The New York Herald Newspaper, December 24, 1875, Page 6

6 THR SPANISH MONARCHY. Alfonso’s Kingly Position on the Day of At- taining His Majority. The People Indifferent and the War Op- erations Cooling Down National Relations to Cuba and the United States. Manat, Nov. 28, 1875, “If there ts anything that the reading world wants more than another," said an ex-Minister to me yester- day, “it4s truth about Spain.” And he was right The frigid breezes from the Pyrenees have chilled the air of old Castile to a degree not equalled for years ,past, and the same frost that has brought down tho oranges bas put up the price of sabstitutes for drated patriot. The prospects of @ winter among the sleet and rain of the Basque Province causes the patriotic | pulse of many a young hidalgo to beat much slower than @ sense of duty would dictate. But there are so many other things “im the atr’’ that it ts difficult to choose one’s subject, THE KING'S MAJORITY. ‘The breeze which played about the palace this after Boon, during the most august congratulation of the young King upon reaching his erghteenth year, was savored as much with diplomacy and bogus homage as “garhe and bad tobacco. The whole proceeding was in- teresting as showing the grand total of Spain's nobility -and the amount of gold lace and number of decorations which it is possible for a single worthy breast to carry. Tall men, short men, gross and petite, pattered asiong the balls, up the staircases,, 4 then slipped down and away again, But in all the vast, not indifferent, crowd which sur- “vounded the palace, thero were many curtous thoughts visible on faces here and thero. In my hearing one faithfal subject asked, without a shadow of treason or desire for change in his voice, bat in a matter of course way:—‘‘How long will this state of things last?’’ This brings us to the consideration of several important considerations which must more or less affect tho tenure of the young King and the relations between America and Spain. SHADES OF STATRCRAFT. It has been asserted, denied and again reaffirmed that Don Alfonso will early take the field in person at the head of the loyal forces to crush out Don Carlos in the North. The announcement was only the offspring of the wish with the people, and for the time they forgot their burdensome taxes, their conseriptions, their exiled ‘Yriends, and, worst of all, their deferred elections, in the hope that peace would be restored and that the greater evils from which they suffered wonld right themselves. But now it secmis almost certain that, however the King may now be forced to act, the promise of the royal presence was only a ministerial fuse to settle a very troublesome and grave politica; question, The anxiety of Martinez Campos and Quesada to have the question decided as to whgse should de the honor of restor- ing peace and of bringing to an end the disastrous wor in the North ferced upon the Ministry the neees- Bity of deciding which of the two should be Captain General of the Spanish troops. This was a decision the King could not afford to make at this juncture of affairs. The time was most inopportune; the Ministry might have “split” upon this issue; and small as the question seems it was dangerous. The differences of opinion might have been greater, might have been less, than was actually believed, but it was counted on that a division | would certainly occur. At tis time the Alfonso govern- ment cannot risk even a small division of its vitality. Bo statecraft, that misused word which is synony- mons with anything from courtly boot-licking to down- Yight assassination, was employed. that the young King, as fine a young lad as ever carried a cigar in the corner of his month, would take the field in November. Then the pressure of official duties com- pelled a postponement of His Majesty's departure until December, and already I see that he ts not likely to get of before January. Meanwhile THE WAN LAGS and the generals who are fighting m the North can lengthen the campaign out until somebody will get fired. The result, however, is indisputable, the ques- tion as to who shall be Captain General ts settled for the present, and an accident or the diphtheria may com- plete the good work of wise statesmen. was Sehiller who promulgated this scheme when he wrote—‘There can be no jealousy as between the King pnd us, for be is over us all."’ Tho general impression among the Spaniards, as 1 gather it at the cafés, reems to be that the King will merely take the field to eco the end. This will give him all the prestige of a vic- torious soveretgn. It is only twenty hours by rail from here to the seat of war, anda Hxmanp special news- Paper train could do it in eight hours without any dim- eulty. Somaya special bearing the King. The sud- den and éerious illness of Don Carlos, of which there is no longer ground for doubt, may end the war even sooner than mortal prophecy can guess. THE PEOPLE CLAMOROUS. If there is any role in which I dislike to appear ft is that of a political prophet. Experience teaches that it is a very uncertain and precarious way of earning either reputation or money, even in America, where the blood of the nation rans smooth and cool; but here in Spain I am doubly certain that Jt would be the most ebsurd employment a man could engage tn. To-mor row may seo Madrid in a state of revolution; a week | may see cither anew republic of the present King— | despite the doubts expressed on every hand—Ormly @rated on the throne. Therefore, I do not desire to be regarded as speaking in the light of prophecy, but as one who, having mixed with the elements of all par- , knowing no distinetion, writes what he has seen and beard. Althongh I am aware that the American (mestion is of more immediate interest to your readers Whan the present confuved «tate of polisical affairs here, [beg to be allowed to speak Grst of Spain, as indicating | what events at home may produce cer:ain results in the relations of the peninsula with the outside world. A GRAND NATIONAL DIFFIOnLTT. However soon the war shaliend the gorornment of Spain will Nd itse!f confronted by a great issuo which ‘will require immediate and decisive action. | refer to ‘the elections, which, having been from time to time postponed without any excuse satisfactory to the pro. pie, are now clamored for in every club and café and at every street corner. The masses, overburdened with taxes, liable to be conscripted at an hour's notice, are ‘wow thoroughly tired of this temporizing, and hate so- viously begun to think that they eco before them the germs of & monarcliy more absolate than Ivabelia’s. Alarmed, though not rebellions, they sigh for the loss ef a Spanish liberty they never possessed. From one month to another the peopio have awaited the procia- mation fora general ciection; but no bulletin has ap- peared. Tho Ministers of State, who should be able to feo! the Spanieh pulse, appear ignorant of the gather- Ying storm ; indeed, indifferent. The atrevt of three citi. zene of Madrid for tailing to (Presened Of the King at tho National Opera Mouse only 8 few nil 0 has greatly strongthened the feeling of Insecurity.) lt is now asserted that there were other Weasons4orsheir arrest; yet thin does not make the fare whitiess unfortunate [saw WN MAIRSTY RIDE THROUGH THE reRRTO ORL sor, the grent central plaza of Madrid, Inst evening, accom. Panied by the Princess, and [ was surprised to see that very fow persons among the throng that lined the Fouts seemed to take any interest in the passing cor tége. Not one man out of fifty raised bits hat, and there was not a symptom of the homage which is man- itested in London whenover any member of the royal family appears in the strects, This indifference indi- cates something, and the advisers of the King ought to be able to observe Diuvders on for the direction of others than those given to eamposing verses, Yetim the nineteenth century away goes this new monarch from “allegro to andante ana andanteto adagio,”’ \0 the same old measure, which must soon bring him to the end of the ball. Monarchs appear to belong to that peculiar class of people to whom meither oxperience nor history teaches anything. Some fine morning the prevent government may find out its mistake on waking up to find @ revolution on its hands ‘gm the city of Madrid, very much like the Paris Gom- mone, Already Alfonsists, Carlist sympathizers, lib- whom you everywhere encounter that States wishes to avoid the annexation of Cuba, thankless work to assure the signor that Cuba is worth twice to us in commerce what she would be did we possess her; that of ail the miserable, acpopulated, devastated, worthless regions on the earth, the tnterior of that island is the worst. He smiles a Satanic leer of It was announced | T believe it | move their bats in the | ‘Contound the barper who always | Ihe wane string,” wrote Horace, years ago, | erals, republicans, conservatives, Serranoista, are shak- fing their heads and asking themselves the question, “How long do you think these things can ist, my man?” DEMOCRACY, PURE AND SIMPLE. Notwithstanding al! these facts there arc in Spain the germs of pure democracy. ‘'Liberté, egalité, frater- mite, the utmost truth. Counts, marquises dons there sit and chat with of Polloi, The best illustration of what I mean would be an occurrence which came under my observation a few evenings since, I had strotied Into one of the large cafés on the Calle det Aleala, whe: 1 saw the principal bull fighter of Madrid approach @ marquis, and, slapping him on the back, address him B® phrase which can only be translated into Amer- ican as’ “HOW An® YOU, OLD Tor?”’ So far from resenting thts or showing any annoyance, the hidalgo replied cheerfally, “Happy as aciam."” Of course I have put these expressions in “American,” 80 that they may convey exactly the same impression to the reader that they did to the Spanish ear, But for contrast’s eake, imagine @ bull fighter slapping Prince Fred Grant on the shoulder and saying, “How are you, my duffort” Why, the scene at the Potter Palmer House would not be @ comparison. I tell you there would be murder done, still, such 1s life m poor old Spain, and Spanish noblemen mature nnder a different air than that whieh blows over the region between Cap- itol Hill and Georgetown Acights. AMERICA AND SPAIX, The Cudan question is as fruitful @ theme as ever, ‘That the immediate danger is over—uniess some new outrages shall be perpetrated In Cuba—I am assured en the very highest anthority. The reply of General Jo- vellar may not mect with approval in Washington, but for the present war 1s avoided. The letter of Don Car- los, silly and impracticable as it was, strikes the key- pote of tho refrain which has bad fragmentary exist- enco in every Spanish heart for the past two years. The delusion of this decado in Spain bas been the be” lief by every one of her citizens that the Untted States thirsts for Coba and will drink the blood of the bess caballeros of the Peninsula, if need be, to satisfy the longing. Is is folly—sheer waste of brain tissue and nerve force—to attempt to convinco the nomadic signor the United It is doubt, slaps the end of his cepa in your face ana . walks off. “What is the chtef cause of this state of things?” T answer, that aside from the hesitating and tempor- tzing policy which the United States bas maintained toward Spain, there is only one cause, and that is to be found in New York, and not in Madrid. i THE WISPANA-AMERICAN PRESS. I have always admired the absolute liberty of the press which exists in America, and have to regret more than evor now that the rest of the world does not understand it equally well. There exists in the city of New York, although known only to a limited circle of readers, a journal whose editor enjoys a pension from the Spanish government of about $40,000 per year. | ‘This journal ts filled with the most atrecious misrepre- sentations regarding the American feelings about Spain and Cuba Of course, no harm results in New York, both from the limited audience addressed and from tho understanding that the paper is a Spanish organ. But m Madrid the case is entircly reversed, This yournal isfound oa file in every ciub house, in many of the larger cafés, on the tables of every Minister andon the exchange list of every newspaper in Madrid. It is more than probable that thts circulation fs gratuitous, but itis not surprising that the paper is regarded as one of the chief orgams of Spanish opinion in ew York. Every Madrid newspaper on the table be- fore mo as I write contains some reference to or ex- tract from this imsignificant New York journal, all abusive and malicious. The papers of Madrid are small and cheap and their circulations aro largo, Tho people read, and reading, believe. Is tt strange, then, that after a few months’ instruction in such a school the Spaniards think the Americans an ambitious, grasping people, bent on wresting from them ihe sacred isle? Spain's worst enemy is a Spaniard who, off in New York, she pays to kindle fires which require | all the diptomatic cold water of the Madrid Ministry to quench. Yet within tho past week she bas heaped new honors upon this man in the shapo of titles, decor- ations and a double pension. So sho goes blindly on vntil the inevitable end will meet her face to face. Irre- Pressible as the great American questior of slavery will the Spantards soon render this Cuban question. The — unexpiated outrages, the marders of women and chil- dren and the sanctioning of slavery will eventually call down the wrath of God and man. «graph not to Americans, but to Spaniards, who, living in the nineteenth century, forget that the world moves on and leaves them behind. FRANCE, THE REPUBLICAN ELECTIONS AND REPUBLICAN PARTY PROSPECTS—MACMAHON’S DANGERS— | A RADICAL DEMOCRACY OR THE ALTERNATIVE OF A COUP D'ETAT—THE SUEZ CANAL PUR- CHASE—ENGLAND'S MASTERSTROKE OF EAST- | | operations of the Texan border which appeared ERN POLICY. Pants, Dec. 7, 1875. The mists which overcast the political horizon at the beginning of the session have well nich cleared away; and, now that the Select Committee has made its formal report in favor of a speedy dissolution and general elec- tion, It may not be inopportune to take a general glance at the situation. MUCH AND YRT LITTLE has been accomplished by the Chamber during the month which has elapsed since it met. Much, for the vexed question of the scrufins has been set at rest, and all parties are well agreed that an appeal to the country can no longer be delayed; and little, nasinuch as the government of the Republic is still in the hands of anti- republicans, and the future of the constitution remains uncertain, Indeed, there is more uncertainty now than at the beginning of the session; for then it was thought that the Buffet Ministry would not long sur. vive the opening of Parliament, and that a slightly more liberal Ministry would succeed it; and though the possible action of the President caused uneasiness, yet it was hoped thatthe young Republic would shortly triumph over all opposition and steceed in becoming ‘an institution beyond the reach of discussion, But the TICTORIES WON BY THR GOVERNMENT, albeit in a dying Assembly, make tt impossible for tne republicans to entertain too sanguine hopes for the success of their cause. They are now regarded throughout the country as the beaten party, and the ORDINARY, FRENCH RLECTOR fg not, Ike Cato, disposed to favor the vanquished cause. The conservatives, on the other hand, will go to the country with the great advantage of being tho party in possession of office, and many are the peasants aud petty shopkeepers who will rote for whatever can- didates they may put forward simply because they are on the side of Power. The petty proprietor of the soil wishes fora quiet life, which hehopes to obtain by constantly supporting authority. He does not appear to recognize the fact that itis this impassive attitnde on his part which nas made despotism snd misgovern ment #0 easy in Franc but half aecore of revolutions and three invasions of the territory in eighty years, So tt will be again, as far as one may judge from the history of the past. With the aid of THK STATR OF SIkOR and the zenloug co-operation of the local administra- tion and clerey in every department, M. Buffet and His colleagues will (nati probability secure a majority at the polis in February—that is, @ majority of deputies openly of secretly hostile to the Republic and willing to overthrow it at the first convenient opportunity, But it will not be a homogeneous majority; it will be di vided, perhaps, pretty equally ito Bonapartists and those who, fot want of a convenient term, designated as Oricanists, not that they care much for the Comte de Paris or the Duc d’Aumale, but that they disiike tmperialism, which interferes with their own pet plan of a government sim- ilar to that which ruled England before the Reform bill. Orleanist and Bonapartist will spree in nothing save-that they may combine om su- Preme occasions to keep down the republicans; though it is Ot quite certain whether the Prince Imperial’s adherents may not attempt to make the republicans play the digniticd rolr of the cat in a well known fable. It is whispered that at the present moment they are coqueting with the Left, and half inclined to support could be written over the door of every café with | I write this para- | | Bayou Beruf, La, Jane 24, 1863, by a and has given him not peace , may be | them on the nomtnati Of course, to render ALL CONSERVATIVE GOVERNMENTS BUT OND Impossible, and so to bring about a situation similar te that of December, 1851, when the country, weary of the endless strife of parties, may accept the Empire as A prs-ailés, In short, what ts to be feared as the result of the late Ministerial triumphs, is the return of a ma- | jority formed on the common basis of antagonism to the Republic, but having no other point of agreement; ‘and, os a necessary consequence of the failure of any ‘one party to acquire a decided preponderance, a state of polities! unrest, of plot and intrigues, which may al Jength induce Marshal MacMahon, or possibly some * Marshal, to cut the Gordian knot of the compit- cations with the sword, The President might strike A cour b'eTaT on his own behalf, but he would be more likely to pre- claim Napoleon IV. and appeal to the army to ratify his chotow, which the army would not have much hesi- tation in doing, Atthe same time { is not impossibie that the Fepublicaue may obtain a decisive majority at the general election, though one must be careful to distinguish republicans who foliow the lead to the Senate. Thetr object 's, moderate and sincore, able to dispense at once with the aid of tho “intractables” (who frighten the timid ‘middle class), and with that of recently converted roy- elists, who a lingering regret for the monarchy. THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY. In the session yesterday M. Poris, chairman of the Select Committee un the Elections, read the report to which I have alluded above. It recommended that the Prorogation, previous to the dissolution, should not take place later than the end of the present month, and should, if possible, be earlier; the nomination of delegates for the election of Senators by the municipal councils to take piace on the 9th of January; the ac- tal oclection of Senators to take place on the 23d of January; the clections to the Lower Chamber to be hold on' the 20th of February; the new Assembly to meet on the 8th of March. "A lively emotivn,” as Frenchmen say, seized the Deputies when M. Paris had finished the reading of the report. Many mem- vers of the Left crowded round the Ministerial Bench and inquired of its occupants if they were disposed to cept the dates agreed upon by the commitice. They all replied they were. M. Dufaure (Minister of Justice) added that they were cven disposed to hasten the dis- solution. THR SUEZ CANAL PURCHASE—WMAT 18 SAID OF ENG- LAND'S BARGAIN, The principal topic of discussion in political circles continues to be the purchase of the Suez shares by Great Britain. To do Frenchmon justice, they are not 80 mach alarmed in respect of their material interests, which they know aro rafe cnough, as mortified at the Joss of prestige and influence in the world's councils, of which they fancy the Anglo-Egyptian incident to be atoken. They feei that the Duc Decazes may have acted for the best in entering but cautiously into the negotiations with the Khedive’s government, but it is Just this enforced prudence of the Mivister of France whieh burts their self love. Former French Cabinets, they think, would have bad more dash, and Mr. Disraeli id his colleagues would not have been so bold but for e chi tuation brought about by the disaster of Sedan. The republicans, and notably the Ré Fran- ga@ise, the organ of M. Gambetia, are loudest in their upbratding of the timid policy which bas lost France her preponderance in Egypt; partly, no doubt, be- cause the republicans are not at this moment tn office, but partly also because they have more faith in their country’s power. All the potential energies of French statesmanship are to be found on tho Left of the Speaker's chair in the Assembly, and this is ono of the Teasons why peaceful folk, possessed of ble prop- erty, are very much afraid of the advent of M. Gam- betta to power, believing him capable of declaring WAR WITH GERMANY or any other State at twenty-foor hours’ ice. Their fears, however, are quite groundless, for the ex-Dictator js a stronger headed mau than he was five winters back, and though as premier or president he would probably shal MacMahon, he would understand perfectly well the modified conditions under which "The Great Nation’? must henceforth assert herself. But he would not, hike the Due Deeazes, be frightened out of buying somo 4 canal shares for fear of what might be said of tho bar- } gain at Berlin, and he would show a little more resolu- | tion in overcuming the opposition of reluctant fina: ciers. Generally speaking, It may be satd that the French are not far wrong in their appreciation of the bearings of the sale; for what has been gained in au- thority by England has cicariy been lost to France, and the latter Power has the mortification of seeing by the comments of the German press on the transaction how thoroughiy her enemies have realized that fact. But it must be repeated that whatever may be the diminution of crodit French shareholder has no reason to regret the pur- chase, and this is, after all, the essential point tor Min- isters to consider. THE BONAPARTIST DEMONSTRATION. M. Paul de Cassagnac, who organized the Bonapartist demonstration at Belleville, and M. Tarbé, the editor of the imperiahst Gaulois, who tinted the speeches, are summoned to appear on the 'th inst. before tne Paris Court of Assize on the usual and beautifully elastic charge of “inciting to hatred and contempt of the government.’ Some republicans are also to be prosecuted for equally indefinite offen Presumably by way of keeping up the balance ol parties, Thero has been an attempt of Jate to get up an agita tion against Orv, MARRIAGES, the clergy being of opinion that the religious ceremony | is sufficient. As some importance has been erroneously | attributed to the movement it may be as well to say at | once that the bulk of the conservative party have no | sympathy with it whatever, Indeed, in days be! revoiution some of the warmest advocates of th | it now is were to be tound among zealous Catholi wished the sanctity of the marriage tie to be guaranteed | by the authority of the State. The laity of France has long made up its mind on the subject. RECORD. CAPTURE AT ts 1863. New York, Dec. 23, 1875. To THe Epitor or rae Heratp:— Will you permit me to correct @ misstatement in the interesting account of Captain MeNelly's HIS PART IN THE ‘YOU BUF in Monday's Herato? The writer refers to published book of mine as anthority for an error which, though unimportant to me personally, ought to be replaced by truth in @ journal which, I believe, always prefers facts to surmises, It is. not true that Captain MeNelly, as averred, effected my ‘capture’ at ruse," and ob- tained possession of my post, ‘with 365 men, 3,000 refa- stores.” gees and $1,000,009 worth of Captain McNelly is mentioned in my book as a sim- ple messenger trom the camp of General Green, who summoned us to surrender, in the name ot General Taylor, who, with General Monton, com- manded the Confederate force (12,900 strong), that had captured Brashear City the day before. It is true, $1 000,000 worth (estimated) of military stores and officers’ private effects had been left at Bayou Bouf by General Bonks, when he marched op the Teche country, and all those stores were in a sngar house, at my post. Butl burned the sugar house before eur- render, and destroyed everything in it, as a necessity of ‘war: at the same time dismantling the only two ravi- road engines nccessible to’ the cnemy; in order to de- prive him of his expected means of transporting troops to Algiers for an assault on New Orleans. When I sur- rendered it was in presence of General Major's car- airy forces, which overran Bayou Beenf trom another point. Captain MeNelly, | beliove, is a courageous and patriotic officer of his State, whois now aloyal man, and he needs no untruth, damaging to my reputation, toaddan uncalled for error to history or a trivial compliment to his service as a member of General whom I despatched with my answer to General T; jor's summons, #8 communicated by Captain McNelly, ‘will show the entire relation that young Conteder ehad with our “capture.” A. Jd. H. DUGANN: : New Yorn, Dee. 2, 1875, Dean Conoxen:—To my persoual knowledge Captain MeNeliy came to the railroad crossing with bat two comrades, all three armed with muskets and without side arins, but bearing a flag of truce. Ho represented himseif as authorized to demand our surrender te Gen- eral Taylor's forces. He agrecd to the terms you do- manded, that our officers’ private effects should be re- voted and our side arins allowed to be retained, Only asa messenger did he present himaelf from the Con federate camp. He left us Lieutenants Kirby and Shenpey to go back to his camp, and we returned to ours, which General Major soon after entered, with his Confederate cavalry, before we again saw or’ heard from Captain MeNolly. | You ordered the angar house to be burned, with its contents the night previoes, and the two locomotives were, by your orders, ren- dered unserviceable before we negotiated for surrender. ing the post, WILLIAM P. COR, 21 Vesey etreet, New York. Late Captain Company B., 176tn Regiment, N. ¥, ¥. Colonel A. J. Ho Decaxye. FIRES. | A fire broke out shortly after four o'clock yesterday morning in the sub-cellar of the four story building No. 84 Leonard street. The flames spread rapidly, neces- wating the sounding of a xecond alarm. By the oner- getic efforts of the tiremen the flames were confined to one building, The frst floor was occupied by Wilham Redmond & Son, importers and dealers in linen goods, whose loss 18 estimated at about $12, The upper part of the bailding was occupied by J. & M. Kose, dealers in wholesale clothing, whose stock is damaged by smoke to the exient of $2,000, The build- ing was damaged to the extent of about $2,000. The losses are all covercad by insurance. thought 10 have originated from an overheated stove in the sub-celiar, An alarm of fire from No, 143 Wooster street was sounded as the engines were returning from the Leon- ard street fire. The firemen soon dat the spot, but the fire had been extinguish y Om Miskell, of the Ly sd precinct, who bad his bh burned in hig efforts, F Ti ’ uF at show a bolder tront to the world than M. Thiers or Mar- | sioned to the French government the | | with those of Mr. Sledd. | CAPTAIN MNELLY'S CONFEDERATE | | die | ston, with an eye to the third term?” CHURCH TAXATION. OPINIONS OF VIRGINIA CLERGOYMEN. OF VIEWS BETWEEN PRESIDENT GRANT AND GOVERNOR KEMPER. Patarsnoro, Va., Deo. 18, 1875, A correspondent of the Hxravp, desiring to ascertain the views of the Methodist ministers of this city with Tespect to the taxation of church property, recom- mended 1m the Inst Message of Provident Grant, called this morning on the Rev. J. A. Riddick, who has been recently assigned by the Virginia Conference to the pastoral charge of the Washington street Methodist Eptscopal church, This fs an important and well-to-do Station, and pays Its pastor a higher annual salary than any other church of the samé denomination tn the St By &® bappy chance Mr. Riddick was found In his #tudy, with three other preachers of the same faith— Rev. W. B. Best, of the Blandford Wesley chapel; Rev. John Bayley, of the church at Ettrichs, and Rev. J. D. Keiley, a local preacher and father of the Hon. A. M. Keiley, Mayor of Richmond. The subject was opened without delay or ceremony, the ministers present were frank in the expression of their opinions, and ail, Strange to say, united in believing that the principle of taxing church property was eminently politic and proper. VIEWS OF SEVERAL CLERGYMES, Mr. Bayley, being first called on, said that the justtoe of making churches contribute their proper quota to the support of the State lay in this—that they were well able to bear it, their members being made up, in the main, of chiefly well-to-do and prosperous people Many churches were rich and ought notto be exempt from their equal part of the public burthen, Bosides, he continued, the experiment is being made in the United States, for tho first time in bistory, of mainsnin- ing a Church apart from the State, and exception from taxation was in some sense an official recognition beyond what was necessary. The Church was well able to take care of her interest, The Biblo had described religion as carrying ri@hes in one of her hands with length of days. If bis parishioners did not take caro of him it was their own fault—they were ablo to do it, Mr. Bayley, whois an Englishman by birth, said that his only objection to the Church of England was that it was established and supported by government, and he promised to show the HxRaLp correspondent a book which he had written long before the question was introduced into politics and on the abstract merits of the matter. Rev, Mr. Riddick said he had not given any special thought to the subject; but on the first blush he could see no good reason why churches, too, should not be expected to pay taxes. He thought, however, that there should be some reasonabdie linit—say of $25,000— instead of the low maximum suggested by the Presi- dent ($2,000). He thought it would, perhaps, be best to exempt all church edifices from taxatto: where they were ornamented with picture: works of art not necessary to the purposes ‘It was eminently right that 4 RICH CORPORATION like Trimity church, New York, which owned stores and blocks of houses, should be taxcd like any other corporation. A question was here raised as to whether the Metho- dist Church owned anything else than the church buildings, parsonages, &c; and Mr. Bayley said the Methodist colleges of the country belonged to the Cbarch, and were held by trustees originally appointed vy the Church nnd acting for it, fhere seemed to be some disposition to question whether this relation exactly constituted proprietorship. Mr. Keiley said the subject fae to be regarded with reference to the lights and teachings of history. He Delieved these all tended to prove that the Church should claim no exemption and no privilege and owe nothing to Casar or the State that was his due. Great wars had been waged by reason of the onerous and in- tolerapie burden smposed by a BENFFICRD AND PRIVILEGED CLERGY. In England the Church lands, accumulating from the landing of Augustine to the time of Henry VIII., amounted to one-half the arable areca of the kingdom. This brought on the Reformation, In France the 1m- Mense weight of the priesthood and the property hela in mortmain for the benefit of the Church precipitated the revolution of 1793. In Germany the same expe- rience had been undergone and the same lesson taught, Tho accumulation of property and the excesses of the | Orders had strengthened the reforming fury of Luther. To-day the greatest hindrance to the stable peace and good government in Italy arose from tho troubles con- nected with Ubarch property. Mr. Keiley was in favor, doth in justice to the public and to preserve the purity of the church {tself, to tax church property, without exception or exemption. Mr. Best contented himself with saying that he aMrmed the views that bad been advanced by his brother clergymen. Rev. R. N. Sledd, pastor of the Market street chureb, a large and flourishing congregation, believed that the prinetple of taxing churches or church property was wrong, and he was opposed per ae to the proposition. Mr. Sledd said that churches were established and operated under the guidance of Providence nut to make money, but to save souls, He said that his views on the subject wero expressed with great ability and clearness by Bishop Gibbons, of Richmond, in a com. munication that appeared two or three days ago in the Richmond Dispatch. Your cerrespondent was not able to see Rev. H. G. Brown, pastor of the High street Methodtst Episcopal church, but learns that his views on the subject accord The Star ot thts city camg out editorially a few days ago in opposition to the taxation of church property, as recommended in the Message of Governor Kemper. A CURIOUS COINCIDENCE, In thts conneetien it may not be inappropriate to mention what is now regarded here as a most singular and remarkable coincidence, and that is the similarity of the recommendation regarding the taxation of church property in the respective messages of Presi- dent Grant and Governor Kemper. It had hitherto escaped public observation, but as soon as this subject began to be agitated here tt was remarked that the thing looked very peculiar in a po- 1 point of view. Governor Kemper in his Message Among other subjects of supplementary taxation that of chureh property is entitled to te fairly considered. If the law were sv amended as to limit the exemption of this prop- {mum of $2,000, and to tax mail revenie would be deri impositi iy the non-taxation of this wealth in- creases the taxation of those of the lalwring masses who have no share init und no direct benef from ft. This coincidence is variously commented upon here, and some politicians shake their heads in a knowing and significant way when the matter is diseassed. It will be remembered that scarcely two years ago, when the Governor had just taken the executive seat, it was charged by some of his political enemies that he had written a letter to Colonel John 8. Mosby which was highly tinctured with third termism, and in which the Governor had promived to bring to the Cwrsaric banner of Grant “fifty thousand Confederate braves.” People said at the time that Kemper aspired to the second Jace on the national ticket in 1476 with Grant, but per- aps that was misebievous and uncharitable. It in bat | fair to state that Governor Kemper denied the whole | soft impeachment, thongh, on the other 1d, there are many who to-day implicitly believe the story, and say that it has never been satisfactorily explained aw: I give the whole of it for whag it is worth, simply sug- | gesting the question, “Is Governor Kemper in collusion with Eresident Grant on the church and school ques- PRENTICE MULFORD’S LECTURE. Last evening, at Tronor’s new hall, No. 1,266 Broad- | f fants of “49, and Green's staff 1m 1863, The subjoimed note from an ofcer | veegmm was one of the Argonauts of 40, and he The fire te | way, a remarkable religious lecture took place. The abore named orator defined his religious views, but | with the style of Artemus Ward combined with the logic and earnestness of Jobn Bunyan. Mr. Mulfos ood den! of the atheistic and materialistic element; but so blended with humor and pathos was his lecture that the andience was in doubt whether to Jangh or ery—doing a little of both. Mr, Mulford commenced by narrating Incide: his childhood in a Puritan village, describing the ries of one John Piper, who was anexhorter. This sketch was ® masterpiece of quict tun, and when the fpeaker narrated his conversion in a village charch the andience was in an uproar, From this piece of | personal narrative Mr. Mulford wandered rather vagnely among Christian and mythologteal subjects to tracted a the ministrations of Christ and the facts set forthin the New Testament, but, {t must be said, always ina reverent epirit and with much originality. Tne hall was well filled with attentive listeners, and the initial lecture must be called a suceess, A RUNAWAY FORGER CAUGHT. On the 29th of October, 1871, a man named Warren Bonning, alias Frederick Snedecker, met by appoint- ment at Paige's Hotel anamed Henry Coles, alias “Big Harry." The latter handed him $10,000 worth of $200 and $500 Allentown, Pa, school bonds, and asked him | to take them to William Muir, of 113 Broadway, and borrow $7,500 upon them, Benning called apon Mr. Murr, and the latter told him to bring the bonds and he would dispose of them to the best advantage, Accord- ingly Coles and Benning came to his office together. The former said that he was anxious to raise cash, that be was compelled to visit, Syracuse at once and could not await the disposal of the bonds persupaliv, and at the eame time banded them to Benning in Mr. Muir's presence, telling the latter to band over the proceeds of the sale or loan to Benning The latter deposited the bonds in the hands of Mr. Muir then and there, On the &th and 9th days of November following Mr. Muir sold the ds tor $9,225, whieh he paid to Benning, lees commission. The latter swears that he paid it over to Coles, reserv- ing only $260 as commission for his share in the trans- action, Soon after the sale Mr. Muir discovered that the bonds were counterfeit, The two swindlors were urrested and indicted for forgery in the Court of Gen- eral Sessions, in Mag but when the ense was called for tril it was found that the principal witness for the people had been sent to the New Jersey State Prison, and the case was in consequence deferred. Coles some time after escaped from ‘Sing 81 ‘rison and his | whereabouts remained unknown till @ few weeks ago, “room with little diMeulty. Deneft of association ; | fth prize, $ when {t was learned that he was in Penn District Attorney Phelps at once procured sary requisition from Governor Tilden, and th was arrested in Philadelphia on Wednesday by teetive Davis, He was brought before Judge Suth land yesterday and committed to the Tombs without ‘Dat! to await trial, A THRILLING STORY. ivania, IMMERSED IN A CISTERN UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES OF INTENSE &EXCITEMENT—ONE CHILD DROWNED, AND NARROW ESCAPE OF FATHER, MOTHER AND SON. Srexcenrort, Dec, 22, 1875. One of tho saddest and most thrilling affairs ever known in this section occurred on Saturday last, to South Greece, afew milestrom this place, the full par- Uculars of which Dave been received here. The family of John Prenegrast, a poor but industrious blacksmith, lives in that village. Mrs. Prenegrast was engaged in washing on Saturday morning, drawing water from a cistern situated under one of their rooms in the rear of the house. Tho opening to the cistern was left uncov ered, Mrs. Prenegrast drawing the water up with a pail attached to a rope. The apartment she was working in adjoins that over the cistern, and around her were playing her two children, ope a little boy about three years old and a little girl toss than two, Busy at her work the mother did not Notice that the yonngest had gome from the room, and did not miss her until she left her tab to go to the cis- tern to draw some more'wator. The little girl was no- where to be seen, She called its name, but received no answer, The cistern was her first thought, and she Tushed to the opening, which is abont two feet square, and dropping on her knees, peered down beta % into the darkness. To her herror, she saw ber baby struggling in the water. With- eut a moment’s thonght the agonized mother let herself. down the opening to the water below. The water was not aver two feet deep. Grasp- ing the child in her arms she found tbat it was not dead but unconscious, and needed instant attention to keep itative and restore it. It was impossible, how- ever, tor the poor mother to get out of the cistern, but, thinking that she might drag herself out unencumbered with the child, she threw it up throngh the opening to the floor above, Butall her attempts to climb from the cistern were unavailing, and she called loudly for a Presently her le boy came toddling to the opening, hearing her it cries, no doubt, THE BOY JUMPS IX. He peered down into the cistern, but his mother mado frantic appeals to himto go away and to call some oneto her aid. The little fellow, frightened at the situation of his mother, cither jumped or fell into the cistern, The mother took him irom the water stran- gling and choking, and succeeded in restoring him. She then tried to put himup throngh the opening, but made three attempts before she succeeded. By super- human eflorts she at ast managed to grasp the edgo of the opening with her hands and drew herself up so that she could fee her little girl, but no further. The child was still gasping, but died while her mother was looking at her, helpless to . hen she put her little boy out of the cistern sho had made him ‘understand that he must go tell his father, whose shop was some distance away. ALARM OF THB HUSBAND, The little fellow did as ho was bid, but he could not make his father understand what he wanted, but the blacksmith, knowing from the dripping’ clothes and excited manner of his child that something was wrong, hastened to the house and found his Iittlo daughter lying dead, and his wife hanging on the edge of the cistern, the intensity of her gra Pressing the blood out from beneath her finger nai and forced it in streams from her nose and mouth, As soon as saw her husband enter she gave a scream of agony and swooned away, falling back into the cistern. Mr. Prenegrast immediately jumped in after her, and, while he kept ner from drowning, was unable to get her limp and Ifeless body from the cistern. To add to t terror of his position he had to use all his " of persuasion and authority to prevent his little doy trom jumping im with his parents, and could not induce him to leave the spot to call aid, h standing in dangerous proximity to the opening, screaming in his childish terror. It was several min- utes before Mr. Prenegrast, by sprinkling his wite with ‘water and chafing her temples and wrists as best could, brought her back to consciousness, and some time before she was able to help herself. Finally, by his aid she drew herself out of the cistern, and her husband succeeded im reaching the Dr. Buell was sent for in hope that the child might ot be restored, but life had beon extinet some time. irs. Pronegrast 1s lying in a critical condition, being almost erazed with grief and ul | from tho excitement and exposure. THE RIFLE. The American Rifle Association has proposed a series of matches that are to come off to-morrow at the ranges near Glen Drake, Pelhamville, N. Y. The following matches will be contested :— Svnscnirrion Matcn.—Distance, 300 yards; any rifle; trigger pull, three pounds; position, off-hand; en: trance fee, $1. One-half of entrance money to be for balance divided between threo Hours of shooting—10:30 A. M. tol ighest scores. P.M, and 1:30 P.M. to 4 P.M. Entries are not limited. Aut-Comers’ Matci,—Conditions—Distance, "300 yards; any rifle; trigger pull, three pounds; position, off-hand; ontrance, $110 members, $150 to others. Hours of shooting—10:30 A. M. to 1'P. M., and 1:30 P. M. to4P. M. First prize, $20 value; second prize, $15 value; third prize, $10 value; fourth prize, $5 value; value. Dr Prrsten Bance Match. (Presented by General J. Watts Dy Peyster; valne, $300. )}—Distance, 300 yard: ‘open to any bond file member of the National Guard; | military rifles only; position, off-hand; trigger pall, Bix pounds; seven scoring shots, two sighting shots; contestants must shoot in uniform. Lapizs’ Matcu.—Prizes, three in number, valued at $15, $10, $6. Conditions—Distance, 300 yards; any rifle; trigger pull, not less than three pounds; position, off-hand; emtrance fee, $1. Hours of shooting—10:30 A. M. tol P. M., and 1:30 P. M. to4 P.M. TAMMANY SOCIETY. A special meeting of the Tammany Society was held Jast evening, Grand Sachem Augustus Schell presiding. The Hon. Abram 8S. Hewitt was installed as one of the Sachems, after which he addressed the society, as did also Mr. Henry I. Clinton and Delano Calvin, upon the great importance of supporting the government in the Jurtherance of the Centennial. A THIRD TERM COMMENDED. The republicans of the Seventeenth Assemoly dis- triet held @ meeting in Turner Hall, Forty-seventh ect, last evening, for the purpose of indorsing tho former action of the Executive Committee of the District Association and hearing financial reports. The report irom tho treasurer showed that the year's roceipts had deen $2,086 34 and the expenses $1, 49, leaving a balance on hand of $447 85. A report denouncing the persons who were charged with having united with in- subordinates in preventing the electio Stephen N. Simonson for Aiderman at the last Aldermanic elec- tion was presented, as the action of the committee ap- pointed on it, with’ power, and their action, expelling the members concerned, was indorsed. The officers re- elected at a former meeting were called on for re- marks, when the President, Mr. J, W. Mason, who had been elected six times, thanked the association, and favored the re-election of any good man for a third term, provided the peoplo wanted him. Mr. G. W. Cregicr, re-elected secretary, returned thanks, and the meeting adjow CURRENT POLITICAL NOTES. The Charlestown (W. Va.) Spirit of Jefferson (dem.) nominates Thomns A, Hendricks, of Indiana, for Presi- dent, and John Kelly, of New York, tor Vice President, The Manhattan Nationalist nominates Blaine for President and Bristow for Vice President, The Scranton Republican (rep.) thinks there 1s no good reason why the Republican tional Convention should not bo held in March as later in the year, and remarks that “the Convention will, in any event, bo held within the next five months, and tne real con- testants for the nomination are as ready how as they will be at any time hereafter." The Republican asserts that the evidencds are becoming more and more clear every day that the only two acknowlodged aspirants for the nomination who are developing any real strength are Secretary Bristow and ex-Speaker Blaine, A Western paper thinks Senator Bayard ought to be tm-peach'd for speaking of Delaware as ‘my country.” The Cumden (N. J.) Press (rep.) says the democrats In Congress, in passing the anti-third term resolution, have “murdered their most potent auxiliary, havo killed the goose that Inid their golden eggs, and have shorn the Samson of democracy of those locks in | which lay tho secret of their strength,” and adds, five no more | “Heneeforward the republicans will attention to the subject, but devote thomsolves to the dnty of finding & proper successor to the illustrions patriot who now occupies the office of Chief Mogis- trate."” Says the Rochester Union (dem.):—''The Preeman’s Journal sates correctly, we believe, the religious ante- cedents of ex-Speaker Blaine, We have always under- stood, since his appearnnce in public life, that he was vorn of Catholic parents and reared in the Catholic choreb.”” The Hartford Post (rep.) rather maliciously asserts ‘that Mr. Barnum (democratic Congressman from Con- necticit) was probably “thrown into the Committes on Foreign Affairs because he has heretofore manifested #0 little interest In domestic affairs." Discoursing upon the next Republican National Con- Yention, the Cincinnati Gazelte (rep.) opposes the selee- tion of Philadelphia, and asserts that “every reason that Will Dear the public oye is in favor of xing the place of the Convention west of the mountains.” The Gazette, of course, speaks a favorable word in behalf of Cinoin- path | ot | omt prominent opponents to the Catholic system, | Park yesterday afternoon at three o'clock. THE BIBLE IN THE SCHOOLS ROMAN CATHOLICISM DENOUNCED AT A PUBLIC MEETING—THE SCHOOL LEAGUE DETERMINED To ‘HOLD ThE Fort.” The North Baptist church was about two-thirds filled with ladies and gentlemen last night, the former pre ponderating in numbers, the occasion being a public meeting of “the friends of the Bible in our commos sobools.” Many of those present, even among thos¢ who were expected to speak, supposed that the meeting was to be held under the auspices of the Common School League, but 1% was really held under the auspices of the Alphs Association of the Ninth ward, among the leading mem. ders of which present last evening were Louis Schneider, A. H. Dallinger, C. H. Luscomb, W. Dison, C. Hem drickson, W. Ganette, C. Parker and J, Finlay. From tho pulpit depended a banner, upon which was dis phyed the United States arms, surrounded by thg motto:— nal vigilance is the price of liberty. The chair was occupied by Dr. Newton. Proceedingy were opened with prayer by Rev. Dr. McCarthy. “My Country, 'tis of Thee,"’ was sung by the entire asserm Dlage. The presiding officer then introduced the Rev, David Gregg, pastor of the Third Reformed Presby: terian cburch, who sald:— i Mr. Cmammax, Laviés axo GaxTiemex—In appear ing before you this event I take the liberty of defining my position. The New Yorx Heravp, in @ lengthy production from the pen of one of ita reporters, entitied the “0, Uv.” a masked association, has published a ticket which wi issued as a call for our meeting to-night. From this it may have been supposed by some that we have met together under the auspices of this secret association, and that we are to-night standing on its platform. I would like to say that LT appear here to-night not upon that platform, I ac- cepted the invitation to speak supposing that the meet- ing was held like former meetings under the auspices of the School League. Iam not in any way connected with any secret society, and I am, strange as it may seem, OPPOSED TO ALL SECRET ASSOCIATIONS, [ beHeve in the free light of God’s heaven and thatifwe exalt the right in this life it will obtain power over all the arts ofmen. I appear, then, to-night, simply ta speak my firm convictions. 1 come to-night, knowin, nothing of tbis secret association, save whal has been taught me by tho “New York Herarp, Iam openly opposed to the Catholic system of religion as we find it in our land. I believe that system, as we read of it inthe documents which the “infallible head of the Church” has given to the world to peruse, is a curse to this land, and because of this I openly and fearlessly 1M up voice against it and against all its rossions § to-night. I object to it because it strives to bring my country under obligations to the Roman State, and because it seeks to throw down the common schools and the Bible, which our fathers put into those schools when they instituted them. Had there been no Bible there would have bcen no pilgrims, to republic, no flower covenant with’ the Almighty God, and there would have been no Plymouth Rock. Our fathers saw that they were indebted to it, and gave it san heirloom ta their ‘children, The value they put upos it may be seen from tho fact that in i797 they spent $30,000 of the public money in purchasing Bibles fos this great American nation. In 1773 they entered inte an agreement for the printing of the Bible for the nation. It was printed under the direction of Robert Aiken, in the city of Philadelphia, and that Bible, ag printed, was recommended by’ public resolution of Congress to ‘the people of the United States. You seo trom this that under its Divine influence this nation has grown A The rev- erend speaker here said that he rejected all the praise which has been given to our public schools by infid and Catholics, They havo praised the course of studies and have recommended the system of calis- thenies in them, but they have condemned the presence of that which is the animating spirit in the schools—the spirit radiating from the Bible. The speaker attributed the commercial prosperity of Great Britain and THE SUCCESS OF GERMANY over France in the late war to the love for Bible read ing which obtains in both those lands. Germany hon« ors God—that is, it 1s a Bible loving nation. He said:—~ You will write upon the history of our country the fact that tke first hundred years wore attained under ita teaching and the love of God. Write it in order that those who come to study the secret of our success may find !t, and in order that nations may see just the point of the beginning of our decline as anation. But there might be a second reason, per- haps, why we oppose tho Catholic system, and that is because the Catholic Church is opposed to ot idea that the State has the right to edu- cate its own citizens, Sho arrogates to her- self entirely the right to educate ber own children into her system. We can show that our government is bound to protect itself from the aggressions of these peopie. Then we shall have shown that it is not the Bible in our school, but the school itself which they oppose. The man’ who is opposed to their system is anathematized. This Catholic Church in our land is opposed to our Republic, as it now 1s divorced from the Church. It is laboring with all its power to bring this nation into a union with the Catholic Charch—into # union in which our Republic shall stand, not apon equal terms with the Catholic Church, but shall be subservient to the Church, In proof of this we refer you to the syllabus of wl Pope. In this present day it is no longer possible that the Catholic Church shall be held as the only religion of the State. Whero docs this syllabus come from? Not from the President of the United States, but from the Roman See, who claims not only to be the head of the Church but the head of the State, and who to-day incarcerates himseit tn the Vatican because he ts not permitted « TO RULE OVER THE NATIONS asin days gone by. We are opposed to this system because it issues its mandates in a foreign land and interferes with our government and our liberties. The Catholic Church has sccret soci- eties, and It covers up its schemes, and I say that our patriotism would be worth very little if we didn’t take ali lawfal measures to stop the progress of this system in our land. People aay, “You will inaugurate a civil war in our land.’ That is for the Romanists to consider, not for ns, Itis they who are seeking to destroy our institutions, they are the agitators, and if civil war ever comes os them will fall the responsibility, and I know thi jeaven will infallibly smite them down, He has al 's done so in the past. But whence comes this cry of civil war? It is from the friends this system in the press, They point and they give their names in full and the numbers of their residences and the places where they hold their mectings, that they may make them THE TARGET OF SOME RIGOT that they may bring them down; that they may causo the bullet to go to them, and thus may light the conflagration of war in our midst. Just look at the Romanists as they congregate ip our land. They put before them the lion of religious war, and the people flec from its presence, and Roman- ism goes quietly on with its anti-republican riucipies and its opposition to the people. Eomember tho story told of David in the Bible, It is said that when a lion and bear invaded his father’s land he slew them, and you can slay this lion of re- ligious war. (Loud applause.) Tho choir then sung ‘‘Hold the Fort,” and the sing- ing was joined in by the entire assemblage with great enthusiasm. The Rev. Dr. Milligan, of the Twenty-cighth street church, began his address by quoting the last line of the hymn which had just been sung. BY THE GRACE OF Gob WE wrt, maintain the Bible in the public schools, I have always had a great respect for the Now York Henan, As a news gatherer it 1s peerless. As an African explorer it is alone; and as an investigator of the ‘0. A. U."’ it is alone again. Well, { will dnd no fault with t Henai.v’s enterprise, if it will only goa little furthe if it will only send one of its smooth shaven reporters, who will tell the truth as 16 should be told, with his cowl and his surplus on; who will go and investigate the old gentleman who my good brother here called the “infallible,” at Rome, He has been planning in secret at Rom and if the Hera will only spread out 4 report, I will buy it, read it and send it to my friends. Lot it go a little further, Cardinal McCloskey with his red coat holds secret meetings. Let the smooth-faced reperter go in there and tell us what he does at them. The speaker continued in this strain for ten minutes. He was followed by the Rey. W. B. Mer- ntt, who stated, on the authority of blud-covered book, Which was published at Youngs- town, Objo, in 1968, a great many facts abont Catholicity which will startle many, Catholics themselves. WORK FOR THE CORONERS. Warren Lazello, aged seventy-five years, aclerk in the Comptroller's office, dropped dead in City Hall His family immediately notified, and a son and a number of is Were soon at the Twenty-sixth precinct station house, where his body was reinoved to. Mr, Lazclle lived at No, 69 Livingston street, Brooklyn. Coroner Woltman held an inquest last night, It has been decided in the case of Frederick Albrecht, who was ran over by a Fourth avenue car at the City | Hali.on the 18th inst., that an amputation of his log will be necessary, It ts thought at the Chambers Street Hospital, where Albrecit hes, that the pationt will dic. y AL two A. M. yesterday Roundsman Kelly, of the Kigh teenth precinet, tound the body of an wnknown man drowned at the foot of East Nineteenth street. The man appeared to be about thirty-tive years of age, had black hair and mustache, no whiskers and was dressed in a white shirt, two coats, black pantaloons and vest, ray undershirt and woollen stockings and laced shoes, Fhe body was removed to the Morgue, and Coronet Eickhof will investigate the case as to the cause of lis leath. . Another unknown mon, about thirty years old, wi found by OMeers Darkin and McCabo, of the Eighth prociuet, at sx o'clock yest ning, lying on tho didewalk in Thompson sircet, between’ Spring and Prince streets, in an | nvible condition and was taken to the st yn house, where he died about two hours alter, Deceased was of light complexion with hie have and mnstache, and lad on a nich worn ¢ suit, Overshoes, no stockings and a high crowned felt with a wide brim, His body was also removed to the Morgue,