The New York Herald Newspaper, December 24, 1878, Page 4

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NIBLO’S GARDEN—Nxv < axp Loxpox. NEW YORK AQUARI GLOBE THEATRE—Ow1y a Fanaun's Davcurer GRAND OPERA HOUSE—Coniot PARK THEATRE—Ba LYCEUM THEATRE—Dovs BROADWAY THEATRE— THEATRE COMIQUE—Cnnistwas Joys axp Sorrows, WALLACK’S THEATRE—My Sox. ACADEMY OF MUS TROVATORE. UNION SQUARE THE. BOOTH’S-THEATRE— GERMANIA THEATRI TIVOLI THEATRE—V SAN FRANCISCO MI ABERLE’S AMERICAN WINDSOR THEATRE—Vauiery, EGYPTIAN HALL—Vauiery. STANDARD THEATRE—Atuost 4 Lire BOWERY THEATRE D> Nuc. BROOKLYN PARK THE. = WITH SUPPLEMENT. YORK. DAY, DECEMBER 24, 1878. The probabilities are that the weather in New York and its vicinity to-day will be cold and partly cloudy or fair, with occasional brief and light flurries of snow. To-morrow it will be slightly warmer and fair, followed temporarily by a cold snap. Watt Srreer Yesterpay.—The stock market was dull and steady. Gold sold at 100 1-32 a 100, closing at the former rate. Government bonds were dull, States steady and railroads strong. Money on call lent as high as 7 per cent and closed at 5 a 6 per cent. Some INTERESTING reminiscences of Bayard Taylor appear in another column. Tne Bak AssocraTion scored a substantial victory yesterday over the County Clerk. aRDIRG Hovsx. Owixe To THE FAILURE of the Nile to come to time last season the Egyptian crop is a failure. Svpscriptions to the four per cent bonds are steadily rolling in. Two and one-half millions yesterday. Tue Crisis in Governor Hampton's case has been pussed, and no doubt is now entertained of his recovery. Tne Poxiticiass continue to haog up their stockings in the State Department in the hope of getting the Berlin mission from Sauta Claus Evarte. Boston appropriately honored the memory of Mr. Sumner yesterday by unveiling in one of the public gardens Ball's colossal statue of the deceased statesman. A Bureétary in broad daylight was the sen- sation in Easton, Pa., yesterday. Not having occurred here there is some prospect that the thieves will be captured. Ix THE Orrstox of the chief Treasury officer here no embarrassment will be occasioned in business circles by resumption next month. The embarrassment is all on the other side. As Orprr has been granted prohibiting the Manhattan Bank officers from paying any funds until directed by the courts. The application was made by the Bank Superintendent and Attorney General. Tue Porice Orricern who refused yesterday morzing to arrest a gang of ruffians on a Third avenue car, upon the ground that it was the duty of some one else to do so, has novel ideas of his duty. He will probably be promoted. Ir THe Lance Batcu of indictments found in Louisiana by the Grand Jury can be accepted as evidence the United States Election laws at the recent contest in that State were pretty badly violated. But then Lonisiana grand juries are not infallible. “Harr axp Houxps” was tried yesterday by a party of Columbia College boys, and a lively twelve mile run was the result. Any school ean start the same game. It is healthful in almost all cases, and need not involve a penny of expense. Tne ot the first day of the walking match, while it leaves O'Leary slightly behind his competitor, Campana, makes it almost cer- tain that he will prove the victor. The latter shows visible signs of weakuess and his defeat ia almost inevitable. 8) Tae Weatir The storm centre has now passed away over the mouth of the St. Law- rence River, but the pressures bebind it con- tinue relatively low, with much snow over Canada, the lakes and the Ohio Valley. West of the lake region the barometric gradients are steep, and strong north- westerly winds prevail, with very low temperatures. The barometer is high in the West and the South Atlantic States, and is grad- ually falling in the Southwest, where indica- tions of the advance of another disturbance are again apparent. The low pressure over the lakes may develop into a storm centre when it nears the coast, and there is a probability that the snowfall experienced eastward from that re- gion ‘will continue so long as the influences of the depression are exercised over British and United States territory. Temperatures are low in all the districts, even so far south as Florida, They are rising, however, in the Southwest, and this change will extend to the central valley region during to-day. Our special cable de- epatches from London announce the following weather conditions on the British coasts :— Plymouth, wind north-norwest, a moi- erate gule, barometer 29.905 indhes; St. rs Point, wind west, moderate, feather fine, barometer 29.70 inches, ther- mometer 40 degrees; Lizard Point, wind north, moderate, weather fine. In New York ond its vieinity to-day the weather will be cold and partly cloudy or fair, possibly with occa- sional brief aud light flurries of snow. To morrow it will be slightly warmer and fair, fol- lowed temvorarily by a cold snag. , By NEW YORK The Sons of New England. The anniversary of the landing of the Pilgrims is, of late years, celebrated with greater éclat and distinction in this metrop- olis than in any New England city, and men of New England birth are becoming less prominent in the festival, Of the three principal speakers at the dinner last evening only Secretary Evarts was born in a State lying east of the Hudson River, Senator Blaine is a native of Pennsylvania and Secretary Sherman of Ohio, Itisasingular fact that the most eminent public man of New England at present isan adopted son, and that the most eminent living lawyer and statesman of New England birth has long been a citizen of New York. In all periods of our history it has been avery ordinary spectacle to see emigrants from New England rising to the highest distinction in politics, in business, in literature, in science, in every walk where success is won by great abilities; but, so far as we can recollect, Sena- tor Blaine is the only man who ever rose to influence and eminence after emigrating to New England from an- other State. Mr. Blaine did not emigrate to Massachusetts, and that he has no very profound reverence for Massachusetts as- sumption was attested last winter when he laid rough hands on the idol, and the Mas- sachusetts Senators did not shine in their attempt to rebuke him. The Websters and the Sumners have disappeared and the old New England influence has proved a bar- ren sceptre in the hands of their native born successors. A barren sceptre in their gripe, | Thence to be wrenched by an unlinesl hand, No son of theirs succeeding. But although Mr. Blaine is nota lineal heir he is not an unworthy successor; or, at any rate, he has eclipsed the new generation of New England statesmen. The great position he has won by moving in the opposite direction from the many able men who have emigrated from New England is one of the most’ striking and peculiar things in contemporary history. It is almost as odd as the ascendancy of Lord Beuconsfield in the tory party of England, once so prolific of great statesmen. New York has never failed in just and ad- miring appreciation of her eminent citi- zens of New England birth. Mr. Evarts, Mr. Bryant, Mr. Greeley and Professor Morse in our own time, and Rufus King in an earlier period have stood as high in local estimation as citizens of New York birth of: equal Capacity and usefulness. The most illustrious of ouradopted citizens did not come to us from New England, but from one of the West India islands, and the fame not only of all our acquisitions from the Eastern States, but of the most distinguished of our native citizens, pales before his, The fact that’ Huamilton’s pre- eminence is so freely accorded by all New Yorkers and by the descendants of its most ancient and honored families, evinces the liberality of New York feeling and its freedom from petty narrowness. We are as proud of our adopted as of our native sons and make no distinction be- tween them, regarding talents, worth and usefulness as the sole titles to esteem. We can afford to be just to men who come here either from sister States or from other parts of the world, because if in some instances they match, they have never, except in the case of Hamilton, over- matched our indigenous talents) We know of no New England statesman who can be compared with our De Witt Clinton, whose genius opened the way forthe settlement of the great West. We know of no New England jurist who, in universal estima- tion, is quite the peer of our Chancellor Kent. It was our Fulton that revolution- ized the commerce of the world by applying steam to navigation. It was our Cooper and our Irving that first made Ameri- can literature respectable. If Mr. Evarts, the foremost of our present lawyers, is of New England parentage, Mr. Conk- ling, the foremost of our present statesmen, was born, like his father before him, on the soil of New York. This metropolis collects tribute from the talents of all the States of the Union, and is proud of all such acces- sions. She is more generous in ac- cording them their just praise from the belief that our native stock of abilities will not die out. We listen with unwearied pleasure to praise of the Pilgrim Fathers, and are beginning to pride ourselves on the fact that this city has be- come the chief theatre for the commemora- tion of their virtues, their self-sacrificing spirit, the nobleness of their aims, and their salutary influence in moulding the public sentiment of the country. They have, indeed, contributed more to the spirit of freedom than to the structure of our institutions, the federal constitution having been created by other handsand our national jurisprudence being chiefly the work of the illustrious Chief Justice Marshall, The deseendants of the Pilgrims acted a leading and a noble part in the American Revolution and in our great civil war, but they opposed the second war with England and the Mexican war which brought lustre to our arms and solid advantages to the nation, and they de- nounced Jefferson’s purchase of the vast region beyond the Mississippi, the instinct of ‘manifest destiny” not being of New England origin. An impartial survey of our history exhibits a wide distribution of merits and services, as well as of talents, and teaches a lesson of mutual tolerance and mutual esteem. No State or section can claim a monopoly either of great achievements or illustrious men. If New England has heretofore been a little too assuming her pride at present is rather in her history and in the emigrant sons who have left her than in the distinction of her native and home staying public men of the present period. Her only remaining point of superiority is the strength and excellence of her seats of learn- ing, to which other States send the flower of their youth for education. It is probable that the influence of New England will continue to decline. The ablest, hardiest and most enterprising part of her population is precisely that has been leaving her the part [ie the magnificent West was opened settlement, and since New York and HERALD, TUESDAY, DECEMBER. 24,. 1878--WITH SUPPLEMENT. the Western cities have grown so won- derfully by the operation of the same causes, The great local markets of the West have served as reservuirs for collect- ing the streams which have been poured forward to swell the commerce of this met- ropolitan city. Her great fields for enterprise and talents have been, and will continue to be, New York and the vast, fertile and rising West, which feeds our commerce. Enterprise and abilities go into the fields where they can gather the richest har- vest, and the most vigorous New England blood is now flowing in the veins of Western citizens. New Eng!and having exported so much of her best talents and of her native energy of character must expect tosee them repro- duced in the great and expanding and majes- tic West, which is destined to become not only the centre of population but of politi- cal influence. If another Webster should be born to her he would seek his fortune either in New York city, like Mr. Evarts, or in the West, like Chief Justice Chase. Her ultimate fame will be that of a strong mother of a powerful race of distant sons, whose influence will grow as her own declines, Christmas. During the past two weeks our avenues and streets have been fall of the glad sounds and signs of the Christmas season. In all our business establishments, from the monster palaces of marble and iron down to the humblest of sidewalk stands, the influ- ence of the sweetest festival of the Christian year has been felt in quickened trade and activity. With to-day the purely secular preparation for the observance of the great feast will come to a close, and to-morrow the churches will take up the task of celebration, each in its own appropriate way. It will be seen by another page that this year the churches have, as usual, prepared superb musical pro- grammes, especially those of the Catholic and Episcopalian denominations, In the former the grand masses of the most emi- nent composers will be sung, while the latter will content itself with the simpler but no less impressive hymns which its ritual prescribes. As a rule the sermons will be short, which will not be their least merit. A Severe Winter in Europe. Our cable despatches announce that the snowfall over the British Islands, particu- larly in the northern districts, and Central Europe, is exceptionally heavy, and that much disarrangement has taken place in the regular traffic by road and rail in conse- quence, That this should be the case is not surprising, because the atmospheric conditions which have been crossing the Atlantic or developing on the European coasts during the present month could not fail to cause. very decided changes of weather on the Eastern’ Continent, and with them storms, rains and snows, Since the 4th of this month, inclusive, the Henatp Weather Bureau has cabled five storm warnings to London for the informa- tion of the public, in each of which predic- tions of heavy snowfalla have been in- cluded. So far as information has reached us by. mail and by cable four of these warn- ing have been strictly fulfilled, as the fifth will be, in all probability. With the gen- eral eastward movement of the atmosphere and the evaporation more or less decided along the zone of low pressure, which is also that of storm tracks across the ocean, vast volumes of vapor-laden air are carried over the European coasts, and by the in- fluences of easterly winds, changes of tem- perature and local topography, are caused to discharge this moisture as rain or snow as soon as the disturbances reach the land. Farin advance of the storm centre this precipitation commences, and it con- tinues until the cold, dense and dry air replaces that whereof the conditions are exactly the reverse. A rapid succession of disturbances, some of which have passed over Norway and the Baltic into Russia, while others have descended over France and Central Europe, have caused these great snowfalls and interrupted communi- cations between adjacent countries. With this evidence of the influence of American weather on that of Europe no reasonable and intelligent person will continue to donbt that storms from this continent com- plete their transatlantic courses—a fact which two years’ successful operation of the Henatp Weather Bureau's system of storm warnings has fally demonstrated. Miss Fancher’s Case, Communications on the subject of the ease of Miss Fancher are still sent to us, and we give place to two of them to-day— one presenting the observations of a writer whose opinions are vigorous, but whose use of our language seems to indicate that it is not his native speech; the other that of a gentleman who perbaps has faith, and who suggests an explanation of the mystery, assuming that there is a mystery analogous to that proposed the other day by ““M. H.”— namely, that the spiritual element in hu- man creatures comes into operation in pro- portion as the physical decays, being clogged and restrained by the body in its vigor—an idea of the relations of soul and body old enough in theology and in poetry, and the most felicitous statement of which is to be found in Shakespeare:— Such harmony is in immortal souls But whilst this muddy vesture of di Doth grossly close it in we cannot hear it, It was wittily said of a distinguished man that he had scarcely enough body to cover his soul decently, and some splendid lines of Dryden are based ona similar view of the relations of too vigorous souls to pigmy bodies. We believe, however, that this is one of the delusions that have tenaciously retained their hold on the human mind in defiance of the facts, and if people go about to refer Miss Fancher's case to that theory they merely attempt to explain one delusion by reference to another. In one of the communications published to-day refer- ence is made to the theory of the “transposition of the senses.” Of this phrase we havo hitherto spoken as ono that expresses an absurdity if the words are taken in any other than a loosely figurative sense; but in what it is pre- tended is done by Miss Fancher there is, it should be remembered, no ground for the application of such a theory, even by those who believe in it. It is not pretended that she sees by the sense of touch. It is pre- tended that her mind acquires the knowl, edge of facts in some unkoown way with- out the interposition of any sense whut- ever; at least, without any of the five senses known to us. ‘They who believe that these senses are the only routes to consciousness say that this is impossible, and the others thereupon leave the field of physical in- quiry and oppose theological reasons, so that the dispute seems not easily to be de- termined. How To Do It. Mr, Cyrus W. Field tells a pleasant little anecdote about a visit he received from a genius who was anxious to disclose to-him, for a consideration, of course, a wonderful plan by which the travel on the Third Ave- nue Elevated Railroad might he largely in- creased. ‘There is reason to believe that the scheme contemplated the addition to all the tickets sold on the line of consecutively numbered coupons to be torn off and re- tained by the passengers, and a lottery drawing once a month to distribute small money prizesto one hundred holders of winning numbers. But whatever the secret was Mr. Field never discovered it, as he cut his visitor short with the exclamation— “Oh, don’t! for God's sake, don’t! We don’t want to make the traffic any big- ger. Tell us of some plan’ that will make it smialler until we have engines and cars: enough to accommodate the public and we'll be glad to adopt it.” We believe that Mr. Field has it in his power to in- crease the number of passengers on the Third avenue road without resorting to any novel scheme, and to accommodate all who desire to travel on the line without over- crowding the rails with trains. There is no reason to doubt that the reduction of the fare uniformly to five cents would speedily double the number of pas- sengers. For the two hours in the morning and the two hours in the afternoon, during which the fare on the elevated road is five cents, the horse cars carry very few passen- gers, although the tide of travel is then at its height, In the other hours of the day, when the elevated railroad fare is ten cents, the horse cars carry nearly or quite as many passengers as formerly, This proves conclusively that the great bulk of the people will not use the elevated road when they have to pay ten cents fare, but would use it all day long in preference to the horse cars if the fare were five cents. The adop- tion of a uniform five cent rate would put a stop to the present rush during the cheap hours, and the increased travel could be easily accommodated by supplying special trains to be started from themost important way stations at the busiest hours of ‘the day by :means. of switches and sidings and by the adoption of some indepesidéit method of conveying passengers from/PhWa avenue to the Grand Central Depot,.-so that the Forty-second street-trains might be dis- continued and all trains be run through. If Mr. Field, whose remarkable energy and enterprise have already done so much for rapid transit, will adopt the masterly policy of s uniform five cent fare over the Third avenue line, and will increase the facilities of his road by the simple means we have suggested, he will win the character of a philanthropist while achieving for the.com- pany he represents a splendid financial success. (ae More Wonders in) \Virginiac® ¢))'¢ Our recent descriptions of the wondbFfat hole in,the ground known ‘as Luray Cave; in Virginia, were calculated to make'tésd favored States envious of ‘‘the Mother‘of Presidents.” © But now .comés'a statement, the truth of which is vouched for by most respectable witnesses, that a more impor- tant and perhaps more interesting cavity has been discovered in the State—nothing less than a crack in the Blue Ridge Moun- tains, which extends, as estimated, for fourteen miles, from the Shenandoah Val- ley to the Rapidan River. ‘The fissure, we are told, is about one foot wide, but of unmeasured depth, and has been followed by a herder tor over four miles. If the bottom is going to drop out of Virginia we ought to know it as a8 soon as possible, because there are na- tional to say nothing of: financial interests in that State which ‘need looking after be- fore she disappears in the abyss. We do not suppose that this strange receding of the mountains is a renewed effort at secession, a reopening of ‘‘the bloody chasm” or a dodge to scare off the State's creditors. If Virginia intends to play “gopher” with us it won’t work, because in such a case all we would have to do would be to annex New- foundland, tow it round to the mouth of the James River, break it up and dump it into the hole and make things level again. ‘The fishery rights that go with the island could be cut up and divided among the Atlantic cogst States, and then we could reasonably demand the refunding of the award money from John Bull. So, Virginia, don't. Remove the Janitors. What will the Board of Education do with the report of the Henaip inspection of some of the public schools? The inspec- tion was made only for the purpose of dis- covering the real condition of the schools; it was done without partiality or prejudice, but in the interest of the health of a hun- dred thousand children. It demonstrated the correctness of the Henaup’s previous statements, and developed new facts, even worse than any previously given, and it traced a very large proportion of the trouble directly to its source—to ignorant, lazy janitors, Will this report be quietly pigeon-holed by the Board because it did not come through official channels, or will the Commissioners make hon- est use of it, as in their private business capacities they would do of any important information that came un- asked before their eyes? ‘Yhe incompetence of janitors, as janitors, is a notorious fact. The parent who.would consult one of them asa physician would be considered crazy. Yet they have unlimited control of physical influences more constant and powerful than almost any medicines that physicians pre- scribe. The men whose neglect and stu- pidity wore alluded to yesterday should not be retained, no matter how useful they may be to leading politicians. If they really | must be cared for between political cam- paigns at the expense of the city they can be more cheaply and effeetually accommo- dated on Blackwell's Island. ‘Their places can easily be filled by competent men, for a thousand dollars a year and free rent is compensation that thousands of educated, scientific men would jump at. Mean- while, as water costs nothing, some one should see that the foul closets and other abominations alluded to in the Hrsarp re- port are kept as inoffensive as frequent flushing can make them, until they can be remade and brought up to at least the cleanliness of a common stable drain. Money should undoubtedly be spent in remedying defects of construction, and we shall be glad to see the Board get it and expend it judiciously ; but now, while there is supposed to be no money on hand, is the time to make inexpensive improvements, and a thorough weeding out of janitors is a work which not only will cost nothing, but will save both. money and life, And let school authorities everywhere, both public and private, high and low, avail themselves at once of the hint which is given by a com- parison of the Huzaxp's sanitary report with the Board's statement that the sanitary con- dition of the schools is perfect. Paul the Paddler. We continue to-day Captain Paul Boy- ton’s narrative of his European experiences by water, and the reader will find in it all the charm that comes of the artless talk of & man who has something worth saying. His experiences with royalty were peculiarly American, but the English Queen was too womanly not to express herself as heartily in appreciation of the Captain’s feats as any ordinary mortal would have done. Many men have sung the ‘‘Wacht am Rhein,” but probably no one but Boyton was ever so long and literally absorbed in watching the historic stream. It may be of interest to susceptible Americans intending to go abroad to. know that the Captain escaped the delightful and dangerous Lorlei, who has been wooing men to destruction since Germans first learned that winter evenings and improbable stories help each other along very nicely. Perhaps the cruel water maiden was too much astonished at Boy- ton’s suit to think to urge herown. Even grave theologians will rub up _ their spectacles as they glance over the story, for it conclusively proves that no fond liberdl or theosophical fancies of the disappearance of the father of evil have ever infected the orthodox dwellers along the European streams, although the element in which the navigator paddled along was not exactly that which priest and book have designated as the infernal abode, Finally, there is a grapbic: description of a fight with an‘enémy that even’ indiarubber cannot jut. A breezier story would be hard PERSONAL “INTELLIGENCE. ‘Think of the poor. Do not “hang up" the drinks. Put a good stock in the stockings. Bless the balbriggans of Christmas, Dr. Mary Walker will hang up her socks. A four-in-hand is worth two in the bush, Do not go from Santa Claus to Santa Cruz. Jack Kehoo’s socks were hung up last week. Senator James G. Blaine is at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. Don’t say, “hang it” to the children in a profane sense. Ail An Arkansas man shot another man “just to see pim kek.” Don't’ be inahurry to look into your stocking. ¥é presents of mind,’ Secretary Evartd arrived at the’ Brevoort House yes- terday from Washington." ‘Phe ground je hudlyfrezen in Missouri and Henry Clay Dean looks petrified. A Christmas tree can’t hold a candle to the brill- iancy of Hayes’ greenness. David Davis has bad a grain elevator built so that he can ‘hang up his stocking. ‘The Philadelphia Chronicle-Herald says that ballet dancers never bang up their stockings. Nobody but Sunset Cox could hang up an ost bag and pass it off on Santa Claus for a stocking. ‘This weather makes the ladi the merchants who deal in carmine saucers are in despair. ‘This is about yule tide, and we hope you'll tide over Christmas ill right. Don't go out too far with the ebb. It is reported that General McCallum is danger- ously ill at his residence, No. 197 Halsey street, Brooklyn. The Ohio people will celebrate Christmas and hang up their stockings in the foreign consulates, just as they did in Ohio. The Sunday schools, with their nice trees, will do a big business in teaching the young ideas how to hoot, to-morrow. It was a loving but jocular husband who, when his wife asked him what she was going to have in her stocking, replied, ‘You are just the sweetest thing I care to see in it.” London World :—“Macready, an actor saturated with tradition, was horrified at the spontancity of Helen Faucit's acting, and told her, in pretty round terms, too, not to commit the blunder of becoming excited, and forgetting her own individuality in that of the personage she represented. It was all in vain; the sympathetic nature, like the voice, vibrated with pas- sion, and affected. English audiences as they have never been affected since." New York Sportsman:—“Christmas Punch—The' art of making @ good punch consists chiefly in athorough amalgamation of all the ingredients, so that no one shall affect the palate more than another. As the at- tainment in making a ‘cocktail’ is to ‘tear,’ that in concocting & punch should be to soothe—in fact, a good punch is a3 smooth to the nerves of a man’s palate as ‘baby’s milk.’ A quantitative analysis of the old-fashioned mixtures called punch, a moderate imbibing of Which makes @ man feel as if he was monarch of al) he surveys, would show about one- quarter old Jamaica, one-quarter Cognac brandy, one-half water—or, better still, a decoction of tea— this, with a dash of Curacoa, is o sterling formula for the alchoholic component, Lemons in plenty, well squeezed, refined lump sugar to sweeten, the sugar being rubbed on the out side of the lemons to absorb the essential oil of the peel, their juice being added afterward—all thoroughly atirred before the spirit is mixed in—and you have a nectar that will permeate the inmost cockles of the heart, Its etfeet—o man under its in- fluence has been known to pay @ back grocery bill and embrace his mother-in-law—is simply marvel- lous. Old hard heads only can, with impunity, get outside of much of this insidious concoction, to which a little nutmeg, thinly sliced orange and pine- apple, when atded, makes it particniarly seductive to ‘young uns,’ who, after having drank of it to excess over night, will feel, in the morning, like kicking their old grandmothers.” Secretary Sherman, accompanied by ‘Treasurer Gil- fillan, arrived in this city yesterday morning. He re- paired to the Sub-Treasury, where he spent several hours, and at one o'clock went to lunch at Delmoni- co's, vy Beoretar stated foes he wee Here'on Jon4 y ting to atwnd the titer of tho. New Kayland So- ciety. He said thet his intention was to remain in the city fora few days, and his time to-day will be spent at the Custom House, | residence of his brother-in-law (Mr. H. G, Stebbins), ness. es’ cheeks rod, and | ee | ~ OBITUARY. JOHN BR. GARLANT "Phe flags on the Stock Exchange were ot half-mast yesterday on account of the death of John R. Gar- Jand, one of its oldest members. The deceased was born in the State of Virginia, and at the time of his death was sixty-two years of age. He entered the West Point Military Academy, and although leaving before he graduated he received a very good educar tion at that institution. He then became a civil en+ gincer, which business he pursued for a few yeart with success. In 1853 he came to Wall street, where he started in business as a broker and became a member of the Stock Baarl. Subseqnently he joined the firm of Garland, Martin & Co., and remained with it until five years ago, when he again began doing business on his own account, his office being in New street. He was a heavy speculator, and was principally on the bear side of the market, being a member of what is known as the Twenty-third street organization. Mr. Gar- land had been afflicted during the latter part of his life with gout, and it finally caused his death, which took place at two o'clock on Sunday afternoon at the No. 42 West Nineteenth street. ‘The deceased, who resided, at Hy Park on the Hndson, was married . to Stebbins, the sister . of Colonel Stebbins, He leaves a widow, but no clildren, Mr. Garland’s father, who is now eighty- eight years of age, was formerly a member of Con- gress, and at the present writing is an active Judge in the State courts of Virginia. ir. Garland was cap- tain of the City Guard, which existed a quarter of a century ago, ‘It will be remembered by our old citi- zens that great rivalry existed between this company and that called the Light Guard, which was .com- manded by Captain George W. McLean. Whenever these companies paraded they received an ovation, The Legislature, however, just previous to the war, passed an act abolishing all independent companies and Captain Garlund's City Guard joined the Ninth regiment, and Captain McLean's Light Guard became part of the Seventy-first regiment. Both these com- panies were subsequently consolidated and are known at present as the Old Guard, At eleven o'clock yesterday Saowniegs President Ives called the Exchange to order, |, in a feeling speech, announced the death of Mr. Garland. The following gentlemen were appointed a committee to draft suitable resolution touching his death and also to attend his funeral:—Messrs. William 'R, ‘Travers, George H. Broadhead, James Kearny, War- ren, William Seymour, Jr., H. K. Enos, H. K, Burias, WILLIAM E, MOORE. ‘ ‘The flags on the Produce Exchange. were at half mast yesterday on account of the death of William E, Moore, one of its members. The deceased was thirty- five years of age, and was in the bakery business at No. 283 Washington street. He died on Sunday at No, 314 West Twenty-fifth street, his disease being consuinption, from which he had been suffering for a long time. Hia funeral will take ris to-day from St. Francis Xavier's Church, Sixteenth strect, between Fitth and Sixth avenues. FREDERICK AIKEN. Frederick Aiken, of the local staff of the Washing. ton Post, newspaper, died in Washington city at one o’clock yesterday afternoon after a very brief ill- Mr. Aiken was a native of Vermont and had for several years been engaged in journalistic pur. suits. In the campaign of 1860 he was secretary of the Democratic Committee of Vermont. He was one of the counsel for Mrs, Surratt during the trial of the assasyinators of President Lincoln. * : S. H. PARVIN. 8. H. Parvin, one of the oldest advertising agents in the country, died suddenly on a train while on the way to Cincinnati from his country home in Cum- minsville yesterday morning, Death was caused by congestion of the heart, superinduced by asthinatio trouble and over-exertion in running to catch the train. Deceased was sixty-three years of age. JULIUS HOTCHKISS. Julius Hotchkiss died at his home in Middletown’ Conn., yesterday morning, aged sixty-eight. He was @ prominent business man in the State. He res sented the Second district in Congress from 1867‘ ta 1869, and.was elected Licutenant Governor in 1870, ARCHBISHOP PURCELL. THE VENERADLE CATHOLIC PRELATE SEEKING TO DE RELIEVED FROM EPISCOPAL CARES—HIS FINANCIAL OBLIGATIONS TO BE FULLY MET, | (BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) Crncrxxatt, Dec. 23, 1878._ There have been rumors: here for several weeks past thet Archbishop Purcell and his brother Edward wore financially embarrassed by the calls made om them from parishioners and those belonging to other cbutches for money that had been left in their keept ing. This was first brought to notice some two months ago, immediately after the failure of Heman’s banking house, where Father Edward kept hia accounts some years ago, and though the fact'was prouiptly made known that he had close® his account with Heman, yet the people who had left money with the Archbishop beyan...to show their. wish to get it out, and what in business circles would. be called a run set in upon Father Edward, who has for years been tho financial agent of the Archbishop. Some three or four years ago they had $1,000,000 deposited with them, but since that time they have been reducing the amount as rapidly a they could call in their ine vestments, so that at the beginning of this trouble their indebtedness was between $200,000 and $250,000, Iu the two last months they have reduced it from this last sum to $100,000, AN APPLICATION TO THE POPE. Yesterday Archbishop Purcell conducted servi at the Cathedral, unexpectedly to himeelf and th congregation, and in the course of his sermon alluded to Anancial troubles that were bearing upon him. While doing so he further announced that he had, some days before, addressed @ letter to His Holi- ness Pope Leo, asking that he be allowed to retire from the episcopacy and another be sppointed to fill his place. He went further, moreover, in this connection, and said that if he were permitted to re- tire he would not permit his successor or the Church to assume the settlement of these claims, which were worrying him so much, but he himself, if life was spared, would see that every one of them was paid fn full. This, of course, was a surprise to every one within the sound of his voice; but addi- tional facts brought to light to-day show that the venerable prelate was only carrying ont a plan he had had in his mind for some time past. PREVIOUS ACTION. It seems that some time last month, when thera, ‘was a convocation of Catholic bi here to select names to be presented to the Pope for Bishop Rose crans’ successor, the Archbishop asked the ecclesias- tical body to recommend his retirement from office in the communication they ad- dressed to His Holiness; but they, with many asi for him, declined te ‘ances of their bn 4 ing on this impulse, ana feeling that he really wanted to be relieved of the cares of the position, which he has held longer than any one in this country, he addressed the letter to the Pope which has caused so much talk. SENTIMENTS OF HIN PLOCK. If it were merely his financial embarrassments that harassed him the Catholics here would not be twenty-four hours in raising the money to free him from all obligations. Every prominent Catholic who could be seen to-day was grieved at the thought of his possibly retiring from the episcopal chair, and there is no doubt that a unanimous protest will go to Rome from all the parishes in this bishopric agains§ his being allowed to reti ONONDAGA © ‘TY POORHOUSE, THE INVESTIGATION BY THE JOINT COMMITTEE—4 TESTIMONY OF THE VISITING PHYSICIAN AND ATTENDANTS. [8Y TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) Synacusk, N. Y., Dec. 28, 1878. The Joint Committee of the State Board of Chari« ties and the Board of Supervisors to-day rev sumed their investigation into the menage. ment of the Onondaga County Poorhouse and Insane Asylum, with a view of arriving at the modes of treatment to which the chronic insane inmates are submitted. Nearly the entire afternoom was occupied by the examination of Dr. W. R. Tefft, the visiting physician, who has served in that capacity for nearly forty consecutive years. He admitt many. defects in the conduct of the institution ell as in the arrangements of the various buildi: latter of which have already been the subject port to the Board of Su; sore. THK DUNOKONS. Dr. Tefft said, in ey ee to tho Sengeons of the asyhim, that they had built when that system of treatment of the insane was in vogue, and their later use was in lieu of something better, He said only violent and Bithy caaee were imprisoned in them, He considered the bathing facilities of the institution totally inadequate and the number of attendauts ine sufficient. Te ‘TESTIMONY OF AN ATTENDANT. The next witness was an old ex-pauper, namea O'Connell, who is at the head of the’ attendants in the Insane Asylum. He testified that the chronic insane were incarcerated in the dungeons as a punishment for tearing their clothes, breaking furniture or dis obeying rules of discipline; two persons had died im the dungeons within the past year, one of whom wore himself out in the confinement, and just pre ceding death could not be induced to quit it. The visiting physician in his testimony sald he was not aware of an inmate ever having died in the cells, ates Mae fee wild os Powe Asylum were put upon the stand, bat not very important could be elicited. One ‘witnens fontified that the shower wes used a¢ @ punishment for both men and ‘The inquiry will be continued to-morrow, / 14 A