The New York Herald Newspaper, September 22, 1878, Page 12

14 Nl A THIRST FOR HORRCRS. The London Roughs’ Dance of Death. SPURGEON ON PROVIDENCE Many Sermons and Inter- esting Statistics, Lowpow, Sept. 10, 1878. Sunday last was made in London, in hovor of the | six or seven bundred persons drowned in ‘he Thames, Bday o! weeping, pleasure and thanksgiving. way of thanksgiving Mr, Spurgeoo “improved the Occasion of the loss of ihe Princess Alice (o expound to his hearers the view that the calamity was seut with « particular purpose—ibat 1 came (rom God, that it came as the Veice of God to the city.” In the way of pleasure, trom eighty to @ bundreu thousand Cockniys went gown the river im steamboats, wher- ries, by roud aud rail, some thousabus of whom foughi and scuffed and swore over standing room aud the securing of relics; got drunk, thought “whet a day we are ‘aving,” and re- turned to the city singing aud making things geueraily lively tor the wore date portion of the sibtseers In many churches, especially at Woolwicu end down the river, sermons were p eached bf great depth and fervor, Lo the places where the corpses are piaced were repeated the terrible sceaes Df search aud recoguition with which the readers of tbe papers are co am ltur, THE LONDON ROUGHS. cratch a Russian aud you fod a Tartar,” says the old proverv, Scratch a Cockney and you fiud Some tuing Worse tuan a vrute Li seems while ibe Drescher, se expounding flocks the awiul lessons of the catastrophe the | wob op the river was affording a sbame- fui and degrading spectacle tuat will make the New Zoalander, wuen be sits on the arches of Lonuon bridge wnd reads of the sad event in the Chrogieies of Father Toames, blush with shame, Wilty tuousaud persons were ai Norta Woolwich, ail bent on enjoying themowives ia Weir own peculiar fasvion, Scores of Pleasure stembouts, loaued down to the water's edge, came duwu the river to iook at the wreck, There Was @ sound ol revelry onthe air, eveu of singing later Ou ib the evening When the “excursions.” lured Loweward Seores Of luur-uorse omu-vus Jeli Loudon for the scene Of tue disusier. tbe Wreckeu portions of the boat were crowded with Fighiseers, MaLy eaxer LO secure relics, pieces of Cuaite, toDies, articles Of CiObning, any thing, ludeed, has COUls De Carried away. "APY enjoyed’ him hugely Kever tuneves abounded, ue lou living Bloated iu pleasure Over (he Gurrupiing dead. Hk BAKBARIANS. Let me give you w iew pictures 4s arawn by Londou Correspoar eu *:—"1u (he shval Of Oeate shut dragged Jor Corpses OF LUug greculiy aol the wreck vuL be- eid BUCH LY peo uo WIgut be Called auti-buman With 4 Kind ol Wuto—fous water bires Of win, creeping arouna lor prey, A police inspecior said, “Ali ine Water (uieves of Luguon are out;’ but one did pot | lceu ihe expiunuion, * * "* AL we Dockyard bhvus severai thieves have been arrested, una ove, Way uncluously wept aud mourned, Was Cuughi in Lhe BOL ol WWirliug & riug irom & dead Womans fl. ger. The uspbacural villasu wore » White Ue and vroud- ciou, * * * Hideous, degraued beings swarmed about the Byol, sieutiy pushing in Lheir fiituy wuerries,” paintiess, paiched snd evil jouxing 48 = (beimseiven * * * ihe wal meu Oud the couveying of sighiseers lo tue Piuce Of Lue Wreck sO provable (hat tuey reiuse Lo Beurch ior Curpees OF LO Lake churge oO; tnew wuen juuud, Fer che jutier service tuey reeeive Hive sull- Jin.» per Vouy ; Jur the lormer uearly as wucd, and they Curry w score Ul Odds LOueRputdaily.” * * * ibe Iradespeupie ol Lue Belguvoruoes are doing a roaring business Suck Bre uw lew parugrepus # lv ted at Tapdow. lu ihe cemetery at Woolwicu, where ibe Douies Were Varied OM Sunday afieruoua, such sceues Were woe remarked bere there was nosuing but BOTTOW und weeping. SERMONS, Some of the sermous are worth quoting, in the Majority vl Suutu LuudoN Churcues sud chapels Fr erebo. Was Mad. LY LUe Ifightiul Calactropue on the Lhuwes, Mouy vf Lue preuchers tuk tueir wexi irom Foals xc. (ray er Book Versiou), 6 ana 6G Lue reo.or ©: Wouwien, (he tivn, aud Rev, A Ausun, woo Louk PATt iu (ue WOK ML Lhe Walerside uu tue Bigut of tue | Wreck, preacheu 4 sermeu oa eVeLiug al Ue PoriBL CLUFcD, Seleciiug 1OF Lis (ex! the Words of \u# Burial oervice, “Lu tue midst a lie We are iu death.’? Lu tue Coures OF bis remarks De suid there Dad ecu WorriDie accidents In mines, on the Bur- bo Sunday Iuce of (ue laud Bu at Seu, DUL IU UO case, LOL even Wheu (ue BULyuice suuk WILE uli Der CoMpiemeus DUE two, bad tuefe veen eue wuleb, like this, bad cared BUCH Uscer desOl U8 LO iamilies. te prayed tuat Gud WoUlu Uibu Up tbe Dearie that Were Diveuluy Human CousHMOL Was OUL UI pce ID preseuce vi such OV rwueiBg SUFrOW, KUd Ley Could UL pom Lo Lhe Awguly oand, wuice “dueiu Woot seemetu Him good.” Wickous nqusridy Ine ibe epiriual coud Hou vi tbe veparted eu ¥ wuuid comm Luvin bodies ty (he curtu im the Cuaritauie spirit OF bb wien, Whicw Veneved al) (Bigs abu BOped all things Witu OUL presuuing Lo Judge of Wout wau could wot kuow, Ac che Eugiisu Presbytermm Uvareu, New Toad, Wourm.cu, Be RK Mou ous Mark X11, 3o— bre), wor ye Kuow wo whe Lue bour ig”? Lu cou- Cloding Hs Wisourwe Lue reverend geutiewu Let an ibabsonss wpeover Welt Beads as iy THIS puss (UCUZO VUF siTcels, pUL Up the suuticrs, Davg oWs Whe eyoais ol mMuuUruing aud Of Woe; bouor hese Saired aud discwiorwd remains, Wao kuows bow wiauy vl (vem were the caskets of #ouls that Dove &ccauy Swept (Brough Lhe qures Wasued ID Lhe Diovw vi tue Lamu? Woo kKuows how magy of tuem Were of tue Views royel os weaven? SPURGEON. Mr. Spargevn’s sefmus is saarply criticised. For Dis (eXt Le (vOk (hw words Of the Peuimist, “He seul Irom abyve he \oox me, le drew me ou ol mavy Waters? Mr. Spurgeou satu har dyuotioes the Culdiiy Was c@ut Wik « particMiar purpose, He ve- lie Veu ti came irom Gude inal 6 cawe as tue Vows of Ke ye becu, watch ana Gou oO this cur city, No avubt iuere were sume who ie thes time of (bel sorrow COUid scurcely think of Gou—Whe ball Wisvea Ww eve tbat God was Bot Luere E¥eb tuose WHO loved Aud trusied Gud wore Wewuur OF (ue mins of Mary aod Martine wueo they cried, “Lord, i thew wads Kea tuere my broiber baa oor diea.” Yet i was an accemtical thvugut wich pu) Ged ow. ol ABy pince, ior I Ho Wa voi everywhere He was wo auywoere; 1 He in wwe | | ence to the Prince Preacued & poweriul sere | | | | | | | | *Aupough Tama | Pizarro, wud (be oper officers were silting iisiie op the quarier deck. fu: chaplain, Fatuer Don Ramon | Tevra- Salmeron, a Bepedictine triar, mauliested great | abie portion of the crew wi | the | board, anu be replied poet, At least T hawe not seen anything worth quot. fng, and vou will remember what beautiia! hoes Were written when ‘he Euryaice weot down. I find norbiag but statistics, Hereis a paragraph rom the World: — “Here 18 a note lor comparison of the chic! uis- ers of our *bips since the sinking of the Royal ecorge. Perished im tbe Royal George, 29'h August, 178 than 600; in the ry > Bast taal Bill of Portland, 6b February, 1805, more than 300; 1p the St. George, of 98 guu-, in tbe De- tence o1 74, aud ip the Hero, all three stranded off tho of Jutland, 24h December, 1811, over 2.000 t is, (he Admiral upd ail the or is meu); 19 the Royal Adelaiu ‘ of Margate, 30:n March, 1850, more than 400; | i» the Birkenhead, 26tn February, 185%, Simov’s Bay, Souch' Africa, 454; 14 the Tayi emigrant #h)p, 20:0 January, 1854, on the Liish co: 880; p tbe Royal Charter, screw steamer, 251 Ooio- ber, 1869, Ou tbe coust of Anglesea, 446; 1u the Cap. | lata, iro! nd turret ship, 7th sepiember, 1870. near Fuvisterre, 472, in the Norcbfleet, 224 J buary, 1873, of Duugenes», about 300, The loss of 2,000 lives op tue coust of Judups seems to be forgoien when we cab Leur the dread(ul event of iast week describes as the most westructive of lite in tbe presen: century. Toe accurate statement 1s, thal our own shor Lbere bas uot occurred such & jul calami:y since the Royal George weut gown 1m 1782—all buta century ugo.”? Accurate siatistics are not yet publisued in refers Alice, Abeut tive buvired und twenty bodies bi been recovered, Tae oss 1s eii~ mated at 700, though there are who think 1,000 woula be peurer corre aimed dead are vow being phoiograp! beture io lerment. This and the description of ihe dress and aticles found on tue bodies will be the only clews jor fuiure identification of the das. The sion House und for the reliet of thy bere:ved relatives and ‘urvivors amounts to veurly £4000. Lord oustieid seat a ebeck Jor 1000 ,uipeas. AD enclosing » donution, writes:— Mobummeuan 1 jee! as muck lor Christians as fur tue people of my own religion, be- ge, as Suukespeure ways, ‘One wuch of nature makes the woole world kiu.’”? surely no bette Limepts thup these words by a follower o) Mohammed cap be found iv tbe bistory of the Christian priest- hood or the tabernacie. THE WKEChED PIZARRO. tue Be Indigo Massulmay ARRIVAL OF HER OFFICERS AND CREW IN NEW YORK HARBOR ON 4OARD TBE REVENUE CUTTER ALLXANDER H\MILTON, At hali-past one o’ciock yesterday afternoon the evenue cutter Alexander Hawiiton, having on board rs and crew of the war steamer | arrived in Now York Harnerand anc off the Battery, A Ji*Ratp reporter bourded the cue ter shortly alterward and bad ap interview with ihe officers of the cutter and some or the officers of the ‘The crew of the wrecked steamer were scat- tered in groups on the deck, some only halt clad, bhav- ing lost their ciothing, o:hers stretched on the veek overcome with sleep after their terrible experience. While the officers wee stationed on the quarter deck digcussivg the question of their removal, the cap- tain, Dow Ulmpio Aquado, Was busily engaged tn preparing reports tor the Spanish sinister in this country and the Minister of Marine in Spain, The secoud commander, Dou Joaquin Lizaga, who 16 really executive oflicer of tue vessel, was making arrangements jor thefuture disposition of the men, pending toeir removal to Cuba or the mother country, ULeusiness In ‘bis uew position, withough Captain Joseph Irish, of the revenue cuter, aud his officers were most assiduo: than one-bulf bau ola cow bodies, naviug lost their shirts in the wreck, altogether # strange aud mo ley group, “We have endeuvored 1o do our best fur these poor fellows,” said Vapialo Irish, “and they deserve a great deal of +ympatny, I wish we could trea tne more bospitubiy, lor taey bave expressed their xrati~ tude lor the slightest favors exteuded tothem, They were ina sad plight when we took them ou board, Some were hail waked, overs were buogry and all Were well nigh worn out with fatigue, ‘They passed through a fearful ordeal. The Pizarro was an oid worn out bulk that should o eum relieved Irom duty long ago, Wheu she was ie«ving st. George's, Bermu ia, sue Was 1D a bad condition, because she nad dragged Ler anchor and bumped vn the rocks, That accounts Jor the leak, ibe officers and crew were in trouble {rom that avy forward, and the men were almost exvausted working atthe pumps Toere were five buats abourd, bal two Of them Were disubied by ibe beavy sea woen Italian vark Carlo Fragon: hove in sight, aud the remaining three buffeted the Waves [rom seveo O'clock 19 'be worving wll two o'clock in tue wltcruovn, when the entire officers und. crew, wumbering 163 med, were tuken 00 voard.”” Av lhe time the crew were rescued by tue Jtulian bark we Pizarro 360 miles northeast of Ber- muda, on (ue route io Fayal, Nive days alverwurd bark arrived off the Deluware Breuk« water and the offcers apd crew Were (raasierred to the revenue cat The latter lett the Breakwater at eleven o'clock ou Friday tor New York bar- bor. je reporter asked Capiain Iriwh woat acco: modations were ullyraed the crew, vousidering the Iimi.ed Capacity of ibe vessel, during the night, and he repiie “I 1old tem off im waiches, giving leniency to those who Were paruiaiy destiate of cobiug.’? Lhe oext question askea Was wheiner the mvp Would be removeu to some quurters during the veulug aud take abd Capteioa Irinb repiwd that it Was expected Lu would be taken on board the Haveua steamer De *be would leave 10 removal to Cuva, During convereatiou, uowever, the steamer Vera Cruz leit ber ier, Ne 3North River, and proceeded on her wrapped across their It was porter asked one of the agents at tbe picr if Mer coud Got take the distressed crew on that there was uo room for them. Awong the Memorable episodes counected with the rescue oi the crew one 1s worthy of especial Dotice, wiovndiand dog th gL With Ut Suswer the call vt of Lue veil su (be mess room, ws leit Deniud in the genet Coviusion on the sinking Vessel inree of the crew volunteered to return with the bo;t und rescue the fwiinigi animal, but ihe sea Was runuing 80 high that 1t Was fearcd tue boat would be swamped, {he men then shouted, swung ner cups in tbe air aod culled the uog by bis jamiliar bame, When the poor brute, finging uimsell veserved by bis m.sters, piunged inte the seoiling Waves and aller Lattiag Druvely ngaiusta heavy rea reached the bark aad Was taken oo ‘de | officers of the curter Were So delignted Witu wim shat tuey would tain nave kepitbim e Cowmodyre Nicboiso board of ule flag-uip, tne crew of the Pizarro, ASSAULTED BY A TRAMP, evening received on \orado, the officers and, Fuled put ior evi, rea, asserted Uhat.t Was easy Lo Prove tit He ruled BOL tor goo), LM events SUC as that Wick Gas Jus HAppeBed, Wuatever might be due to te ruck % OF even the wickeu- | Di-8 Of Of mad, everyting Was to be tracey to Goa Tui, acd) much more of the same sort, sad Me spurg ue. Spurgeou poiuted Our at Providenual imerposition aid olteu tuke Pluce—iucerpoiton wot WIFACU ONS BOO ure VeliUle 1 tle fesdiie—lOf 8Rich yersets bad as Muco Peas u lo praise God af It ull (he jaws of wavure had Deen suspended im their vebail. He veieved 1a the Uvekycctev, 10 use a paradox, they werv jusvtled ia pectiug the unexpecied, ior Gud had always a re- BeIVe OL Wercy LO bestow Upon Luem. Some would BOL see the baud OF God io Loewe Provideutiai inter- positious Tuey (huught God wad gone to sieep, ae it Werr, Waving (0 Word WoUu Up as a Waten (ogo On Wicour Him; bUl eXperieuce bud taught Corisiaus that God was’ yet amoung tuem. Above all they Saw the gracious tuterpostuon of God im the great work of the salVativd oi (ue BOUL Ibe simeing sinuer lwoked arvuod tur sometuing to lay bold of, ine priest was there to offer Lim sometulbg, vul be Kuew vim of old. Muniuis were but a» Bubbles to tbe Wau who ed iu them, i bere Wel we bopes O! salvacion Dy seilewuriiticalion and tue like, val wey Would BOL beor Lue Wel, ut of BUCH a Siguer, aod thus Be began Lo fink, vOl even curing LO siFoggle agarose tis late, Wied suddeuy there appeared o.e wuose Will pre- J (by Will Ol thao, Whose sovereigy grace outran b’s Wishes Jor -wi¥alion, aud Who drew the siuoer oul of Lhe many Waters, waking Us heart to sing lor doy. SPURGKON cRiTICIAED. What all this meaus | co uot vow, Why God took the trouvie w pull ently 100 s nners out of the Tu.mes, instead of 600, sit, spurgeou’s pnii- OsOpBY luis LO LeMcn Uk Lue Beko is especinily @ marks OO “the Class ol men Who lwagive cu te 1utO the Mystery ol existence aud expou WILKOW & MUWEDE'S Uesitation ue Ways OF Gud mau.’ Ove thao Who was saved from the Pring Alice on [ty 9¢ iy (he Fope torown iF toe By wel: vis Fescue 10 Me special imiervension of Tuere 14, to may Jenst 91 Ht, au ludevent egotisu io even random stave ments. Tuey smack tov much of the «x, ioded doce trine of eieciiom (0 eterbal ile aud predentinw 0 Clernul dumnaloo—« vooirive wuled reft cos vutiitue Credit Ob (ue barrow school vf theologians Woo | none. | | bull rushed at Lim aad bore him to the ground, Onee (wughl It and Foiled it over heir Wongues » & sWeet morsel. have even (0 (his day in our miust & Tremont of the bigoted senoul, Such « voctring may be comforting 10 thoe who are saved, bur it is far irom comioring to those Who ure damned Cannot the gootieman aud Others Who iHinK and fay tbat tuey Were kaveu Ly w Apevia) Provivence sev tbat tbe Ba yeoial Provis ce (uel say /' vem doomed ten ines us macy to dosiruc.ion!” According to ihe tues ol these ex. | pouvuers of theology tue calamity Was went by God Jor & particular purpose, to impress upon our minds the euurmou exivut of His power ior evil oF ior goo" and to dem. nsirate Lo Os Lue neeemsity of our living Hite of suvject abd being im Constant lear lest we should avger him. Well, sir, f must capdiuly con. fess that 1 do not envy thuse Wuo entertaiw such Views—the pussession in their imagination of such 4 God, 1) God ® the aliepowerius Oemg Kets repre fented to be LY these expoun the just And weroiul Gou they would bave us beneve, surely He cav Gud & mode vi exercising His power, even ia punishinent, that would be more iu eonlurmity with is supposed mere.1us INCliOstions tous that of seb ing buoUreds OF inMeveNt Cbildren and Women co Chelt death ale Moments poves, ena leaving thousands Of hearts anu now al and desolainy, ‘The catastrophe bas nut yet to the heart of the A roffianly tramp entered the bouse of Richard Farnum, Maio avenue, Passaic City, N. J., yesterday Auo penetrating (0 the kichea found two girls there, the only occupants of the house, ashe supposed, He at once commenced un tndecent assault, tbrestening them meanwhile With « murderous ivoking elub, 1! girls ran and the tramp fan after them ap the stal wOd, 4s 1 CRAUCEC, INLO M room Where were Mr, und Mrs. Paroum, Mr. Faruam, who bad weard the screams O1 (he gris, seized u feVulver Bud Coulrouled the (ramp. A sort ensued, resuitiug im the Javier's arrest. Hew ocummilied LO answer, ROBBuAD AND wvbALEN, William Moser, twenty-four years of age, arrived yesierday trom Oalo una alignted at Paterson, N. J., toluok for work, fe Is ® barber, and be bad bis movest “Kit”? With bim—tve indifferent razors and @ pair of very good shears, He sought work, butiound He found, however, a Paterson barber who had a barber friend up at Sparta, Sussex county, who was i peed of a band Accordingly, armed with an introduction, the young man | Stirted up the ruilway track, [be distapee Ww Sparta from Patersoa yout iuirty-Wwu inves, Young Mouser nud ouly twenty-three cemis, He intenuea to Walk as far 4s Le Could aod tneo take passage vy the New Jersey Midiaua Railvoud He arrived near the West Paterson bridge over the Passaic, at the Ene Waler (aks, «famous resurt for tramps. Avoul five oowok PM. five sumty tram Wolling about on the grass, and (hese immedta aed the youug travelier, First they \ovk hia bweaty-cbree cents aud) bis kit; nex: iuey compelled = aim to soave (bem and Cut Weir uait, iuen, as be os- suyeu to leave ivem, they set upou bim, bea: him OULU be Was Uneonscives, 4nO then Louk irom wim | eVery rag Of ClOLbing VEO .0 his Outer suIrt, leaving him, however, 4 pair o their own ragged pa Mivser aller a Lime revovered, eruwied vo # Louse, Muuicaied With (he police aud sven three out of tue five cutiaws Were toums apd arresied. Tbey are nawed Juou Guroey, Wittaw Alen snd George Wil all, as they Claimed, Baliigg rom Besion. i ney luiy committed, A portion omy of young rs property wus recovered, JOSSED BY A BULL, were M Jobn Spangenmrcne: German, Who works for Mr, James Burbons, at tne corner of Burbaus’ lave aud Hatmourg avenue, Pater-ou, N, J, Was passing to a | sprinw lor waver yesterday afternova, when @ vicious | ine tan revaived bis feet, whew the bull again made for Lo, this ime picking Bim Up en its Doras aud tos. seg tim loro the ait, This Was Fepeated hive hues belore (he mau was rescued by Mr. Bartuns, Wuo he With w piLeuiork aud drove tue vu away. ihe Mao Was 4 thasé Of Lrutses irom beau to lv. & peoally AbvUt the loin& Ibis believed me will Dot ecover. KitnED BY A HOKSE Yesterday aliernoon, as Barney Doolan, who it employed at tho Chemical Soap Works, Paterson, J., Was leading the horse of Mr, Aueroury, one of bis employers, to Water, (he animal suddenly threw op tte heels and struck Doom a biow on tue lore bead, Causing & severe WounY Woich, IIs tHougut, mav prove = faval Dooiwn was vveu to tue in ig Hospital, where be lies & Critical Coa. at RAPID TRANSIT. MANY COMPLAIN'S ABOUT THE 8LOW PROGRESS OF T\E THIRD AVENUE LINE—WaaT M&. CYRUS W. FIELD HaS TO SA¥-—EAST SIDE BiSIDENTS ANXIOUS POR TUR METROPOLI- TaN COMPANY TO BUILD THEIR SECOND AVENUE LINE, Although the opening of the Tuird Avenue Elevated Railway to 5ixty-seveoth street was uccopted e grauilying though turay concession te the east side public, who are avxious for rapid transit, loud com- Plaint is still made at the excessively slow progress Of the road beyond Sixty-s-venth street, as well as of the stations below Sixty-seventh street, most of which are still in the most wretebedly and uncom- fortably incomplete condition interior and poorly as well as cheaply gott i up cars. Mr. Cyrus W. Fieid, the President of the New York Elevated Ratiway, said yesterday that the road would be ruvning “some time in Decemb« Harlem River, and yet the work oo couling and car depot io be built at Ninety. bth slreet 1s progressing #0 slowly that the prep: ory biasting of the rocks covering the ground, if it goes Ou ut the present rate, must alone take months to do, Mr. Field thought, in reference te tne stations, that it was better tor the company to put their spare money into extending the roau than to spend 1t on the stations, bat ut the game time be promised that the pew station at South ferry (the present one is simply disgracetul und leads to (he most annoying Scenes of confusion and overcrowding) should be Superior to those now being completed on Third avenue. “Waat would you say,” hi iked, ‘if we got three of thy best engineers tn the country to certify that of the two ro«ds (meautog tue New York and tne Metro- politan) we b.ve the vest stauions?”* 4 NIGGARDLY POLICY, In rotererce to the cars, Mr. Field admitted that the HERALD’s plan of arranging the seats crosswise wi the most popular, but the reason why 1% wag uot bi tug imtroduced, he said, was because “ihe best car bai/ders in the country” bad devised ‘he arrangement of seats bow ivilowed out, tu this connec interesting to state, upon unexceptionable authority, that while the Metropolitan Kievated Railway spent over $4,000 cash upon their cars the New York Ele- vated Company spent barely $2,000, ihe precise figures ag to Lhe Comparative cost of (he stations te writer could not leorn (tne figures in relerence to the cars are authestic), bar it is understood by gentlemen whe baye imtimate reintions with both companies thas the ‘Third avenue sta- tions have not cost @ third of those on Sixthaveuue, The almost unprecedented uiggardit- ness of toe New York Elevated Railway Company in reiereuce to their stations wil) be tully appreciated 1b View ol the fact thal, uliuough tue Nivin aveoue Toud-bas been ruoulny gow uine years, there are still Only stations On OUe side Of ihe avenue, Which 18 & source uot ubly of great annoyauee, trouble aud lo: of time to the patrems of the road, but aiso full of danger tor people Wuo Lave .o Wak right ueruss Lhe truck 1p getting to Lhe opposite siue of (he station. COINING MILLIONS. And yet everyvouy uumis Lust tois company will millions 10 Lhe enterprise, for the lurgest of the preset sbareboiders, as everyboay whi thivg about the uffuirs of ihe company their shares for 4 mere sous; und even us receutly as last May a subscriber of $7,000 wortu of stock at par Was enci(led, in audition to wis stuck, te $10,000 wortn of bonus, (vr wuich Ue paid aD instalment ut $1,250 (getting off lor the remainder with a mere pro forma promise to pay Up Wheuever eulled upon). so tat ior $5,750 ihe subscriver ,ot $7,000 worth o: siuck wud $10,000 worth 01 bonds, aud 4s toe bonds Buil bow ai $8,750 be could sell bis bonds, have bis Block for volun, aod $540 casu into the bargain! th iucts being periectiy well known, for they ne could be kept secret, as 18 also toe tow that the Thiru avenue aod Niuth avenu BOL Cost 1m Cus Much over cae-bail ef t avenue, albough hey ebarge tue same the great fares, east sive public paturally cousider tbat tney entitied (0 Baperior care Dd statious, abd that ne company cao Well afford to speud more mouey upon tuem. Accoruimy ty U aot Bde traffic jor (be first Lwo duys alter tue rund wus ovened to sixiy--eventn sireet, furnished by Mr. Field, the Third avenue tive is actually proving al ready to 118 stockboiders the gold mine whicw ti HEKALD always deciared it would be While the aVet.ge aoily trolls to the Graod Central De; Jews tuan 20,009, tue tr. ficon sunday to Sixty-aev Street Ib wioted 60 buve Leen 45,706, and Tussdey 42,408 Now, ihe propor ivu ol ven aud five cout pas- sengers ou tne bird avenue live 1 avout bali and hali(on the Sixth avenue linc the ten cent passen- UL iwo-ih rus abd tue bVe cent passen- rd, there being tar more riders on ti.6 lat ter line who can uffurd to pay cents), and wuen the ipird avevue ruud 18 compieed wv ibe Harem River Me, Fi id iooks or 100,000 passengers per duy, inclusive of the 14,000 uveroge patruus v1 the Niuin aveo line, =1Bis will give the cumpany $7,600 gro (8 per day, aod a» the runuiug expenses are DOL over One-third, the net protita, according to Mr, Fieid, witli not ve less tuaa $5,000 day! Aud yet the pablic, wuo will euricu tuese Speculators in repiu trapwi by wiillous, Deve tu suiler discomiorts, delays Quu aDuoyances WiLbouL numuer in Oruer (vat the roud shuud be gotten up us che. piy possibile wituout any proporiuen reductiou of ‘Mr. Fieid declurdd yesteruay tual Lue exiraor- di .cy evergy with which ine Metropoutan Gum, worked day «od aight to push througu tue gd miles vt s Ove Toud Must Have Cost (nem “uall & millon ‘ou (018 buil & milion,” vaid he, wD ever, proused some bester curs wiib F. ahke those on ibe cheaper curs of tue Metropolitan Kile. vated Rauway. COMMUTATION AND SLOW TIME, Much Comp.a.u. is uisu made at cue coun 0 turuish cumumutat one side of tue ty 10 BOL Concession (wuicR iy regarded a6 ridiculously mauequate) bus been made by (ue company, WuO promive that irom Ociod. rl passeugers will ve wole to ride irom Fravk- another ior our tare, 1s geuel Him square op (he ¢as: side (0 Fraukiin street ou the weet sive abeat 4 pairous Of the Fond that the eumpauy wili carry @ passeager over fiVe miles op e:tuer one oi their two lives for one iare. Iti tuen ri bly asked, “Why Ot xiVe at least Ove miivs of a round rip fur er? apd it 18 generally thought that the commuti Lickets 5000 © be 1Ssued suUuld Lake pi r irom Fravkiu equ re ov the wide w Freak BUFO: Ou Lue Weal siue—WUICD Is DO distance ut ull, anu practically no commuiacion worth speaking of al pabhie—val irom Fourceenin eh on ao vl Low ciby to Fourieeuth sree. on the owner. would gol be wuch over tve miles and would ol ima The rave of apeed vu tue (air source Of grea: Complaint among Lhe patrons Oo! the roau, People say tuut Lwenty-eignt minutes ts lar too lovg 4 TUuutuE time 1OF rapid Lrabell steam trains, but Mr. Fieid says tat 000 UB tue Cugiueers aud olD empivy 6s get aco 0 ty duties the running time will ve rivoed. Exyerts agree that it need Ob be oVer LWEDLY Wwidules, THE QUESTION OF FARES. There is a univers ieeiing tua (he lare on the ‘Vbird avenue tine shoulu be reduced at once, If vor OOF nix. It rou,’ 18 What he Company pul up bait @s cheap & road and bail as Covap stacivus aud cars ae those on sIXtu avauue, aud se (hey cau aflord to carry us tor bal, the price, of tae y reduce the rates of fare tv Ve OF SiX CeMts Luey Will be resliziug °8 wuch © (her 1. Vestment as the Me tropoliia ten cents.” Many people express u gr the Metropolitan Company Venue tne, ‘it we ure Lo pay ten cents,” say these people whe BL Ol he Lhird aVeuue, “iet Us at lewet t jegaut aud pleasing cars; comfortabie, cneeriul ACUIVe SLutIWnS and (he most superior kind of BUILD ON BECOND AVENTEL Ibis stated tua: Wuiess tue rhird avenue line make at once great imyproveme: mo Laer stations aud Cars Kod Complete Lueireline more quickly, an earnest appeal Wii be made by Lhe resiueuis vi Lue east Topouian Company ty ke their Seco ‘w baud at vnve—Waoich Lhe company 18 nut DY law Compelied bo build Lor 4 consid Favie Me to come, provided they go on to the Hariem River vo te Weuts wil veciure tb uty ol ro ye two steam lin tue im meuse traffic oo Secoua enue bi line would certaruiy seem to be out th That the Secoud aveoue line would pay spi novowy apperra to duubi, for ii Would Dave all the immense truilic east of Second avenue, und probably cousideraule traffic, if the roud Was superior to ine Third avenue, east of iuird ave Bast sue a fo Ube West sue, there 1s p DRIVEN PACK BY RAPID TRANSIT, ‘The Vongregational Charen of the Covenant, on At- Japtic and Granu avenues, Brovgiyn, i close ie Career at that poiat to-day, ive Rev. BP. Tawi has beon pastor of the Churen for several year: 10F ureater useluiness it moved, a couple of yours ago, from Clussoa avenue to its present site But muce rapid transit bas been bisned ov Atiau lic AVeuue It as been almost impussibie 1oF the chureh to worship ow the saubeth or evenings turouguout the week. Accoruingly, (ue church wnt alter lo-way returp to Its old place Ol Worehy Proiessor (uwiog Will bold (he closing exercmes and commemorate tordsy toe LWentien angiveraaty ot his orgination (o tie Miniwery. fhe eouren did a Qfeat deal Of mission work to tnat section of Brouk- iym and will be minsed thereitom, SINKING FUND CUMMISSION., ‘The Sinking Fond Commission, consisting of Mayor Bly, Comptrvlior Keily, Recurder Hackett, Unamber- jain Tappan and Aiderman Ke |, ue Chairasa of the Fivanve Commitee of the Hoard of Aidermen, met yesterday alterovon in the Mayor's Office, Are port was preseuniea by the Compirolior in favor ot aeliing to the United States gover the triangu on th we | NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 1878.-QUINTUPLE SHEET. ler piece of property at the Battery for the purpose ol erecting thercon a barge office. The amount to be paid by the Uuited States for ibe property is txed at $4,000, Io order to make the land availabie tur the purpose pamed it will have to be dlied In, the cust of ‘whicu, it 18 estimated, will be about $60,000. At the Ugeestion of the Comptroller the Bo:rd passed a olution authorizing Bum to ‘spose of the prepert¥ for 1h t Atthe ton was adopted directing Comptroller Kelly to 1n- Vestigute the compluiuts taue in relerence (0 the old station bouse ip Lonard street, which, 1 18 bas become # lodging house for tr.mp-. (he Comp- troller yesterday, 10 a report on th subject, stuted that the premi bod been leased until December 1, 1379, 10 Mr. B ries Silier, aun annual rental of $r00. Since the lease was made the plac bee com: a DUIsanee to the Merchasts doing business in the vicinity. He recommended that it be sold, sub- Ject to the leas \d a resolution to tbat effect was aa a Comptroller was also authorized to premises Nos. 9 and 11 Frankiin street, bouse any jot vo the ourtbeast coruer of fbhird avenue and Eiybty-fith street, Tye sule will take piace on Ocrober 23. A NEST OF HOKNETS. WORKMEN ON THE WESTERN UNION BUILDING SURROUNDED BY UNPLEASANT COMPANIONS. For several days pust the pedestrians on Broadway have noticed a singular wooden cage on top of the Western Union tower, around which several juborers were epyaged at work, This cage 18 tie woodon framing Used to temporarily support the new time ali tbat 1 avout to be used, The workmen, while prosecuting ‘heir labora, huve beeu seriousiy annoyed from a very uniooked tor source When they first ascended the tower to begin their labors they were surprised to find the pole ou whicn the ball runs surrounded by thousands of hornets, who seemed to bave made the ball their beauqua’ters, ‘They ut on the men’s arms «pd clothing, but were apparently inoffensive unt oné of the men tried to brush them of Tuis irritated the litte insecis aud Lney viv- orously wttacked bim, forcing nim to reeut r the tower. Afler some time ‘he men succeeded in beating off tne horuets by coustuntly jetting the ball rise and fall aloug the pole This ureye the hornets uwuy from the pole, and not waving sufficient strength of wing to keep themselves long in the air they flew down io the roots of some of the neihvoriog buidings, Che vexc diy the men bad the sume ex e'tenre, only ihe Hornets Were not quire su thick Yesterday the wind was somewhat tgh dud Lhe iusects did ool make (ber appearance. One | of the workmen thought they bad 4 vest in toe gilded ball ut the tup, but investigation showed that the vail Was as solid And gowns as Whea Brst putup. | How the horuets ever got there, and what inuuced them to make their bome in such a place, is a my! tery. The old time ball, which is to be replaced, was con- Biructed o| somewhat light Wire gauze, uud the arop oltwuty-sereu leet every Guy bad caused ito alter { its round tivare and become p-ar-sbaped, The new bail 18 coustrucied of harder metal, with a number of Un O.ps around it running up and Gown, insteau of cro-wwise, 80 tut it will not so easily alter ite shape, Several tin tubes, closed ai one end, are fitted toit, When the Laildesceads these ‘ubes will slide into others placed atthe base of the pole, and the compression of the air within them wiil break the force of tue suock, STARVING TO DEATH, James and Mary Kerrigan were arraigned at the Tombs, belore Judge Murray yesterday, on the charge of stealing u suawi irom Mary McUartuy, who lives in the game buuse with them at Nv, 287 Front street, Betore their case was culled it was noticed by several of the officers that Mrs. Kerrigan bad a very sick child iu ber arms, and they treated Ler as gently as psuible 10 consequence, As soon, however, as Judge rray’seyes aliguted on the womau and the baby he exclaimed “My Gov! that child is dying” The head had fallen back en the breast of the moiber, the eyes were closed, the lips tarned blue und iife svemed already 10 have departed. Ufficer,’? said Judge Murray, ‘‘Take them down stairs at lam atraid the child 1s dead already.’ ‘They w u below and Dr, Hardy called upon. Fortunately tor the poor motver the chila ree vived after a iittle brandy wod wik bau beon ud- ministered, anu the couple were soou alter sent to the hospital by Commissioner Cox. Officer Lamb, of the Fourth preciuci, wuo brougit Mr, und Mra, Kerri toto court, iiormed the Judge toa he tovk tuem from a room in whic there was not ‘a single urticie of furniture, aud be believed that the family Were actually starving at the time. here were tour other children in tne place, ne said, varying in ibe Judge instructed nto the cuurt. wo of d to 3t, Joseph’s Hume and two James Kerrigan them were comumiti to the care of the Simtersof Mercy. Was sent to the Island, THE CHI“F OF TH CHIPPEWAS. Manitoba, Chief of the Chippewa Indians, ts now in Newark, N. J., visting Rev. Father Vogel, pastor of St. Augustine’s Church, The Chict ts a Christian, ard is aceompanied by Rev. Father Towsey, miasion- ary of the Biuto Reservation. CLiY NEWS LteMs., ‘The police made 1,620 urrests last week. The Depsrtment of Public Works $20,835 87 ivr Uroton roate last ween, Mayor's Marsbal Kelly iast week granted 453 Ncenses and colected tue sam of $926 25. forty-five yerre of ug , died suddenly ast River, where he had b ‘empivyed as watchman. received During the week ending at neon y deatus, 491 virtus avd 170 marriages wei have vccurred tu inis city. Williaa Scharnweber, five years old, ded sud- denly yesteruay of diplitheria at the residence of bis parenis, No, 273 West Fourth stree Ab evening bigb school wil ve ed for 8 term of twenty-four weeks ov Monday, Ociobver 7, 1» Grammar School pouse No, 85, West Toirtecmth stres The exports of graiv during the past week consisted of 2,320,000 Dusheis of Woews, 651.000 bushes of corn, 180,000 busuvis of oats and 26,000 bi rrels of flour. Wiliam J. Watt, six years of age, of No. 450 Weat Forty-recoud street, fell irom the ‘ith sto.y of No. 446 Wes: Forty-second street yesterday aud was killed, ‘The Commmee oo VU: the Produce Excbsn; yemervay appointed G. 0. Bari Gouland, Ruuse and Bestwick abd George Lowe ufficia: tospeciors and estos 0, ail o/s O.ber than petreleam, Oo ning of the 19t0 inst. ihe law office of Heory Metainger was eaterea by means o) luise keys and six volumes of “Wai's Practice” and two vol umes of “Avvott’s Forms,” valued at $90, were stolen Geor mrail, thirty-live yeurs eid, of No, 28 Adeipus street, Brooklyn, entered a durtk closet in Whe Bhow store at the corver of Broadway aod Prince Street, yesterday .fternova, aud aiempted to shoot bimseli im the Beart. The bill entered his lett arm, Dom ic wifficu ties prompted the act. fhe Aiexaudria, of the Ancoor hue, which satis to- day tor Bristol, carries 180 vead of cattle, and the of the same line, sixty-eight head of cate. * urgo of the Erin, of te Natiou is for Liverpool, are tweuty-seven | borser, aud the Arragon, tor Brisiol, bas oO vourd seventy-five cattle and 380 sheep. The cuse of August Engei, the res! estate agent, at No. 181 Fourth ¢, WHO Was Charged Some weeks wince with inde its ou several young qirls, terday 474 ported to came up for trial yesterday beore Juages Daily, Wheeler aud Kasmire in the Court of Special sessivns, At the request of Colouel Spencer, representing tue District aitorney, a postponement tli Tuesday was granted. SUbURBAN NOLES, v idow of Daniel Webster, now quite aged and In feeble health, 18 sojouruimg at New Rocoels ‘The banus who struck in the Dopoin Molis, Pater son, N. J., will resume werk to-morrow, ‘The bouge und barn of Couries Doneourts, at Great Neck, Long lsiand, were burned yesierauy moroing. Luss $2,600, The Queeos County Agricaliaral Society will hold their avuusl exoiviion altherr grounds at M neoia, Loug Istuud, oa iuesaay, Wednesuay and Tuursday, ember 23, 24 and 2o, Amoog the creditors of Mr, William Lee, of North Tarryiown, suspended, is his sou, Mr. J, Benedict Village (reasurer, Who, it is wileged, lent his father $700 from the Village funds, Ata meetog of the Brookiyn Bourd of Poitce aud Bxeise Commis rs yesterday Patrolman Jeremian Cavanagh, Wuo atiempled to suv0l Capran Worth, of | the Sixth precinct, wax dismissed Irom the torce. ‘A Gaug 01 rougus Visited toe grocery store of Jumes | Henuessey, at West Brignton, 5.1, on Fri ay vigls, And WNuing 1 closed compelied Heunessey to open it Lu the scuffle that ed tHe proprietor was stabbed tu the urm. The names of persons nominated to act as supor- Visors of el ction in Kings couuty, presented to Juuge Bevedict, of (he United st.tes District Gourt, Brouk lyn, vy Superviser-in-Chief Allen, were confirined y. terday morning. Timothy Connors, a resident of Vanderbilt avenue, Brouk yu, wai doy Watchman Dunioy at the Navy Yara y: aay charged wig st ie about Jurty pounds Ol Copper bol\s [row Lhe Orinance Lurid. lng, at the iatier piuce. He procared $500 vail, Counsel for tue Kicumond Vounty Board of Saper- Visors teporis (hat the cuse of eX-Couuty Treasurer MeKuveris, who is alleged io ve indebted to the county io the sum Of avout $353,000, will Come up at the October term of the Couuty Coury, to be held ut Richmond, William Matthews, @ young man of very respect. able family, wae yo-teraay brought down irom Hew. 1th, @ star vii horta of Paterson, in Passaic county, N.J., sod Ganced over to the United Sires autnorities at Jere of a charge Of having robbed the Post Uilice at the ubuve piace, Mr. Jacov Moreh jast evening reported to the police to atation, Wilhamevurg, (be lows by over $4 000 Wort Of Jeweiry, a jewetlor, tiving at No 216 Grand street, Wiiliumevurg. Me leit ibe pckuge, he salvo, at Of a HUsRWICk Avenue var ON arriving at SWEPT BY A TORNADO. The Island of Hoyti Visited by a Terrible Hurricane. MANY LIVES’ LOST. Houses Demolished, Crops Ruined, Ships Wrecked and Wharves Swept Away. DESTRUCTION IN TRINIDAD. Reports well authenticated reached this city yester- day morning that a terrific burricane bad visited the soutbero partot (be isiand of Hayti duriog the frst week of this month, resulting in a fearful destruction of property im several small towns, the destructiva of the coffee aud cocoanut crops and the loss of numer. ous lives, Tho steamer Audes, irom Savonilla and Curthagent rived at thi port on Friduy. She picked up a muil trom St, Domingo and Hayt: atau island lviug west of tne same, and proceeded onward on ber trip to New York, The lewters thus received At this port brongbt the first infurmasion and algo the harrowing details of the burricane which swept over that unforianate island from the 31 to the Stn mst. There is Do direct telegraphic communicativn between this country and Hayts, but there is with the islund of Jamaica, It so bappens that communication be- tween Jamaica and Haytt 1s anything but regular, and the outside world, therefore, has remajaed in total ignoranco of ‘he destructive force of the elements as they preyed upon one of the West India islands. The moment the news was receive/ at the HERALD office reporters were despatched to various West ludia sbip- ping firms ang also 10 vther localities where the Intest intormation obtainubie could be had in regard to the terrible calumity. It was soon ascertained that the whole of Haytt had been visited by a fearfai storm, which im tue capital itselt—Port au Pringe—resulted in the destruction of many government works then under way. AY THK HURRICANE’S MEROY, The most distressing news, wowever, comes from Jacmel and Aux Cuyes and otner places in tne south- ern partof the island, The hurricane struck Jacmel at five o'clock on the morning of Tuesday, tho 3d ine, and continued till Thursday, the cb, at about the game bour. Tho river rose to a fearful beight by the tremendous rains, which lusted for two days and eaased great destruction of property—especially in Orango siroet, where the houses of Messrs, hormé MGaouara, Maunder Girodé and J. E, Berronet were Swept away by tho rising waters aud driven to the sea, with all their contents. Severai bouses aud public balls on the quay w totally destroyed, us also the two wharves. Five vessels, riding at anchol were nurled againgt the shore, Among these were the Dominican frigate Ozsma, Captain Marty; bark Helen, Captain Mercier, and the ship Serpent, Cuptain Lizaire, At Port au Prince, at the time of tue de- parture ol tue malls, the inhabitents wore awaiting with great avxtety further mielligeuce in regard to the destruction of property iu the country towns Adjacent to tbe city of Jacmel, FEARFUL LOSS OF PROPERTY. At Aux Cayes the Jerocity “v. (ue wind was such that in loss than three bours 434 bouses were entirely destroyed, leaving a large numver of f:milies without home or er. Leuviug Aux Vayes lor the interior part of the district the roads were bi.cked by trees which bay beeo toro up by the roots and also by mass of débris which bad been swept from Aux Cuyes tothe ouvlying plumtutious, Tue powder maguz ue, the arseual, the prison, the school vf the Sisters of St. Joseph and the Court House vullaiugs were ail fearfully dawaged by tue sorm. Tue heauquarte: Ol toe Commandant of the urrondissement und tb Gowbeau bridge, whica leads to tue priucipal entrance of thecty, buve been entirely dewolished, A lurge number of persons wero killed aud wounded auring the jew hours uo! the tempwst’s Hercest reiua. Io the commua: of Torbeck and Port Salut Several bovses tn tue cities as well ag iu the country districts were knocked dewo aa. carried uff by th rush of the waters, Every garden in this district hus been aesiroy ed. SWEPT OUT OF EXISTENCE. tue experiences of trighwiui, Houses Jo St. Louis avd Cavaiion the subabiauis buve veeu were desiroyed and the débris scutiered to ali parts of :be compass vy wind. Ibe sea then rushed nto the iow and « tire market piace was inundated, burying men, Women ana cbildren Withe outa Momeat’s Waru'ng tu a Watery grave. Cavai - lon, one of the wost inieresting places in tue southera part of Huyti, no longer, Th: telis the exuct story of ravages of tue storm remain siaudiug of what a civing and prosperous cum. even these tour at von, It was uukuown at the last accouns uoforiunaie piace bow many lives wad uead Dod! bad been re- was there even to belp the covered, and nu ow wounded, who were crying for aid aud succor. Al Aquia only orty guuses remain stauding, the rest Lav og been swept anay Dy (be toruado, Iittie re Very ns vt & place O-lleu La Grauae Anse, tue verely by the ex- nary teupe-t lo Jé twenty bou-es ID the lower part Ol (ue place were swept out to sea aud dashed to [ragments against the cvast alons with tue Vessels that were at uvebor there. Tae artiliery magazine, the Furt [héié nuque, whieh bad just been rep ired, wud the emiity wuari were destroyed. TEKRIBLE SU! ING, ‘The distress among the peopie iu the country ais- tricts consequent upon this irigoitu: burricape cio hardly ve described, Every plantation tas been ae- se royed and all ibe public Diguways were under water al latest dates, if, whore the Fort Guérriere is situated, leo a prey to the storm. An |, the Warde, was lost here on the coust, and t wasata great rick of lite tuat the ip- baviants, Under the immediate superintendence of the commaovant, saved the crew froma watery tthe suuthern part of destructive hurri towns Laid low, pi {ny among tue peopre. THE GUYERNMENT TO TRE REOCUR. When the uews of tuts great ealauity reacned the government at Port au Prince measures were once taken to alle the suit of the unioria- haies, Tue Secretary 0: Stale presented himsel! be- fore the pevupl impousib.e 1. wa: suoner informed of (his terre disuster, a askeu tne Assemuly vote eXifaor @) $25,000 .o aia Un lerers in the iaud A mab-ol-war Ww: Port au Prince whe oa to carry provisiwos for (he sirt ken localities, aud & goverument represcptative was to Joi the expedi- ton to look alter their proper distribution, tT CROPS DBSTROTED presentuives and expuined Low jor the government to buve been 4 ai once The toll gabe ered by (he HeKALD reporter [rom letters receiver by firms iu this ciy trading with Hayti aod India isaods. Messrs. A. 3. Lagaras & © Pive stiest, have received iewers irom their cor- Fespondents ia Por au Privce, one of whom w under date of 13.u inst ‘A terrible burricane has traversed the isiand the + sufforea feartully. it is reported that Jucmel has rou Jost #ll the shipping in her barbor aud her wharves. Aquin has 146 lvtses destroyed; JOU have veen demulished at ‘Aux Oayes, aud several other small towas have suffered sireets, lutu betore the HenALp reporter tue lolluwing Jevter:— Port av PuINcE, Sept, 1%—* * * The coffee crop is iI ss in the north; y by heavy rains, NEWS DIRECT FROM JACHRL, Jacunt, Sepr. 7.—* * * 1 have auiing pleasant to commuuiéate to you. Business entirdly par: cwing 10 the feariul storm rn the sd ana On on broken up and destroyed wh ana the wai the quay wer Amun Wuleh Was aso W000 pounds of logwour M10 YAFLVUS partidns oun e tie over ring river drag ou off several You can well linagine the cerrivle state in which we faetves (o-day, Our «barves are fely destroyed, disorder will uatursily make the unloading of " dificult, [ao not see how we can have our wharves reouilt in less than three mouth Under circumrtauces | should lite to know it the Ating hearing of this stave of affairs, wilt eon- mors to this port Messrs. A. Noves & Uo., No. 41 South street, havo Feceiveu tue following auvices:— The following are the towns it by this reigane }— o rythime ih pork the whart, causing the lovwoud ‘the river overtly twuny small houses atroyed, whieh wil renuet the disch: aiiheult. Messrs. Noves & Uo, al the K. C. Bunker, au American v from Boston, was siruck vy he burricand, alter sue baa aivcharged het cargo, aud lost; that the lose al Juctnel ulony Will be more thav $60,000, aside trom the dragging wl eonpiotery of govds quite DESTRUCIION ON THE ISLAND OF TRISTD\D. Mr. BG. otraker, purser of the steamer Bavuma, which arrived at New York yesterday from Trinidad, Braves shat at Dall-past seven P. M. on the let of Sep- tember (3unday), just before divine service was ove! op the island of Trmidad, 14 began to blow from the northwest, graduaily veering to sr uth west, till 4 tMereased to a pertect hurricaue, biowmg down houses, trees, warehouses, bridges, causeways, wharves, &c.; all the shipping im port suffering more or less, strewing the whole coast with wrecks and mer chandise, causing a scene altogether beyond descrip Hon, In Murine square, Port of Spain, several large trees a oundred feet in height and fou® feet in diam- eter were blown down, cruso in a portion of the Post Om. id Colonial Bank buildings. In many cases the tops of houses were carried completely off, leaving the interiors exposed to the raging storm at Firat Bust street, Port of Spain, a bust Passing ri; Ubrougb @ pouse. Is is cab culated that in Queen’s Park, Brunswick squar Martue squ.re and Government House, uo less ove huodrea gigantic trees were levelied to ground, 1o she interior of the island much damage has been dope to cocoa euitivation, through the fall- ing of the bors immortel, whicn 1s used lor shading the cocoa they being of suco 4 dehicat to need it, Ua CUbiel Justice Neeuham’s estate, at Sao Antonie, 2,000 cocoa trees were destroyed through the fallhiog of tue bos immortel Woeu we think that « cocoa tree tukes five years ulter it is planted beiore t comes to maturity the Joss caused by the storm wi A vewutilui avenue of ber- trees, Lwenty-iwo in Dumber, beiong- ing to a Mr, O’Con: Fitsgerala aod orvamentally arranged, Were all destroy d. Belmout Ratiroad brivge (uewly built) was completely washed away and many others dumaged, also the causeway leading to tue juvatic asylum. All this rain was caused through tue ing of tue Pivers, tue resuli ot a heavy fall of rain daring the storm, which regis. tered seven inobes by .ue ratu gauge. ‘The sbippiog tuat Was tu Port of Spain at the time hag its suare of tae terribie havoc, Ships, steamers and lighters, Indeu with mercnandise, were washed asvore, hed toatoms aod sirewo in innumerable fra,ments ull along the coast, One was wrecked contained wIx.y bog! Sun Fernunvo the storm was so s gregutious at the churcnes had to atep for the night ut the clergymen’s houses or wherever they could find room to sow themselves away, % being ay im- possibility for them to proceed home. It was waid that #8 many as twelve lads occupied ove room in @ mivister’s house that oigh Au English brig belu on to her aucuors, but rolled ber topmas. out. [ue shock of an'cartuquake was tolt MbOUL Miduight, Wuien Caused the town clock of Port of Spain wo sivp. Toe shock was wigo eit at the soutuern end of the island. [tis marvellous toat be- tween the damage to the shipping aad destruc tion of property om shore Bot one ie was known to bave boen lost. Had it occurred during (ue day, When the peaple were at their work and the railroad in operatiou, many lives would huve been lost, THE TORNADO IN MICHIGAN, SEVERAL DEATHS REPORTED AND SEBIOUM DiSTRUCTION OV PKOPERTY. Cincixnats, Obio, Sept, 21, 1878. Additional advices from the iornado which visited Michigan yesterday state that Lumonte’s stere, at Pertuater, was demolished, crusuing Mrs. Giiffog aod causing ber instapt death, At Greenville the Bapttst church was biown dowa, killivg a workman named Michael Tigne. A despatch irom Chippewa Station says that a suds den darkness fel! upon the piace, accompanied by deathlike stiliness and an atmosphere so light that respiration seemed aifficuit, suadenly the tornado struck the town wich indesoribable lorce, lasting but 4 few moments, yet in tuose lew moments it atterly swep: away every structure tn U pace The in Luvitante, Warned by the darkuess aud stillness, had tuken refuge io their cellars, and in couxequence (nere were few futal casualtie A wagoumaker, Ramed Pree, with bis je and iMfunt. are iujured, the later fatally, Mu omson 18 seriously injured. Many otvers are hurt, but not fatally. Jupost Biore Was demolisned aud the goods distribuced ov the country lor baudreds of yards Cainouns sore aud the scuoo! buiudipg were wrecked. Mr, Cune’a house wus Lorn to pieces aud the heavy logs, of wack 1t wus botlt, Carried like straws Wrough the air, ‘The cause of the tornado seemed to ve the meet of (wo slorms, one irom the wortuwest and ove irom the southeast. A MANIFESTO FKOM ROME, THE KE! ATIONS BETWELN BISHOPS AND CLERGY DEFINLD—ARBITRAKY SUSPENSIONS PROHI« BITiKD--WHO WILL BE TH& NEXT APOSTOLIC DeLEGATE ? A most important communication has been trans- mitted by tue Hoiy See to the Cardinal, archbishops ana bisuops vi tue Uuited States, 1t will not be offi- cially promulgated by the Bisvops til a HeRaLv representative, in conv emineat aoctor of canon law of the arcudiocese of New York, ascertuimed the text of the document, which Will bave um important boarmg on the discipline of the Catholic Church in this country, Lt will be remembered by the reauers of the HenaLp that the labors of the late Bishop Conroy, aposiolio delegute to Caaada, were productive of so mucu good in healing aiiferences between vishops una ergy that the Holy See concludea tw extend bis jurisdic. tion to the United States, The ‘decree was wsued, but belore it was despatched to this country tne apostolic delegate met with a premature death, Mvanwaile he had succeeded ia paruuliy restoring Oarmony in several diocesed \urouge bis persuasive lufluence, aD 4 Was Ouly await- ing the decree irom Kuwe cunstituting Bim tod Toler iu ail dispuied cues, AB tbe HMRALD Dad ed tuv uilfvaities Detween Visuups aud pri iu Several dioceses, it is only ueves- sary to udd tuat the new decree Was iscued ou the recommenuation of the spostolie deleguie .o preveut @ recarrence Of these cuses. A supplementary decree, uppoiuting & Bisuop Coney, expected vuriug tn Buu, -pecuiusion 18 File among Lue Clergy regarding tue new ubiegate, Who Will 1B ali Probability be one of the junior prelates ia tue Soutu of Irelwgu, Lt 1s rue mMoted tuat Are. Disuop Crowe, of C.shel, Summoved tu Rome tu Connectiva With tue due main effect of sae ece: Uridy| episcupai auiourity. Tue bishops iculy eujoiaed to promuisute tue decrre to ihe clergy. Tuvy ure alsy Commanded to appsint iv each div.ese 4 com- mile of tue clergy eutitied Judices Causarum, wuo shall iwvestigate all Cherges preierred against auy pric in their Fespective dioceses, It tney decide that the ‘cs are ervundiess inatwer will end there; vut if tuey prouousee ti Cuurges eUstaived, tuen the bisuop (wuvse vilice ia ly exeeusive) Wil prouoance es urbiirary v.iou on the part bishop: party accused nas reasoo to e tuat, througu prejuuice or persunal feeling, be bas UOl bau a talF Lisl, Wis Figdt Of appeal to Holy See remaius 109101 The 1orm ot tria: must, 4 in all Cases, The secoud point of tue decree thas will prove ine nge Of Litle: ong \ne clerKy. 'p abulished, «ou beuceleria the title G1 eacu priest wilt be rector missionis (recter of the missivn). ihe ihira point is that no priest ean be removed from ois charge without cause. Hitherto tue visuo pe Claimed the right to remove a priest arbitrarily. cuuse is tu Ov aclermined vy the Judices Causarwm, ‘Tois is au 1mportant step toward the estaviisnm of « complete code of canon iuw. The fourth point i tout one at lease of the Judices must be a recuguized wuiwority ou canva law. ‘Tne remuiniug sections of the decree relate tom Matiors of discipline, to be inLerpreted 1D Cases Ot pute OF doubt, Uy the apestulic uelegate. Ali ca uispute Dow penuing betweeu Disuops and clorgy aro to ue devertuimed under the provibious of tue uew ue- Cree. Privsis who bave lodged appeals with the Holy aiuat toe action of (heir Uisuups are at uberty to Wiudraw them and demand an investigation io the manner above prescribed. DIDN'T GET THE GREcNBACKS, a German, empioyea by Mr. Jacob juded a two ks" riday morning, it from (his cliy the france through the jamily were out and Miss Stecklor, bow i Jono Lipo Steck.er, ot iiempstend, L. I., c engagement a tow days ago. On is sard, having gone to Hempar previous night, he torced back door of the house while t secured ubout $40 worth of jewelry. who bappened to be in tuo yard, aod, starting to Invest rush owt the iront door und take ‘wus found that an attempt had been maue to force open ain wbieb $70 iv greeoducks Lad beea oor 8 ee eee before und alterward ise Sieckier was certain the robber sve hud was 1 ied at No, 105 CI Orcbat. street, in this city, abone o’elock yesterday morning, while in bed. Officer Felton claims to have found tne stolen jewelry ta bis room. Tue prisvuer ry will be examined at Jamaica to-morrow. it is that he had arranged to sali to Europe yesterday, CUSTOM HOUSE SEIZURES, 8 officers ed yesterday sixteen bot. ties of spirite and eight ainvreilas; also 3,500 cigars— 1,900 om th Mata, ‘om Bremen, and 2,000 on the Wieiand, tr Captain Brackets made © seizure of twelve bugs of ) with stigar, weighing 1,634 pounds, and two bu oR: om Hook, po wayar was in th f tbivves, wud was seiged at Kod THE ALLEGxnD SUGAR FRAUDS, The examination in the onse of John and Daniel Pents, the coup who are iriog HH. Mitebell, a deputy Custom House ud the revenue by tue bark Cott 00 CFOss-eX Mibation the testimony previow ver $60 irom D. suxar, Now elicited, and the case was jurther adjuuravd,