The New York Herald Newspaper, January 26, 1877, Page 5

FRENCH GOSSIP. Anecdotes of Henri Monnier—A Practical Joke. FRENCH DIPLOMACY. The Coming Session of the Assembly. VOLTAIRE'S STRANGE COURTESIES. ; Panis, Jan, 7, 1877, ‘The death of Henri Monnier, the creator of Joseph Prudnomme, is the principal topic of conversation at the present momont, Innumerable are the anccdotes told of him, Perhaps one of the best relates to that fine answer he made toa gentioman who asked him the way to the Panthéon (where many of the great men of France lie buried). They were on the Boule- Vard at the time, but Monnier promptly said, ‘Par la Bue des Martyrs.” Here is a more playful instance of bis wit. A friend of his pointed out to him a negro who wore a white tie, “Yes,” said Mgnnior, “he bas put it on to mark where bis head begins.” A practical joke of Monnier’s is among the most ludicrous on record, though it cannot be said to have been wholly Aefensible, Taking a stroll. one day he yaw in front of a grocer’s store a cage con- jaining a couple of ferrets. Monnier stood fora while before the cage; then, as the owner of the store came put, “What fine guinea pigs you bave there, my friend!” quoth he. ‘Ferrets, you mean,” replied the grocer, with a superior smile, ‘Ferrets be hunged; they are very rare specimens of the guinea pig.” “Impossible, sir! 1 bought them as ferrets.” “Thea, my good fellow, they've been hoaxing you.” “Why should I believe you more than the man who sold themto me?” “That ts your affair; and yet, as di- fector of the Zoological Society, 1 ought to know something about animals."? “Oh, sir, in that case, if you say they are guinca pigs, it, must be sm” “In any pase you have not lost on the bargain.” Noxt day, as had been arranged, Monnier’s triend Romien passed by and halted before tne grocer’s, “Fine ferrets, vhese, my friend,” he carelessly observed,” ‘You are mistaken, sir.” said the grocer, “they are guinca pigs of a very rare breed.” “Very rare, indeed, I should think,” re. Bgonded the other, with a sneer; ‘why, mar, l’ve been all my life in the ferret trade, and I should think | knew what a ferret was by this time,”? Rowten than calmly showed him that the directors of the Zoological Gar- den must have been inerror. The grocer was con- vinced; but next day a German philosopher happened bo pi by and admire “the guinea pigs. AD angry discussion followed, but the grocer ended by being teconverted to Monnier’s view. On the following day a dog fancier reconvinced him that they wi Jerrets, and so on for afortnighi, ali tbe men baving, of course, beon sent by Mounier, In the end the iuvk- leas grocer became so exasperated that he pitthed the ferret cage wildly into the street, and narrowly es- Saped being taken up for assault, ‘The terrets were then quietly drowned; for the innocent often pay dearest for a practical joke. Romien, by the way, was as incorrigible a joker as Monnier, but one day be was very XMATLY TAKEN IN by a‘clockmaker in the Paluis Royal, whom ho had sought to mystify, Enuter Romien, pretending to be gentleman from the country of a very simple type, in- deed. Rowen (with strong provincial accent)—Pray, sir, fan you tell me what are those little round machices bung up in your shop window? CLockmak&R—They are called watches, sir. (Unhooks One apd shows it.) Romimen—Ab, watches, and what are they for, please? CLockmakeR—To indicate the time, sir. Romrex—Vo in-di-cate the ume! And how, pray? CLockMaKER—1 will show you. (Enters into briof Dut lucid explanation. Then concluding.) You must ‘wind up the watch every twenty-four hours, Romusy—Every twenty-four bours! Morning ory evening? CLockaakkR—Mornin Romres—Wby morning? Crockmakxr (blandly)—Bocause, Monsicur Romicn, in the evening you are generally aruuk, Exit Komien. Another death, just recorded, recalls associations of very different kind. The day before yesierday were terred, in the Ce tery of Picpus, the mortal re- mains of THE COUNT DK VILLELUNE-SOMBERUIL, Yhe only son of the heroic Muuriile de Sombreuil, who married M. de Viliclume, un officer in the ‘emigrant’ army of the Phince of Condé, Mile, de Sombreuil’s father was condemned to death during the Reign of Terror, and all her cadeavors to suve his life scemed likely to prove unavailing. At length, however, the @ronken tribunal which presided over the orgy of car- Bage is said to have devised this test of filial piety. Lt the daughter would go to the fout of the scaffold, and, Immediately atter the execution of certain royalists, Grink a tumbler of their blood her father’s life should de spared. From this ghastly trial, so history or Jegend says, she did not siirimk, and M. de Sombreut) ‘was pardoned, ALITTLB BILL. ‘The painter Courbet tas been presented, doabticss dy way of étrennes, with a little bill—to wit, the costs lor reoutlding the Vendome Column, pulled down by js orders during the Commune. It amounts to OV, 68¢., or, Say, in round numbers, to $64,000, M. Courbet will probabiy find it conven: to chango his residence from Paris to Brussels or Rome, tor the already decided aga:nst him, ant there yeems every prospect that the fine will be rigorously jevied, Even shoulda really liberal government come mto power and M. Gambetta become Prime Minister, ar Prosideut of the republic, M. Courbet would have little to hope irom the change. M. Gambetta, like many pther sincere republicans, ig only too anxious for an bpportunity of proving how little sympathy be bas ith Communism or with Communists. With rd to THK KASTERN BORK, it 1s whispered here that the Conference is{nst turn- ing into a struggle for precedence between the various ambassadors, representatives of-Great Britaiv, Russia, Germany and ce are severally und indi- vidually inspired with the beile! that their respective sountries have been ‘by heaven designed to piay first fiddle,” and the French Ambassador 18 especially touchy, the Constantinopie Conterenco being the first regular congress of the great Powers at which France b (4 repre-ented since the disasters of the late war. Comte de Chaudordy, au extremeiy avie diplomat 8 naturally aDXious that the great nation Bhould not appear to buve tensions. But, intruth, the power is 100 nicely adjusied at the present moment for the Ambus- w@sador ol any one State to lord it over the others, Very far removed is the age of the Tnird Republic trom that of Louis XV., whose “representative at Rome, the Duke de Choireul, was wont to take such marvellous liberties. Were any privilege accorded to the envoy of anoiber king, M. do Choiseul not only insisted (as he might have bad some rizht to ao) op tho game privilege being accorded to himsel!, but on a new privilege being created in his special favor, ‘THE COMING SESSION is expected to be a toleravly quiet one, though th will po doubt be a sufficient amount of ‘crises,’ a ood many of them having their origin in that bunger Be place which, like hope, springs eternal in the bu- man breast, That was a good answer which was made by a member of the Chamber of Deputies to # friend on the occasion of an important debate, The Deputy was rising to speak in delence of the Ministerial policy. “But, my dear fellow,” remonstrated the friend, “your seven children buve all got places promised them.’? “True,” said he, ‘but there is a poxsibility of my yet having others, » This story re- Minds one of that other touching @ gentleman wuo bad a tolorably comtortable place in the.customs, and who submitted (nis neighbors thought) a great deal toc nietly to certain appointments of Roman Catholics by ing James 11., when that monarch was endeavoring to drive a coach and six through the British constitution, ove,” he said, ‘fourteen excellent reasons for complying with His Majesty’s wishes—a wife and thir. teen children,” A scramble jor the loa’ nd fishes bas actually been in progress during the last lortnight, and thisday some half a dozeu profects and a crowd of iwierior fanctiouaries have been guzeticd out of officeand their Placos given to ‘true republicans.” The Gaulois bas recentiy puvlished a fac-simile of the Wars French daily paper, Le Journal de Paria, which jo its appearance on the let of January, 1777. This Dumber is bighly interesting and contains & very uoverii fhe plan of your jourpal appear Mt is curious and interesting. ladies with which I am overwhelmed, lei pe that I sball be able to produce any further work @eserving of your attention, (Ihe patriarch of Ferney actually died on she Och of May, im the following ear.) if 4 bad a prayer to make it would be to un- deceive the public with regard to those litte writings which are continuaily imputed io me. | have re- ceiv.d 1D my re whole volumes printed in my name, in which there is not a Jine I would have writ- ter I would also request you to ve goud enough, by a word of warning, to deliver me from the crowd of anonymous leiters which dressud to mi am pbliged (o return all letvers the seals of which are un- known to me, Tuis warning, ipserted in your journal, will excuse mo to persons who complain that I have pot replied. I bave no doubt but your paper will @ great success. I count myself already among the number of your subscrivers.’” ‘sarely anything more truly Voltairian—i. tical— rely been published, It bristl assortion, Av inordinate opini wh merits was, in fact, tho pringipa fault wributed to the apostle of liberalism in tho eight ih y. yot there Was 80 much {alse pride and misplaced jc letier from Voitaire, who writes:— mo as Wise as and the ¢., emotis- with seil- NEW impertinence around him thet holding bis head high he was only nity a8 a president of haps be thought in matutaining his dig- tbe commonwealth of letters, Thus on morrow after the first performance of bis “Orestes” the Maréchuie de Luxembourg wrove him a letter containing four pages (crossed and recrossed) of critical reflections on that piece. Voltaire replied by asingle lines— + me, la Maréchale—‘Horestes an H.” Voltaire himself assures us that he felt obliged to stand on the defensive even in the presence of so gen- erous a patron as Frederick the Great,"* Que day,” he tells the readers of bis “Memoirs,” ‘La Mettrie, who always blurted out what came into his head, told the Kéng of Prussia that people were very jealous of the marked tavor he showed me, 1 know what lam about,’ repied His Majesty; ‘we squeeze an orange, and when we have sucked out all the juice, we throw isaway.’ La Mettrie took good care to repeat this Soothe, worthy of Dionysins the Syracusan. From day I determined to put the orange peel in 8 place of security.” WALL STREET'S HOLY ENTR’ACTE. SOME VERY BAD YOUNG MEN WHO HAVE BE- COME VERY GOOD, One would think to hear the omphatic assertions of the average speaker at the downtown daily prayer meetings supposed to be held for the conversion of the brokers, that those speakers were calied in as wit, nesses to establish a good reputation for the Son of God, The familiar way in which some, evidently not too fortunate in thelr worldly acquaintances, speak of the Saviour of mankind, carries with it something of presumption, Hot to say insincerity, more likely to repel than attract thoughtful busizess men. It can hardly bea pleasing sight to a strict thoroughsoing Wall street man to see an ill dressed, pug-nosed young fellow with astraw colored whisker just sprouting get up and say ‘My friends, 1am glad to be able to testify tor Jesus, A year agol was one of the wors young men in the city; now I am saved,” Another of these meetings was held in the basement of the old John Street Methodist chureh yesterday afternoon, The attendance was quite large, and among those present were noticed several persons who attend daily and are always ready to aid in con- suming the hour with prayer or “experience.” The leader was Mr. Joseph Mackey, who named ‘Rescue the Perishing” as the opening bymn. This’ sung, he thanked God in prayor for privileges enjoyed and being enjoyod, Then he read’ the thirty-fourth Psalm, making, as he read, ruoning comments, in which were mixed generalities on religion, with illustrations from his personal experiences. In conclusion Mr. Mackey said emphatically, “This Bible ts,truo; vo tried it for a few years and I’ve found it to be true,” With this assurance the Christian world will doubtless breathe more freely hereatter, ‘Jesus Loves Me’? was sung with upction, a tall young man assist. ipg at the little organ in front of the pulpit, Then the meeting being declared open one of tho old attendants, an aged man in a threadbare suit prayed long aud earnestly, Another hymn was sung, and a young man on the right rore to deliver an address, Which he did in a jerky style and broken sentences.” It was easy to blegs the Lord, he said, tn prosperity, but it was bard in adversity. | ‘aro many in the city now in adversity offering a rare op- portunity to the charitable. Expressing the hope that the charitvbie would improve the opportunity, he sat down, A red haired young man, atout twenty-two or three years of age, next jumped up, saying:—"] am glad to be bere this eveuing to testity that Jesus can suve to the ultermost, for [ was one of the worst young men that ever lived, and he saved me.’ sure this sell-condemnation was not questioned, elicit- ing only w gob or so aud one or two “zlorys,” but the young convert produced uo prool whutever to show that he ever was really as wicked us be claimed, Auother youth, not quite as old, and just a little less wicked, before’ be had been’ “picked up by Chris:,”” told how he had been converted at Mr. Dwycr’s meet ings, where he went'to scoff and remained to pray, Ho suid, “I can recommend th sus, you know, His religion mukos a good husband and a good son af wu man, don’t you see. [t makes a man hovest in his daylings. He doesn’t make a mana Christian in the morning, @ devil in the middle o’ the day and a saint at night, '? The next speaker was Howell Gardner, said tobe a converted bruiser, This speaker said nothing with hesitancy. He spoke as one of firm faith, earnest in all bis convictions, He assured his hoarers that “God never leaves nor deserts nobody that trusts Him,” “I am a Christian,” be added, ‘picked up twenty years ago aud kept twenty years bere tuis way.’ Alter relating some unimportant personal experiencey in his en- deavors to bring others to bis faith, Mr. Gardner cou- cluded by shouting, “l’m bound ‘for tbe kingdom! Giory!’? Then be sat down, and murmurs and excla- mations of “Glory to God!” “Hallelujah! broke from the listeners, for the spenker had gradually waxed warmer toward the close of his remarks, A man witha strong North of Ireland accent told how be had been saved, saying:—' stan’ afore ye here this ev’ain’ an example o’ God's mercy,’’ woman, with a thin piping voice, said that God prom. ised He would send the comforter to her and He aid. He bapuzed her through and through, Another Irish- man, with the dress of a dock laborer and a South country broguc, made a confused speech on the dutiés 01 @ religious life. Alter a brief and incomprehensible speech bya funereal looking man the organist said:—‘l have beon trying for some time to get in a word edgeways for Jesus’ Tnen he got in his word, which was much like what the rest had to say, and he sat down to make way fora man who is not spelled with suid he “couldn't let this here precivus moment go without testifying tor Jesus.” Alter speaking of bis conversion, he closed with a jumbled rence to some bond transaction which nebody understood. It was supposed that he meant to speak figuratively, how- evor, and possibly of convertible bouds, A prayer was next offered, and then a young man, some years con- verted, coniessed that he had beep an ardent lover of the game of euchre before hig conversion, but said that he ‘ound the Saviour waiting ror him at prayer meeting one evening.” The hour expired as this speaker concluded, aud the doxology was sung to closo the exercises. PRAYING FOR SCHOOLS. Yesterday veing the fourth Thursday in January was observed by Christians of different denomivat.ons as aday of special prayer for colloges aud educational institutions. The occasion was improved here by a | meeting in tho Fourth avenue Presbyterian church in the afternooon, at which Rev. Dr. Crosby presidea, and offered prayer, and prayers and addresses wero made by the Rev. Professor Hitchcock, Dr, Bevan, and Dr. Poor, the Secretary of the Presbyterian Board of Education. Dr. Hitchcock, by anecdote and com- ment, illustrated the value of Christian students to the future thought of the world, AT RUTGERS FEMALE COLLEUS. A meeting was also held at Rutgers Feinale College. The Rev. Mr. C. 8, Harrower, of the Central Methodist Episcopal church, edelivered an address, in the course of which he dwelt particularly on the necessity of forming friendships at school, ‘Tue young ladies lis- tened attentive.y to the discourse, which seemed to,im- press them deeply. JERSEY CITY HIGH SCHOOL. COMMENCEMENT LAST EVENING—THE GRADUATING EXERCISES, The Tabernacle in Jersey City contained a brilliant assemblage lust evening, the occasion being the gradu- ating exercises of the class of 1877 of the High School, The large building was crowded aud hun- dreds wero unable to gain admission, The young ladies who graduated were attired in white, and acquitted themselves in a very creditable manner. On the plattorm were Mayor Si:dler, Mr, Abbett, President of the State Senate; the members of the Board of Euucation, Superintendent Dickinson, Protessor Barton, principal of the High Scbool, and nearly all the principals and vice principals of the public schools inthe city. The exercises took place tn the following order :— Sulutatory, Samuct Hathaway; Civility, Agnes E. Haven; recitation, School Days,” Mary Mulbolland; Windows, Lizzie Ferrett; Water, Louis D. Carman; recitation, "Engineer's Story,” Lena M. Searle; Scientific Culture, Fannie G. Locsch; Esquisse de ANNUAL Louis XIV., et de son époque, George H. Earl; ‘recitation, “Granny's Test,” Lu- cinda Reid; Happiness ana Her Devotees, Jen- nie Ferrett; Alchemy, Arthur ©. Roberts; recitation, *Mcl.ane’s Child.’ Emma Rose; Faunie W. Pby/o; Classical Bulturo, William onologue from “Iphigenia auf Tauris,’ M. Combes; True Patriotism, Eva M. Benwell; “You Can if You Will,” William M, Laws; Pictures, Emma m M. Bolling; recitation, ‘Homeward Bounu,” Neihe F. Carrick; Nameless Heroes, Anua Moles; valedictory address, De Witt Van Buskirk. ‘The presentation of medais followed. The following 1s the list of the graduating class of '77:—William 3, Baker, Samuel Hathaway, Willum M. Laws, Louis D, Carman, Frederick Klein, Arthur C. Roberts, George H. Earl, George W. Lavence, William T. Viymen, Rubert F, Wiseman, DeWitt Van Buskirk, Evelyny M. Ben- well, Nellie F. Carrick, Lizzie Ferret, Estelle Hadden, Sarah CG, Jameson, Mary Mulbollaud, Lucinda Reia, Kuma M, Bolling, Fainio M, Combes, Virginia W: Franks, Agnes K. Haven, Fannie G. Loesch, Fannie W. Phy!o, Jessie Rovertson, Augusta Brooks, Jennie Forrett, Martha Furman, Cynthia 8, Huggins, Anna Moles, Jennie B. Reid, Emma J. Rose, Lena M. Searle, Lacy 8. Williams, PAULIST CELEBRATION. ‘The feast of the commemoration of the conversion of St. Paul the Apostle was celeorated with imposiog ceremonies yesterday in the new temporary edifice of the Paulist Fachers, in West Sixtieth street Besides the low masses in (he early hours of the moraing a solemn bigh mass Was colebrateu at haif-past ten jock, Owing to the extrem idness of weather Cardinal McCloskey Was unable to be present The aliar was beautifully decorated with flowers and bril- Hiantly lighted, The celebrant of tho mass was Kev. THE Father Young, who was delegated by His Eminence vhe Cardinal. The sermon was preached by Rev. Algernon Brown, ©. 8. The muste was furgished by a large choir of men ava boys dressed In cassock and gurplice, To be | A A Case That Has Plagued Three Generations. SHUTTLECOCK DECISIONS. Nineteen Years in Court and the End Not. Yet. | “CIRCUMSTANCES” AND “NECESSITIES.” It may scem impossible that in the courts of Now York there could be found a counterpart, or what may become a counterpart, of the little Miss Flite of Charles Dickens’ master fiction. A little episode in the Gen. eral Term of the Supreme Court yesterday—an episode 8o slight in itself that it would readily escape notice altogether—is proof to the contrary, however, and shows that one may be a suitor in our courts for many years, walting in vain for a ‘udgment” which ought to be obtained in a iew mouths, Tho case 1s one which has figured on the calendars for sixteen years, and been im litigation for a still longer time, with the unpretending title of Jones va But. ler, It 18 a case which has passed through every stage of legal procedure, reaching the Court of Appeals, and, coming down again, three times making its appearance in the General Term, where it was yes. terday or would have been if Judge Brady had not been absent from the bench., Its history is so remark. able, aud the cause of justice hus been so long delayed by its course, that, like Jarndyce and Jarndyce, it has become a joke, if in mothing else, in being compared with that monument of chancery practice. It has its story, too, which is scarcely less pitiful than that of the little mad old woman in ‘Bleak House,’ who found a bower in the garden of Lincolu’s [un and waited with her “documents” ior a ‘‘judgment” on the Day of Judgment, HOW ¥ILIAL DUTY BEGOT A LawsuIT, Cecilia Ann Butler, the defendantin this Amorican Jarndyce and Jarndyce, is a lady of good standing and position in this city, who has grown old in defending hor rights in the courts of the State. As tho words in Jarndyce and Jarndyce got into the case without know. ing how or why and could not got out of it, so Miss Butler tound herself in Jones against Butior without any fault of her own, and she bas found tt equally 1m- possible to extricate herself. And as Jarndyce aud Jarndyce was origiually avout a will and the trusts under a will, so Jones against Butler is about @ marriage sottlement and the trusts under it, The defendant was not born when tho deed’ of trust was executed and was only a child when the trust property was lost in unfortunate speculations, As she grew up she found herself in charge of an old, infirm motber, but she bad a wealthy brother who viten promised to reward her for this service, and he finally kept bis word by giving ber a deed for the property now 10 dispute in consideration of her continuance of her care of their mother. This was as long ago as 1852, and for a long time thereafter her possession was un- disputed and there was no premonition o! the years of litigation that were in reserve lor her, WHAT CAMB OF A MARRIAGE The origin of the suit which ha: 0 much inconvenience and expense and given hor so much trouble and anxiety bad its origin as tar back ab 1818. In that year Thomas C. Butler, of New York, married Jaue Ann Jones, of Georgia, but being in trade,” as the trust deed expresses it, ne desired that a marriage settlement should be executed to prevent his wile’s estate from fulliug mto the bands of bis creditors in case of business misfortune. The trust deed provided that the property conveyed by it should be heid forthe use and comlort of the husband and wile during their jomtlives. If the hu betore the wile the property was to go to the support of the widow and children, but if the wile died betore the busband, which was the result, there was no pro- Vision lor the disposition of the estate. Seaborn Jones Was named us trustee im the deed, but he died soon afterward, and Toomas C, Butler, Sr., the father of the husband, was substituted im his place. Under this set- Moment the trustee camo into control of cousiderablo MARRIAGE SETTLEMENT. | DIVORCE TRIBULATIONS trust property, whieh afterwurd included the premises | at the corner of Broome and Wooster streets, In the action originally there was also a claim for other prop." erty in Howard street aud in Fifteentn street, It may well be imagined that at that time property in these localities was not particularly valuable, and tew per- sons had the foresight to see the w which in a very few years would accrue trom such unprized pos- sessions, Twenty y laser 146 value had incre: very littie, and nobody foresaw the immense increase of the pext twenty years, In the meantime the trustee, at the solicitation of the husband and wife, Was induced to sell the property, and it is this con- veyance under tue trust, which, like the trusts under the will in Jarndyce and Jarndyce, was first in dis- nd as in the one case there was nothing left in job 2xXcept costs, 80 in the other nothing 1s left vo uvravel but an inextricable series of motions, which may represent ouly costs at Inst. “CIRCUMSTANOKS” AND “‘NECESSITING,”” The trust deed contained a provision ullowing the trustee to seil the property and in the procceds in auy olber productive iund or property i circum. stapces made it necessary, In such cases “necessity” is apt to become a very importunt ‘circumstance,” and Mr. Thomas C. Butler, Jr., was not slow in tindibg these corollaries to work powerfully in favor of the ex- tinguishment of the trust estate. In 1819 he tailed in business, and from that yeur until 1824 he earned a Precarious livelihood sumetimes in Mobiie and some- limes in New Rochelle. He had a wife and three young children to support, “circumstances” which will make almost any honest exped ‘necessary,’? It thus hap- pened that in the latter year he conceived the purpose | Ol carrying out the trust to its fullest extent, and de- termined upon investing tho trust estate in ‘other productive property.’? 1U thus came that the trustee was induced to invest the trust funds in the factory business at. Paramus and subsequently at Dashvilie Falls. Thomas ©. Butler, Jr., managed the factories, and in ten years more he succeeded in losing the whole trust estate, In 1834 the Broomo street prop- erty was sold to Jonas Butier to pay the Paramus and Dasnville ‘alls debt-. In 1852 it passed by deed to im Butler, the present defendant, and in the r Mra Thomas C, Butier, Jr., died in Ohio, leaving several children, who are the plaintiffs in this action. BRUINZING OF THE evIT. The suit is to recover the property under the trusts, and Was begun iu 1858, after more than a quarter of a century of undisturbed por Hoo. The action was begun in the Supreme Court, the plaintiffs claiming as beneliciaries under the old marriage setilemeut, upon the grounds that the Broome street property bad been conveyed in violation of the trusts in their favor, and that ‘all the parties to whom the property had since been conveyed, including Miss Cecilia Ann Butler, the defendant, had knowledue of that trust, and asking that this property, together with the Howard street property and the property in Fifteenth street, should be adjudged to be trust property and conveyed toa new trustee to be appomted by the Court, The defendant demurred, but the demurrer was overruled, and Miss Builer then pot tn her answer, Tho case was referred to William Kent, but he died soon alterward, and ex-Judge Wiilam Mitchell was then appointed referee, Tic testimony Was Voiuminous, but Judge Mitchell finally | made bis report, deciding in (he piaintift’s favor. This was the completion of the first stages in an action which delay, and dolay alone, is to make momoravle. SHUTTLRCOCK DECISIONS, ‘The reteree’s report came ou to be heurd before Judge Sutherland in 1868, Judge Sutherlaua decided that the pleces of property in Howard and Filieenth streets o longed to Miss Butler, and that the Broome street Premises were trust property, but held that the Veyauce to diss Butier was good Lo pags the lite estate of Thomas C. Butier, Jr, This decision was satisiac- tory to neither sido, and both parti ppealed to we General Term. In 1869 the General Term heid that the Broome street property was trust property, and that the conveyance was not good 40 pass the lite estate of ‘Thomas C, Butler, Jr, or any estate, ‘The Court also directed the premis to be conveyed to a new trustes, and appointed Pamilton W. Merrili, of New Rochelle, as such trustee, atthe same time requiring Miss Butler to pay to the trustee about $10,000 for rents and profits which she bad collected, She paid the money aud then appealed to the Court ot Appeals. The case was heeru by the Commission of Appeals in 1872, and that court decided that the Broome street property was not trast prop. erty and thut toe plaints could not maintain their action unuer the trust deed, A new trial was ordere which came on to be heard betore Judge Van Brunt at Special Term, who decided that tho plaintifls could not maintain their action cither under the trust deed or as heirs-at-law. The pluinuiffs appealed .to the General Term, while Miss Butler, the defendant, fol jowed up her advantage by @ motion belore Judge Barrett to compel the trustee to turn over to her the Broome street property, which is now worth about $80,000, and to vccount to her for about $25,000 besides for rent and pfofits, which he hud col- jected. Judge Barrett granted the motion, and trom this the plaintiffs also appealed to the General Term, at the same timo applying to Judge Westbrouk to stay proceedings upon Judge Harrett’s order un ii their ap- eal could be heard, The deiendant appealed from udge Westbrook’s order, and ail these appeals came | 6, 1876, he up to be argued in Geveral Term yesterday, out went | over, owing to the absence of Judge Brady, As (bis ts the last day of the term it 18 iikely that @ final dispo- sition of these shuttiecock decisions and appeais will be still further doiayed. WRONGS OF SUITORS. This cave 18 a singular iliustration of (he wrongs which suitors suffer in our courts, and it wiil be seen tbat even Jarndyce and Jarndyce was scarcely more re- Murkable except that in that case the action only stopped when the costs hud absorbed the whole estate, ‘This case bas beeo in our courts tor nineteen yours, and it already Oils two large volumes of printed matter, 80 that it is possible it will have a like result, Dickens teils us that When Jarndyce and Jarndyce came on the short hand writers, tho reporters ot the court ‘and tho reporters of the newspapers invariably cecamped with the rest of the reguiars, Jones agaist Baier seems to have a similar effect, or would not have so long remainod unwritten, a Mrs. Nichols and Her Friends Refuse To Be Sketched by an Artist. THE JUDGE SUSTAINS THE ARTIST. “Dr. Wilson's” Mysterious Visits—A Lovely Sunday Morning Drive. pie SOMERS ATES ‘The detectives, who play so Important a part in di- ‘vorce cases, had it all pretty much their own way yes terday in the Bridgeport trial, Beside tho teatimony devoloped by them thore was also some spicy evidence regarding the visits of a “Dr, Wilson” to the fair plain- tiff, and also in relerence to a lovely Sunday morning drive taken by Mrs. Nichols and Mr. Lyman. Beside this there was an amusing intermezzo in the futile at- tempt of Mrs. Nichols’ eounsel to exciude a special artist from the court room. ‘The drat witness was Susan Smith, another female employed by the tailor (Condon), who also kept a curi- ous feminine eyo upon Mrs, Nichola’ early meander- ings in the proximity of the Lyman residence, She corroborated the previous fevidence, Susan, more cu- rious or more persistent than the other temale, instead of following Lyman aud Mrs. Nichols merely to the next block, once loliowed them several blocks im a pelting rain from a certain house in West Filty-firss street, in front of which she bad first seen them, ‘Tho next witness offered was John H. Cochrane, a newsboy of the neighborhood, who had also been watchiul of the strange lady’s doin; Betore hie tes- timony was taken, however, quite a lively and uuex- pected diversion took place, TRYING TO SKETCH MRS, NICHOLA, Mrs, Nichols, during the morning, bad improved upon her previous attitude by turning her back to the Court in such a mauner and 60 completely shrouding her head in an impenotrable black veil that not even a glimpse of her profile could be obtained. When the femate and other watchers were asked whether they recognized in the court room the Jady whom they had seen hovering about Lyman’s residence it was really Junny to hear them answer that they did and point at Mrs, Nichols, when it was absolutely impossible to seo apythiug but the graceful outlines of her back, and when it would really have required the gift of second aight or Helierism to distinguish her identity with the fair plaintiff’ in this case, What now provokea some whispered comment was that ber mother and her lady friends all partiaily.turved their backs and kept their hands to their faces so as to hide them, From whom? was the geveral question. Nobody in the court room hud apparently offended them by casting iinproper glances at them, but it soon trauspired that the innocent cause ot their flutter was an artist for Frank Leslie, who bad made his appearance that morning and was diligently engaged in sketching tie noteu personages of the trial, Mr, Doolittle rose and addressed the Court as follows :— DOOLITTLE ON PICTORIAL ART. “Betore this witness takes the stand we desire to Dring a certain mutter to tho attention of the honora- ble Court. We have learned that this morning a cer- tain person bas obtained access to the court room by telling the doorkeeper that he had a curd of admission from Mr. Nichols, the delendant iu this cage, and that he is now sketching tne ladics in the case, Now, sir, Mrs. Nichols and her friende shoud not be subjected to any such indignity as being sketched, or caricatured, perhaps, in a New York illustrated paper. This 1s not & public court ruom, sir, apyway, as the Court only sits in commitice,”” And Mr. Doolittle added, sternly:—‘‘That person will now retire, and be excluded by the doorkeeper henceforth.”” Al this there was 4 manitest stir in the whole court room. The young artist spoke up and domed that he bad said to the doorkeeper that he had a card from Mr. Nichols; and thereupon Mr, Doo¥ttio conirouted hin with the doorkeeper, Judge Fullerton suid that certainly the defence bad no possible interest in having the court room sketched; they had given no situation to the artist and had no suggestion or wish in the matter, ‘The auditors seemed to be tignly amused, while the Jadies surrounding 4trs, Nichol» shot withering glances at the iunocent artist, The venerable Judge who lis tened with nis usual solemuity during this ludicrous proceeding said in bis usual voice:— “Is there any motion before the Court?” Mr, Doolittle seemed somewhat stazgered at the Judge's composure in the face of such a startling d velopment as an attempt to sketch the court room, Recovering himsell, be finally said, Well, sir, we will move that the person 1 have described shall bo ex- cluded trom the cours room.”” ‘THE JUDG SUSTAINS THE ARTIST. Profound silence followed, amid which the Judge, 1n a periectly coloriesg toye and mavner said ‘i am not aware of any power resting in me to exclude any person irom the court room while that person is behaving in an orderly manner, 1 don’t think I havo any such power.’’ YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1877.-TRIPLE SHEET. ; At this decision Mr. Doolittle’s countenance fell and | he looked highly piqued, while the ladies were in- tensely indignant The artist smiled and went on sketching, The newsboy was then allowed to testify, and cor- roboruted the previous testimony about Mrs Nichols watching for Lyman on Broadway, near Fifty-seventh sireot, at the cigar shop on Kighth avenue, &, LYMAN AS “DK. WILSON,’? Samuel W. Benjamin, an bouest looking, straight- forward witness, tesuifled 0 certain visite paid by a Dr. Wilson (who alterward turoed out to be Lyman) to Mrs. Nichols while the Nichols family vourded at south Orange Mountain House, in Orange, a tow mmers ago, Mr. Nichols was away most of the time, but his wife remained there with her three daughters aud 600, She notified the witvess, who was. the clerk of the hotel, that her family physicmn, Dr. Wilson, would visit ber, and asked bim to have a lunch Prepared for him, a good lunch. (Tittor.) 5 j Mr. FouteRTrox—Was the “good lunch’ chatged in the bul? Mr. Doouirtis—We object. Mr. FULLeRToN hereupon produced tho hotel bills dug up by some industrious detective of the deience, and the witness identified a certain charge of $7 as having been paid for Dr. Wilson,” who came twice or thrice altogether, The witness went on to say that Mra, Nichols went frequently to New York ‘to consult her physicinn as she saia; once she went away on a ‘hursday and did not return antil the Monday follow- ing, leaving her ctildren alone for four days. ‘The clerk ulso remembered receiving telegrams from Mr. Nichols, ing his wife to come to New York when was away, and he replied to those despatches by telegraphing back that Mrs, Nich- ois had gone to New York, Benjamin waa taken to Lyman’s house by Detective Mastersou and waited un- ul Lyman came out, when he fdentifed him the “Dr, Wilson’? who attended Mrs, Nichols at the south Orange Mountain House. When Dr. Wilson arrived at Orange Mrs Nichols’ phacton aiways waited there to convey him to the hotel. A SUNDAY MORNING DRIVE. Luke Keely, a suarp faced, red mustacbed and de- mure looking detective, wuo assisted Detective Mas- terson ip the preparation of the case tor the defence, ave the resuite of bis douging Mrs, Nichols’ fou Ee aot only wal Mrs. Nichols, but al Lyman, but whon Le was questioned about Mr. Ly man’s doings’ on Ninto avenue Mr. Dooiittie objected, on the ground that the question was irrelevant. Mr, Childs, of counsel for Mr. Nichola, argued that the cross bill of the defendant distinctly urged that the detendant’s happiness had bern destroyed by her ab- souce from his house in waiting and waiching lor Lyman, in appointing rendezvous with bim, &c, = Mr, Dooiittie maintained, on the other side, that although the cross bill had charged adulieries “pretty much all er tbe country,” it had not charged it on Ninth nue, and heuce this testimony would be inadimissibie, he question was then changed 80 as to apply to Mrs, Nichols and he testiuled that he saw Lyman enter a certain house in Ninth avenue, in the neighborhood of his brewery, and thut subsequently dirs, Nichole emerged from the house. On Sunday morning, March followed Mrs, Nichola trom the Remsen sireet house, Brookiyn, where she thon resided. ran down to the South ferry. In New York, r Battery walk,” a carringe was waiting for ber; she ed im, and he saw a man shut the curriags door dpulidown tho curtains, apd the carriago was tn- siaaily driven up Broadway, Iho driver of the car- Tlage,was a hittic colored man, and wore & peculiar light livery, and the industrious detective was sent to find him. He nally captured him one aay and ascer- tained that the couple had been driven up to 108th street and then back to the Metropolitan Hotel, where thoy alighted. ‘THY DETECTIVE AND A BROOMSTICK. ‘The cross-examination of the detective was quite amusing, Mr, Doolittle asked him if he had not culled upon a Mrs, Reddon, who lived in the neighborhood of Lyman’s bouse, and tried to induce her tu tostily that she had seen Mr& Nichols im the neighborhooa, and promised that she would be weil paid forit, This he denied. Mr. Doolittie—Didn’t she threaten to drive you out with ber broomstick? (Laughter.) Witness—No, sir, The detective acknowledged that be once followed a lady to the Fulton market from the Remsen street house under the impression that 1t was Mrs. Nicholis, and that he did uot discover bis mistake until Le followed her into Dorion’s oyster saloon. He aiko admitted to Mr. Doolittic that be foiiowed a lady avout tliteon or twenty times from the Remsen sireet house to Fulton ferry under the impression that it was Mrs. Nichols. Mr Fullerton—wid you lollow her across the ferry ? Witness—No, sir. Mr. Falk Why? Witness— Because | thought she suspected m: Mr. Fullercon—Are you stili aude: the imp: that the indy was drs, Nichols? Witnesa—1 am sure of it THK COACHMAN’S STONY, Hovry Jones, the little colored driver ot the peculiar light livery, so curiously discovered by the detective who was last on the stand, corroborated the testimony to the drive, Hesad the gentieman engaged tho was driven down by him to the South ferry, 0 lady jumped in; be subsequently wa ive Masterson to @ drug sto! Mr. Lyman, and recognized in him the male of the carriage on (hat Sunday morning on March 1876; he made a report of the peculiar incideats of the drive to his employer, stating where he hi &c. Mr, Fullerton showed p of paper, which the driver said bis employer bad torn from his bvek, and which was the driver the horses, mirably and could not Ho sald it was a five spring day. Mr, Doolittle (with mock sentiment)—lb wi baimy, soit spring day ? Witness—Yes, sir, (Laugbter.) Mr. Doohittle—How did you feel that day? Witness—I didn’t feel very pleasant; [ bada’t had me, breakfast. (Laughter.) he Court, at six o'clock, adjourned til! this morniug at halt-past nine. To-day’s session will be b: be tripped up. THE WESTCHESTER SCANDAL. MORE ABOUT THB POORHOUSE—A NEW USE FOR AN ARTIFICIAL LIMB, , No additional evidence of an inculpatory character was elicited yesterday by the committee of the West- chester county Supervisors appointed to investigate the charges of malfeasance in office against the keeper of the Poorhouse, Charles A. Dominick, the principal witness in the case, was again cailed to the stand by counsel for the accused, who resumed a rigid cross-examination of the young man ata point where it was interrupted some days since in order that | the committee might call other witnesses, who were in waiting, 1t was through the instrumentality of Domi- nick, who is 4 son-in-law of Kooper Hammond, and who appeared before the Grand Jury which ipdicted that olficial, that the investigation was ordered by the Bora of Supervisors, The domestic trouble that has resulted in giving the public ap insight into Poorhouse life and management dates back to jast July, since which time the leading witness has been a sou-in-law | only in name, his wife having preterred to remain with her parents, Dominick did not falter under the #ourching cross examination, which lasted some hours, but reiterated the statements already made by him, Kiving bis answers with deliberation and | appar: ently without any tinge of mahce toward Keeper Hammond or his family. Itcame out that the large cheat which was testified to as having been ‘found by the witness at Pleasuntvillc, and resembling, as ho deposed, “a small dry goods store,” also contained an aruiticial litnb filled with packages of pins avd needles, ‘The limb, he said, bad belonged to a temale pruper named Sarah Seeley, then deceased. Dominick was also closely questioned in regard to a tub of lard, suid by the witness to have been taken one night from the Poorhouse and delivered by him to dirs. Elias Acker atthe request of Keeper Hammond or his wife, He swore positively that he did so, und repeated the re- mark made to him when he delivered the lard, = Mra, Acker was subsequently sworn, and emphatically de- nied all that Dominick had testified to im relation to the tab of tard. There being no more witnesses to ex- amine by the committee an adjournment was an- nounced until Monday next. ART SALES. ‘There was a aale of foreign and American pictures at Schenck’s gallery yesterday, at which a landscape by John H. Cocks sold tor $30; Near Stony Brook, Conn., by Walter Blackman, $80; The Ferryboat, by J. J. Spobler, $71; View on Licking Rivor, Ky., by W. L. Sontag, $53; Summer Time at Lake George, by David Jounson, $69; The Doparture of # Garibaldi Volunteer, @. Induno, $105; ‘the Sbephera, Franz Lebrot, $127; Canal Scene in Holland, Kruseman Van EKiten, $157; ASoeptember Day, Roitcher, $412 Several pictures Were passed, and a number that were very good sold at ridiculously low prices. The best pictures in the catalogue are reserved for to-day’s sale, among them Thomas Moran’s Vallvy of the Rio Virgen, which isa particularly fire specimen of this artist, There was a sale of paintings at Barker's yesterday, but the prices fetched were very low and the pictures not particularly good. There will bea much better collection offered at to-day’s sale. SALE OF THE Tho attendance at the sale of tho Hastie-Tracy library yesterday was not large. Francisci de Retza’s “Comnestorium Vitiorum Sive Superbia Ai stintlavar Pluribus Rebus,” royal folio, hogekin binding, said to bethe first book printed at Nuremburg with a date, 1470, brought $50. It contains nearly 300 leaves, and is printed in old Gothic letter with illuminated initials, At the evening sale the collection of bibles, comprising 192 ecpies, was disposed of, many ed: tions of the seventeenth and eightoenth cout bringing only $1, $2 and $3 per copy. ABuible and Apocrypha, in ‘two volumes, Cambridge, 1762—a family copy containing register of births—brought $10 per volume. Itis one of the six copies only of the same editfon which were preserved from a fire at the publisher's warehouse, Two volumes of Anthony Purver’s “New and Literal Translation” of the Bole fetched $12 60, Blair & Bruce’s Kdinburgh edition of 1811-12, a large paper copy of the smallest Bible ever printed in Scotland, two volumes, octavo, sold for $11 per volu: A copy of the Oxford Bible, of 1686, two volumes, imperial folio, in old red velvol binding, brought only $9 A fine.copy of the “Viney; Bible, London, 1717, brought $7 50. A large paper copy’ of Woodfall’s edition of the Bible, London, 1806, with fine series of plates, brought $20. Reeves’ Bible and Apocrypha,. ten volumes, London, 1802, sold jor $2. Conrdale’s translation of the Bivie, made in 1535, reprinted from a copy in the tate Duke of Sussex’s library, London, 1888, brought $7. A reprint of the authorized version of 1611, sold for $450. Forshall & Madden's London edition of 1850 of Wvyeljffe’s translation, in four volumes, brought $4 25 per volun POLYTECHNIC TOPICS. The regular weekly meeting of the American Poly- technic Association was held last evening in the Cooper Building. Dr. J. C. V. Smith read a number of inter- esting papers. Ono bad relation to China, in which the writer, speaking from an experience of years with the peuple of that nation, said that Chinese statesmen were the greatest in the world, and that its first Emperor was the illustrious obi, a contemporary of Noah’s. The plough and the compass, the paper stated, were the inventions of Chinese 2,627 year: Hore the Christian era. Another article read on the mauu- facture of Indian ink, The audience also listened to the reading ot un essay on the subject, Prosperity largely depending on the ipventor.’’ Lt was asserted that while distinguished and ingenious men of letters died poor the inventors of trifling things left millions of wealth behind them. A writer submitted a paper on the subject of the science of meting In Moham- medan pations, it was stated, anatomical investigations were absolutely forbidden, and in China the penalty was death for a person to open a grave to look at a dead body. William T. Lyon, of New Jersey, read along paperon the subject of photography and its modern relations, The regular aunual meeting of the associations will bo held next week, TICKLED BY GHOSTS, Not content with developing a man who claimed to be John the Baptist, Richmond county bas furnished another case of insanity, which, though not as pre- tentious In character, is yot scurcely less strange and interesting. In this instance the individual who has attracted attention by her mental idiosyncrasies is a woman by the name of Sarah Joyce, a resideut of the locality known as “Buffalu Corners,” Port Richinond, 8.1. Miss Joyce, although she has attained the age of forty-three years, has thus far rotained her patroaymic, ané ap to the period of her insanity was “in maiden meditation fancy free’? She was born im Ireland, but has for many years been a resi- dent of Staten Island. She has all along beca Tegarded as ®% Womat enjoying mens sana in corpore sano, and nono even of her most intimate friends suspected thas she was becoming the prey to w distressing and apparently imcurable affliction. A few months ago, however, Miss Joyce began to talk and act in @ manner that indicated some slight aberration of mind, and this peculiarity, instead of passing away, has grown upon her, until her case was at last brought to the attention of Drs. Harrison and Martindale, of Port Richmond, who, after an examination, pro- ¢, and upon their juigment she was, by Justice Middebrook, committed to the Richmond County Poorhiouse for care avd @ turther medical ex- ainination, HASTIE LIBRARY, SOME OF MER PANCIKS, When interrogated as to the nature of her thoughts and experiences, Miss Joyce declared that for moutts past she has been the subject of a most vigorous and unrelenting attack or prosecution by gh. ane tasuic demons, Who have pursued her by day and by night, rendering both bor waking and sl horribie beyond endurance, te ting by the window of her room could vitea seo the ghostly or demoniac persecutors approaching, and there seemed to ve no escape from them, Even when she would shut down the window sash they would come right through the panes of glass, and that, too, without in the least shivering these diaphanous ob- structions. From her account glass is evidently too thin a barrier to the ghoulish tribe, Wher asked what irits would do to her, 6! wered ;-—"*Why they tickle and pinch me and stick ping in me until my side and bead voth ach Sometimes they squeeze my head in their hands uutit it seems that the top of it will burst open.” She said, further, that a few nights ago a tremendous big Man—a real giant—came to Ler While sitting in @ chair, Ps before retiring for the night, and said that he had just come trom Ireland to punch her in the side, and that, suiting his action to his word, he proceeded to beat her most cruelly, until she screamed with the pain. The young woman who came to her relief of ‘course, no Brob dinagian Celt in the’ apartments, .nor uny sigo that any had been there, These dro only @ few of the visions, or phantasmagoria, that wore described by the poor woman. Her visions cannot be explained on the hypothosis of indulgence in strong drink, for 18 18 stated that tho subject was not addicted to imbibing ardent spirits, Hor case has excited considerable attention and comment, and the desuo Of Uhone experienves i# looked forward to by Whore he saw | many to whom they are entirely new, occupant | d > CASTAWAYS. Adrift in Mid-Ocean in an Open Boat. A MIRACULOUS RESCUE, A Thrilling Tale of Peril and Suffering. THE CAPTAIN’S STATEMENT, The winter of 1876 and 1877 bids fair to be one of the most remarkable in the annals of the sea, The list of disasters aud remarkable rescues already to ite credit is longer than that of any two years of the last decade, and still the record grows, The latest addition to this interesting collection of romances and tragedies is that of the loss of the bark Nancy Bryson and the sub- sequent rescue of ner captain and crew after they had abandoned all hope of F sighting land again. The fact that the Nancy was abandoned has already veon chronicled in the HeRaLp, but nothing was told of the manner of the rescue of her crew, who picked up and brought to Matanzas, Cuba, by the American brig A. G Petrengill, CAPTAIN DUNCAN'S STORY, The captain of the Nancy Bryson, Hugh Dunean arrived in town yesterday morning from Havana, ot the steamer City of Vera Cruz, and from him a Hxxare reporter obtained a detailed statement of tho inst hours on board the ill-fated bark. Captain Duncan, a remarkably well read and intelligent man, told his story With great modesty, and now and then indulged in bits of description of remarkable vividness, At first the captain did not seem to think that the story of the rescue was of suilicient interest to be repeated at longtb, but finally, after the formality of the meect- ing had worn away, be told the yarn after his own fashion, interrupting the narrative now and then with inquiries about what bad been happening in the world since ne left Pernambuco, on the 28th of last Novem ber, “THRY SAILRD AWAY.’? ith fair wind and weathor,”” the Captain began, “we left Pernambuco on the afternoon-of November 28, bound for New, York with a cargo of sugar. The crew numbered eleven, all told, and the prospect for a quick pacsage was very favorable, Qn the 2d of Do- comber we crossed the Equator tn west longitude 87 deg. 10 min., and the wind biew falr until the when it became equally, During the night of the tho wind blow strong, and 1t rained before morni when the Wind changed 118 Quarter and an ugly ero sea Was on. From this day unt) Thursday, the 28h, the weather was unsettled, amd on that day bad a BUT gale, The barometer fell 80 iu the morning and the Nancy was under er topsails, The gale increased tu strength on Friday and I hove the saip to, under lower muin vw suils, reefed spanker and mizzen staysuil, At noon we had 4 terrific squall, which was followed by otue during the afternoon, each one more furious than its predecessor, About sundown tue wind veered from southwest to west and the snip labored and strained heavily. In anticipation of trouble I had had the pump attended to, but at this time the ship was not making any more water thao usual, say about three four hours, the in During the ear.y bours sea began to rise and by tremendous sea 1 ever witnessed was ruuning, it was a bright moonlight night, and asthe searolled in mountuing around us the upper balf of each wavo seemed to be of a different color al Down in the trough of as black as ink, with here an fleck of silvery moonlight; but in the waves, the water thrown up between us and the moon seemed of alght bright green color, From the top of every wave the wind blewa shower of milk white foam, Once or twice one’ of these mountains poyred down upon us and the ship staggered and reeled, ¥ OUR MEN OVERUOARD, “At about ten minutes past twelve, just after the port watch had come from below, a tremendous sea Struck us and well nigh tora the ship to pieces. The shock was so great that tt was some seconds before I recovered, and when I did 1 found that our starboard bulwarks and stancbions had been snapped off trom the cathead cleau altto the main shrouds. This sea also carried away the fore house, boat skids, water casks, and everything movable on deck. The next wave that rose bore all the débris aloft with it, and 1 saw four inen struggling, while tho forco of the water spun them around and togsed them up hkeso many corks. Ina moment they were in the trough of the cea again and the next wave was as clear as crystal, not even a splinter of the wreck was on it, I thought the poor fellows had been stunned by being hit against the fore Bouse, in which they were when the sea broke in om us Thecry of “Man over- board !”’ massed all bands on the port side, and ropes were made ready to throw to the men if they ap- peared again. They all: came up together on the next wave, and were making desperate struggics to reach t hip. As soon as they appeured half a dozen ropes were slung, and the men caught them and were saved. If it had been a dark night they would all bave been lost, for it was impossibie at that time to launch @ boat. wasbed these men off burst the spanker jzzen staysails, and the canvas snapped as loud as rifle vhe wind bowled through the rigging, and the Nancy was toyed about like a feather in a gale. Aiter the men bad been taken below and looked alter I discovered that further dimage bad been done by the wave that swamped us, The boats on the port skids had been stove in, the port wheel of thd pump was broken, and the foremost swiften on tho main rigging Was’ carried away. Thinking that the ship might be making water through the rips, where the stanchions had been torn out, J sent the carpeuter below. She was nos making much water through the Tips, but in the lower hola the carpenter found water above the keelsons. Then got the ship beiore the wind and manned the pumps. HOVE ABANDONED. “At about daylight on Saturday morning 1 saw there was no hope of saving the ship, so 1 made a masthead watch, and the men relieved one another on the look- out for some pussing vessel When the wind changed around to the west the mercury tn the thermotheter wont down about fifteen degrees, and it was bitter cold, 80 that a man could not stay eloft very jong. Snorily after daybreak I called tho men aft and told them that the ship was badly sprung aud there was no hope of saving her. I sent oue gang to nail sheet lead over the holes stove in the port boats, another to got the starboard boats ready and another to get some bread and water to take on theboats. At about nine o'clock A. M. pe water began to gain on ths pumps rapidi¥, and a boat was lowered, but it stove and swamped. After this accident the water was half way up to the hold beams, When I discover this I ordered the men away from the pumps, and ail hands assisted in jowering the last boat. The ship wat havied to tho wind aud the boat launched in salety, At about noon all was ready, and we left the ship 10 latitude 34 deg. 45 min, north, longitude 73 deg. west. ‘This is, of course, deed reckoning, for I had no chance of taking observations, The men were all in the boat, end had taken about eighty pounds of bread aud a small cask of water, 1 stood on the deck for a moment, took a look around and then s:epped into the boat, An inquiry at this point from the reporter inter+ Fuptea the narrative, “Yes, 1 stepped into the boat,’? said the Captain, “the ship was so low in the water that I Gid not have to lowor myself, I had just scrambled into the stero oft the boat when we rode a sea and were clear of the stip. The mea behaved magnificently, and they pulled with a will from the ship. AFLOAT IN AN OPEN BOAT, “We were just well clear of her when she went inches down I hada magnificent opportunity of seeing her fe ander, When the last galiun of water that vroke er balance had been shipped, a sea struck her aud she poariy went on her beam ends, and showed her hull almost to the keel, Then she righted and plunged head Orst down into the ocean, Her maintopgaliant sail Was the last thing | saw. Whon we mounted the poxt biliow I saw about two acres of white wake waier in the spot where she went down, There wasn’t even a stick of wood in it; nothing to show thata ship bi been there, The lifevoat was unmanageablo, so wo Tiggod a drag of ours in order to keep ner head to the sea. Daring th and a cross o were almost swamped. During tho night it grow till colder and began to rain, I never erjoyed rain so much tn all my ile, Tho salt water that drenched me was waking my base aig and my eyes weak, almost closed, with salt, hen tho rain came ever so much ree ed alterward. During the night we ate some ofthe i, Ib was saturatea with salt water, but 1 don’t 1 managed to wash my face, and felt frei hb romember, sir, wing eaten oh a dainty b betore, When man {# very huogry you know he's not v nico, and I never wasted the salt. During the early hours of Sunday morning the men began to give out and threo or four of them dropped into the bottom of the boat and went to sleep. 1 warned them thut they would be frozen stiff, but nothing seemed to rouse them, A MYSTRRIOUS NOIS It was now growing light, and [ discovered the cau of © noiso that had bothered me all night. The ni, was as black ad pitch, #0 that we eould not see one another, and dozens of times I heard a humming noiso near me. It was caused by great seagulls, and when daylight came | saw or jour dozen of them flying over our boat At down of the day before there was not one im sight. I don’t know where they came trom, but there they were, While | was looking at these birds & man culled out, ‘a sail!’ and, looking off to the westward, I saw a brig dearing down on as. The men at the bot. tom of the boat wei did not show the slightest interest 10 tl In an hour's tine we were on board Poitengill, bound for Matanzas, trom whence ry Now York via Havana COMPLIMENTS. “Captain Halo, of tho Pettengill, treated us hand somely and relused avy compensation for his trouble and expenses, Edhar tan wap at Matanzas, waiting to go home o0 tho British matl steamer, whieh le due there on the Gin of Februsry."”