mr. Ryan, Superintendent of Public Parks, reported that the foads were in a very unsatisfactory condition and that it would require @ heavy outlay in labor and material to bring them to their former etate, and not- withstanding the large sums which had been expended upon the walks for gravel, concrete and asphalt, they too were in poor order. Those in the Ramble and the Fifth avenue sidewalks especially were disintegrated Bad honeycombea, he maintained. Coionei StxBarns—Y I remember. At present, however, both the roads and waiks are in excellent condition. They have been our especial care during the past year. The appropriation being small, as you fee, it was deemed advisable to limit our attention to the work of general preservation, which we have thus far cafried on to advantage. We are now repairing the brick, stone and iron parts of the Park. Hepa. Comnpaleansiamediae connection with the lop- ping, backing, ‘stubbing and felling system of ano! Famsinistratish-—that of Beter B, Swecny—what can | yousay’ Has the course in regard to trees which prevailed then been lately pursued jonel Srsreine—What you have reference to is the thick grove of old trees which was at that time on the outskirts of the Park, and bas since beon almost en- Urely removed. The original natural growth of under- | there was grubbed out in large spaces to favor | the condition of the surroundings. There is great Gifference of opinion about this question of felling trees. ‘There are two parties, one advocating the retention Of those trees which are already considerably advanced, in the places where they wore originally planted; the | Other®laining that nothing is guined by this, but that | symmetry landscape te obtained by their removal Those who given the matter most thorough atiention, Mr. i d, the land- archilect of the for instance, ‘will tell you that many nous trees and | shrubs are, when full grown, apt to destroy umportant e compositions—to overgrow* and obscure Points of interest. In the beginning it was found im- Possible, through ordinary channels, to secure many ‘desired trees and plants, or to obtain anything tike the mumber of many kinds ‘that were required. Of some ‘that were then costly there was a certain doubt, since ‘wholly removed, whether they would endure the climate of the Park, at least, until {ts surface should become less bieak. ‘These and many other considerations, led to a habit of occasionally giv- | } ing a temporary (inish to the ground, and often to the | ph of unsuitable trees, which would serve to give | it a fresh, green appearance, and at once cover ite | nakedness, while they could be subsequently removed 1 the outer parts of the Park. The intended revision, | ‘Dy the removal of temporary material and the introduc- | tion of finer detail, the cutting away of low growth in some cases, and the establishment of low growth in otuers, had, it cannot be denied, been in many parte postponed longer than was desirable. Hekaty Commissioner—What pew architectural features have been lately added to the Park? The Bel- videre, the sheepfold amd the conservatory, are they | soon to be cKupieted ? Colonel Sressixs—There have been no recent archi. | tectural improvements; indeed, we cannot continue, in ‘two or three instances, what was begun several years ago. The sheepfold ig an extensive and costiy struc- | ture whose ostensible purpose is to provide a shelter at night and in severe winter weather for the sheep which x 88 on the adjoining green. ~ yp die in it than can be preserved in its poorly lighted and miserably veotilated interior,” said B gentleman in the oflice, and who interrupted Colonel Bte at this point. heeptold,” continued Colonel Stebbins (who Dy his smile appeared to admit the truth of the last re- mark), “is indetinitely postponed, I cannot say when it ‘will be finished. It would require so large a portion of the annual appropriation to complete it that hardly hs 3 would remain for use on other features of the Park. It has aiready cost $70,000. With the conserva- tory it is just the same, The handsome design which ‘was published in the first annual report of the Park Commissioners, and which was Supposed to be an admirable representation of a con- Gervatory, then in course of erection, is ail that baw r been seen of that improvement. There bad been reat deal said upon the subject of a botanical garden just at that time. This was as far as the plan pro- ‘The Belvidere, on the contrary, will be ready ruse very shortly. Placed upon ‘@ commanding elevation, & situation expressly designed for it, its re- Jation to the surroundings bas a meaning in an artistic wense that must attract the attention of all visitors to ‘the Park,” Heravo Commrssionen—Have impediments been met ‘with ip carrying out the design of ornamentation in so far as works of art are concerned? Colonel StRusins—No; we bave deen fortunate in | that respect. & have made itarule never to accept | objects which ould not be worthy of a place in the | Park. When the gift of a statue, for example, is de- ndent upon the donor’s decision in regard to its posi. fo inthe Park such gift is not received by the Board of Commissioners. Hxxatn Commasionen—There was some difference of this — with ‘Tee ee 0 i «gala gilt of o ptatue of Daniel was Colonel Steoms—Thab matter is setuied. The statue fis to be placed situation the most appropriate for it, Berain Co question was discussed mot long of the evacuation and demolition of th old eomel wpicn was found a useful makeshift during | A LIVELY BALL MATCH ON THE UNION GROUNDS. oY Aldermen and the Mayor of the city of New York." The committee further reported that they had con- sulted with Adjutant General Townsend and Inspector General Woodward, who had expressed themselves in favor of co-operating with the Common Council in anything relating to the National Guard that would be advantageous to the city, and that they be- lieved a reduction of the — organizations was necessar) In conclusion the committee recommended that the Governor be requested to reduce, by consolida- tion or otherwise, the infantry regiments of the First division to three brigades of three regiments each, and also to make such disposition of the cavalry and artil- lery as may be-deemed n Consideration of the matter was laid over, WIRE DEPARTMENT ACCOMMODATIONS IN THR ANNEXED WARDS. ‘The Corporation Counsel sent in an opinion as to the authority for providing accommodations in the Twenty- third and Twenty-fourth wards for the fire companies of that locality. He decides that the Fire Commission- ers have control of the whole matter, and that no ne- cessity exists for the passage of a resolution by the Board of Aldermen. After the transaction of some routine business the Board adjourned. TEACHERS IN COUNCIL MEETING OF THE CONNECTICUT STATE TEACH- ERS’ ASSOCIATION AT HARTFYORD—LECTURE BY | MR. HENRY BERGH TO-NIGHT. The twenty-ninth annual meeting of the Connecti- cut State Teachers’ Association was opened last night at Hartford with a ‘lecture on “True Culture” by Rev, 8. R. Dennen, D. D., of New Haven, To-day, under the direction of Professor N. B. Dwight, of New Britain, prominent teachers will deliver addresses on such eub- jects as “The Schoolroom vs. Health;’ and discus- sions on Kindergarten schools, study at home, and the detention of pupils after school hours will be entered into by the association, Sprague, late of Cornell Untversity, Ithaca, N. Y., will close the exercises of the day with an address upon the “Co-education of the Sexes,” To-night the association will listen to a lecture by Mr. Henry Bergh on “The Superior and Inferior Ani- mals.” Governor Ingersoll aud other prominent gen- | tlemen will ulso be present and make brief addresses. | THE SIXTH WARD SCHOOL TRUSTEES. To rue Eprron or raz Heratp:— In your report to-day of the meeting of the Board of | Education of the 20th inst. we find the following:—“The committee appointed to investigate the matter against Trustees Von Giahn and Mitchell reported that the charges were not sustained.” In justice to ourselves | ‘we ask a correct version of the subject, and herewith submit a copy of the report of the committee:— To tHe Boasp ov Epucation:— The Committee on the Nomination of Trustees, to | whom was referred the communication from Messrs. Von Glabn and Mitcnell, proposing to resign their pos: tions as Trustees for the Sixth ward, respectfully r port: That your Commitiee was icited by the persons arraigned by the authors of said communication to | give them ahearing that they might refute the allega- tions made against them. Your Commitee invited all | the trustees to a meeting held for this purpose, and, | after a patient investigation of this matter, embodied | their conclusions in the following resolution unani- | mously adopted :— Resolved, That this Committee, after a pro. tracted and careful hearing of ail the Trustees of the Sixth Ward, consider that the charges made by the minority against the majority are not sustained by the evidence produced before your Committee. There ig no doubt, however, that misunderstandings have existed between the members of the Board, aad some irregularities have aiso occurred, but as your | committee has a high opinion of all those gentlemen it strongly recommends them to endeavor to arrange their difffeuities amicably among themselves, and ad- vise the Board ot Education not to accept the resigna- | tions of Messrs. Von Glabn and Mitchell. j David Wetmore, R G. Beardslee, H. P. West, Eu- gene Kelly, Albert Kiamroth, J. M. Halsted, William Woot, ©. V. Lewis, Committee on Nomination of Trus- | "4 New Yorn, Oct. 20, 187 By publishing the’ above you will confer # favor. Yours respectfully, JOHN VON GLAHN, ALBERT MITCHELL Naw Yonk, Oct. 21, 1875. THE NATIONAL GAME. The Mutuals and Philadotphias played the seventh game of their championship series yesterday with a lively ball, and the resuit was the defeat of the Mutuals | by thelarge score of 14to3, Some very pretty play | was shown by the visitors in the second inning, when they treated their opponents to a goose egg, after the three first Mutual batters had secured their bases on threo clean bits. This was due to beautiful double play by Zettlein, who, after catching a ‘rapid’? liner from Matthe bat, turned quickly and threw the ball to third base before Higham could return to it, In the third inning the Philadelphias made seven Orst base hite, with a total of eight, scoring seven rans and earn- ing Ove. Ful made two pretty plays at third, bt the Mutuals Booth displayed considerable agility at sepond base; Hicks, who caught the last five innings, made @ fine running foul boand catch. The following is the score:— moTcaL PITLADELPHTA, B.1B. 0. A. E. RAB. O. A. BE. oo2zo2 -81700 105602 $2811 o1212 ~212310 o1808 -23882 01620 -O02000 138800 12810 o11i18 21604 as By re 00240 021 0 1 McMailen..1 2100 31024 617 Totals. ...14 142410 7 INNINGS. Ist. Yd, Bd. 4th, bth. 6th, Tth. 8th, Mutual..... ne ee Oe ee ee Philadaipbia........0 0 7 2 1 2 0 & Umpiro—Mr. Biodgot, of the Arlington Club. Time of game—Oue hour and fifty-five minutes. First base by errors—Mutaal, 3; Philadelptna, 6, Runs earned—Philadelphia, 6, BASE BALL NOTES. The Mutuals play the St. Louis at the Union Grounds to-day. At the Capitoline Grounds, this afternoon, a picked ten from the Prospect Park Club will play « ten selected from the Capitoline Club, for the benefit of Mr. Charles Hunt, the courteous keeper of the Prospect Park the period of construction, but was regarded as « Grounds, A regular meeting of the Board of Aldermen was held | Professor Homer B. | { | was resolved to make an example of Dr. Foerster. | | examined concernin; | dress, had no servants, and there was nothing to indi- | | hannisberg the Prussian as well as the Austrian por- | id all that was necessary in that position, and Start | | amount of chains could lift an immense dead weight | THE FALCK LAWS. THE PRINCE BISHOP OF BRESLAU DEPOSED—A CHARACTERISTIC INCIDENT—BISMARCK'S RE- SOLVE TO MAKE A STRIKING EXAMPLE—THE FLIGHT INTO AUSTRIAN TERRITORY. Benim, Oct. 6, 1875. The Supreme Gourt for Ecclesiastical Affairs sen- tenced, to-day, Dr. Foerster, the Prince Bishop of Breslau, to be deprived of his see. Tho accused prel- ate did not appear in person. ‘This case has been proceoding forexactly six months, although from the first it was perfestly well known what would be the issue, On Easter Monday, 20th March last, the Prince Bishop was served with an “ine vitation’”” from the Governor (Oberprisident) of the Province of Silesia to resign his Mshopric, The grounds alleged for this proceeding were his “known” Antagonism to the May laws, and the fict of his Vicar Genoral having, in a “pastoral instructon” addressed to the clargy of the diocese, promukated’ the cele- brated Pc val Encyclical of Sth February The Bishop re- plied to this “invitation’’—so uncommonly like the well known “Will you walk into my parlor’—that he held the atministration of his diecese fron God, who had confided it to him through the Pope, aad until the Pope bade him rottre be would stay at his post. A formal suit for his deposition was thes instituted, un- der the May laws, before the Court Ecclesiastical Affairs at Berlin, and the Supreme Pro- vincial Court at Breslau was directed 9 make the pro- liminary inquiries—in other words, te find evidence, Great attention was directed everywhere in Germany to the case. Dr. Foerster was the only prelate within the German Empire who retained the eld feudal title of Prince Bishop, and previous to the general bouleverse- ment which followed upon the French Reyolution he would have exercised all the attributes of independent sovereignty. He was, individually, a special favorite at the Court of Berlin, and particularly with the Em- press, for it is well known that friendliness with the Iron Chancellor and with the court circle arc by no means synonymous, More- over, Dr. Foerster was known to be an enjightened man, thoroughly well educated, of liberal views, and sincerely desirous of reconciling as far as possible the exigencies of German unity and the élaims of the Church, It was cruel, many persons contended, to persecute such a man, instead of sympathizing with the efforts which he was notoriously making to bring the ecclesiastical management of his diocese into harmony with the spirit of recont legislation, and conniving at any outward breaches of the letter of the law into which he might be betrayed, But the language held even at the beginning of the affair by the Berlin nows- papers, which were reputed to be in the confidence of the Chancellor, indicated that Prince Bismarck He wished to show Germany that liberal sentiments | would not avail unless the holder ben fe red to break with the Vatican and side wholly wit wm. And he was specially desirous of proving by unmistakable evi- dence that no favor or protection, however exalted, was stronger than his own power, or could shield from Vengeance any one who declined to follow his policy. ‘A CHARACTERISTIC INCIDENT. Even at that early period a little event occurred which exercised considerable influence on the subse- | quent course of affairs. At the beginning of the year a parish tn the diocese of Posen had been declared by the civil courts vacant on account of some offence which the parish priest had committed against the May | laws. The local district governor issued a notice, which was practically an advertisement for a priest. One came from the diocese of Br by name Kick, and he was appointed by the civil governor to the pas- | toral charge of the vacant parish, When Dr. Foerster learned what Kick had done he wrote to him, remind- ing him that according to the of the Roman Catholic Church no priest can leave the diocese to which he belongs and take an engagement in another diocese without having previously received the leave of his own Ordinary. Kick, however, thonght the salary of his new post too desir- | able to be voluntarily relinquished, Toward the end of | February the Prince Bishop wrote again to the recalci- trant priest, plainly telling him that, according to the Papal declarations as set forth in the encyclical, he had incurred the censure of the Church, and begging him | to return back to Breslau, This appeal likewise was | vain. On Sunday, the 11th of April, @ stranger mys- | for } | period Halloran was asked to sg) ingenious experiments at the Alexandra and much wag said of “raising the hull inciple was announ to be a profound je public bei in- formed that a scuall aint! ioft the bed oe the flank quickly, rose by itself to the ‘and instantly sunk again, It was popularly thought that the lucky nius who planned the experiment could embiazon on is shield “Eureka? But much of what must an- doubtedly be adimitted to be true in theory cannot be carried out in practice, and in like iv often hap- pons that the results obtained from ‘ing in a iim- ited sphere of action are incapable of prod or similar results in @ more extended and wider sphere, Those who talk of achieving the object by natural laws should first set out with duly consider- ing the analogy existing between an experiment in miniature and @ vast undertaking at a very consid. erable depth by the same agency, and first the inventor seems to have entirely ignored the question of what lifting power will be requisite to get rid of the suction around the bull, and binding, as it were, this enormous mass of iron, ‘some 8,500 tons dead’ weight, to the sanded bottom on which it rests. Here, to in with, there is an utter want of similarity between the minia- ture toy model and the Vanguard as she now | is no suction in the one case and an enormous earth attraction im the other, MINIATURE RXPRRINENTS, ry the idea of raising miniature ships in tanks to the Surface is avery old one, and has frequently been performed in the Polytechnic Institution, in Lof- don, and elsewhere, [t is undeniably true that com- pressed air, driven from above into the huil of a sunken model, or even of a vessel of moderate size, will cause her to float. It as algo true that large vessels of con- siderable burden, laden with pig tron, stones, &c., have beon raised successfully by balloons, filled with hydro- gen, genorated by sulphuric acid and zine; and it is also true that a great experiment on the same principle, with which the writer was connected some few years since in the Mersey, failed after an outlay of thou- sands of pounds sterling. Yet the principle is a8 sound as ever, and has since raised several ships; but the difficulty experienced in the River Mersey, with the steamship Brother Jonathan, was, no doubt, the vei same that will be found in the case of the Vanguat viz., that the hull of the steamer was filled by the tide full of mud, and, in the cage of tho Vanguard, will be found full of sand. If such be the case the idea of in- lation is out of the question. And, in any case, the operations must be abandoned until next spring or the commencement of summer. THB WATER-TIGHT COMPARTMENTS. Of course it must be admitted that if the doors of the bulkheads of the water-tight compartments of the Van- gard could be made stanch, and then the water ex- oe by the forcing in of hydrogen gas or air sent be- low at high pressure from above, the shtp would right herself and immediately come up; and, eyen if the water-tight compartments were insufficient to float her, the broken portion of the vessel could be filled with cases containing a buoyant element; but this ts only working on supposition, If th water-tight compartments, even those which had the doors shut after the collision, remained intact from the water, the ship would very probably not have sunk. And with regard to those doors teft unfortunately open, what divers are going to close them in 127 feet of water? And some were even ‘sworn (o, at the court martial, as being impossible to close, in consequence of being jammed up with. coal; so that these cannot be made available. The gentle- man whose name has recently been so prominent be- fore the public tn connection with the raising of the ill-fated ship is well known to possess original genius and great ability, and Adimiral Elliott, commander- in-chief of the fleet, has asked Mr. Dillon to proceed to Portsmouth, in order to test his principle on the hull of the frigate Oberon, sunk by a torpedo. The Oberon, I believe, lies in comparatively shallow water, on ahard bottom, and there ‘should be little difficulty in lifting her by a hundred well known sys- tems, whether it was air, gas, pumps, or anything else. But it may be fairl: nekiiowtsined that the Vanguard will probably he where she ts at present for many a yeur to come, * SUBMARINE LAMP EXPERIMENTS. Yesterday evening the experiments i connection with the submarine lamp were continued. On this occasion, however, the diver and lamp «were sup- plied with air from’ one of the Denayrouze lever pumps ‘The water was less clear than on Monday evening, nevertheless the lamp, having been lighted at thirty- six feet depth, burned brilliantly in the sight of all around the wharf and on board the steamer, Mr, Applegarth then sent down the speaking tube aun interrogatory to the diver (Halloran) as to what he was about by coming up, when the latter said that he was waiting for a cigar. This was speedily got, and Halloran, having come up the ladder fixed to the side of the Carron tug, the front shield of his helmet was removed, and the ignited cigar placed in his mouth, and then the glass screwed on again, He then again de- scended, and on being asked from above how he was getting ‘on replied, “Most beautifully. I am reading and smoking.” After the lapse of a considerable with the cigar in bis mouth to Commander Batt, R. N., and he said “he was doing first class.” Applegarth teriously entered the pulpit of the church of Kwilcz, the parish adjoining that where Kick had been installed, | and read outa solemn sentence of excommunication, | with ceremonies which seem to have made a profound | impression on the simple congregation. He was quite | unknown, and although the police have been incessant | in their inquiries and prosecutions in connection with | this mysterious excommunication they have not been | ‘able to discover the promuigator. DR. FOKRSTER SUMMONED, In the course of their inquiries they heard of Dr. Foerster’s ietters to Kick, They seem to have jumped at the conclusion that it was he who had fulminated the sentence, and that, in fact, he had for @ whole year been secretly exercising episcopal functions in the dio- cese of Posen, governing itas ‘Secret Delegate” for the imprisoned Archbishop Ledochowski, who had just been made a Cardinal by the Pope. ‘The Bishop was summoned to appear before the local court of Birn- baum in the province of Posen, “to be examined touch- ing Kick's excommunication.” He did not appear. Ho was then summoned to appear before the Court of | ‘Appeal at Bresiau, on the 5th May, in order “to be | various matters.” The Bishop | did not appear. He denied the jurisdiction of the | court, as a civil tribunal, to judge his ecclesi- | astical conduct; and further, hé could not submit himself to an examination without either making awk- ward admissions, or declining with equal awkwardness to answer the interrogatories of the judges, The Court was perplexed. They telegraphed to Berlin for mstruo- | tions as to whether they should order his arrest. Next | day (the 6th) was a great Church holiday, the festival | of the Ascension. An order came by cipher telegraph | from Berlin in the course of that day, ordering that the | Bishop should be arrested at six o’clock in the morning | of Friday, 7th May. By some means which have never | been discovered the intention to arrest the Bishop on | the Friday became known in Berlin early on Thursday to some one connected with the Court, and this person telegraphed the intelligence also in cipher to a trusty friend at Breslau, who lost no time in apprising the Bishop ot the tntentions of the Prussian government, ‘The rest is soon told. THE FLIGHT OF THR BISHOP. A nobleman, a resident of Breslau, catled at the palace a little after noon, and took the Bishop inhis | carriage fora drive. Dr. Foerster wore his usual cate that it was not an ordinary drive. They went to told him that Captain St Leger, the harbor master, wanted to speak to him, Halloran re- plied, “I wish'I had him here,” to which the gallant captain replied, “Thank you.””' After a series of most interesting experiments, which showed the complete control the diver had over the submarine lamp, he was drawn up amidst cheers from the large assembly congregated on the Victoria jetty, who were greatly interested with the evening’s proceedings, and which, under Mr. Applegarth’s management, were a “brilliant”? success. DOM PEDRO’S VISIT. THE PERMISSION TO TRAVEL GRANTED BY THE CHAMBER—A WISE AND LIBERAL RULER— GOOD FEELING BETWEEN THE TWO NATIONS. [From the South American Mail, Sept. 28, 1875.) It is with feelings of the utmost joy and pleasure that we are able to inform our fellow citizens in the United States, from no unreliable source, that the gra- cious Monarch of Brazil, His Imperial Majesty Dom Pedro II, is about to pay a visit to the great Republic, Below will be found the text of the official document in which His Majesty asked the necessary permission from Parliament, which the constitution of Brazil re- quires, but which Is, in the present instance, simply a matter of form, We feel sure that there will not be a single voice in Brazil raised against the journey, even were the re- quest based on less sacred grounds than the precious health of Her Majesty the. Empress. And we congratulate our readers in the United States on the opportunity they will have in receiving one of the few monarchs of the world, who independently of his position and character as a ruler of a grand empire, has ever been remarkable for the possession of high and sterling qualities, which no station can be- stow, but which only an exalted position can really and truly exhibit. The peculiar trials to which an exalted life is subject—the “fierce @ rural ratiway station about ten miles from Breslau. Here the venerable old man (he is nearly seventy-six | years of age) took the train and proceeded toa point about fifteen miles from the Austrian frontier, Here | he was met by the equipage of another nobleman, which conveyed bim by a mountain road to bis own castle of Johannisberg, where prepara.ions had been made for his r ‘on. So quietly was the business managed that this jatter coachman did not know who was his illustrious passenger, Here the Prince-Bishop | has resided ever since im his own princely castle, sur. | rounded by those domains, the appanage of his episcopal | see, which are famous all over the world for the glorious | vintage, the Johannisberger wine, which they bear, It | is worth remembering thatthe diocese of Breslau em-, braces not only the greater part of Prussian Silesia, but also some conterminous districts of Austrian Silesia | and Moravia. Hence the Bishop has never stirred during all those months outside the boundaries of his ecclesiastical charge. ‘ORED PROM HIS BEB. For some time the Prussian government seemed par- alyzed by the disappointment, But the proceedings in | the E siastical Court were resumed and have at length been brought to a close by this sentence of de- | sition. It is worth noting that while legally D: einrich Foerster has now ceased to be bishop of Bre lan within the Prussian districts of his diocese, his authority remains wnassailed within the Austrian | districts. INTERNATIONAL COMPLICATIONS. All along it has been assumed tbat in the event of his deposition he would endeavor to govern from Jo- tion of the diocese, We shall now see whether this an- ticipation will prove correct; if 80, some curious com- plications, even of an interbationdl character, are not unlikely to arise. Dr. Foerster is the third Prussian bishop who has been deposed by the Berlin Court for Keclesiastical Affairs ; the others were Count (now Cardi- nal) Ledochowski, Archbishop of Posen, and Dr. Con- rad Martin, Bishop ot Paderborn. Unlike them, how- ever, Dr. Foerster has been fortunate enough to eseape taking acquaintance with the interior of either a Prus- | tian prison or imperial fortress, THE VANGUARD PROBLEM. CAN THE SUNKEN SHIP BE RAISED ?—THE GREAT DEPTH AND THE OPEN WATER-TIGHT COMPARTMENTS THE GREAT DIFFICULTLES—IN- TERESTING EXPER(MENTS WITH A SUBMARINE LAMP IN KINGSTOWN HARBOR--READING AND SMOKING UNDER THE WATER. {From the Dublin Evening Mail, Oct, 6.] It was long since demonstrated in the Mail that no 80 unequally apportioned, The intervening skin of seven-cighths and five-eighths between the armor plating and double bottom is filled with scrap tron and conerete, the bottom of the ship having also the enormous en- gines, coal bunkers, donkey engmes, stores, powder, &e., Weighing tn al! some 2,700 tons or more, Then comes an interval @ four feet of thin skin, from five-oighths of an inch to seven-cighths, and over this the armor plates of eight-inch and six-inch rolled tron; the six tweive-ton guns on the Jower deck, and the nine-ton guns in the fore and aft battery above. The ship would thus, in consequence of her construction, part asunder on being elung in euch a depth ag twenty-two and a half to twenty-three fathoms (the present average depth, although at spring tides it might be at low water only about twenty-one | “40 serve his country for light that beats around a throne,” of which Tennyson wrote—have served only to give a greater dignity and elevation to the character of D. Pedro II, Allied, heart and soul, with his people in their aspirations for liberty, since his earliest boyhood, his great and single aim has been not to exalt his own power, fill his coffers, or even to strengthen his dynasty his'one great aizn ‘has been is country’s good.” The least desire manifested bv his people has ever been met by the warmest support. Tho Brazilians bave in hima ruler given them by Fortune, such as the people ot great republics would elect as their President at the polls, for their freely exercised choice could desire no more. THR REQUEST TO THR CHAMBER. ‘The request presented to the Chamber by the Minis- ter of the Empire is as follows: fond axp Most Wortmy Rerersxytatives or tie ATION :— As the precions health of Her Majesty the Empress con- tinues, unhappily, to be unfavorable, and she having obtained great Improvement in the journey she made to ype, it how becomes necessary to repeat It. Tis Majesty the Emperor wishes to accompany His Angust Consort, improving the opprtanlt to be present wt the opening ofthe Exhibition in Philadelphia and to learn and witness the development of the great nation. The absence of His Majesty the Kmperor will not exceed eighteen months. nd boeuuse, as at the period of his departure Parliament will not be sitting, neither will it be convenient to con- voke ® special session, the government hastens to come and folicit the necessary permission for His Majesty the Empe- ror to leave 4 rarily, Her Most Sereno High- ness the Princess inperial D. Isabel remaining in his stead. Thave, then, the honcr to ask shat you will be pleased consent to the’ journey of His Imperial Majesty by the pas- sage of a law whose provisions are couched in the following torms:— ‘ARTICLE 1.—Tho consent is granted, in accordance with article 104 of the coustitution ior His Majesty the Emperor to leave the Empire, ‘Aut. 2. During the absence of Tis Majesty the Emperor, ‘ncess Imperial, D. Ixabel, will govern as regent in his stead,, under the oath taken in'1871, and with the attri- butes which belong to thy royal prerogative and to the Chief of the Executive Power. P Palace of Rio de Janeiro, Sept, 21. 1875. JOSE BENTO DA CUNUAE, Figneiredo, A LIBERAL EMPEROR, The visits of actual crowned heads to the United States have been excoodingly rare. Tho existence of the democratic form of government has no doubt been | the principal drawback. Ordinary monarchs would find themselves in somewhat difficult and anomalous ion there, and the fact of the Emperor wishing to o shows the liberal basis upon which his mind is formed. ‘Brazil and the United. States are neighbors, | although far apart; Providence has placed them on the gata vast continent, and they cannot help but feel a kindly interest in each other’s,welfure. Far enough apart to possess no conilicting interests, and yet near | enough to keep & Constant eye on each other's prog- y things the Emperor will see there to call forth bis wonder and admiration! The mighty enter- prises of our people manifested on every hand; the vast undertakings which have enclosed as it were in the clasp of a mighty giant the wants and require- ments of the new country. With 100 years only of in- dependent life, and yot with its almost 60,000,000 of in- habitants, driving and striving and thriving, too, like | the bees of a well-kept hive; for industry, there is the great law of life, and labor takes ite trie posi- | tion—lucrative, respectable and honorable, The work- | man wich his hard-knotied band can show it with pride, was the great Republic of modern times. And our fellow citizens, we with outstretched arms the American born monarch of a great American empire, whose fame for good deeds and wonderful learning has already preceded him; whose active {ntelligence sees and exainines everything, and never with more injerest or with more urbanity, | than among the workmen in the midst of the humming wheels of the factory. Wo feel confident that our cite gone willshow that they appreciate the high compli- fathomns). And, this being so, It was thought that the | question was Gnally set at rest, ‘Then came some most ment His Majesty pays them and that he will have such an affectionate reception as be never received in all his | bygone experience, proof of his share in the building up of the | e eure, will receive | | of low water surface, ‘KIPLE SHEET. Py SWIFT RETRIBUTION. WILLIAM DELANEY, THE MURDERER OF CAPTAIN LAWRENCE, OF THE SCHOONER JOSEPH E. POTTS, SENTENCED TO BE HANGED ON DE~ cemuer 10, ‘The trial of William Delaney, for the murder of Cap tain Lawrence, was resumed in the Queens County Court of Oyer and Terminer, before Citeuit Judge Pratt and County Judge Armstrong, yesterday at half past ten O'clock AM. ‘* Augustus Tuthill was the first witness called by the District Attorney. He resides at Port Jefferson, and had known Captain Lawrenco about six years. The Captain was sixty-two years old, He hired the prisoner at the bar as mato at Port Johnson, N. J., and he was on board the Potts until the schooner arrived at Cow Bay, on Thursday afternoon, August 26 The witness then described the occurrences of Vriday, when tho murder was committed, Alfred K, Woodhull was called. Ho lives at Port ‘Washington, and was on board the schooner Potts after the murder was committed. Ho described the fiuding of the body, taking it ashore, &c. On the cross-exami- nation he stated that he had been for some time ac- quainted with Captain Lawrence, but had not known of his being seriously ill. Officer James W. Smith, of Flushing, who went to Philadelphia for Delaney, was called, He hada con- versation with the prisoner on the train, Counsel for prisoner objected to his testimony, and examined him to ascertain its character, after which he was permitted to proceed Smith asked ied the Captain for, seu grumbling; fter he had choked him once he put his head down and could hear the old man’s heart though he had no pulse. He then took a drink of whiskey and then “went back and gave the old man another squeeze,” The mot he got consisted of two twenty and a five cent yece. Pithis closed the case for the prosecution. Counsel for defence asked for a recess to give an opportunity to confer with witnesses that had been subp@aned. After the noon recess counsel for the prisoner, after ‘a brief address to the jury, in which he claimed that Captain Lawrence was not murdered, but died from heart disease or apoplexy, called two’ witnesses, Drs. Robert and Janes Hutchinson, who explained the ap- pearance of a body after death. From the testimony of Dr. Ray ca teak them they could not determine the cause of the Captain’s death, as no post-mortem examination was mado, It was expected that the pris- oner would tes! in his own behalf, but his counsel saw fit not to put him onthe stand. Charles A. Van Nostrand, Esq., summed up for the prisonor, occu- pying but twenty-five minutes in his argument, He was followed by District Attorney Downing on the part of the people, asking for a conviction of murder in the first ee, Judge Pratt then charged the jury, cleary defining the statute as to the degrees of murder they could find under the indictment, and the jury re- tired to deliberate, They returned to court after the absence of ogy » minutes with a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree. Judge Armstrong then passed sentence upon the prisoner. He was taken from the prison from which he came, and will thgre be coufined until Friday, the 10th aay of December, when ne will be hanged. THE NEW JERSEY MIDLAND EDAD. A PLAN OF REORGANIZATION FINALLY ADOPTED. The first mortgage bondholders of tho New Jersey Midland Railroad held an adjourned meeting yesterday vafternoon, at No. 87 Liberty street. Mr. D. B, Halstead presided. The Chairman stated that the object of the meeting was to consider the various plans for the reor- ganization of the company. Mr. McDowell offered a very elaborate plan, which ‘was placed on file with the others. Mr. A. J. Taylor moved that the trustees of the road ‘be urged to press tho proceedings for the foreclosure of the first morrgage. Adopted. It was also resolved to present to the trustees a written request, asking them to go on with the foreclosure proceedings, regardless of any plan. Mr. J. Wyman Jones moved that thirty days’ notice be given to the other bondholders before the adoption of any definite plan, This created violent discussion and gave risotto numerous motions to adjourn, &c. ‘The result was that the plan proposed by Mr. Joseph N. Balestier, and which has previously been published in the Herap, was adopted with certain amend:menta, agroed upon by the meeting. It will suffice here to give a brief outline of the amended plan as finally adopted :— 1. After foreclosure the new company shall contract a first mortgage debt of $500,000 for patting the road in complete running order and for paying its prior liens, and the same may be increased to not exceeding $1,000, 000 for improving its terminal facilities. No bond to be sold below ninety-five per cent, and the direc- tors may provide for their payment by & new bond. 2 New seven per cent bonds, running for thirty years, he in shall be issued to the first mort- gage Longe shall bear date February 1, tock and the first six coupons shall be exchanged for stock, 8. The past due coupons, with interest, and those six coupons with the gold premium on February 1, 1876, shall be exchanged for the capital stock. 4 Income bonds shall be issued to the holders of the second mortgage bonds for the amount of their bonds and unpaid coupons. Whenever the net earnings shall exceed the interest upon the two classes of bonds and shall be entitled to a dividend not exceeding seven per cent per annum. Such scrip may be redeemable at par in instalments of not less than ten per cent. 6. Scrip No. 1 is to be issued for the liquidated prin- cipal of the third mortgage bonds and for the common dobts of the company. Whonever the net earnings ex- ceed the interest upon both classes of bonds, and seven per cent upon the capital stock and income bonds, serip No. 1 shall be subject to the same regulations and advantages as income bonds. 6. Scrip No. 2 shall be issued to the cap!tal stock- holders at forty per cent in exchange for their stock certificates. ‘henever the net earnings exceed the interest upon the two classes of bonds, and seven per cent upon the capital stock and upon income bonds and scrip No. 1, then scrip No. 2 shail be entitied to the same advantages. All first mortgage bondholders shall deposit their bonds with the Central Trust Company before Decem- ber 1, with one-fourth of one per cent of their value in cash for defraying the costs of foreclosure. The holders ofthe seeond mortgage bonds who desire to avail them- selves of this plan shall pnrsue the same course. Chairman, Mr. D. B. Halstead, was empowered to ap- point the permanent committee, of which he shall be one. DIAMOND REEF. PROSPECTS QF ITS SPEEDY REMOVAL BY THE BLASTING AND DREDGING PROCESSES. Since 1862 the government bas spent a large amount of money in a series of operations intended to remove the various reefs of rocks that obstruct the Hast River. Tho first attempt was made by Mr. Maillofert at Heil Gate. His process was the explosion of heavy charges of gunpowder on the surface of the reef, the effect of which was to level down the projecting ridges, and leave a tolerably even surface about eighteen fect below mean low water, After this the explosions were withont effect. In a later attempt he used nitro-glycerine, but could produce no apprecia- bie effect upon the rocks in deep water. Several other methods were tried, but none were effectual until General Newton invented and put into opera, tion the dredging scow, which, after having removed Way's and Cocnties’ reefs in the East River is now at work on Diamond Reef between Governor's Island and the Battery. ‘This reef is 400 feet long and 250 fect within the twenty-six foot curve of mean low water, and rises at its highest points to within nineteen feet Its westerly section is formed of gneiss, horiontally stratified and running in an easterly direction, ‘The easterly section was of doulders, sand ‘and mnd, most of whiéh has been re- moved by dredging. Since October 5 PIVE BLASTS HAVE BREN EXPLODED in the reef, When the rock fragments caused by these explosions are removed by the dredge there will be a minimum depth of twenty-six feet of water over an area of about 6,000 square fect of what wax originally the highest part of the reef. Since the depth of water on the Sandy Hook bar is but twenty-one and a half feot, the former depth 1s considered moro than eutli- menced in the early part of November. Mr. Streidinger’s experiments on Way's Reef at Hell Gate demonstrated fact that by increasing the diameter of the drills from three and a half to five and a half inches and by placing the holes seven fect apart all the rock within the oi of the effects of the explo. sion was broken tnto fragments emall enough to be handled by the grappling apparatos, and hence he is conducting his operations on Diamond Reef on tuat i ian. Blasting is done three times a week, and the amount of rock dislodged by b blast is about two quired level within seven months. HIGHWAYMEN IN BROOKLYN. George Snedeker, of No. 332 Gold street, reported to the Brooklyn potico yesterday that he was assaulted and robbed by highwaymen on Wednesday night. He states that he was passing through the Court House Park when three men sprung apon him, They threw ba and robbed him of his pocketbook aud gold wateh. The Van Brunt street potice yesterday arrested An- drow Smith for stealing a gold watch from Michael Bracken, in Columbia street,” Tho accused was held for | examination, seven per cent upon the capital stock the income bonds | Tho plan was adopted by a large majority, and the | i | cient. The work of removing tho débris will be com. | bundred tons. Should the work proceed without tn- | terruption the whole reef will be removed to the re- | | Bo VIRGINIA POLITICS. National Feeling Manifested Among the Conservative Masses. Genoral Opposition to the Repudia- tion of the State Debt, FORTHCOMING ELECTION. THE Ricumono, Va., Ock 20, 1875. Two weeks hence an election will be held in this State for the entire membership of the House of Dele- gates and halfthe number of members of the Senate. So far the canvass has been devoid of any features of_ special interest, Apparently the republicans are mak itig no contest, excopt in the counties where they have overwhelming r.ajorities, and from these (few in num- ber) the republican nominees will be recurned, which will not vary the heretofore largely conservative complexion of the General Assembly. The conservatives have con- trolled the State since 1869, when Governor Walker was elected, and, with its organization preserved intact, & will continue to control it, To any but the most jaun- diced vision the review of political events here since the State was released from military govern- ment presents an instructive and gratifying spectacle, Not only have the people accommodated themselvos with cheerful alacrity and dignified compo- sure to tho radieal changes which the great civil war produced in their social and industrial systems, but with rare exceptions they have gone to work earnestly and gealously to repair the ravages, and have beem moving forward in united and resolnte effort in the new path which has been opened before them. Their conduct during the trying scenes of the past decade en- titles them, in the ostimation of such as value the VICTORINS OF PEACK above those of war, to the meed of the greatest admira- tion and praise. While their best enorgies have been dedicated to the urgent necessities of tho situation at home, they have, nevertheless, taken a deep and active interest in national affairs, have been prompt and vig- orous to aid the cause of real peace and reconciliation throughout the whole country, and have greeted with hearty good will and unfeigned joy every mdication of returning confidence, respect and fraternal feeling between the Jately belligerent sections of the Union, Their faith, as I find in every public and private expression, in free repub- lican institutions is not only unimpaired, but, if posst- ble, is stronger than ever since they have survived the shock of a tremendous civil convulsion, They will be the last people in the world to salute the “MAN ON HORSEBACK,” come when he may. With the people here at present every question 1s made subordinate to the one controll- ing tdea of a perfect and complete reconstruction of the Union on constitutional principles, and they are pre- pared to co-operate zealously with all who are opposed to Grantism (¥ ¢., imperialism in embryo) in every form and shape. Although gonsiderable prominence has been given to the currency question both in the press and in general discussion, [ do not observe any signs of dissension in the conservative ranks growing out of the discrepant views 0} individuals on that vexed snbject; but, on the bryce 4 thereisa universal expression of regret that it sh ever have been made an issue in any of the Northern States, and the ardent hope is entertained that it will not be suffered to distract the councils of the party te which the whole South LOOKS POR DELIVERANCE from the body of political death. The of to- day perhaps embodies the sentiment of the poople im the following extract from an editorial discussing the financial question:—‘‘Then what is the proper course for Congress to adopt at its coming session? Evidently to repeal the resumption act at once, and all laws look- ing to undue contraction; and then’follow this up by a repeal of the law by which the government discredite its own paper, and make the legat tender notes recetv- able for all dues. This will, as a matter of course, force the government to become a purchaser of gold; but far better that than a discreditor of its own notes and a vendor of gold.” In the same article it expresses these sound views: “Wo have no idea, ourselves, that the debt of United States, or any portion of it, will ever be rept diated or paid in any other manner than in accordance with the contract, Although it might be thou; that here in the South we would have but little respect for and feel bat little interest in the payment of a debt contracted for our own subjugation and for the destruc- tion of our property, yet this is not the case. We know now that, cone weal, come woo, woare in tha same boat with our Northern brethren; that whatever affects the country adversely or brings calamity upom any portion of it must be equally felt in every part of it and affect every section to the same extent.” There 1s also an unfailing and ineradicable beliet among the people here that the first great step towards permanent relief from our financial troubles is to begin the work of reformation at the fountain head, and te give to the whole country the equal and just benefits of thé common government. In this way ouly do they expect to revive their drooping industries, so that they may flourish with redoubled vigor and vitality, their productions be increased tenfold, their burdens less- ened in like degree. The entire nation will then take new heart and the difference between greenbacks and gold will no longer perturb the pious souls of the office- secking politicians. As I said above, the Legislature ta be elected im November will be overwhelmingly com- servative, with the exception of a few republicans whe will be returned from the localities where “Cullce rules the roost,” Here and there the STAGNANT POLITICAL POOL is stirred by an occasional “indopendent” breeze. ‘These independents are mostly disaffected politicians who, after being defeated for nominations, “bolt” set themselves up as candidates in the hope of obtain- ing the negro vote. In nearly every instance that has come to my notice the independenis in the rural dis- tricts are running on the disastrous platform of REPUDIATION OF THE STATE DRBT; but tt is gratifying to say that very few of them can be elected. This repudiation sentiment is confined to con- sorvative bolters, negro politicians and carpet-bagger who chiefly flourish in the country. The cities an towns and great property holders are unanimously im favor of maintaining the public crédit. The taxpayers generally are so, if a large class of poople in the counts are excepted who are living on lands overwhelmed wit debt, eaten up by liens and who are the grumblers and dissatisfied parties. It is the opinion of the most intelligent observers that from this time forward there will be a constantly increasing conviction of the justice and ‘THE NHCESSITY OF MAINTAINING the public erédit as the foundation of public honor ano private prosperity. The people of the State also un- derstand that the burden of the debt is not crite that it is diminishing year by year by the operation the sinking fund, while the resources of the State are constaytly increasing. The last Legislature passed am act applying $5,600,000 bonds received from certain railroads to the. sinking fund, and directing that the first moneys received and unappropriated would be de- voted to paying four per cent into this fund, beside ap- plying $153,000 cash to the same fund at ouce The terest 80 pald, together with all receipts from railroads, to be applied to the purchase of bonds of the State, which likewise are to be’ turned over into a sinking fund, The effects of this provision will be to create am income which, beginning at nearly $200,000 per an- num, will increase every year, with which is to be pur- chased State bonds to be added to the sinking fund. Im this way it is hoped the debt will be rapidly dimin- ished and the repudiators will have no fleld for their demagogism. Another interest given to the coming State election is the fact that a UNITED STATES SENATOR, to succeed Senator Johnston, is to be chosen this winter, and the competition bids fair to be exceedingly lively for that honorable position. A very noticeable feature in the conservative nominations in this con- nection is the reappearance on the active areua of cor- tain old-time political celebrities, foremost on the list of whom is ex-Governor John Letcher, whose name is still a tower of strength throughout the old Common- wealth which he has sorved so welland ably, both as her chief executive officer and as Representative in the Congress of the United States. There is am abundance of the right material for tho Sei rship, and Northern democrats may rest assured that the man who is chosen will be a live representative statesm: of broad and liberal views on subjects of natiot iinportance, and a genuine disciple of the school of conservative democracy. 1 have also heard the names of Hon. BR. M. T. Hunter, Tom Bocock, Jud, William W, Cramp, of this city, John Goode, of Norfol ex-Governor GO. Walker, and J. Daniel, Lynebburg, mentioned as the prospective Senator. It is ayroed that the present incumbent will not be re- clected, and, as at present advised, I strongly incline to the opinion that one of the above gentlemen will be the recipient of the coveted prize. ach of them have a host of devoted friends and enjoy @ general popularity throughout the State, but it is now impossible to even conjecture the name of the winner. A POLICEMAN’S SENTENCE. Justice Tappen in the Kings county Court of Oyer a Torminer yesterday passed sentence on Officer Red- mond Joyce, of the Tenth precinct, who had bean con- victed of manslaughter in the fourth degree The prisoner was sent to Raymond Street Jail tor a verm of only twenty-nine days, He was dismissed from the lice force immediately afer the shooting. 1! colored peopie express mach dissatisfaction over the lightness of the sentence. BETRAYED. Adam Waltz was held to answer yesterday by Justicn Delmar, for betraying and deserting a young Germas giv, uawod Evangeline Koliec