The New York Herald Newspaper, November 15, 1878, Page 4

4 LIGHT ON THE NYSTERI. The Graveyard Vandals Tracked at Last. YESTERDAY'S STARTLING DEVELOPMENTS The Mysterious Trio Who Hired a Room at No. 44 Sinyvesant Place. WEAVING THE NET ABOUT THEM. The Stolen Body Said To Have Been Taken to New Jers v. {TS LOCATION KNOWN. It would seem that the great mystery as to the whereabouts of the stolen remains of the late A. T. art is about to be solved. ‘The revelations »made yesterday are of the utmost importance. It wes ouly in the evening that a rumor that had before been in circulation re- seived authoritative proof at the Central Office, that the remains had at length been traced and were vertain of discovery by the authorities, A coachman whose mysterious disappearance had o surprised his neighbors appeared as the only known actor in the transfer of the dead millionnaire’s remains, ‘but there ix.a strong reason to believe that the plotters and managers of the nefarious scheme were mem- bers of the gang referred to below who were muspected of collusion with an undertaker \n carrying out their designs. From what is known about them they appear to have been men of gentlemanly appearance and good address, Whose mysterions actions had exposed them to sus- picion even before they had effected their ghastly purpose. MYSTERIOUR TENANTS. About a week before the day of the tomb’s spotiation they applied for apurtments at No.44 Stuyvesant place, The house is occupied by a German family, and the mistress of it, in questioning her uew tenants, was struck by the interest they manifested as to the particular portion of the premises that would be assigned them. There were three of them, and when they found that a room was vacant dn an upper story which looked into the street, and from which a clear view of: St. Mark's graveyard could be had, they expressed their \gatisfaction and immediately closed a bargain. But the new comers’ were des- tined to remain a aniystery. Their ayo- cation no ot ii the house knew anything about and they generally kept from the pther inmates and sat up till late hours in seeming consultation. Mysterious sounds were heard in their apartments, too, and the neigh- bors eyed them with suspicion, but nothing pecurred to throw a doubt upon their respectability. They remeined quietly in the ‘house till the memorable Thursday morning, when they strolled out and were seen no more. With them went a trunk—a big, roomy, leathern receptacle, which was mot noticed on their firet appear- ance, ‘They carried if down stairs and waited there till a carriage rolled up to the door. There seemed to be an understanding between them and the drtiver, who opened the door and arranged @ place on which to de- posit the burden. Ii was about half-past seven ‘when they reached the street, and when the wehicle rolled away they straggled off them- eelves. One observant eye had caught sight of their movements, and whon tho sensa- tion of the day reached the watcher’s cars he ateonce Deeame impressed with the significance of the Jeathern trunk. Information wus conveyod to the police, which it onf¥ required the trail dn St. Mark's churchyard to confirm. Tho ‘ody ad evidently been carried from the vanit to the portico, and thence, after a fow moments’ pwuse, to the fence on Tenth street. There it ‘had been lifted on the balcony of No. 129 and = carried = across t e@treet. After 4 brief period in the house it was boxed up, taken to the street and ‘transferred “to the carriage. The latter was then taken to the Jersey City ferry. This was crossed, and the leathern box ‘was sent into the interior of the State. In quest of it Captain McCullagh went, and he has suc- corded 80 well, with the co-operation df Inspector Murray, that they claim to have not only located the body but hunted down the three violators of the tomb. There is a fourth man they are after still, and he is probsbly the coachman, Michael Kelly, the story of whose disappearance is «recounted below. Accord- ing to the description furnished the potice be is most probably the man, For some time past he has been performing very humble functions, but prior to that he was associated with @ gang who were concerned in some of the boldest. robberies in and about New York. From the following clew, which the Central office detectives have been folowing wp it is clear that several struck the right scent. An east side undertaker, who has been under surveillance, is an alleged intimate of some of the men, and the com- pleteness of their work may have been ensured by their chanoes of learning from him, Shortly after the disappearance of the body informa- tion was brought to the detective office which con- nected this person with the outrage. The general respectability of the undertaking craft did not seem in consonance with euch an ontrage, and in the flood of (theories that came pouring in upon the officials a thorough investigation of the matter was delayed. When, however, the detectives took it in hand they found much to encourage their search. Tho resulta of the earlier investigations st the graveyard were figst collocated, and it was found that the suspicion of an undertaker’s connection with the nefarious work was confirmed by a variety of cixeunstances. The manner of forcing the coffins exhibited skill and training in such work, the quarks of hands practised in dealing with the dead suggested confirmatory evidence. putrid gases tained in the triple layers of material ing up the body's receptacle are deomed yy medical authorities sufficiently strong to have pverpowered any one opening it, unless prepa- rations had been made resist then Then the handling of the remains and their elevation to the ground’s jevel in that stifling atmosphere all int at experience in mortuery matters, Once above he soil some suggested at first that the body was laced in a rubver bag, others accepting one of or- Tinary texture. But the putrid ooze upon the 3 = portico did got carry ont this idea, lying it did in little drippings as though it hoa trickled to the ground at the rtico’s pacent, and in larger blotches bebind the colonnade, where the dreadtul stench or the panse for commn- giication with accornplices caused the bearers of the ghastly burden to lay it down. The vse of the simple undertaker’s cloth employed by members of he craft for kindred purposes, it was urgéd, ‘would — probabl, Jem to sneh reaulia when the bed was tilted. Then during the pause in the shadow of the church the body, it iv Ruggested, was shrouded in its covering and prepare’ for trans! ‘ion, There are other little cireum- wiances, trivial in their way but valuable where proofs ure so scarce, which were regarded as siynificant— among others the marks of an instrument known to po used by undertakers, and in this ease supposed to en been employed in locating.the vault. AN UNDERTAKER SC#PRCTRD, ‘They all went to indicate that a man used to prepar- ing bodies for burial had been associated with others dn the profanation of the tomb. information, which early in the week reached the detective office, served to impress these circumstances on the minds of pa men Co om in ate ag tai undertaker was sai lo ve had “ae with the criminal classes in » Once ity in connection of being in corre: spondence with a weiver, to whose potting some of the boldest and beat exe ented = tobbeties are aecrediterd, ro. tne veuled that although most of wong who figured in this conuection sre now in Anrese, share are. and wnat! these, who is reputed to be NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY theirs still on the lookont for opportunities. One of in devising schemes of pianiee. resides in close proximity to the sus- pected undertaker, and in said to have made the vicinity of St. Murk’s Churchyard a favorite place of vomenade a short ‘time since, But the report which reached the Central Office dur- img the carly sof the sensation was more signif- cant. It was it the undertaker’s wagon had not been in its usual place ‘on Thursday morning. It had been away at au carly hour and only appegeet at door at eight o'clock, A simple cireumstanee this was, but in view of the time of its occurrence and its being a very nu- ‘usual one it was invested with no little value, Since that detectives have been at work in the ueighbor- hood and the members of the gang who were sus- pected of having friendly relations with the under- taker have been shadowed and located. A rumor was in circulation of a discovery that some pulverized charcoal had been removed from the place aiter attention had been called to the preserv- utive and deodorizing properties of that substance, which has a significance of its own. A MIBKING HACKMAN, All these facts, significant in themselves, obtain ad- ditional importance when coupled with those obtained from un old undertaker on the east side yester- day afternoon. The clements of this new story are strange indeed and follow as a sort of natural sequence to that already toll. A connection is established between the man who figures as the pivot of interest in the wndertaker’s story and the gang introduced to the reader above. ‘The mysterious disappearance of the individual who is here treated of, his former associations and the pe- culiar manner of his life of late, all lend color of plausibility to the connection suggested. Further than this, private detectives have been since that @uy shadowing the place of the undertaker who buried one of the whilom companions of Kelly, who somo time since met with a violent death, at whose hand the police have not yet ascer- tained. Kelly's headquarters and the scene of the shadowing are not tar distant, and it i4 not at all im- probabie that Kelly has at various times been em- ployed by the man who buried his companion. ‘ely was employed by a man named Graham, who keeps a livery stable in Sheriff street, just above Broome. Mr. Graham was aware of the fact that Kelly was formerly identdsed with a gang of crooked nien, but being assured by Kelly that he was anxious to load a proper life he took him into employment. Kelly often declared that he had broken off his old associations when Mr. Graham reminded him that his tenuré on the coach box depended upon his keep- ing aloof from crooked people and crooked ways. ‘These assurances, coupled with the information from & well known detective, convinced Mr, Graham that Kelly was honest. HE DISAPPEARS, This confidence continued until Thursday of last week, when @ man who seemed anxious to avoid showing his face, and who was called “Bill” by Kel calfed at ten P. M. and the two left the stable ‘in co: y. Kelly was seen that night in several 3 in the Fourth Ward and appeared to have considerable money. He toid his old companions that Be intended to go to Washington that night. Whether he went or not is unknown; but it is certain that he has not since becn seen in New York. .The man who called for Kelly, Mr. Graham says, answered the description given by Mr. Middleton of the person who called on bim to purchase allekton. It will be re- membered that Mr. Seymour, the hardware man, identified the dark lantern found in the tomb as one he had sold to a person who au- awored the description given by Mr. Middleton of his would-be customer, Here, then, are three persons who, at different times and places under suspicions ciretmatances, baye seen aman for whom one de- scription will suffice. The strangest part of this Frigg Bela pm however, taken in connection with the driver's disappearance, happened before what hes just been narrated, THE SOLITARY PASSENGER. It will be remembered that on Thursday morning last the police diacoverod Mr. Stewart's remains had been stolen. The discovery was not made until late in the morning. At six o’clock op that morning a man called at Mr. Graham's stable and asked to have Kelly drive him to the Grand Central depot. A team was hitched up and the solitary passenger was driven out of the stable in Sheriff street by Kelly, Hour after hour rolled away and still Kelly did not return. At the time Mr. Graham thought it strange, but at four o'clock, when the driver did return, the explanation he gave of his protracted stay seemed quite sufficient. Kelly informed his employer that he had had @ “funeral job,” and when it was suggested that from 6A. M. to 4 P, M, was rather a long funeral, he explained that he had to wait with his fare et the Grand Central Depot for several hours as the body he was to follow had not arrived on the expected train, After making this explanation‘he went to bed, from which he was aro Mr. am to meet the entleman who answers the description given by Mr. ‘iddieton and Mr. Seymour of their customer, When Kelly wetit@way he took the keys of the stable with him. Before leaving the neighborhood he called & boy on the street whom he knew and gave him tho keys, with instructions to give them to Mr. Graham in the morning. He furthor instructed the boy to tell ‘Mr. Graham that he (Kelly) had gone up town to see his sister, who was ill. KELLY PENDING MONEY. Before Kelly left he obtained fifty cents from Mr. Graham, from which it is inferred that he was short of money. Late that night or very early on Friday morning ho was scen by hackmen in* the vicinity of Chatham square, where he used to wait for fares, spending money with a lavish hand. None of the inen who talked and drank with Jim noticed any ner person as is deseribed by Mr. Graham; in fact, they all maintain that he was alone, and some state that he exhibited several hundred dollars in bills, THY, HACKMAN’S HANITR. Kelly's time was not all spent at the Chatham square stand. He only remained there when at work in daylight. When he drove what the Jehus cell a “night owl,” he took his place in front of St. Paul's Church on Broadway. A Henao reporter joined in conversation last night with a little knot of cabmen who stood leaning against one of the standards of the elevated railway in Chatham sqnare, discussing the mysterious disappearance of their quondam companion. All agreed that as far as they had ob- served Kelly was a quiet, steady fellow, whom they would never suspect of connection with such a crime as intimated. Of his former record they of course were ignorant, and even when it was suggested to them they seemed to doubt ita truth. Mis most intimate friends claim that he will a ht; that he has gone, as he aaid he would, to Washington. ‘The stories concerning his proposed inovemeuts, after -leaving town are various. Some clsinr that he said he was going to Washington, others that he said he would go to New Orleans and still others that he said he would go to San Francisco. The stories concerning Washington being in the majority, a Henatp reporter having in bis possession a photo- graph of George Christian, the resurrectionist of, that place, called on Mr. Grahem at the Sheriff street Stable to see if he could recognize in it a likeness to the man who called for the coach on Thursday morn- ing at six o'clock. IN THR DINGY STABLE. The place scemed deserted, the whole space within being blocked with idle carriages, on the polished sides of which the sickly yellow ‘iaht of a suspended lantern glanced and found reflection. Finally a light was noticed througlt what seemed a chink in the wall, but proved to be 9 door, closing the entrance to ® sort of deal board box, or office, in one corner of the place. A knock Was resyouded to by Mr. Graham, who, with two friends, crowded the “office” to ite utmost capacity. The office looked even smaller than it was, owing to lavish tapestry the shape of harness bel nee with which the four walls wers decorated. The two friends retired when the re] entered Mr. Graham carefully xerutinized the proffered photo- greph. He failed to discover ess between it and his early visitor. Mr. Graham, in corfver, said that he knew of the connection betwedn tion, is em los the gang of which Billy Irving, “Shang” rapper,’ y Porter and George Howard, alias Lester, were members, but thet for reas before given he had employed bim. Ho dowbted, he waid, that Kelly bad anything to do with the Stewart affair, notwithstanding that certain well known de- tectives were of the opinion that the d Mlers of Mr, Stewart's grave had used a coach to take it earl; on Thursday morning from @ bong oo A hid- ing place. The theory upon which eliy’s con- nection with the case ix maintained is that the body wos carried away from the grave- yard in on open wagon to some hiding place; that morning having broken, it became necvssary to secure acloved vehicie, and that that which Kelly drove was welected. The episode is regarded as part of a well Jaid scheme, and the coach, which has been sent to a repair shop, has been carefully examined by detectives, with what result is not known. A FLOOD OF LETTERS. Mr. Hilton said yesterday thet during the continn- ance of the public exeiteme tending the search for the remains he had been in daily receipt of scores of Jotters from all sorte of persons, who made all sorts of propositions. These Jetters are very similar to the hundreds received by the Henaty, somo of which have* been ngewmainy Some of thore Mr.,Hilton has received a promise that should the terms of the writer be acceded to the body of Mr. Stewart would be immediately retarned, others are from private detectives in almost every ‘city in the Union, suggesting theortes and agreeing to auecesa- fully work them ont mpon the payment of a certain im of money, which, by the way, the writers al- ays take care shall be a good round one. THR SEARCH -AT AND AROUND PORT MOX- MOUTH-—\A DREARY DRIVE AND A FRUITLESS INVESTIGATION, Pont Moxwovr, N. 4., Nov. 14, 1878, After a long and wearisome drive over the sandy soil of Monmouth county, with only an occasional glimmer of the moon through the thick fleeting cloude to light up the road, your correspondent ar- rived at For! Monmouth.. A couple of dozen houses, scattered irregularly along the coust, comprise the place, Moet of them are the habitations of boatinen or other toilers of the sea, A guano factory stands prominently on a little elevation facing the waves, and « short distance away i8 a cluster of flow white -pine structures used as afactory for shadines, An occasionél coun- try store, one inn with accommodations for two trav: eller# only, the railroad depot and two or throé decayed ancient dwellings long eince abandoned to the birds ix about all there is to the settlement. A better place for the concealment of @ body could scarcely be and. aritan Bay for miles bounds the surround ing country, and searcely a day passes without stray yawls and smacks putting in to some of the coves which indent the shore. Under cover of darkness an army might land and the natives be none the wiser for the invasion, easy access by water and the loveliness of the country therefore make the place particularly favorable for cover and concealment. A COUNTRY BALL, The houses, when [ arrived, were with one exeep- tion, wrapped in darkness, The exception was a two story frame building, about a mile from the shore, where every window was ablaze with kerosene lamps. It was evident that an event of unusual importance was transpiring within its walls. A nearer approach revealed the cause of the illumination. An old fash. joned country ball was in progress. Coyish mai- dens with their gallants were Wrapt in the fascination of the dance and sun violins pleasantly broke the dismal monotony of dreary region around. To find the telegraph operator was naturally my frst ob- ject in order be placed in communication with New York. It was, however, not such an easy task, as the knight of the wire I soon learned had recently changed his place of abode, A drive of two miles brought me to his residence, ON THE ROAD. Lott rapping on the door in time produced a com- motion inside, and soon a head bove and a ve demanded what was wi \ The body of A. T. Stewart,’’ was the repl; “In Heaven’s name,” exclaimed the astonished operator,” what do I know about the body of A. T. Stewart?” An ex] tion ensued, and soon the obliging telegrapher was dressed and ready to accompany me to his office, The drive to the telegraph office was through a lonely, desolate section of country. The moon had become entirely obscured, and the noise of the waves as they lashed the beach made tho loneliness more apparent. No sign of life was anywhere visible. Fora mile the horse trotted along, now and then varying the monotony by a.plunge into a convenient pitfall. Midnight was never more dreary. A WELCOME MEETING. Suddenly an incident occurred that caused us to stop in astonishment. Lchoing along the sea girt shore came the taint cry of a human voice, ‘“Halloo t Halioo, strangers! Haljoo!” We stopped the horse. ‘The voice became m distinct, “Halloo! We hhouted back, “Who are you ?’’_ A painful silence for moment ensued and then came again the words, “Halloo! Halloo, strangers! Halloo!~ We are from New York, and want to find Port Monmouth.” Simultaneous with the last, two men appeared in sight, hurrying along the shore froin an casterly di- rection. i THE RECOGNITION. “This is mighty strange,” exclaimed the operator, aa we strained our eyes to distinguish the new comers. “We are from New York, and are looking for in- formation about the body of A. T. Stewart,” panted the shorter of the two, a8 he hurried toward the vehicle. “Ave you detectives?” we asked. “We are reporters,” came the answer. Expressions of astonishment at the meeting, an in- terchange of hand shaking, and all hurried to the tele- graph office. The investigation of the reports then began. Villagers were awakened, the inn keeper was dogs were cujoled, and the result was @ moral isfaction, on the part of the reporters, that it the body of the deceased millionnaire was_in the vicinity none of the natives were aware of the fact. Some of the knowing oncs remembered seeing the strange crafts, others recollocted curious acting men, and one individual of an unusually active imagini tion was almost willing to swear that he had actually seen the box which contained the remains, A close questioning on this latter point, however, resulted in the discovery that the box in question was a cracker box which had been conveyed to the cottage of one of the inhabitants. WAITING FOR DAWN. The work of investigation over the reporters began looking around for a place of accommodation for the balance of the night. ‘The langlady of the solitary inn was appealed to, but her quota of one traveller was full, and she was pieotaie cUsest to decline fur- nishing accommodations. The next best place was the depot, and here, with the roar of the waves to lull them to sleep, the exhausted newspaper men awaited the dawn of day, NO NEWS. Morning brought no further developments, Tho country for miles around wes scoured, Toms River was visited, Keyport was explored and messengers were despatched in every direction. In due time from all points for twenty miles around came the one answer, “We know nothing about the matter,’’ until satisfied at length that the report was unfounded the tired re- porters took their departure for home. TAKING IT EASY—TAU WAY NEW YORK'S CHIEF OF POLICE 18 TRYING TO SECURE STEWART'S BODY—ON A QUIET GUNNING EXPEDITION, [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) SuHamone, N. J., Noy, 14, 1878, At twenty minutes to four yesterday afternoon Chief of Police Walling, of New York, ar- rived hete in company with Mr. ©. B. Waite, of the Windsor Hotel, who owns a cranberry bog, about six miles from here, at @ piece known as “The Cedars.” The two gentlemen were in hunting dress and carried shotguns, and were accompanied by a dog, They took Mr. Waites carriage and proceeded to tho small frame house which Mr. Waite has erected on his plan- tation. - Tacy did not stop in this village and have not re- turned here since. Mr. Waite’s hired man drove over to the village to-day at the time of the arrival of the train to ask the tel h operator if . any despatches or letters come. There was nothing for them, h ever, and neither gentleman has reccived any commu- nication from the outside world since. There is no other railroad or telegraph station within twenty miles of here than the railroad and_ station at this place, Su- rintendent Walling and Mr. Waite are said to have Boon seen out after quail or woodcock during the after- noon y. and no one in the vil- lage hes the least idea that the po- lice official's visit hax anything to do with the search for Mr. Stewart's bo No detec- tives or other strangers except two New York nows- © correspondents have arrived here either be- fore or since Mr. Walling’s arrival. The rumor that Mr, Stevart’s body had been found here, or that something in connection with the dis- covery of it or of the thieves had brought Mr. Walling to this ont of the way place appears to have originated many miles ‘away; and all that is known of it here by the fifty or sixty odd people who vegctate among the pines and bogs in this vicinity is that they have been so harrassed by questions tele graphed from all along the line, asking if the body is here, that they aro now in a statp of mind bordering | on Junacy. Your correspondent arrived hero at too late an hour to reach ‘The Cedars” und return. to the telegraph station, a drive of twelva miles, but feels justified in declaring that Stew. art's ‘body has certainly not teen found | here. If Chief Walling’s object in coming to this | desolate looking region is other than recreation and amusement there is nothing discoverable in the village to justify’ such a belief. A visit to “The Cedars” early in ‘the morning will probably settle the question beyond doubt. Nobody in the viliage sees any reason to doubt’ that Superintendent Walling and Ma. Waite ‘have come min 4 to enjoy the fine shooting to be iad in the neighborhooa, for the country abounds in quail, woodcock, rabbita and pheasautse FOUR GRAVES DESECRATED. Orxersnatt, Ohio, Nov. 14, 1878, At Zanoaville, Ohio, at four o'clock this morning ® policeman on the bridge had his snspicions aro by the movements of a parfy in a wagon, and when they reached the bridge ordered them to halt, but the driver whipped his horses into «gallop and escaped. Tho policeman procured assistance and followed them for fourteen miles before he was able to over- take them. Upon attempting to arrest them. the | whole party Jamped from the wagon and escaped t the woods. The wagon was found to contain the bodies of four prominent citians who had been buried in Woodlawn Cemetery since Monday, Police- inan Still received a pistol wound from one of the men in the wagon during the chase. It it not known ‘who the robbers were. ALLEGED INCENDIARIES, SEVERAL RESIDENTS OF THE TENTH WARD AR- RESTED ON THE CHANGE OF SETTING FIRE TO TENEMENT HOUSES, From the frequency of ffres in tenement hones on the east side, principally in the Tenth ward, Fire Marshal Sheldon became convinced that they were the work of an organized band of fire bugs. He detailed a number of his men to investi+ gate certain fcious casos, and their reports confirmed him ia his original belief, He was soon furnished with @ list of fires which had taken place within a short space of time, which were be- yond doubt of incendiary origin. It was not #0 easy, though, to bring the proofs directly home, so a8 to warrant the arvestof the sie ie Bo parties. It required considerable vigilance and skilled detective work to accumulate evidence whieh would hold them to ® legal responsibility order to accomplish this end Assistant Fire Mart: unphy were rene | on the cage Chey ob- ined =the reqifred information and ~ then called in the assistance of Detectives Dunn and Miller. These ofticinls sneveeded in arresting last night and takitig to the Central Office the following namod persous:—Isaae Peflstein, Abraham D, Free- man, Charles Bernstein and wen ge levy. They were charged with being instrumen in setting fire to the eniives No, 11 Ludlow street, No. 49 Ludlow street, No. LH Christie street, No. 3% Klizabeth. street, 53 Norfolk street, No. 20 Suffolk street, No, 0 Suffolk atrest ana No. 63 Norfolk. These promises hee all atiffered more or lows from fre within the last two months. PROOF OF CRIMINALITY DISCOVERED, ‘The most recent of the fires was at No. 11 Lndlow onthe second floor, which was occupied by , NOVEMBER 15, 1878—TRIPL pre Levy. On the tomas in question smoke were seen from the windows, When the firemen arrived they found the doors all locked. They forced them open and extinguished the flames. The family were all ‘absen& und could not be found. Clothing and furniture had boon the bureau drawers piled together, were open, with cloths hanging therefrom to the flooy, and the materials aud clothing avere acat- tered about. All these household articles were saturated with kerosene. But fot prompt action of the firemen the ent builditg would inevitably have been burned to the ground, was @ large tene- ment, and was oceupied by a number of families. Upon the floor over that where the Levys resided ) was 2 poor, sick woman and x hel less family. She was unable to ve ber bed, sud when found was neari; trom the smoke and half dead with fright. Levy was insured for $600 in the Niagara Fire rance Com- any, This is but a case in point, and the evidence in relation to the other prisoners is said to be of a like nature. The su motive for these diabolical practices is to be found in the hope of possible re- ward derived from the insurance. P ‘These alleged fire bugs will be arraigned at court o-duy. suffocated CITY NEWS ITEMS. Two hundred and twelve emigrants arrived yester- day at Castle Garden, ‘The canal boat George Casey was found abandoned aud leaking yesterday at Pier 45 East River. In the Fifty-seventh Street Court, yesterday, John O'Connell was committed, in default of $2,500 bail, to answer a charge of attempted shooting preferred against him by George Brandt, of Seventy-second street and avenne A. _ . Kate Klis, a domestic in the employ of Moritz Bauer,ot No, 1,052 Second avenue, admitted, in the Fifty-seventh Street Court, yesterday, that she had for some tine past been stealing her employer's clothes, and wis committed to answer. Special services will be held at the McAuley Mission House, No. 316 Water strect, on Sunday, November 17, at half-past four in the afternoon, to commemorate their beginning of the seventh year of this missionary work, which has been so productive of good among the abandoned classes of the river front. The Rey. Dr. Engene Augustus Hoffman, of Phila- delphia, who has recently been appointed Dean of the General Theological Seminary, has accepted the posi- tion and will assume charge of the seminary as soon as the resignation of the present incumbent, the Right Rey. Bishop of Springtield, takes effect, Astatement received at the Produce Exchange yes- terday from the Canal Auditor shows the total amount cleared on the canals from the Ist of November to the Tth (inchusive), 1878, to have been 181,912 tons, against 163,785 tons in the same period of 1877. The tolls Soeeea amounted to $35,470 65, against $34,567 52 in Coroner Ellinger yesterday went to the Chambers Street Hospital and took the dying deposition of a zone man named David Gafretston, who was run over by a truck in front of the Tenth precinct station house. It is claimed by the friends of the injured youth that the accident was owing to carelessness on the part of the driver. Mayor Jacob A. Westervelt, at present at the heud of the Dock Commission, has been seriously ill at his ) for sume days: On Sunday he passed the critical period, and has since ually increased in strength to snch an extent that yésterday morning he sat up and ook of @ hearty breakfast. His con- dition on Sunday was so critical that but little hopes of his recovery were entertained. 4 SUBURBAN NOTES, United States Commissioner Winslow, in Brooklyn, yesterday, committed John McCarthy to await tho action of the Grand Juty on a charge of passing coun- terfeit trade dollars on several South Brooklyn store- keepers, 3 . James Carroll, of New York, was arrested in New- ark yesterday and held to’bail in $500 for examination ona charge of havity, in connection with Robert Strahan, received stolen Horses. - Carroll says he bought the horses from Strahan, who is missing. ‘The deputies of United State? Marshal Harlow's office, beri had not, up to a Jate hour last even- ing, succeeded in arresting Captain William H. Eills, ot the British steamship Galilea, who is charged with having smuggled three young tigers into the city. James A. Wilkinson, one of thé detectives con- nected with Pinkerton’s agency, who was locked up in the Gregory street police station, Jersey City, on Wednesday night for refusing to inform Chief Nathan of his business or leave the city, was yesterday dis- charged by Police Justice Davis, Suit was brought in the Brooklyn City Court by tho wife of a painter named Geary, yesterday, against Thomas McSlane, liquor dealer, to recovor damages under the Civil Damage act forthe loss of her lie- band’s services. She alleged that after drinking et the defendant's saloon he fell from a ladder and broke hisleg. The jury disagreed. William Jackson and William J. Brown, both col- ored, were committed to jail yesterday, in Newark, uy Judge, Otto, on the charge of brutally assauking iiiam Hennessey, « white man, on Wednesday night. Hennessey alleges that he was set upon by the two négroes and had one of his eyes nearly gouged out, besides being otherwise injured. FROM GRAVEYARD TO MADHOUSE. [From the Boston Advertiser, Noy. 12.) A few weeks ago s German by the name of Star- becker, employed in the forge’ department of: tho Dover Stamping Company, Cambridge, was made the victim of a practical joke that has since resulted in his becoming insane and being incarcerated in-the Innatic asylum at Worcester. The facts in the case aa gleaned from 4 trustworthy source are briefly as fol- lows :—In ghe department where Starbecker was em- ployed are several young men who were acquainted with his eccentricities, and frequently made him tho butt for all petty jokes. One day one of the gang took the German aside and told him that in a certain cem- etery in Longwood there was a grave in which several thousands of dollars were buried, together with the body of ainan who had a. peculiar religious beliet while in life and which co: ‘ponded with that of Starbecker. He was led to believe that by visiting the cemetery on a certain night and repeating por- tions of his creed all would be made clear to him, and the money would be his. He proceeded to act on the suggestion of the fellows, and one dark night walked , accompanied by them, to the cemetery, as directed, and went to a grave ina remote part of the yard. Here he was told to knecl betore a tombstone and repeat, the names of certain gods, and when the name df the right one was reached he would know all—e spirit would appear and designate the hiding place of the money. While engeged in his devotions one of the young men approached the stone enveloped in a white sheet. his had the effect of frightening the man, who started to run away; but ho had proceeded only « few yards when he ran into the arms of a figure clothed in a black cloak. The poor fellow fell in a fit. Recovering from this, he started ona keen ran for home, reach- ing it about midnight, nearly dead with fright. From that night Starbecker has been more or less affected in his mind. Ho tas neglected Lis work, aud seemed to be impreseed with the idea that the money would be his some time. Last Saturday he went to the fac- tory with a lot of documents drawn 4 in German, and wished them translated into English. It was then found that he was insane, and yesterday he was taken tothe asylum. The young iuen—Patrick Crowley, Barney Welsh, Patrick Flood and Daniel Huyex—are mach concerned over the affair, and heartily wish theruxelvés out of it. Starbecker has a wife and two ehildren. A MYSTERIOUS SWISS MURDER. (From the London Times.] Our Geneva correspondent writes, under date Octo- ber 24:—"The mysterious murder of a young girl at Fribourg, some partichlars of which I briefly tele- graphed to you yesterday, remains as much a mys- tery as ever. All the exertions of the police have failed to throw any light upon it, and not the slight- ent clew to the abild’s identity has been discovered. Tt was at first thought that a double crime had been committed—a belief, however, that the post-mortem examination did not confirm. The victim could not have committed snicide, for it was impossible for her to have attache@ herself unaided to the beam in the shed where she ‘was found hi ing, and the doctors wuy that the autopsy clearly indicates that she must have heen killed cither by ‘strangulation or euffo- cation before tho rope was. put round her neck. A jece of paper was found on the ground near the bay perporeng to have been written by the child herself, in which it was stated that having stolen some money from her mother and_ fearing to face her she had resolved to hang herself, But “the hand- writing is considered to be that of a grown person. a se gpd was found in the girl's pockets, and the nddtess given a¢ the residence of her parents is a false one. Moreover, two workmen who passed the shed near the station on the evening before the day ou which the body was discovered (the 17th inst.) heard a sound as of crying and sobbing coming ap- parently from the shed, to which, unfortunately, they prid no attention, The time at which this hap- nod corresponds in the opinion of the med- cel experts with the time bout which the murder was probably committed. Photographs of the victim have been taken and cir. ted, and some people say they saw her, or some one very like her, a few Ken be chy f in com- ith a hand of strolling ‘musicians, Altogether ty indications: gathered point to the probability the child and her murderers were strangers ig, perhaps to Switzerland. As the Times is read ‘ywhere and Swiss are rarely seen out of Switzerland, a description of the poor girl, who was well clad and had the of having been well cared for, may ibly lead to hey identifi- cation :—Age, twelve to Thirteen years; height, 1.28 metre (four feet two inches), light chestnut hair—one tress pendant and tied with # black ribbon; eyes, brown; teeth, complete, but irregular; nose, little and rather broad; pointed chin and round face, Drese—brown strow hat, white silk necktie, black cashmere prletot, with two rows of buttons, and lined with violet shot silk; gray sta frock, with small brown spots, bine fennel petticoat, cotton chemise, trimmed with lace, fine cotton sorks, red, ant marked respectively ‘2’ and ‘6.’ The other articles of clothing bear no marke whatever; orna- ments and contents of the pockets had doubtless boon removed.” i | head, E SHEET. . FINE ARTS. FREDERICK LEIGHYON, THE NEW PRUSIDENT OF THE ROYAL ACADEMY, Frederick Leighton, the distinguished English painter, who, ‘as was announced yesterday by cable, hag’ been elected president of the English Royal Academy to sneceed the late Sir Francis Grant, was born atSearborough, Yorkshire, on the 3d of December, 1830, His father was an eminent physician, and his grandfather, Sir James Leighton, also. medical man, was long @ resident at ‘the Court of St. Petersburg. He early evinced a strong inclination for an artistic career. While still a boy, at the age of about eleyen years, he commenced his studies under Francesco Meli at Rome, In/1843, while in bis twelfth’ year, he entered the Royal Academy at Berlin, and after a course of instruction there left for Frankfort to continue his general studies, While in Florence with his father during the winter of 1845-46, the latter decided, on the advice of Hiram Péwers, the sdulptor, to allow his. son to follow his artistic bapt and become a painter. The futher did not wish his son to follow art as a profession unless he was likely to attain eminencé. He consented. however, after Powers, on examining the lad’s sketches, said with conviction, ‘Your son may be- come as eminent as he please: ‘The father now sent the boy back to Frankfort to pursue his artistic and general studies, where ho remained from 1946 to 1648. He then went to Brugsels to continue his study of painting, and while there produced his ret work, “Cimabue Meeting Giotto Drawing in the Fields.” From Brussels the ‘ young painter found his way to Paris, whero be spent some time studying in a life school and in copy- ing the works of the. masters in the Louvre, He again turned his steps to Frankfort and entered the studio of Professor E, Steinle, of Vienna, a pupil of Overbeck, under whom he studied for three years. He also received instruction from Professor Becker at this Tyriod. During this time he produced several notable canvases which gave promise of his future fame. The most remarkable of these was a large picture called “The Death of Brunellesco.” The greater part of the winters of the years he was in Steinle’s study were spent in Rome, During this period he painted another large canvas—“Cimabue”. representing the scene of the triumphal progress through the streets of Florence of the ‘Madonna’ of that master, which was destined to make him a reputation in England. He sent it to the yal, Academy of 1855, where it created a great sensation, much increaséd by the fact that the painter was at this time entirely un- known in his own country. The Queen sealed the popular verdict by buying the picture. The rising alnter now returned to Paris, where for a few years ¢ had his studio before settling down in London. While in Paris he becanie the friend of, and received much advice from, Ary Scheffer, Robert Fleury'and other artists of emiyencs. The pictures which ho exhibited in London each year increased his reputa- tion, and his “Dante in ile,"" in the Academy of 1864, excited nearly as much attention ay his “Cima- bue,”’ the picture of his début. Among Mr. Leighton’s best known canvases which have becn exhibited in the Royal Academy, and some of them at the Paris Salon, we note ‘“Cimabue’s. Celebrated Madonna is Carried in Procession through the Streets of Florence’? (1855); “Tho Triumph of Musit” and “Orpheus Redeeming His Wife from Hades” ( ; “The Fisher and the Si- ren” anda scene from “Romeo and Juliet” (1853); “The Fields in Autumn,” “Payonia,” “Sunny Hours” and “Oapri at Sunrise’’ (1860); ‘Paolo ongs Without Words,” “A Dream” (1961); “The Odalisque,” “The Star of Bethlehem,” ‘Michael Angelo Nursing His Dy- ing Servant,” “Du aud “Sea Echves’’ (1862) “Ahab and Jezabel,” ‘Girl . Foeding @eacock,” “Girl garrying a Basket of Fruit” and *An Italian Crossbowman’’ (1863) and Eurydice”’ “Helen of Troy, yer, § and “Mother and the Child” (1865); “Syracusian Wild Beasts in cession to the Tem- and “Painter's Honeymoon” (1868); anudo “Venus,” “Roman Mother” and “Cadiz in the ‘Times’. (4867); “Jonathan's “ Token to Abandonet by Theseus,” . Septimus” and ‘‘Actea, the the Shore” (1868); “#t, Jerome,” and “Capri 864) ‘In St. Mark's’: memnon,” “Helios” and *‘Rhodos”’ (1369); “A Woman of the, Nile” (1870); “Hercules Wrestling with Deeth tor the Body of Alcestis,” “Grecian Girls Gathering Pebbles by the Sea,”’ and “Cléoboulos Instructing His Danghter Cléobouline” (1871); “After Ves) twig! | and a “Condottiere” (1872); «We and “The Industrial Arts of Peaci designed for the South Kensington Museum (1873); “A Moorish Garden,” “A Dream of Grenada,’ “Old Damascus,” “Antique Juggling Girl,” “Clytemnestria Looking from fhe of Argos for the Beason Fires which / will Announee the Retin of Agamemnon” (1874); “Portion of the Interior of the Grand Mosque at Da- mascus,” “Little Fatima,” ‘Venetian Girl,” stern Slinger Scaring Birds” and “Moonrise” (1875); “Por. trait ‘of Captain’ Burton,” “The Daphnephoria,” “Teresina” and “Psolo” (1876); ‘Music Lesson,” “Miss Mabel Milla” and “Athlete Battling with a thon,” bronze (1877); “Serafina,” ‘Winding the Skein’ a “Nausicaa” (1878). Ho was represented at the Universal Exhibition at Paris of this year by ‘Elias in the Desert,” which is to be presented to the Liver- pool Museum ; “The Music Lesson,” a portrait of Cap- tain Burton, and by a piece of sculpture, an ‘Athlete Kpere s with « Python,” which belongs tg the Royal Acaleniy. Mr. Leighton has done considerable illustration, probably the best known and most notable of which are the drawings for George Eliot's Florentine novel, “Romolo.” He obtained a gold medal.of the second class at the Salon of 1859. In 1466 ho wes elected an as- sociate of the Royal Academy, a recognition won by his “Syracusian Brides,” and was made aynember in 1869, He was one of the Fine Art Jury at the late Exposi- tion and very properly withdrew his pictures front competition, au action which his co-jarors might well haye imitated. Hoe was, however, given @ first medal for his piece of sculpture above alluded to. Mr. Leighton is a corresponding momber of the Institute of France, His paintings are in what the French call Grand style, are remarkable for their grace, the strength of their manipulation, combined with high finish, the purity of the coloring and their general elegance of style. Of him one critic has well said, ‘Whatever diversity of opinion may exist-concerning some characteristics of Mr. Leighton’s art, it ix universally admitted that no English painter's we are distinguished in areater, or perhaps equal, degree by the attributes of stylo—that is to say, as preserved on the Continent of Kiurope by long and uninterrupted adherence to the examples and traditions of the schools, especially of that of Venice.” The painter is an accomplished linguist, oecoy @ man of the world and a musi- cian, He is a good comrade and loves to encourage the talent of younger men. He is a handsome man, ‘well built, with deep uray eyes, & broad, white fore- rly brown hair, just tinged with gray, a fine beard and @ mouth about which, on greeting a friend, a recent writer says, “A smile flickers in which is a of yirllike sweetness and manly or. ead in general reminds one of the ideal of Christ... Tho homo of the jainfer {s in that artistic quarter of London, Kensington, in Holland Park row. Near him live his brother artists Valentine Prinsep, Watts, Marcus Stone, William Burgess, Thornycroft and Luke Fildes. In hix house he has urany fine works by an- cient and modern masters, Constable and Corot are seen in the drawing room; Bassano, ‘Tintoretto, Bono, Reynolds, Watts and others are in the hall and line the staircase, In the dining room on the mantel and in cabinets are rich dishes and vases of Rhodian ware, the collection of which is the artist's pet foible. The lofty studio is filled with rich rags, screens and tables, On the wall opposite the great window the “Parthenaic Freize” hangs amid studies made in Thebes and Athens, in Persia, Syria, Fuypt and Italy. Mr. Leighton, ne- cording to custom, will probably soon receive from the Queen the order of knighthood. 4 ALT RECEPTION AT THH UNION LEAGUE CLUB. ‘The first of this season's monthly art receptions of the Union League Club drew together in the art gal- lery last evening # large assemblage of well known artists and club members, The collection of pictures was interesting and unusually uumerous, for the walls were not only filled, but many canvases ‘were placed on the floor at their base. Start- ing this time to the right of the east door of exit from the gallery we have first a powerful, but somewhat loosely constructed and very broadly painted picture by George Inness, “Mote Mountain.”” Next to this is a still life by R. M. Pratt, and above a very pleasing and lifelike portrait of a lady by H.N. Loop. Then returning to the line again we see one of the best pictures in the collection, a Jarge landscape in Finistire by William L. Piokngll. It is strongly painted, fall of reality and admirably graded in a low key of color. The cloudy sky is expecially oxcelient in tone, By this is an old mammy holding achild by Wyatt Eaton and an old miil by Lyman. Tnrning io the south wall we ave into see Dolph’s good dog story, “The Ro- “Ausable nearsal.” Next hangs J. 2B, Bristol Lake,” favorably noticed short time ayo in the “Studio Notes.” the centro of the wall are — placed either side of K. 8. Henry's interesting carefully aud well executed Walter Satterice’s Byo8 these three hangs G terior, Mifflin county, Pa, mired at the last Academy. fine “Scene in New Chambers Street,’ bins’ view in the Adirondgeke, both of which were in tho Academy. ‘The first picture as we thrn to the west wall is domes H. Board's large canvas, “Custer’s Firat Be next to which is Arthur Parton's creditable and pleas: ing “Loch Lomond,” Gootge B. Butler, Jr.'s, charm: ingand strongly painted Italian gim’s head “Anemone” first attracts attention as we pass to the north half of dohnson’s finely toned “. Icarus,” “Electra at theTomb of Aga-’ Stitch in Time” is thon scen beside a lake Fitch. Above these hang # good pic! u Bristol, ‘Anthony's Nose, Lake be * and a three-quarter length portrait, wil some creditable work in the face, by Core Riel ‘A lake scene, by William F. de Haas; J, G. ber icity! excellent typrernae Tepe ipny beeen Funny;” ag ead, by J. ©, Beokw! and an tree study, Wyant, complete this Am the pies: LP hun, on the nis ah side of the room we note a good little water color, by F. 8. Church; a Waller, a little child’s portrait, with an admirably treated to which no name is attached ; color, an care My George H. Smillie’s charming little water Showery Day in the Adirondacks,"” an example of C. Minor, alittle 8. R. Gifford, E. Le Henry's neat little picture, “The Start for Town,” and Arthut | rate 8 “Visher Hut on Crabtree Island.” Returning to the cast wall, by a George H. Hall, there hangs a strong ire by A. 1. Bunner, “The Old Watch Tower, Rothenberg,” and Woodsworth Thomp- son's sporting little canvas, “In the Sweet Summer ‘Time Dong Ago.” We then note a masterly figure of an old cavalier hy Will 5, Chase: a and ex cellent M. F, H, de , “A Squall Off the New Eng- land C "and James M. Hart's “In the Autumu Woods.’ is » AmLng,,he other noticeable canvase’ placed here and thore are B, F. Reinhart’s “Katrina Van Tassel,” in black and white; a bold tree study by F. 8. Chure! an effective little sketc] an Arab cafe by Lockwood. de Forest; one of F. i Smith’s water- colors; a C. 8. Reinhart; Calovaci’s “Will You Drink with Me?” a nage 7 ayn by George Inness, Jr, ; 4 sun- set landscape, with a strong sky, by his father; good street scene in*Algiers, a Ream; J. H. Dolph's “Who Will Bell the Cat;’ a landacape by Eaton, a small and sterling oue by Samuel Colman, Frank M, Bogas’ fishing boats, a nice little Ogilvie, an example of McCord. A. F. Bunner’s striking ‘‘Hay Boats Wait- ing for the Breeze,” and a portrait by Constant Mayer, ‘The Hafiging Committee were Messrs. Cyrus Butler and E. L, Henry. The gallery will be opey to ladies ne. card to-day and to-morrow, yom twelve M. to three P. M. i » PICTURES SOLD YESTERDAY There was a small attendance and little bidding at the sale of pictures yesterday afternoon .at Muthews’ auction rooms, A number ictures were passed, Among those sold we note T.!Addison Richards’ ‘The. Old Mill,” $42; H. Blackwell’s ‘‘The Mountain Lake,"” $20; J. Price’s “View in Normandy,”'$20; Suess’ ‘A Chicken Sermon,” $53, and E. L. Henry's ‘Jaterior,” 21, Z é SALE OF A LIBRARY. The sale of the Library of the late E, Delafield Smith was begun at Clinton Hall last evening by the Messti, Leavitt, before an unusually large audience of book buyers. Mr, Smith’s library is not conspicuous for unique or black letter volumes, and to the collector of specialties hi perhaps, little interest, but the man who delights in elegant efi- tions of standard and popular authors it has great attractions. There is scarcely a cloth- bound book in the entire collection of upward of a thousand volumes. Fine morocco.and tree calf con- stituto the bindings, and large paper copies have been procured when possible. Very few of the books look as though they had been read, and many have their pages yet uncut. Notwithstanding the large number resent the bidding was vé low, and bargains vere the order of the evening. 0 following are some of the prices :—A. Beckatt’s Comic History le with twenty colored etchings and 200 woodcuts by Leech, in two volumes, sold for $4 254 volume;, the Letters of Abelard and Eloisa, with plates inserted, $6 50; John Adams’ Works, with life of the author, ten volumes, $2 25 each;, Addison's Works tomplete, in prose and verse, six volumes, large pores library. egy oe $4 50a volume; Msop's Fables, with plates by tgate, Stothard, Saunders and others, two volumes, $10 each; roxall’s edition of samo with series of vignettes, $450; Lucy Aikin’s Memoirs of the Courts of Queen Elizabeth, James I., and Charles L, with portraits, six volumes, $275 each; Ainsworth’s Old St. Paul's, illustrated by Phiz, $3 25; Sir R. Alcock’s Capital of the Tycoon, two volumes, $2° cach; Allitone’s Critical Dictionary of English Litera- ture, three volumes, uncut, $6 50cach; Alison's His- ory of Europe, in twenty-four volumes, $3 50 each; the Anacreon,; large pa) copy, with ‘vignettes by Stothard, Harding, &., $3; Appleton’s American Cyclopmdia, in sixteen volumes, morocco, 07 per volume; Lano’s Arabian a Nights, new edition, with 600 woodcuts, three volumes, $5 50 cach; Art Journal, complete for 1849 to 1876, thirty-one volumes, $6 each; Audu- bon’s Birds of America, with 500 colored plates, eight volumes, $1250 cach; Bible Commentary, in three volumes, $7 each; Gilchrist’s Life of William Blake, with the book of Job and Songs of Innocence, two volumes, $425 cach; Countess of Blessington’s Con- fessions by an Elderly Lady and an Elderly Gentle- man, two volumes, acarce, $3 50 each. ‘The sale will be continued to-day and to-morrow. A MILKMAN’S DEATH. Christian Senna, a milkman of Seventy-sixth street and avenue A, was found yesterday morning by Officer Reilley, of the Bineteenth precinct, lying on the ground at the foot of East Fifty-third street, near the river, very much under tho influence of liquor, and bleeding from a scalp wound. It was ascertained by Detective McGowan, shortly after his removal, that he fell while intoxicated in the early morning, and thus geveived his wound, from which he died last night at Bellevue Hospital. MINING STOCKS. San Franciscd, Nov. 14, 1878, ‘The official closing quotations of mining stocks to- day were as follows :— Hale & Norcross... Julia Consolidated, Exchequer. Gould & Curry {Rome Lotter to the London Daily News.) ‘The member for Ancona, Signor Elia, has received the following letter from General Garibaldi, dated Caprera, October 8:— Myx Dran Evta—The letter of the able engineer, Jonni, strengthens my conviction that the works in progress on the urban reach of the Tiber will not save Rome from inundations. Such uselcas under- takings, equally with the fortifications of the city, were started under the fatal auspices of a friend, and they have not only cost already the trifle of 25,000,000 lire, bat they will evoke demands in the Chamber t prosecute them, and 80 oc enpy with fresh i ay ive? a session wees might be vet useful 0 out, poor country, obliged as it ‘to beg a shameful dole of food and rai- ment from the foreigner. Government and Parlin- ineat-have certainly will to improve the condi- tion of Italy; but the dest intentions will be made futile by tho harangues and interpellations which are even already annow so that probably the end af the new session will find us where we were at the be- winning. Well worthy of Parliament and of the Caicoli Ministry would be the three following re- te ‘The nation armed, (2.) The one tex forall, and (4.) The priests at the plough. All other outcoma is buat ae ong the Letom _— he 4 3 by en ing ‘wnprepat veaxel Siato, “< a few words I will’ explain the three results which I hold to be indispensable for the strength and well ok of the Merion The armed nation means one hundred millions of pay and main- tenance saved, by xending the young 80! home and feng ny up the cadres with few men, and it Tmeans one hundred millions’ worth of work from these youths, making two hundred millions gained ‘by Italy, The armed nation means 2,200,000 — soldiery. ° Leavil 2,000,000 soldiers of the first grade in the Alta Ii to give a lesson to our old taskmasters, accustomed to ensconce them" selves on our premises, there will remain dicrs from forty to fifty years of age for all purposes, and chiefly for public sec’ '. maintained by the i tants § of and towns themactves, “will maintained, neers sole mestio v8 the another vice of our standing pes whereas if the 18,000 carbi no longer over the penin- rales were united in a corps d’armée, who would not wish to have them on & of battle to decide the victory? The one tax for all. Taking off that load of causes the misery of the nation, sete “a ilttle fortune for each! And then tho 16,000,000 financiers, all picked men and bearing arms, ‘would give another fine division to the army, Of the priosts I wish I could speak like Danté:— + 9 * * Guarda o passa, 0 in it that they are the heaviest ac ob oie Gooe eoaaiey and we must bestow a thonght on them, 1 believe, however, that by putting them to work we should have what happe eed Pia— none of them would raise a rebellious word, Mean- while Italy, with her inaize seurvy (pevag7a), her emi- tion and all her other miseries, pays the priests om sixty-five to seventy millions annually. mane all the se a the on. ie < a the Cairo! inistry = woill mi pos: ible to ofeot it *withont the meafures I shave indicated and this I proceéd to prove. Twelve hundred millions are about the revenne of the State; six hundred millions to ag, Ae interest of iblic debt; six hundred mill remain, and more than two hundred millions go to the army; one hundred millions, at least, to the navy; and three hundred millions remain to mect that other tly than the first), thove » State, of whom [have ove pensioners, of f the misfortune to be one, and all the other drains, foreseen of tuforeseen fi the revenue. How, then, will Italy be able to keeffher head above water ? Salute my oxcctlent friends Jonni and Cesarius for moe; &kise to the little folks, believe me, Mina @eGARIBALDL, jor life, fe