The New York Herald Newspaper, December 18, 1878, Page 3

“A NORTHEAST. PASSAGE Professor Nordenskjold’s. Voyage to the Mouth of the Lena. THE SEA OF KARA: Former Searches for a Navigable Route to Behring Strait. SUCCESS OF THE SWEDES New Opportunities for Commercial : Enterprise. A NAUTICAL TRIUMPH poem eae niece Benim, Nov. 26, 1878, ‘The discovery of a northern passege from the Atlantic to the Pucific Ocean has been for centuries @ goal most tempting to geographical explorers. In as early s period as the reign of Henry VI. Jean Cabot, the Venetian, who settled at*Bristol, and his brother, Sebastian, set out with royal patents to ‘search for a shorter route to India “by wey of northwest*iand “find Cathay—as China was then called—and thence to turn toward India.” Many daring mariners of all nations followed in the path of the Cabots, who inaugurated the quest for the famous “northwest passage,”” but all their efforts failed to accomplish the coveted aim. BEPARATION OF THE AMERICAN AND ASIATIC CONTINENTS. Valiant and forever meniorable names are in- scribed in the history of these adventures. Martin Ffobisher, lured to the Arctic regions by the then all absorbing attraction of opening new fields of golden ore, came as far as the straits:still rominding ‘us of his mighty deeds. John Davis, Henry Hudson, William Baftin and Robert Bylot, not to mention others of lesser note, sacrificed in the sixteenth and séventeenth centuries their lives and energies in pursuit of the ardently desired object. To Behring, the sturdy Dane, employed by Peter the Great, is the honor due of ascertaining ‘the separation of the American and Asiatic continents, whereby he gavo * new impulse to the enterprise for the discovery of a northern passage. LATENT HOPES REKINDLE. Captain Cook in the last of his celebrated voyages pissed the channel reached by Behring, and coasted the Arctic shores up to longitude 180 deg. Kellet and Rodjgers succeeded him. The results of their voyages were far surpassed, however, by Long, an American whale fisher, who in his re- searches attained the Tchaon Gulf at longitude 170 deg. east. ‘The sanguine accounts rckindicd the hopes of the existence of a-direct northern connec- tion between the two oceans, almost abandoned as futile owing to the apparently insurmountable diffi- ealties to be cucountered. . THE ICE CELLAR OF THE NORTH POLE. ‘The main obstaclein traversing the Arctic Ocean ‘was supposed to exist in the Kara Sca, alleged to be permanently covered with ice, and designated even by such eminent savans as Karl Von Baer, the acade- ‘mfeian, ‘the ice cellar of the North Pole.” On the eastern and western sides of the Kara Sea navigation bid been proved as possible. Behrentz, sent out by the plticky merchants of Atsterdam, péno- tated, eftes viaiting Spitebergen, ( iowa dembie already in 159, whero he met an untimely death. Beyond these isles no of larger dimensions had ever forced her way. Toward the cast of the Kara Bea no consecutive journey has certainly been mado from the Lena to Bebring Strait, and adventures undertaken separately and in comparatively smell craft demonstrated the practicability of navigating these parts of thé Arctic Odeas,‘and led_ to the belief that the prospects of reaching and passing through the Kara Sea from this side were more auspicious than those directed from the other. é NORTH AIBERIA. Minin and Sterlegoff, two Russian sailors, made in the year 1738 repeated essays to pass from the Yene- sei to cast-northesst with a vessel, built at Tobolsk, _ Beventeen fect long, seventeen fect wide and seven and a half feet deep. They, after great dangers, at- tained in 1740 lattitude 75 deg. north. Owing to the supposed late season they turned back on the 2d of Beptember—just the best time for sailing in this quarter of the globe. ‘The north coast of Siberia, ex- tending to the northeast from the Yenesei and jnt- ting out into two promontories at the Cape Taimur and the north capo of Asia, has never been approached by fea, but only by land, in sledges. Its exact outlines were deline- tel by Professor Middendorf—who discovered Cape Taimur on the 25th of August, 1742, whence ho perceived the ocean to be comparatively free of ice—and Cheljuskin, a mate, after whom the north cape of Asia was named. Cheljuskin, with his sledge party, arrived at the cape in May, when, as a matter of course, the sea was completely frozen. Middendorf, in a description of hie travels, mentions that Tomin, s Yakute, who romained ono winter near the Gulf of ‘Taimur, declared the ice began to move inthe first half of August and was driven away by southerly winds from the coast; but only so far that the congealed masses could still be discerned from the beach. RUSSIAN EXPLORERS, The coast, from Capo Cheljuskin to the Lena, was several times visited by expeditions sent ont by the Russian Emperors to ascertain the exact geographical definition of Northern Asia, The naval officers Prontchitcheff and Charifon Lapteff principally dis- tinguished themselves in the fourth decade of the last century in the exceution of the respective orders of their government. Prontchitcheff only got to the River Olonek, whero he perished, while Lapteff sno- ceeded in forcing his way to, Cape Thaddacus, but etxty-fivo English miles from Cape Cheljuskin. A DARING CORBACK! On the condition of the Arctic Occoan between the Lena and tho Behring Strait etill fuller knowledgo exists. “Dechneff, » Cossack, and his companions, who left Colyma on tho ist of July, 1668, in long, narrow boats without kecls, entered the Amadyr Gulf. In the following year Stedntchin sailed toward tho cast from Colyma to tho territory inhabited by the Choukchous, finding on tris way the ees quite un- encumbered by ice. Helemstroom, in 1809, and Anjou, in 123, traced the cartographic outlines of tho felands called Now Siberia, Their reports un- fortunately give no clew whatever to tho state in which thoy found tho waters along the coast, PROFESSOR WOMDENSKIOLD. Relying on the facts brought to light by these vari- ous explorers Professor Nordenskjéld, a learned Bwods, after diligent study of the log books and col- lection of tho nerrations of different Norwegian whale fishers and seal hunters, who, in pursuit of thetr daring vocation, had often closely neared, nay with their shallow craft even passed into tho dreaded Kara Sea, came to the conclusion that ata certain sea- eon of the yoar the ronte pursued by his countrymen might be traversed also by larger ships. Nor- denskj8kd devoted himself heart and soul to the sotu- Hon of the Arctio problem. He met in Mr. Oscar Dick- gon, 8 wealthy merchant of Géteborg, ® generous patron, ready to assist him with funds for realization of his farsighted plans, fully approved of by him. HIS PIner EXPEDITION. On the Sth of June, 1876, Nordenskjéld left Trom- edo in s rather small vessel. He mado the journcy from the North Cape to Nova Yemble tn six days, ‘andertook thore explorations of the whole country Detween Matyushin Schar in the north and Yugor Straits in the south, and then cross the Ges of Kara up to s considerably high latitude (7544 deg. north latitnde) until he reached the Yenisei on the 1th ef August. The members of the expedition here separated, Professor Nardenshkjald and his companions exis gu Aba river, while the: othe halt o¢.tho ‘pyety “three times as long as that from Dicks: NEW YORK HERALD, WED) ESDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1878--TRIPLE SHEET. + « FROM IIAMMERFEST TO BEHR — G ST RAIT. Map of the Northern Coasts of Hurope and Asia, Showing the Navigable Route, from Norway to Japan, Discovered by Professor Nordenskjold. “e sNorth Cape Ey of Europe NEWS IBERIA returned by sea, accomplishing the voyage to Ham- merfest in the astounding short space of only ten days. * ASTOUNDING RESUT.TS. . Nordonskjéld’s success attracted the greatest atten- tion. In Russia, and@ especially Siberia, he was hailed as atrue benefactor, who ‘had at last realized the latent hopes of many centuries. In the compli- mentary telegram, forwarded him to Tomsk by the Russian Association for Promotion of Commerce and ‘Trade, he was justly and enthusiastically praised for having opened a gréat commercial passage from Siberia via the Yenisei and the Arctic Ocean to the Atlantic. IMPORTANT DISCOVERIES. In studying on the chart the achievements of Nordenskjold’s first ons is immediately struok by the importance of his discoveries, for apart | from the fact, established by him, of the navigable- ness of tho Sea of Kara, so erroneously styled “the ico collar of tho North Pole,” a vast dominion, en- closed by the Obi, Irtisch and Yenisei, hitherto almost isolated, was opened to commerco and trade. A brilliant future seemed in prospect for these sup- posed impenctrable spheres, and the anticipations of reaching the rich products of China by a northern way were no longer chimerical. CAUBR OF NORDEXSKJOLD'S BUCCESS, Modest in his official statements on tho results of his expedition Nordenskjiild could not help privately expressing in exnberant words to Mr. Dickson his delight at discovering a grest part of the “north- eastern passage,” for which seafaring nations had for centuries searched in vain. The chief cause of his remarkable snccess may be ascribed to the eir- cumstance that ha, following the advice of experi- ence seal hunters and whale fishers, who areas mach authorities in the Polar regions as the slave traders and ivory merchants in the interior of Africa, becanse they proceed in their adventurous vocations to the farthest lengths and become thoroughly in- timate with the regions frequented by them, started on his voyage at a rather late time of the year, in ex- press contradistinction to former expeditions, which failed as they tried to enter the Arctic Ocean before the ice had begun to break. HIS SECOND VOYAGE. In tho following year Nordenskjijld undertook a second trip. Ho chartered the Ymer, a small steamer, freighted her with goods likely to find a ready salo in Siberia, and quitting Tromsie on the 25th of July, passed the North Cape in forty-cight hours and landed at the expiration of three more days at Nova Zembla. In twenty-four hours he crossed the Maty- ushin Schar and, entering the Sea of Kara, perceived itcovered with drifting ice. If Nordenskjéld, like Captain Nares, had becomo disheartened‘ by this tight he would soon have desisted from a con- tinuance of his route and found a ready excuse for his return in the alleged asser- tion of the impenetrability of the Arctic Ocean. Fortunately Nordenskjild was more persovering. Blocked in by the ice he patiently awaited his time, and at last cut his way through the frozen element. Steering cautiously for some time along the coast, he then continued northward, and was happy to see the ice disperse more and more as he neared the 724 degree north latitads. He safely reached the Yenisci on the 15th of August, and anchored the vessel in « secure bay, which he, in honor of his friend, calied Dickson's Port. Ho afterward proceeded up the river, disposed of his cargo, shipped new goods, and after a stay of eighteen days, profited by in making scientific researches, returned home, Just seven weeks after his departure he was again at Ham- merfest. ‘THE FINST STFAMER IN THE KARA GRA, In his comments on the second voyage Nordenskjil, laying stress on the’ fact that the Ymer wae tho first steamer which had ever ploughed through the Sea of Kara, affirmed, on his own obser- vations and those of Russi explorers, that a nevi- gable way might aleo be found between the Yoniset and Cape Cheljuskin during the month of Sep- tember, and probably also the latter half of August. ‘The enormous mass of fresh water pouring into the Arctic Ocoan from the rivers Obi, Irtich and Yenised, which all rise in tho steppes of Upper Asia, effects a gradual thawing of the ico along the coast until a smrall channel is formed, affording a Passage for even large vossels. Nordenskjild fur- ther asserts that the immenso icebergs accumulated on the castern coast of Nova Zambia completely dis- appear during tho sutamn in cofisequonce of tho in- fluence of this constant efflux from the first men- tioned three Siberian rivers. In proof of his state- ments ho also refors to the stream of the La Plata, which, albeit its waters are not quite so abundant as thono of the Upper Xonisel, aro nevertheless peyop- tiblo 15,000 kilometres from its mouth, a distance ‘8 Port to Cape Cheljuekin, BING OSCAR, NORDENSKIOLD'S PATRON. Encouraged by the grand results of hia firat two voyages Nordenskjdld, who had found in Mr. Sibiria- koff,arich Russian gentleman, as substantial a sup- porter as in Mr. Dickson, add: himself besides to his government for pestorclic equipping and sending out ® new expedition, ona scale far more extensive than his previous private enterprises. His Snpmmoranduin, subsnitted to the King of, Ayroden aud Norway, and published under the title ““Framstall- ningrorande, 1878, ars Ishafsfard,”’ is highly impor- tant, and not only contains an explicit résumé of his further plans, but gives a suocinet history of ail the attempts made for exploration of the vast sea border- ing on the north of Asi nd Europe. Not content with theissue of his previous voyages, Nordenskjild wishes to set out in search of the northwestern pas- sage from Europe through the Arctic Ocean to the Pacific by way of Behring Strait. ATTEMET AT REACHING THE PACTFYC. King Oscar, himself a professional sailor, took the greatest interest in Nordenskjild’s plan. He granted him a considerablo subvention and commissioned skilled naval officers and scholars, well versed in the various branchea of science connected with such undertakings, to accomp@hy the learned and inde- fatigable professor. The expedition—the object of which was tersely explained by Nordenskjild to consist in “making geographical, hydrographical and physical researches in the Arctic Ocean beyond the Yenisei, and, if possible, as far as Behring Strait”—originally’ comprised the steamers Vega and Lena—the latter of which was equipped by Mr. Sibiriakoff. Theso steamers were afterward joined by the Fraser and Expresg, two smaller vessels, en- gaged by the same Russian gentleman, for commence: ment of maritime commerce with Siberia, DEPARTURE FROM NORWAY. On the 4th of July the Vega, most appropriately fitted ont for # long voyage in Arctic regions, left Gothenburg, and, after meeting the Lena at Tromsie, quitted the Norwegian ceast Jaly 25. Tho Yugor Straits were passed on the Ist of August. Six days sufficed to traverse the whole Sea of Kara from Nova Zembla to the mouth of the Yenisei. On August 6 the Vega anchored at Dickson's Port, where the mail, with long reports on the course of the journey al- ready accomplished, was posted. Only a stay of three days was made at this station, for on the 9th of August, as may be seen from the letters on hand, the Vega and Lena undauntedly steered forth on their icy course northward. ARRIVAL OF THE LENA, After a lapse of nearly two months a telegraphic message reached Mr. Sibiriakoff at Moscow on the 14th of October, announcing the safe arrival of his vessel, the Lena, at Yakutsk. These tidings, evoking quite a sensation in ecientific circles, as they announced the unmolested passage around the north cape of Asia of the Lena, were a few days later confirmed by a de- spatch from Captain Palander, the commander of the Vega, and Professor Nordenskjjld himself, proctaim- ing that after acruiso around Cape Cheljuskin the mouth of the Lena was reached, withont any great obstacle from the ice, on August 27, and that full hopes wero entertained of an auspicious continuation of the voyage to Behring Strait. IMPORTANCE OF NORDENKKIOLD'S TIONS. Evon if Nordonskjild andl his party be prevented from passing through Dehring Strait such won- ders have been already achieved by them as to make their nemes forever famous in the annals of Arctic explorations. Considering that the greater part of the Arctic Ocean from the Lena to Behring Strait has been already explored, the possibility of a north- western passage is in fact established by Nordensk- jold’s successful voyage from Nova Zembla to the Lena. anctic ¥xrLoma- INDIAN HOSTILITIES THREATENED. ‘Wasuixatox, Deo, 17, 1878. Ata meeting of the Cabinet today the following telegram was read :—. San Franctaco, Dec. 16, 1878, General Surnmax, Washi nm, D. C.i— ion following has just been received from Goncral The following from Yakome appears reliable: —_» “Three Tus hed te Moses from Simeoe, after the Ind! ember 1, ordering him and hie horses on the Yekoun vation. A company Is deing raised attacks Masey unless; he removes thither forthwtth. The eompany commanded by a Captain Simons, acting independently.” ; Task the carly and spoctal attention of the Secre- be of War the Secretary of the Interior to Gen- eral Howard's telegram in connection with the recom- mendation heretotore made by Gencral Howard with respect to Moses and the reservation asked for on hia acconnt. It would seem as if this case admita of no delay, and that General Howard's fears are likely to be justified. Besides, all t! yw comes from another canse S ene the til fe at ee action of a body of citizens who will bo a ange ie into hostilities forthwith. An WELL. The subject was referred,to the Secretary of the In- terior, who will take prompt action in the matter, SITTING BULL'S GOOD INTENTIONS. e Wrvxirna, Manitoba, Deo. 17, 1873, Sitting Bail’s nophew, €tk Spirit Wild, writes to the Pree Press from Wood Mountain that Sitting Bull does not intend raiding across the lines, A SMALL WAL IN THE NORTHWEST, Ban Francisco, Cal., Dec. 17, 1878. Adospatch from Wallula, Washington Trrritory, says:—Three wood choppers srrived here last night and roport having met the Sheriff of Yakomo county with a company of thirty-four whites and fifteen friendly Indians, last Saturday a ae on the Ootumbia River, who had Ohief Moses’ camp for the murderers of tho Perkins family. Although Chief Moses hed promised to aid Aho Hhoxui in gapturing these mprierers, he, met, Sheriff and his party with his whole band of well armed warriors in war paint and with hostile demon- strations. The Sheriff retreated from Moses’ strong- hold, and there was apparently no trying to evade pursuit when seen, He told these men to get to some scttlement as soon as possible and send him aid. One of these men claims to have seen the renegade chieftain Smohalla at Priest Rapids. Friendly 1 * have been warning woodchoppers in the vicin- ity Of Priest Rapids to leave for some time. GERMAN-AMERICANS IN GERMANY. DIPLOMATIC CORRESPONDENCE REGARDING THE CASE OF JULIUS: BAUMER—THE FACTS AS GIVEN BY THE IMPERIAL MINISTER OF FOR- EIGN AYFAIRS—ATIITUDE OF THE IMPERIAL GOVERNMENT. Wasnrncton, Dec. 17, 1878. The President, through the Secretary of State, has replied to the House resolution originated by Repre- sentative Brentano calling for all papers and cor- respondence between this government and the gov- ernment of the German Empire, in relation to the expulsion from the whole territory of “the German Empire of Julius Baumer, a naturalized citizen of the United States and a resident of Chicago, while on a visit to his aged parents at Munster, in violation of the Treaty of 1928, LETTER OF SECRETARY EVARTS. The Secretary of State, in a letter to Minister Bayard Taylor, instracted him to call the attention of the Imperial Minister of Foreign Affairs to the facts of the case, and request that proper inquiry be instituted, and if the facts should be found to be as represented that measnres might be taken to prevent srecurrence of like annoyance to citizens of the United States similarly situated; and Minister Taylor was further instructed to add that it was expected that Mr. Baumer would be reimbursed for any ex- penses to which he might have been subjected in consequence of those arbitrary proceedings of the Westphalian authorities. REPLY OF THE IMPERIAL MINTETRR. The Imperial Minister of Foreign Affairs, in re- sponse to Minister Taylor, gives the result of the in- vestigation, saying that Baumer, who by descent was of Prnesian nationality, sought and obtained his dis- charge from that nationality in the year 146+, at the age of twenty-one years; thereupon he emigrated to America, and after having acquired North American citizenship returned in ber, 1877, to Munster, for the purpose of sojourning there with his parents. After he had remained for several months the royal government at’ Muns- ter, actit on the assumption that it was not Baumer'’s intention to return to North America, but simply to evade tho performance of German military duty, caused him to be notified under date of, Decem- bor 12, 1877, that he must either leave the territory of the German bog ene within cight days or, in case he should remain in Germany, form his military duty. This notification cansed mer to address to the Royal Minister of the Interior on the 20th of the & request that he might be make a longer stay in Muns- ter, owing to the want of means, he should not be able to enter be oo his return jour- ney to America until February the following year. Primacily the expulsion was suspended for the time being, the Minister Pegg Baumer permission to reside at Munster until the middle of February cnsu- ing. Baumer, however, left for America in January, without the use of measures of force or even the ex- istence of @ use. Baumer did not make the measure @f expulsion the occasion of any complaint whatever. PORITION OF THE GERMAN GOVERNMENT. As regards the admissibility of the measure of ex pulsion itself the royal government at Munstor adopted it in the cxervise of its constitutional com- petence. The decision of the government was ¢s- pecially influenced by the circumstance that in the city of Munster, Fhe for some past, a not inconsiderable number of persons lindlo to mili- tary duty, who had been disc! from Germany ang had acquired a foreign ond particularly also a North American nationality, had returned to reside permanently. In view of the fact that this false state of things, which hed become a general annoyance and @ danger to public order, required there a more severe application of the right ot expulsion, the overnment saw particular reasons for a non-in- ulgent course toward Baumer also, and conso- quently decreed his expulsion. The. Minister says he will take care that in future, in the treatment of similar cases, the general: points of viow established by the imperial bth spe yo shall receive full con- sideration at the hands of the local authorities; bat he cannot recognize an obligation to replace the damages incurred, as alleged, by Daumer Seroage the action of the royal government at Munster, for this reason, it for no other, that the local tribunal acted within its competence, nut exceeding its powers, A snffictent founlation for such s claim would also be wanting, for the resson thet Baumer, at as carly a tod as November, i477, before there wae any ques- tion of his expulsion. had declared, in a communica tion to the royal ernment at Munster, thet it was hig intention, a« he had a business of his own in Chi- cao, to visit’ his parents until the spring only, and also for the reason that he voluntarily made no use of the sion accorded him for a further sojourn: until the middle of February following. . CUBA. GERTOUS CONFLAGRATION IN THE CANE FIRLDS— POLITICAL COMBINATIONS, , Havana, Dec. 17, 1878, Captain General Campos has started on a visit to Santingo de Cubs. A conflagration in the cane fields has Wadly dameged eleven plantations in the Alquizar ond Lagnira districts, Several of the planters pub- licly contradict the reports which haye been circu- pcg sage fire to ewe? ul negroes oxtingnish the cot jons. There are #tron indications ot » fusion of the lib- orale with the ii |conmervatives of the island. The in Havana has issued a circular urging the liberals to stand by their programme. Upward of one thou- sand field laborers have arrived from the Canary to CHINESE ‘NATURALIZATION. CONGRATULATIONS OF MR. 3. C. G. KENNEDY TO JUDGE LARREMORE, Wasnixeros, Dec. 17, 1878, Mr. Joseph C. G. Kennedy, the agent’ here of the Chinese Six Companies, has written the following letter to Judge Larremore, complimenting him for his liberal course in giving. naturalization to China- men:— Sm—In this holiday season I perceive no greater reason for joy than is developed in your practical illustration of the true meaning of justice as defined by Cicero in principle which, while often amothered in practice, has ‘commanded the admiration of all good and enlightened men:—‘Jus~ tice is the natural disposition of a to each his right.” ‘Tho execution of “judgment justice in the earth’ was the highest tribute Jere- minh could “ybere of the propbesied Saviour and I | n am thankful that one judge iss practically ilinstrated his belief in the sincerity of our Revolutionary patriot ancestors in the declaration of the equal rights of all men, as wellas the honor claimed by their déscend- ants in the practical demonstration of the principle in the most important act of our late civil war. What Confucius expressed before Jeremiah lived or Cicero wrote you have after twenty-five hundred yours illustrated in deciding upon the cage of one of is followers, and by 8 word have swept away the flimsy cobwebs of sophistry which to tho amazement and disgust of just men have been made the pretexts for tyranny in & country whose first breathings were declarations of equal ‘rights, whose deepest sighs have been over despotism in other climes, and whose professions have ever been that the only safe asylum on equal terms for the oppressed of all nations is free America, Thanks from millions of hearts groct you in that you are a judge who in the performance of a simple duty has at once exercised “judgment and justice in the land.”” THE CHARTER OAK TRIAL, RFAL VALUE OF LARGE ASSETS REPORTED UNDER THE MANAGEMENT OF THE ACCUSED. Hantrorp, Conn., Dec. 17, 1878. The proceedings in the Charter Oak conspiracy case today were limited to hearing testimony as to the real valno of acertain asset reported by the con- spirators in the annual statement of the Charter Oak, December 31, 1876, at $219,000. It appears that in 1873 the Connecticut Valley Railroad owed tho in- surance company $219,000, secured by checks and other collaterals, and the insurance company wished to transfer the matter to their bond and mortgage account. Hence the railroad company executed and gave to the company mortgages on its various properties on the line of tho road, and named aa con- siderations an aggregate of $447,000, Yet these mort- gages were regarded ns security only for $219,000, and at this Ogure Furber took them from the company in December, 1876, on account of assets contributed under his contract, aud in the following March trans- ferred thom back to the company at the same figure. A fow weeks ago the properties covered by.the mort- gages, in the courso of @ suit againat the Valley road were ‘appraised, and the prosecution to-day placed upon the stand the — to testify to t value oF this property. The regate of their ap- praisals waa $22,000 inst the $219,000 at which the security had been rep eaneng, the company’s assets, or the $447,000 ted ae the gregate of the mortgage considerations by tho rail- company. The testimony of the witnesses {twenty of more) merely went to show how the ap- praisals wore made, tho cross-examinations develop- ing the fact that the lends were appraised on their value of farming or general use, rather than for rail- road purposes, COMPARATIVE COST AND VALUE, As to the alleged over valuation of the company’s building in this city, which the accused had reported 8 an asset worth its cost, $844,380, Henry K. Morgan, of Hartford, testified that he had raised it at only $600,000, rents taken into consideration. This is nearly a quarter of a million less than the accused reported it cost in the annual rtatement of the com- pany December 31, 1876. ‘When the prosecution sought to show tho vaiue of Fenwick hotel property at Saybrook Point and other the defence raised an objection that euch evi- a was inadmissable, The ground was that the accused, while reporting the mortgages representing |, j America’s most fitting candidate, BOROSIS, these properties at their face vaine, had never re- orted their actual worth in an annual statement. wrefore thére was no attenpt to set ont that each mortgage was fully accured. The prosecution ar- gued that it must bea strango law ot evidence that would exclude, in the case of misrepresented asseta by an insurance company, testimony that the mort- gages were nearly worthless. The Court ruled that the prosecution must stand by its allegations and use any testimony of this kind to prove the insolvency of the company, not misrepresentattons by the accused. NEARLY VALUELESS SECURITIES. Colonel Biaecll, banker, testified that the $1,250,000 of second mortgage bonds of the Connecticut pew Railroad bought by the company for $947,000, whic were turned over to Edward Matthews, of ‘Now York, on account of the purchase of the Broadway prop- erty, had no market value at that time. A laug! created by the remark ¢ if the fhe wanted to go on and show that Furber had got something for nothing forthe company out of Matthews in this trade the accused was pertectly satisfied with such evidence, To this the State Attor- ney rejoined that he waa endeavoring to show tho fraudulent nature of many of the transactions by the accused by showing that tm A had dealt, not with real values, but often with groatly de] sometimes with mere caphers, ufacturing Company's property, carri pany's assets at $240,000, was now worth only $45,000, ‘Adjourned to to-morrow. EMBEZZLING LETTERS. Charies F. Coiburn, late a clerk in the Charlestown ee aoe , Was arrai; the Ambezzlement of letters. and was santenced to three years’ im ociated valies and yhe testimony of the day closed with a statement that the Hi: ‘num Man- in the com- 3 THE CAME OF BULGARIA. pL Court Cards Plenty in Every- bedy’s Hand. KINGS ALI AROUND, Three of a Kind, and Queens /. at That. DOES ANYBODY CALL? fh | WE CAN'T SPARE HIM, To THE Eprron or 7H® HeRaLp:— You are all wrong. Bulgaria wantS a great financial intellect. I nominate Hon. John Sherman, of Ohio and Washington. When it came to settling bills with Russia he could obtain a larger discount for cash than y other man living. He could out ghazi them all, Give him time he would convince the Czar that in order to make the scales balance one weight should be heavier than the other, Oh, yes, it’s essential that Bulgaria shall have a financier. Pig Iron Kelley, of Pennsylvania, might accompany Mr, Sherman as “Treasurer to His Majesty.” WM. H, CHATHAM. New Yous, Dec. 16, 1878. TWO EMINENT BROOKLYN CANDIDATES, To THE Eprror or THe HERALD:— For a King of Bulgaria, allow me to offer a sugges- tion. Why not set up Rev. Henry Ward Beecher and Rev. De Witt Talmage as competitors for the royal crown, and decide who shal! be crowned by a publie sword contest, fifty cents admission, the proceads to go to the defeated candidate? I am sure this would mako each party quite active in the canvass, They are both slashing gentlemen, and the “cut direct” would be enjoyed by our people, while establishing the prowess of the successful man. It would be hard for Brooklyn to spare either of these two teachers; but, you know, this is an age of self-abnegation! ‘They are ambitious; give them achance, B. It. 8. Brooxxyy, Dec. 16, 1 “HIS MAJESTY KING CALLAGHAN.” To rue Eprror or THE HERaBD:— I respectfully present the:name of Mr. Thomas Cale laghan for King of Bulgaria, As to his qualifications I would state that at present he can carry a heavier burden than any man on earth (he carries the ‘Twenty-second ward in his yest pocket, with only a slight help he receives from the Brennans), what would he do with Bulgaria? Well, I offered to wager $1,000 with Mr. John Kelly that if he can spare Calla- ghan for three mouths and not permit him to take the Twenty-second ward away with him—excepting that portion held by the Brepnans—that he would own Bulgaria within six months, It is said Bul garians admire men of cheek, and Callaghan has enough for an extra row of teeth. Iam confident he will be the coming man, and, rest assured, if Mr. Kelly can spare him the majority of the residents of the Twenty-second ward can, as was attested on last election day. ANTI-TAMMANY, JUST BUILT FOR A THRONE, To THE Eprror or THE HERALD:— We have just the man for King of Bulgaria. He is eminently qualified, a lawycr, and will grace the throne by his form, kingly manner, suave address: and the high sounding cognomen of Aaron Augustus: Chassee. His brethren might be induced to part with him, though with regrets. He looks every inch a King. Support his claim; give him aright good sendy off, and we out here might have a chance to send the man that can punish the bashi bazouks PF. Scnanron, Pa., Dec. 16, 1878. A KINGDOM FOR FIELD MARSHAL’ BRENNAN, To tHe Eprror or THE HERALD:— As nominations for King of Bulgaria are in order E nominate the commanding Commissioner of Chari- ties and Correction, Field Marshal Brennen. It is thought by many that the gallow glnsses, introduced into New York by Dick Connolly, have descended from the Bulgarians, on account of their enormous sizo and tho goneral tendency to have'largé femilics. Marshal Brennan has in a remarkable degree all these qualifications, which raise him head and shoulders above Andrew H. Green, Samuel J. Tilden, or any of the other candidates named. Besides he possesses other kingly qualities—of quistiy quartering a large family on the public for support. I know nowhere else outside of Bulgaria where so large and ao culti voted a family could be quartered. JAMES SCOTT, A JACKSONIAN CANDIDATE. To TRE Eprror or THE HERALD:— + ‘The man for the Bulgarian throne should bes dem- ocrat-and possessed of some of the firmness of Jalius Cwsar or General Jackson. I propose Colonel Joa Moore, of this city, as the proper man. He wae with Jackson at the Battle of New Orleans when a boy, assisted at the capture of Black Hawk, and claims that he had a hand at the death of Tecumseh; was the confidential friend and adviser of Jackson until his death, and since that time has raised more hickory poles than any man in the United States. Bulgaria should be under democratic rule. Colonel JOHN FEATHERSTONE, Ex-King of the Ni Yonxens, N. Y., Dec. 15, 1878. - A QUEEN POR BUIGARTA, To Tre Eprron or Twe Hrnaup:— Why vot send Mrs. Jenks over after that Bulgariag Crown? Yours traly, KIPP. New York, Dec. 17, 1878. ANOTHER QUEEN. To tne Eprror or Tar Heratp:— In the laudable desire to procure s suitable occu. pant for the Bulgarian throne, how is it that no one has thought of exporting Mrs. Tom-Ri-ton, Voleans and all, to that happy land? We could all imagine the sensation her arrival would cause. The stately and noble manner «he could dispense justice with Volcanoes would he fresh in that benighted region, Please say @ good word for this suggestion, and per- haps the Trinity Charch corporation may help it along. JERSEY JUSTICE. STILL ANOTHER To THe Eprron or tHe Heratp:— Bulgaria's ruler should be something more than 6 king: yet a mere queen is not enongh, and the peculiar combination of qualities necessary to the stability of the throne exist most happily in Dr. Mary Walker. With the sex of 8 woman, the habit of aman, famil- iarity with grim visaged war, yet the ability to heal the wounds which war hath made, and, above all, the courage and ability to woar trowsers of = cut which does not suggest the foebio lines of woman, he—she— MARY STANNARD'S MURDER, [BY TRLEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) New Havex, Conn., Dec. 17, 1878, Since the second arrest of Rev. Herbert H. Hayden, of Madison, charged with murdering Mary Stannard in North Madison, counsel for the defence have had two private detectives continually employed in the search for evidence that might tend to Haydon’s ac- quittal, This, in connection with the unqualified zeal of Hayden's Madinon friends, the State constantly alert, and when it became n: about thet a recent Viait of Cllous Azaoid, of Seitemat) fe Se ee ane some remote nection with t! murder State became alarmed mentioned by the officer might be that of Mary St and on Byxbee . Jowett, one of the State's ex; to ment Ko rtion of the boty was taken aw; for ein ‘untrue, ial OFVICERS HOAXED. ‘There is little doubt that the Brid and New Haven officers who arrested Sypher, of this city, were ’ hoa The action of counsel in ba oe ope grave reopened is interesting as indicative of the state of the public mind. All kinds of rumors aro afloat, but corneel claim that there is really nothing new. TRIAL, Hayden remains in La hy this city, where afew THE friends visit him. His set down for tho Jan- tary erm, Dati not rabbit come on store February. His senior counsel has dll, and delay amiay be fot to the.next subsequent term of tne: . zg rar nie) i