The New York Herald Newspaper, October 27, 1875, Page 4

“4 * but without excitement, into the distance. 4 ~ STONEWALL JACKSON. Inauguration of the Foley Statue Yesterday. A GATHERING OF CONFEDERATE CLANS. Impressive and Patriotic Scene in Capitol Square. ENTHUSIASM OF THE PEOPLE Speeches of Governor Kemper and Moses D. Hoge. Ricumosp, Va, Oct. 26, 1875. Thirteen years ago the heart of Virginia bled over the Joss of “‘Lee’s Right Arm,” and the old Commonwealth mourned for her distinguished son, “refusing to be com- forted because he was not.’’ Sad, indeed, was this city, as the solemn procession in honor of the departed hero ‘wound its slow length along her streets, and hope for duccess of the Confederacy seemed to have taken her eternal flight, ‘Stonewall’? Jackson, long before he received his mortal wound, had won a high place in | the temple of fame, and the intelligence of his death | was accepted throughout Christendom with tokens ap- preciative of his genius as a soldier, In England especi- ally, where the Confederacy had a large number of sympathizers, the sad tokens evoked sentiments of the highest admiration, and promptly an as- sociation of gentlemen determined to signalize their respect for the hero and for Virginia im such a manner as should perpetuate the memory of the warrior im a work of art at once worthy of the subject and of the British people. To Foley, England’s greatest sta- suary, was committed the task, and the bronze statue of Jackson this day unveiled under the most imposing geremonies fully illustrates the wisdom of the selection, ‘TRE INAUGURATION. ‘The inauguration of the statue to-day was the great- est event that has ever transpired in the history of Richmond. The day was clear and bright, the air was balmy and sutfliciently warm, but not oppressive. Over 50,000 people participated in and witnessed the imposing ceremonies, which were conducted with the utmost oraer, precision and without the occurrence of single accident, Such a gathering of Confederate clans has not been seen since the memorable day at Appomattox, bat in the profuse display of the national banner, both in the grand procession and on the streets, and in the enthusiastic manner in which it was saluted and cheered, there was every assurance ofan abiding devotion to the Union, Foremost, and leading the van, was the soldierly figure of General | Joseph E. Johnston, the Chief Marshal of the occasion; then came General Harry Heth, the assistant mar- shal, and former classmate of President Grant, wit officers, surrounded by a numerous corps of aides, and following were the uniiormed militia, the old veterans of the Stonewail Brigade, the Army of Northern Virginia, and a string of military and tivic societies extending two miles im length. Above all floated at various points the Stars and Stripes wuspended across the streets, whilst the different mili- \ary commands carried the flag aloft and the stores and dusiness houses were abundantly decorated with it in tvery imaginable size and shape. In fact it vied in the display of tributes and mottoes to Jackson with which the houses were literally covered, in the shape of wreaths, garlands, festoons, triumphal arches and floral | Ornamentation of every description. The procession began its march through the principal thorough- fares at ten A. M., but owing to the dense multitudes which thronged the streets it was one P, M. before its entry into the Capitol square began. Here the scene was one of great impressiveness. Under the commani of General Bradley T. Johnson, the unitormed soldiery were all massed around the canopted stand, on which were'seated the orators and speakers of the day, the veiled effigy of the heroic soldier without and beyond the line of soldiery. The square was packed with human beings. Within the enclosure were only admitted distinguished personages, the British residents, the Caledonian Club, Gesangverein, Vir- ginia Philharmonic societies of this city and the bands of music. Near the stand and in full view of the statue, which was kept unobstructed by a guard of the cadets, was a carriage in which sat MRS. GENERAL STONEWALL JACKSON snd her daughter Julia, thirteen years old. There were also present Mrs. General Harry Heth, Mrs. General J. E. B, Stuart and Mrs. General A. P. Hill, Prominent on the stand were W. W. Corcoran, the Washington banker; J. H. H. St. Andrews, of England; General Fitzhugh Lee, General W. H. F. Lee, General Robert Ransom and General Lane, of North Carolina; General 3. A. Walker, commander of the Stonewail brigade; ex- Governor G. C. Walker, Senator Randolph, of New Sersey; Hon. R. M. T, Hunter, General D. H. Hill, Gen- eral Corse and numerous other dignitaries There was a solemn stillness as the ceremonies were opered with an impressive prayer by Bishop Daggatt. This ‘was followed by Governor Kemper. THER STATUE UNVEILED showed all of Foley’s pure and high atmosphere of art. His Jackson, overleaping contemporary art, takes its place worthily beside the noble Washington of Houdon, which stands in the rotunda of the Capitol building. There is the same self-controi in subordinating all de- tails, in holding fast, not to the unmeaning lines of photographic portraiture, but to the higher ex- ression of character and individuality as ideal- in = form. Even at first sight the statue shows that the sculptor has scorned all trick and mannerism. His work is simple and true. Like all the greatest sculptors, Foley has wisely abstained from representing Violent actron or bodily excitement. ‘There is poise and strength and self-control—most he- Foie of all virtues—in every line of the calm, easy re. The soldier is standing with his right arm ‘i ‘The body is not stiff and upright, as in self conscious attitudinizing, but it sways easily on the hips. The bared head, neither drooping nor thrown back, but turned a little to the right, is looking keenly, It is as if he ‘were watching with confidence in his subordinates for the fulfiment of an order already given. The ieft raised to the level of the left shoulder, 1s bolding | the hilt of a sword, whose point, without bearing any wei is resting lightly upon the top of the low Stone- wall symbolizes the heroic name The legs, en- caged in military boots, are wondertul in the perfect naturalness of their attitude and movement. The left leg 1s thrown slightly forward, i# bent at the knee and relaxed by the ‘absence of any weight upon it. The right leg comes down straight and strong, eon. the burden of the body, ‘but free from every sign of muscular strain or fatigu ‘The attitude combines ease and dignity; it has, more- over, the high merit of endurance, in the treatment of the costume there is the same freedom from conven- tionality on the one hand, and trom vulgarity on the @ther. The uniform of a Confederate general is unmis- takably expressed, but there is no milliner exaggeration ofthe details, The coat is buttoned, but it is not sti | with padding nor puffed out, It bulges and wrinkles, 80 as to reveal the figure of # man healthy indeed, but far from athletic, The belt, too, is buckled #0 loosely ‘as not to dent the waist; it droops comfortably on the | left to show the Mia’ “S of the scabbard. The boots, the gloves, the. chevrons, the arw: cape that hangs in the crook of the lett elbow, all speal of real work and hard service. Every detail is home- ly, yet the general effect is graceful and dignified It 1s the face, however, that is worthiest of study, so per- lect « piece of realistic portraiture is i, The bearing pression are perfect; the face rises above mere vortraiture into the physical type of | wuliarities, both moral and intellectual, be soul of Jackson. It is not beautiful, yet eo beauty of moral force and of intellectual Agor has been seized with transcendent skill. There Vearnestness, a deep calm of soul, a steadiness of reso- Ation that was high above excitement. There is a saderness and goodness too It is the face of u man Nise and dutiful, sublimely unconscious and heroically » With enormous power of will, «nd that self- Outro! which pastes so easily into the power of con- img otbers—such a face us will harmonize with ali ; ee of the map and with all his achieve. THE PEDESTAL, | peep structure, is conposed of four pieces of | finest quality of James River granite, cousisting of with three members; a sub-plinth, ornamented scornice; a plinth proper, on which is’ the inserip- and & cornice capital, on which rests the statue, ‘elevation is about twelve feet to the summit of the om tho regular graduated scale for heroic oilgy. BRILLIANT ILLUMINATIONS. Yo-night the city ‘s brilliant Yeveberation of the cannon, aud the rattle of the fi works enlivens the dormant military spirit of the people, srexcn Governor Kemper ag GOVERNOR. id — oldest of the States has called concourse of ry sons and daugh- fepresentatives | Im the first memorial discourse that was delivered after tending sections of our commoncountry, On this day, abounding with stern memories of the past apd great auguries of the tuture, | come to greet you, and in the ame and by authority of Me I bid you allaud each welcome to her capital. ith a mother’s tears with ceremonies to be chronicled in her nd transmitted to the latest posterity, the Commonwealth this day emblazons the virtues and consecrates in endearing bronze the image of her mighty dead. Not for herself alone, but for the sister States whose sons he led in war, Virgmia accepts and ‘she will personally preserve the ‘sacred trust now con- signed to her perpetual custody. Not for the Southern people only, but for every citizen of whatever section of the American Republic, this tribute to iHustrious virtue and genius is transmitted to the coming ages, to cherished as it will be with national pride as one of the noblest me- woriais of a common heritage of glory. Nay, in every couptry and for all mankind ‘Sto lackson’s career of unconscious heroism will go down as an in- spiration, teaching the power of courage and conscience and faith directed to the glory of God, As this tribute has sprung from the admiration and sympathy of kin- dred hearts in another continent as the eyes of Chris- tendom have been turned to bebold the achievements of the man, so will the hervic life here enshrined radiate back to the remotest bounds of the world the Jessons its example has taught. It speaks to our fellow citizens of the North, and, re- viving no animosities of the bloody past, it commands their respect for the valor, the manhood, the integrity aud houor of the people of whorn this Curistian warrior Was @ representative type and champion, It speaks to our stricken brethren of the South, bringing back his sublime simplicity and faith, his knightly and incorruptible fidelity to each engagement | of duty, and it stands an cnauring admonition and | guarantee that sooner shall the sun reverse its course | in the heavens than his comrades and his compatriot people shall prove recreant to the parole and contract of honor which binds them in the fealty of freemen to the constitution and union of the States, It speaks with equal voice to every portion of the common reunited country, warning all that impartial justice and impartial right to the North aud to the South are the only pillars on which the arch of the federal union can securely rest. It represents that unbought spirit of honor which prefers death to degradation, and more feels a stain than a wound, which is the stern nurse of freemen, the avenging genius of liberty, and which teaches and proclaims that the free consent of the governed is at once the strength and glory of the gov- ernment, 1t stands forth a mute protest before the world against that rule of tyrants which, wanting faith in the instincts of honor, would repress and degrade a brave and proud but unfortunate people, which would bid them repent, in order to be forgiven, of such deeds and achievements as heroes rejoice to perform, and such as the admiration of mankind in every age has covered with glory. Let the spirit and design with which we erect this memorial to-day admonish our whole country that the actua! reconciliation of the States thust come, and, so far as honorably in us lies, shall come; but that its work will never be complete until the equal honor and equal liberties of each sec- tion sball be acknowledged, vindicated and maintained by both. We have buried the strifes and passions of the past; we now perpetuate impartial honor to whom honor is due, and stooping to resent no criticism, we stand with composure and trust ready to greet every token of just and constitutional pacitication. Then let this statue endure, attesting to the world for us and our children honor, homage, reverence for the heroism of our past, and at the same time the knightliest ddelity to our obligations of the present and the future. Let it endure as a symbol of the respect which both sections will accord to the illustrious dead of each, signifying, not that either will ever be pre- pared to apologize to the other, but that, while calmly differing as to the past, neither will deiile its record, each will assert its manhood, its rectitude and its honor, and both will equally and jointly strive to con- solidate the liberty and the peace, the strength and the glory of a common and indissoluble country. Let it endure as a perpetual expression of that world-wide sympathy with true greatness which prompted so noble a gilt from Great Britain to Virginia; and letits preservation attest the gratitude ot the commonwealth to those great-learted gentlemen of England who orig- inated and procured it as @ tribute to the memory of her son, Let this statue stand, with its mute eloquence, to inspire our men with patriotic fervor and to maintain the prante power of the Common- wealth in bringing forth men as of old, Let Virginia, beholding her past in the light of that event, take heart and rejoice in her future. Mother of States, bowed in sorrow, with bosom bruised and wounded, with gar- ments Tent and rolied in blood, arise and dash away all tears! No stain dims your glittering escutcheou! Let your brow be lifted up with the glad consciousness of unbroken pride and unsullied honor! Demand and Fesume complete possession of your ancient place in the sisterhood of States, and go forward to the great des- tiny which, in virtue of the older and the later days, belongs to the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is in no spirit of mourning, it is with the stern joy and pride which betit this day of heroic memories, that I inaugu- rate these ceremonies in the name of the people. The eulogist of the dead, the orator of the day, now claims your attention. Lend him your ears, I present him, the companion and friend of Jackson, the reverend man of God, Moses D. Hoge. SPRECH OF MOSES D. HOGR. ‘The Rev, Moses D. Hook, the orator of the day, then spoke as follows:— ’ Were I permitted at this moment to consult my own hes 1 would bid the thunder of the cannon and the ations of the people announce the unveiling of the statue, and then, when with hearts beating with commingled emotions of love and grief and admiration we had contemplated this last and noblest creation of the genius of the great sculptor, the ceremonies of this august hour should end, In attempting to commence my oration | am torcibly reminded of the faltering words with which Bossuet began his splendid eulogy on the Prince of Condé. Said he:—‘‘At the moment I open my lips to celebrate the immortal glory of the Prince of Condé I feel myself equally overwhelmed by the greatness of the theme and the needlessness of the task. What part of the habitable world has not heard of his victories and the wonders of his life? Everywhere they are rehearsed. ~His own countrymen, in extolling them, can give no information even to the stranger. ‘And ‘although I may remind you of them, yet every- thing I could say would be anticipated by your thoughts, and I should suffer the reproach of falling far below them." ‘This day we inaugurate a newera. We lay the cor- ner stone of a uew Pantheon in commemoration of our country’s fame. We come to honor the memory of one who was the immortal personation of our Confederate | cause and whose genius illumined the great con’ which has recently ended, which made an epoch not only in our own country but 1m that of the age, We assertno monopoly in the glory of that leader. It was his happy lot to command, even while he lived, the respect and admiration of right minded and right hearted men in every part of this and of all lands, It is now his rare distinction to receive the homage of those wio most differed with bim on the questions which lately rent this Repablic m twain from ocean to ocean. From the North aud trom the South, from the East and from the West, men have gathered on these grounds to-day, widely divergent in their views om social, political and religious topics, and yet they find an attraction which concentrates their regard upon one name, a place where their hearts unexpectedly touch each other and beat in strange unison, Tt was this attractive moral excellence which, winning the admiration of the brave and pure on the other side of the sea, prompted them to enlist the genius of one of the greatest modern sculptors im fashioning the statue we have met to inaugurate this day. KUROPRAN APPRECIATION. It is a singular and striking illustration of the world- wide appreciation of his character that the first statue of Jackson comes from abroad, and that, while the monument to our own Washington and the efligies of | those who surround him were erected by order of the Commonwealth, this memorial is the tribute ot the admiration and love of those who never saw his face and who were bound to him by no tes save those which a common sympathy for exalted worth estab- | wi to be displayed on a field which attracted the attention of the world. When his native State, which had long stood in the attitude of magnanimous mediation be- tween the hostile sections in the hope of preserving the Union which she had assisted in forming, to whose ‘Jory she had made such contributions, was menaced fy ¢ rod of coercion, and compelled to decide be- tween suomission or separation, then Jackson, who would have cheerfully laid down his life to avert the disruption, in accordance with the principles of the political school in which had been trained and Which commanded his conscientious assent, hesitated no longer, but went siraight to his deeision as the beam of ‘light goes from its God to the object it illumines. Simultaneously with the striking of th clock which announced the hour of hix departure with his cadets for the camp of instruction in this city, the command to march was given. Second—Another explanation of the unusual regard with which his memory is hallowed conducts to a higher plane and enables us to contemplate a still nobler phase of his character, This was the greatness which comes without being sought for its own sake— the unconscious greatness which results trom self- sacrifice and supreme devotion to duty. Duty is an altar from which a vestal flame is ever ascending to the skies, and he who stands nearest to that flame catches te ance, and in that light is himself made luminous jorever, The day after the first battle of Manassas and betore the history of that victory had reached Lexing- ton in authentic form, rumors preceding any accurate. account of that event had gathered a crowd around the Post Office awaiting with intensest interest the opening of the mail, In its distribution the first letter was handed tothe Rev, Dr. White. It was trom General Jackson. Recognizing at a glance the well known superscription, the Doctor exclaimed to those around ‘Now we shall know all the facts.’ This was the bulletin:— My Dran Paston—In my tent last night, after a fat ‘w service, I remembered that I had tulled to sen ontribution for our colored Sunday school. Enclose y that object, which please acknowl. gige at your earliest convenience, aint oblige, yours ful fully, THOMAS J, JACKSON, Nota word about the conflict which had electrified anation! Not an allusion to the splendid t be had taken in it! Nota reference to himself ond the fuct that it had been to bim a fatiguing day's service. And yet that was the day ever memorable in bis his- tory—memorable in all history, when he received the name which is destined to supplant the name his pa- rents gave—Stonewail Jackson. When his brigade of 2,600 men had for hours withstood the iron tempest Which broke upon it without causing a waver in its line, and when on his right the forces under the c mand of the gallant General Bee Lad been overwhelined in the rush of resistless numbers, then was it that the event occurred which caunot be ' more graphically de- scribed than in the burning words of his biographer. SINCERITY AND PURITY OF CHARACTER, Third—But this universal sentimentof regard for his memory rests upon foundations which ‘lie still deeper in the human heart, At the mention of his name an- other idea inseparab!y associated with it invariably as- serts its pave in the mental portraiture which men acquainted with his history have jormed of him, and so | announce as the third and last explanation of the homage awarded him the sincerity, the purity, the elevation of his character as a servant of the Most High God. Noone acquainted with the moral history of the world can for & moment doubt that religious veneration is at once tbe profoundest and most universal of human instincts; and how- ever individual men may chafe at the restraints which piety imposes or be indifferent to its obligations, yet there is a sentiment in the popular heart which com- pels its homage for those whose character and lives Most faithfully reflect the beauty of the Divine image. MAINTAIN THE UNION. And pow, ctanding before this statue andas in the awing presence of the man it represents, cordially in- dorsing, as I do, the principles of the political school in which he was trained and in defence of which he died, and unable yet even to think of our dead Confede- racy without memories ho rota tender, 1 speak not for myself, but for the South, when I say it is our interest, our duty and determimation to maintain the Union and to make every possible con- tribution to its prosperity and glory, if all the States which compose it will unite in making !t a union such ag our fathers framed, and in enthroning above it not a Cwsar, but the constitution in its old supremacy. If ever these States are welded together in one great, fraternal, enduring union, with one heart pulsating through the bosom of the sea, it will be when they all stand on the same level, with such a jealous regard foreach other's rights that, when the interests or honor of the one is assailed, all the rést—teeling the wound even as the body feels the pain inflicted on one of its members—will kindle with just Tesentment at the outrage, because an injury done toa part is not only a wrong but an indignity offered to the whole, But if that cannot be, then I trust that the day will never dawn when the Southern people will add degrada- tion to defeat and hypocrisy to su@jugation by profess- ing love-dor the Union which ‘denes to one of their States a single right accorded to Massachusetts or New York. ‘To such u Union we will never be heartily loyal while that bronze hand grasps its sword, while yonder river chants the requiem of the 16,000 Confederate dead who, with Stuart among them, sleep on the hills of Hollywood, Bus I will not end my oration with an anticipation so disheartening. I cannot so end it, because I look forward to the future with more of hope than despondency. I believe m the perpetuity of republican institutions, so far as any work of man may be said to possess that attribute, ‘The complete eman- cipation of our constitutional liberty must come from other quarters, but we have our part to perform, one requiring ' patience, pradence, fortitude, faith. ‘A cloud of witnesses encompass’ us. The’ bronze | figures on these monuments seem for a mo- ment to be replaced by the spirits of the im- mortal men whose names they bear, As if an angel spoke, their tones thrill our hearts. First it is the calin voice of Washington that we hear:—“Of all the dispositions and babits which lead to political pros- perity, religion and moralty are indispensable sup- In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism who should labor to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these foremost props of the duties of men and citizens.” Then Henry's clari- on notes arouse us:—‘Liberty, the greatest of all earthly blessings: give us that precious jewel, and you inay take ull the rest.” Then Jefferson sp fats “Fellow citizens, it is proper you should understand what I deem the essential principles of government, Equal and exact justice to all men of whatsoever state or persuasion, religious or political. The support of States government in all their rights as the surest bul- wark against anti-republican tendencies; the preser- vation of the general government in its whole consti- tutional vigor as the sheet anchur of our peace at home and safety abroad; the supremacy of the civil over military authority; the honest payment of our debts, and sacred preservation of the public faith, and should we wander from these principles in mo- ments of error and alarm let us hasten to retrace our steps and to regain the road which alone leads to peace, liberty and safety.” And last, it is Jackson’s clear, ringing tone to which we listen:—“What is life with: out honor? Degradation is worse than death, We must think of the living and of those who are to come after us and see that by God's blessing we transmit to them the freedom we have enjoyed.” Heayen hear the prayer of our dead, immortal hero! THE NATION'S HEROES. ing you dt iy ‘ou will find my check fu A MONUMENT TO NEW JERSEY’S DEAD 80L- DIERS—GENERAL SIGEL'S ELOQUENT TRIBUTE. A mass meeting was held last evening in the County Court House, at Jersey City, in aid of the movement to erect a Soldiers’ Monument, Judge Hoffman presided, The proceedings were opened with prayer by the Rev. Dr. Taylor. General Sigel was called on, and he was greeted with an enthusiastic ovation, He appealed to the patriotism of the assemblage to raise a monument to the memory of the man who died that the country might live. Ingratitude, he said, was the darkest blot lishes between the souls of magnanimous and heroic men. We accept this magniticent gift all the more | gratefully because it comes from men of kindred race | and kindred hearts, as the expression of their good | will and sympathy for our people as well as of their ad- | miration for the genius and ebaracteristics of our illus- | trious hero. visible symbol of the in colonial times be- | tween Virginia and the mother country. We accept it as a prophecy of the incoming of British settlers to our sparsely populaied territory, and bail it ax a pleasing omen for the fyture that the rebuilding of our shattered | fortunes should be aided by the descendants of the men | who laid the foundations of this Commonwealth, We | accept it as a pledge of the peaceful relations which, we | trust, will ever exist between Great Britain and’ the | coutederated Empire formed by the States of America, his lamented death, the question was usked, “How did it happen that a man who so recently was kiiown to but a small circle, and to them only as 4 laborious, punctil. jous, humble-minded professor in a military institute, in so belel a space of time gathered around his name so much of the glory Which encircled the name of Napo- Jeon, and so much of the love that enshrines the mem- ory of Washington?’ And soon after, in the memoir which will go down to coming generations as the most | faithful portraiture of its subject, and an enduring mon- ument of the genius of its author, the inquiry was re- sumed. WHY JACKSON'S MEMORY 18 CHERISHED, How is it that this man, of all others least accus- | tomed to exercise his own fancy or address that of | others, has stimulated the imagination not only of bis | own countrymen, but that of the civilized world?” | “ How has he, the most unromantic of great men, bo | come the hery of a living romance, the ideal of au in- | flamed fancy, even before lus lite has been invested | with the mystery of distance?” From that day to this these inquiries have been propounded in every variety of form, and with an ever-increasing interest. these questions will be one object of this nd yet the public will not expect me in so doing to'furnish a new delineation of the life of Jack- | son oF a rehearsal of the story of his campaigns. Time | does not permit this nor does the occasion demand it, By a briet series of ascending propositions do I seek to furnish the solution. I find an explanation of the re- gard in which the memory of Jackson is cherished— First—In the fact that he was the incarnation of | picture in his life more Doth the late com | | tug long and intricate processes of mathematical reason- iiuminated and the | those heroic qualities which fit their possessor to lead and command men, and which, therefore, always at- tract the admiration, kindle the arouse the enthusiasm of the people. know of no | impressi than that which resents him as he sat in his study during the stul | jours of the night, anable to use book of lamp, with oniy a mental view of diagrams and models and the artificial signs required In abstruse calculations, hold. imagination and | jog with the steady grasp thought, bis tuce turned | to the blank, dark wall until he mastered every diffl- | culty and made complete preparation for the smastruc- tions of the succeeding day. These years of self- cipline, — self-enforced everity of regime! beens 4 with rigid austerity through y of seclusion from public. _life, ; tuted the propitious season for the full maturing of those laculiios Whose energy Was 80 800 on the human heart, and the humblest soldier was en- titled to their gratitude as well as the commander-in- chiet who marshalled their armies and led them on to victory. (Applause.) Congressman Hardtndergh was the next speaker. He admired the magnanimity of the gailant General who preceded him, but he for one would never forget in the councils of the nation or elsewhere that when New Jersey's sons went out from their homes they went to meet, not patriots, but traitors, (Applause.) Let the people of the South raise their monuments. They would never have an approving word from him, It would be harsh to the memory of New Jersey's patriotic dead, (Applause.) When the shattered fraginents of the Republic should be brought together, and when one pryer would go up from the North, the South, the East and the West, then, and not till then, let the monuments rise North and South and he would approve it. appa) Ex-Mayor Van Riper was then appointed treasurer, and subscriptions poured in rapidly, the first being $1 from Congressman Hardenbergh. 'A large ammount was collected. The proceed: were enlivened by @ brass band and a Brooklyn glee club. * MORMONS FOR UTAH. “Yes, mir,’’ said Elder Staines, the well known New York missionary, last evening, to a Hymaxp reporter, ‘this last batch of our people, which wo are now send- ing away to Salt Lake City, will make over 36,000 Mor- mons who have been forwarded out to Utah from th port of New York by me in the last twelve years. ‘The above remark was made on pier No, 1 North River, when upward of a hundred and fifty Mormons were about crossing the Hudson to take a special train | Wt Laake | on the Pennsylvania Kailroad en route for § City. The party were brought over on the Dakota, in | charge of Mr, Eardley ana the following other mission- ©, Byer, Samuel Johnson, C. Johnson, J. C, KE, Griffin and Lafayette Holbrooke. The party consists of English, Scotch, Welsh, Germai and Scandinavians, and re a remarkably well do and respectable looking set ol people, The money for their passage bad been sent over principally by their friends in Salt Luke City, Elder Staines leaves for Salt Lake City next Saturday, where he remains Ull next spring The number of Mormons who have arrived in this city and have been forwarded West by Mr. Staines and Mr, onald, the agent of the Penn- sylvania road, 1# about 2,000, DISTURBING A TRAMP, Yesterday morning, soon after tho train on the Staten Island Railroad left Tottenville, the engineer discovered a man lying close to the rail, outside the track. Brakes were \immediately applied, but before the train was stopped the engine and tender had passed | without touching the man, but the steps of the 1ollow- ing car caught bin and rolled bin wway from the track, without hurting him, The man proved to be a tramp, and be was taking a When thus rudely awakened he cursed the conductor and engineer for disturbing NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1875—TRIPLE NAVAL NEWS. THE HARTFORD TO BE FLAGSHIP OF THE NORTH ATLANTIC SQUADRON—REAR ADMIRAL MUL- LANEY HOMEWARD BOUND. The United States sloop-of-war Hartford, Captain David B, Harmony, now at the Navy Yard, has been officially inspected by Commanders Greer and Richard Taylor, and found to be in the very best and most efll- cient condition, after her long cruise in Eastern waters, These inspections are no mere formalities—they aro comprehensive and thorough, This of the Hartford continued over seven consecutive hours, and embraced an examination into every minute detail of a man-of- war's life. ‘The crew was sent to general quarters; guns were cast loose; great gun and small arm exercise gone through with; fire quarters and the accompanying drill completed; exercises aloft with spars and sails capitally performed; boats were armed, manned and lowered, and various exercises sat_ isfuctorily conducted under boat tactics, together with Various other exercises which would not specially inter- est an ynprofessional reader, The Board of luspectors complimented Captain Harmony very highly for the high state of discipline in which the ship’s crew was found and for the very satisfactory condition, in every respect, in which the ship was. For eight years past but one ship had been found to equal the high staud- ard attained by the Hartiord, It was upon the Inspectors# report that the Navy Depart ment decided not to put the ship out of commission, but. to immediately prepare her for duty as flagship of the North Atlantic squadron, Rear Admiral J. KR. M. Mullaney commanding. So the officers of the Hartford, excepting the executive officer, Lieutenant Commander Shepherd, and the junior ‘and allowed to proceed to their homes, Lieutenant Commander Shepherd and aids will care for the ship until the flagship Wor- now’ on her way to this port from Aspinwall, » When the transfer of the entire personnel from the old to the new flagship will relieve them from fur- ther duty. The Hartford’s crew will be mustered out at once. More than fifty men of the ship will re- ecive “good conduct’ badges, together © with the continuing service and honorable discharge certiticate, The conduct badges are shaped like a Mal- tese cross, are of nickel and bear the following lege “Fidelity, Obedience, Zeal, U. 8. N.”” On the back the name of the recipient is engraved. As works of art or for their intrinsic value a are not noticeable, but as testimonials of the satisfaction of the government with the pone sey of the men they are, of course, highly prized. ‘The ship stores will be inspected on board on Thurs- day next. The Worcester will, doubtless, arrive the coming week. She is thoroughly rotten aud unseaworthy and will doubtless pass her remaining days as receiving ship at Nortolk, Va. Thus one by ‘one of the ships built during or since the war are placed in Rotten row, while nd new ones of equal capacity or size are con- structed. REGIMENTAL INSPECTIONS. The annual inspection and review of the Fifth regi- ment N,Y.S.N.@. took place yesterday in Tompkins square, Colonel Spencer commanded, General Vilmar and five members of his staff being present. After the evolutions in the square the regiment marched through Various streets to the armory, in Hester street, arriving there about half-past five o/clock. THE TWENTY-THIRD REGIMENT. The Twenty-third regiment (infantry), Eleventh brigade, Second division N.G.S.N.Y., were inspected Jast night in their armory, at the Rink, Brooklyn, by Major Livingston, of the Eleventh brigade staff. Gen- erals Dakin, Woodward, Meserole and Heath were present. His Honor Mayor Hunter and a nade large concourse of the élite of Brook; in society attended to witness the review. Colonel Ward com- manded. ” The Veteran Corps presented a gold medal to Private Barlow, of Fcompany, who made the highest indi- vidual score in the regimental rifle team, Colonel Ward presented thirty-two marksman’s badges to this number of qualified shots. Corporal James E. Stearns, E company, received at the hands of hjs colonel a gol medal (to be held one year) for being this season the ‘best individual marksman in the regiment, ‘The regiment turned out in light marching order, and presented a soldierly appearance, Colonel Ward stated that 550 out of 623 men were present, Captain Story’s company mustered over 100 men, jodney C. BOARD OF MISSIONS. * The Board of Missions of the Protestant Episcopal Church continued its session yesterday in St. Ann’s church, West Eighteenth street, undor the presidency of Bishop Smith, of Kentucky, Business was preceded by religious services. . The report of Bishop Williams, missionary to Japan, states that this fleld is far more encouraging than ever before, From present bs ances Jeddo will become &@ most interesting field of labor, The contributions to the Japanese mission for the year ending June 30, 1875, im the Osaka district, oo to $244 30, and in the Yeddo district over 300. "The report of the Missionary Bishop of Northern Cali- fornia showed that there was need of faithful mission- aries in that region. * Dr. Leeds offered the following resolution, which was adopted That this Board, gratefully recognizing the jabors of its Secretary and General Agent in the department of domestic missions, continued throughout a long series of tly request him to suspend his arduous duties ‘of six months, beginning at any time during the coming year he may find most convenient to himself. EPISCOPAL HOUSE OF BISHOPS. This venerable body will hold a special session in Grace church on Thursday, the 28th inst. The meeting has been called for the purpose of clecting a Bishop for China and one for Africa, to fill vacancies. The ques- tion of sending a Bishop to Mexico will also be con- sidered. No names aro yet suggested for these Bishoprics. There are at present fifty-seven bishops, about thirty of whom have yore 4 arrived in the city. It is thought that the House of Bishops will also con- sider the cases of Bishops Adams and Hare, who decline to live within the bounds of of delicate health. If they should resign, and their resiguations be accepted, new bishops will be chosen in their places. Bishop Smith, of Kentucky, will preside over the House. He isthe oldest Bishop, being over eighty years of age. CUSTOM HOUSE NOTES. As. announced exclusively in yesterday’s Hzraup, the seizure of the Goldberg goods, consisting of beads and millinery ornaments which had been fraudulently entered in the Custom House, was continued yesterday from tho store of Mr, Lowenstein, bankrupt, at No. 441 Broome street. Up to five o'clock last night the last wagon load had not arrived, and the seizure room was filled with over 8,000 packages of these goods. The appraisement on the same will take ‘several days, on account of the manifold description of the articles seized. Colonol F. E. Howe, who made the seizure, has received tnforma- tion within the last few days which will lead, without doubt, to several other large seizures. ‘The Sugar Committee was in session yesterday in Au- ditor Ogden’s private office, but information of what particular subject is under investigation is studiously kept from the press, Meanwhile the Sugar trade anxiously await developments and hope that the pres- ent rate of drawback (the old rate), may continue in vogue. A considerable amount of refined hard sugar 1s now being exported, Six gold watches and some watch jewels found con- cealed on the person of H. Schmid, a steerage passen- ger on the steamer Rhein, seized by Inspector Chap- man and now in the seizure room of the Custom House, ure valued approximatively at $160. BUSINESS FAILURES. Messrs. Disosway & liatch, hide and leather dealers of No. 40 Spruce street, have suspended. By the burning of their mill, at New Milford, Pa., they lost $26,000. Their bad debts amounted to $250,000 this year, a8 against $10,000 during the last six yea Mr. Oscar Dike, of the late tirm of Townsend, Cl & Dike, of No. 124 Pearl street, teaand spice merchants, has suspended. A statement is being prepared. It is supposed that Mr. Dike will be able to tide over his present difficulties, A WORTHLESS CHECK TRANSACTION. Moses Cohen, of No. 619 Broadway, was locked up in Ludlow street Jail last night, accused of having given a worthless check for $161 on the East River National Bank, on October 20, for goods furnished him by Fieit- man & Co,, of No. 25 Greene street, YESTERDAY'S ROBBERIES, Sneak thieves entered the residence of Willam No, 45 East Fifty-ninth street, and stule one gold watch, # namber of silver spoons and $650 in ‘The thieves are unknown to the police. tients of John Kenned, No. 66 South Fifth pilfered by thieves of clothing to the avenue, wel value of $80, While Thomas F, Paton, tailor, of No, 265 West Six- teenth street, was attending # funeral bis store was en- tered by means of false keys, and goods to the value of $500 were carried olf. PUBLIC SCHOOL SCANDALS. One result of the frauds in the Board of Education at Jersey City 18 that the schools must be closed for want | of funds during the month of November. The appro- priation for the year was ample, but it was wasted by Jess extravagance, in spite of repeated warnings of xu the Board of Education for an additional appropriation, but a member of the former wed yesterday that it would wot be ir dioceses on account | , Holling, ‘The Board of Finance have been asked by | SHEET. |A DOOMED MAN, Thomas J. MeGeoghegan Sentenced by a Mys- terious Tribunal To Be Shot. JUDGMENT PRONOUNCED IN A FERRYBOAT. Treason to Ireland His Offence—Will the District Attorney Save Him? ‘This is the age of sensations, About one year ago an organization was formed in this city of a Communistic nature by a man named Father McNamara, who had at ciated as a clergyman of his own persuasion in Raleigh, North Carolina, It 1s said that, owing to some irregu- larities, the bishop of the diocese in which Father McNamara preached silenced him, depriving the clergyman of his functions, or, us it was styled in the latter half of the eighteenth century, the bishop had “unfrocked”? him, Since then Father McNamara has devoted his attention chiefly to organ- izing revolutions in the cause of the Fatherhood of Nations and the Brotherhood of Man, The ex-rever- end gentleman Wears a long sack overcoat with a yelvet collar; his yellow hair hangs down on his shoulders, his face is always clean shaven and his presence 18 a snarked one whenever ho appears in any of the streets of the city. a THE REDIVIVI. The organization formed by Father McNamara was callea the Sacred Order of United Irishmen Redivivi, and had a number of lodges scattered throughout New York city with fearfully mystic titles, It was the de- sign of Father McNamara to revive the organization at one time known as the Order of United Irishmen, and which had correspondence with the French revolu- tionists of 1793. A number of earnest, fervent and enthusiastic young Irishmen, not at all deterred by the prospectus of the association, which declared that Ireland could only be freed by a weekly sub- scription of twenty-flve cents per man, joined the “Sacred Rediviyi? and paid in their dues, as be. came them. Each candidate was sworn secretly, his hands crossed over a basin of blood and with a large, sharp-bladed axe depending from the ceiling directly over his head, It was a fearful scene that some of the candidates witnessed, and three or four became light- headed immediately after the terrible and ghostly in- augural ceremonies. Ex-Father McNamara declared that even if the Pope and Kaiser Wilhelm op- posed the movement, he ulone would free Ireland. ‘The organization increased rapidly until at one time the Redivivi numbered about 180 members in this city, all of whom were paying subscribers. One of the chief and most deadly conspirators was a vender of human hair, who is proprietor of a store in Canal street, This man possessed some money, and it 1s said that he had negotiated for a harbor steam tug to proceed to Ireland with twenty minie muskets, calibre 1857, when Father McNamara stopped his proceedings. There was also a poet named Callinnan in the organization, who had for a nom de plume, “Red Rain.” * “THE MAN WHO 18 TO DIR, Among the recruits obtained by ex-Father McNamara there was a young man named Thomas J. McGeoghegan, ‘ well educated and good looking young gentleman of twenty-five years of age, who is now teaching school in the Academy of the Christian Brothers, in Brook- lyn. The pseudo-Father McNamara, who closely resembles a noted preacher in Brooklyn, hav- ing considerable conversational powers, did in some, manner fascinate young McGeoghegan and finally induced him to join the Redivivi. The young man had written for the press, and, being largely gifted with imagination, he became one of the most earnest and zealous propagators of the revolutionary doctrines which the ex-priest had given his years to inculcate. The Redivivi generally met in Chatham street, over a weekly newspaper office, and sometimes @ milk can full of blood would be conveyed from the ‘Thirty-fourth street slaughter house, of which the Redivivi would partake freely, and thus seal their vows of loyalty and — heroism, But young MeGeoghegan began to have doubts of the honesty as well as the practicability of the organiza- tion of the Redivivi to secure the liberty of Ireland through the instrumentality of ex-Father McNamara Being of quick intelligence, to use a politician’s phrase, he “kicked,” yet he did not fail to subscribe his weekly twenty-tive cents. It seems, however, that Mr. McGeoghegan is a very strict Roman Catholic, and after some months’ connection with the Kedivivi he began to have conscientious doubts as to whether he should continue to be a member or not. Having as a Catholic to do what is known as the ‘jubilee,’ he was in- formed by the clergyman under whose ministrations he sat that he could not receive absolution unless he immediately left the Redivivi. Mr. McGeoghegan, feel- ing that he ought to be certain of the matter, and know- ing that he would be sentenced to death if he were to become a traitor to the Redivivi, consulted two other clergymen and they informed him of the spiritual pen- alties to be enforced should he continue as a Redivivist, Now came. the agony, and Mr. McGeoghegan found himself between two tires, Ie felt that he would have to endure the pains of heli fire if he were to remain in the Redivivi, but should he dare to leave it he knew’ that the organization would have him shot as a traitor to the cause of Ire- land, ‘The young patriot decided immediately, and | chose everlasting bliss in the fature to a paltry and in- definite existence as a school teacher, Accordingly he dared his fate, and wrote a letter to the “National Chief”? of the Redivivi, as ex-Father McNamara calls himself, resigning his position as a member of the sacred JUrder, The letter was written at the peril of Mr, MeGeoghegan’s life, and is as follows:— “AVE, MNAMARA, MONTURI, TR SALUTANT.”? In vindication of my character and honor, both as an Trish hristian, 1am compelled to give publicity d_lotter of Father McNamara, in reply to resigning my position as.» member of the As Futher McNamara and his adherents have both publicly and privately ‘slaudered ‘me, “und attributed aye aud unworthy motives to me oh uccount of my resignation, I fecl it due to myself and to my countrymen to make a public statement of the {acts and to expose an or- ganization thatis an imposition, as can easily be recognized trom the substance of his letter, ‘At the solicitation of Father McNamara, I joined the Redivivi, believing it to be an organization solely got up for the’ pu of liberating Irelan soon foun out my mistake, for instead of — bein a truly national organization, it proved to be des- combin under the guidance of Father yotie TieNamura, huving solely In view the pecuulary object of | fleecing my confiding countrymen for the maintenance of « few unprincipled men, As au frishinan, a Christian and a Catholic, I found I could uot conseientiously continue amem- ber of it.’ In performing my jubilee duties I consulted my fessor, and he peremptorily ordered me to withdraw from uch a dangerous and villanow organization.” Acti, « on this udvice, [sent in my resignation, and in reply received the annexed letter from the Rev. Father McNamara 1 did not intend to give it publicity had he not personally assailed me on the Hainilton ferryboat and xbused me i ost insulting manner, aud had not he aud bis adhere! ud reports derogatory to iny churacter as & Christian, putriot aud a man, T appeal to au impartial publie as to whether I am justi- fied in my actions or not, and publish his letter, so that they | may jndge of the blasphemous nature of the ‘Redivivi and its founders. T must conclude by saying that the only tribute Tin- the tribute of my add alinost said silent cont but I shall never cloth" in contempt, h the we ir be debarred from the sanctu Yours res ethull; OMA J, McgBOGHEGAN. ‘THE SENTENCE OF DEATH. However incredible it may seem to the citizens of New York who live in a civilized and Christian com- munity and are supposed to obey the laws under which they exist, the “National Chief of the Redivivi on re- coipt of the letter called a council of the mysterious organization, which met, as it was alleged, by summons of a dagger and cord delivered to each of the members of the “supreme and extraordinary council,’ for so they are | called, The number ‘seven hus always had mystic powers, and the "Council of Seven’? met on the 7th of October, at the hotel kept by O'Donovan Rossa, in Chatham square, The proprietor of the hotel knew nothing of the purpose of the seven men who called on him, headed by MeNaroara, and he readily allowed them to engage aroom, Six of the men were partially disguised and were not known. upstairs alter ordering some ginger beer, and locked the door so that no one should enter. No one except those present can tell what happened in the room; yet, inercdable as it may seem, ove of the | seven, “under the solemn obligation of secret | oaths'was deputed to kill Thomas J MeGeoghegan wh er found, no matter if it were ina church, as @ traitor to Ireland and th Our reporter discovered the man who is U unjortunate MeGeoghegan is James Walsh, who is @ bowier-of champagne and belonged formerly to whe firm of Walsh & Peel, but when not otherwise engaged is a pedler of maps. ‘Mr. MoGeo, my dalled lent ev eee | ing #t the Hekato office und declared that he was not to ireland, but that owing to. his honest re- ligious belier he b. resign his bership in the Redivivi, He seemed hetle fr , and declared | | | a traitor | | that he did not know what the u might do if thoy were excited. Me the following letter to Mr, MeGeoghegau in reply to his letter of re: Jury some idea may be got of what will occur when the deputed Walsh mcots McGeoghegan :— THE THREATENING LETTER, Tnos. MeGeoGnecan, hisq. -— 16th fust. the YT have ulraw y 1 oursell from — wuy other honorable body ad nos power ‘to physlewlly coeree | You have no power to withiraw from the Redivivt the all | wnce you have to that body for patriotic purpose And uo priest ha aba one time been a Lazarist priest, and who had also ofl-- They met in « rvom | tion, und from ite tone of concentrated | ir tings of the Order, as you would be at liberty to absent | that | — is because the Redivivi Association is simply # patrione body; our tions ure simply of Trish pantlotiens and these no ante 4%. ba | uD: ee ou. 2 Wimecll? could Rot” absolve Jou, beeatae God” ‘could not makes traitor, Either you area patriot or you traitor. There is no middle ground, A priest can you no wai werve from patriotism and beeom traitor. Without saving more on this point, I will ly say T am aston be uddenness of your con- very recent birth, I a of yours wherein you con- ve: such dictation as you allude to could have no force against your conviction of a man’s right. But there's no wccounting for convictions, except ——well, let it remain unsaid. I am exceedingly sorry to peruse such a letter as this from you. I had given you credit for something better. Iwas even laying out for yon some rem at version, Your exti cavéenl tae, piety is of wiriotic work that would suit your tai relund! noe whahtto grieve Fou E T do h however, that you have [bee a y to ay body on called, “or” they ‘wil "proceed soon as o “ against yon (08 tell a traitor. ‘They will court-martial you, and, pel vou dishonorably and send your name and all about ox: Po al parts. This is the way you will be dealt with, ould for another. I had take more trouble about you tag 1 w 4 placed some confidence in you, and I do not wish to see you feamped as slaves a coward ore traitor.” Choose your we and take the consequence, Yours, &e., eens seauences ther MCNAMARA, National President 0, U. I. R., Post Office box 8,60 CAN THE DISTRICT ATTORNKY INTERVENE? ‘A Henaup reporter called at’ the District Attorney's office yesterday to know what steps would be taken by that official in case that McNamara should attempt to carry out his insane threat of excouting the wi nate MeGeoghegan. Mr. Phelps was at the time busily engaged im trying Dolan for the murder of = Mr. Noe and could not be seen, but the officials in the District Attorney's oltice informed the reporter that the laws would protect Mr. McGeoghegan from the murderous attempts of the man McNamara, if he would apply in time for such pro- tection. The *National Chief’? McNamara met Mr. MeGeoghegan in a Hamilton ferryboat w night since and after abusing him in a savage way, solemnly sen- tenced him to be shot to death by James Walsh. Th jatter indvidual bought a Smith & Wesson seven-shooter last Saturday evening and is supposed to wreak Lae) iy br on the fated MeGeoghegan, and it is quite possible that inside of forty-eight hours our citizens may be startled by the news of a dreadful murder, The ‘chief,’ MeNamara, was yesterday seen on Tryon row and other public places armed with a blu@igeon, and on being ap- pealed to for mercy stated very resolutely that he saw no reason to reverse the sentence pronounced, and that McGeoghegan must die at set of sun. A THRILLING AFFAIR, A GANG OF MASKED BURGLABS MAKE A MID< NIGHT RAID ON THE OFFICE OF THE OXPORD IRON COMPANY—ONE OF THEM SHOT THROUGH THE HEART. Oxvorp, N. J., Oct. 23, 1875, A thrilling affair took place here this morning, shortly after two o’clock, in the office of the Oxford Iron Com- pany, which was entered by a gang of burglars during the temporary absence of the night, watchman, William H. Searing, who had gone into the basement of the building, as was his custom, to see that all was right, On returning to the office he was startled to see crouching beside the safe a human figure peer- ing intently in his direction through a musk, and apparently making ready to spring upon him. It was’ an awful moment. He was alone, and at once the thought flashed across his mind that a gang of burglars must be hidden around the office, He determined to sell his life dearly ifhe must, and drawing his revolver he dis- charged it at the burglar beside the safe and sent a ball whistling through his heart. A stifled cry of pain, and the thief, with a bound, leaped from his stooping posture and fell heavily on the floor, never to rise again, His three companions, seeing the tragic occur- rence, leaped {rom their hiding places, their faces being disguised by masks, and one of them, drawing a club, struck the brave watchman with it and knocked him down, Searing struggled with them for dear life, and twice again discharged his pistol, but the desperadoes at length disarmed him and got him completely in their power. Just as they were about to place @ pair of manacles upon his wrists a lary dog, named Major, came bounding up, the stairs, and contd the situation leaped into the fray and fought furiously for his master. The struggle was a most desperate and sanguinary one; it was lie for life, and for nearly a mortal hour it lasted, the men andthe dog Major roll- ing up and down the office floor. The faithful dog did noble service, slashing about him with a will and giv- img the burglars no quarters, until at length, te they had suflicient of his fangs, they fled in the most abject terror, leaving behind them the dead body of their miserable companion lying in his blood upon the floor... As may well be supposed, the watchman and were fairly fatigued, but feariul lest another attac might be made ’ before daybreak they stood on guard. ‘The thieves did not return, how- ever. Luter in the day, as soon as the community were astir, an alarm was given, and the | route the thieves took’was traced bya heavy trail of blood, which one of them, doubtless mortally , wounded, marked in making his escape. About half a mile distant an old suit of clothes was discovered beside a pool of blood at the foot of-a tree, where the bleedin, Durglar must have changed his apparel. On the rail. road a valise was picked up containing a complete set of burylurs’ tools. The watchman did not identify any of the rufflans, nor can the face of the dead burglas.be recognized, even by the detective who arrived hero from New York this afternoon tor that purpose. The burglars effected an entrance to the building through the President’s office. Had they even succeeded in rifling the safe they would not have secured any money _ worth speaking of, as the company generally take the Parsi of securing the cash every evening in some tter protected place. A GANG OF THIEVES BROKEN UP. Marshal Schmidt’ and Constable Smith, of Flushing, have succeeded in breaking up a gang of thieves in that village and arresting all the persons connected with it—George Sargeant, John Halleran, Phebe Shears and Sarah Ann Day, Sargeant and Halleran have for some time been under suspicion, they having loitered around the village with no visible occupation, and having been thore two weeks when arrested. They came in a small row boat, and hail from Bloomingdale, ‘They became acquainted with the two women named, and Joaged in the same nouse with them, Having watched the house for several nights, the officers at last decided to close it, and having secured all the in- mates they were marched to the Town Hail and locked up. Sargeant, on being questioned, confessed that they had broken intoa number of houses and stolen pro- visions and vartous other articles of value, among them Mr. Robert M. Bell’s, at Bay Side, where Phebe Shears had formerly been employed, and Mr, James Connor’ ‘on Linden avenue, where the other woman had work usa servant, the women thus being well acquainted with the premises, The attempt on Mr. Levy’s store on Main street, something over a weok ago, when the burglars were driven off through the courageous con- duct of a boy with a revolver, is believed to have been made by this gang. The prisoners all pleaded guilty before Justice Lawrence aud were sent to the Queen’s County Jail at North Hempstead, to await the action of | the Grand Jury. IN “LIMBO” ONCE MORE. Thomas G. Dunn, alias J. Dunn, a hoary-headed old “confidence mun,” wearing a long white beard and gold spectacles, was made an unwilling inmate last night of Ludlow Strect Jail. He has been, according to Deputy Warden Colonel Gardiner, of that place, am occasional inmate of that jail, off and on, since it was built, His last experiment upon the credulity of the American public was in his obtaining $700 worth of silverware from the Gorham Manufacturing Compan; of Bond street. The complaint against Dunn is m: by Mr. ©. W. Rogers, of said company, who swears that the goods were turnished to Dunn on the re; sentation that he was the owner of No, 449 West ‘Twenty-seventh street, but it was afterward that the said house belonged to Mr, P. SUICIDE BY A POOR YOUNG MAN. Shortly after seven o’clock yesterday morning the attention of some people who were passing the vacant lots in Monroe street, between Reid and Patchen a nues, Brooklyn, was arrested by a maf groaning, and on closer inspection a poorly dressed individaal was found lying on'the ground. The man,.who was about twenty. live years old was insensible, He was removed to the Ninth sub-precinct station house, where two medical men were summoued. They found him to be under the influenge of Iaudanum, and they succeeded in re- storing the unfortunate man to semi-consciousness, when he stated that he hud taken laudanum, and that bis name was Willtam J. Hanion, He had, he said, no home and no employment, and did not wish to live, Soon after he relapsed mto wneonsciousnesa, and died about ten o'clock. THE ENGLISH WALNUT SEASON, {London Correspondence Boston Globe.) It is now the walnut season, We, in America, who only eat dried nuts, cannot imagine how delicious are the almonds, filberts and English walnuts, when they are fresh and green; and why we do not have them is a marvel to me, for I believe all of them will grow in the country. But the difference between them fresh and dried, is the difference of two fruits, From now until about Christmas the walnuts are in their glory, and the consumption of them is immense at the table of the aristocrat in bis castle, where many an hour is passed over them and wine at the end of dinner, as we read ip English novels, whon 4 relonting uncle begins to bosom himself to his scapegrace nephew, ln the cosy restaurants of clubs and hotels, in the modest lodging of the bachelor, im the cottage’ of the peasant, and jo the crowded city where they are cracked and munched ‘by the laborer at the street corners. You see them by the basketful everywhere around, sold at the price of three to five for a cent, and at Covent Garden Mar! in the moruing, 1t is 4 curious sight to watch the mem | and women occupied in taking them out of their greem | shells, as they stand before the baskets ranged ia @ waom | dircle, With their dogers black as ink from the worl,