The New York Herald Newspaper, October 19, 1877, Page 5

THR BATTER OF CHERKOVNE, Attack on the Russian Intrenched Positions Before Bjola. MEHEMET ALI'S ADVANCE CHECKED Incidents of the Battle Described by a Herald Correspondent. GRAPHIC WAR PICTURES Voprrscua, Sept, 21, 1877. After I had Gnisbed writing last night I beard that ®@ council of war had been held at the camp, at which, under the presidency of Mehemet Ali, the commander- In-chief, Salich Pacha, Valentine Baker Pacha, Prince Hassan, of Egypt, and othera were prosent, This fact, coupled with the arrival of the long expected reintorce- ments, amounting to a whole division, seemed conclu- Bive as to the probability of an immediate attack upon the Russian position above Cherkovne, and I got every- ‘thing in readinoss for a visit to the front at daybroak this morning, lj throagh the night guns were being sent on to the ridges overlooking the valley and placed in the pits and battertes prepared for them; the troops who were to take part in the battle were pashed for, ward to their positions on the reverse side of the hilla occupied by the Turkish artillery, so as to be ready for action at daybreak. 4s may be imagined, thero was not much sleep for us last night, even had there not been 10,000 fleas with a large contingent of still more disugrecable insects in the mud floored den which does duty a3 bedroom in the Bulgarian hovel which { have ‘‘an- mexed” in this village, After a few hours of troubled slumber, during which the vormin bad it ail their own way, 1 gotup and ‘ooked out, It was three o’clock, and the dense mist which had settled over the coun- try yesterday still hung heavily down like a black pall; an hour later there was a heavy fallof rain, whieh ceased at five o’elock, but the fog remained as thick as ever. Baker Pucha and his staff left their camp at daybreak and rode off to the ridge whore the Utposts were statioued, and where the principal bat- tories wero to be placed. Nothing had been dene, and fo preparations had been made for the attack; not ® gun was in position; not a man in bis place! The energetic ex-Colonel of Hussars, whose Bplendid soldierly qualities wore nover moro Apparent than they are now, immediately sent one of his English aides galloping back to the headquarters with a message stating what was, or rather what was not, going on, The Pacha’s reply ‘Was that it was not quite certain whether the mist was going to rise or not; and I suppose atter sending back the sage he turned round and had forty winks, But at last the Tarks began to move, and directions were given to bring up the guns and man tho batteries; the mist slowly cleared away and the gun came out, giving promise of a brillisnt day. TURKISH TACT! By eight o'clock the fog had disappeared and the Tarkish troops commenced to move about in all diree- tions, in full sight of the enemy, thus giving ample notice of their intentions! The gross stupidity of such a blunder was apparent to everybody, and did not augur well for the succoss of the undertaking. Instead of taking advantage of the cover and conceal- ment of the fog to move the troops silently up to \beir positions and run the guns up to the batteries, tho officers responsible tor the Preparations waited until the air was clear and then commenced to ke their dispositions under the eyes of the Russians, who must have had a good laugh ut tueir simplicity. The Russians them- Selves well know how to make use of a fog, as thoy showed at Inkerman, «nd were probably on the look- out all the early morning for an attack on their en- trenchments, It seomed quite probable that they might thomeelves attack the Turkish position, with which, owing to their long occupation of this part of the country, they must have been pertectly familiur, but probably tuey had not suflicient force at com- mand. ‘Tbe event showed that they exercised a wise discretion in remaining strictly on the defeusive, and us the Turks gi them good notice of their inten- tions they had every reason to be satisfled with mat- ters as the: ood. Baker and his oflicers actually saw the Russians hurrying to and tro on their ridge, getting up their heavy guns, manning their empty trenches, and generally strengthening their position, evidoutiy quite aware of the attack. Who can say what would have been the resuit had Mchemet All stealthily moved up his batcalions under cover of «ue triendiy mist and delivered his assault before the Rus- Bians had time to complete their preparations? His army might now be within sight of Bjela, or at least another half day’s march on the road, and the lives which would havo been lost would not have been sac- rificed in vain, ‘THE TURKISH PLAN OF ATTACK. The plan which had been under consideration at the council of war was to descena trom the heights above Cherkovne into the valley through the ravine leading ‘toward the village and attack the wooded heights im- mediately opposite, At the same time u strong feint was to be made ox the extreme right of tho Russian position, in order to draw away therrattention from the main assault, This pian was not carried out for some unknown reason, but another one, invented at the last moment by Rifaat Facha, the Chief of Staff, was substituted for it aud accepted by the Commander- in-Chiel, with what result the sequel will show, The plan of Rituat Pacha, which thus superseded that agreed upon after mature deiberation overnight, was to transform the intended teint on ‘the right intoa real uttack, throwing the whole weight of the division of ismait Pacha—a mixed division of Turkish aud Kgyptian troops—upon that flank of the Russians simultaneously. Sowe other attack—no one know what 1t was to be or where made—was livered, The time assigned to Ismail by Ri his march round to the right of the enemy’s position wi two hours, and as he started at about pine o’clock the caunonade from the Turkish Latteries Was timed to begin at leven. THE TURKISH FORCES. The forces availablo to Mebemet Ali for the attack were Prince Hassan’s corps d’armée, comprising a division of his own Egyptians and a Turkish division composed of the reinforcements recently arrived, un- der the command of Ali Pacha, Salich Pac! division of Turks, and on the right of the Tarkiso line the di- vision of Sabit Pacha and an odd brigade, The urtil- Jery of the Turks consisted of twenty-1our Krupp flela Pieces, of which ten were jin position in the centre, ‘Unree on the left and fi the right. All wero placed tm gun pits and bat on the spurs of the ridge jutting out intg the valley and overiooking the Rus- Bian position. “The lougest range between the hostile Datterics was perhaps nearly five thousand metres and ‘the shortest not more than filteen bundred, Besides these one battery of six guns was kept io movement, and two mountain howitzers were sent with the Egyptians to the right attack, ‘The Russians had in action, according to the estimate the Anglo-Turkish officers present, tweniy- that is to to say, three batteries, there being cight guns to a Russiun battery, The pte wero all of heuvser calibre tban toose of the Lurks and were most admirably served during the day. THR BATTLE OF CHERKOVNE, At ten minutes pust eleven the tirst shot was fired from the Turkish battery in the centre of the line and Qnnounced the commencement of the battle. I had no waiting patiently in my quarters, with my horso saddled and bridled beside me, aud the moment the sound of the gun reached me 1 mounted and was off in the direction of the sound. I stopped fora moment at tho headquarter camp to make inquiries and was told that every one hdd gone to the Kowga ight 1 galloped along the ridge and then cut across a deep taviue to the next one, the wooded spur on which 1 knew the batteries had been constructed, Clouds of white smoke floating above the trees and the sbarp ring of the Krupps told me that | was on the right Foad and nearing the scene of action. 1 entered the wood, passing a reservo battery of artillery limbered op | aod tart, and prossed on straight toward the ct Presently another sound, not to ve rd With as much indifference as the bang of the Krupp, met my cars; it was tho sound of burst- Ma Ing shelis, come within range ot the Russian guns before I had laid eyes upon the Turkish bat- tories, anal confoss that my first impulse wus to get Out of the wood as quickly as possibie. Atier a mo- ment’s reflection (during which two more shelis came crashing into the wood close by, making my horse Plango and shy), I decided go wht on unl 1 ge of the ridgt The rear o! a batiery hot the pleasuntest or quietegt piace in ld, and 1 put spara to my horse toget out of te, although 1 bad no to ride straight in the direction from me. A gallop of a tew hundred Yards showed me the daylight ahead, and I emerged on @ long stretch of open ground sioping upward from the edgo of the wood. On the crest of the ridge immediately in front of me was a jarge Turkish redoubt, trom which a tremendous firo Was now opened, and the Russian eries wore ropiying vigorously, the shells which were aimed too high whistiing over it roud along which I bi of fire, and I Was not sorry to get voueuth the com- barative shelter of the slope beneath and in rear of the Turkish guns All along the ridge, to the right Of where | stood, the batteries were in action, but a0 | ad of the Russian position could be seon from the jollow beneath them, ¥ IMPEDIMENTS, Wishing to sco the whole fleld I rode to a point be- tween two of the batter proposing to dismount bad go to the edge of tho ridgo and lie down and look Over, but | met an acquaintance, an Englishman in tho Tarkish service, who told me the Commander-in- Chief, wuo was present in ti loubt with Prince Masson, bad given strict orders thas no one was to go NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1877.—-TRIPLE SHEET. att of the slope, for fear of upop the pat sf mi bile im tho nest drawing the 1m the boll now got the range, and most tne shells struck beneath the parapet of the redoubs with a thundering roar, sending the dust in great dua colored clouds, which rose bigh to tho air and mingled with the wreaths of smoke that shot out trom the muzzies of the Krupp field pieces as they replied. Oveasionally, however, one of tbe sbelis would come screaming overhead and plunge 10t0 the wood or, just grazing tho round of the slope, would burst uucom- bly close to the group of which | was a membe: Away to our right on the other side of a wide ravi: ‘was another projecting spur of the ridge which awe; round the head of the ravine, forming 4 sort of amp! theatre, and as trom 1 position the Russian bat teries couid be seen I rode off toward is with somo of the English doctors and my military trieua, In half an hour we bad reached the spur, which was also thickly wooded, but a clearing neur the end of it per- mitted us toseo the enemy. The whole battle field lay beneath us, and beyond, far over the slope held by the Ruswians, extended @ series of long, flat ridges, fainter and fajoter in color, until tney merged into the long blue line of the Balkans, whose serrated peaks stretched along the horizon as far as the eye could reach. NOT IN LOVE WITH NATURE. We bad little inclination to contempiate the glorious beauty of the view which was unfolded before us, while at our feat, in the foreground, a tremendous scone was being ebacted—a scene of hatred and tury and strile—which contrasted startlingly—1 was going to say magoificentiy—with the lovely landscape. “Every prospect pleased, and only man’'—the quotation ig too old but irresistible, The whole of the bare brown hill om which the Russians had plaated their batteries was before us and the gunners were pound- ing away from six points atthe Turkish guns on our rigbt and left, for even pagend us, Oo Lhe spurs fur- ther to tne left, the Turks bad thrown up and single gun pits. Butit was now one the artillery duel had lasted without ¢essation for two bours, It was long past when the development of — Isinuil attack on the Russi right might be expected and all eyes were anxiously turned toward that quarter of the floid. Something had gone wrong. Presoutly, however, it became evident thar the head of Ismuii’s column had come into contact with the euemy for we could see fuint lines and jots of amoke 1n the distant wooded country beyond tue little village of Urikier and on the iurtber end of the slope occu- pied by the Russians;’a llerce iniantry fight was rag- ing, but why bad tt begun so late, two whole pro- cious hours alter the appointed time ? THE ADVANCE OF THE TURKISH CENTRE. From the spur oa Which we stood lovking at the artillery duel and the distant couflict on the right of the Russian position, ould lvok across the ravine at the Turkish redoubt, ich we bad just leit, wheuce Menemot Ali was watching, anxiously enough, [ should think, the progress of the battie, and could seo what wo bad pot noticed beture. Iwo battalions of Turkish intuotry massed in columus of companies tu the holiow beneath the slope to tho right rear of the batteries; on their flank were a few squadrons ofcavuiry dismounted, the troopers standing beside their horses. Soon alter the firing on the Turkish left announced that Ismail had begun bis attack we could sce’a move- ment among the battalion und the cavalry, a sort of compressioo and solidiication of the two great biack masses which bad remained so long motiouless in the hollow. “Our contre is ubout to udvance!”’ exclaimed our military companion, and as he spoke the faint notes of the bugles came across the valley, and tho now rigid squares began to movo up the slope, We should have been too late bad we attempted to gallop buck to our first position near the battalions, and so we romuined intently poe | them through our, glasses, They advanced steadily up the hill in solid formation, but when they came to the creat we saw the masses suddoi break up into open order and extend right und leit into long ines For a moment ible against the sky, and run tor a few hundred yards at toe double ulong the crest ito their right, We could sec that the feld olficers bad dis- mounted end wero leading their horses at a trot be- hind them; then, suddenly, the whole line vanished over the brow of the bill; the next moment u saivo trom six of the Russian guns annouuced that they had come into sight and range. i WHERE 18 uBY ‘This stirring sight sent the blood dancing through our veins, aod we galloped back to tbe redoubt, almost overturning in our wild scamper,un orderly who was coming in hot haste in the opposite direction, Ho stopped us wo inquire whetner We knew where Sabit Pucha was. We had heard musketry firiug below us on our right, and as wo knew from our miliary friend that Subit's force was to operate on the right of the Turkish line we wore adic to tell bim, what ho proba- bly knew, that he was somewhbero 1 that direction. On arriving at my original position in the rear of the redoubt I found auother battalion deploying into line and evidently preparing to ‘follow its comrades, A little further on, beneath a tree at the edge of the ridge, I found the English qnd French military at- tachés and Salich aud Baker pacbas, with weir stalls, eagerly watching the infantry fight which was pro- gressing in the valley below, the centre of attraction Deing a triangular wood of large trocs which lay oo the slope of the Russian hill veneath the right centre of their line, .The possession of the woud was boing flercely contested. Ouo of the battahons which wo had seen go over the crest hud been sent imo it aud were driving the Russians slowly through it, Attnree o’clock this galiaut bat- talion had done its work, and we’ could sce the Rus- sian skirmishers fulling back up tne slope, tring Bleudily us they retreated to their tronches above, while the edge of the wood next to them was lined by a thin sheet of smoke, which marked the position of the victorious Turks who bad driven them out For a very long time afterward tuat white line fringed the green muss of the Wuod, but advanced no further, ‘The single batialion, totally unsupported, maintained, 1t8 position in the’ face of the hot fire poured upon ‘them from the heights, and presentiy two of the enc- my's guns werescen to sheli the wood with shrupoel. “No support! no guns!’ exclaimed the aide of the British military attaché. “British troops wouldn't stand that”? PAILURE OF TH ATTACK ON THB RUSSIAN RIGHT, Eutering into conversation with some of the vilicers Who bad gathered on the ridge to watch the battle, 1 Was LOW ubie wo form some idea Low matters wero going. They wore going very badly. The attack on the right flank of the Russian position, which had been entrusted to Iswail Pacha, tue Egyptian Goveral, bad tailed, He had taken tour bours ior bis march instead of two, and instead of throwing the whole Weight of his fifteen battalions ito the aituck he had only sent three into action and caretully kept the other's out of fire, The three butalions which were sent forward bud behaved with thd greatest gullantry, pressing up the hill with eager courage avd ouly re- Uring inch by inch when, at the critical moment, no Supports trom their own division were forthcoming, under a heavy tire of artillery and au overwhelming forco of iuiantry. Had the mtack been properly sup- ported the neight would have been gained aud the Russian position turued, Kvontuaily tho three bat- talons were driven quite out of action and all chanco of success Was hopeless, THE KUSSIAN LEFT ATTACKED, Tho Commander-in-Cniel, sveing the failure of the attuck on the Russian right, aod that ismatl had got his troops into a mess, ordered avother flauk attack to be made on the other end of the line by the village of Nerboka. The diversion came too late, aud being also unsupported, failed. lt was just four o'clock when bhis attack on tue right of the Russian position was made by the troops under Assim Pucha, or rather I should say it was at that hour that it became serious, fur probably the orderly whom we had met oo tho other ridge two hours before was carrying that very order to attack Nerboka, We could see that @ hot in. fantry fight was going on ip the vineyards near the Village, aud about iiiteen minutes afterward two Ras- Sian borse artillery guns advanced at u gallop along the top of the siope and opened fire at the attacking force, Presently a masa of Russian iniantry | charged dowu the hill, aud tbe fire of the two cuns became notier and quicker. Assim had held the village for two hours wishout avy adequate Support, but had to retire betore the rush of the ebemy down the bill; the advance of the Russian in- fantry was supported by cavalry, and closed tho battle 80 fur a8 that portion of the tied was concerned, In | both these atvucks on the right und ieft flauks of the Russian position, which were conducted with immense | bravery by the troops who took part in Wem, succe was rendered impossible by the gross mismanagement or ignorance wich denied thoin the necessury sup- port, The positon which the Russians buid 1s one of great natural strength und bas been heavily fortified with skill and care, it can only ve carried by good troops haried in successive, weil supported attacks against it, To have altempted to turn it with tree isolated battalions was an actot folly almost amounting to madness, Lt is due, however, to small Pacha to stale some of the difficuities which he bad to encounter aud for which, perhaps, he is not bimselt responsible to such an extent as the ni quarters stil, 1 was toll on good authority that those wh business it was to know had reported that there were three roads practicable fur Bans, leading to the exireme ieit of the Turkish line, by which the force intended to attack the Kussiau Fight couid advance with ite guns ‘The fact is tbat there was only one siiail puth aioug which even the two mountain guns of the Mgyptians covld be cou- voyou with difficulty, ‘Ihe Egyptians,’ said my informant, “are certulnly not great conquerors, but they cannot periorm impossibiines.”” One of my colleagues who Was preseut on the lett of the line and Witnessed the attack tod me that the Egyptian skir- Inishers melted away like butter the moment they Came under the Russian fire, but that the Turks fou, bt with desperate bravery, pushing up the bill antil they actually reacted one of the trenches and crossed bayonets With the enemy in a band to baud fgut which lasted several minutes, THE DIRKCT FRONT ATTACK. I bave spoken of tue two unsuccessiul assaults on the flank of tue Ruslan position, aud it oaly remains now to mention the direct frout attack, which was made beneath tue eyes of tho Commander in Uhie! but tuted for the same reason as the others— want of support. Yoward the early part of the afternoon, when the fate of the attempt made by the force of Ismail was hanging 1m the balance, Mebemet Ali and Prince Has- san Cate out of the great battory from whieh they had been watching the battle und Walked along the ridge toward the left, past where the group of spectaiors were standing, to & place On the ridge, Where there was @ shelter trench manned by a company of suldiers, The yeneralissimo conversed aflably with bis acquaiat- Qnces und remarked that t+ was a critical moment. The Princo, who wore a huge pair ot yellow thigh byots, which looked as if they were the “property” of some distinguished first euor, was preoccupied and silent; he was thinking, no doubt, of the heavy responsibility Which rested on his soldiers, Away to the leit with Menomes Ali were Salich Pacha, Emin Pacha, Bagor Pacha, and a numerous stall, among whom were Captaiu Zubovitch, the hero of the ride from Vienna to Paris, ana Izzet Bey, the boarer of the recent flag of truce to the quarters of the Grand Dake at Bivla . A FRUITLESS FIGHT. Of thé two battalions which | had seen go into Action over tho ridge, ove had attacked tue triangular e village of Chekovus beneath the heights, apd deploying into open order Dad attacked the position directly in front Until ive o'clock these two devoted battalions bad maintained their ground at the foot of the deadly slope and car- Tied on a fruities contest with the enemy, who was Strongly entrenched above them. At thut Inte hour the Genera! resolved to send another battalion down to their support—the bebind the redoubt—a up to the shelier trench, at wh its de ij The batialion a their head marched One baud and a suck im theother, Whatthe there for! cannot imagine, as the Turkish soldier dos Ot require to be beaten into action; probably it wi ouly a whim. The men fine, sturdy fellows, whose ungform, weather stained and ragged, left much to be desired, but whose light, springy step und lant mien were splendid to witness. Every other 4p carried a fascive for the pinpece of tiling up the bed of the river and enabling the battalion to cross the mmediately Stream. Just as they passed the shelter trench the vagles sounded the advance, andgustantly the whole Dattalion burss into loud cl “allah | line rs Amid shouts of ‘he butialion wheeled into broke into open order down the steep hill valley. The cheers had not died away belore thundering crash just beneath the crest of the ridge antiouneed that the sharp-eyed Russian gunners bad seeo the battalion ana were ply- dog 1} with shrapnel One of the Commander-in- Chiet’s aids came toward the group of correspondents and otber spectators and requosted us to le down be- Meath the parapet of the shelter trench, a request which was unnecessary, as some bad alreauy Allabi”’ “ducked” vebind it, and the resto! us, who had not 6 tbe battaiion wus well on its way down the hill the Russian guns continued to shell the ne:ghbornood of the sbolter srench. It was a pretty bot coruer altc- gether, and we were not sorry when at last the Rus- sau arullorymen turned thelr attention and ther guns upon the battery to our right, which was sup- porting the advance of the battalion by shelling the trenches in their front, THROUGH THE VILLAGE, We watched the skirmishers us they passed through the ruiued village and advanced boldly to the foot of the slope to retuforce their comrades in their mad cn- terprise. Lhe coutre of the slope now became the Sceue of a tremendous infantry fight; from every hedge and tree and trench 1n their trout a terrific tire was poured upon them, and the guns oa the top of the slope were pounding away with time tuse shells ‘Yhere 1s no doubt that by thig time the Russians bad received reinlorcements nud were doing their best to drive back the three gallant battalions who were des- perately clinging to the hiliside with undaunted valor. ‘Tho whole of the foreign ollicors present wero enthus siastic In their praise of tne gallant conduct of these tree battalions, General Baker remarked that to the whole course of his experience as a soldier he bad never before beheld such splendid und devoted bravery, Nota mun of these three battalious faltored or turned, and, although advance was impos- sible, they maintained their positions in two steadiust lines until au bour afier nightiall, and wuen the or- der was then sent for thoir withdrawal they obeyed with reluctance, asking to be allowed to remain where they were until morning, and then recommence fight- ing. Lt properly led and handled what could not bo done with such soldiery’ A single instance will show the extraordinary ardor for Oghting which possesses the Turkish soldiers. During the conflict ou the slope two men were observed to be fighting side by side, and slowly, but steadily pressing up the hill; soon one of them fell, dead of wounded, and hig companion jay down behind tho prostrute body, and, using it as & parapet, fired two cool, steady shots at the enemy aod then gos up and continucd bis advance! At about six o'clock the battle came to an end and the caunonade ceased, although for av hour alter dark the slope was lighted up with flushes of musketry, Just before | left the ridge Izzet Bey came up to me and a colleague who was stuuding with me and ex- prossed nis astonishment that we should have risked our lives under fire; he seomed puzzled when we said at was our duty (o do so under certain circumstances, ‘The telegraph and the railway have ceased to bo nov- elties tothe Turks, but tho war correspondent ia an enigma to bim, AYTKR THE BATTLE. Aslrode home inthe brignt moonlight l met stx Or seven battalions of intaniry and a battery of fleld pieces burrying up to the front, und bad to wait half ‘an hour as ‘they passed along the nurrow road. This force was a part of the reserves who had been leit idle the whole day while a baudtul of their comrades, @orely necding their support, wero being uselessly sac- Titiced in a hopeless attempt, Thus ended the battle, or, as We wore officially re- ae to cail it, the “offousive reconnoissauce” of herkovoa, a “reconnoissance” by nine battalions of 4 position Which 20,000 mén would have been burely sullicient to carry by storm, The result was the first check experienced 3 Mohemet Ali siuce be ussumed the command of the Army of the Danube, and the lesson will not be thrown away. A disastrous change of plan at the last moment and the utter want of obedi- ence to the commauds of the Communder-in-Chiet are provably the causes of tho failure of the attack, which was only saved from bemg a serious defeat by tho splendid fighting qualities, the undaanted valor of the ‘Vurkish private soldier, THE CIGARMAKERS’ STRIKE, THE NOMBERS STILL INCREASING—NEW DELE- GATES—SYMPATHY FROM ‘THE TOBACCO DEALERS AND OTHERS. ‘The crowds, composed of both men and women, at the doors of the Concordia Assembiy Rooms, avenue A (headquarters of the Coctral Organization of Cigar- makers on strike), yestorday alternoon, attested the fact that the interest in the presont movement had not blackened in the least, but, if anything, was increas- ing. It was an orderly assemblage. Leading manu- facturers, in some cases, show signs of yielding to the demands of the strikers, and others have acquiesced entirely, Among these may be mentioned the rm ot Edward Frye, of avenue A and Sevonty-lourth street; L, Lichtenstein & Brothers, No, 404, Bowory, ona compromise (another firm of the same name on the Bowery), are not working, having offered « compro- mise, wich was not accepted. The Spanish houses of Martinez & Co., Frederick do Bary & Co., and Schwartz & Spobr ure paying tuil rates, Siocke & Wau- necke, Kiviugton street, acceded tothe prices asked wud the hands resumed Work with the consent of the Contral organization, In the cage of Derusky, No, 263 Liberty street, it was ascertained that the people wore getting good prices, and altuough not sanctioned by the orgauization, they were allowed to continue their work unmolested. The hands of Kimball, Gauilieur & Co., Murray streot, are all ut work, never having had occasion to strike siuco last summer, All the hands who have work contribute to the support of those wuo have none, * At the regular mnceting of the Central organization yesterday the following uew delogates were admitted :— Hands, Deleyates, th Anton Kreasman, P, Taman. Adam Tuer, Hebry Buiker. Wensel Zico. Simon Wolf Straus, A telegram irom Mr. K, Goldsmith, President New Haven Cigarmakers’ Union, gays: “Organization will lead to victory, Bodirg., Union 89 sends $10, Cigarmukers of New Haven wit do tuoir duty.” A letter from tho Boston Cigarmakers’ Union con- tains a promise to lend ahelping hand, It also im- forme the organization that a telegrain was reveived by two of the largest firms in that city stating that they would not ship another ordor unless they received $1 02 advance, ‘T'his 18 regarded as proof of the suc- cess of the sirike. THK TOBACCO DEALERS sYMPATIIZS, A communication was received from the tobacco dealers of Water street encouraging tue strikers and proffering sympatuy. They pronounce their cause to De just, and im view of everything their demands mod- eraic. The competition between mauuiacturers bad contributed to reduce wages, Zhe remedy proposed for some of tho evils under which the cigarmakers labor is to do uway with the tenement house sysioin of working. So long as that exists tt will do harin to the bueiness of the regular cigarmaker. ‘Ihe Chair explained thut the large munutacturers, such as Kerbs & Speiss and others, were endeavoring to monopolize the tobacco trade, which would crusb oat the jocal traders and damage the uome growers, Heavo the syipatuy of the tovacco dealers with the strikers, It was time there was something of the kind. But ne always found that the right kind of sympathy tor the laboring classes In cuses of tho kind was wuere the sympathizers put their bands in their pockets, A DeLkoats—In order to test the sympathy of the Water street tobacco dealers with our cuuse 1 move thai the Committee on Relel wait upon them and ob. tain their subscriptions to our reilef fund, Carried nem. con. KRPORT OF THY BXECUTIVR COMMITTER. The Chairman of the Executive Committee reported that Foster & Hilison say tout if the commitice can prove where any other firm bas paid the $1 advance id that such a case bad been shown rage scalo of prices, #0 Various aud humerous were the lists put in, could not be saumattted for several days A celegate stated that Foster « Hillsoa were not with the mauulacturers’ combina- von, From the delegates’ reporte from shops it appears that pickets wil) be reudy to attend to Jacoby & Coun’s tenement shop, No. 148 Allen street; that George Bence asks for » general list of prices before he would enter toto any contracts; one firm said it could not g¥e aby more money, wised their meu to yo Out and get some if; that Siecke & Wannecke’s men wero at Work; ‘Zacharia says unless the wen go to work he will take tenement houses and throw the wen’s boards out of the window, and that other matters of & tamily character were going on. There seems, bowever, 10 be & serious squabbie in the firm of Bresiin & Boule, No. 67 Murray street, between (he men and women themselves. About onc: ball want to sirik the other bait do not, Miss Auna Seidel, a young lady of prepossessing appear- Anee, appeared on beball of the former, and in puro Bohemic rattied off a brilliant speech, The quesnun seems to be whether tose who are getting good wod sutisfactory prices should atrike with those who are less fortunate aud get poor prices. The subject was nally reierred to the Execuvive Committee, together wiih a cage in Liberty street and tue meoung ad- jouraed, IN SELF-DEFENCE, ‘The jury in tho inquest on the body of Goorge Stoch, who was killed by a blow of @ stone thrown by Conrad Roberts, in Henry Pho! Joon, at Stapleton, Staten Isiand, found that the iatter had thrown it ip seli- defeuce, TWG HUNDRED YEAR3 OLD. ANNIVERSARY OF THE NLW UTRECHT REFORMED DUTCH CHURCH—ITS INTERESTING HI8TORY— PROGRAMME OF TODAY'S CELEBKATION. New Utrecht, L. 1, is a Intio@ilage of about two hundred and fifty inhabitants, situated on the Covey ad Railroad, about four m trout Greenwood Cometery, It ts one of the oldest Dutch settlements in the country. Here are some weatherbeaten Dutch farmhouses which nave withstood the cbanj of two centuries, Close by the station stands th. house occupied by the Van Brunt family tor the last 205 years. The old graveyard is also pointed out as a curious relic of antiquity, for on its site stood the quaint Dutch Reformed church, the first in New Utrecht, which was founded October 18, 1677, The two- hundredth anniversary of the church was celebrated yesterday by the good people of New Utrecht, Bath, Bay Ridge and the surrounding villagea The build- ‘ng was pulled down tn 1828, and the present church edifice erected ta the following year. In the coustruc- tion of tho present structure where the celebration is to take place the stones of the old church were used, and in the minds of the Long Istand people it is tden- tifled with the temple built two hundred years aga, THE HISTORY oF NEW UTRECHT. Tt will be interesting at this time to look back at the history of the churcy, and its reminiscences during the last two centuries gathered from conversation with the old people of New Utrecht, New Utrecht, accord, tng to the statement of Mr. 1, G,. Berghen, who rved the traditions of the village with care, settled in the ye 220 yeurs ago—by about twenty Dutch fumilic: The descendants of some of these still live at the place. For along time after the settiement of the Viiluge bo separate ecclesiastical organization ex- igted, and the honest burghers and their fraus at- tendea worship at Flatbusu., The Dutch church in Flatiande, indeod, is now 213 years old, having been fouuded thirteen’ yours eurlicr than ‘that of New Utrecht, As already stuted 200 years ago the church in New Utrecht was founded and the first consistory organized. The first election of deacons and elders took place in the year 1700. ’ HOW THE OLD CHURCH LOOKED. There is a photograpa extant tkeu [ram an old icture which gives a quaat idea of tl edifice, tL was octagonal, with an onormously high slaut- img roof abd a weathercock at its top, the whole building bemg evidently erected on the plan of @ beystack. Being a Collegiate Church it shared its pastor with four or five of the ntighborin; villages, in which the reverend geutlcman would reach on alternate Sundays, The frst pastor was the ev, Casparus von Zuuren, 4 SKKIXS OF DUTCH PASTORS. The next head of the church was the Rov, Bor- nardus Freeman, who was calied (rum Schenectady in 1702 and iustalied in 1705, This gentleman bad ac. quired great knowledye of the language of the Mo- hawk tribe, and ho translated portious of the Euglist liturgy into the Iudian tongue. He was succeeded by the Rey. Vincentys Antonides, whose descendants still hve at New Utrecht, aua who was sent here from Amsterdam in 1705, The collegiate churches of ine coubty at that time embraced Busbwick, Flatbush, Flatlands, Brooklyn, New Utrecht und even Jamaica. All wo wow Know of the history of the church at that time is the names of its pastors, and an odd array of names thoy are—Jouannes Arondous, Ulpanus Van Sanderin, Antonius Curtenius, Johaunes Gasparus Rubel, &ec. VIOISSITUDES OF THE OLD CHURCH. ° Daring the war of independence New Utrecht was overrun by the English, General Howe with bjs army Janded ut the foot of what is now New Utrecht lane aud fixed bis headquarters ut Bath, The British seemed to have Ilttie respect lor this already thon venerable church edifice. ‘They turned 14 alteruately into a prison and a hospital, and when it was of uo Jurthor use to them for these purposes they made a riding school out of it, keeping their horses there and taking borscback exercise along the circulur track which they had cut out, fu 1828 the old church was pulled dowa, and, ag al- Teady stated replaced by the vew. ‘The pasior at that time was the Key. Dr. Beatty. He was strongly in favor of building a new church, but many of the cou- Brogation clung with love to the vld and venerated pile and would not abandon it, De, Beaity curried the day, but there was so mucu dissutistaction over this result among the congregation that he finally left New Utrecbe tu disgust, Dr. Curry was identified with the now church cditice ior over thirty years, and tor the last ten years tho Rev, David 5, Sutpben bas pre- sided over it, ss ‘TH CELEBRATION, The celebration yesterday was attended by not only the present. members of tho church, but also by church people ot adjacent villages, ‘I'be interior of the church Wes decorated with bunting and evergreen And presented a brilliant appearance, The American colors also tloated trom the pinnacle of a liberty pole in front of the building, und at the buse of the polo was an old-fashioned wagon labelled “John kK. Lows Church Carriage in 1817.’ Among other relics ox- hibited in the church yesterday was a Bible 250 years old, printed iu Dutch, being the tirst one used in the structure, Rev, D. 3, Sutphen conducted tho morn- ig oxercivox, aud Rev, ALR. Th: pon, D. D., P dent of the south Classis of 1 jand, tne noon, both of which consisted oi singing dresses. A special train was run { Cemotery at fifteen minutes to ten 0’ THE WEST SIDE FIRE. While the firemen were engaged searching the ruins yosterday of the fre in West Eighteenth street they found in the débris where the stable of James Bradloy formerly stood the body of Thomas Staploton, aged thirty years, ‘The body was charred almost beyond recognition, The search was contiuued and sume Lours later auothor body was discovered which proved to be that of Owen Healy, aged tnirty years, ot No. 157 Weat Eighteenth street, a driver, who haa been employed by Mr. Bradley, of No, 157 West Eighteenth strect, By order of the Coroner the bodies were removed to the Morgue and a jury will be summoned to-day to view them preparatory to the holding of the tuquest, EXPERIMENTING ON FIRE, Experiments took place yesterday alternoon before @ commission of naval ollicers atthe Brooklyn Navy Yard touching the merits of the “Zaptle chemical fire extinguishing compound” and the “protective tire an- uihilgtor,”” near the ‘Waliavous swamp, The commis- sivn uppoloted by the Navy Department to investigate aud report the result of the experiments was com- posed of Cuief Kuginecr Deo Luce, Past A tant Boe gluver Ogdeo und Chief Carpenter 8. U, Whitehead, Captain D, L. Brain and other officers of the station were ulso present. tue torch was Orst apphed to a wooden bailding, forty feet 1m leugth, 80 consiructed as to correspond with ihe compartment of a ship, The stracture was Lilled with tar barrels and pieces of wood laid in such a manner as to admit a free current of air to puss through, the timber being soaked wita oi! and other higuly inflammable materials, Lhe tro spread with great rapidity aod burned defcely for about two min- Utes aud twebly seconds, when it succumbed to the steady streams of the compound, which was mixed wiih Walor, im the proportion of one gullon of the ompoond to two ot water. hough the wood was biuckened by the fire it uninjured, The next lest Was made'by pouring tar, uaphtha aod Kerosene oil over a pile of woud aud setting tre to When the fumes were at their height the operatives played two sumall streams of the extinguishing liquid upou the fire, putting it out aimost instantly. Attention wag also culled to experiments with cot- ton cloth saturated with Zapfle chemical. The cloth would not flame up, though subjected to the beat of fluines of an iulense degree. e commission Will muke kaown the result of their conclusions to tho Navy Department, Fink IN SURANCE TROUBLES, THE GUABANTY'S RISKS REINSURED BY THE ROYAL FIRE OF ENGLAND—A SMALL IMPAIR- MENT OF CAPLYAL, It was announced yesterday that the outstanding risks of the Guaranty Fire lusurance Company, of this cily, bud been reinsured by the Koya! of Englana, Negotiations for the purpose were in progress but a fow days, and on Saturday last the officers of the two companies signed a contract according to the will oi the directors of each, Just what was paid to the Royal jor the reinsurance ts not Known, but it is understood that considerable deduction was made trum the pro rdla amount, and that the Guaranty, after paying ull {is outstanding claims, will have its capital of $200,000 but siightly impaired, Mr. Wiihum Mulligan, Vice President of the latter company, suid that thosr action hud been taken a8 @ precuutionary mousuic, They were willing to withdraw saleiy while they could troia the Oght that exists for basiness and the damayingly iow rates that coatrol the market He said the cofupany bad met with vo unusual re- bat did oot feel that they could improve their by continuing Ho thought the capital would be about intact after payment of all claims. Mr. Mulligan implied that at some future time the Guaranty might resume bus nets, but such @ course 18 cousidered improbabie by insurance wen, Mr, Kdward F, Bedall, district manager of the Royal, said the coutract bad been made according tu the di. rections of their loval Bourd of Directors. They bad made a liberal reduction in the reinsurance payment, as the business came to them ireo of ali commissions and expenses. ‘Ibe amount of risks assumed by them for the Guaranty Would aggregate beiween seven and nine millions, CAUSE OF THE GUARANTY'S TROUBLES, jogo the July statement of the Guaranty made o Commissiouer Reofe, of Missourt, their capital was impaired $10,846 66, or a little more thun five por cant. It 18 thought it will now reach seven per cent, and while the New York department is not known to have taken any action in the mutter it is said that the prospect of its dowg so hud prompted the reinyarauce. The stock of the Guarany has been selling very low for Jesh, recent quovations Deing as low as twenty cents. Th jo account for the business troubl y, Which are made evi st annual statement to th partment, dated Decomber 31, 1876. The compavy ‘was extablished about two years ago, ata time which gubsequent events havo proved unpropitious, I! ite risks, so far os may te judged, Compan’ - judiciously selected, sbout one-half them lying in New York and the remain: be: scattered throughout the States, during the past year we er cent of its premium receipts for the same perio fis otner expenses, however, including salaries, com- missions, taxes, &ct, reacbed tue sum of $69,189 66 ob a iota) income of but $151,241 10, Heré is the evie dent cause of the company’s troubles, and i bas proved the stumbling block over which many bew companies have staggered, It is said in insurance jes that two or three other smali fire companies ecently offered to reiusure thetr outstanding of ni but they Gemand too mucu of a reduction 1D the amount requ'rod to obtalu the reinsurance, HIBITION. AMERICA AT THE PARIS E. MEETING OF MANUFACTURERS AND APPOLNT- ¢ MENT OF A WORKING COMMITTEE. About forty manufacturers and other gentlemen desirous of securing @ proper representation of Amer- teu at the Paris Exhibition of 1878 held an adjourned meeting in the Fire Underwriters’ Hall, No, 156 Broadway, yesterday afternoon, with Mr, ¥, Coudert im the chair, The speaking was chielly confned to some half dozen representatives of various important houses in this city and elsewhere. The expediency of Continuing the organization kuown as the ‘American Union of Paris Exhibitors” was discussed at some Jength, By many it was thought that the recom- mendation contained in the President’s Message to Congress would be suflicient to secure a fair repre- sentation of this country, Que speaker sald that “the President's action has done away witn the necessity of our acting, Wesbould urge him to press bis recommendation. Hv is the mun now, und if he tails to do anything thea wecan goon.” Anoiher gentleman thought that if Congress appointed a com- mitieo any further action by the union would be superfluous, On the other hand it was urged tit it would be better to coutinue the organization, even in case of definite uction by the goverimeut, tor the cou- Veutence of many swall mandiacturers throughout the country who, while awaiting the action of Congress, would be in doubt as u hecessary steps tor se: curiug the exibition ot their goods. ‘It was thought tbat the grouter number of exhibitors from this country would be comparatively sinall wauntacturers, Who would need the uid and information to be obtained from the uuivn. PREAMBLE AND KKSOLUTION, The tollowing preambie and resolution were offered by Mr, Walter A. Wood, ug the ouly member present of w committee appointed for tue purpose at the last meating — Whereus the of Franco, true to ber anc frleudship .or the peuple of the United States, hus cord: iuyited them to participate in the forthcouing Ln tonal exhibition wt Maris; sud wherens the best in of the Unitud stutes demand ¢iat our various Tepreseuted in suid Kxtivition; and wheres of the United States hus iu ais recent :nossaxe urged upon Congress tho propriety und importance of proupt legislation to euable the people of the United States to partict the advantuyes of the said Exhivitios Congrosm ef the United Stat mw of the President an by th Tesent this hecossury to Y Stutes in the said International Exbibition of 197%, Alter considerable discussion the resolution was adopted, The following named gentiemen have accepted their appointment as tho National Executive Commitiwe of tho union, # committee of three being appointed to complete tho com. mittee, so as equally to represent ail parts of the country:—Vive President, Kk. A. Cheesebrough; Treasurer, Augus’ Belmont; Corresponding Secretary, Heory 8, Olcoit; Recording Secretary, Maxwell Wood: bull; Executive Cominitteo—Hon, Kdwin LD. Morgan, Messre, Samuel D. Babcock, Heury Hilton, Cuuries Storrs, Willtain L, Strong, Charles L. Tiffany, Wilham H. Guion, Waiter A. Wood, Hon, J. A. Gurteld, of Obio; Major Geueral W. it. Franklin, of Connecticut; Joun'B, Anthony, of Rhode Island; John Wanamaker, and Hoo, Carroll Brewster, of Peansyivania; Sawoel H. Kennedy, of Louisiana, and C. P. Kimball, of Iiinots, The (following despatch was received by Mr. Olcott Just as be was ieuving the hall:— It ts hoped that Congress will be able to take up the question of the Frouch Exposition eurly next week. ILLIAM M. BVARTS. The adjournment, sine die, took place shortly after five o'clock, General Hawley, who was elected Presi- dent at the lust meeting, hus not yet been beard trom. LEATHER DEALERS IN COUNCIL. THE TANNERS RESOLVE TO BE WELL LEPRE- SENTED AT 1HE PARIS EXHIBITION—DI6- CUSSION AT THE CONVENTION. ‘The discussion ut the Convention of hide and leather maoutacturers yesterday at the Union League Theatre took a very wide range and involved subjects of the Ulmost Interest to other trades than the one repr Gented by tho speakers, ‘Ihe Bankrupt law, the rep- Fesentation of this country at the Paris Exhibition, the currency, and the collection and dissemination of statistics relating to tho disposal of our products in foreign countries were debuted with earnestness, At the opening of the session Mr, Jackson 8, Schultz, ag chairman of the Executive Committee, read a commu- wication from that body to Secretary Evarts, request- ing the latter to instruct representatives of the gov- ernment in foreign countries to obtain and forward to Washington all possible details about the kings aud quantities of manufactured goods received tuto their various districts, whence they are brought, the prices obtained, aod the sort of goods best adapted to the wants of the people, The document will be engrossed and will be presented to Mr, Evarts by a committee of three to be appointed today. Mr, Schultz remarked that, while he was very giud to see that the President, in his Message, had recommended the appointment of @ commission in relation to the propar representation Of the United States at the Paris Extibition, be bud Little laith that any decisive action would be taken. Whatever other wanutaccurers might do the tanners, Mr. Schultz said, were resolved to be fully avd well Tepresented, even i they sbould baye to deiray all tho expéuses themselves, Asan tuitiatory step in thut direction the gentieman proposed @ resolution, which Was ubanimously adopted, requesting aud autuorizing Mr. James b. Mooney, of Louisville, to represent we lannors at Paris iu May next and to incur such ex. penses and employ such aids ns he may deem ex- pedicnt for the proper exhibition of the products of the trade, the expenses to be assessed Upon the man- ulacturers who may offer exhibits, dir, Jou Fishback, of Inuimnapolis, read a paper on the tauning of caliskins and exhibited sampies of nis ta nuluctures. CO-OPERATION KECOMMES Mr. K, W. Phillips, of Waveriy, N. Y., delivered an address, discussing tue frauds practiced upon tupoers by hide dealers, and recommending the erection aud Management by LanuErs upon Lue Co-operative print. ple of bide curing here they could purchase bides witnout being cheated. A discussion followed, iu which Messrs, Kk. W. lnillips, J. H. Bots. ford, J. W. Oukiey, Jamos E, Mooney aud George W. Allen took part. “Mr. Mooney suggested that as there Was bo other (rade to compete with the tanners for the purchuse of ives 1) was within the power of the latter class to fix the prices by simply acting 19 cone cert iu the matter. A paper was received trom Mr. W. i. Plummer, of Boston, treating uf the nature aud properties of tannic and gallie acids, anniog infusions irom burks, aud tue preparation vi hides, From Mr, Jumes M. ‘Calier, of Massachusetts, was received a paper upon the condition and prospects of the leaiher trade geverully, ‘Lhere were, be suid, but two ways to muke the manulacture Of American leatuer protiiavle. Une was to make jess Of the material, and the ovber to fiod @ tofeign market fori. ‘The discussion upon the practices of hide curers in “auctoring” their commodities was cut short by ibe appointment of two committees Lo crystallize the senti- ments of the Convention in relation wo the matter. Messrs. J. KE, Moovey, Hoyt and Oukley were uirected ty consider and report upon the merchantable deuvery of green or wet ides, and Messrs, Alien, Osterbouit and Botstord to report simnlary upon dry bie Mr. George W, Alieo made an address condemoing the existing Bankruptcy laws ag bad aud unjust, beyoud hope of amendment or improvement, and offered resolutions declaring that it should be re- peuled, and exprossing thy seutiment of tue Conven- don iu favor of the enactinent by Congress 01 a general Tho resoiu- aud uniliorm national bankruptcy law. Mons were adopied unanimously. Mr, James K. Mooney olfered w resolution reciting all the labor and material used in the of leather cay bo purchased ouly jor wee cas; that leather is sold un eredit uf trom sixty days to #1 woutbs, with a cunstunlly lcrewsing pressure for extension, wn recommending therelore (hat a anl- form tuo sould be fixed upon oot t excoud sixty days oF its equivuieut Alter considerable discussion the resolutivn was adopted, Mesera, Walker, Masser aud Decker were appointed Acommittee to cousider aud report upou tuo me ry 0 wuon suld by weight, schultz stated that he bad withia a few days received trom « gentleman whose connection with the French government gave siguilicance to bis words, aloter in which it Was suggested that the Chaimver of Commerce in each Americau city should seud a delogation to conior with a French committee tu May next, at Paris, 1 relation to the establisumeat of a feciprovity treaty between the two nations, Mr, Schultz weut on w state that th 8 country and Frat ra that ey would agree to ten or Hiteen per cout of a reciprocity tariff on lewther, Mr, Schulte was in favor of tho establishaont of sach atroaty, Mr, Walk corter, Muss, expressed i If at length us opposed to such an arrangement and in favor of protective tarifls The Convention adjourned antil this morning, when it will remain in session for several hours, and on the egnciasion of its labors will accompany whe Mayor on & Visit to tho imstiLutions of the cily on tne island ‘BEE CULTURE The sessions of the Natioual Convention of American Beekeepers were concluded lust evening. Some very valuable papors on the subject of beo culture have Leon read before them, and much that was new and Mntoresting has been disseminated umong those en- ENTEWPRISE VEKSUS ECONOMY, THR EERALD WEATHER RUREAU DOING THE ERVICR OF THE UNITED STATES SIGNAL OFFICE—OVER TWO HUNDRED SIGNAL #Tae TION® ABROAD, HAVING SEMI-MONTHLY INe ERCOURSE WITH WASHINGTON—THE HERALD ALONE FURNISHING DAILY REPORTS OF AP© PROACHING STORMS—INTERVILWS WITH MERC CHANTS AND SIGNAL OFFICERS, The extraordinary services rendered by the HeRaLD Meteorological Bureau in warning European signal Stations of approaching storms has ere this received encomiums trom foreign savans aud pressea, but is Was not until the past tow days that those interesied tn such observations have been willing to give the Hxnarp due credit for what has been done in this poe cullarly scientific enterprise, which has reduced all the theories of savans to @ practical test, In ord that our readers should thoroughly understana the scope and extent of the Hxxauy Weather Bureau, which on Friday last, October 12, notifed all Great Britain that a great storm was approaching its coast and would very likely reach there on or about the 15th inst, it must be remembered that the Signal Service of the United States, though e cellent as tar ag it goes, nevertheless does not go bev yoad certain limits. The service reaches the most outer point of Nova Scotia and does not exteyd iisclf any further, Where the ocean washes the couSt, there 1tg operations cease. it does pot go beyond that line, does not cross the Atlantic, and takes no care for the welfare of other hemispheres. Not because it doca not see the scientific and practical advantages to be derived from daily intercommunication with the 246 signal stations in other parts of the globe, but because tho means at hand are not adequate to the requires meats of such a daily service, In fact, us a gontioe mun said yesterday, Congress does not appropriate money enough to send four cable messages througboub the year, heace the American Signil Service must cove tent itselt with watching and warning the American coast only, and all it can do is to embrace the Domine jon provinces within its ran, It can go bo further for the lack of funds required to conduct # transatians tc service, TAK HERALD TAKES HOLD, This just here that the Heratp takes up the service thus rudely broken off by the parsimony of the gove ernment of tho United States, notwithstanding the fact that during the Vienna Exhibition of 1873 4 graad congress was held in the Austrian capital for the very purpose of uccomptishing what was originally Intended—the mutual duily exchange of meteorolugte cal observations throughout the civilized glove, True, im wccordance with resolutions there and then adopted, one uniform observation for the preparation of aye hoptic charts Is taken dutly, and has been recorded ever since throughout the world, but its practical effects amounts to very hitle, The chiefs of the moteoro. logical services representing the diflereut countries exchange their observations only semi-monthly, They cover 4 largo extent of territory, including all leading European countries, Japan and South America, bul the daily = priuted bulletin can bo oof uu possible =u. practically by the time these doui-monthly ,reports are eXxchauged, Scientists no doubt derive their coufort trom these semt-mouthly reports, as delineated upon charts aud printed in olficiai documents, so as to add more fuel to their peculiar studies, but’ ships would have beea Jost and thousands of lives sucrifced im the inverim but tor the timely interference of tue HenaLy Weather Bureau. Taking up the thread just where the United Flutes Signal Service ceases 108 labors, it bus, at ie own expeuse, Warned the mereastile marine avroad Of approaching storms, aud that just iu the pick of time. On the 6th of this mouth the Hxkaty Weath, Bureau warned its irieads abroad of an approaching storw on the British coast, und again ou the night of the 13:b inst told them almost tho very bour ut which the gale would sweep over the British Isles, The night of Suuduy last showed how correcily these pres dictions were made. 1 was the very night wien tele graphic bows regarding the the progress of the French elections wus cagerly louked lor by the American people, bul Monday morning’s papers hind to appear without un item abuut the great electoral contest that was thea deciding the political tate of a great and triendly vation. The cables were ull iutuct, they were embedded guiely on the bottom of the ocean; but the land lines—in other words, the wires that oon- bine at Vaieutts, on tue Irish coast—were uil down, for the situplo reason that the storm prodiced by the HekaLo Weather Bureaa on the Lith, two days pi Viously, was then $penuing its furious force over the Britist lsiauds. PRIVATE ENTERPRISH DOING GOVERNMENT WORK, A pentiomun juveresied 1m tho workings of the United States Signal Bureau suid only yesterday, wheu alluding to this remarkable tout, * HiktaLo is do- dng single handed What tue Uniied States goverument ought to do, Granted that we im this eouutry were taking Upou ourselves Lue burden Of this expense, Ib would tend to this country’s glory and renown, and 16 is a shame that tuis should be lett to pri- vate enterprise. ‘True, we have dooe # great doul among the nutions of the earth in advancing meteorvlugical observations, We have succeeded 10 making thein all teke observations at twenty Mye min- utes to cigbt A. M., Washington time, where only @ Jew years ago uo scientific man in Kurope knew of anything else, would listen to nothing else, than Greenwich time, Sull this ts not ail we should aim Uursemi-mbuthly reports ure youd tor the future study of scientists; they comprise Valuable statistics. But Lhis is a country of action, of practical, immediate results, and the government should not withhold frou the Sigoal Bareau the wherewithal to acquaint ite correspondents abroad of what is trauspiring om thit Coust; and remetber, my frieud, our geographical pox sition is pecaiier, It is seifisu on ouF part not to do 80, fur storins ulways travel eastward. Thanks to the Hreato’s eflorts, tle great result has been achieved, nevertheiess, aud our Iriends avroad have been duly waroed of upprouching storms , but that does uot im the least lessen the respousibility of the guvern- ment’? THE CIKCUMLUCUTION OF FICK. The geutleman in cuarge of the Untied States Signal office 1b Lhis city was called upou for his opinion ip regurd to Lue service readered by the H&xaLu lor the bouefit of commerce und waPigalion, The sergeant 1m charge perewpiorily declined to express 4a opinion, Though be was willing togive all the data in tis pos sessiou bearing upou the swrims of the past moutb. He, of course, officially bad wever heard of the HewaLe Weather Burvau, nor of the existence of amything be: youd the eastern line of Nova Scutia A$ sigual oft cer in charge, he kuew noting of suck 4 country ad Great Britain, much less of the Europeuu Coutiment, it came not under bis builiwick. The sigoal Bureau took Ho observations after a storm Jeft Nova Svvtia, and hence i was unknown to bit wuore the storm wout W alter iL ieft Lut coast. Leing « soldier, who ouly ubeys orders, of course the sergount In ebarge had uo opinions Whatever as tu the direction of the storm alter it left Nova Soutimon the Oth task He merely repeated tue printed lines of the report of that day, that “the storm disappeared off Nova scotia ou the 6th jost”” pereended wis work, aud he de- peremptorily to say auotber word about storma, nes or hurope. These duta ebow exsctly the valuable services rea~ dered by the HxkaLy Weather Burcua, 1b takes up the course of « storm wuere the sigaul Service leaves: ofl, and though the last Waruing seat to Cugland was only two days atiead of the storm it was really the shortest waruing ever given by the Hetano Burewu, the usual tme being tour to seven days tn udvance o| any great peril that may threaten lie and property om the European coasy ol ey. ANTI-LIQUOR CRUSADE, ‘There was a busy time in the Firat District Police Court, of Jersey City, vefore Justice Davis, yesterday, on the liquor question, Several nquor dealers were brought up on the charge of selling liquor on the Sabbath, Ex-Seputor Winticld and Messrs, Ryerson and Daly appeared tur the liyuor dealers, and Messrs, Coilius and Corvin tor the Soctoty for the Preveution of Crime, Oliver, Cotter, of Brookiyn, and two ex- policemen, named Burnett and Hull, tested to buving drank liquor io the several places complained of, Counsel fur the liquor dealers argued that the complaints were defective aud should be dismissed. dir, Winileid contended that the vordimance ot 1862, under which the defendants were charges, Was inoperative, It was passed belore con- Solidution, avd in 1870 and IST7L ordinances were passed repealing the previous one and containing no Fostriclions on the sale of liquor ou Sundays. Mer, Collins replied, aud 4 warm discussion between coun. followed, The case w: rgued at length on both sides, aud as the counsel for the liquot dealers threat ened ap appeal in case of conviewon Jodge Davis re Barved nis decision Wil to-morrow.e A GYMNASTIO ENTERTAINMENT, A very large number of ladies and genuomen assem. bied Iaat eventog in the gymnasium corner of Smith und Schermertorv streets, brooklyn, to witness a re- ception tendered by Mr. Avon ©. Burnham his pupils, The first part of the programme comprised club swinging, dumb bell exercise, posturing, &c. Part 2 coumsted of jamping aud other exercises, Tho performances of Mr, Burnham and some of bis pupils on the horizontal bur, trapeze and swinging rings wero repeatodiy applauded by the spectators. The ing's entertainment was brought Ww a close by dane ing, u which members and visitors took park iBUTE 140 D. RB. MACKENZIE, Al a mecting of the members of the New York Pro- duce Exchange yesterday the following was road and adopted Whereas by Divine will oar R Ls ye a associate and frien bas boon catied from whereas Mr. Mucker sterling in Sestions and obliging disposition haves vf 6 Kesolved, That we, his fellow members of the Now Yor’ Produce Exot deeply deplore uis juss aud express out gaged in Lon | production. it was decided to bold the next session Of the Convention In this city om the third ‘Tuesday in October, 18: fone itaympathy to his wife and children iu tuelr sad Kesol ‘That of tho foregoing be engrossed -~4 forwarded io the tami. bas