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4 ae GERMANY. Bismarck’s Return to His Central Network of Diplomacy. THK RUSSIAN CHANCELLOR'S VISIT. ———~- Will the Famous Statesman Favor or Supprecs the Sultan ? MUSIC AND THE DRAMA. Benin, Dec, 7, 1875. Prince Bismarck returned to Berlin about a fortnight ago, and immediately resumed the arduous duties of bis numerous offices He appeared iu Parliament the y after bis arrival to be present at the debate on the budget and on the introduction of the new taxes, The reception accorded him by the members was not very enthusiastic. His overtures to the conservatives, his inclination toward the protectionists, and, above all, his intended revision of the penal code, have somewhat alienated bim from the hiberals, Even his frst speech n Parliament produced no great effect. After conirm, ing what Camphausen, the Minister of Finance, nad already said—via, that the rejection of the taxation projects would bring about no conilict with the govern- ment—be commenced ajrather fat defence of the Boarse taxand the doubling of the beer tax. Amid jokes and witty remarks be developed his ideal of a finance system, which, according to bim, was an abolition of all oppressive indirect taxes and the introducts of direct imposts on all articles of luxury, such as beer, brandy, coffee, sugar, and especially tobacco, im Ger- many nearly free of duty, Since then the Imperia; Chancellor has only spoken once in Partiament. His second speech was principally im support of his desired revision of the penal code, Upto the last moment, be always hoped the liberals would desist in their oppost- tion against @ bill which he was chiefly ins‘rumental in arranging. All parties, nevertheless, hastily signided their disapprobation of 1k No one ventured to identify himself with GAGGING THE Press, restricting the rights of public meetings, and punishing Political discussions, When Beningsen, on the day pre vious to the first reading of the penal code revision, in’ formed him of the unanimous resolation of the na- tional Liberals, the leading party of the House, to reject ail political decisions of the bill, he \s said to have been very angry, to have spoken of his great services to the country, and complained of the unreliableness of the liveral majority, This mortification seems, however, to have quickly passed away, for, to the general astonish- ment, be threw the next day nearly the whole bill over- board, merely Jaymg stress on the adoption of the so-called Arnim paragraphs, which are to enforce the obedience and discretion of German diplomatista, It seemed almost as though the vola- tminous bill had been elaborated for this one paragraph. He certainly acknowledged in his speech the privilege of the Reichstag to reject the whole bill without fearing ‘conflict, and very energetically declared that the gov- ernment, convinced ofthe necessity of the measures contained in it, would so long insist on its acceptance anti @ majority declared themselves in its favor. On passing over to the Arpim paragraph he menacingly threatened, in event of its rejection, be would resign his conduct of foreign affairs, His agitated voice, ner- vous twitches of the hand and incessant fidgeting of a pencil plainly betrayed lus passionate emotion when describing the indiseipline, malicious calumniations | aud secret intrigues of Count Arnim. The apparent | wrath of Prince Bismarck against the ex-Ambassador is 60 great that it must be incited by other those come to light during the trial or by REVBLATIONS OF TES PAMPULET. PRO NiHILO,.”” This demand of the adoption of the Arnim paragraph | will probably be responded to, altuough Lasker, who made aa excellent speech on that day, denounced it as “contradictory to all legal theories. With this con- cession, however, the indulgence of the Reichstag will in all likelihood terminate. Ali endeavors of Bismarck will mot suffice to insure the passing of the entire Dill, at present banded over tor further deliberation to a committee of four- teen members, aiter resolutions had been adopted | to discharge the political decisions in plenum—in otber | words, simply to reject them. The Purliamentary de- feat suffered by Bismarck must not be undervalued. It certainly svems signiicant when Me whole House, with the exception of a few conservatives, forgecfui of party feuds, exprees their unlimited condemnation of @ vill proposed by the government. Even the ultra- montane centrum went hand in band with their liberal adversaries. Ther leader, Peter Reichensperger, stood up and declared in the name of bis party his’ senti- ments were entirely in unison with those of Lasker, and he, thereiore, would forbear makin: his injended speech, In the proposea penal code revision those parts relative to emigration and seductive means e1 ployed for forwarding it will particularly interest the American government and those Germans living in America The bili drawn up by the gov tains the folowing monstrous clause:—“Whosoever under false pretences either wiltully induces or at- tempts to induce Germans by groundless representa- tions vo emigrate will be pumsbed with not less than a year’s imprisonment.” Such clause is quite inad- missibie aud not in consonance with international law, As Lasker justly observed, the consequences of such an eaactment would be that when any man wrote | from America to @ relative in Germany he would do weil to come to him, for he bad become wealthy, and the recipient of the letter, responding to the eull, found NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, VDHUEMBEK 28, 1875.-TRIPLE SHEET, lic im interest themselves but little in the Sonous agama, They have uo inciation 19 yield ¢hed- selves over during their nours of to sad and depressing thoughta, and seek for diversion in a farce or comedy, Thus the theatres frequently remain empty when classical dramas are givea, whereas they are filled to overflowing as soon as Offenbach and other frivolous Parisian bouffes are produced. The same remark may also be made WITH REGARD TO MUSIO. Only ha mer forms an exception to tho general rule. In Berlin the composer of the “music of the future’ bud along struggle before he gained a firm footing. ‘The smail but ful coterie assembled around tho Baroness Schieiaits, which almost raise Wi toa demi-god in their admiration of him, was obl! touse all (ts influence to open the doors of the to the worshipped master. His “Tani was played long ime re being followed by “Rienzi” and ‘Lo- hengrin.” In this season “Tristan und Isolde” is to ve finally given. The first representation, to have ta- ken piace before Chaistmas, has, on account of the stipulated jeave of wbsence of Frau Mal- Unger and Herr Niemann, both artists who take leading boa been tponed till after New Year. No meation ull now made of the performance of other new operas, no works of any particular worth having been handed in to the Intendant of the Opera. One is, therefore, confined to the representation of uld ‘standing operas, Thas, for instamee, “Carlo Broschi’" and ‘The Black Domino” have been lately restudied. The principal rdle was undertaken by our American prima donna, Miss Minnie Hauck, every day becoming a greater favorite of the public; the applause accorded her in both was enthusiastic and general She intends shortly to appear in several other operas, not given nee the departure of Lucea, In our concert halls Ole Bull and Miss Belocca are now making a great sensation. The celebrated Norwegian violinist bas not been for many years in Berlin, His wonderful playing has pre- served its charms of old aud seems to have lost nothing by the tooth of time, Uanlortunately, he was but badly supported in his two concerts, The musicians playing with bim were of inferior abilities and destroyed tho pleasure derived from his magic play. Mila Belocea, a young Russian lady of good family, bas taken the place in Strakosch's travelling concerts formerly occupied by Mme. Mon- dell, Her voice is excellent, but the school might be improved, In Berlin the first’ reception accorded her, notwithstanding the flattering advertisements made by Strakosch, Was exeeedingly cold, Only by degrees aa she win the sympatny of the public, In the smail theatres great preparations are going on for the Christ- mas paplomimes, generally drawing fall houses Strange to say, in nearly all the theatres of Berlin Vionba actresses are now playing the chief rdles, In the Friederick Wilhelmstadt Theatre Miss Finaly is now performing in the “Love Ring,” a new opéra boujfe a la Offenbach, the composer of which is a chef @orchestra of second rank, The operette, masterly played by Miss Finaly, only called forth a succes d’es- time In the Waltersdort Theatre Miss Gallmeyer, the idol of the Vienna suburban public, performs every evening in “Dreamland.” The ‘fesche Pepi” has un- derstood how in a short space of time to win the favor ofthe sceptic Berliners In the Residence Theatre Miss Bognar, formerly at the Imperial Theatre in Vienna appears nightly in ‘Deborah,’ Marguerite Gautier aad other dramatic réles, BISMARCK’S GRIEF. DEATH OF COUNT ZU EULENBURG, THE BE- THROTHED HUSBAND OF THE CHANCELLOR'S DAUGHTER—AN INTEBESTING STORY OF LOVE IN HIGH LIFE Brau, Dec, 7, 1875, Prince Bismarck has been visited by a heavy blow in his family. Count Wend zu Eulenburg, a promising member of the Foreign Office, who only a few months ago was a™flanced to Countess Mary Bismarck, the only daughter of the Chancellor, died suddenly yesterday morning of congestion of the lungs, after having happily recovered from an attack of typhoid, The de- ceased Was a young man of great abilities, coupled with personal amiability. He bas for many years been in- timately acquainted with Bismarck’s family. After having passed his State examination the Imperial Chancellor called him to his side and intrusted him with important commissions, which were ail faithfully and satistactorily executed. During the summer an al- lance was agreed apon between him and the Countess Mary, 8 young lady ofa sweet and lovable disposition, Waen on a visit to Varzin, Bismarck’s favorite country seat, the Count fell ill of typhoid fever. As soon as the illness permitted of it he was transported to the house of his parents, which he was destined never again to leave alive, The fever, of a most obstinate character, was only subdued by degrees, owing to a relapse caused by a dietary fault, However, in the course of last week the physicians ex- pressed decided hopes of a complete recovery, an inti- mation naturally producing great joy in the home of the Chancellor. Even at the soirée given on Saturday evening by Bismarck to the members of the Reichstag the Prince as well as his daughter pronounced their Satisfaction at the progress made by the patient, COUNTESS MARY, who was kept from the bedside of her future husband by the contagion of the disease, denoted also ber pleasure at being able for the frst time to-morrow to pay her betrothed a visit, little dreaming she would see him po more alive, On Sunday morning, about three o'clock, the doctor in attendance heard a loud, violeat ratthng in the throat of the sufferer, and im- mediately administered @ restorative, but without effect. Only afew more hours of life were granted the Count, At six o'clock on the Sth of December he ex- pired, to the umatierable grief of his parents, THE DECKASED was descended from one of the oldest Prussian nobie fam- ihes. His father holds a high government appointment; one of his brothers is Chief President of Hanover, and another Lord High Chamberlain to the Crown Prince. He served in the last war with distinction as officer in the King’s Hussars, and probably during the campaign the seeds of his illness were sown, The distress of the Chancellor at the loss of Count Wend, to whom he was mach attached, is said to bave been very great, On Sunday he visited with his daughter the deceased, and the writer in bad circumstances, the latter would be punishable with not ie than a year’s imprisonment. A further even more unfavor- able decree is expressed in another clause, which states that offences and crimes committed without Punishment abroud are, even alter a lapse of years, punishable in Germany.’ This seems an unjustifiable interterence in the civil righns of other nations. The sutication of this paragraph can be in the sup- F . of the existence of countries without laws to punish crimes, which all ed nations possess, GORTSCHAKOFP'S VISIT TO BERLIN, While Bisnurck was endeavoring in the Rershtag to the penal | 2 to diplo- prtant Kind. Prive oh lis rewurn to curn in South eversbury afier several mout Germany aod Switzerland, bad arrr 2 Bertin on bis way home for a two duys! visit. His occupation during his stay in the German capital was chiefly confined to olities. Immediately afer his arrival be calied on | iamarck and conferred with him an hour aud a haif. The two statesmen became acquainted wuen they were both simple Ministers of thesr respective govern- ments in Fraukiort-on-the-Maip during tue time of the German Diet. They afterward saw each other again in St. Petersburg, where they formec a close (rieod: ship. The princi ject of their present disens- sions was, as matter of course, the Eastern question, which, vy Engiand’s purchase of the Suez Canal snares from the Khedive, bas again been brought in the fore- ground. The ‘“pourpariers” emarck and | Gortscbakof, to which Count Caroiy:, the Austro Hun- garian Ambassador, was aixo invited, Lave resulted in the compiele understauding of the three northern Em- pires. ‘The programme for solving t tern ques- tiom, the drawing yp of which was in ed to Count Andrassy, is already consummated and laid before we St. Petersburg Cabinet for approval. As Count Carolyi had only left his chief some days ago, and was tully aware of Lis intentions, he could immediately under- take the interpretation of Andrassy’s propositions in the matter, AS soon asa formal agreement between the three imperial governments concerning the Kast- ru question has been effected st will be commumicated Ww the ober States, eo that JOINT ACTION LN CONSTANTINOPLE on the part of ull the leading European Powers may be achieved. The proposition of the three northern Powers which, since the meeting of the Emperors in 1572, have taken (he initiative in all importamt ques- | tions, extends also to the reforme about to be introduced | by the Sultan in favor of tis Christian subjects, and not | nierely, as believed, to the guarantee to be undertaken by them for their execation. The purchase of the Suez | Canai shares by England received ibe !uil approbation of the three northera Powers. Exactly on the day i | } when Prince Gortschakof arrived bere the British Am- bussador, Lord Odo Russell, was charged by his govern- meat to officially notify the purcbase to the German Cabinet. Bismarck, perhaps secretly delighted at France veing duped in the affair, spoke most approv- ingly of the proceedings of England. On the next day Lord Odo took the opportunity of paying his respects to Prince Gortechakof and learning bis opinion on the transfer of the shares, and the reception awaiting him was as (riendly ag that accorded bim by the German Chancellor, SOCIAL AND DRAMATIC GORHIP, | Very little news eau be given at present of the social | lfe of the German capital. Court festivities only begin | With the new year, and soirées of the diplomatic corps | commence about the same time The season promises ery brilliant one, The culminating peint of | jter months willbe again centred ina fancy ball | by the Crown Prince, jor which preparations are are made, In eplendor \t will surpass, | is 4, the preceding year. It probably represent Lori h of the time of the “re. naissance.”” Daring this winter the salons of the Rus- Ee sian and English-¢mbassies, closed last year on ac- count of d Barony ings ol turn of in the famibes of Lord Odo Russell and Qubril, will again be opened The social meet the Ainericam colony are deferred until the re- the American Minister, Mr. Bancroft Davia, where be is spending a long leave of ab- Davis ts only expected back in the middle ‘The principal imterest of society im Berlin ‘4 present concentrated in the theat: and different concert halis, Of the new plays bre + on the various stages only @ few have met | with success. he dramatic art and literatare | 81 Gormany Was oviien''v nadsed ite ara of glory, The | | bride being the child of a parvenu. was with difficulty removed from the bier. By a aad cuincidence, on the day of Count Wend’s death nis cousin, Count Frederick zu Kulenburg, was married toa Fraulem Von Schafer Jois, the daughter of a great manufacturer, only lately ennobled. The engagemeut ot the young couple made a disagreeable sensation last fummer among aristocratic circles on account of the Itiseven related of the Gardes du Corps, Evlenburg stands as lieutenant, that the in which oMicers Count pronounced their greatest divpleagare at the intended | mésalliance and signified their intention to break off all intercourse with him. On Count Ealenburg’s hearing of these expressions he challenged several of | his comrades. The affair came before the Court at Hanover, and only the personal intervention of the Emperor prevented a bloody duel. The wounded pride of the regiment was satistied by Count Euleaburg's be- ing removed a year from Berlin and commissioned to the riding school in Metz, Before entering upon his new position he was received by the Emperor, who ex- pressed his approval of the manly conduct displayed by him on that occasion. THE FAITHFULNESS OF THE COUNT cannot be much wondered at; for the young lady he has selected as bride is of unusual attractions, and be- longs to the ornaments of Berlin society, The affair reflects but little credit on the social state of Germany. ‘The unbearable pride of the Imperial Body Guard, who unite all their efforts to expel from their ranks one of their number for marrying a young lady inferior by birth, is more than ridiculous. One would have thought such prejudices of pedigree, which belong to the dark times of the Middle Ages, would no more venture to appear in the enlightened nineteenth century. THE NEW ENGLAND SOCIETY. A meeting of the committee in charge of the ladies’ reception of the New England Society wok piace last evening at Delmonico’s, !m Fourteonth street, The business transacted was of @ private character, and it was understood that the Feception would take piace early ‘tmonth The committee consisted of the fol- Jowing gentieme' . Appleton, J. I. Gaul, Salem H. Wales, ©. F. Tiffany, Elihu Root, Bmerson Foot, 0. P. ©. Billings, W. I. Brevoort, G. W. Cotieriii, Charles Miller, A. G. Paine, Norman Pock and Alien W. Evarts. THE NEW FORCE, Conommia Counuar, Dec, 24, 1875, To tax Epiror or THe HaRaLyi—m After a few experiments on the 60 called newly dis covered “etheric force’ {t seems that this can be satis- factorily explained, since It is known that, on making and breaking a current, the coils of the spiral of the spoe act inductively om each other and an Inverse extra current is produced. This current will give | sparks, decompose water, magmetize steel needles, kc, — ‘And its intensity is seventy-five per cent of the princt- pal currents But it is evident that the “discoverers” of this force were not sufficiently acquainted with the errors likely to arise and the mecessities of the as bo means were even taken to avoid the action of the | principal current They had, the existence of this exti any text book on electricity, of @ disturbed electrical equilibrium produced oy th action of the Morse key used. Unless their researches are accompanied with greater skill and delicacy the “evneri¢ foros’ will still remain im futuro our itm Proved method of transmitting mesaagos. HYSICAL STUDENT. obabdly, even forgotten ich, | cold which compelled THE METHODIST MINISTERS. THE SYSTEM OF METHODISM AND [TS PBRACTI- CAL WORKINGS—THE GRAY NUNS AGAIN— THE CATHOLIC PROTECTORY AND THE HOUSE OF REFUGE. Mental recreation and interchange of thought call together (rom week to week @ large number of Metho- dist ministers connected with the Now York, New York East and Newark, and sometimes New Jersey conferences, Their discussions are unlike those of all other ministerial bodies, in that the subjects consid ered are seldom of @ purely denominational character, ‘The Baptisis have ministerial gatherings every week, which are rarcly noticed outside their place of meet- ing. The Presbyterians have a Pastoral Association, which meets also once a week, and a Presbytery which convenes at least once a month and sometimes oftener, besides, and the Episcopalians have their Church Conference ouce a month; but none of these gatherings are noticed beyond their own respectivespheres. Their own denominational papers even dismiss them with a brief paragraph, But with the Methodist preachers the case is altogether diferent, Their discussions are of a more general character, and are presented without any of the straitened formalities that are supposed to attach or that do attach toother clerical bodies, Ip their make up the Methodists are very demodratic. They, how- ever, do not let their political preferdnces interfere with their enjoyments at their Mouday morning gatherings. They certainly did not let them dimmish the zest with which they drank in every word that Dr, Keitell, the Presiding Elder of the New York District of the New York East Conference, bad to say tb them yesterday on a matter that was purely denomiyatioual, though of very great interest to nino-tenths of the Methodist preachers of the land. The Doctok sought to show them how the democratic INDRPENDENCK OF THE LOCAL might be made to harmonize with {he unity of the entire system. Practices bave grown up in late years in the Methodist Episcopal Church which were entirely foreign to the system of Methodism as founded by Wesley and bis coadjutors, And not he least offensive and divisive of these is that of local \churches calling their own pastors and making such arrangements as they please without reference to wants of other churches in the district or in the Conference to which they belong. By this process cliques pf ministers have grown up who fish around for highpriced churches, und little coteries of churches who around in like manner tor high-priced ministers, S¢ that under these URCHES practices it has come to pass |bhat a minister may pass bis entire pastoral) life between three or four churches, And there are some ministers who so manage and mauiplate things that they never happen to get a salary Ifss than $3,000 or $3,500 a year, though there may not be more than balf a dozen congregations in a given Confrence able to pay thatsum. There isa member of thdpreachers’ meet- who has spent two pastoral terms with a church in this vicinity, and, if we mistake notjis now filling the second or third term with a charch in Connecticut with which he has alternated, Of course, the churches must agree to this arrangement as well as the minister. But the evil is none the less oppressive upon the cburches who, under the system of aven in the books and as it was restited yesterday by r, Kettell, are entitled to good preaching and to other pastors, who are also deservingot large salaries which they do not receive because o! the manipulations of their brethren, Hence it has cometo pass that the high-salaried preachers and churches {a our large cities clamor for A MORE EXTENDED PASTORATE than three years, the present limit,) while the low- priced churches and pastors favor a rdurn to one year or two years’ pastorates, as of old) For with the shorter pastorates their cLances for a4dvancement are measurably increased. It bas also come to pass that aD opposition has been raised and an outcry mado against the Presiding Eldership on thd nominal ground of the expensiveness of this so-called filth wheel to the Methodist coach. The real ground, however, is prob- ably that the presiding elders seek \to equalize the talent and the cormpensation of the ministers as well as the burdens of the churches. By Dr. Ketsell’s putting of this matter yesterday the expenhiveness of the eldership in the New York East Conference, to which the Doctor belongs, has no force whatever as an argu- ment .There are about 40,000 chureh members in the Conference, and the average cost of the eldership (Ave) for the past year was thirty cents pet member. The missionary collections average $1 member, and all the ovher local and connectional bepevolent collec- tions, including the support of tho presiding elders, $1 more, So that $2 per member was thé average cost of the system of Methodism to the New York East Confer ence last year. ‘This is certainly not avery expensive system, and yet it is creating enemies for liseif in all our large cities. Asthe Doctor mi ined yesterday, the burden falls upon comparatively few persons, because thesystem which would equalize it is Violated. The Doctor was quite witty at times a} the expense of editorial and other critics of his own office and order. At the previous meeting a committed was appointed to co-operate with the Presbyterians in their hostility tothe ‘Gray Nan” legisiation, To that committee was added yesterday Dr. R Wheatley, aud for their con- sideration there was referred also the law passed by the last Legislature, which gave magistrates the right to send vagrant children to the denominatianal institutions whose creed they may profess, This measure, as Dr. Wheatley said, bias already crowded the Catholic Pro- tectory and almost depleted THE HOUSE OF OGRE OF RANDALL'S ISLAND. He objected to this law, Geeeuee 1 was breaking up the House of Refuge and boos “% plaved the children under the care of that Cha. «hose taining makes them what they ara Dr. Curry was afraid to take bold of this sul Decause Methodists aro on one side of it and Roman Catholies om the other, and neither are = of treating it as it should be treated. Dr. Wheatley gave ‘be railing Sun’’ and the Heratp an uncomplimentary advertisement, and de- nied that Methodists were making aggressive war upon any Church or creed or politi rly, and particularly not upon the Roman Catholics, Church, however, needs watching, and they mean to watch it. "The com: mittee are to report on the whole subject next Monday morning. ‘A despatch from Mrs. Emley, of Staten Island, an- nounced that ber grandfather, the venerable Father Boehm, now in his 101st year and the oldest minister in America, perhaps in the world, is dying. THIRD TERM METHODISTS. THE PREACHERS’ MEETING AT BOSTON YESTER- DAY—BROTHER HIGH ASSUMES A MILITANT ATTITUDE AGAINST THE SINNERS OF THE PRESS. Bosrox, Masa, Dec. 27, 1875. The Methodist preachers of Boston and vicinity, not- withstanding the matter is stil uppermost in their minds, still manage to avoid an open and deliberate discussion of that third term subject recently precipt- tated upon them by Bisbop Haven. At the regular meeting held to-day motion was made that the art referring tothe attempt made a week ago to dis- cuss the third term be erased as unimportant, This idea, nowever, Was repaguant to a m jority of the ministers present, and tbe record was not changed, At this point Rev. W 80 broadly traduced by the press of the country as it had receutly been, and he moved the appointment of a committee to draw up @ paper stating the views of the meeting ou the matter. Several of the brethren spoke in substantial agreement with Brother High’s denuncia- tion, but appeared to think they had better let “the miserable press bear their own sin, and go on their way without fear or favor." The motion for a committee was laid on the table, liam ©. High made a declara- | | tion that it was outrageous that the meeting should be Another motion to exclude reporters was made, but | the Rev, Mark Trafton and others spoke strongly against the motion, and it was lost by a large majority. “FATHER” BOEHM DYING. ‘The venerable Henry B on his deathbed, at the residence of bis granddangh- ter, near Richmond, 8.1, He removed thither from the residence of mis daughter, in Jersey City, during the summer, having been suffering from erysipelas of the eyes, The excitement consequent on his centen- nial celebration at Jersey City, on the &th of last June, prostrated him, His physician advised repoee ud retirement, and he was restored to moderatel; good health. On the 12th inst. he undertook to preac in the village church, and was attacked with a severe im to take to bis bed, Medical | attendance was unavailing, sod be sank gradually, Yesterday his family physician, Dr. Hadden, of Jersey City, was summoned to his bedside, and tne aged pa- tient was subjected to @ tedious and painful operation for an affection of the kidneys. He bore his sufferings with remarkable fortitude. “There was a brief {nter- val of relief from three to four o'clock in the afternoon, which Inspired a favorable hope. His physical condition is so debilitated, however, that his death js looked for at any moment. He converses freely with bis ‘amily, was spoken of he raised his hands and gasped out some- thing about going to his bome, During the past year he has frequenily wie that this would be his last in the journey here belo nd that then he would go yonder {pointing apward)'to bie boma It was hoped that he would live to participate im the centen- nial of bis country, witch is ae than he, but that hope will soon be digpeli¢é, Dr, Bdgar is constantly in | attendance upon him, | 8T. MICHAEL’S CHURCH. It is proposed to open a building in the neighbornood | of Thirty-ninth street and Third avenue and to be called by the above pame. It is to be occupied by the congregation who worshipped in # public hall, No, 657 Third avenue, over which the Rev, D, M. McCaffrey who will give his service free. The ex- will be $2,800 per annam. Its pews will be free to the poor. [t will worship onder the Liturgy and in communion of the Protestant Kpis- copal Church. An appeal is made to all who, either by bationality or sympathy, are bound to the enterprise, COLLEGE OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK. ‘The class of 1869 of the College of the City of New York will hold the class supper this evening at Sieg- hortner's, No. 32 Lafayette place, The ‘Baby Cup’? | will be awarded. and when his approaching end | | Lands bid in by the State, m, patriarch ofthe Methodist Church and she oldest clergyman in the world, is now | THE THIRD AVENUE BANK. THE COURT PROCEEDINGS YESTERDAY—AN IM- PORTANT POINT OF LAW INTRODUCED BY THE DEFENCE. ‘The cxamimation in the case of the Third Avenue Bank trustees, on the charge of perjury, was to have been resuined yesterday at tho Fitty-ninth Street Police Court, in so far as the case of T. W. Decker waa con- cerned, which is being investigated independent of the others, As soon as Judge Duffy assumed his seat on the bench Mr. Clinton, the counsel for Mr, Decker, rose from his seat and stated that before the proceedings were commenced he bad a motion to make, He said, “Woe nad intended to go into some evidence for the defence in this case, not necessarily for the defence of Mr. Decker, but for the purpose of the vindication of his character, Considering, however, the cireum- stances of the case and the valuable time of the Court, it has been deemed advisable that the motion [ am about to make should be presented. Mr. Decker up to the year 1873 was not connected with the bank and was not even a depositor; he was importuned by others to accept office; he did accept the position of trustee on the representations that were made to him that the bank was solvent; the bank superintendent subsequently examined the bank and reported tt to be sound; this was in 1873 Mr. Decker, after having held the Presidency for one year, retired in January, 1874, his business requiring bis attention; during the time Mr. Decker was connected with the bank he never received a dollar for his services, and never made any claim therefor, If there was any error it arose in his desire to help others, by this I mean the depos- itora, The real trouble arose from certain loans which were made is his predecessors on which losses oc- curred, Hedid not stop to criticize their action, but accepted their statements as true, The result of the ac- tion of the former officers was a run, during which millions of securities were sold at asacrifice. Any one knowing Mr. Decker will perfectly understand that he woald on no account cngage himself in any transaction not perfectly upright. is experience was not in banking business but {n a branch of commerce totally different, “I had intended to go into other proofs in order to justify Mr. Decker, for his life has been one of spotless integrity, but I have concluded that it ishardly worth while to occupy the time of the Court in this reg simply for the sake of spreading on the records of the court facts that can be made known in other ways sufficiently that they will reach his friends, I should have made the motion I now propose some time since, but I was desirous that the prosecution should put in all their facts, We desired to draw them out, and if any explanation was required we were ready to give it, The prosecution was instituted under chapter 130 of the Laws of 1857, and were it necessary I could show by the evidence already ad- duced that no case has been made out, However, it is sufficient to say that tho statute has been abolished, and it js well established fact that when a statute is abolished and no saving clause has been introduced in the new enactment, it is precisely the same as ‘2 though no statute was ever enacted, unless under the repealing acts the offences are kept aliva ‘This has been decided by the Court of Appeals. The repealing act in this case was passed May 12, 1575, and by its provisions the statute of 1857, under which this prosecution is brought, was repealed, for it does not provide for the prosecution of any offences committed under the old law, which it dis- tinctly abrogates, but simply provides in 80 many words for olfences committed after the passage of this act,’” Mr, Clinton here recited a number of instances in support of his argument, among which were those of Mrs. Hartung, the murderess; Shepard, the forger, and Carsell, in which cases laws had been passed even sub- sequent to theirtrial, but which repealed previous Jaws under which they hal been convicted, and where they had to be discharged from process simply because the law under which they were convicted was not kept alive by a saving clause. In the case of the mur- der law, that has beeu always kept alive by saving clause, which not only provided for cases yet untries but still in abeyance, but also for cases subsequent to the passage of the law itself. Mr. Clinton here went into an elaborate argument substantiating his theories, reciting judgments of the Supreme Court and of the Court of Appeals, finally closing his remarks by moving that the case be dis- missed, on the ground that the law under which the warrants were obtained had been repealed. Mr. Fitch, on behalf of the prosecution, suggested that inasmuch as he had been taken by surprise that an adjournment should be had and that before the next examination he should be allowed to put in his points as against Mr, Clinton’s argument, Alter some discussion on both sides this course was agreed to and an adjournment was had until Monday next, when the Judge is to render his decision on the points raised. CUSTOM HOUSE AFFAIRS. This afternoon the report will be made to Deputy Collector Phelps of the appraisement of the baggage seized from Mr. Hirsch, of Market street, Philadelphia, recently a passenger on the Cunard steamship Russia from LiverpooL All the Custom House officials, nota- bly the inspectors, take great interest in the disposition of this case, as it is the first capture under the Treasury order requiring passenger declarations and which has been in force for the past four months. The appraise- ment of the goods will be about $3,000, the duties on the silks for dress sixty per cent and cottons thirty- five per cent, making an average of, say, forty-five per cent on the bulk of the seizire, The Collector told a Henao reporter that he considered the offence of Mr. Hirsch to be legal perjury, as he had sworn knowingly to @ false declaration, and he (the Collector) looks upon assengers’ sworn declarations as Custom House entries, ‘he officials in the Custom House interested in the Cera ing of passengers are pleased with the agitation of the Hirsch matter, hoping that upon its decision they can know whether Custom House oaths of passengers are Supposed to mean anything or nothing. The evidence against Hirsch is made much stronger by his havin endeavored to bribe Inspectors Eagan and Crowell wit! a thirty and then a hundred-dollar offer. The Secretary of the Treasury is said to be much interested in this case, APPOINTMENTS. Among the recent appointments in the Custom House may be mentioned Mr. W. H. Lockwood’s, a well known republican, as clerk and acting deputy collector for re- ceiving passengers’ oaths. Mr. J. A. Kain has been romoted from night watchman to inspector, and Mr. W. Groco, who was recently relieved from duty upon the reduction of the staff, has been reappointed, ALABAMA STATE BONDS. Mr. W. H. Hays, chairman of the Alabama bond- holders in New York, has prepared an 1mportant com- munication to the State Commissioners in regard to the adjustment of the State debt of Alabama, He takes the ground that the State can pay more than ts promised in the recently published plan of the Commissioners, and claims that the averages of interest to Jaly, 1876, should not be sacrificed. The direct indebtedness of the State, according to this communication, is $14,718,178, from which $2,586,000 are deducted, which are either improperly inserted in the statement or are laced at an exaggerated or excessive valuation. This ves the balance of $12,152,178 as the total direct ebt, ‘The following are the RESOURCES OF THB STATE, Taxation of three-quarters of one per cent on $159,000,000, the assessed value of prop- erly, produces «$1,194,436 80,000 License tax....... . Expenses of collection. lusolvencies and error. TOL. s00sscreseeere ore essere Expenses of State government as of Auditor to Constitutional Convention... $265,000 Total........++. seerees $789,496 Thus the State is abundantly able to pay interest on $12,132,178, the total debt at the rate of five per cen which would be $606,608, leaving a clear balance o} $182,827 at its command for extraordinary and special purposes if any such should arrive. The following propositions are submitted by the New York bondholders :— That new bonds should be issued to them for the face of existing bonds, payable in thirty years, with interest from July 1, 1876, at three per cent ior three years, and interest at the rate of ive per vent for the remaining twenty-seven years, In respect to interest due on or before Juty 1, 1876, that the State should issue bonds for this indebtedness, | Payable in thirty years, with interest at the rate of four per cent, to commence five years from the date thereof. That this i# entirely practicable fully appears from the statistics :-— Net revenue of Stat or ttveeees Interest on $12,192,178 at three per cent... This sum ia three years aggregates $1,275,412, which would leeve a surplus in the treasury of $275,412 after the payment of the $1,000,000 of old State certificates NEWSBOYS’ FESTIVAL, The newsboys of the Eleventh ward held a festival atthe Newsboys’ Home in East Eleventh street, last evening. About seventy-fve boys were assembled in the schoolroom of the institution. A number of visitors were present, among whom were distinguished representatives of the Bar and Press. Several hymns were sang by the boys, and then their Christmas dinner was brought in and ry boy had his Oil of turkey, potatoes, turnips and cranberry sauce, winding up ‘with pie, coffee and candy. Such @ feast poor litte urchins only get twice a year (on epee inde Christ- mas), and their enjoyment of the good things was very evident Flannel shirts were distributed to the boys after they adjourned up stairs, These were given (4 the Influence of Judge Van Vorst, After tho dinner there wero songs by ‘ir. Harrison, the music teacher of the sehool, and by the boys, Speeches were made by Ju Van Vorst, Mr. Dupuy, Mr. James After thie there was an oid pI very much, 80 that their enthusiasm could hardly be restrained within nds; but on the whole their behavior was admirable and speaks well for * the training they receive at the inatituion. THE SMILED CHIVALRY. Arrival of the Swatara at Para, Brazil. HER WELCOME BY THE “REFUGEES.” ‘Failure of the Scheme of Ameri- can Colonization. THE EMPEROR’S VISIT. Para, Deo, 3, 1875, ‘The United States steamship Swatara arrived im this port om the 20th of November. The wharves were crowded with spectators ag she sailed by Fort do Barrha into the harbor, and several American vessels lying at anchor quickly hoisted their colors in recogni- tion of the flag fying at her stern, The arrival of so large @ man-of-war in this remote port is an event of lively interest and excitement, and the 30th of Novem- ber was a sort of gala day for the residents, Salutes were fired and the Consulate was visited by many anxious inquirers, HISTORY OF THE SEITLERS, Perhaps no more generons act has marked these days of reconciliation, this era of recognition of a com- mon nationality, which has outlived the asperities of civil war, than the sending of a government vessel to a point distant some 4,000 miles for the purpose of bring- ing back to their own land voluntary exiles. In order to understand thoroughly the status of these people we must go back to war times, At the close of “our late unpleasantness” quite a large number of peo- ple from the disaffected States, unwilling to sub mit to the results of the struggle, cast about for an abiding place, Among the wealthy some few chosea residence on the other side of the Atiantic, A few of those obliged to gain a livelihood by their own exer- tions migrated to Mexico, but the larger number feund their way to Brazil, it is not singalar that Brazil should have commended itself to these would-be refugees. The well known liberal policy of the present Emperor, Dom Pedro IL.,bad avan early date manifested itself in his desire to pro- mote foreign, and especially American, emigration. Under his patronage a society formed for the purpose of giving encouragement thereto hastened to paint in the brightest colors the attractions of Brazil, adding thereto the more solid inducements of {ree passage and grants of land, How dazzling was the prospect to these malcontents! Before them lay a land, vast in extent, rich in precious stones, possessing a fertile soil, tilled by the same slave labor to which they had become ac- customed. It is not surprising then, that, gathering to- gether thelr goods and chattels, taking with them their wives and children, full of hope of making new homes and gaining great fortunes, some 500 citizens of the Southern States should have sought this modern El Dorado. On arrival in Brazil the settlers naturally sougnt va- rious localities and divers employments, the majority, however, turning to agriculture or the raising of cattle, In this manner grew up several American settlements. SANTAREM. The largest and most successful colony was estub- lished at Santarem, on the banks of the Amazon River, some 500 miles from the sea The town is the most populous on the Amazon, Para excepted, and yet has only some 3,000 inhabitants, so sparsely settled {is this section of Brazil, The Rio Tapajos, one of the main tributaries of the Amazon, effects a junction with that river at Santarem. Running through a thousand miles of country, many of its products naturally find their way to Santarem. ‘These, added to the trade coming from the Upper Ama- zon, give the place quite an export business, especially in cocoa and rubber, The climate is delightful and the surrounding country, though not espectally fertile, is well adapted for cocoa plantations as well as for the raising of cattle, The original American settlement at Santarem comprised 160 persons, but in the course of a few years the number so rapidly diminished that by 1868 only seventy-five of the original number remained. The fact is the emigrants rapidly tired of their new country, and if we c#bdit the common report the country quite as quickly tired of them hat some of the settlers could not have been lacking in either industry or perseverance is evident from their success in new undertakings, more particularly the making of butter and the growing of sugarcane, On their tables was spread the first butter ever made in the province of Para, it having been always previously believed that the milk was of too poor a quality for its Production. Prior to their arrival, too, it haa been the practice gentlemen have proved that the cane can be grown as successfully in Brazil as in Louisian: hat though less sweet and less juicy, ft will, without cultivation or transplanting, yield for ten or twelve years. Some few of the settlers als met with marked success in raising tapioca and cassaca (Brazilian rum). The general success of the party had been such, however, that on the arrival of the Swatara it was found that they had availed themselves of such oppor- tunities as eircumstances had thrown in their way, and had-so generally returned to the United States, that but four indigent American citizens could within a radius of some fifty miles from Pari being entirely of one family, who, for personal reasons, did not wis! the Swatara’s mission was ended, It may not be amiss here to state that this is the third government vessel which has been despatched on this charitable ser- vice. Some fifty odd refugees were transported to the United States in 1869 in the frigate Guerriere, and some few | months afterward the United States steamer Quinne- for the same purpose, and likewise brought back to whe | United States a party of thirty-seven reiugees, COUNSEL TO WOULD-BR SETTLERS Thus concludes the history of American emigration to Brazil. That the endeavor has been most unsuccessful wonderfully endowed vy nature, all who bave ever spent any time therein will bear willing testimony. Perbaps no description that has been disseminated is an exaggeration of its attractions; perhaps, too, those who made the endeavor were not fitted w act ae pioneers in a new land. Yet it may be safely said, 0 numerous are the drawbacks, that the same amount of labor. intelligence and capital will yield tar more satis- factory results in our own land. “ Here the emigrant | must contend against climatio influences, ignorance of the language, as well as against tho prejudices and | habits of the people, Innumerable fesios or holi- days break in upon his prearranged plans; the pataral dilatoriness of to do promptly anything which can be postponed, | is an ever constant source of annoyance; his | efforts for prompt action are invariably met by @ shrug hi with its accompanying manana (to imate, though generally healthy, is seems to lose much of his natural energy, and rather to books and infrequent hearing of his own language ail seeming to contribute to that result Nor isthisall The native bas few wants and but small desire to accumulate wealth, If his income be small his wants are proportionate; hence it happens that the colonist, even {f able to prove superior 1 ob- | stacles, Gnds his actual expenses to be tou ofhis Brazilian neighbor, Commercial ventures ip the larger cities for persons possessing capital would prob- ably prove more successful; bot the rich are not ordinarily the seekers in distant lands for increase of fortuna, The bess eld um pably | 18 that which ts presented to the civil en. | gineer, All projecta of an engineering character, including such few schemes for internal improvement as do exist, are almost exclusively in (he hands English or Americans, The few railroads ‘ist, ag well as the street passenger cars, whore are lucky enough to find th have bees built by and are under the superintendence of foreigners. It is not desired, however, to affairs in ‘al bene vo the young engineer. ald a fore, tor bim to remember that the building of & railroad ip Brazil ig @ matter of no ordinary occurrence, What- ever evils may have broaght about the present unforto- nate condition of the Gnances, ‘‘over-railroading’’ is not of the number, The most anfortunate depositor cer- tainly will not attribute the recent failure of wwe Bank of Brazil to the indorsement of the bonds of ‘wild-cat ™ To bring the master home, in North America three railrouds are under construction uniting the At Jantic and Pacific, In South America this endeavor has yet to be made, notwithstanding the fact that the dis- tance between Vi miles. ‘THE UNITED STATRS TNR NATURAL COMMERCIAL PARTNER ” OF BRAM. Information gleaned from various publications, per- sonal intercourse with foreigners and natives during & year’s residence in South America, bave ted to the above conclusions But another consideration is hke- o great advantage which would States from an increase of our eommerce with Brazil. A glance at the exports of the Jattor country will show us thas they consist mainty conte cacao, bids copaiba, dyestofs, nuts and Fubber. All of these are articles that we require and must import, Our exports to Brazil at the present | time include four, hardware, various agricultural im- | plemonts, gunny Vags, various products of rubber, do, for years to send to Para for sugar; but these Southern | to avail themselves of the opportunity, | baug was ordered “to touch at certain ports in BraziP? | must be conceded. But that the country is, indeed, © the people, never willing | assimilate In some respects to the character of the | batives—intermarriage, paucity of numbers, absence of | ‘alparaiso and Buenos Ayres is only 800 | articles, which, if ever pro certainly not be for man immense crops tereste, a tageous rou: one-sixth of tl ime en route, advantage likewise reste with us in the case of vessels bound to ports further south—such as Pernambu Bahia and Rio de Janeiro. With the development South America, however, the greater number of its products — find their way to the coast Par ay, Bea fue ae D Pia fact, “OT “the Pacitle Ocean, rises the thence it runs, watering two-thirds of , three-fourths of Keuador, one-half olivia, one-fourth of Venezuela, three-fourths of i Before Lge Para it bas dramed some 2,500,008 square miles. Tho Amazon, then, is the natural outiet for the producta of all of these countries, and uow that tho liberal policy of the present Emperor has throws open to the flags of all nations this vast yet unde veloped region, what exhaustiess wealth, in timber, fruit, medicinal plants, gums and dyestuffs, will ultim ately be emptied into the lap of the Atlantic. OONTEMPLATRD VISIT OF THR EMPEROR, It is to be hoped that an endeavor to grasp this op Portunity may be speedily made, and in the meanwhile the United States should extend @ oordial welcome to Dom Pedro IL during bis stay in America, They should proffer a kindly greeting to the first represent- ative of royalty who lias recognized the importance of our Centennis his intention of being present—to tho first crowned head who, in times of prosperity, haa ever sought ¢o visit @ republican land—and jet us hope, too, that he may retura to Brazil believing in the future of a nation whose past numbers but a hundred years. MISSIONS IN AFRIOA. CHURCH WORK IN THE LAKE NYASSA TERRI¥ TORY—THE SLAVE TRADE AT ZANZIBAR—NO NEWS FYROM STANLEY. To tax Eprror ov tax Loxpoy Trus:— Sir—The mail from Zanzibar brings intelligence which may tnterest your readers, I take the following items from private letters addressed to myself. Mr. K. D. Young, R. A, tn command of the Living- stonia (Scotch) Mission to Lake Nyassa, dates his letter from Mazaro, on the river Zambesi, the 17th of August All was well with him and his party, if one Ley fa the vexatious loss of a great deal of personal luggage through the capsizing of a boat. Mr. Young was rejoiced to find that there were no rumors of native wars abead of him on the Shire, The Ilala steamed grandly, and he autici- ated a rapid p a, Pyro Dansiter Prexres to say the intelligence con- cerning the Universities’ Mission is very distressing. ‘The already heavy list of deaths is swelled by that of Miss Marsh, who died of fever at tho house of the J, being attended to the last by Mra Kirk. Bishop Steere had set out for Lake Nyassa overland, Ho was compelled to go alone. Of his original party, composed of Messrs. James, Beardall and Bellville, not one was left with him. The Rev. G A. James returned from Lindy to Zanzibar in a des- perate state, and it would appear that but for the unre- mitting kindness and attention of the officers and doctors on board Her Majesty’s ship London he must have succumbed, He is now on his way to England, Yia the Cape, in chargo of Mr. Bellville, and the groat- est anxiety is felt forhim Mr, Beardall was also out of health, and obliged, in consequence, to remain at ‘Zanzibar. Respecting the landing of the Khedive’s troops om the Somauli coast to the north, mingled opinions pre- vailed. The slave traders of Zanzibar were in ecsta- cies, foreseeiug a great trade in their particular chattels, It bas been pointed ont from time to ime that Somaul! Land is in all probability about the ie country in Kast Africa, and the gradual development of the territory bas created an immense demand for es, who, to avoid our treaty regulations, are arched along coast. The slavers are clever enough to see that any further steps in the directiom of Egyptian colonization and trade will doublo these deman Annoyance fs felt correspondingly by such of the Europeans at Zanzibar as are in dread of a greater stimulus to the traflicin slaves. The Ugyptian plea, no doubt, is that it becomes a geographical necessity to drive a ‘day level,” as miners would say, {nto | Africa, im order to tap the lake Suite! instead of trav- elling the whole length of the river Nile, and a giance at the map confirms this. The presence of Colonel Long (so well known in connection with the explora- tion of Lake Victoria Nyassa) at the head of the Kho- dive’s expedition, would seem to give color to the plea No mention is made in any of these letters of intolli- gence concerning either Mr. Stanley or Lieutenant Cameron, RN. 1am, sir, your obedient servant, HORACE WALLER, Twrwe.. Recrory, Thrapston, December l4. ARRIVAL OF UNITED STATES TROOPS. The United States transport General Meade arrived yesterday from Fort Barrancas and Key West, bring- ing the officers and men of the First artillery, who have been stattoned South for the past three years, and were relieved a fortnight ago by the Fifth artillery. Before leaving the steamer the officers presented a tes- timonial to Captain Foote, expressing their apprecia- tion of his courtesy ana capability as a commander, ‘he General Meade log Ypoagr good weather and made the run from Key Westin‘four days. The officers and men of the First artillery leave to-day for Forts Warren and Independence, Boston Harbor; Fort Trum- bull, New London, and Plattsburg, where’ they will be stationed. THE BATTLE OF TRENTON. CELEBRATION OP THE NINETY-NINTH ANNIVER SARY YESTERDAY—PABTICULARS OF THE SHAM | yIeHT. | ¥ Trextoy, N. J., Dec. 27, 1876, | The ninety-ninth anniversary of the battle of Tren- ton was celebrated nere to-day by a sham fight, in which | about 1,000 men, equipped and uniformed in various | grotesque and olden time costumes, took part. ‘The opposing armies were known as the Continentals and the Hessians. The former were commanded by General Washington (Captain Peter Wilkes) and the latter by Colonel Rabl (Abijab Anderson). Each com mander bad his usual staff, dressed in accordance | with the uniform worn @ century ago, The | troops mustered at their respective quarters ‘sbortiy after seven o'clock in the morning and commenced to march for the various points of at- tack about one hour afterward. General Washington, with bis attachment, moved on the city from the north half-pust nine o’clock, driving in the Hessian pickets nd proceeding through the centre of the city, keeping up abrisk fire in the meanwhile. The Hessians re treated toward the Assanpink Creek before the advance of Washington, where their retreat was cut of by another detachment of the Continentals, and were com~- pelled to surrender. The movements, detours, manwu- ¥res and evolutions of the troops were much admir: | and the display altogether was creditable, The streets | aloug the route of the battle were jammed with peopie, and the housetops, windows and porches were occupied by enthuslastic crowds, the fair sex being very conspicuous, notwithstanding the murky air aud muddy condition of the thoroughfares. Thou- sands of strangers witnessed the display and all seemed bigbly entertained. As soon as the battle was over the troops were regaled with refreshments bounteously supplied by the liberality of the citizens. No accident happened, no drunkenness was visible and everything sed off quietly, peacefully and good humoredly. Prvthe aflernooh &@ mass meeting was held at | Taylor Hall, where speeches were made by General Rusling, Judge Buchanan, W. H. Barton, Colonel J. R. Freese und ex-Mayor Franklin S Mills, The subjects epoken to, of course, were patriotic, and the manner and method of elocution were soul- stirring, ringing and animating. The rapid progress of the Republic for the Jest century was warmly eulo- gized and the success of the Centennial celebration was almost guaranteed. A fine baud of music was in at- tendance, which intervals discoursed sweet and pa- triotic alra The celebration was a marked improve- ment on that given last year, and it will not soon be forgotten. WAR ON BROOKLYN WHISKEY, Yesterday the band of detectives in tho employ of the “Brooklyn Temperance Ubristian Brotherhood of Charches’’ reported the result of their labors on the Sabbath to the Board of Police and Excise Commis- rs. This organization, which has been in exist- ence for several weeks, under the leadership of Cap Oliver Cotter, who is kept a liquor saloon on Fulton avenue for years, ou | Sunday detected sixteen places selling strong drink, | chiefly on Fultoa, Myrtle, Park, Flushing and Poriand avendea, The Sunday previous they foand twenty-one Licensed dealers violating the law, All these cases are prosecuted, and, if proven, the license ia revoked. [¢ wbus becomes an object © the saloon keepers to be on the alert The ater have, | throngh their protective society, issued rose-colored | ecards, bearing the stamp of the Union to rps of detectives whose duty it is to follow Mr. Cot- ter's party from the time he leaves his house on Sun- days tillbe returns. The ticket serves as a badge of office, and is at once recognized by the 2,800 dealers ag carte Dianche to whatever refreshments 41 can af- ford. It follows that the crusaders are already dogged tn their rat and some amusing exploits ju dodging are performed by the ‘Brotherhood of Churches” im getting abead and surprising their victims while in the ‘act of selling liquor in violation of the Sunday clause of the Excise law. Yesterday Cotter, who is a ‘‘special’’ lice officer, arrested James Ryder, of No, 37 North xford street, as a “'suepicious person,” for following him too persistently. The prisoner was released on surrendering his card and promising to reform, SEIZURE OP A CROOKED STILL, | Yesterday afternoon a pbsse of United States officers, | Onder Marsbal Harlow and Deputy Collector Jacobs, made raid on an illicit whiskey still in Brooklyn, They foand it in a smali frame structure, adjoining Metz’s foundry, on Thirteenth street, near First avent They broke 0} doors, which they found fastened ‘and bolted, lis were located in tho rear of the duilding. 01 the stills was running, though no- ody was on the premises. A600 gallon whiskey tut two tubs of 4,000 Capacity, two tabs of 2, gallons, one worm tab which will hold 1,000 gallons and several barrels of molasses woro scoured. Three olficers wore loft in charge af the aromines.