The New York Herald Newspaper, June 7, 1877, Page 4

& NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY,. JUNE 7, 1877, “WEST POINT. | Jupiter Pluvius in Command of the Academy Grounds PROCEEDINGS OF THE DAY. Cavalrv Drill in the Rid- ing Hall. SKETCH OF OLD BENTZ, THE BUGLER, pone West Voit, June 6, 1877. Wo bave hadadamper put upon our gayety bere. This morning Jupiter Pinvius made a descent apon us and bas not for a single momont suspended his attack, AS a consequence the parades of tho cadets had to be ‘dispensed with and the scenery bas andergone a trans- formation, The ruggod bills, which m fair weather loom up olive green ugaiast a blue sky, are veiled in mists, the river bas assumed a dirty luo, tbe parade ground is a morass, and the bum of insects and the chirp of birds is replaced by the ceaseless plashing of the rain, There is plenty of company at the hotel, however, and pleasant ways of passing timo are not bard to find, Among the ladies stopping hero are Mra Senator Maxey, Mrs, General Thomas W. Hyde, Mrs. Rev. Ubarles S, Richardson, Mrs, General David B, Hillis and Mrs, Ho. Thomas ©, Platt. THE ACADEMY. ‘The examtvation of the first class of cadote !n ep- gineering was concluded to-day, and several sections were examined in Jaw, They displayed a very satis- factory kuowledge of the subject. None of the sub-committeos, except that on Com- missary and Meas, have yet reported. That on tho religious condition of the cadets is to receive a slate. ment from Chaplain Forsythe, THE CURKICCLUX. The Sub-committee on the Course of Study will probably recommend some changes In the curriculu:n, At present the course is essentially a mathemattoul pme, comprising mineralogy and geology, enginceringy law, chemistry, philosophy, tactics, ordnance and gunnery, drawing ana tho French and Spanish lan- guages. Several members of the committce aro in- tlived to favor the introduction of logic, rhetoric and velles-lettres into the course, as they think t would relievo tho barshness of the present system and give the graduates greater mental augticity and enable them to express them- wives more gracefully and easily im their mother tonguo. General Schofleld, Superintendent of the Academy, was spoken to upon the subject, and bis views coincided exactly with those of the gentle. man just referred to, except that while they thougbt of extending the course from four to five years so that the additional studies might be introduced without sutting off any of the others, he js opposed to extend- ng the period of training and rather favors tho cx- Nusion of Spanish and perhaps some other things give piace for tho English studi Professor Forsythe, the chaplain, is set down as eacher of ethics, geography anu history, but the fuct 8 that he bas never heard a class recite in uny of those studies since be came here, The course at the Academy, trom tho time of its foundation up to 1851, occupied four ycars, In the year mentioned it was ‘extendod to tive yeurs by Congress, but was in 1861, alter the outbreak of the war, again reduced to lour years, at which it has since remained. CURAP LUXURIES, This morning the sub-committeo whoso duty It was to ‘ fspect the bath house visited that establishment and wore amazed ut the cheapness of the concera, A bath with towels and soap costs but three cents; boots aro blucked for twenty cents a month, and sometimes a cadet bas them blacked twice or even three times tu a single day, 80 that the cost per “‘shine’’ is only a {race tion of a cent, Simpson, who has tails for nearly halt money at the present rat trifle or give up the business. CAVALRY DRIly Thirty mombers of tve graduating class went through the cavalry drill this evening in the riaing hall under direction of Captain Eugene B. Beaument, of the Fourth cavalry. The Board of Visitors, Superintendent Scheteld, and most of the academic stall were present, bat the rain prevented many guests from the hotel putting in an appearance, and the reguit was a much smalier pumber of spectators than usual, The boys cavortea around the fluor of tho big buildin; which Was spread with tan bark to the depth of se eral inches, cutting their sabres as they went at cush- 1oDs representing the heads of Iniantry sold:ers, Some of these were placod upon the ground to repre- tent the soldier !ving down und others were vlovated apou frames to Ox them im the position of soldiers Manding upright. After reashing ‘these right and left as they galloped tne riders dis- mounted, removed thoir sudddles, and remounted, With nothing but cloth pads. Seated upon these they wept through the same exercises, and, in addition, teaped « hurdic several fect hich, “entting a heau’? at the eame time. Rings suspenued trom above, repre- Senting the beads of cavalrymen, were also cut at in the circuit of the hall. Pistol practice was also in- dulged tn, the ricers firing at the dummy heads as they were passed, When the drill was completed the cadets Jett the ball, giving turee hearty cheors 10 signalize the fact (hat they had taken their last cavalry aril, A QUAINT CHARACTER. In the Gothic archway leading through the cadets’ barracks into the quadrangic there appears and van- iwhes at regular intervais, {rom morning until the hour for retiring at night, aquaint old figure attired in tho Undress costume of a United stutes soldier. With upright though somewhat feeble bearing, the figure pauses exactly beneuth the centre of the arch, and, lacing the parade grounds raises a horn to tts lips, blows a cali and retires with the regular motion of an automaton, ‘This is old Lentz, the bugler of the Academy, who has been in service here since 1834, jy forty-four years. ia winter and summer, through ail sorts of weather, the old trumpeter bas made the hills echo with the notes of bis instrument, Obedient to which generations of cadets have moved to und fro, from classroom to study hall of fleld or quarters, ‘The old man—ne is now seventy-one—18 jooked upon by the lads ag part of the place, and they P could not imagine the Academy in existence without bim, 1 accosted him to-day a8 be vurned to retire alter sounding the welcome notes wh ch informed the cadets that dinner awaited them io the mess hall. ed Bentz,"’ said 1, “how goes the world with yout” ‘Turning toward mo a broad sun-tanved face, fringed with gray beard and set with a parr of frank brown eyes, which seemed weak from age, be fondied his battered trumpet and replied with a German accent:— “Vell, tho bugle goes protty.good now, but last win- ter | was sick my ‘nt is gone. Been changes here? Yox, sir; l’ve seen things \n my time hore, There Is not an army offi at hare bet known hore. | kvew General Sherman and Gen- tral Grant when they were cadets. General Grant may be a very pice man, but he does not fuifil hie promises. No, sir; he does not keep hts word. Jt he did I would bo gh here now. He promised to make mo Secretary var.” The old bugler polished the mouthpiece of his 1n- strument upon the sleeve of his blouse us he said this ‘with great earnestness, and looked down with a sigh, “No, sir, | wouldn't mind telling you how it wa-,” be coutinucd. ‘it wns wnen Grant was In the tirst Cines of cadets here, about thirty-five years ago. In ove duys the wives of soldiers used to wash ior the jouucty, and uy old woman washed lor Grant Ovo day when be came to my room about some washing I began to talk Freveb to mim. ‘Ab! Bentz,’ he said, ‘you are abead of me; I c1n’t Jangunge.’ ye ens name is French,’ 0, a Scotchman,’ he answered, +*<Well,’ I said, ‘1 Knew a good many Fronehwmen of that nome lacky one. You wili get what- Maybe you'll be President of United Staves one day.’ tell you, Bents,’ be snid right away, quick, ‘if be Hrestdent 1 witli inal in Seerutary of ‘1 do {t,’? said the old man, mourn head, ‘ana | ai we entz the ba- | ; ot to be President became worth } 000,000, they say, but he didn’t know me then. 6 torgot me shamefully, When he came op here he did not come to see me, The last time General sher- mau Was up here bo asked for mo and shook hands wit me very kindly, although I hardly kuew bim, my fight is x0 poor, '* Pid you ever write to President Grant and remind him of its promise, Bentz?” L asked. “Ob, yor,” he replied, gazing thoughtfully down into the mouth of his bugle ‘*A lew yeurs ago when Fred Grant, bs son, was a cadet here he cume into my room one day when be heard me playing the violin, and 1 told him about hia father’s promis ited 10 write to Gonoral Grant vbour it; bat I Jt was father aniusing to boar the simple minded old golater talk about the position of Seeretary of Wor, though it were « position woieh he could fill with fect ease; but there was something #0 pathetic in tis srtiessness that 4 |\sten 4 Of bis Nail century of service, could not but. deepest sentiments of py for him, mixed witb indignation at oMerls: ¥ failed to pisce tue ceble old tellow upon the | nu quiet, In tue that he might end his di that followed | icarned tat none years deft cye was destroyed by 4 cata the other eye bas been grad- Reryous sympathy, 80 that be is bahly will become complerely the poor old fellow will be doys in darkovss, Mepublics Md have got atong vory well Femeimbered ine and placod me upon tho ty DUE us it is" —a wiult Cumn~ sent wish that steambont that care if General Graut and be | stornatica upon face he added hurriedly, “You know I was a good swimmer and could got asbure, but in that case | should never buve cone hercaway Up.” Benta's bogie i. a gross curiosity in iteolt, It was eyed Instrument, but a simple born soldered over, The boa: spotted all over with bits of solder used in sto) the holes worn or pattcred into it from time tu ume. One very la hole is pisces with putty from the outside, and craks and fi all the joints wouad with pack cord and note the general decrepitude of tho timeworn instra- ment. When it camo into the haods of Bentz it was older than anybody knew, having been used for a life- tume by Mis predecessor in office, the father of Mr. Migs At present Jnstice of the Peace at Highland Falls, Out of respect for tho old man’s infirmities, the cadets no longer play tricks as they used upon Beutz, One of tho traditions of the Academy of a certain parade at cailed upon to play, but cou! ing previously stuffed his ip d why he uid not sound the call, he replied:— “Nails in de pugle, sir!”? tis a common thing nowadays, when the old man happens to be more fe his blowing, tor the Jads to shout, **Ni ~ The cadets entertain a de pu, the kindiiest feclings tor tho old vetoran, and a subscription has been at among them to buy him a new siiver bugle, A place will probably be found in the Museum for tne old ono. | | In consequence of bis iailing sight Bentz cannot | recognize faces a few feet distant, aud some time ago one of the negro servants emplored about the bur- racks passed him m the area’ The mau carriet him- self so well that the bugler mistook hitn foi fleer, and did not discover Is mistake untit the lads who witnessed the occurrence chaffed bim about “recoge nizing the fiiteenth nd ment. ’? NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. ‘NATIONAL VESSELS RENDEZVOUSING AT NOR+ FOLK-—DI1SPOSITION OF TH" MONITORS—DI8- OBEDIENCE OF QUARANTINE LAW BY A NAVAL OFFICER, (BY TELEGRAPH TO THE BEBALD.] NonvonK, Va, June 6, 1877, The corvettes Oasipee, Commander Breeze, and Es- ox, Commandor Schiey, and the mouitor Ajax, Com- manders T, H, Eastman, and Lebigh, Iteutenant T. C, Hutchins, havo arrived from Port Royal, 5, C. The Ossipoe and Essex will return and uring on the iron- clads Suugus and Manhattan, and the Huron and Swatara will soon after convoy here the Catskill and Mahopac. All tho iron-ciads will be detained aud re- painted, and thea taken to Washington and placed in fresh water, TUB HARTFORD, Admiral Trenchard’s flagship Hartford is in Hamp- ton Roads, and about tho 1st of July will proceed with the Kasex, Ossipee, Huron and Swatara on a cruise down the coast as far as Haliiax. DKFIANCE OF QUARANTINE, Un the arrivai of tue Eseex with tho Ajax ber com- manding officer, Commander W. 8, Schley, proceeded past tho Quarantive station without stopping to have iis vessel examined by the Quarantine oflicers as required by Jaw. ‘Tho Ajax, which was a short distance in the rear of the Kesex and which had a pilot on board, upon arriving at the station stopped in order to await the arrival of the proper bealto officer. The commander of the Essex signalled to know the cause of the stoppage and upon being informed ordered the Ajax to follow on in defiance of the fact that the priot refused to bring the vessel up. Upon the pilot, Mr, Face, turning the monitor over to ber commandor the latior brought ber ap without the necessary inspection ag required. ARREST OF THR COMMANDER, Upon the facts being mado known to Dr, H. M. Nasu, Quai ano officer, that gentleman went before Justice B, L, Tatom, this morning, and sucd out a war- rant for the arrest of Commander Schley, An exam- mation was held and Commander Schley wzs sent on to the County Court for trial, giving surety for his ap- pearance. The fine is $500 and 4ix months imprison- ment SEARCH FOR THE ROCK ON WHICH THE SAN FRANCISCO STRUCK, * Wasurxctox, June 6, 1877. The Secretary of the Navy has directed tho com- manding officer of the United States steamer Lacka- wanna, now stationed at Acapulco, to scurch for tho rock near Tartar Shoals upoa which the Pacific Mail steamer City of San Francisco struck on the 16(b of Moy. When the locality of this rock shall be ascer- tained it will be properly buoyed aud notice given of the position, TRAIN WRECKERS ARRESTED. DISCOVERY OF A DIABOLICAL PLOT TO ROB PASSENGERS AND EXPRISS BOXES, |BY TELEGRAPH TO THEN HERALD.) , St. Lovis, Mo,, Juno 6, 1877, Five men were arrested at Richland, Mo., to-day by Deputy United States Marshal Langston, charged with the attempted wrecking and robbing of the St. Louis and San sranciseo express train sn the Ozerk Mountains last Satarday night, A boy pamed Jobn Oliver, twenty years of age, was first arrestod, and being much irightencd made a full confession, implicating seven men, all farmers of Pulaski county, Mo. 1m tho ‘rime of the conspira. tors. ' George Gibson, John Logand, Alien and Greensircet bave since been captared, and are now beld as prisoners under a strong guard at Richland, Mo, Oliver states that tho plan was to re- Move the rails ko the entire train would run over the steep embankment nearly forty tect deep, and then rob the dead passengers aod the express boxes, Only tho engine went down, killing three anen, anit the rob- bers were afraid to attack the unharmed passengers, RAILROAD ACCIDENT, ENGINE THROWN FROM THE TRACK AND SEVE- RAL PERSONS INJURED. {BY TELEGKAPA TO THE HERALD.) Laxcaster, Ohio, June 6, 1877. A serious accident occurred on the Columbus and Hocking Valley Ratircad, ten miles below Lancaster, to the up passenger train this morning, caused by an overflow of the canal, which had washed the track for a distance of twenty-liva feet. The engine leaped down a twenty foot embankment into the ifockhock- wg River, carrying the epgineor and firenwn, who both escaped, the engineer losing a Huger only. | Tho smoking car was badly telescoped with the baggugo car. PASSENGERS INJURED. fam Effinger, o' Lancaster, sustained serious in- juries; James Kitborne, of Columbus, bas a broken leg, Maurice Lowery a fractured thigh, and W. H. H. Minton dangerous internal injuries, Several others are slightly hurs, YM OA Louisvinur, Ky., Jane 6, 1877. The twenty-second annual international convention of the Young Men’s Christian Association was held in this city to-day, Russell Sturgis, Jr., of Boston, called the association to order, He spoke briefly of the success which has attended its labor at all points during the past year, aud of the increased responsi- bility resting upon the further prosecution of their work. Devotional exercises were conducted by Rev, CONVENTION. | Dr. Cashing, of Cleveland, and Rev, Dr. Hooper, of Selma, Ala, ‘A committee of one from each State and Province was appointed to nominate permanent officers. ing Ci Pend- the report of the committee fH. ihane Miller, of cinnati, conducted devotional exercises in which jones, Weaver and Chadwick, of e1. The commitiee on organiza following officers, who wero Joun V. Farweily of Chicayo; Mow i of Ontario; Georgia; Jersey; Arm: , and Field, of of Indiana; of lowa; Palmer, of 8, of \ F, of Ohio; McDonal of Alabama; Lipse, ¢ Indiaua, Secretaries —M Davis, of Aluba Arkansas, and My. Siurgis introduced Mr. Farweil, the President- elect, wio made a briet speech thankiwg the Conven- ton for the honor conferred, and congratulating them upon tho {favorable auspices under which they had assembled. BOSTON UNIVERSITY, Boston, June 6, 1877, The pubic exercizes of the Boston University Com- | mencement were held nt Tremont Temple this after- noon in presence ofa large audience. Degrees were conferred upon 171 graduates of the different depart- ments as follows: —College of Liberal Arts, 31, includ- ing 8 ladies; College of Music, 1; College of Agricule ture, 7; 8 ecology. 24; Law Schvol, 47; Medi. cal School, 45, including 18 ladies; School of Uratory, 13, including + ladies; School of Alt tho Serences, 3, In- cluding 1 lady, AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, Cmicago, June 6, 1877. The American Medical Association to-day considered the report of tho committee on the recommendations Ip tho Prostdont’s address, bat took no final action. Dr BE. BR. Squibb, of Brooklyn, N. vorate report on the revision of the “Pharmacopaia.’? ‘Tho report asworted that not the abolition of the ala method, bat mprovement, W ght Ly iutrodue- ing Getman rov sions and make th barmucopana” Pp aud the “Dispensatory’” superiinous, The subject was postponed temporarily. TO CIVJZENSHIP. Anuaxy, N. ¥., done 6, 187%, Governor Robinson has restored to ctuzenstip Wille jam Koicher, convicted in Niw York, 10 1574, of robe very, und pardoned in January, 1876. Aiso Jerome B. Frazier, vieted in 1874, In Now York, of torgory, Whose sentence expired in 1576, WASHINGTON. GENERAL WASHINGTON DESPATCHES. Wasurreton, June 6, 1877. NO BIDDERS FOR THE FREEDMAN’S BANK PROP- ERTY. ‘The Freedman’s Bank property was offered for sale to-day. Quiteacrowd was ooliéeted, but the bidding was slow and no sale resulted, Tho highest bid for the property was $110,000, Tho property was then ofered for sale 1m parts, but there was no bid at all for tho bank propor, and for the other only $10,000 were of- fered. The valuc of the entire property is said to be abbut $200,000, THE SEW BUILDING YOR TH WAR AND NAVY DEPARTMENTS, The oficors and ebiefs of the various bureaus in the War and Navy Departments havo been notified to select their rooms in the new building pow being rodted in, whieh ts to form the cast wing of the building to be used by the Stato, War and Navy Departments. It 1s proposed to locate the War Dapartment on the west side of the now wing and tho Navy Department on the east side, As 8000 as the now wing is ready for oceu- pation, which will not be for some months, the War and Navy Departments will Se moved therein, and the old brick buildings now occupied by them torn down to make room for the north wi and Seven- teenth street tront of this now structure, The south front has already been comple! and is occupied by the State Department. INDEDIEDNE#S OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, A compurative extiibit of the funded indebicaness of the District of Columbia and the Jato corporations of Wasbington and Georgotown shows the amount out- Btanding at this timo to be $8,381,391, a reduction since December 1, 1874, of $502,088, ‘Tho Sinking Fund Commissioners Have on band the follow'ng assets, which, if dispored of and applied, would still further redace the amount of the debt, to wit Chesapeake and Ohio Cunal bonds. , $75, Washington and Alexandria bonds (i litiga- tion) vs ~ 69,000 The amount of fifty year 3-65 bonds issued per act of Congress of July 20, 1874, to the present timo is $13,743,260, ‘ INVESTIGATION OF THE BUREZAU OF STATISTICS. ‘The following oxplains iteelf:— Treastxy Detantuaxt, Wasmincron, D. C., June 6, 1877, To Mocssrs. W. P. Trrcomn, Deputy Rogistor of the Troasury; Cnanies Waxrks, Chief Clerk of tho Bureau of Kducation; Cuannes Trax, Assistant Chief of Division;— GkNTLEMEX—1 desire a thorough examination into the conduct of the business transacted by the Bureau of Statistics of this department, and theretoce request | you to act a8 acommitiee for ibis purpose, This ex- utaination will embrace the following points First--The organizution of that Burcau, tke number of employés, wgether with their grade and sularies, and whether the force now employed is in exocss of the actual neods of the ecrvice. Srcond—The sysiem of conducting the business of the bureau, its mode of collecting, preparing, collating and publishiug statistics and bow the cost may be re- duced, Lhird—Whbat inlormation may properly be collected through the bureau not now collected or authorized; whother any Jabor thercin is duplicated elsewhere in the departinent, and if so in which place such labor ean be more advantageously periormed, Fourth—Wbat reports are made by the bureau and what are required; whether it 1 important toprint tho dotaiis now authorized by law and what reporis sbuuld be made and publisned, You will ploase make your report in writing. Very respeotfully, (OHN SHERMAN, Secretary. THE FIRST NEW YORE INTEGNAL REVENUE DI6- mn TRICT. It fg stated upon good authority that no action will be taken at present upon any appitcation for tne Collectorship of the First New York Internal Revenuo district, in which office tie term ot Mr, Freoland, the present Incumbent, bas expired. SOUTH CAROLINA. AN END TO THE LEGISLATIVE DEADLOCE— VACATING A JUDGE'S SEAT, Co.umsta, June 6, 1877. The report of the Cuuferenco Committee appointed to a:ljust tho differences between the two houses rel- ative to the Appropriation bill was adopted by the House to-day..with oply ®. minority voie of seven. ‘Lhere is no doubt that the Senate will adopt the report to-night, and thus put ao end tothe founcia) deadiock. A concurrent resolution was passed by both houses to-day declaring the seat of Judge RK, B, Carpenter vacant, on the ground that the election in December of 1876 was illegal, the office at that tme not boing yacant, and ordering ap election to fill the vacancy at & quarter past one o'clock to-morrow alternoon, fhe Senate to-night adopted the report of the Con- ference Committes on the Appropriation bill without much opposition, avd the bill will be ratified to-mor- row. McVEAGH TO BUTLER. THE PHIVADELPHIA LAWYER RETURNS THE LAST THRUST OF THE LOWELL PLEADER. PaiLapeLrura, June 6, 1877,, Mr. Wayne McVeagh furnished the following letter in reply to General Batler to the prees this evening:— Purtaverrasa, June 6, 1877, General B. F. Bur: Washiugton, D. & Liear you have overworked your invective faculties, for your loug and labored letter of to-day shows signs of sailing powers, and will go far to destroy that repu- tution for effective ecurrility which you have so seda- lously fostered, ‘The issue between you and me was of your own seeking, and is so plain that you cannot obscure it by any amount of misrepresentation, however irrelevant or vulgar, You deliberately wrote and published concern- ing mo four sheer falsehoods, withvat a particle of foundation for any one of then, ‘Thereupon | prompt- Jy put yoa on the national pillory with a very Jegivle Statement of your oflence upon your forehead. As you have endured your punishment for mu entire week, and now virtually coaiess that every statement made by you was untrue, 1 have no objection to your getting down, but yon must not suppose tbat t pluced you thero in resentment only. My chiei purpose was to exhibit you a8 a warning to youugee men, vy showing them that in spite of great wbility§ und energy you had become the leper of our policies, vy reason of the general convic- ton that you habitually disregard the eighib and ninth commandments. That purpose bas been jully answered by the comments of the country upon your character, aud { have no lurther interest in the matter, I shall not even take the trouble to deny any new falsehoods you may think it to your advaplage to invent about me; for those who know me will not believe anytwuog you vay aguinst me, and thore who know you ot vourse wil) not Delicve anything you say agsiust anybody, WAYNE McVEAGHL POLILICS AND WHISKEY, THREATENRD DEVELOPMENTS CONNECTING THE TWO INDUCE FOREBODINGS AMONG ILLINOIS OFFICIALS. [s¥ T#LeGRaPE TO THE nenarD.) Sraisoriucy, Ui, June 6, 1877. There scems to be music in the alr, and it is more than provuble that during the present week the poli- ical feild of Lilinois will be weil raked anda number of prominent office-holuers in almost every braneh of pubhe serv.ce be compeligd to fall back to the private walks of life, For a Jong time it bas been openly charged thata large namber of Illinois officials have been as guilty of defrauding the government as bave been the whiskey rings of Chicago and Pekin, No matter how corrupt tho whiskey rings ip [llivois have been during the last lew years itis quite evident that there are many office-boiders and prominent politicians in the state who do now like very weil to incur their displeasure, particularly that of the Pekin Ring, OFFICIALS SCARED. It is now thought that the recent visit of Wester- roan to Washington, as was tolegrapbed to the HERALD im more significance shan pposed, and asx a couseqnence some of vininent offiee-bold And political manipu- lntors throughoat the Sta @ suduenly become seized with (eur avd are greatly alarmed lest the gov- ernment pap will be taken from them aud their dis honest and fraudutent careers clearly shown against them. GOVERNOR CULLOM'S VISIT TO THK PRESIDENT, ‘The sudden vepartare of Governor Cuilom and several others jor Washington yesterday hus cast a shadow of very strong suspicion as to the proper imtention of their visit, being, asi supposed, the determination to undermine a strong und powerful ring, guilty, it true, of iraud and corruptiou—tn there efforts to pro’ Promiment oflicers of the government as guilty of crime as the Ring itself has been. TOOMBS FOR HALES, THE GREAT INNECONCILADLE TALKING RECON- CILIATION--H& RECOMMENDS PATRIOTISM AND MAGNANIMITY, [From the Cineinnat! Gazette.) General Bob Toombs, thy great irreconcilable, made A speocn at Hot Springs, Ark., tho otber evening which was displeasing to his audience, Among other things Hot like The pringtples of the present so-called I de democratic party, DULL hie less the prinelpies vod oliees Os the repablean party, ‘the demucratre y beve not haa re ly w cuance to have any clices At all, and thoy Wok the bess they could get, principles, Hayes got iu, pot by his oWan act he 16 there by the folly of incapacity who TRIPLE Wine ete, tien 1o hi prouaen bet he bas taken bi id carried thei it done all thar Tilden could have done 10. far oth See nnd South Carolina are coneernéd. He has teem baek, thet, boars, at great a riven buck at = jewel, tl at Mi blood of _ good go’ t, woich makes all cise 1e—Btate “ep a ge teen fiver Foment und placed it w - He has commenced civil service meio he fotdered his officers to turn out badmen aud to turn out useless officimis who feed upon the people a3 drones tn ihe hives, and { applaud biup for these {il approve of whatever’ goo be does, and will n- wi he does of evil, This is the duty of every patriot. Is it not time that we should sink the into the patriot? Tho South never he any pecuniary intage from the govertiment of the ought to seok none now, | wasin nteen yt and in my own dis- trict in Eastern Gi and I tay to you now that I never got a dollar out of the Troasury for ove single spot 1m that district, I was not sent there to steal. babs A ond taken from the Treasury 0 tor one ticular us 1988. jinn: $9 I can tell you, to the Test of the country, ani glory of Ri constituents, that in the seventeen y ot bol pve service in Congress no man ir Gcorgia ed mo to do it, We Lave a granu country our- sclves—a goodly land, a magnificent beritage, ull that a good man needs in this world, can be quite prosperous and happy if we will stand by the old Jandmwarks and sustain good progross. Lot us hang our banners on the outer walls, neither chagrined by treacoery, disbonrtencd by desertion nor overawed by deleat, us display a magnanimity as groat as tho occasion, a8 prolonged us tbe copfiict--all then will be wolltor us abd our children and our children’s cbil- dren, “tii time sball be Bo mare. ’” The local democratic puper, in noticing the speech, said that Toombs is a peculiar man and does not repre- sept Southern opinion. BILLS SIGNED. Atpant, N. Y., Juno 6, 1877, Governor Rovinson has signed the following bills:— Amending the Revised Statutes relative to the sol- emmization of marriags For the protection of children, and to provent aud punish certain wrongs to chi 5 For the preservation of lite at bathing places, Making a gratuity to the survivors of certain Shin- necock Indians, lost by the disaster to the stcamsbip Circassian. Providing for the appointment of a State agent for tho guidance and employment of discharged convicts, Amending the act authorizing a tux to ve imposed on lot owners of incorporated rural cemeterics, NEW HAMPSHIRE LEGISLATURE. Coxcorp, Juno 6, 1877. ‘The Legislature met to-day at eloven o'clock. The Hou: od Augustus A. Woolsen, of Lisbon, Speaker; Charles C. Danforth, of Concord, Clerk, and Charles E. jum mings Sergeant-at-Arins, The Senate elected Nat Hoad President and Tyler Westgate, of Haverhill, Clerk, SEARCH FOR CASTAWAYS. SIXTEEN SHJPWRECKED MEN AND ONE WOMAN REPORTED ON AN ISLAND IN THE PACIFIO— THE UNITED STATES STEAMER ALEBT IN BEARCH OF THEM. Wasnincron, May 6, 1877, Rear Admiral Reynolds, commanding tho Asiatic Station, in adespatoh to tbe Navy Department dated Yokobama, May 10, reports that he was about sending the United St steamer Alert to search lor sbip- wrecked persons supposed to be on some island near Dampier Straits, latitude 0 deg. S4 min, south and Jongitude 30 deg. $2 min. east. SOURCE OF INFORMATION, Tho information which Cpeiyrg! Admiral Reynolds to send the Alert to make earch was received from the master of the bark Agate, which was in that vicinity in February last, That vessol wus boarded by natives irom Batlanta, King Williunyand other istande, and the master Was informed by oue of thy chiets that ‘on some of the islands to tie wurthward there wero sixteen white men and one woman. The information ‘wus communicated by signs and in broken English abd bardly intelligible, Io the direction he ‘pointed are the islands of Gar- men, Lama and Maygien, as fat as other smallor ones, anu it was’ impossible to tell how far off the ship. wrecked people might be, a PHI BETA KAPPA. About eighty members of the time-honored collego association, Phi Bota Kappa, wet lust night at Del- monico’s for the purpose of effecting an organization under that name to embrace alumni from all colleges, The meeting was presided over by L. Woodtord. Adare! were delivered Rev. Drs. Potter and — Frothingham, fessor Barpard, of Columbia Collexe; Curtis, of the Superior Court; General Webb of tho Coliege of the City of New York; ex-Govcrnor Chamberlain, of South Carolina; Cuancellor Crosby, Rev. Dr, Brooks, Rey, Stephen H. Tyng, Jr. and others, The speakers miy advocated the Ds habmont of an intelloctual association whose influence would uct as a corrective to tho body politic and be ti means of disseminating sound and logical ideas on by Pro- Jur brostdene roll of the new organization, OCEAN NATIONAL BANK, The receiver of the Ocoan National Bank is endeav- oring to collect assessments of the stockholders of the bank by tbreats of suits, Messrs, Bloodgood & Co, havo deiermined to resist these assessments, and hav e retained Messrs. Bell, Bartiett & Wilsov, of No, 120 Broadway. It ts said that a large number of stock- hulders contemplate resisting these assessment, ag there is a widespread beliol that thoy aro irregular ana illegal, and intend uniting with Messrs, Bloodgood & Vo, in their action. GRANT AND BRISTOW. MYSTERIOUS STATEMENTS TOUCHING THE RECORD OF THE LATTER. [From the Lousyillo Argus} Wo have 1 from undoubted authority that just pre- vious to Genera! Grant's departure for Europe ho sent a mnessage to Hayes, through General Sherman, which was in substance about this;— That General Grant purposed to give Mr. Hayes a hearty support, and did not intend to exert any advorse influence ugainst the administration or to advocate the preferment of any- body, but if he (Hayes) should be deceived by the as- sertion that Bristow bad waged tho whiskcy war for worthy purposes alone, and not to advance his own ambitious designs, and should, 10 consequence, send his pameto the Sepate fur apy position, he (Grant) would deem it to himecif ana to the Ri Frgs 4 to go defore tho Sepate and make some statements which might not now be brought to light.’ The authority upon which the substance of the above messnge is narrated is so direct and so good that our readers may accept it without cavil, The ements Which téfant threatens to make reft umong other things, to a paper which he had e: amined, and which a dozen other persons know was at one time on filo im the Treasury Departmont, but which has mysteriously disappeared, DIVIDING N&W YORK, [From the Syracuse Journal.) The bill to create the new Statc of Onondaga and to leave New York city and the adjacent counties up the Hudson to the northerly boundary of Putnam county to constitute the State of Manhattan, had its impulse in a joke, but it was the cause of considerable sgber discustion of the proposition. ‘I'he diversity and in- comparibility of interests aud tendencies, scurcely less ked in business than in political respects, which exist between the city of New York and the remainder ot the State, furnish a strong argument in favor of @ division of the St of New York, The people within the city aro quite different in churacter and tastes from those outside ofthe city, and this difiorence is 4 reconciiabie, New York city desires to be let alone in respect to her own aflwirs, and (be people of the interior, heartily sick of having any relations with the city, are tei geo to ovided only that the 10- threatened danger of be: whom and how cityand St bo governed A compact community with a large representation act- ing in harmony of purpose, with a phantand and wiil- ing co-operation of sympathizing elements trom tie interior, would give the iegisiation of the State hence. forth into the Kooping of tho Tammany organization, Tt may be that the only way to avold stch an untowara result wil be the division of the State, STRANGE NATURAL PHENOMENON. [From the St. Sous Republican.) Daveyront, Lowa, June 2, 1877, Last wock, while Mr. George Pearsal, of Coo town. ship, Rock Island county, was boring for coal on his furm tu a rayine, the surface of whica ts probably tea or twolve feet higher than Rock River, and when down seventy feet, they heard a heavy, rumbling noise, iin ly followed by a rash of water from below, fil!- ing U ix-tnch tube, Which raised the drilling ma- chinery, w 14 700 pounds, up many feet, On moving the drilling, ap; volume ol water was thrown into the air, perhaps twenty fect, and yot continues to rise seven OF eight foot, when 1+ spreads out into jets hke ap artificial fountain. Tt is estimated that it discharges @ barrel of water a ute, Tho water 1% pure and cold, A stone thrown the tube is immediately hurled back invo the try is a rail whew jorced down into it, This subterranean lako or river mast be some sixty feet below the bed of Rock River. From whence it comes or where it go orif it 18. pont up luke, fed by springs, or an underground river, 16 unknown. Stewart | * SHEET. THE FOUR RIVAL EMPIRES. HOPES OF THE CONTENDING BACES IN EU- ROPE AND THE PART WHICH RELIGION PLAYS IN THEIR DESTINIES. To tax Epiton oF Tus HERauv:— ‘The present conflict in Europe is not primarily be- tween Russia and Turkey, but between Russia and several other Powers, Thore are at present four great empires contending for tho mastery of Rurepe, in which contest the existing war is only an cpisode, ‘Theso empires aro the Romante, the Germamc, the Biavovic and the British, representing tho south, the north, the east and the west of Europe. The first em- braces Franee, Italy and Spain; tho second the German States and Netherlands; the third Rusew, Poland ana the Slavonic States of Austria and Turkey, and the fourth the British Istes and the colonies, Kach hopes to build iteelt up by uniting all theelements of its ro- spective race woder one principle or form of alhance of another. Tho tirst, or Ro- masio Empire, proposes to .establish itaclf on the basis of the Church as a nucleus or bond of union, tho whole of the Romaaic peoples being ossentially Cathohe and constituting about all the Catholics of Europe, The secoad, or Germanic Empire, proposes to ride into supremacy on its intelectual and military superiority and discipline, the whole of tho Gormanic peoples almost being already united under the Kmpire of Kaiser William. Tne third, or Slavonic Empire, depends tor itspower on ite numbers, which, If it coo- eolidate all the peoples of tbat race, will become by fur the most numerous body of Europe. The Western, or British Empire, deponds for tte supremacy on its wealth and ils universally present Jands and subjects. Thoro is, therefore, and is destined to go on, moroor loss seoretly, a contest between religion, intelligence, burnvers aud wealth for the inastery of Europe, THR CATHOLIC ALLIAXCE, Touching the frst body of contestants, the Romanic peoples, it will be scen that they labor, unlike the rest, under the disadvantage of being divided, not orly into three nearly equal nations, but also by three different languages. Neuhorof them alone—neither France, Spain nor Italy—oan hope to got control of Europe, Nor can they all hope to fuse into one nation, asit they bad ‘one ‘language. The Romanic race is thereiore disabled in bemg 80 equally divided and hav- ing such separately lying countries, wiihout one over shadowing State, Nke Prussia, Rasei or England, to rally them. The only hope for them, therefore, is to unite under the Church, the only common bond be- tween them, except their biood, There is, accord~ ingly, a strong Roman of clerical party, which 18 con- stantly aiming to bring these States together on some Buch eéclesiastical Or uliramontane policy. They aro promised in return for their aid to the Pope the aid of His Holinezs in manpaging the Catholic minorities in other States in their interest in caso of war. It is the dream of this party to restore, if not the ancient Empire of the Romans, at least the mediwval Empire ot tho Popes, when the bal- ance of power shall bo hold in a spiritual head, if not all the States by a spiritual bond, The Roman iuea is now, as always, that of an empire within an empiro, the State and the Charch in mutual dependence, the latter being superior in all spiritual matters, As neither the Pope nor any Romanic power can now hope to got control of Europe in a secular sense, there being no vacant throne of people for it, it hopes to keep that spiritual throne and sbare part of the power ofall the Stato, At present this Empire bas little hope of success, ag nei.her France, linly nor Spain scoms inclined to fail inrank; but cach hopes, par- ticularly France, to be itsell of great importance, if not of supremacy, im the future, . The Romanic peoples, therelore, take little taterost in the present Russo- ‘Turkish war, except to wateh events and hope for the drawing in and mutual destruction of the British and Germans along with the Russians, the great rivals ot Romou power, THE TRUTONE. : \ Tho Germanic Empire, op the other hand, proposes to uchiove tts supremacy by purcly State means, It is the great opponent of all {oreign interieronce in na- tional affairs, aud particularly of Church intor/orenco. It bas fought the Romanie aspirations by breaking off uw lurge part of tae Germans—the Old Catholics—irom the Roman Church and Jargely excluded ultramontane influence from the control of the remaining Catholics iu Germany. It sought to build up # Slate Church that should be a balwark to tye Empire instead of a source of weakness, at present—a national German Church, tike that of land or Rassia:~-Gornrapy's policy 18 to consolidate the ismpire, organizing Church, school, urmy, government, ihaustry, all tor ber inter- Dal uggrandizement, Having already the first mintary position in Karope, she desi the status quo 16 bo maintained, and having just mac reat acquisitions of territory and power she 1s inclined to peace, Having notbing to gain and all 40 lose by war sho not unnat- urully pursues a domestic policy, and wsks that other nations do tne same. She will, on ‘the non-interferenos policy, let Kussia and Turkey fight 1t out among themselves, as the other States Jet her and Francedo. Sho is not jealous of ali that Russia cun get of Turkey, but she will do what she can to prevent England and Austria from part: pating In the war, which might endunger her own prospects of peace, The Germanic peo; are practi- cutly united already, so that the long dreataed of Em- pire han began its career and, being on 8 good founda. uon, only wants u quiet chance Jor natural develop- ment THK SLAVIO DREAM, Tho Pun-Slavonic Empire exists as yet only in the brams of the Slavonic idealists, But there isa jarge class of those who are making most vi,orous propagation among all the non-Russian Slavonians, ‘The idea ts to umite all tho Slavonic States under Ras- sla, the principal of the Slavonic nations, as all the Germun States wore untied unicr Prussia, the princi- palo theGerman nations, And, although this is a consummation for only the far-off future, certain tea- tures of it, If notits essential success, will bo realizod, pervaps, very soon, Russia is now enguged in trying 1 conirol of the whole Greek Church, outside as well as inside of ber Kmpire, which is to be the frst bond of union between the Sluyonic States, which are substantiully all Greek tn religion, 1.8 the Latins are substantially all Roman and tho Ger- mans uro substanually all Protestunt. It is for this control that tho preacot war immediately waged, while at the sume time Rus endeavoring to drive, with the most.uppargonable iliverality, all poo-Greoks into the Greek Caureh within her domains, pers@ut- jug and rosiricting in their rights the Cutholics, the Protestants and the Jews alixe. She wants to build up a national and race Church, as well as Germauy, and one which will be a support to her E as woll nucleus of alliance with other States, BRITANNIA RULES THE WAVES, ‘Tho British Empire, like the German, bas its hopes of supremacy in being let alone. It hus vow all that ants und inore than it can wield in tho way of por sessions. It doos not need war, thoreiore, a meu of extension, while it lcars 1tas a danger to what it has, Likea very woalthy mun, 1t, a very wealthy nation, desires only peace, asking, like Germany, that othor nations keep off, and let even the smaller Powe! alone, Jt allows, in particular, no interierenco in Charch affuirs, and 18 very restive under the inflacnces of Rome over Ireland, Tt maintains oven the princt> ple of Jocal self government in religion, having a feront religion ag the established religion of jts several different countries; but it would reduco to the mini. mum the iniluence of religion as a bond of union be- tween States. Its principal fears are trom the Sla- yonic Vower, which stands ip the way of its development ih the Kast, and the present war is im- sot 44 to it chiefly as it gocs to settie the ultimat oundaries between the two Powers. Being unforiu- Nate in the limits of its homo possessions and strong only in its colonies and the sea which connects them, it has picked up all ungoverned and weakly governed Jands and now encrouches on the ilinits of almost every other Power. What it cannot got itsail 10 is Joulous that othors shall not bave, aud wants it held in weyance until future evonts shall determine juto whore power it shall fall, Britain bas now an empiro in each of the five continents aod cach of the five xreat Feligions of tue world, and, though less consulidated than the Slavonic Power, It is, with its hoterogenvous peoples and widely lying provinces, more numerous than apy of the others. The only question is whether Bhe shall be oqual to her defence, or whether, liaving bigness without groatness, she shall fail to draw her gt unharmed through mistory, She now Ots Of attack and offors muny cie- The aniinosities of Saxon, Celt and Hindoo; of Christian, Movummedan and Buddinet, will keep her forever iniusible; so that it will ever ve jomorate ompire of irreconctiable dilferonces and le divisious, A. B SALE OF AUTOGRAPHS. The enle of autographs by Bangs & Co, No. 656 Broudway, was continued yesterday afternoon. About six hundred letters, envelopes and signatures were disposed of at prices ranging from ton cenisto $2 A letter written by ex-Governor Tiiden was the last on the list. It brought. $1. The sale to-day will be of more than usual interest ag u number Of valuable ox. tended of ‘extra Hlustrated’”? works will be put up, Among tho number is Mary L, Booth’s “History of New York,’ exiended to twenty-one volumes by the insertion of 2,129 plates, portraits und maps and 173 raph letters, Bancroft's nited States,’? with 1,202 portraits ana plates, will also bo sold, and several others of value. THE BROOKLY t 3 COLLECTORSHIP, It 48 gonerally believod in Brooklyn political circles that Mr, Jomes Freeland, the United States Internal Revenue Collector, will be removed in the course of a tow days, Tho reason assigned 1s Mr. Frecland’s ad- vanced age. His succesor, it ts said, will be General FE. L. Hayes, & second cousin of the President. Fehoo! Commissioners Wickham, Dowd aud Walkor have beon appointed a committee by the Board of Kd- ucation to Investigate certain charges aguinst their Bue [ SWEENY FRER) The “Brains” of the Ring and His Compromise, TERMS OF THE BARGAIN, The Amount To Be Refunded ta the City Treasury. Court for the trial vs, Sweeny was tho General Term who entered the Tho extro term of the Supreme of the suit of The People opened yesterday morning in roo! by Judge Westbrook, court about half-past tem o'clock. The cou sel in the case were pregont, and for the people were Mr. Wheeler Peckham and Mr. Joseph P. Nash; for the defendunt, mr, W, A. Beach, Mr. Joho MeKeon and Mr. Vanderpoel. Directly the Judge took his seat there was a consultation among the coun- sol, who adjourned to the waiting room, and, 4s will be seon below, this resulted in a sctiloment of the case without bringing it to trial. “THE MILLS OF GOD GRIND BLOWLY.”* ‘Sitting in the court room, waiting amid the buzz of conversation of the expectant throng the progress of events tn the development of the case, thought gocs back eight er ten years to tho time when the great “Ring” wag in the supremacy of its power, Ard how siriking are the contrasts! The vast chamber wag then the room of the Board of Supervisors, On ita walls bung a full lergth portrait of William M, ‘weed, painted at the expense of the city. Watson, Woodward, Garvey and Genet were bis chums—the chiefs of an army of spollsmen. ‘The geveralissima now languishes im prison; other master spirits are fugitives in foreign lands, whllc he to whom every other hat was once lowered, from the woaithiest to the humblest of citizens in reougnition of hts almost autvcratic power, wandors nervously uround the court room, now exchanging a word with ais counses and anon peering vacautly from the window: awaiting the result of evon handed justice. Bie It was here where Watson and Woodward manipu- lated the fraudulent warrants under which the steal- ing was perpetrated; here where the ‘divvies”—as the plunder was called tn tho cholo vooubulary of the Americus Club—were made, and where the percent- ages and interest were figtired up by the conspirators, who, as was shown on tho trial of Tweed, dofrauaed their own chiettain, The same walls that looked down on Peter B, Sweeny now, contronted as he is by a jury of nis countrymen, saw bim loss than ten years ago planning with the **Boss’? schemes for the perpotua: tion of Tammany’s rulo in thecity. They saw Judge Barnard reluase Tweed on @ paltry bail of $0, after ho had been committed to the Tombs by Judge Gunning Bedford, then of the General Sessions. 1a brief, they have beon the witnesses of incidents that made many a New Yorker blustr for his namo, and of deviltries of which modern history has no parallol Thouxh the mills of God grind slowly, Yet they wrind exceeding smull. The interest attached to the expected trial war shown by the presence of a large audience, among whom were prominent lawyers, public men and) local politicians, The spectators generally were of a mora solid and intellectual character than those who, trom wantot something else to do, idle yy th irae im the courts, Among thogo on the inside of the Bar vow ides counse) im the case ex-Chainberlain Brid- ley, ex-Congressman Mor Jones, William Van ‘yok, Preaident-ol the Young Men’s Domocratio Club; Waldo Hutchins, ex-Assistant District Attorney Fei- lows, Henry Tatnior, woo invest, the Ring ac. cuunta; Nelson J. Waterbury, E. B, Woodward and Augost Belmont, Jr. r It was not until half-past two o’olock that the pas tent crowa wore busbed to silenod by the entrance of Judge Westbrook, who, taking bis seat on the benca nearest the jury, read the following announcement:— THR COMPROMISE ANNOUNCED. Judge Westbrook said:—'sI am informed, gentlemen ofthe jury, by the counsel for the respective. parties to thissuit that an arrangemedt has buen mado by which the estate of James M. Sweeny, deceased, bus agreed to pay a very cousidetable sum of money on account of tue demands sought to be recovered in this action, and under the circumst it seoms to be deemed unwise further to press the trial, It may be proper for mo to gay 1p passing that the terms of tho nt, 80 far as they have been communicated to the Cuurt, involve no concession by or reflectioc upon the defendant, Concurring in the wisdom of the course whi has been adopted, the Court will bo ad- journed until the first Monday of October next, ah twolve o'clock. SL. ‘TUK TERMS OF THE COMPROMISE, After the roadiug of this annouucement by tne Juuge the jurymen rose from their seats in so joylut a@manoer and with such manifest signs of relief om thoir countonances that it was quite a pi ton to waich them. They were roady to shake handa with apybody and every bogy around them, and did this most heartily with the counsel in the cage, wio, while the Judge was making the announcement, had grouped themselves very noar the jury. The expression: Considerable sum,” and “that the concessions cast no reflection upon the defendant,” used by the Judge, excited great curiosity and inquiry among those who were familiar with the pubilo history of the Ring suits. A reporter of the Hrkaup inquired of the counsel us to tho terms of the comproinise, All were non-committal, Mr, Beach said he had very lit. tle todo with the case, Mr, MeKeon gatd tbat toe terms had been settled without him. Mr, Peckham Suid that he did not know the amount, and that Judge did not say anything about a percentage, a some thought he did. Mr. Vanderpoel said that the terms of the settlement were virtually those that were agreed upon months age. THE AMOUNT OF RESTITUTION. It is reported trom a reliable source that the sum of money which Mr, Sweeny ito remand to the city is avout $250,000, Ibis known that the original demaud of Mr, Peckham was for $580,000, ‘ue com- promise was eflectod ulmost without the kuowledgu of Mr. Sweeny’s counsel, and it is generally believed that Mr. George Hutchins bore a prominent part in conducting the negotiations, His arrival in New York was made pubiic in the Heraup of June 2, woeru it was also surmised that his visit had particu- lar bearing upon this trial. The aéuouement gives rise toa great deal of rumor and speculation arding the juterests of other Kins offenders, lt is suggested that a similar movement will be mado in_ be of Connolly. It ig be leved by some that the main motive of Mr. Sweeny 12 making the compromise at this time was the possibility of some unpleasant testimony frow Mr. Tweed, who might ve called upon to testily in ro buttal of Sweeny’s evidence. To some the compro- mise is a great surprise, tor, thoy ask, why wore Ingersoll and Woodward asad, if not to testily against Swoeny? Tw they say, was already tried, and they Jook upon this compromise with Sweeny us au attempt to make Mr, Tweed the scapegoat ior ull the Ring evils, It 18 rumored that the latver’s counsel will shortly demand from the Attorney General some do- eisive course of action or @ return of the papers which were submitted to him. Friends of Tweed appear to find a mystery in all these recent cveuts which they do not at all like nor are able to understand. Janes M. Sweeny was the business man of bis brother and did pay to Peter B, Sweeny money without, it wag said, coutiding to bim the aource {rom whence it came. There had not been 1n all the mass of evidence as ta the Ring frauds avy legal proof that Sweeny was en- gaged in a conspiracy to defraud the city. In this he differed jrom Tweed, Watson and Woodward, who had all been shown to be engaged in the conspiracy, Had tho trial gone on the defendant would have gone ou the stand and sworn to there facts, and it woald be big 4 likely that a jury would believe him iu preterence to Wovdwara or Tweed, THE PASSAIC FISH PLAGUE. IT 18 REPRESENTED AS RESULTING FROM AN EPIDEMIC. [From the Paterson Press. } Goneral Hoxsey’s theory clearly won't do, Tho mortality is in the fish above as well as below the falls, and It is well known there 18 very little refuse discharged into the river above Paterson, The fsb, if their disease was contracted below the falls, could not get possibly above them or communicate it to fisu at the head waters Besides, tt is stated by Fish Warden Koo that thorough experiment bas proved that no amount of impurity discharged into a river will destroy fish, The trouble really secms to bo somo Strange epidemic, as suggested by ‘Medical Student” in the Press of yosterday, dr. Roe tells us to-day tbat tue dead fish—with their eyes out in many cases~ have been found in the Peckman Riv Brovk, two and a half miles up stream from tit Passaic, inthe Ramrapo River, Pomptow Foeder, ané in the Passaic ttsolt as far ap as the ‘Big Piece.” ‘These fish, as already stated, could not have beou porsonod by the Paterson or Passuic factories, and tho ‘Powder Works’? theory does not yot soom ten Wo must for tho present hold to the idea of a mys rious fish epidemic. The matter is one worthy of cares ful investigation. It 18 one of more importance to Paterson just now than many suppose, for during | hard times many @ poor jamily hag drawn a sustain ing meal from Lie Waters of the Passatc, Wardon Ivo soys that for a day oF two past the number of dead lish 16 be Seen bas diminished, and hothinks that they have floated gif down stroam, Tia Faises tho hove that, happily, the mortality is diminishing, tot 1 " was not the deposit of dead ish would remain as great as dolore, At Dundes dain it 1s suid that the deposit was onorinous. The dead fish, which float for a day fellow Commissioner Goulding, Commissioner Gould- {ng 18 said to be anxious to explain, or two, al erward sink, and it ts possible that immense | numbers of thom are in the water out of sigh