The New York Herald Newspaper, December 14, 1875, Page 5

WILLIAM WM. TWEED. ‘Is He About to Reveal the Secrets of the Ring? THURLOW WEED’S OPINION. Views of Prominent Politicians on the Question. THE BAIL BONDS AND CIVIL SUITS. There were but few new developments in regard to the Tweed case yesterday. The police are still work- ing with their utmost might to get to the bottom of every clew and to discover the whereabouts of the fugitive. The Sheriffand bis assistants also are doing their best to discover the hiding place of the ex-Boss. The facts continually coming to lhght as hour by hour passes indicate that the tbeory advanced by the Herarp is the true one— namely, that Tweed is even now either in New York city or its immediate vicinity. All the information that can be gleaned clearly points in this direction, and that the fallen chieftain can hope much longer to elude cap- ture is yery doubtful unless he ha: his semi-captivity at Ludlow to as- sume @ more advantageous position from which to negotiate a compromise, as well as to secure revenge upon some of his former companions, who hhaye of late, to use the vernacular, ‘gone back on him.” This is the view taken by many high and prom- Inent politicians, and that it is probably a correct one ‘very circumstance that has happened during the past Sew days is an evidence. The opinions of thé existing condition of affairs of Hon, Thurlow Weed and County Clerk Walsh, which are herewith given, will be found of peculiar pertinence and interest at this moment THURLOW WEED’S VIEWS. A HerAtp reporter last night called upon Mr, Thur- Jow Weed at his residence, and held an extended con- versation with him in reference to the flight of William M. Tweed. In answer to some preliminary questions Mr. Weed said:— “The presumption is strong, even it the fact be not assured, that Mr. Tweed bas not left the country, and, indeed, that he is mot very far away from us now. That ho remains near by, to negotiate more effectively outside a jail than in it, Iam very strongly convinced. The Hyraup, I am convinced, is right in this regard. I might say more did I deem it ‘wise at this particular time,’” The conversation was then continued as follows :- “Mr, Weed, any information which you may be able to give tothe public through the Herauy will be igbly appreciated,” . “1 am aware of that, and I wish to mike it clear to myself just how far I ought to go—that is, at. the pres- ent time,” { “Well, Mr, Weed, go just as far as you can; no man can have a higher appreciation than you have of just how much the public bas aright to know as to the ex- isting conditions in ihe caso of the fugitive Tweed,” “Well, concerning his retirement from Ladlow street Jail, simply fora more advantageous position for ne- gotiation for himself and, perhaps, somo of his former friends, I would ay, now, sim- ply, that during Mr. Tweed’s involuntary Tesidence on the Island, as imprisonment there is called, Tcalled on him three times, You will understand that ‘I did not go there to see him without some hope of ben- efit to this city growing out of my visit; nor didI go without consultation with others, Let me think for a moment how far I am at liberty to spoak of that, ” “With whom did you consult?” “I consulted with the Mayor of this city and also ‘with the Governor, 1 had come to know the latter very well, having met with and conversed with bim often, and feeling that I had come to know some- thing of the peculiar difficulties with which the government had to contend in this case, I thought I might, perhaps, be able to simplify and also shorten the proceedings, with advantage to the interests of the public. As a result of h con- sultations I visited Mr. Tweed, at his island residence, several times.” “Well, what were the particulars and result of your conversations with him?” “That is exactly what I am hesitating to tell you about, until present condition ot Tweed, and the reasons therefor, are better known from others than from myself.’” “Well, do your best in the interest of the public, Mr. Weed.” “That is just exactly what I am proposing to myself todo, You see, unless developments should clear the way for me to speak fully in that regard, Ido not feel ‘that I ought to do #0; for, you must understand, m; conversations with him were to a degree confidential, and it is only because I can see thatthe Heranp has information, involving in some dogree the object of my visits there, that I am led to feel that lum free to say anything about them at all.” How far can you speak of what occurred, without sacrificing anything of what you consider due to Mr, Tweed, who, as a prisoner, talked with yout’? “Well, let’ me see, You say that it is reported that Mr. Tweed, dissatisfied with the way in which he has been treated by somo in both parties, who worked with him in hig erroneous career’ hag determined to make a clean breast of it, so far as’ hime self and themselves are concerned, providea he can secure freedom from persecution for himself and for somo of his own particular friends. Now, that is very likely, First, let rae say that I feel certain that Mr. Tweed has not gone abroad. Then I have reason for be- lieving that before making a public deciaration of all the peculiarities of the cases, with the conduct of which the people have serious cause for complaint, he would insist upon seeing free from trouble on his ac- count at least two of his co-workers; for instance, ‘Woodward and—well, I can’t remember his name—but another of those who may be supposed to have acted runder his control and by his direction in much that ‘they did. 1 fcel that I have a rightto say that Mr. ‘Tweed would not like Lo see any one or the relatives of any one suffer becanse of following his direction while occupying a position toward him of being subject to | is direction. Then, ag to some others who were swith him when in success, as you intimate, ‘but who have been bitterly ‘against him since nis fail, I thmk it {8 probable that he may have something to reveal concerning them, should the negotiations now presumed to be under ‘way result satisfactorily to himself and friends. Hot ever, 1 may say that in avery few days, should mi ters culminate, as they now seem likely to do, I shall be ablo to give you more information of m- terest ip rejation to Tweed and his cases than I now feel at liberty to do Let me say again in conclusion, however, that I feel sure that tho Hekacn is right in believing that Mr. Tweed has not gone abroad, I am in full accord with the Henatp, and there is very good ground for the suspicion that Mr, Tweod has made his last strategic movement, more 46 gain @ commanding position for the protection of subordinate friends and the punishmentof ungrateful | coadjutors, than to get permanently away from home, | Ariends and familiar genes, I think—I do not care to | ‘way that lam sure—that the Henao is on the right trail, and if all occurs that! ye I shall be pleased in a very few days to give all the information I have that the public can be interested in knowing concern- ing Tweed. The prospect is certainly good for addi- NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 1875—TRIPLE SHEET. the whole we ee So Know tne Inside working of the REPUBLICAN VIEW. A Hera reporter called on Senator Booth and iat do you think would be the effect should Mr. Tweed make an exposé of = who were connected with in swindling the city t’” timers ts no doubt but tak it would affect hundreds, both democrats and republicans, not only in tbe city of New York, but throughout the State.”” “What do you think would be the effect, should ‘Mr. Tweed publish the pames of all those who have made money out of the city, from the various contracts and jobs that they managed to get through “Why there would be a shaking up of the dry bones such as never was seen or heard of before in this coun- try, I think the city should only ask of Mr. Tweed to return his portion of the theft, and not demand of him the spoils of tho entire Ring, it seems rather unjust that he should be held responsible for the entire amount”? TWRED'S BONDSMEN. Among the multiplicity of suits commenced against Tweed are, as is well known, some of lesser magnitude than the so-called $6,000,000 and $1,000,000, Occupy- ing such a conspicuous place as the prior proceedings in these various suits do, not alone in the court records , but in the public memory, it is unnecessary to recite them all in detail or to give in extenso the names of the various bondsmen or the respective amounts for which they became surety, Since the escape of Tweed these Minor matters, however, begin to assume a phase of no inconsiderable magnitude, and the result is no little tremulousness on the part of certain whilom friends of the “4 ” who allowed themselves to become bonds- men for his appearance for trial when wanted. The question now is, whether, Tweed having been com- mitted to jail in default of the large bail required in the ’ civil suits and escaped from custody, bis bondsmen in the other suits can be held legally rosponsible for his non-production in court, Certain proceedings were had yesterday before Judge Donohue; sitting as Judge of the Court of Oyer and Terminer, the object of which is to solve this sphinx like riddle, District Attorney Phelps, it appears, bad served a notice on Tweed’s counsel that unless he was produced in the Court of Oyer and Terminer yesterday morning to answer to the criminal indictments found against him his bondsmen would be held accountable for the amount of their respective bail bonds; or, in other words, in case of such failure, the bail in each case would be declared forfeited. Messrs. David Dudley Field and Dudley Field appoared in response to the notice, and Assistant District Attorney Lyon to press the motion for forfeiture of bail. Mr. David Dudley Ficld wished to know on which in- dictment Mr. Tweed was to be called. Mr. Lyon said they proposed to have him called on all the indictments, Some intormal discussion ensued, and at length tho indictment selected as the one to be called first was that found June 16, 1875, against Tweed, Sweeny and others, for alloged conspiracy. “William M. Tweed,” called out Mr. Sparks, the Clerk, in a clear, si aed voice, There was no response, unless @ general smile suffusing itself over the counte- nance of every one present admits of the interpretation ofa rejoinder, A more farcical scene, if possible, followed, which ‘Was a request, by direction of the Court, to the Clerk, to call on Mr, Charles Devlin, Mr. Tweed’s surety undor the conspiracy indictment, to produce the body of Wil- liam M, eed, which request, it is hardly necessary to state, Mr, Deviin, although Pretent in court, and Liow. felt inclined to obey, failed ever strongly he may have to comply wi The above preliminary scenes ended, Mr. Field took hold of the subject matter with souapshing. care of feel- ing earnestness, making quite a speech. Stating that there are seven cognizances which the [nod move to forfeit, five executed by Charles eviin and two by Alfred a They vary in terms and in respect to the indictments upon which they purpose to be given. But two of the defences are common to all, and they will be first presented. They are these :—First, after the giving of the recognizances the people took the defend. ant out of the hands of the bail, his keepers, and thus changed their relations to him and to the people and their ability to surrender him, A recognizance {8 a contract to be construed like other contracts, and ef- fected or discharged like them. Thus it is the common Practice to discharge all recognizances ot persons sub- sequently imprisoned on criminal sentences. Second, there is no evidence of continuance to the present term of the proceedings upon any of the indictments. This 18 not the term at which the defendant was first required to appear, and being a subsequent one, a con- tinuance must be shown, © bail, therefore, would not be in defauit for not producing him at the present time, even if the contracts were still subsisting contracts. The condition 1s not broken, and for that reason the bail are notliable. Mr. Field claimed further that the recognizances 1, 2, 3,4 and could not be forfeited, because there were no such indictments as are therein described. The pretence on which these recognizances were exacted was unfounded, and for that reason they must fall, Again, the recognizances 2and7 were entered into under a misapprehension and mistake of fact, it being supposed by both parties that the indictments mentioned therein were for new matter, whereas they were in fact for matter for which the defendant had already been convicted, sentenced and punished by imprisonment on an indictment subsequent to the indictments on which these two recognizances were founded. He further urged that the recognizances Nos, 3,4 and 5 were void for uncertainty, it ap- Feet inne there are six indictments to which Nos, and 5%"ill apply and seven to which No. 4 wili apply. In conclusion, he claims that the recognizance No. 6 ‘was discharged by the subsequent Snding of another in- dictment for the same matter, this operating to super- sede the former. Mr. Lyons took up each objection, and, refuting each separately, argued that this was an unusual pro- cedure, to say the ieast He insisted that the duty of the Court was to order the forfeiture of the bail, and that Mr. Ficld’s objections should be taken to the General Term. He contended, in ad- dition, that the point raised by counsel in reterence to the discharge of bail by the imprisonment of Tweed, being a variance of their bail bonds, was not true, and that the obligations of bail were merely suspended by imprisonments and were operative immediately after his release from jail. After hearing some further argument Judge Donohue adjourned the further proceedings uutil Monday next, THE TWEED CIVIL SUITS, Application was made yesterday to Judge Van Vorst, holding Supreme Court, Circuit, to have the six million dollar Tweed suit, which under the recent order of Judge Davis is to be tried by a struck jury, placed on the calendar for trial for the 27th inst. Mr. Wheeler H, Peckham, making the application, stated that he was anxious to have the trial com, menced directly succeeding the expiration of time al- lowed by statute for notice of trial id empanciling a jury. He urged, aa a special reason for the trial begin this ernor Tilden as a witness, who at that time would be in the city, but after the 1st of January, on the reassem- bling of the Legislature, he would have to be in Albany. Mr. David Dudiey Ficld in opposition to the applica- tion insisted that it was a very unusual thing to begin a suit durlug the holiday week; in fact, this was a time when both the Bench and the Bar felt inclined to take @ breathing speli from their arduous labors. He asked that the case go over to tho January term. As to Gov- ernor Tilden, he thought that his interest in the pro ovedings would induce him to suspend his gubernatorial duties at any Ume, and come down here at once to give his testimony whenever wanted, Judge Van Vorst took the matter under advisement and promised to give his decision to-day or to-morrow, THE BROOKLYN RING SUITS. A COUNTER MOVE BY THE DEFENDANTS. M1. Parsons, who has charge of the prosecution of the Brookling Ring, is likely to find himself forestalled by the action taken yesterday by tho firm of Messrs Kingsloy & Keeney, contractors, They entered a com- tional information at an early an ANDREW I. GREENE SpiNION, Comptroller Green 41d he felt that there must be fome foundation for the reports which had reached the | Heratp ollice, Mr, Green remembered distinctly that | informed gentlemen | | he had been by some who were apt to know that it was not likely that Tweed bad yet left the country, and that, as attempts av negotiation had been said to ie, 1t Was more than probable that Tweed had retired to a position in which he could negotiate under stronger probabilities of freedom, should he we desire, than he could have dove had he remained under care of his friends in Ludiow Street Jail, “How long since you received that information, Mr, Green?” “T should say about one week ago, but 1 gave the in- formation no very serious attention at the time,” “Have you any definite information as to the progress Of negotiations since the escape of fweed t"’ “T have not; if I had I would give it to you eagerly, ‘1 only know that 1 was informed that to secure a more @uitable place for effective hs brite had been Tweed's chiot object in retiring from Ludlow Street Jail, Now that I bear what the Heraxp tells me I feel moro certain than before that what l heard bad a respect- able foundation in truth, Of the progress of negotia- tions, however, | know nothing, nor do I know of a certainty that they have, as yet, been commenced, though, should they reach a given point, I shall ex: rend dy 9 informed of their progress, At presen owever, I know only what I have told you, and thai ‘48, in a condensed form, that Tweed’s escape was mo: ofa movement for compromise than with a vie ‘to permanent escape. County Clerk Waish on being visited jmot heard that Mr. Tweed proposed to mi of those who were connected with him tn an, regards the crime chargea against him. But way, a8 think is ‘ould be perfectly justifiable, in fact it would be more to bis credit, r the length of time that has been neo to bear their burdens,’ “Will this affect New York city alone?” “No, indeed; it will fall upon many throughout the ‘Stato, I feol well assured that among others A. D. poet! of Utica, will not be pleased to hear from the ons, “What do you think would be the effect upon tho Public should Mr. Tweed make a clean breast }”’ “Why, I think it would have a tendency toward a Pure, lenient feeling, as they know that he has not been mlone in tiis monstrous fraud, They would be excebd- plaint against the city for the payment of $178,000, and the following isa ony of tl ee ~- _ ving le @ copy of the document: 55 c= ‘Tnx City Covrd Or Brooxtyy,— William Cc. Kingsley and Abner C, Keeney, plaintiffs, vs. The City of Brook- lyn, defendante, Summons for a money demand on contract (Com. not served.) To the defendants :— You are hereby summoned and required to answer the complaint in this action, which will be filed in the office of the Clerk of the County of Kings, at the Court House, in the city of Brooklyn, and to serve a copy of your answer to the said complaint on the sub- seribers, at their office, No. 189 Montague street, Brook- | lyn, within twenty days after the sorvice of this sum- mong on you, exclusive of the day of such service; | and if you fail to answer the said complaint within the time aforesaid the plaintiffs in this action will take Judgment against you for the sum of $178,000, with interest On $101,000, from December 1, 1873; on $57,400, from January 1,'1874; and on $20,000, from August 1. ee ae the costs of this action, —Dated December 3, 1875, Mr, Kingsley said to a Heraup reporter that he and his partner were willing to go on with the work of com- pleting the reservoir for $600,000, subject to the deduc. tion of the amount now claimed under the contract with the city. Mr. Kingsley said that the suit which be, in conjunction with his partner, Mr, Keeney, now brought against the cityof Brooklyn would ostablish quite as fully as Mr. Parsons’ undertaking the character of the Hempstead reservoir question. The Taxpayers’ Asso- ciation, Whi¢h 18 now on the aggressive, will presently be piaced on the defensive, It will become necessary for the city to cite some of the mombers of the associa- tion as witnesses to sustain its defence. The trial of the case, which will very likely come off in January, and early in that month, wil! decide the Hempstead reservoir question one way or the other, As this hap. pens to be the chief subject of inquiry on the part of the prosecution for the people it will be observed that the men who are directly concerned have taken the bull by the horns, and that the persons accused of fraud ty, in turn, accuse their accusers. Mr. Kings- ley says ho is determined that the reservoir matter shall be sottled, and ho intimates that his good name shall not bo blackened with impunity, REVORT TO THR COMMON COUNCIL. Tho Common Couucil of Brooklyn held a meeting yes- fe began with + Suatig jae ® report was submitted to them by Alder- man Strong, of the Thirteenth ward, concerning the Hempstead reservoir. It was very long, but said in effect that the lawyers sustained every claim which had been made 4 those who planned and constructed the reservoir, ey likewise sustained the validity of the contract and the claims of the contractors with great unanimity and positiveness. Specifications were pre- pared in view of the probability that the Common Coun- cil would order the work to be completed, the specifl- cations being pre, with a view to making 4 contract with Kingsley & Keeney upon a basis of completing the work and taking the $500,000 in satisfaction tor such completion and all back claims, The commitice say that common sense dictated that the contractor would submit to existing circumstances, and that 1t was to the interest of the city to shake off a contract which should never have been made. It was an improvident contract, but, in the opinion of the ablest lawyers, it was a valid subsisting contract, and binding upon’ the city, All this labor seemed to be lost at the last moment upon the appearance in the public press of statements that proceedings wore to be instituted to test the valid- ty of the contract, and based upon alleged fraud in its creation and execution, Then there arose the question with the committee as to whether it would not be better to avoid the result of thissuit, The com- mittee was divided. They were unwilling to proceed, and yet unwilling to abandon the work, and they finally decided to submit the matter to the Board and await furtber developments. 1n regard to the proposi- tion of Mr. Burden to furnish water for the city for the interest on $600,000 a year, the committee say they hadn’t time wo give it that consideration its importance demands, but they do not regard his proposition as a titute for the subject referred tothem. The ap- propriation of $500,000 could not legally be made to carry any such scheme into execution. They think that Mr, Burden’s proposition should be thoroughly examined by a competent board of hydraulic engineers, and Mr, Burden asked that such a course should be pursued, he tohave the naming of one of the en- gineers. This was not objected to, except asto the expense it would create; but this would be insignificant when compared with the benefits expected by Mr. Bur- den to result from his plan, It would cost about $50,000 to make such an examination. In conclusion the committee offered the following resolution :— Resolved, That the subject matter of the completion of the Hempstead reservoir be laid upon the table Mr. Parsons has not yet served the papers on the defendants of the Bing snd be thinks he can hardly be ready to serve them before the end of the week. JACOB STAUDERMANN, THE INVESTIGATION INTO HIS MENTAL CON- DITION. Governor Tilden’s commission to examine into the mental condition of Jacob Staudermann, the con- demned murderer, held another session in the Tombs yesterday, Dr. Ordronaux conducting the investiga- tion, The first witness called was James Campbell, of No 42 Park street, He had known Staudermann five or six months previous to the shooting; saw him every day two or three times; was working in same building with Staudermann, where the latter had his shop; had con- versations with him; Staudermann at one time drew a Knife; he was talking about Miss Seidenwald, and threatened that if she did not marry him he would take her life; he showed a revolver aiso, and expressed a determination to shoot her if she re- fused to marry him; she did not caro for him; the same day hé lost the pistol and accused witness of taking it; he came into the shop where witness was, rawing a shoemaker’s knife, threatened to stab hin with it if the pistol was not given up; at the same time Staudermann had the pistol in his loft breast pocket ; witness tried to take it from him, but did not succeed; never saw anything especially strange about him at any other tyme; thought him a man of ordinary in- telligence, without much education ; when he entered the shop he wascool, but when he commenced to talk ho became very much excited ; witness threatened to strike him with a tailor's ap-board, and he then dropped the nife and ran out of the shop; ho wy ve cut wit- ness with the knife if witness had ea ante ths insel—Did not have him arrested, because I was never ina court in my life and he had gone away up town, Henry Zetzech, of No. 12 Forsyth street, testified he had known Staudermann from the time he had gone to board with Mr. Seidenwald; witness boarded there also; saw him daily; did not regard him as a very intelli, man; he seemed unable to take care of himself; never saw him pay any attention to Miss Seidenwald; thought it was all imagination on Staudermann’s part; heard he was going to shoot her, and witness laughed at the idea; he laughed because he did not believe it, Sophia Haversack, of No. 148 Third avenue, testified she had known Staudermann for three months before the shooting. This witness and other witnesses testi- fied to gome curious eccentricities on the part of the risoner, and to his expressed resolution to take the ife of the deceased and to his threatening utterances. A certificate from Dr. Conradi, of Neudeltheim, Ger- many, testified vo the fact of the prisoner having sus- tained a fall im his youth, as already testified to, and that he was because of this fall considered insane. Another witness testified that, from the utterances of the prisoner, he did not look upon him as an insane man, but as a bad, revengeful man; in which points several others corroborated him. “DIAMOND JIM.” HE IS NOT A MYTH—SOME FACTS CONCERNING HIS CAREER—A PHOTOGRAPH IN THE Pos- SESSION OF AN EX-DETECTIVE. The police department seem to know nothing of ‘Diamond Jim,” but a HexaLp reporter has ferreted out something concerning his history which will be found of interest now that he appears in a new réle, being charged by the convict Williamson with the mur- der of James H. Noe, for which crime Jobn Dolan go rarrowly escaped suffering the death penalty. James Harvey, alias ‘Diamond Jim,” isa native of the village of Sing Sing and is well known to govern- ment detectives asa dealer in ‘‘queer.”’ Yesterday a HeERaup reporter visited Mr. J. C, Nettleship, who for- merly held the position of first assistant under Coloney Whitley when the latter was Chief of the Secret Service Bureau of the Treasury Department. Mr. Nettleship since he left the secret service has been engaged in the icture frame trade in Bank street, Newark, N. J., and as in his employ @ clerk named Morris” Sul- livan, who was a detective with him while he was in the service of the govern- ment. During the month of January, 1872, Detective Sullivan arrested James Harvey, alias ‘Diamond Jim,” in a saloon in Houston street, near Greene, on a charge of counterfeiting. After his arrest Harvey turned State evidence and was to appear as a witness against the barkeoper of the saloon and others who had been arrested on a similar chargo, but before the case was called the barkeeper had _—_ bought the witness off and he left the coun- try, Detective Suilivan tracing him as far as Can- ada, but not having authority te bring him out of the Dominion had to return to the city without him. ‘Since then all knowledge of the fugitive has been lost, but Detective Sullivan has in his possession an excellent photograph of Harvey, and any one who sees it would be willing to attribute the commission of any crime to the owner of such a villanous countenar ce, Nettleship says that “Diamond Jim” is a bad fellow, Detective | aud he believes he would be just the one to commita | murder if he got cornered. If the counsel for the prisoner Dolan really want to find “Diamond Jim” they can probably get some valu- able information from Detectives Nettleship and Sulli- van, When Harvey was arrested nearly four years ago he told his captors that he got the sobriquet of “Diamond Jim” through his connection with a big rob- bery of diamond's while he was on the Plains a few years betore. Since then he had been engaged as a Bidewalk ‘‘tooter,”’ as it is called, for a side show which followed a circus troupe all over the country, and has practised the same profession wiih Bruonell’s Museum in Pittsburg, and also for an ex- hibition ofa “learned” pig in Chatham street, near Duane street, when there was an “envelope game’ as a part of the entertainment. Detective Sullivan did not know positively whether “Jim” bad ever served time in prison or not, but thought it likely, judging from @ habit he had of look- ing at things with a quick, nervous glance, without turning bis head—a habit which is unconsciously ac- | quired by nearly all convicts. THE EXPRESS ROBBERY. Gustave Fuller, the young man charged with stealing from Dodd’s Express wagon, at the corner ‘apal and Watts streets, on Saturday night, a trank belonging to Sefior Don Vicente Dardon, Minister of Guatemala, in which were documents relating to large governmental claims, was arraigned yesterday before Justice Kasmire, ‘The prigoner, at the request of the police, was remanded to enable the officers to obtain further information. The boy, James Clark who gave the information of Fuller’s nilt, was also remanded, to be held as a witness, The ‘police are very reticent about the robbery, 8 perintendent Walling admits that the trunk contain clothing valued at from $800 to $1,000, but declimés to fay that the documents relating to the claims were in it, It is understood, however, irom high autfority, that such was the case, but the amount of the claims is Placed between $1,500,000 and $2,000,000. The officials of Dodd's Expr mpany when questioned with re- gard to the matter said they could not answer for the contents of the trunk. The police are confident of the speedy recovery of the property. BURGLAR SEVERELY PUNISHED, For several weeks prior to the month of November the Brooklyn police were much exercised by the fre- quent occurrence of ‘basement robberies.” The de- scription obtained from persons who saw the rogue leaving‘or entering by the basement doors of houses all corresponded, but it fell to the lot of a citizen to effect the capture, The man was taken while in the act of leaving a house in the Eastern District with a quantity of the stolen property in his possession. He declined to give his residence, but it was discovered that he had been stopping for months at a hotel in the Bowery, New York, irom which he had disappeared that day. He was identified by several people who had been robbed, His name is John De Graef, He was tried in the Court of Sessions, Kings county, before Judgo Moore, for burglary and grand larceny, and pisces not guilty. When arraigned for sentence, owever, he admitied his guilt, He was sentenced to the Penitentiary for five years on one charge und three years anda half on the “her, L'AMERIQUE. Considerable anxiety is beginning to be felt respect- ing the missing French transatlantic steamship L’Amerique. Some nautical men are of the opinion that she has gone down, while others are of the opinion that she has drifted down into the Bay of Biscay. A HERALD reporter called at the office of Mr. De Bebian, agent of the line, lastevening, but that gentlemen had DO news toimpart, He said that be feels no uneasi+ hess respecting the missing vessel. L’Amerique left here on the 13th of November. we of her break- ing her shaft eight days later was reecived here on the 23d ult. The China, which carried the news to Queens- town, took off thirteen of L’Amerique’s ngers: and the mails. On December 4 she was spoken by the North German Lloyd steamship Koln in latitude 49 deg. 40 min. north, longitude 17 ae west, in tho regular southern track of transatlantic Beacmanee bound for these latitudes. The Hmranp has already yebitabed alistof ber passengers, She is thirty-one lays out to-day. The Bermsas steamer Smidt once took forty days to cross the Atlantic. LOSS OF “STEAMER LIZZIE BAKER. SHE STRIKES A FLOATING WRECK AND DISAP- PEARS IN FOUR MINUTES—PASSENGERS AND CREW SAVED. Intelligence was received in this city early yesterday morning that the steamboat Lizzie Baker, on tho route between Savannah and Pilatka, Fla, was sunk on Sat urday afternoon while crossing the bar at the north of the St. John’s River, Appended to the telegraphic an- nouncement, however, ‘was the pleasant information that the passengers and crew, to the number of thirteen, had been rescued im small boats and that no lives were lost. The possibility of the Baker being on her down trip and having on board many passengers from New York on their way to Florida for the winter at first caused considerable excitement among those apprised of the disaster, but this fear was soon allayed by posi- tive news that she was on the trip trom Pilatka to Savannah. ‘The sinking is attributed to the striking of a floating wreck, unfortunately not discovered in season to avert the collision, and the speed of the Baker was such that it tore @ big hole in ber huil, and she filled so rapidly that nothing but her upper works were visible in four minutes after the accident, Quite a heavy sea was running at the time, bat by excellent management there was an orderly though hurried leave-taking, and all were landed safely on the shore. The cargo, which included eighty bales of cotton, is, no doubt, lost with the vessel, and there is but ttle probability of any of the baguage of the few passengers on board having been saved, It was the custom for the Lizzie Baker, P. La Rose captain and owner, to connect with the New York steamers hence to Savannah, leaving the latter place on Wednesday morning at nine o’clock, on the route to the mouth of the St. Jobn’s River. She hugged the shore closely all the way down the coast, the many Islands that line it, and betore nightfall she had usually put astern of her the more dangerous por- tion of the run. Landings were made at Doboy, Darien, Brunswick, St. Marys, Fernandina and Jack: sonville, up and down, and the Baker returned to Sa- vannah ‘every Sunday gnorning. She carried her own passenger list and mails; therefore the names of those on board at the time of the disaster are only known to her officers, there being no way to send duplicate lists to Savannah in advance of her arrival. The lost steamboat was built in Albany, N, ¥., in 1864. Her former owners were Messrs, Claghorn & Cunning- ham, and she has been mostly engaged in the Southern local trade, She was of wood, about 180 feet in length, 27 feet beam, 9 feet 6 inches depth of hold and 607 tons burden, She was fitted with one tuoular boiler and a beam engine 40 inches diameter of cylinder, with 9 feet stroke of piston. Her cabin was on deck. The loss of vessel and cargo is estimated at $60,000, LOSS OF A SPANISH MAIL STEAMER, Tho Spanish mail steamer La Gria, from Cadiz for St Johns, Porto Rico, when entering that port on the 28th ult. went on the rocks and became a total wreck. No lives are reported to have been lost, THE CITY OF WACO. Mr. Addison Low, Supervising Inspector of Steam- ships, is about having fresh evidence taken by the local board concerning the loss by fire of said vessel at Gal- veston last month, when every soul on board perished. Divers at the wreck have found that the boilers of the vessel have not exploded. A LONG AND STORMY PASSAGE. The Belgian steamship August André, M. Gravé, captain, of the Red Cross line, arrived here on Sunday, after a passage of twenty-one days from Antwerp. When eight hours out such a terrific gale arose that the André put back to Flushing, where she, with sev- eral other vessels, Jay for two days awaiting the subsid- ence of the storm, which caused great havoc to ship- ping along the French coast. After leaving Froshing the André encountered heavy westerly winds an bad weather during nearly the whole voyage. She brought a general cargo and sixteen passengers safely to port without material damage. THE REVENUE STEAMER GRANT. The United States revenue steamer Grant is now at anchor off Tompkinsville, coaled and ‘stored up” in readiness for ber winter’s cruising off the coasts of Long Island and New Jersey in search of stranded or dis- abled vessels. THE SUNNYSIDE CATASTROPHE, The United States Local Board of Steamship Inspec- tors, of this city will examine withm a few days Mr. E. Downing, ship carpenter, of No, 499 Clinton street, Brooklyn, who helped in the overhauling of the Sunny- side a short time before she was lost, and also Pilot Dutcher, who was on watch on board the night of her sinking,’ off West Park, in the Hudson, Their testimony will be transmitted to Messrs, Brain- erd and Lowell, of Albany, the United States Local Board of Steamship Inspectors, who are investigating the case as to the loss of the Sunnyside. They opened the examination last week, and continued it yesterday, when the captain was to be examined. THE CHARGES AGAINST MR. LOW. With reference to the long array of charges pre- ferred against Mr. Addison Low and Mr. Matthews, Local Inspector of Steamships, by two morning con. temporaries, the accused gentlemen say they have nothing to say, as the charges have been duly ex- amined by Special Treasury Agent Alexander, and a press despatch from Washington, recently printed in the New York papers, emanating from the Treasury Department, acquits them of ail blame, DISTRIBUTION OF CHARITIES, A NEW SYSTEM OF DISTRIBUTING OUTDOOR RELIEF TO BE INAUGURATED DURING THE COMING WINTER, ‘The Commissioners of Charities are now about com- mencing their outdoor relief system, and it is thought proper to institute a new system for the present winter, Two years ago Mr. Theodore Roosevelt, who was then chairman of the Bureau of Charities, saw the great importance of a change in the manner of dis- tributing the outdoor relief. The present Commis- sioners, therefore, propose to refer to Mr. Roosevelt, ag one of the State Commissioners of Charities, all ap. plicants for the position of district visitor, that he may have an opportunity of learning their qualifica tions for thé fost. These visitors will be expected to work in harmony with the volunteer committees, and by this means it is hoped less will be wasted on the undeserving, and the really destitute will receive the required assistance, " ii ao the Board of United Charities have aisd Hequested the officers of the St Andrew's and St, George's so- cieties to undertake the formation of a committee to supervise the distribution of outdoor relief 1 the First district of the city, comprising the First, Second, Third and Fourth wards, The jtatives in the Board of the above nimed societies have signified their readi- ness to Ghdertake the preliminary organization, with the ufderstanding that the committee is to be entirely Whéectarian in its character. This committee will have nothing to do with the distribution, but will simply co- operate with the visitors appointed by the Commission- ers of Charities and Correction in finding worthy ob- Jecta, and putting them on their guard against the un- worthy, ‘he co~nmittee will be organized as soon as a sufllcient number of volunteor visitors can be obtained, and all those societies or individuals who desire to co- operate in this most excellent work are requested to communicate with those parties undertaking the organ- ization at the office of the two societies mentioned, No. 8 Broadway, ASSOCIATION FOR COLORED ORPHANS. At the residence of Mra. S. B. Van Dusen, No. 65 West Thirty-sixth street, the Association for Colored Orphane held its annual meeting yesterday, Mrs. Au- guetus Faber, first directress, presiding. The Troas- urer’s report was read, showing that dtfing the past year $6,264 had been expended and there remained a balance on hand of $2,986, There are in the asylum at present 265 children, The following officers were then elected for the ensuing year, after which the meeting adjourned:—First Directress, Mrs. Augustus Faber; Second Directress, Mrs. William H. Onderdonk; Secre- tary, Miss Sarah 8, Murry, and Treasurer, Mrs. 8. B. Van Dusen, ba THE CUSTOM HOUSE. The reappointment of General Arthur as Collector ot | the Port on the Ist of January next is looked upon as a settled fact, and gives general satisfaction in tne Cus tom House, MINISTERIAL CONFERENCES. METHODISTS AND EPISCOPALIANS DISCUSSING HOW TO PROMOTE THE STUDY OF THE SCRIP- TURES AND TO REACH THE MASSES WITH THE | GosPEL, ‘The Methodist ministers met yesterday at No. 605 Broadway. The Rey. W. 0, Browning presided, and | Rev. W. P. Estes read a paper on “The Promotion of Bible Study Among Church People.” The general lack of Scripture knowledge he took as conceded, and he quoted from 8 work written by Dr. John Hall, of this city, to illustrate points of this ignorance, But how to Promote the study of the Bible was the great question to be considered, Mr. Estes referred to Moody’s methods of study, and to the testimony of the late Dr. Alexander, of this city, concerning his methods. The | Bible can’t be studied like any ordinary book, It | must be studied as the word of God—a revelation from Jehovah; and it must be studied for itself, Ministers should be so imbued with the truths of the Bible that they shall be able to answer any religious inquiry in the lan- guage of Scripture, They should know it well enough to be able to refer to chapter and verse at any time and on any theme. And when ministers are them- selves cooversant with the Bible they wont find much difficulty in promoting its stady among their congrega- tions. But until they know more of it themselves they won’t have much influence in inducing others to study it. Mr. M. French thought a gooa way to study the bible was to do as Moses did with the Israclites on Mts Ebal and Gerizim—set one part over against the other and let them respond to is, cysens and Diessings of the law. Dr, True thought Bible study could be promoted if church trustees furnished ordi. nary octavo instead of Jarge QUARTO BIBLES POR THEIR PULPITS. The latter are too unwieldly for general use, Mr. Lloyd wanted this tore. discussed more fully and some practical plans for Bible study suggested or adopted. Other speakers also presented minor points, and toward ‘the close of the meeting, the brethren being ina jolly ‘mood, the Rev. J. S. Dickinson proposed that the meet- ing follow the example of the Boston preachers’ meet- ing, and resolve itself into a third term nominating convention, This proposition merely served to increase the hilarity and good humor; but the meoting did not take the bait and adjourned without nominating Prest- dent Grant for a third term, The brethren, however, iuformally discussed the third term and their Bishop nomination of Grant, in which more than one of them, in the classic language of the strest, thought “he made an ass of himself.” A prominent Methodist Jayman of this city, a very intimate friend of the Bishop, wrote to him about his third term nomina- tion and is reported to have received a reply stating, in effect, that the Bishop had been misquoted; that he had not nominated the President for another term, but had prayed eornte it were the will of God, the people might elect him again, The Boston preachers’ meet- ing, which had been severely criticised for allowing it- self to be transformed, as it was supposed, into a politi- cal convention, was wholly ignoraut of the Bisbop’s Purpose to introduce politics, but, as an act of courtesy to one of the chief pastors of the Church and @ former member of their body, they mvited Bishop Haven to address them, The Methodist Church and its ininistry are as thoroughly democratic as any other body of men in this country, and if they had theirown way their bishops would never go near Washington. A leading member of the preachers? meeting of this city said, some time ago, that political bishops were the greatest curse that the Methodist Church could have, and the sentiment was heartily applauded. This is the general opinion of the,ministry ana membership of that Church, THR RVISCOPAL MINISTERS held their monthly meeting yesterday afternoon, tn the lecture room of Calvary church, Fourth avenue and Twenty-first street’ Dr. Washburne presided and Dr. E. W. Peet read an essay on *‘The Church and the Masses, Historically Considered.” He regretted the condition in which the Church finds itself now, in its relation to the masses, as compared with what it was in the past He deprecated the decline of the masses in the service of the Chureh and the Charch’s lack of interest toward the masses. Superior culture of the ministry, the erection of magnificent church edifices and the like have helped to civorce the Church from the masses, Dr. Peet did not like the idea of building mission churches for the poor. He preferred that the rich and the poor should worenlp together ‘of old, In this view Dr. Osgood, Dr. Washburne, Dr. Gallaudet and others coincided. ‘Dr. Osgood did ‘not think this decline of interest of the masses in church worship was felt exclusively by the Episcopalians. He believed it reached to every other denomination, and largely due to the existence of the press and the dis- semination of intelligence Shereby. in olden times, even as late as hfs boyhood days, in New England, everybody was expected to go to some church, and un- less they did they were tabooed. The Church and the ministry were the news exchanges of those days, and people went to church to learn what was going on else- where, because the minister was expected to keep abreast of the news of the day as well as to be able to tell the people some things that were to happen in the future, METHODIST MISSIONARY SOCIETY. The tenth annual meeting of the New York City Church Extension and Missionary Society of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church was held last night in St Luke’s church, in Forty-first street mear Sixth avenue. Bishop Janes addressed the congregation on the neces- sity for making missionary efforts, Ho declared that work in the South is being urged forward with the ac- tive co-operation of the colored brethren. Rev. R. L. Dashell, the Secretary of the Methodist Episcopal Mis sionary Society, and General Clinton B. Fisk madeatew [bia on the condition of the society and the need that it should be sustained in its work. The following officers w jected for the cnsuing ‘ear :—President, J, B. Cornell; First Vice President, ev. bald E. 8. Janes, D. D.; Vice Presidents, George J. Hamilton, General C. Fisk, Rev. G. F. Kettell, D. D., Rev. M. D, C. Crawford, D. D., Rev. J. G. Lutz, D. W. Diggs; Corresponding ‘Secretary, Rov. R. Wheatley; Recording Secretary, J. H. Pelton; As- sistant Recording Secretary, H. 0. Weeks; Treasurer, Beales Colgate; Assistant Treasurer, W. H. iconer, FEMALE CITY MISSION. The female branch of the City Mission held their annual meeting yesterday at the Collegiate Reformed church, corner of Sixth avenue and Forty-eighth street, Mrs. Z. 8. Ely, the first directress, in the chair. After a verbal report from Mrs. A. Brown, Superin- tendent of Female Missions, the gencral report from the Secretary, Mrs. F. A. Conkling, was read, This report was a full account of the work done Saving the past year; 14,349 tracts had been distributed, 17,082 mission- ary visits made, 838 religious meetings held, 71 Bibles given away, 7 backsliders reclaimed, 82 temperance pledges obtained, and 727 poor families auccored at a cost of $1,173 97. Dr. Ludlow, of the Collegiate Reformed church, and Dr. Vincent, of the Church of the Covenant, addressed the meeting, and expressed themselves highly gratified at the manner in which the work carr on, and exhorted the ladies to continue in the good work of re- lieving the poor, as this winter promised to be an un- usually hard one, The following officers were elected for the year 1876:—Mra Z 8. Ely, First Directress; Mrs. Horace Second Directress; Mrs. John L, Maron, ‘Treasurer; Miss F. L. Baker, Assistant Treasurer; Mra. F. A. Conkling, Secretary, and Mrs. A. R. Brown, Su- perintendent. Afver the election the meeting adjourned. GLENDENNING STILL IN TROUBLE. Hardly had the Rev. John 8. Glendenning, late of | Jorsey City, settled down as pastor among a strango congregation in the “Far West” when the Nemesis of the Pomeroy scandal pursued him. The new congre- gation was almost, if not entirely, ignorant of the stir- ring events on Jersey City Heights within the past two years, But the evil followed closely on tho heels of the dismissed pastor, and the church which took bim to its bosom as a guide and instructor now finds itself in a very uncomfortable position. The following letter from a member of the firm of Powell Bros., at the cor- nor of Edwards and Third streets, uve tin, was re- ived by Ju y tye sree a ny TN ew ome od, = A Spam Xipaipor—Dean Sin:—Did Mary Pomeroy, on her ath bed, tell you that J. 8. Glendenning was the father of her child? Was there any legal mearures taken against him? With what result? We do not ask these questions through idle curiosity, but as he has been employ ghurch, we think the facts in the case sho . An ear Mees pA. POWELL. Judge Aldridge, who has all the documents in tho case on file in his office, from the first affidavit on which Glendenning was arrested to the dying declara- tion of Miss Pomeroy, will forward a certified copy of each immediately, as well as minutes of the proceod- i at the examination of the accused vor for’ the support of the chil Tn = onsé- quence of the untimely death of Miss Pomeroy, who was the main witness against Glendenning, the legal proceedings for seduction and the suit for breach of promise of marriage, as well as the proceed- ings taken against bim by Overseer of the Poor Dudiey, wore necessarily abandoned. A copy of the record of the case in its several stages will be sent forward. The presumption of two professors in Pennsylvania, who ‘were unacquainted with the facts of the case except through hearsay, vouching for Glendenning’s innocence ‘to his new congregation, 1s ridiculed with great severity by the residents of Jersey City Heights. Ex-Mayor Sawyer intends to forward to the charch at Henry, if it be Gesireg eT of the indignation meeting at McPherson Hall, at which Glendenning was notified leave the city forthwith and ‘‘not curse the commu- nity any longer by his presence,”” ACCIDENT AT LONG ISLAND CITY. An accident, which took place on Sunday evening at the Long Island City Water Works gave rise to a rumor of serious danger and loss. It appears that a shaft of one of the engines used in driving the pamp that forces: the water into the mains became disarranged and euddenly stopped, and the consequence was the bursting of the journal and the breaking of the arms that supported the shaft. As a consequence it was necessary to run the engine at low pri re, There was no stoppage of the water supply throughout the city, and the damage can be repaired in a few hours, 5 CROOKED WHISKEY RING NOTES, paeee hip tSs Sus Babcock is still wearing the $1,500 diamond pim presented by Joyce & Co., while the latter is engaged tn the mysterious fashioning, out of the skin of a taurin male, coverings for the elongated pedals of the Mis- sourians, ander the auspices of the Superintendent of the Penitentiary.—Lowisville Ledger (dem.) President Grant has announced that he will not let his private secrotary escape if found guilty.—Lockport (N. ¥.) Journal (rep.) IfGrantts inthe least implicated let him be im- Peached. The charge against the Presidentis a serious one, and if preferred and sustained against any Euro- pean ruler would cost a crown. —Ottumwa (Iowa) Demo- erat (dem). His (Babcock’s) intimate connection with the Presi dent renders it necessary that the examination shallbe as fulland searching as possible.—Philadelphia North American (rep.) Af the federal officials in St, Louts hesitate, the new House of Representatives surely will nok It ut least iw not afraid of the Waite House, toward which all the Pathsof the crooked whiskey chiefs seem to lead.— Atlanta Constitution (dem. ) It cannot be denied by the friends of the accused party that the circumstances are strong and the testi- mony direct against him, and that he must either make @ very conclusive vindication or suffer with his alleged associates of tho Whiskey Ring.— Petersburg (Va) Index (dem.) Martial law cannot well be doclared for the purpose of helping to whitewash the President's confidential secretary, and in the absence of martial law this cour! will have no power to compel the attendance of wit- ‘esses not officers or soldiers in the army. Genera Babcock himself will of course appear voluntarily and swear that ho is innocent — Philadelphia Times (dem.) Last winter Joyce, the revenue agent recently cen- Victed at St, Louis, delivered a lecturoon “What I Know About Collecting tho Revenue.” He is not in the lecture field this season, having accepted a position at the request of Uncle Sam, which will probably last him some time—say three years and a half—after which he will be ablo to tell his audiences what he knows about cutting stone in the Missouri Peniten- tiary.—Atlanta Constitution (em. ) “Confederate brigadiers in Congress!” This is terri- dle, But, after all, it is not much worse than Union brigadiera in tho Whiskey Ring.—Atlanta Constitution (dem.) Even extremely partisan democratic papers concede that Presidont Grant has acted in good faith in giving aid to Secretary Bristow in his merciless prosecution of the St. Louls Whiskey Ring.—Parson Brownlow, If Babcock has been in feaguo with the ring it ts cer- tain to come out, no matter what attacks may be mado upon Bristow. No one believes that President Grant is Involved. —Wilsamsport (Pa.) Gazette (rep.) . It ts s mental peculiarity of President Grant's to select as his chosen personal friends men who need only opportunity to develop into Lad fellowa.—AMemphis Ava- lanche (dem.) If General Grant is not besmirched with these terri bly disgraceful operations he will, as fast as the names. of the villains who have taken a part in them that wero in offlce are known, at once dismiss them and drive them from his presence. —Chicago Industrial Age (granger). \_ Babcock puts on altogether too much style for a man in a situation where style is so unbecoming.—Galvestow Wews (dem) BISHOP HAVEN AND THE THIRD TERM. a OPINIONS OF THE PRESS ON THE RENOMINA~ TION OP PRESIDENT GRANT BY THE NEW ENGLAND METHODIST PARSONS AND SUNDAY SCHOOL MABMS, “Pray, brethren, that General Grant may be re- elected."—Bishop Haven (and two hundred Methodist parsons prayed and shouted accordingly). Asa measure of public safety, General Grant ought to be re-elected. —Bishop Haven. Bishop Haven is a sort of “Charley,” whom scarcely anybody ever thinks of calling “Mr.” or even “Charles.” His friends know him only as “Gil,” and when ho exchanged the editorial tripod for the meta- phorical throne of the bishop he remained the same good natured, blundering, biustering right-hearted, wrong-headed “Gil” Haven that he always had been. — New York Bvening Post. . From him everybody expects unwise and intemper- ate acts and speeches, —Lvening Post. Bishop Haven {s not the sort of man who goes below the surface in search either of facts or principles upon which to ground his opinions or his conduct, He car- ries his heart on his sleove, his friends say, and he ap- pears also to wear his politics in his hat, asa sort of cockade.—Evening Post. He finds the course of the present administration good in his eyes, and in his eagerness to perpetuate it he asks no questions as to the indirect effects of a radt- cal change in our system.—Evening Post. ‘We may be permitted to wonder mildly how it came about that of all the 200 clergymen present, who adopted his suggestion as the unanimous sense of the meeting, there was not one to whom it occurred that the nomination of a man for President of the United States is not strictly a part of the necessary and appro- priate work of aSunday School Union and Tract So- ciety.—Evening Post. Nothing in the history of our religious bodies, Roman Catholic or Protestant, compares with this action jn im- pertinence and presumption, We are sure it will re- ceive general rebuke from the great denomination it misrepresented. —New York Sun, Should any Roman Catholic representative bodice have taken this action, no matcer what the emergency, the profoundest indignation would have been excited among all other denominations. —New Fork Tribune. Would it not be well for Bishop Haven to be a little more explicit? Else there may be dangor of having Baptist and Presbyterian and Congrogationalist and nobody knows bow many more sectarian candidates for President, which would be a very sad state of things; for when it comes to that, who knows but that the Roman Catholics may hold a convention and nominate the Pope.—New York Tribune. ‘The fact that President Grant isa regular attendant of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and that retired clergymen of that denomination have been specially favored in the maiter of appointments in the several departments, docs not sufficiently explain bis nomina tion by these representative bodies of that Charch.— New York Tribune. Another great reason for the Methodist preachers ‘and all other Protestants favoring General Grant is that he was the first prominent public man to come out boldly on the right side of the school question, which is agitating the national mind 80 deeply at present. — New York Witness, CARD FROM PROFESSOR WELLS, Yo rie Eprtor or THR HxRALD:— Will you permit me an explanation {n regard to your allusions to me in two editorials of the 12th inst. trea} ing of the Boston Preachers’ meeting. You assert, on the authority ol a reporter, that I de. clared in my address on that occasion that “Grant was the saviour of his country and that the people could not dispense with his services.” Now, the truth is that I never alluded to General Grant in any way, shape or manner whatever, and in the whole course of my remarks I had not the most distant thought or allusion concerning what followed. In- deed, Ido not believe that a singlo individual came there with the slightest anticipation of what would be said by the Bishop, And again, in another editorial, ou say that the Bishop's speech was onl onorous indorsoment of what the preceding 3} had said. But the whole tenor of my speech, from beginning to end, was a censure of ecclesiastical interference with civil ge mment in Europe, and as such the logical equence could scarcely be the intermeddiing of the Methodist Church witn nal Now the truth is that the whole it of this meeting has been totally misrepresented by some of those who ba’ ven this matter to th Lam a layman of Chiretr, ivin®, as you seem to and I have are eres eoenaiatenes with the Churen, and I can say . aan iy suppose, clergy and laity of sa as for myself, that the great body of them are opposed to any interference, as # Church, with matters of State, and those who accuse them of such do them rank injustice, The very ocourrence in Boston was not what it is made to appéar. Bishop Haven had jast returned to his friends and colleagues {rom @ tour and stay in the South. They requested him to address them. He did 80, and they thanked him for complying with that re- west, Without the least thought, in my opinion, that ier ‘Were indorsing his views or committing them- selves to any public policy; and I know that the groat body of Methodists of the country deoply regret that the action is sv construed, Will you, in justice to me and the Church, be pleased to give thiscommunieation a prominent place in your columns, that the true state of the case may be seen by Had a fire occurred on Sunday night, however, the result might have been more serious, all, Respectfully. WILLIAM WELLA Usion Ooutran, Deo, 13, 1874