The New York Herald Newspaper, November 15, 1877, Page 4

4 +, VANDERBILT'S - MONEY. Personal Peculiarities of the Late Mag- nate of the New York Central. HOW HE TREATED HIS CHILDREN. Why He Made an Unequal Dis- tribution of His Millions. AUTOPSY. en THE Long before the hour for opening court yesterday the Surroga room was packed with an eager throng of spectators, atiracted by the fight over the will of Commodore Vandervilt, The son and princt- pal heir of the deceased railway magnate, William H, Vauderbilt, sat just behind his counsel’s chair, guzing sbstractedly at the ceiling. By nis side Mr, Augustus ‘oheli gazed placidly through his gold-rimmed spec- tacles at nothing in particular, Mr, Vanderbiit’s counsel, Henry L, Clinton and ex-Judge Comstock, were early in their places, avd these, together with Jacob Vanderbilt, brother of (he Commodore, and Wilham H.'s two sous, Cornelius and Frederick, made up a group on the right of counsel’s table, At the other end of the table, and separated from them by an fron pillar, sat the upposing party, made up of Corne- lus J, Vanderbilt, looking pale and sickly, and the counsel for the contestant, Scott Lord, Ethan Allen uou Mr, Tenney, Judge Jeremian 8. Black, senior coun- sel, being absont throughout tho day, There was not a lady in the room, a fact which was commented upon us ravber siugular, since at least a few of the gentle sex are to be found at almost every trial wich ex- cites any public interest, whatever may be its nature, More than one-half of those im atiendance were obliged to stand during the proceedings, as there is- but a limited number of chairs in the room. Very few, however, retired on account of fatigue, The greater proportion manfully kept their positions, with their eyes fixed alternately upon tho witnesses and upon the opposing family groups whose private affairs were being detailed to the world. From the tager expression on the faces of the spectators it ap- peared that they expecied to hear some testimony of the kjnd sometimes called “spicy.” If so they were disappointed, for the evidence, while it was intersely interesting, Was not of that character, The examina Lign of Dr. Linsly, the family physician, was resumed vy Mr. Clinton, and some interesting facts were elicited as to the Commodore’s dislike of his son Cor- nehus J,, his feelings toward bis son William H, and tbe way in which he treated bis other children when they culled at the house during his last illness, At one o’clock a recess of naif an hour was taken, aud at its close Mr. Lord began a redirect examination of Dr. Linsly, in which be was aboutto question witness to detail about bis relation to the case—how much he had bees Jeft under the will and other matters of vhat kind—but the queries were ruled out, for the time at least, as irregular, Jt was stated by Mr. Lord that Dr, Linsly bad a bill of $30,000 against the es- tate for professional services, aud was besides a lega- tee to the extent of $40,000. The third witness was called in the person of Dr, ‘Tf. E. Satterthwaite, who mada the autopsy of the deceased. Hie testimony Was mostly of a technical character, and it was not all in at four o’clock when an adjournment was bad tn- til Friday morning at eleven, f THE TeSTIMONY, At the opening of court Mr. Lord stated that Judge Black would not be present gt tho morning session on account of the recurrence of a malady to which he is subject. It was agreed to go on without him. Surro- gate Calvin remarked that others would probably be sick if some method of ventilating the court room were not devised, Despite the ventilation of the new Court House frauds tuere was still a serious need of Ventilating the building Msell, Mr. Lord remarked that under the now code it was necdssary to give five days’ notice of the introduction of books. He hoped that Mr. Clinton would move that point so as to fa- cilitate matters. Mr. Clinton seemed willing to do this, but desired a written statement of the books, accompunted by the reques that the time should be waived. The Surrogate stated that his caiendar was fall for the whole of this month atter Monday uext, and that consequently if the case Was not concluded at that time 1 would bave to go over unit! December. Mr. Lord informed the Court that he had no hopes of getting throagh his wit- nesses by Monday ne DK. LINSLY’S CROSS-EXAMINATION, Dr, Linsly, the family physician of Commodore Vanderbilt, resumed the stand and was cross-exam- ined by Mr. Cunton, Some of the questions being ob- jected lo by counsel for the contestant as exceeding the limits of a cross-examination Mr. Clinton con vented that such questions should be considered 1s elicited from the witness ax called by him- self, ‘The testimony related exclusively to we Goal iliness of the Commodore and bis treat- inent by witness and asvociate physicians, Dr. Linsly stated that from the 15th of April until the middie of May last year he was by an accident disabled from attending the patient; William H. Vanderbilt nad noihing (odo with the selection or direction of the attending physicians, except tbat on one occasion Dr. Fiint thought it was nov necessary tor him to call every day, and upon William H. being consulted about the matter he said it was better to have bim come every day; Dr. Linsly sieptin the house frequently, und he was in almost conti uous attendance; the Com- modore at times relused to see apybody, eve: own children ; no one was permitted to enter the sick room except the patient wished it; sometimes bis family would enter an adjoiming room aod peep into his apartment, “DID THE BEST H# COULD.” The witness, ou several occasions during his lust iMness, heard the Commodore state to members of his family that be “ad done the best he coaid for all” in his will, and tha®@t he had made 100 wiils he could not muke & votier one; dirs. La Bau was one of the persons to whom the Commodore mnade this state- ment, Mr, Clinton traversed the testimoay given by the witvess on (he previous day im relation to former wills maue by deceased. Lhe will of 1504, made when the Commodore was suffering from an ate | luck of heart disease, gave the balk of his | property to bis two sons, Wiham H. and | George; tbe laier died some yeurs since; he | was a graduate of the West Voint Academy und’ un- marrica whou he died; between 1804 und the tine ot Géorge’s death ihe Doctor did not remember any conversations Letween Limseil aud the Commodore 1a regard to bis will; the Commodore bad tre- quently conversed with bis son William H. on tho subject of his will during bis last illness; the Doctor remembered one occasion, on a certain day in tue month of July, in the even- ing, when Mr. William H. Vandervilt came into bis ‘ootn and stood at the foot o: the ved, when his futher commenced talking to him; Dr, Linsly rose to vo out of tue room, as ue usually did when’ busi- ness Wus being discussed, bat Commodore Vanderbilt told him to sit down; then, raising bis finger in em- ck man'said to his son, “Billy, after J am dead there Will be a great responsivility resting ou you; you will find a piece of paper lett to direct y ‘ou will find tay Will with several pieces of paper ed vo it; 1 charge you to carry it out faith- tuily as I nave dire many times the Commo. fore had impressed on bis son William H. the im. portance of the respousivility that would devolve upon Lim; to these ebarges Vanderbilt acqui- esced, sonietimes noddiag bis head and sometimes as- senting by word. A PAITHVUL PHYS During bis jase iliness Commodore Vanderbilt asked Witness Lo come and live with him jor the remainder Ot his fe; be spoke in praise of witness for faithtul altoudaner, und recited tue Various atiacks of illness w whiea be had been attended by wituces and other doctors frow the ume When Le Was seriously injured in the railway accident jy 1833 unul that time; ne named all the physicians who had attende weir order; ‘there was Dr. Baldwin,” rai Dr. Cheoseinan, Dr, Edmund Jounson, Dr. Dr, Campbell—1 have outhived them ali,” be went ou to say; “wad | died in Jersey, in 1833, or in 1526, or | even in 1854, the world would not know that! bad lived; but i think that! have been spared to accom. | phish @ great Work (pat will last an@ remain, and { | have iaken cure that it ig secured im such a way (hat the siock of the Central roaa | cun’t be put on the market; If 1 had given $3,000,000 to one duughter anda $5,000,000 to anotuer ‘the first thing (hat would vo » would be to pat “Billy” out ol tbe road and put Torrance in; then they would get quarreling amovg themselves und throw the stock tuto the market and the next thing it would be down to forty;” tue Commodore furtner Stated that he bad perfected (he rowd Sy securing tho Cana uthern road so that it could bot injure the New York Central; during his lust iuness the testator sometimes transacted business; his mental condition was entirely sound up to within @ jew hours before his death, when he Jeli into a comatose state; in the July preceding bis death he bad a congestive chill, in wach apor for two bours; witness joonder mind lly irritable te: rHess of hve int ud, If 80, Lord objected on the round that nd evidence respecting that subject had Goce ctiened oy him, aud, consequently, there was d With any disease, Mr Cornelius was afl whut Was its nature, nothing to rebut. 1t was claimed vy Mr. Clinton that Mr. Lord bad referred to tie matter in bis opening. The Surrogate ruled that staverments of counsel in opening were not testimony, and that Mr. Chmton | guished artists have kiu statements of counsel, and it was desirable to case as much as possible. Hk COMMODORK’S MENTAL CHARACTERISTICS, Mr. Clinton tuen turped his attention vo the mental 0 Commodore, Dr, Linsly ced by men around bim than any man he ever knew; if the Commodore was inter- rupted in saying anything he would stop and never re. fer to the suoject again ; it was a peculiarity of his dur- ing bis whove Itfe, said witness; De would Dever lake a suggestion rom anybody, A recess of halt an Lour was taken at this point, THE DOCTOR'S ¥i When tho Court recouvened alier recess Dr. Linsly resumed the witness stand. Mr, Lord bogan an @x- amination as to the Doctor’s relations to the case. Witness stated he ty-four years ol few days ago; that he graduated trom the College of Phy- siciaus and Surgeons in 1829. Mr. Lord asked whether witness’ bills for attendance op the Commodore had all been paid, Dr Linsly ciaimed it as a professional og not to answer, “+l understund,” said Mr, word, ‘hat you received $40,000 under the will how much of that did you receive outside of the will?” Dr. Linaly seemed annoyed, hesitated for a mot t and Hually said, “I don’t think 1 am obliged to av- swer that’? Counsel for the will objected to the ques- tion, as it was immaterial aud incompetent, inasmuch a8 tbe witness had been called by Mr. Lord, who was vow trying Lo impeach bis credibility. Mr, Lord couteuded that he was supported by the autuorities in taking nis line of investigauion, His ‘object, he said, was simply to show the relation of Dr, Linsiy to the case, Ho understood the Doctor had received $40,000 under th and that to would have to be repaid if the iastrument were 1m- peacned, This amount was io addition to $30,000 which bad been paid witness lor his services, Mr Lora cluimed that, while it was not permissible tor one toimpesch a witness cylled by himseli, it was quite proper to contradict a witness or to show bis standing in the case. Was bot proper and ruled out the question, with the understanding that be would hear authorities quoted by counsel for proponents. Mr. Lord proceeded with his examination upon other points, Dr. Linsly teatt fed that Cornehus J. Vanderbilt was one of tle cail- dren whom the Commodore refused to lust illness when Sirs, Crawfora (mothe: derbilt) informed him that bis son was in the house and would like to see him; the children of the Com- modore who had peeped into lis room witbout enter. jug at Various times were Mrs, Torrance, dirs. Ong: Mrs. Allen and dirs, La jaughters of the testa- tor; they frequently did this during the whole period ot his tilness, WHAT WAS THE PAPER Y Witness heurd one business interview between the Commodore apd Mr. Wardell, bis clerk. Tne latter came into the sick room ou one vccasion when witness was present; witness wus avout to leave th room, but the Commo- dore bade bin remain, saying, ‘Doctor, tisten to this paper,” He requested Mr, Wardell to read paper, which be did, Tnen the Commodore ordered Mr. Wardell to read the paper agaiv. When it had been read a second ti the Commodore said, **Doc- b you to wi that paper,” and Wi didgo, He bad never seen that paper since the Com- modore’s death; did not kuow where it was now, aod did not know whetbver Willlam H, Vanderbilt had destroyed it, Some of the contents of that paper Dr. Linsly said be could remember. Mr. Lord did not «sk for further information upon that point, but proceeded to ask whether wit- ness had not told a Mr, Hitchcock that wany years ago Commodore Vangervilt made a will leaving about $11,000,000 to hig children avout equally. Dr, Linsiy said be bad no recollection of any such conversation with apy one, he was asked whetber be had statea to Dr, 1. M. Swozy that he would rather give nds of dollars than be a witness in the case, ‘as its revel tons would be ‘The reply was, “Yes, after 1 bad heard declarations,’? Witness was asked whether he had ever told Winthrop Tompkins at ts offlee that at oue time he was in the Commo- dore’s oflice, and.*one of the Woudbuil women” came in, and, siapping bim, told bim to wake up. He de- clared "he bad never made such a statement, Witness admitted that he bad beard wbout Mrs, Van- derbilt being in a lunatic asylum in 1846, ‘Tne Doctor was next asked if he had not told Dr, Swazy and Mr. Perry that be bad often cautioned the Commodore against riding out with lewd women, and that the practice would get him into trouble, Witaess devied having ever wade avy such assertions, In ans' other questions he reluted that Mrs. Crawlord bad at one time urged the Commodore in bis preseace to his sou Cornelius, wuo was theo the hous Commedore then said, “Doctor, you go right dowa stairs and tell bim to go out of this house aod not 'to come bere again while I am lying or afer | am dead; bow, dirs Crawford, you go down with the Doctor and see that be delivers the message ;”’ the two went down stairs, but Cornelius bad gope away; the Commodore gave Do reasou for bis action, merely saying he did Lot want Corneius in the house; the cccusion re- ferred Lo wus im the month of July or August, 1876. THe AUTOPSY, Dr. Thomas E. Sattertowaite was next called to the witness stand, He bad been requested by Dr. Linsiy to uttond the autopsy on the body of Commodore Vanderbilt, the greater part of which he periormed, Mr, Lord questioned the witness concerning the au- topsy, which had beeu testified to by Dr, Linsly on the previous day, Witness stated that the Commo- dore’s lungs Were bound cown throughout tnir whole extent; the liver was smail and below the average weigut; the kidveys wero noduiar and ir a condition which 1s known as chronic Brighi’s disease, present- ing under the microscupe a fatty or grapulur appear- ance; the surface of the spleen was covered with a thick deposit of connected tissue, the result of an old inflammation; the spleen wus sinaller than usual, ds the: was a iitth round ball on it aboat the #izo of a No, 8 shot, also the result of inflammation; it ighed three aud a halt ounces, The Doctor was questioned closely in regard to the period of time that the old tofumma- tion had existed, but was not at all positive on this point, saying tuat it might have been five months or might have been five years; he was inclined to believe it nearer to five mouths; on examining the abdom- inal cavity it was found that the large intestine was ulcerated, the wiceration bemg 1m the descending colon, the point of ulceration being about the size of a twenty-live cent piece; it was clear that fo:cal mal ter had passed through it into the avdomiual cavity; this rapt and inflammation must have taken place within a few days of the Commodore death; the large mtestine contained a num- ber of | fecal concretions, hardened pieces, which dil the intestine; there were twenty or thirty pieces in number, some of thom as large as a mun’s fist, larger tin could have been voided in the condiuon of the intestine which existed; witness bad liftea the colon aud in doing so it broke in pieces, showing that it had been very much distended and weakened; the Docior’s opinion was that the large in- testine had been distended for somo weeks previous to the Comimodore’s death; he estemuted the weight of the concretions at about three ounces; the heart sack contained about « teaspoontal of fluid; the lett ventricle was firmly uttachod at its aps to the pericardial sack; the valves of th heart were regarded us practically uormal; the attachment of the leit ventricl have exisied for many months; the valv ventricle were somewbat thicker than thos right; there was a little vegetation upon one of the leaflets of the aortic valve, but not sufficient to pre- Vent the valve from closing naturally when tbe water test was applied; the vessels of the beart were re- garded as normal; with the blood it weighed eight and a half ounces; without the blood eight ounces; there were two spots, kuow “milk patcues,” on the right voutricle, but they were not regarde ot any importauce; there was also a smull clot of blood hike curr jeity in the leit ventricie; the as iu the main normal; tue pyloric rather small and the mucous membrane was covered with ordinary mucus; the liver was nine juches in length and six aud a Lait inches in breadth; tue gall bladder was very large; the bile weighed five ounces; the liver was atrified, and weighed two pouuds'nine ounces; the ductus commanis was nor- mal; the diseases Which the Doctor discovered were the pertoration of tue colon, peritonitis and chronic Brighvs disease; there existed ulso cystitis, stenosis of the rectum and enlarged prostate giand, bur these were discovered by the other examining p ; we doctors further found cafes of the coceyx, with destruction of one or more bones of the coccyx; ihe cavity seemed to be undergoing a spectes of gangrene, beng filed with soft material, the result of the breaking down of the surrounding tissue; this caries tind lasted for some weeks; the cystitis produces irritability ot the biauder and causes great pain occasionally; the bladder showed evidences of baving been dtiated and the walis of the biadder were sacculated; an appearance resembling schirrhus Was presented by the tssne of the rectum, but a microscopic examination revealed that it did not exist; the microscope also confirmed the existence of Bright's disease of tho kidneys. A CHURCH FAIR. Extensive preparations are making for the grand fair in aid of St, Ann’s Chugch, corner of Front and Gold streets, Brooklyn, The parish which this church embraces 16 very extensive but by 10 means wealthy, and additional efforts are theretore made to render the affair a substantial success. For the past two years Father MeNeel, the esteemed pastor, and his indefatigable assistant, the Rev. Berpard McHugh, have labored so persistently and so successfully that “irishtown,”” in whicw the chureh 1 sitaated, may weil Jay claim to admiration, espectally from those who knew iis surroundings in Years gone vy. The fair inst., and many charitably disposed are now rk in pertecting such arrange- Ineuts u# will doubtiess reulize the brightest anticipa- tions of those Who predict for the event an amount of enthusiastic support irom all quarters rarely expended on such # commendable enterprise, Several diswine ly volunteered their services for a series of cujoyavle entertainments, with which the fair will each evening conciude. St. ANDREW'S CHURCH. Under the auspices of the Ladies’ Parish Ata Society of St. Andrew’s Church there will be given this evening a concert at Association Hall, corner of Fourth avenue ond 129th street, the proceeds of which will be devoted to the bevetit of the eburch, Ab attractive programme is presented, the leading artists being Miss Henrietta Beebe, soprano; Misa | Louise Finch, coutraiio, Mr. N. B. Wood and Mr, A. D. Woourutt, tenors; Mr. Bostwick, baritone, and Mr. Tt. P. Wicks, bass Mr, H. Bialla will preside at the piano, AlD ‘Lit ORPHANS, A fairin aid ofthe Brooklyn Orphan Asylum was opeved at tne Academy of Music in that cny, yt day, and will rematn open during the remainder of tue week. The atienuance was numerous and the could Mob porsue his examinavion. Ab intelligent comm Wures displayed for sale were both uselul and orna ty would Dot, be sald, iorm @ conelusion | moutal, Surrogate Calvin held that the conduct of Mr. Lord, METHODIST MISSIONS, SIX HUNDRED AND SIXTY-EIGHT THOUSAND DOLLARS FOR FOREIGN AND HOME work— CONGRESS TO BE ASKED TO BUILD A BOAD INTO LIDERIA AND ESTABLISH 4 STEAM LINE. @Wbe anneal meeting of the Mismonary Commities of the Methodist Episcopal Church was opened yesterday at No, 805 Broadway. The Rey. Dr, Clark conducted the religious exercises apd Bishop Scott provided. The treasurer's report Veing read showed that the debt of last year has been actually reduced by $92,979 70, from an aggregate of $262,000 debt last year, The roceipts of the treasury from all sources during the yoar ending October 31, 1877, were $628,977 25, The diabursements for the eame period were $500,055 40. The not cash debt of tue treasury at this date is $82,824 71, but there are dotters of credit new due, which increase the total liabilities to $169,375 86. ‘The expenses in every department have been consider- ably reduced, though the actual increase of contribu- Hons trom the churches amounted to $25,126, while the apparont Inercase i# $4,788 87. The foreign work ofthe Church last year received, including exchange and parcentige op lotiers of credit, the sam of $267,722 ‘The home missions received $263,700, mak- ing $536,421, Now, to this, Dr, Dusiell, one of the missionary secretaries, proposed to ada $125,000 for the Jursuer reduction o} the debt and incoming liabili- ties. So that the apppropriation should be based sub- stantially on the dgures of last year, $668,300, A pro- Jonged discussion took place on this motion, the sense of the commilive bein, ongly against adding so large a proportion of the debt to the appropriations lor this ear. m They rored its distribauen over two or three years. The bishops reported that the older conter- ences of thé Church which were cut off lust year from ail missionary appropriation had almost without ex- ception accepted the situation, and some of them had taken steps to carry ou their own mission work wiih- out help from this commitice, The Western confer- ences increased their contributions during this year $20,281 67, while the Eastern or old conferences in- Greaged only $4,457 80 nominally, thougn actually only a little over $2,000, Mr. J. B. Cornell offered an amendment that the missionary appropriation be $543,300, to wh add $125,000 for debt, making a total of $665,300—the same as last year, Tuls aggregate was aovepted, but the addition of the entire debt was not deemed just and proper to be imposed upou the Church at this time. The committee then agreed by vote to make their appropriatious for the easuing your ou the basis (01 $668,000, of which sam not less than $100,000 eball be for the payment of the debt, ys AVTERNOON SKSSION, Bishop Simpson presided, and Dr, Van Horne opened the devotional exercises, The appropriations to the Texas conferences were then taken up out of their order, to enable Bishop Harris to telegraph tho results to Bishop Foster, who is now in Texas. On this order the Southern German Conierence, located in that State, received $3,000—the same amount that it had last year. The Austin Confercuce, a new organi- zation, roceived $3,000; the Texas Conferenco, $4,500, ae and the West ‘exas Conference, $3,000, The committee then took up tie foreign mission’ work, and in discussing & motion to give the Liberia Conierenco, Atricn, $5,000, and $2,000 Jor new work in the intertor, Bishop Haven, who Visited that country lust year, said that his Church wus abead of any oiber Church there, The Baptists, he was told, wore there to take all they could stent irom the Megbodists, and tho Episcopalians atl that the Methodists expelled, There is only one self-sup- porting church there, All the civil olives of the Ke- public are held by Methodists. The Conference sent forward ils statistics since 1835, which showed a steady increase trom yeur to yeur. Bishop Haven thinks that the interior of Airica must be opened trom Liberia rather thun*along the fine of the Congo River, The tribes and chiefs back of Liberia preter to trade with English-speaking people to any others, and they ask for teachers to instruct their people iu our language, and the Bishop advocated the giving of $1,000 for a scbool tor this purpose, Tho fir-t sum was granted and $2,500 for in- terior work. A preamble and resolution asking Con- gress to appropriate $50,000 tor tue survey and build. log of a rond trom Liveria to the interior of Africa and also for a line of steamers from the United States to Liberia were laid on the table for tho present, The ap- propriations tor South America missions were taken up and $7,500 (goid) granted, and pending @ discussion for an apprupriation of $5,000 lor an orphanage tn the La Plata Valley of Uruguay, the committee adjourned until this morning, THE BIBLE UNION. The twenty-eighth anniversary of the American Bibie Union wa» celebrated yesterday by a mocting and religious services at the Central Baptist Church, on Forty-second street, near Seventh avenue. Dr, Thomas Armitage opened the meeting by reading we tenth chapter of Paui’s Epistle tothe Romans. Half an hopr was then appropriated to devotional exercises, alter which the officers of the society read tueir re. ports for the past year, ‘Vhe society was Teprosented by thom as being in a fairly prosperous condition wud as domg good work in the diffusion of Bible knowledge. Over thirty thourand copies of the Scriptures were distributed gratis in the course of the yeur, and the work of pre- paring a revised edition of the Bibie progressed under tne cure of Proiessors Hacket and Conant, The receipts of the society amounted to $16,299. This sum proceeded from the sale of Bibies, donations and cnurch collections. The expenditure of the society for printing, binding and dis a8 well as for ali’ other expenses, m0. After recess the following ollice: —President, Key, Dr, Thomas Armitage; Corresponding Secretary, Rey. W. W. Evarts, 0. D.; Recording Secretary, Rev. D. G, Hughes; Treasurer, . 't. Smith; Auditor, George A Mervin, Thirty-three vice presidents and eight managers were ulgo elected, most of them being Focbusen from last year’s 1acumbents, 7 In the evening a service was held in the church In commemoration of Dr, W, H. Wyckoff, the !ate corre- sponding secretary of the union. CLELICAL DISCIPLINE, When the New York Kast Conierence of the Meth. odist Episcopal Church met in Connecticut last yoar Kev. Jumes L. Hall, who for three years preceding bad preached in Johnson Street Church, Brooklyn, was appointed to a charge in Bay Shore, L. 1. The dif- ference ot salary between the two—$2,500 and $400-— was too great, and Mr, Hall refused to go to his ap- pointment. He, by that act of insubordination, has forfeited his standiog in the Methodist Church, and alter waiting a reasonable time and lavoring to’ por- suade Mr, Hall to undo the wrong done by him, without avail, his presiding elder, according to the Discipine ot urch, appointed # committee of trial, which committee reported the facts ua stated above. Tue elaer thou by th» authority vested in him suspended Mr. Hall irom bis functions as & Motbodist minister uatil the New York East Coolerence, which mee in Brookiyn next spring, cam take Anal action in bis cause, Mr, Hali has been preaching itor me past few months for Grace Preaby- terian’ Church and applied on ‘iuesday tor admission 10 the Presbytery of Brookiyu; but that voay refused to receive him until ne could preseut clean papers of djgmissal i ap the Metuodist Chareb, But the odist Episcopal Church never gives i ters of dismissal to 108 min to their standing in the Chur Jette his the presiding eider ous given wo M. Hall, covering bis Standing up vo last April, But & Yrosbytery do Mot went to receive & minister under “quspension,” and therefore appointed a commitice to inVestigate and report to them next Monday, JERRY MAULEY'S MISSION. Jerry McAuloy’s mission in Water street bas been disturbed tor many weeks by the most unearthly noises, both in the street and in the neighboring bucket shops, until, despairing of the police, he bas called in the aid of the District Attorney. Last night, however, comparativo quiet reigned, owing purtly to the vigorous prosecution of liquor dealers by the Law and Order League, and partly because, as Jerry believed, the proprietors of the dens wore aware that there was a chiel among them taking notes, Ocea- sionally, however, a burst of discoruam song would break iorth which would play the miscoief with sensi- tive cars, but after a few admonitory howls wo Jerry across the way it would die out alvo- gocher. Jerry’s mission is a gore spot in’ the eyes of the denizeus of Water and Roosevelt streets, und the missionary declares that the potice of the Fourth precinct take po measures to prevent the leaders in the crusade agalust him trom wre: Ngearce apon him, Aaticipating a repe like the disturbances which had the neighvorhooa nearly every r) for months, a reporter ot the Hrraio sent to the mission to observe the bebavior ot the opposing forces. The evening praver meet- ing was well atvended, but thu streets outside were almost deseried. Nothing occurred to disturb tho harmony ol the devotions of the assemblage, and the audience rotred without remark or molestation of any kind. Way is it, Mr. McAuley, that everyibing 18 so gules hereabouts to-night?’ | asked the reporter when the assemblage bad dispersed, Leading the way to his comfortably fur- nished apartments over the mission room, where his wile and daughter were awaiting, the Water street missionary answered, “Weil, you seo Mr, Mundy 18 down here to-night, and | was seen, besides, to go to the Hrkatp office, aud there 16 a telegraph ali over tho Fourth ward whenever anything is going on. They seem to vave jet up to-night, bat we will hear feem them a little later.” Jerry McAuley was allowed to sluwiber in comparative quiet last night, On Sunday next the,sixth anniversary of the founding of the mission will be celebrated. Thuriow Weed, Mr. Wilham KE. Dodge, Mr. William KE. Dodge, Jr. other distinguished persons are to be pro ine Veresting occasion 18 anticipated, and Jerry is in a glow of excitement over the commg event, THE BRYANT RECEPTION. ENTERTAINMENT BY THE GORTHE CLUB LAST EVENING. ‘The Kurtz Art Gallery, in Twenty-third street, was tne scene Jast evening of a pleasant reception ten- dered to the venerable poet William Cullen Bryant by the Goethe Club of this city, The hall had been pre- pared for the seating of fully two huodred and fifty guests, avd more than that oumber were present, among others, Chiet Justice Daly, Peter Cooper, Chief Justice Noah Davis, Parke Godwin, John Bigelow, George Ripley, Mayor Ely, 0. B. Frothingham, Chan- collor Crosby, B. L. Farjeon, Hon. Oswald Ottendorfer, District Attorney Phelps, Noah Brooks, Vion Bouct- cault, Harrison Mullard, Rev. H. W. Bellows, William Winter, Rev. Dr, Osgood, T. 0. Sargent, Judge Barrett, A. B. Darling, Sinclair Tousey and many more. Almost ry gentleman present was accompanied by a jady, and before the exercises of the evening were begun a pleasunt hum of conversation and looghter played throughout the ball, This died away instantly and gave way to applause when, shortly be- fore nine o'clock, Mr. Bryant entered tne room and was escorted to his seat, Before bits on a tavle stood ularge basket of flowers, while at his right and ielt were seated some of the more distinguishod guests, When quiet was restored Dr. A. Ruppaner, Prosident of the Goethe Clab, rose and welcomed tho distin- guished viaitor, vr. Rappaner introduced the Rev. Mr. Aly: delivered an able address on the work und mt the poet, which he showgd to have been nobly accom- plished by the venerable poet whom they bad inet to honor, and who like Goethe, had so well regarded tho lnws of health and virtue xg to be able after four score years to accomplish somo of the finest work of his lite, He would not, he said, speak at all of his priv virtues and litical ser- vice, but of bh rank and achievements as apoct This he did no less to bis owo satistaction than to shut of his bearors, reciting two or three of Mr, Bryaut’s familiar poems in such a manner as to win the approval of the author as well as of the audi- ence, Mr, Sryaat replied in the following word ME. BRYANT’S RESPONSE, T owe many thanks to my friend who bas jast spoken tor the kind words he has said concornins me. and to this gen- tle wudlence for the mauitestations of assent which they have condescended to give. But 1 cannot accept the com- pliments whieh h wen paid ine as if they were jussly ‘and it I could not parry most of them wnd put them ld have reason $0 staud abashed and confused in your presence. You will, therefore, allow me to ascribe the kindness has been sho ye wi wi bh you will admit to ves sufliciontly uus—namely, to the long lite which Lhave led—the Inte old age which I have reached—an existence prolonged considerably beyond the common lot, One who has passed rather inoffensively beyond tho milestones which mack ages of Iie up to fourscore i looked upou by the rest of mankind with o cortain compassionate feeling. Ho cannot do much more mischief, taey nd justly think, and thereture ry Stuy upon the earth is a char is. furs nd ibis therefore 6 10 rt become, by reason of his very coovals, a sort of curiosity—a rare 1n- stunce—and rarity olten gives value and price to things. which wre in themselv -# Intrinsicaky worthless, Let me pursue this thought # little further. There have deen various attempts to give @ concise detinition of the term “man,” f on some peculiarity which distin- ‘aco from all other animals, our tellow ‘splanet. Some huve defined mun ay a wnding the iustance of the parrot; imal, although ther 4 coking snimal nly animal overlooking the ancient tradition of the monkey thut used the paws of the cut to draw the nuts from the tire,- I will venture to give another definition, to guishes th which, I think, no objection can well be mix woul define as animal that doit! in an- tiquities, No other crow gathers ap the relics of past years aod deposity them im museums and guards them with ¢ points them out to the wonder of vthers, It 6 an ts only man who digs umong the ruins of cities destroyed Jong ago, in order to unearth the domestic huplements aud riounl adornments of the human race when it was yet in ts infuney—as Schliemann and otvers are doing, thinkin; thomaelves fortunate in proportion to the rudeness an clumsiness, lu other words the antiquity, of these objects it we were to hear ot monkeys turalng up the earth among old tombs in sontch of the earrings and necklaces of those who lived in the of the Trojan war we should be struck with amaze an ‘would at once be sent to Dacwin by his disciples that bere was a new proot of the dvctrive of evolution, THE MEN BEFORE PRAM, But older than Priam and Agamemuon are the remains of the luke dwellers wt .dlstant period of the world's his- tory, wis nlived in habitations built on wharis over the wator and used only implements of stove, the use of metals not being yet disaovered. Stone axes und stone spear heuds have beea fisted up from the imud of bb waters—the tokens of a time whon warriors bamme: to death with rude w have been diligently coll laid up in cabinets ot 0 each rauite, jandled gazed and at and wondered at and made the ar lig! magazine are and eluborate tr cl All their value tx in the inany years have elapsed since they were shaped by the Wwork- rude and simple age. Oller one of thes» stone Axes to & woodman to dé used In his vocation and lie would reject it with seura, He might uy great effort bruise down , eee with it, but he could not be said to cut it down, Offer ik toa buteber that he may use it in felling an ox, and he would laugh ut the clumsy implement and demand ao a: ¥ dns It would bo for lack of utility io m: exsities or our eomtort it is yet mada ritten about and talked about, and meno huptor of the bistory of mankind, wn how natural it is that those who aro left to zrow ‘old become by that circumstanes alone the objects of kind attention, For such testinontuls of this Kindness ay Ihave ieceived this evoning 1 return, along with my acknowledgments, my good wishes ulso. Muy you who hear mo yet becoge antiquities—not attor the jon of the stone axes wh¥h I huve described, but after the manner of the pale star, which century wiser century bas guided by Its uselul light’ the navigator on the sou aud tho wanderer on the laud. “May you. become antiquitic like the venerable mountains which attract the clouds an: gatho: to springs and rivulots, ard send them downto give ile and refreshment to she feldw below, May you become antiquities like tho blessed and aneent aun, Which ripens the harvests of tho earth for successive gouern- tions of mankind, and ag the ondof every day leaves in the westoru axy « glorioas memory of his genial brightness. ‘The entertainment was concluded by a fine repast, th in the saloon of the Palotte Club adjoming the gallery. HONORING JUDGE BRADY. The members of the Young Men’s Catholic Lyceum gave a reception last eyeuing ia thetr parlors, 309 West Thirty-ninth street, to Judge Jobo R, Brady in honor of his recont election, Prominent among the distinguished clergy and laity present were Rev, Arthur J, Donnelly, pastor of St. Michael’s Church, and bis curate, Father Hoyt; Father Ryan, of the Paalis' Judge Alker, of tue Marine Court; Joun J. Braaiey, ex-City Cuamberiain; Mr, Joseph J. O’Donohue, ex-Park Commissionor; Mr. Jeremiah Devin, Mr. Simon Stera, Mr. Joho C. Jonnston and many others, The reception was formally opeued by Count Petro Luredon, who yave a fine rendition on the piuno of one of Liast’s rhupsodios. Mr, Morgan J, O’Brien, a ivad- ing member of the Lycoum ana a young lawyer of this city, then ina warm and cordial address con- gratuiated Judge Brady upon bis recent re-election to be judiciary, eb the same time expressing in tue me of the Lyceum the ploasure of its members at bis presence in their midst, He vo Judge Brady’s high churacter Jurist and uliuded to tho fact that bis official career had never beeu tainted with corruption, Iu response to dir, O'Brien’s warm welcome Juuge Brady responded in his usual witty manner, He expressed the greatest picasure at the cordiality of the recoption tendered to him by the members of the Lyceum, and spoke of the occa. sion a8 one of the most agreeable and memorable twat he had ever experienced, Ho lfelt happy, he suid, at finding himsolf in the society of thoss who were of the same nationality aud religion a8 himself, and ap- reciated the reception the more for that reason, A riet aduress by Rev. Father Ducey, on the aims and purposes of the Lyceum, them brougut the reception tow close, alter wuich Judge Brady, the guests und the members of the Lyceum partook of a bounteous collation, “YOUNG AND 8Q FAIR.” BAD FUNERAL RITES OF MRS, EVELINE T, STUART, THE NEGLECTED WIFE AND 8Ul- crvE, “Poor woman! Poor woman!” sighed many a voice from the crowd that yesterday morning about No, 62 West fhirty-lourth street, where lay in burial robes the remains of Mrs. Eveline 1. Stuart, wedded to misery aaa freed by suicide, The hand- soine brown stone house, wuich is the residence of Mr. A. B. Marks, was thronged by sympatnetic nd of the deceased lady, ‘and a jong tine of equi- pages stood belore door, The air abvut the sombre premises wax freightod with the scent of tuvery ses aod other flowers gathered with the dead, which on this occasion ‘@ lavishly Droughtin, beediess of expressed wishes to the con ry. “They are wer fit compauions,” said one as he juid a wreath of violets upon the casket; “too tender to endure the chilling Diasts of winter.” The peculiar circumstances under which Mrs. Stuart bad courted death, Savoring as they did of il-treat- ment anu porhaps brutaliy, Drought many solt-bearted Biravgers to tho side of her pall, Hor youtn and beauty, the well remembered bridal robes so recently Put aside and (he paintul association of imnocence with self-destruction, all contributed to the mourniul ocession of thoughis and sighs and tears that tol- od close upon her bie In the conire of a large front room on the second floor lay the casket of spotless white, velvet without and satin within, The design was veautiful yet de- void of ostentution, Scattered around were flow- ers of the costliest description, aud conspicuous among the emblems were a pillow ot whito cumeiiias, with “Kost at Last’? worked ta with vio- Jets; u cross, a barp, a bank of buds, au anchor and abeart, The subaued hght and yet moro subdued feelings of Lhe occwsion took away all atvention Irom |. Vhe eezant Jurniture and adornments of the house. With bated breato the visitors drew tothe presence deud and jvoked tearfully dowo upon her life. yet beeatifui face. There wus aimost a sinile 1 the well formud features, aud yet the pale brow, about waoich was tasteiully arrayed her durk browo huir, vore the Vague shadow ol a bitter experience. Many a lady present remarked upon tue Datural beauty of the countenance, aud tuoughs of the brief hour since when oraugo blossoms decked the head #0 s000 ro- turning to das! THE MBRIDE HOMICIDE, The inquest in the caso of George McBride, the canal boatman, who was kilied at the foot of Com. merce street, Brooklyn, on election night, by Willian Thompson, has resaited in a verdict to the efteot that the deceased came to his death from imternat hemor. rhage from a pistol sbot wound atthe hands of Wil+ fam Thompson, The accused pleaded not guilty to | the charge, but was held for the Grand Jury, ‘The funeral ices wore conducted by Rev. Corue- lius &, Swope, of Trinity Chapel, aod the Rey. Will- jam F, Morgan, of St, Thomas’ Churco, They wero brief but touching, and when ended the casket was borne tw the hearse and the corWige moved awa, FUNERAL OF Dk, PAINE, From St. Mark’s Church, yesterday, took place the funeral of Dr, Martin Paine, late treasurer of tho Uni- ‘NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 1877.—-TRIPLE SHEET. versity of New York. The services, which were: largely atrended, wore conducted by Rev. Dr. Rylance, rector of the church. Dr. Pardee, Professor W. H. Thonpes, Rev, Dr, Howard Crosby, Dr. ‘Anderson, Dr. Durling, Dr. ne} Dr, J. ¥. Jonnson, Professor A. 1. Loomis, Dr. Draper and Dr, 5. 5. Purple were the pallbeai Tho remains were conveyed to ri Boston for interment, SENATOR CONKLING’S MISTAKE. {From tho Times, Nov. 14.) There ts a story told of a man who shot at ao antmal in the underbrusn so as to nit it if. it were a deer and muss it if 1t were acow. Senator Conkling has missed) fire; and he says it was acow. His o-called \uterview with a Henasp reporter has raised a breeze, aud be hastens to say that he has not “tor months hed an interview for publicatiop, save only in one case,” And that case, be explains, was when be gave bis miews on the life and of Sevator Morton. He adds, however, as if he. would cast an anchor to the windward, that he did say some of the things ascribed to him, and that he did not say others, Some of the expressions put in bis mouth he thinks are ‘‘indeco- rous,”’ and others are contrary to bis ‘sense of pro- prety,” Thijs may be an instance of tardy repen- tance, It is reassuring to -know that there are really expressions which the able Senator considers indecorous, It is an examplo of a late conviction, When the Senator was in Rochester calling people vulgar names and throwing about epi- theis with absolute recklessness, he seemed to have thrown decorum to the winds. Possibly, if the HeraLD interview bad beeu well received, ho would have said of tt, as De said of his Roch Performance, that be Mr. Unhappily, however, omits, to aay what part of the alleged intervie tndecoroug aud not his, aud what part was decorous f and his, Peopl Venus says, “wariou: about decorum are, as Mr. Very likely many persons would consider excessively smart to reier to the Secretary of State as ‘‘lttle Kyarts,” if it should hap- pon that the aloresaid Becretary was less in stature than the speaker, We are not sure that Mr. Conkling, who bas a sadden access of decorum, wquid not think this a good thing'to say about an opponent. For the Senator is a large-sized person, and it would be alto- gether in keeping with bis faulty logic that be should rasuly conclude that bigness of body and Weight of inteliect were inseparably connected. ‘The allusion to Hon, E. H. Roberts as ‘litsle Koberts,” as reported in the H#kap, also bas a favor of Conkling which com- mends ttself to Lhe weil informed reader, It may have been decorous to speak thus of Mr, Roberts, who 13 indecorous to #0 characterize nO i$ entitled to respect, Would Mr, us believe that he culled onc man litle Mt the other man little? Or the offensive adjective ulto- would be have us expu: gether? It that eminent and ancient mariner G, W. B, were to be reported by a newspaper as shivering bis tim- berg, biustiug bis tarry tovligbts and referring to the Hoalth Commissioners and streot sweepers iu terms of the most picturesque profauity, the vraisemblance, as ine French say, would be immediately recognized, ‘The aucient mariner might rise to Mquestion of privi- lege and say that words like these were contrary to bis sense of propriety ; but that disciaimer would not avai! with an inteliigent public. At Rochester, Mr. Copkling not only called bard names, but when his wrath bad had time to cool he said that he stood by every word bo had said, Some of bis oppo- nevis he likened to “grasshoppers iu u tence coruer,’” Others were mun iilliners, apostates, wolves in sheep’s clothtog and disciples of ladies’ Magazines and gush. These choice expres- sions were not uttered in a corner with an interviewer, but on @ piattorm where the orator was posing before the peopie of the State, 1t was impossi- bie to take back any one of these pet pames 50 liver- distributed. 1s it ualikely that thoir author called Mr, Evarts “little,” or that be sneered at the Presi- jg but one way out of Senator Conkling’s dilemma, He acknowledges that part of the reported juterview ts corr ad that auether part is incor- rect, Let bim publish an editiou of the conversation revised aud corrected by himseit, The reporter siunas by the whole story. The Senalor admits a part of it, He did not deny aby part of it until anaogry buzz bad reached his curs. The ipterview was printed last Friday. He wade bis disclaimer ou Monday, and when he mado it he glided over the surface like a man who feared that be might break through avy where, People are saying, “If Conkling did not say that he suid something just like it, and 1 sounds s0 much like bim that nobody could huve invented it.” The Roc yeech, to explain which the illustrious not yet risen, showed bim to be u Vulgar scold, The HwkaLp interview so ad- murably sustains Bim io that character that its genuineness cannot be readily separated from its al- leged invention. THE OFFICIAL CANVASS. PROTESTS FROM THE FIRST ASSEMBLY DIS- TRICI—WOLF'S COMMON COUNCIL. The Board of County Canvassers met at ten o’clock yesterday morning for the purpose ot proceeding with the Canvass of the votes cagt at the lute election, A protest was received from Thomas Foley, who ran for Assembly im the First district against John F, Berrigan, the Tammany candidate® He claims that frauds and Irregularities were practicea by the Lo- spectors of Election m the Seventh, 'wenty-second And Twenty-third election disiricté of the Assemuly district, The matter was referred to the Vommitice on Protests, A document was presented by Counsellor William. 8. Wolt containing tho names of fifteen Aldermen and twenty-one Assistant Aldermen who bad been voted for at the last election, Mr. Woll contends that these gentlemen have been legally elected ander the cbarwr of 1870, and that the present Boxrd of Alderwen 18 uu Unconstitutional body, A similar claim has been put in for the pa: y by the same genti in, Ho *As counsel for the candidates that ran tor and Assistant Aldermen oa the annexed ts, 1 hereby demand tbat you estimate aad de- clare the result of such votoand spread the Same upon your minutes,’” Vbe names of the candidates alluded to by Mr. Wolt aro as follow: ) Aldermen—William E. Vomarest, Andrew Wagner, Matthew Burns, Jonn Braunigan, Jacob Cooper, Tuomas J. Quirk, John Wissuer, Josepn P. Strack; Christopher Bathe, Edmund M. Pium, Wallace Dar- row, Wilham J. Thornton, John J. Kehoo, Charles Schwarts and Alfred 8, Spaulding, nt Aldermen—Wiiliam Kagnedy, Thomas Mc- Cann, Samuel Strauss, Anthouy Bourke, Jeseph N, Brows, Edward P. seery, Augustas Kicks, Edward ©, Gessner, Hugh Mallon, John Nickla, Daniel Gilebrist, Patrick’ Reilly, Thomas Drummond, Johu Cun: ningham, Jobn Bathe, Fraucis Goode, William ho Fuadeo, M. Tf, Brundage, Michael Kiernan, Patrick ‘Toner ana William W. Stuigy. ‘This ducument was also reterred to the Committco on Protests. ‘The foliowing appointments of clerks and ussistants to the Board were announced :— Clorks—Uliver White, Michuc! Shaughnessy, Georgo W. Kershaw, James MeGowan, Richard Fox, Jul- ius Bohr, James A. Hennessy, Bernard C, Ryan, Jam P Purcell, Warren 0. Beauett, Charles A. Quin Albert G. Sauer. Doorkeeper—Alexander Stern, Se geant-at-Arms—-Frank Finley. Assistant Sergeant-at- Arms—Michi H. Tuomey, Me-sengers—i'atrick 3al- mon, Thomas Higgins, James Reilly, Josoph Schneider, EC. We sh. ‘Tho First, Second, Thira and Fourth Assembly dis- tricis were canvassed yesterday, The returns did not differ {rom the statements already published, Jamos Hayes’ majority for Assembly in the Third districts te 09. ‘Tne Board will to-day canvass the Filth, Sixth, Sev- enth, Kighth, Ninth and fenth districts, KINGS COUNTY CANVASS. The Kings Couuty Loard of Cauvassers yestorday rosumed their cauvass of the ticket Im tho First ward the difference in the figures gives Daniel Brad. Jey, for Assembly, 90 votes more than were reported oo election night at Police Headquarters, which places him 120 justead of 210 bebinu John Clancy, regular democratic candidate tor thas office. When the Vass was.compieted as tar as the Sixth ward the cun- vassers adjourned until to day. THE WESTCHESLER CANVASS. The Westchester Couuty Supervisors held their second session yesterday us county canvassers, The completion of the canvass of the twenty-two towns composing the county was delayed by detective re- farns that bad beeo sent from Yonkers, and which were sont buck to Lave specimen ballots attached to them. A letter was laid belore the Board irom Ford- ham Morris, republican and anti-lammany candidate for Assembly i the First Assembiy disiriet, asking for a hearing before them, after due notice to the rival (fammany) nominec, Ambrose H. Purdy, 1n various lechnical points iu regard w the votes cust for mem- ber of Assembly im that district, and protesting against @ disaliowance of Votes given for him, which tho di trict election officers had put down as *delective, because of an alleged omision of words on tue jndorsement. Consideration of the request was de- forred, ‘The returns trom the Tweaty-third und Twenty-fourth wards of New York for Stave Senator, Niath district, and for member otf Assembly 1 tho First district of Westchester county, which are pan- vassed in Westchester county, on being taken up were found to be ipcompiete tu respect wo specimen ballots, All of them were sont back Jor compiciion, Supervisors Read and £, M. Carpenter bemg deputed a8 the messengers, The Board adjourned tii noon to-day, but are uot hkely to mish their work till Friday, A BRAVE FIREMAN. Last evening a fire broke out at Mosers, Parkhurst & Grindloy’s {ancy shaw! strap munatactory, corner of Market aud Mulberry streots, Newark. The fir meno were quickly on bend and soon extinguished the flames, The loss will probably not exceed $200, Thomas Smith and ten-year-old son, botu of whom were sleeping in 4 room overhead 01 where the fire broke out, narrowl, joaped: a burned up ‘They were rescued by Fireman Joba &, Thorn, who carried them out, They wore nearly suffocated, the boy betoy almost dead, Both tuily recovered after getting into tue fresh air, When the boy was brought jb the biood was owing from his nostrils in streams, THE CITY OF BRUSSELS. 4 DISASTROUS TERMINATION TO HER LONG PASSAGE—A SCHOONER SUNK IN THE LOWEB BAY—TWO MEN DROWN#D—BLUNT BUNSBY'S OPINION. The City of Brassols, alters moat tempestuous voy- age of thirtcen days, entered the lower bay very varly yesterday moruing, Sho kept on her way under charge of a pilot until above the quarantine ship aod nearly in range with the Chapel Hull lights, when slic came in collision with the schoover Alexander Young, Captain WilliamT, Blake, of Somerset, Mass., bound from Philadelphia with coal. The steamer struck the schooner about the forerigging on th: ir board side, and literally cut through hor like a knife, sending her to the bottom in three minutes, Captain Watkins, of the Brussels, and the pilot stood upon the bridge at the time tne steamer was approaching, and the opinion of the two was that the schooner was un- der way. When a little while later they discovered this was not the case the captain telegraphed the engineer. to reverse bis engines, but as a screw vese sol answors but slowly to this movement, theecol- Msion became unavoidable. The captain at once ordered # boat manned and sent to tbe resoue of the crew of the steamer, three of whom, along with the captain, were brought aboard. Tne remaining two, constituting @ crew of six in ull, were drowacd, . Dho steamer lost her port anchor, eighty fathom® of chah cable, her toretopgallant mast and cross jackyara, STORY OF A RESCUED SAILOR, Frank Jenkins, one of the rescucd orew'of the Alexander Young, relates his experience as follo “We lett Philadelphia November 5 with a cargo of coal, bound for Somerset, Mass, The Young was a foro and aft achooner of 800 tons, aid whe “érew, Including the Gaptain, numbered six men. The vessel belonged to Warren, K. 1,,and as far.as I understood Was not insured, but the cargo of coal was, The wind being easterly on Tuesday we came into this port in order to tuke the Sound, It was about two o'clock in ind inside the quurantine ship, when we steamer bexring down upon us. Our lights out, bat wo had no stteruge way. What we had was tair, 1 was on the lookout and were bun, little wing hallooed to the mate that 1 saw @ steamer bearing down. The mate then sung out, as’ loud as he could, ‘Where are you comin’ to?’ But she held ov, and the next minute struck us im the lorerigging and weut clean through, and notbing but the matnmast was left standing abo Just before the collision I made a rush aft and stood for a few moments till the shock was over, Then we tried to get out the schooner’s boat, but it was too late as t whole’ concern went beiow together. Three of us swam for the rigging of tho mainmast, and in iifteon. minutes after wo were tuken off by a boat from the steamer. Another of the crew got hold of a piece of the foremast aftor ho bad been sunk. clean under the steamer.” The names of the rescued are Captain T, W. Blake, of Dighton, Mass.; Frank Jenkins, Fall River; John Compton} cook, und Thomas Blake. Tha drowned men were J. Barnes, mate, fifty years old, of Boston, and Joseph Perry, twenty-five years, of Som- erset, Mass, The Inman Company will be heid re- sponsible in damages to the owners of tho lost vessel and to the families of the drowned men, The coll!- sion, Ovourring as it did in the darkness, is believed to buve beon anavoidable, so botn captain and pilot escape censure, .'he vessel and cargo were worth $15,000, THE VOYAGR OF THE BRUSSELS. Tharsday, Novewber 9, the City of Brussels experi- enced aterritic hurricane, which iasted twenty-two hours. A sea broke over her and carried uway the wheel house door, two bridge ladders, the saloon sky- light, stove in the smoking room und flooted the cabins, A strong iron davit was snapped in two Ii & pipeaten, two bouts were stove Jp, three brea! waters were carried away, the jackstay on the Jibboom Was smashed and the ngging considerably damaged, There were about sixty passencers in the steeragqand fifteen 1m the cabin, The appearance of the vessel ws she lay at pier 45 North River yesterday Plainly showed that ber iue experience of on Auuntic gale was rough im the extreme. The whole exterior of the bull looked rugged and rusty, as if shu hud been laid up for balf a year, The deck forward Bugzested a mall-ol-war just come out of a heavy ene gagement. Ropes of wire aud hemp, broken wckle and yards and masts snapped tn two sirewed the deck. The smoking room, always so snug a retreat tor tha male passenger at sea, was cold and desolate; one side bad been stove iv and the seats and tables bad beca badly maltreated by the eloments, The balustrade at one side of the siairoase jeading to the main cabin had beon whipped oil, ‘and there were other but minor evidences all about the sbip ot the severity of ber experiences, TRATIMONIAL TO THE CAPTAIN. Before quitting the vessel tae passengers drew ap and signgd the Joliowing testimonm to Captain Watkins :— We, the passengers of th the voyaxe trom Liverpo » Nove L 1877, hereby desire to express our regards to Captain treas erick’ Watkins olticer und entioman for the skill and devotion show» 19 the periormance of his dutios und for bis voniai and considerace bearing toward us daring the thrills There aro tho: in the anus of countered more furiuus minds or | wpestuous suas pressing our sonse of estoam we trust that the ave been conciliated and that Vaptain Watki to the shores of Albion he may escape the dangerous bination that nearly overwheimed us on this eventiat voy age. AN OPISION AS 13 AN OPINION, A Heratp reporter weat dows to Buriing slip to see G. W. Blunt, Pilot Commissioner, president of the Dis trcssed Seamen’s Society, president of the Avti-Lo- bacco League, &c., for the purpose of asking hima question 1 regard to the collision, “Eulightca me on toi point, Me. Commissioner, Ia the captain or pilot responsible for that collision thia morning ?”” ‘The Commissioner poised & goose quill in the air, and in aweverely dighiied and cautious mauuer re- spondeu:—'l do wot desire Lo propound ap opinion oa that question. If the uccident was unforeseen, then tt was unavoidable, if it could have been provided against then it was preventible and censurabie, and in the woras of Admiral Beaulort—did you ever hear of Admiral Beautors? He was ap old messmate of mine, aud When be was shipwrecked on the const of Coromandel, in the year 1823, ke is said to have said——? ‘But what did he say, captain, in the first place? Did he—” . “avast there shipmate. ‘was only bere now, 1 could die happy. more, and——" we is it the captain or the pilot that’s responsi- je “The pilot can’t be responsible tor the unforeseen, hor can auy man, because, aceording to Adam Smith’s laws of nutious, the less you see the less you know aud what you on’t seo aud hever heard of you know nothing at ail about, and, according to Cocker, you ain’t responsible, Now, whem tuat chap caime into my ollice the other day with a dirty caobage cigar as big aga belaying pin stuck in bis jaw aud pulled it right under my nose, I suowod him that notice, ‘No smuk- ing allowed bere.’ He sill smoked in spite of buat, Now, if | had ynrown him out the window, as I intend to do with ihe next man—(the reporter here discarded his cigar)—I'd ot course have been responaivie, bu- cause | would know belorehand that the flags below are very bard—Weehawken yranite, 1 beileve—and that the man woula be hurt whea he reached the ground. The case di the captain and pilot is different, They didn’t sec and tuey aida’t know they was agoin’? to hurt anybody or anything, but they aid.?? “Do you allow swearing here in this room?” “Not unless you pay ten conts a swer for ihe bens efit of the Pilots’ Widows’ Fund. If you pay $10 you can swear all you ha’ nd t0,?? ‘Did you euter the faring business ag a sailor ora captain, Sir, Commiss.oner ?” went im by the hawse holes, my boy, and worked up and now you see where I’m landed—Commissioner of Pilots, prestaeat ol —,”* “Hoid bara there, old man, time’s up,’ and tha reporter made hig Way down stairs with a load of ine jormation—as much as he could carry on his mind, KILLED BY A TRUCK, Asad funeral procession mado ite way quietly to Greenwood yesterday, unovserved almost by the ferry employ és, in whose presence the accident took place which directly fed to the death of Henry Meyor. It was on Thursday, October 25, when Mr. Moyer, once a weil to do grocer on the Corner of Frankiort and Van- dewater streots, but recenuy retired from business and living comfortably with lis family at Gutvenverg, N, J., came over to this city with his wife and sister to Visit the graves of bis relatives in Greenwood. When upou returning from Brooklyn he lett the South street ferry house, be aod bis party mistook the South for the North line of the Belt Kailroad and weut into wrong cars, They had uot yet lett tho starting pl when they discovered their mistake and begamto ebange cars Without deiay, Mr. Meyer was the lust to out, add just as be jumped a furniture truck, be- jouging in Willamsburg, came dasting along, He was Knocked down and rua over, When the accident Occurred most of the bystanders thought that it was a mere insigoificant mishap, but when be was taken home in a carriage, several hours ater, it was found that be had received internal injuries, which needed all possible caro, He lingered until sunday last, when pod in the prosence of his wile and several rionds. He suid if George W. Blunt Pil tell you _ SHARP LELTER, The following letter has been received by tho Supers intendents of the Richmond County Poor;— Orrick OF Tue STATE BOARD oF Cnantties, ALBANY, Nov, 14, 1877, } GuNTLRMEN—1 regrot to say that tho' last ‘time I visited the + mound County Poorhouse the condition of the sick men's side w: mo ini wary tn tnesd, but tor hér properly, and that she could oat, Women with sick babies were left wll Hight without «ight, ‘Ihere ls vo way +0 remoly these thins except by u of ® matron, who alll if the direct oversight of tg are this step has been urge ‘ow by the Local Visi Committees of your county, u hinve Paid any attention to their suggestions, re di ty Fesponsibl ¢ the presont disgracetul cons sutton of the itlenmond Vounty Poorhouse, Kenovstfully, JOSEPHINE SHAW LOWKLL, Vowmissioner of the stato Heard went down outof sight In no timo,