The New York Herald Newspaper, December 22, 1876, Page 6

a 6 FRENCH GOSSIP. An Old’ "retender Comes to thy Front Again. VAGARIES OF A PRINCE. A French Doctor Becomes a Capuchin Friar. VERACIOUS ANECDOTE OF A CONSCRIPT, Panis, Dee, 2, 1876, Tho evont of the day is Prince Napoleon's bid for power. Plon-Plon has just delivered his maiden speech in the Chamber of Deputies, and avery fair speech it was, from the French point of view. It had hutle or nothing to do with the subject immediately ander discussion, which was whether the income of country parish priests should be raised from $180 to $200 per annum or not, But the speech was well charged with jnvectives agatost ricalism,” and drew shouts of applause {rom the Left and @ variety of discordant noises from the Right, Baron Tristan Lambert shouted, ‘Vive UEmpereur!? vy way of reply, and was solemuly censured by a vote of the House, which means thatthe Garon wi! lose a month's salary as Deputy. Prince Napoleon has always en- deavored to win distinction by an AFFECTED HATRED OF PRIESTS, Afected, because tho Prince is really a fat man who has searcely enongh soul to bate anything except a bad dinner, But while his cousin was on the throne Vion-Plon contrived to say and do many things which drove the formor to the verge of distraction, One day a Bishop would excitedly complain to the Emporor that he had been compelied to pay an official visit to | the Prince, and that on being shown into His Highn Presence he had found him reclining on a sofa stark naked, Then the fat man must needs give a dinner party on Good Friday, to tho scandal of Christians of all confessions, Yet any persons calling themselves liberals think the Prine politician of ability, and ho may one day run the Duke of Aumalo very close for the Presidency of the Republic. I may add that, after all, the priests did obtain their modest increase of stipend, the yeas being 443 (among them Gambetta), the nays 62 (among them Louis Blanc). The Prince, who had made such a {uss about the mat- | ter, did not vote at all. Apropos of dynastic and personal ainbitions, a curi- | ous bet will shortly be brought before the law courts. On the 23d of June, 1872, M. de Lard, Curé of Sarmte- Sabine, agreed to a Let proposed by M, Marche, of the Commune of Noyals-et-Clottes, which was to this effect:—"It the Comte de Chambord becomes King of France within four years of this date a. Marche binds himselt to present the Church of | With a remonstrance (vessel in which the host 13 | placed) worth $100; if the Comte de Chambord does bot become King of France within the four years M. le Curé de Suinte-Sabine agrees to pay the costot the | On the 23d of June, 1876, ML. d, of course, won the bet; but M. Je Curé app no hurry to pay bis debts of honor, und the civil tri- Dunal of Perigueux will accordingly be asked to ‘n- vite” the holy man to compliance with the rules of carnal society. DELMONICO’S LIONS. have also been engaging the attention of French jus- tic, the said Delmonico being no king of restaurateurs, Duta colored gentleman who conirives to frighten several wild beasts out of all seli respect nighUly for the amusement of the public. Now Delmonico, two lions, one bear and six hyenas are. all lodged by a cer- tain M. Oller, who manages the concern with constd- erable protit to himself, ina house on the Boulevard des Italiens, the property of Sir Richard Wallace. The Baronet, however, in granting the lease hed expressly stipulated that no’ “noisy”? animals should be kept in the house by M. Oller; but Maitre Guerrier, on behalf of the latter, attempted to convince the Court that hyenas were the most tranquil aud sober of animals, and never laughed except tn the course ot business, Maitro Allon, for Sir K. Wallace,-was of a wholiy dif- ferent opinion, and asserted that they not only indulged in unseemly imrth during tbe small hours of the night Dut that they spread far and wide a perfume which was not exactly that of de Cologne. The Court ruled that Sir Richard bad good cause of complaint, and ordered M. Oller to remove the wild beasts in three days. Should they not bave been transferred to other quarters at the expiration of that term M, Oiler was to pay Sir Richard Wallace $20 damages per diem so long us the hyenas und their protesstonat colleagues should remain in bis house. Tho town of Marseilles has re- cently been startled by an incident which transports the imagination BACK TO THE MIDDLE AGES. M. Marius Smalbert was ull last week a distin- guished surgeon of the southern metropolis, in the enjoyment of an excellent practice, but still more hesorably distinguished for his charity to the poor, whom he treated gratis and oiten helped in thecritical time of convalescence with gifts of money and food, Now, at the age of thirty-two, he quits the great world in which he was discharging so uselul and beneficent a part and buries his talent in a monastery pt Capuchin friars. Such, at least, witl be the jadg- ment o! most of bis friends when they learn that their gifted an@ genial comrade has taken the vows which tut him off from ambition, from liberty, and even from the happiness ot home. But perhaps he bas chosen tho better part. In any case, there 18 not much fear lest too many should follow his example. Fortanately, philanthropy has many other forms, And a rather good story is circulating atthe preseat moment conceraing an excelient gentleman, well known for tis cnostentatioas benevolence, and whom, potty wound bis sagceptibiliues, we may term the Marquis T Though the Marquis can be generous and even munificent on occasion, yet, like many of his countrymen, he is for himseli of a trugal iurn of a beggar was by no means surprised the pther day to see him issuing forth from a simail liquor tore, Where he had evidently beeu buying some cigars, one of which be had just lit, The mendicant indeed Jost no time in turning the meeting to profit, ‘'Mon- eur,’ ho suid, “Won't you give me just ten psoas?” “And why ten?” quoth the (French) Marquis. “Just to buy myseif a little packet of tobacco, You, monsieur, are — yourself smoker—you mus¢ understand my feelings.” “Be so," replied the gentleman, and stepped again into the ‘shop to buy the coveted narcotic. But the bea- gar, emvoldened, laid a hand on his sleeve. “If you please, monsieur, | think | would rather have ‘the mouey half in tehacco and half in absinthe”? This | was Loo Much for “monsicur,”’ who replaced the balf- franc in his waistcoat pocket. And the moral of the story 1s—well, we may lea Alice’s Duchess to draw whatsoever moral sie pleases from this and other events, which, alter all, speak plainly enough for themselves, One good story may serve as a fair apol- ogy for another. The following is a genuine FACT OF CONTEMPORARY HISTORY. A youthful scion of a highly aristocratic family 1s at present serving his year 1 the army as a volunteer, in the bumble but useiul capacity of “full private.’* The corporal on duty orders kim to sweep out the départ | ment intime, a8 the French néatly name i, when my | lord replies by a vigorous and not too nicely chosen exclamation. The corporal, amazed, looks court mar- tials and shot drills, and is about to rejoin in his own particular jdiom, when the recruit, putting ona yery penitent air, says:—"'Beg pardon, corporal, I was in a fit of abstraction; I thought I was. ocd more at home.” I may observe that the popular French phrase for tho utterance of a distinct refusal in too homely language 1s penser tout haut d la Cambron allusion to the general who commanded the Impert ardat Waterloo, There are two Gallic versions of equal value, that is to say of no value at all, with respect to the ‘answer he made when sum- mone by an English officer to surrender, Tho tirst, much quoted in after dipner speeches, is, “The Guard dies, but does not surrender.” The second 18 com- prised in a single word of five letters, altogether unpro- Dounceable in polite society. The true story 18, that when General Cambronne saw himself helplessiy hemmed tn he behaved like a man of sense and cour- texy, surrendering, as he could not help himself, with- out any flourish of words, and certainly without a gratuitous impertinence to bis conquerors, “QUR HUMORIST 2 Mr. W.S. Andrews delivered a lecture last evening in Steinway Hall, before the Soctety of Mechanics and Tradesmen on“Our Hamorists."? He alluded to the healthfulness following the reading or listening to the productions of humorists, and then gave quotations from Artemus Ward, Mark Twain, Sidney Smith, Dickona, Irving, Phoenix, Doesticks, Downing, Adler and other humorists, which proved a source ot delig’ to his andience, The lecturer's changes of voice and manner in quoting {rom the different aathors was one of the most enjoyable features of the evening’s enter. taipment, A Mr. H. F. Bird, tho Fuglish chess player, who lett this city yostorday for Canada, played twenty simul. taneous games, commencing at two P.M. and ter- minating at five P. M. The event proved very at- tractive, oljeiting interesting and pretty specimens of jay. Mr, Bird won nineteen games, losing one only 4 Mr. Thompson, of Brookiyn. JERSEYMEN AROUSED, At the mooting of the Board of Freebolders ia Jorsey City yesterday several petitions were presented against tho purchase of the site of the now Court House on the Harrison estate. Mayor ler bas re- ceived several letters commending his action. ler oting will bo held to-morrow evening at Kep Hall 10 take tho whole question into comsideration. Tho Mayor will preside, NEW yYUKK HERALD, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1876.—WITH SUPPLEMENT. MEXICO. THE REVOLUTION NOT YET ENDED-—CONTEN- TION BETWEEN IGLESIAS AND DIAZ—TZE TROOPS OF DIAZ MOVING OUT OF THE CITY— SIXTY THOUSAND MEN UNDER ARMS8—LERDO'S FLIGHT, Mazxioo, Dec, 10, 1876, Most important and interesting events continue to follow each other in rapid succession. General Diaz occupies the capital, to the satisiaction of the majority of its population, But the revolution ts by no means atanend. In truth, the political situation is far more menacing than when I last wrote, Seior Iglesias, ex- Vice Presidest of the Republic, who has establishea his seat of government in Guanajuato, under the pro- tection of Governor Antillon, of that State, refuses ail compromises with General Diaz or a recognition of his | plan of Tuxtepec or Palo Blanco, and, in consequénce, 4n appeal to arms follows as an inevitable resalt, DIAZ’S FORCES MOVING. During the past week the ariny of General Diuz, in- tended for tho campaign against Iglesias, have been leaving the city in a westwardly direction, consisting of infantry and cavalry, numbering at least 15,000 men and eighty pteces of artillery. General Diaz will leave to-morrow, perhaps, to take command tn person, and in anticipation of this has already issued a procia- mation, leaving meanwhi!o the executive power in the hands of General Juan Mendez, who will enter upon his duties immediately upcn the departure of General Diaz SIXTY THOUSAND MEN UNDER AR: Ib is estimated that there are now not far from 60,000 men under arms throughout the country, the greater part of whom are supporting the banners of Diaz apd Iglesias, the army of the former numbering far the most and being greatly attached to the person of their chief. Tho late unseasonable rain has made the march to- ward tho interior of General Diaz’s troops both difficult and slow; but, notwithstanding, a battle at an early day is imminent. LERDO’S MOVEMENTS. Sefor Lerdo de Tejada, the still fleeing President, at last accounts was nearing the port of Acapuleo, which he is supposed to have reached ere thi ind to have embarked either for San Francisco or Panaina, Lite or no notice has been taken of his movements sinco his fight. General Mejia, his ex-Seeretary of War, was ordered to leave the country ten days since, and | in compliance left immediately for Vera Cruz, en route for the United States or MASONIC ELECTIONS, The annual Convention of Manhattan Chapter, No. 184, Royal Arch Masons, was beld im Masonic Templo on Wednesday evening. The following officers wero chosen for the onsuing Masonic year:— Albert H, Dakin, High Priest; Benjamin A. Clooney, King; Thomas M. Miler, Scribe! Philip Botzong, Treas: R. BE. Wilham T. Woodruff, Secretary; KE. Joseph H. Clute, Captain of the Host; Hfonry G. Brown, Prine 1 Sojourner; George W. Homans, Royal Arch ain; John B, Hill, Master of 'Tbird Vail; George II, Strange, Master of Second Vail; Robert A! Wisdom, Master of First Vail; M. E, Charles J. Bliven, Chapiain ; George A, Russell, Organi MF. John J. Gorman, J, Walia ; Jon Salt, Tiler} MacWhinole and | Thompson A. Doughty, Trusiees. The installation cereinonies were performed by R. E. Willam ‘f, Woodruff, assisted by M. EK. Charles J. Bliven, past high priests, Kichmond Lodge, No. 66, F, and A, M., has elected the following nated officers for the coming year:—R. P. Brown, W. Mo; f. J. Butler, 8. W.; George F. Hal- lock, J. W.; James Seaton, Treasurer; Livingston Snedeker, Secretary; Johu P, Kobler, Trustee. The new officers were duly installed on Wednesday evening. Silentia Lodge, No. 198 F. and A. M,, have elected tho following oflicers for the dr., Master; David Schultze, |S. Thomas J. Motleave, J. W.; Rueben M,’ Rotacher, Treasurer; Yhomas k. Durham, Secretary; Wilbur F. Smith, S. D.; James es, J. D.; Frank R. Debevoise, S. M. of Ceremonies; Edmond Walsh, J, M, ot Ceremonies; Benjamin F. Conkling, Organist; John Hill, Tyler; George Hill, Chaplain, HANDBALL AND RACKET. Yesterday was quite an exciting day at McQuade’s racket court, several first class contests, both at rackets and handball, taking place. The first match was for $200, at handball, the champion, B. McQuade, playing against two noved amateurs of New York and New Jersey—F. Tobin ana P. Seery—the best three games m five, the former coming off victor after a hot con- test, The score was as follows:—MeQuade, 14, 17, 21, 21, 21; F. Tobin and P, Seery, 21, 21, 10, 13, 14. Then followed the match of the day, which was at Americn rackets, and was played by David Egglar against J. Pyer and William Punch, the match being the best threo out of five games, fifteen aces up. In the first. game Pyor’s side took the lead, After a short contest they come in victors by 15 to 10. In the second and third games Egglar made some beautiful Jinn ana hewon tho game by a score of 15 to ldand 15 to 9 In the next game some of the finest playing ever scen in this court marked the play on both sides, Pyer’s side win- ning by 15 to 7, Egglar won the fitth game and match by scoring 15 acos to 11. ‘The gport next in order was a match at handball, the contest being between R. Crosston "Brady and William Flynn and David Hurley. The former won by a score of 21 to 17, 19 to 21, 21 to 8 Then came another match at handball between David O'Brien and P, Hicke, best two in three games. O’Brien won the first game by 21 to 17; Hieke next by 211018, The match was then postponed on account of darkness until next Wednesday, During the day there was a splendid game ot rackets, J. Mapix played single handed againat William Hanley and J. Hick, tho best two in three games, fifteen aces up. This game was won by Manix, whose score was 16 to Ll, 7 to 15 and 15 to 9. LOADED PISTOL LUNACY. On Wednesday night Jobn Hocksheim, a resident of this city, and working for a wood vender at Gutton burg, N. J., was fatally shot by Charles Larabee, a one- legged veteran, residing at Bergenwood avenue, Union Hill, N. J. Larabee, it appoars, offered w sell Hocks- heim an old-fashioped pistol, and while explaining how it could be handled with safety the charge ex- ploded, entering Hocksheim’s body under his ribs and passing into his bowels, The wounded man was taken to Formen’s Hotel, where he was attended by Dr. De Groff, who probed, but in vain, for the bullet. At his own desire he was subsequently removed to Larabee’s house, whom he exculpates from all blame, ‘Adolph Boese, a boy ta the Domestic Telegraph office, Newark, accidentally shot himself in the jaw last evening while playing with & pistol. — It is feared that the wound wiil prove fatal, Attempts to find the ball by probing have failed, Y OW JACK EXAMINED. The New York Academy of Medicine held a stated meeting Jast cvening at their hall, No, 12 West Thirty- first street, the president, Dr. S. §. Purple, in the chair, at which resolutions were adopted condoling with the friends of Doctors J. 8. Thebaud and George Wilkes, latety dees 1, both of whoin were Fellows of the Academy. Dr. White read a paper on “The Epi- demic Fever of Savannah tv 1876," im which ho dis- cussed the causes, spread and decline of the disease, and giving (ull descriptions of iis symptoms and the metbod of treatment which was found most advanta- geous. The Doctor does not consider the malignant type of yetlow fever which carried off 80 many in Savannah as endemic in this country, CONSPIRING TO DEFRAUD At Washington, Warren county, N. J., Detectives Hemminger and Smith, of the Newark police, yester- day arrested Jacob W. Cote and his son Isaac, on charge of conspiring todetrand Mr. Georgo Ballard out of the sum of $60,000, The son was recently in part- nership with the complainant, under the firm name ot Ballard & Cole, children’s carriage manufacturers, 210 Academy street, Newark. CHARGED “WITH EMBEZZLEMENT. William H. Timmons was arrested yesterday ona charge of embezzlement preferred by Mr. Philip Heck- man, of Mulberry and Mechanic streets, Nowark. It appears that some time ago the accused was intrusted to collect $472 for the complainant, and failed to hand itover. Timmons admitted that he got the money, bat said that he lost it in Perth Amboy, and that he had offered a reward of§$100 for its recovery, without effect, It is understood that other and more serious charges will be preierred against the prisoner. FENCE IN THE TRACKS. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company b 1 last be- gun the work of fencing in the railroad between Marion and the Hackensack River. Several accidents have oceurred on this section and the company was forcea into this action by appeals to the Grand Jury. RAPID TRANSIT. No. 22 linn Stneet, New York, Deo, 20, 1876 To rue Eprom or Tak HeRaLy:— ‘Your reporter bas been misinformed. Iam notan authority for the opinion that another appeal may not be taken from the decision against the Elevated Rail- road Company. The recent decision of the Court of Appeals determines only that the injunction against the company may not be reviewed by that tribunsl before judginent. Alter judgment every question of Jaw in the case may be reviewed by the Court of Ap- pals, Vory respectfully, ROGER A. PRYOR, A DISHONEST PUBLISHER. Considerable excitement was caused yesterday by the announcement that the publisher of a prominent religious newspaper bad absconded with money belong. ‘ng to the stockholders, under whose auspices the paper was circulated. Inquiry elicited the fact that the paper in question was the Working Church, of which Johu D, Benedict is publisher, The affairs of the concern have for some time been rather mixed Benedict has been tn the employ of the company since ‘April, 1575, and resided at Lansingburg, N. Y., where he has a wife. Last fall the publishing company caused to be in- serted in a morning paper an advertisement for a busi- hess manager. Among the applicants was a journalist of this city. Representations were made that consider- able money would pass through the hands of the busi- ness manager, and that w deposit of $2,000 would be necessury, as a guarantee of good faith, The amount was duly depesitea, for which a note having three months to run was given, Atthe piration of the me members of the company de- clined paying the note, declaring that there was no money on hand. When questioned es to what was done with the money deposited the publisherdeclared that it was used to pay vue old debts of the concern, ‘Suit was brought against the company and judgment was obtaived for the full amount, with interest. This judgment was subsequently sold to one ofthe mem- fa of the publishing company for $600 and $400 in notes, which have never becn paid, ihe paper bas been in existence for four years, The Rev, Dr. Stephen H. Tyng, Jr., was its editor in chief until six months ago, when @ receiver was appointed. The other editors were Rev, E. B. Sanford, of Thomaston, Conn., and Rev. Charles W. Joules of this city. They also held stock in the company. The office ot the paper was at No. 57 Bible Hous DRIVEN TO DESPERATION, The attention of theCoronero! Brooklyn was yester- day called to the suicide of Peter Sneligrover, aged forty-five years, residing at No. 14 Fourth street, Dr, G. W. Welty was summoned to attend him on Wednes- day morning, and found tho paticnt suffering from violent attacks of vomiting, In one of his lucid mo- monts the doctor ascertained that the unfortunate man had coolly determined to take his fe. Sneligrover asserted that the intemperate habits of bis wife had made him miserable. It appears that on Tuesday night last Sneligrover sent his son Peter, aged ten cars, to the drug store kept by 'Wiiliam H. errine, No. 548 Court street, to purchase five cents’ worth of Paris green, He told the cbild ‘that incase the druggist should ask the purpose lor which the poison was to be used to say that it was to kill cockroaches, The druggist waited upon the boy, and, it is alleged, did not inquire what use was to be made of tho Paris green. The suicide mixed the nauseating and deadly potion with water und swal- lowed 1» enduring great agony to the time of his death. trict Attorney Britton was consulted as to the responsibility of the druggist, Mr. Perrine, jor sell- ing poison without having a prescription trom a regu- Jar practising physiciap, Mr. Perrine, who has been for many years engaged in the drug business in Brook- lyn and is much respected, was arrested and held in the sum of $2,500. Sneligrover leaves a family of six children, one of Whom 1s but a few woeks old. “WANTED” AND “FOUND,” There was an unusual commotion at the junction of Houston and Mulberry streets yesterday alternoon. Detective Gannon, of the steamboat squad, appeared between two men, whom ho held ina vicelike grasp, They were taken betore the Sergeant in charge, and Gannon stated that the prisonere were con- fidence men—cne, Edward Haggerty, over twent years an offender, ana frequently ‘*wanted.”” ‘The story of their capture was told by Detective Gannon 1m this Way :—Haggerty and his partner Harris’ were seen to go down on pier 42, North River. The officer knew Haggerty and followed him, keeping him in view for nearly an hour, Haggerty met a stranger with whom he could not do anything, and was seen to approach others aiterward, Gannon, knowing the prisoners, determiued to arrest them, and made a dash jor them, He took them both and brought them up toward the Central Office. Whilo they were passing the Eighth precinct station, Gannon between the two, holding each by an arm, Harris tried to get away, but failed. Feeling that they wero in custody, the men began to ease themselves of skeleton keys, which wero picked up by aboy, Herman Konig, of No, 45 South Fifth avenue, who appeared ut tho Central Office and idonti- fied the men who dropped them, Harris was searched and a jimmy and chisel found on him, BOY BEGGARS, About ten o’olock yesterday morning OMlcer Nonan, of the Twenty-ninth precinct, while on duty in Twenty- sixth street, newr Seventh avenue, saw two little boys about eight rears old, who had a basket between them, stop and speak to ladies passing through tho street, He asked them what were doing, when tallest one said, “Looking bread,"* He brought them to the station bouse In Thirtioth strect, and notitied Mr, Lundberg, one éf the agents for the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children, Yesterday after- neon the little boys were brought before Jus- tice Brxby. James Donovan, the tallest one, wore an old cloth cap, ‘with fur edging’ and a woollen mufiler tied over bis ears. He had on ragged jacket anda pair of pants which reached ni knees, leaving his legs exposed to the weather, He said he lived at No. 518 West Twenty-ninth street with his mother, who made boys’ suits iu a clothing factory. The other boy, Bernard Corrigan, told the Judge he lived with his father ond mother at No, 588 West Twonty-ninth street, His father worked in a paper factory. Olficer Nonan eaid that when be found the boys they were shivering with the cold, Mr. Lundberg said that the boy Vonovan bad a good home, but wi: ‘an incorrigible truant. Tho parents of the boy Cor gan were in very poor circumstances. Justice Bixby sent both the chiluren to the Juvenile Asylum, BEATING AN OFFICER, Yesterday, in the Court of Special Sessions, George H. Tyson, a leador of a gang of west side rufans, was arraigned for assaulting and boating Officer John McGinn, of the Twenty-second precinct, The officer in bis testimony stated that on Sunday, the 17th inst, be was called on to arrost Tyson tor having vio- lently attempted to break into the store of a Mr. Duncan, of No, 569 Eleventh avenue. While taking him to the station house Tyson broke away {rom the otlicer but was pursued and shortly rearrested. A mob of the prisoner's friends then set upon McGinn and pelied bim with stones and other missiles, Two of the officer's teeth were knocked out, two of his ribs broken und his upper lip was cut’ and had to be sewed. ‘Tyson kicked ond struggled to get away bat the cflicer held on to him until assistance arrived. The prisoner de- nied the assault, bat the Court ound him guilty and sentenced him to one year at hard Jabor in the Peni- tenuiary. A BOGUS BISMARCK. A stout German, named Charlos Kodrendorfer entered tha oyster saloon No, 151 Essox streot and began talking to the waiter in a nonsensical way, He finally became violent in his demeanor, and the pro. prietor, who was unable to quict him, called in Officer Lamletn, of the Tenth precinct, who took bim to the station house tn Eldridge street. While on the way he told the officer that he was President Grant's brother, and had reocived instructions trom head quarters in Washington to take charge of the oyster saloon and carry it on on an improved plan, When ho was brought before Justice Flam mer, at the Essex Mar- ket Court yesterday, he at first declared himseif to be Grat Von Bismarck, and then stoutly asserted that he was a nephew of Kaiser Wiibelm and Visited this country in order to purchase 5,000,000 rifles tor th Russian government. Justice Flamnmer committed the unfortunate man to the care of the Commissioners of Charities and Correction, A HEAVY HAUL. Inspectors Nevins and Smith, of Special Treasury Agent Brackett’s stall, yesterday seized 316 packages of cigarettes from the Havana steamer City of New York; also, 100 Napoleon brand cigars, gilt edges, and packed in elegant satinwood boxes, They also seized 1,800 cigars and five cases of French brandy, seventeen packages of snuff, and thirteon packages of thread on the Hamburg steamer Rhine. No entry of these gooas appeared on the vessols’ manifests, and the officers therotore considered them as contraband. The articles have been turned over to the seizure room. Deputy Collector Dudiey F. Phelps will take immediate steps for their confiscation. A PRETTY WOMAN'S THEFTS. Miss Augusta Pratt, a prepossessing young woman, ‘was employed a few months ago by Willam Abbott, a retail dry goods dealer tn Passaic, as saleswoman, She was very highly recommended from the chorch of the Holy Communion in Now York, and Mr. Abbott was very unwilling to charge hor with pilfering goods from bis store, but the evidence became so convincing that he bad ber arrested yesterday Over $50 worth of Mr. Abbott's goods were found in her trunk and she confessed tho theft. An oflicer took her to the county jailat Paterson and she was committed for trial, A TELL-TALE COIN, Michael Kelly and Samuel Brown, indicted for break- ing into the grocery store of Christian Earing, on Gra- hom avenue, Brooklyn, on November 18, were tried in the Kings County Court of Sessions yesterday and con- victed. Among the articles stolen, none of which were of great value, was @ copper coin, on which was the in- scription, “Our country." Threo days after the robvery they were arrested and sevoral coins found in thetr pos- Bossi A thom was the tell-talo token marked “Our country. The prisoners were remanded to await sentence, CUSTOM HOUSE POETRY. SENSIBLE BEPUBLICANS REFUSB TO ADD AN- OTHER HORROR TO THE BROOKLYN CA- , Our hearts as republicans are bleed- ing,” said the venerable warrior, Colonel A, J. H. Du- ganoe, last evening, addressing a meeting of gentle- men tn Deputy Collector Lydecker’s room in the Cus- tom House. “Gentlemen, our hearts as republicons are bieeding, and I will briefly state the objeqpet this meeting. To begin with, 1 will read the call in response to which you are assembled :— New Yor, Dee. 20, 1876. You are requested to be present at the adjourned meeting of republican gentlemen, to take place at the Custom House on Thursday (to-morrow), at four o’clock P, M. H. POWELL. “‘A few eminent republican gentlemen met a few days ago and discussed the torrible disaster which overtook Brooklyn in the burning of the theatre, They decided that the leaders of the republican party should at once sustain Its reputation for charity by adepting adequate measures to raise a fund for the sufferers, Gentiomen, the various departments of the govern- ment should be called upon to assist in the enterprise, and, by concerted action, a splendid result would be achieved. 1, myselt, gentieme: © prepared a poem which'I propose to read [looks of consterna- tion exchanged by the agsembinge) to read at a meeting to be hold in Cooper Insti- tute at some convenient time. [Sighs of re- lief.] This poem, gentlemen [here the valiant Colonel thrust one hand into the breast of his coat and with the other supported its tails, his favorite pos- ture}, Is devoted to politics and to the praise of the glorious republican party, Hon, William M. Evarts has also consented to speak, but in prose, and Mr. Peter Cooper has generously tendered the use of tho hall tor the meeting free of charge. Having said so much it now rests with you, gentlemen, to tako such action as is necessary in the premises.” ‘The gallant soldier sat down with the satisfied and complacent air of one who feels his duty ana his whole ty to bis race. ‘Now,” said Mr. Mulligan, who followed tho Colonel, ‘bile Lam heartily in favor of doing all that lies in my power lor the unfortunate sufferers by tne Brook- lyn fire 1 am opposed to any movement which partakes of a partisan complexion, I will gladly co-operate with citizens rally, but not as a republican or any other politicias Mr. Horatio J’, Allen then said:—‘I don’t believe in listening to a poem or specch of a purtigan name, re- cited or delivered before a promiscuous audience and under the guise of charity, Such ao affair would cast odium on the republican party instead of credit. Thero 18 no need to advocate charity under such a pretence, and I would just as soon think of cailing a religious meeting and turn it into a political guther- ing. If acharitable object is to be gained let us have it independent of political proclivities, If any gentle- man wants to read a pocm or deliver an address lot him do so by all means; but the republican party stands on its record, presents all the noble aud char- itable attributes, and cannot afford to come beloro tho public on such a pretext. The republican party as a party must not be identified with poems or anything but republicanism,” “Oh,” said Colonel Duganne, “outside of all politics T advocated this measure, especially as this season of the blessed holidays ts most appropriate for such an object, It would as it were become a sweet family gathering; the heads of the department can order their ubordinates to dispose of tickets to the number of at it 3,000, and thus realize $1,500. While my poem ia pwan of praise to the glorious republican party, 1t is also davoted to ‘peace on earth and good will to all men.?”* : “*L move to adjourn,"’ said Mr. George W. Foster; “it is inconsistent with republicanism to arrogate to it- self vat it is the ouly charitable body,’? “If the republican party,’’ said Colonel Ehle “was calied upon to do something as @ party in thi matter the proper place for it to e: © trom should be the General Committeo,’? “The card of invitation to this meeting,” said Gen- eral Cochrane, ‘was evidently a mistake, It should have invited persons of all politics and take concerted action ag a body of citizens; then the organized bu- reaus of the republican purty conld materially assist the enterprise by the disposal of tickets for such an entertainment as was agreed upon. The only way to get at the noble object in a proper manner was to ad- journ and commenco anew and on amore liberal basis.” The motion prevailed and the gentlemen present leit, rather annoyed at the will-o’-tho:wisp mecting which was thought to havo been called with a view of transacting some important business connected with the Presidential election, and Colonel Duganno leit, with hia breast pock oaving inthe throes of his un- dohvered poem. All sensitive citizens are now warned ee adopt precautionary measures when he heaves in sight A FINANCIAL MOVE. An important mecting of the Gold Exchange was hold yesterday afternoon, President C. 0. Morris in the chair, to take action on a resolution that at the next meeting of the Executive Committee of the Ex- change rule No. 4 of the bylaws be altered, substitut- tog for the words “New York Gold Exehange Bank’’ “National Bank of the State of New York.’’ This was alterward amended, adding ‘or Metropolitan Bank.”* These banks have made propositions which the Execu- tiye Committee will consider. The rule isto go into eifect January 2, or as soon as arrange- ments can be m A committee will bo appointed to-day to wait upor the Gold Exebange Bank, inform them of the action taken and request them to continue the clearances until the change be made, The reasons alleged for the change are that the bank is reducing its capital to $250,000 and that Mr, R. L. Edwards, a member of the Gold Exchange, who has been its president for nine years, has retired from that position, MRS. FLAHERTY’S OBSEQUIES, Mrs. Mary Flaherty, mother of the late Barney Williams, was buried from the residence of her daugh- ter, Mrs. Manus Kelly, in Fifty-Otth strect, yesterday morning. After the relatives and friends ot the family had viewed the remains they wi taken to St. Stephen's church, in Twenty-eighth street, where the Rev. Father McCready celebrated a solomn requiem mass, The eburch was filled with sorrowing iriends, After the service was at an end tne body was removed to Greenwood Cemetery, and was placed in the same plot in which her son, Mr. Williams, lies buried. FELL FROM ALOFT. An action was commenced yesterday in the City Court by Dantel Leaby against William Prall Thomp- son for $10,000 damages. The plaintiff alleges that on the 12th day of September, 1876, while employed on tho lighter or sloop America, owned by the defendant, he went aloft under orders of the defendant for the purpose of tearing off what is termed the “lazy jack halyaras.” While obeying the defendant’s orders the plaintiff alleges that he seized hold of the jtb halyard strap or rope, which, if it had been sound, would have been capable of holding up a weight of some three tons, 1t_was, however, in a rotten condition, and upon taking hold of it to assist himself in his work, and without any negligence on his part, the whole gave way, and he was precipitated a disiance of seventy feet to the deck below, breaking one of his legs and his back, and otherwise injuring himself, and rondering him unfit to pursue any business. It is claimed by the defendant that the plaintiff re- bee itp his injuries by his own negligence. The case is still on. EQUINE HYDROPHOBIA. A rabid coach dog bit a valuable horso a few wecks ago in Brooklyn, The dog was shot, and the wound which had been inflicted on the horse’s leg healed, About six days ago the owner of the horse, Mr. John 8. Loomis, called in a veterinary surgeon. The horse became so violent that it was necessary to lock it up ina broad siail It frothed at the mouth, and in its fury broke pieces of thick boards off the pen. 14 was impossible for any person to go near the animal. The surgeon becarre convinced that the horse had hydro- phobia. Water was rejected, and a cold current of air passing over the back of the beast increased the pai oxysms which mark the disease, The horse was killed ‘by one of the officers of the Society for the Prevention ot Cruelty to Animals on Wednesday afternoon, THE PRODUCE EXCHANGE. The members of the Produce #xchange have decided by @ vote of 522 for to 322 against closing the Exchange next Saturd As it requires a two-third vote to o1 the Exchange Closvd, of course it will remain open to- morrow. A SUBURBAN TAX GROWL. Tho assessors of tho several towns of Richmond county bave made tho returns, and tho following table shows the the amount of real and personal property in each :— Personal. $164,500 , 153,600 358,500 152,760 850 It is alleged that these asso: nes unequal and unju: tieton, which for some reason best known to the asséssors, aro worth less than they should be. BLESSINGS IN DISGUISE. Eliza Haggerty, an insane woman, residing at No, 189 Passaic streot, Newark, while ina state of frenzy yeaterday morning seized a pair of tallor’s shears and tempted to cut her tongue out, succeed | ‘ing this member, but she manag wound it so badly that she will not have tho use of it for some time, A FATHER KILLS HIS OHILD, Michael Trainor, a laborer, residing at No. 120 Joha stroct, Brooklyn, was arrested last ovening, charged with causing the death of his child, Catherino A. Trainor, aged sevon mi 3, by falling om the little ono while under the influence of liquor. THE CROTON WATER SUPPLY. MEETING OF THE NEW YORE MUNICIPAL SOCIETY. Aspecial meeting of the association was held at the new building of the society, No. 67 Madison avenue, lastevening. Mr. Dorman B. Eaton, the president, being absent, Mr. Samuc! D. Babcock, vice president, Occupied the chair, Among those present and taking part inthe meeting were Mr, Jackson 8, Schultz, Thomas C, Acton, George H. Andrews, Jared C. Wet- more, Henry F. Spalding, William H, Lee, A. R. Whit- ney, C. Stewart Smith, Chauncey M. Depew, W. H. Lamnbeer, William H, Appleton, Judge ©. P. Daly, Elliot C. Cowdin, Rey. Dr. Bellows and others. The report of a special committee to mvestigate the question of the Croton water supply and the expe- diency of erecting a new aqueduct was laid before the meeting and read by Mr. George B. Butler, In pursuance of the object of the society and of the Investigation made by tho committee the following resolutions were offered and unanimously adopted :— Resolved, That it is expedient to constract a third storage reservoir of a capacity of at days’ supply, in addition to the one at Boyd’ oue on the Middle Branch, and that measuros to this end should be ‘aste committed in this city tn pri- ind elsewhere should be prevented by the use of meters, uniess it shall be immediately aecom- plished by other means, Resolved, In the judgment of the Municipal Association that the Croton Valivy, with proper storage reservoirs, can undoubtedly suy ply the city of New York with uli the water required for domestic and rounieipal purposes solved, new aqueduet, in the co public debt, ought not te be constructed, ent aqueduct shoald be repaired s0 as to be si possible contingencies. Alter the adoption of the resolutions addresses were made by Mr. Jackson 8. Schultz, Rush C. Hawkins and Rey. Dr. Bellows, THE BRIDGE WIRES. TRUSTEES ANXIOUS TO HAVE THE ENGINEERS MEET MR. HILL'S STATEMENTS. The Brooklyn Bridge affairs were very quict yester- day, and nothing new came to light in regard to the result of the bidding for tho specifications. It is re- ported, however, that the interviews with Mr. Hilland Professor Vinton, exposing the mathematical errors in the specifications, have created considerable excite- ment among some of the trustees, and the engineers have been ordered to prepare an answer to the charges atonee, AH#naxp reporter called on one of them at his residence, but the trustee, on being informed that he was to be interviewed, declined saying anything un- jess his name was suppressed. After consenting to keep his named sacred the following conversation ensued :— Reporter—What do you think of the result of Mr, Hill's investigations ? Trvstee—I am glad to find Mr. Hill or sny other competent engineer who is willing to examine the specifications, as, of course, 1 and the other members of the Board have not been educated to the profession of engineering. RevortER—What action aro the Board of Trustees going to take in the matter? Trustex—That I really cannot tell you, as up to the present the Executive Committee have issued no call fora meeting. I fancy that tho trustees will have the specifications thoroughly examined by a competent Doard of engineers before they award the contract. ReportkR—Can you tell me whether Coione! Roebling ever sent a letter to the Board of Trustees stating that a quality of Bessemer steel was being manufactured at Boiblehem, Pa, that wae up to the stanaard required? Trestax —I believe there was a letter to that effect received from Colonel Roebling. I know there was one Seger, wd attention of the trustees to a superior quality of Bessemer steel now being manufactured. Rerortes—Do you think tt right that Colonel Roeb- ling should test samples ot wire furnished by the firm ot John A, Rocbling’s Sons, with whom ho had been so Jong connected? Tavstex—I am sorry that such a question should arise, as it must uaturally place ihe Colonei in a rather ‘rrassing position. You may rest assured, how- that he will show no favoritism in his report. ReporterR—Have you no idea what the enginoers havo reportod Trustsx—No, I bave not; and if I had I should not mention it before it had been laid belore the Board of ‘Trasteca, SCRANTON COAL SALE. FIFTY THOUSAND TONS AUCTIONED AT AD- VANCED RATES. At noon yesterday Jonn H. Draper, auctioneer, sold 60,000 tons of Scranton coal for tho Delaware, Lacka- wanna and Western Railroad Company at the com- pany’s salesrooms, No, 26 Exchange place. The coal sold was of the usual sizes—steamer, grato, egg, stove and chestnut, and tho prices realized were in advance of the November ones. Mr. Draper read the terms of fifty cents per ton, in city bankable funds, to be do- posited on tho day of sale and the balance to be paid ten days thereatter at the office, when the order for the delivery of the coal will be given on the company’s agent at Hoboken, the coal to be taken away during bg | 1877. ‘Tho first lot put up was steamer coal—6,000 tons Tho bidding was quito lively, and 4,300 tons of this class was disposed of at $2 86 and 1,700 tons at $2 8744. Average, $2 86. dight thousand tons of grate coal, after some more lively bidding, were sold as. foliows:—2,000 tons at $2 80, 2,700 tons at $2 823¢ and 3,300 tons at $2 85, Average, $2 8234. The next lot offered was 6,000 tons of egg coal; 500 tona gold at $287, 3,600 tons at ¢2 90 and 1,900 tons at $2 924¢. Average, $2 91. When Mr, Draper announced that he would put up 25,000 tons of stove coal the anxiety among the buyers to purchuse seemed to increase. Of this lot 22,300 tons were disposed of at $3 05 and 2,750 tons at $3 6734. Average, $3 65 1-3. ‘ The it lot, 6,000 tons of chestnut, brought $3 20 for 4,400 tons, and $3 25 tor 1,600 tons. The following 1 comparative statement of th prices obtained yesterday and at the lust sale by the Delaware, Lackawanna and Wostern Railroad Com- Lua November 2% December 21. 2 a— $285 A B8TIG 2674 a275 280 o285 +265 a2 72% 2874 a2 923 LSo2asTZy 365 a3 6735 315° 0360 320 BUSINESS TROUBLES. The following assignments with schedules were yes- torday filed in the Court of Common Pleas:—Charles Derleth and Ferdinand Derleth, comprising the firm ot Derleth & Co., to Francis A. Sedeele; tho liabilities are stated at $43,876 76, nominal asscts $41,520 53, real assets $29,283. Samuel Greenwood to William Neely; tho liabilities aro stated at $20,930 63, and assets $1,416 60. The following assignments were also filed in the County Clerk’s of}ce:—Joseph Schmidt to Ashbal P. Fiteh, Salom & Benjamin Lissner to Fred- erick Lewis, and Meyer Freeman & Marks Greenbaum to stephen J, Weaver. J. Schoendort & Co., manufacturers of felt skirts at No. 53 Leonard street, have failed. Their habilities amount to about $50,000, and assets $35,000, The creditors aro generally in iavor of accepting @ com- promise, which will probably be fifty cenis on the dollar, Edward Traube has been adjudicated a bankrupt by Register Allen on e petitions of three creditors whose claims are as follows:—Jacob Levy, $3,000; Coronlet Savings Bank of St. Louis, $2,000; Jacob Koehler, $1,560. Register Ketchum bas adjudicated Rufus Wattles, wine importer at No. 10 Broadway, a bankrupt on the etitions of Porter & Sons, M. 1. Biningor, J. G. Breon, award W. Biockwell and Samuel Shewill. The property of the Ulater County Ico Company, of which Marcus Turck and William B. Nassau, of this city, are receivers will be sold by the Sheriff of Ulster county to-day. Tamlyn Brothers, clothiers of Eighth avenue and Thirty-fourth street, offer to compromise at twenty cents on the dollar cash, Twelve ol the creditors have accepted the proposition, The largest creditors are Collins, Downing & Co., $2465; Hirsch Brothers, $1,523; W. P. Douglass, $1,163 get setenv Son, lumber dealers, Thirty- fifth street and East River, have temporarily sus- pended, with liabilities estimated at $100,000, It is tan extension will be obtamed, as the press a willingness to grant it, HOW MERCHANTS ARE ROBBED, ederick Meyers, a porter in the omploy of Messrs, Pratt & Farmer, of No. 29 Mercer street, was arraigned atthe Washington Place Court yesterday afternoon, cbarged with having robbed his employers of 8,000 gross of buttons, valued at $4,000, The facts in tho case were as follows:—On the morning of the 18th inst. the premises ot Mosers, Pratt & Farmer, who are importers of foreign gooas, was plandered of the property in question, The case was placed in tue hands of Captain McDonnell and Detective Reynolds, of the Kighth precinct, who learned from George La- genhof, a porter at No, 36 Mercer street, that on tho morning of the 18th mst, en and half-past ‘clock, he saw seven 0’ Pratt & Farmer’s premises and then call a trackman, who was near by. The truckman drove up, when Meyers entered the store, carried out the boxes of but- tons and placed them on the truck, The cartman then drove away, and M j bw relocked the stere, Un this jaformation Captain McDonnell arrested Meyers, The prisoner, who denied his guilt, was remanded to await the production of turther evidence. TO WASH HIS HONOR Henry Miller attempted to drown himaelf in the East River on Wednesday because his uncle, Carston Heilston, of No, 772 Bleventh avenue, with whom he worked, had caused his arrest ona charge of larceny. Judi Wandell, t the Fifty -seven' Court, com. a325 atios and Correction, ° | heavy snow storm. Screet mitted him to the care of the Commissioners of Char- i THE ATLANTIC GALES. Extraordinarily. Rough Passages by the European Steamers. THE CITY OF BERLIN STILL OUL, pa ay Story of a Midwinter Trip by a Seotch Captain. “BLOWING BIG GUNS,” ‘The persistent northwesterly gales heavy seas that have prevailed for some time past have delayed the voyages of the ocean steamships 10 an almost un- precedented extent. Steamorsthat were duo last week arrived yesterday, and several are yet to be heard from. The Rhein, Captain Franke, of the Bremen line, ar- rived on Wednesday afternoon, after a passage of four- teen days and twenty hours. Yesterday thero arrived the steamships Wyoming, Captain Jones, from Liver- pool; Lotns, Captain McNab, from the Mediterranean, and the Tyrian, Captain Murray, also from the Mediter- ranean. Lato last evening the steamships City of Berlin, Captain Kennedy, and the Labrador, of the French line, bad not arrivgd and were considerably overdue, MEAVY WEATHER, All eteamers that have arrived report exceedingly rough weather, Some of the captains state that the seas and gales they encountered yere the heaviest in their experience. Tho steamers show the roughness of the voyage by their generally rusty ard battered ap- pearance. The smokestacks are covered. with the salt the dashing spray has left upon them, and the sides look as if they had not been painted in fifteen years. Not alone have the steamships suffered, but the sailing vessels also prosent the appearance of hav- ing experienced a stormy season, Those that have arrived during the past week are coated with snow and ice, and the crews as woll as the ships aypear to have battled severely with the elements. A representative of the HrraLp yesterday visited several ¢f tho steam- ships just arrived, and tho prevailing opinion seemed to be that the last voyage was the roughest in yearf. THE STEAMSIIP TYRIAN. The Tyrian, Captain Murray, of the Anchor lino, arrived at this port last nicht, trom the Mediter- ranean, by way of Halifax, N. 8., whero she put in short of coal, after the long trip of twenty-eight days from Gibraltar. Last evening @ HeRaLp represenia- tive boarded wer at pier No. 12 North River, and found Chief Oflicer Hassenstein, who gave tne following in- veresting account of the terrible weather the good ship had experienced. “The Tyrian,’? said the chief officer, “has behaved splendidiy and proved herself once more a first class sea boat, The experiences we have gone through would have trjod to her core any ship not thoroughly seaworthy. We left Gonoa at the end of October, ana, afior calling@t a number of ports for cargo, left Gib- raltar for this port on the 23d of November, with Nght southwesterly breezes. This continued up to the 28th of November, when we were in 37 deg. 38 min. north latitude, and 25 deg. west longitude, 7) about 900 mules from the Spanish coast, when wo fell in with bad weather. By this time we had mada about one-third of our run. On that iy it blew fresh les, with very heavy seas from the southwest, veoring to the northwest, the vessel shipping immense seas fore and aft, Thit weather continued up to the 2d inst,, when it im- proved somewhat for twenty-four hours, but only te blow harder, with heavier seas, on succeeding daya I cannot illustrate it better than by saying that from the 10th to the 11th, from noon to noon, we only made twenty-six miles progress You can imagine that it was viowing pretty big gunsatthistime. On thel2th we had a few comparatively good hours, but on the following day we again had terriic gales, shipping seas. fore fad oi but in spite of allthe Tyrian behaved splendidly, “On the 14th, after consultation, it was agreed that we should go to Halifax, as we had only four more days’ coal on board, and our course was altered to that port. We had now been out twenty-one days, Uur usual run from Gibraltar to Now York is fifteen to seventeen. On Friday, the 16tn, at two o'clock in the morning, we arrived at Halifax, and leit on the Sunday morning following, at nine o'clock, for New York, with an ample supply of coal. Our Captain believes in taking no unnecessary risks, otherwise he might have attempted to come on to New York; but if we had been caught in a gale off the coast short of coal our position would not have been an enviable one, At Halifax the tcm- peraturo was thirty degrees below freezing, and when wo left there was a cold, cutting breeze from the north, and the vegsel was s00n a inass of ice trom stem ta stern. The sails were all frozen hard and could not be set. The following day, last Monday, the wind blew from the south-southwest to south-southeast, the ship still being encased in ice, and wo were still unable to handle the sails, On Tucsday we bad starry and westerly gales with heavy squails melting the ice on the ship. On Wednesday we had fresh breezes from the northwest and clear tine weather, when off Nan- tucket, with sea moderating. Tnis morning at nine o’clock we were off Fire Island, where wo fell 1n with a Wo have no casualtios of auy kind to passeugers or ship to report."” TUR STEAMSHIP WYOMING, The steamsbip Wyoming, of tho Williams & Guion lino, arrived in this port yesterday after a terrible passage of fifteen days, having encountered north- westerly gales during near the whole of her passage and high head seas, last passage to this port was made in eight and a half days, which shows a notable contrast to the time employed on the present trip. She left Liverpool on the samo day as the steamship City of Bristol, which was dismasted, lost her second ofticer and four of the crew, and bad to put back disa- bled to Queenstown on tho 19th inst. Captain Jones, of the Wyoming, who has been in the employ of Will- - 3 & Guion for the past quarter of a century on sailing ships and steamers, informed the writer yoster- day that he never, in all hie experience, recollected a ne:—'*We left Liverpool on the 7th, with the Egypt, of the National line, and kept side vy side with her tor two days, after which wo Jost sight of her and didn’t see her again during the voyage. She took a more southerly course than we did, During the voy- age the sta was worse, it anything, than the wind, which would suddenly shift from northwest to south- east. The weather continued about the same to the Cape (Race), when we had two days’ snow, which covered us up, and we could seo nothing ‘during vhe storm. ‘¢ had no canvas set during the voy: as nothing would have beld. 1 have been a master for twenty years, and the last trip was the worst I over experienced in a steamer, The smallest day’s run we had was 110 miles and the greatest 270."" To the question of the writer as to whether there ‘was reason to fear for the Egypt or the City of Berlin the Captain said that tne Egypt had ‘a clean bottom and was freshly painted and ought to be in by this time”? The City ef Serlin did not leave until the day after the Wyoming. THE STEAMSHIP RHEIN, The steamship Rhein was lying at her pier Hoboken last renin, taking in cargo, when th writer boarded her. She had arrived on Wednesday evening and was preparing to leave next Saturday on her reguiar time. Captain Franke, her commande: very courteously told the story of her voyage, ‘The steamer left Southampton on the Sth, and on account of the westerly gale was compelled to go out around the Isle of Wight mstead of the rogular passage, From the start heavy gales were experienced, So heavy were they that i: was found necossary to heave to twice—the first time on aecount of the sea on the 8th, and the second timo on accoant of the wind on the Mtn. The regular course was kept as {ar as possible. For eight days it was impossible to take observations. There was very little snow during the voyage. ALONG THR COAST. The Circassian, cast ashore at Bridghampton, L. L, is rapidly going to pieces. THE EGYPT REPORTFD, The steamship Ecypt is reported In the Bay. PILOTS FINED, The pilots of the two steamers, Crystal Wave, of New York, and Middletown, of Staten Island, which came in collision while going down tho bay, bave been fined $50 each 4 the steamboat inspectors, the former for Dot giving his boat suificiont room to cross the bow of the Middletown, and the latter for not stopping big boat to avoid the collision. “LIFE I8 A BURDEN.” Adolph Simon, a well known resident of Jersey City, committed suicide yesterday morning at his residence, No, 778 Jersey avenue, by shooting himself through the heart, His mind had been affected for several woeks past by business troubles, and he frequently complained that he was tired of life. He awoke at seven o’clock yesterday morning, took a cup of ote read the newspaper. 6 complained that he not feel well. lo retired to his bedroom and locked the door. Soon after was heard. pet tunate man was found lying dead, the bullet pierced the heart. Tne pistol was lying by hii Deceased was for a long time president of the Turners’ He served during the war in Company G, Twenty-first regiment, Now Jersey, In a note found beside his bed was the sentence, ‘ou will be better off without mo, for life is a barden.”” Deceased was thirty-three years of age. BAD O'BRIEN, James O'Brien, who attempted to murder Henry Way at the cornor of Monmouth and Montgomery streets, Jorsey City, on Wednesday night, by plunging nife into nis was ht before Justico Kkeooe yesterday and couamived fof ial . - —“~