The New York Herald Newspaper, January 30, 1879, Page 4

4 THE STATE CAPITAL Republican Opposition to the Governor's High School Theories. oe} { ' SENATORIAL ELOQUENCE Ingenious Democratic Resolution to- Hasten Reapportionment, INSURANCE MEASURES. for Suppressing the “Tramp Gentry.” A Bill AxBany, Jan. 29, 1879. There was another oratorical tilt in the Senate to- day over the Governor's Message The speakers this time were Messrs. Harris and Hughes. The former gentleman threw down the gage. He had been wait- ing for some other democratic Senator to explain fgrther than Senator Ecclesine did the other day tue recommendation of the Governor that the State should not support public high schools. As no others had appeared he would answer one or two suggestions of the gentleman who had spoken. Most of the Senators settled back in their chairs and prepared to enjoy the battle that was coming. In the first place Mr. Harris remarked that one of the reasons given by Senator Ecclesine for the Governor's refusal to give aid to high schools was that the children of men who can afford to pay, reap the fruit of this higher education at the | expense of their poorer neighbors who cannot afford, it, and that to give the children of the poor such higher education would only tend to unfit them for their station in life. Mr. Harris declared that this simply meant that the children of the poor must be taught not to think, but to labor. The Governor had aserted the + support of sttch schools to be legalized robbery, be- cause it took the money of one man to educate the children of another. This reasoning would apply with double force to the common schools and yet the Executive waa in favor of them. Sen- ator Harris declared that education made men better citizens in every walk in life, made their la bor more productive, caused them to lead more sober and industrious lives, and inade commerce, manufac- tures and trade to thrive. Such was the conclusion of the fathers of the Republic, and it was the lesson taught by the best and wisest statesmen of this coun- try. Governor Robinson’s views were the doctrines of the cold world; his arguments were based upon the assumption that we had castes in this State, and if such views should come into vogue the children of the poor would have to dismiss all ambition and make up their minds to labor all their days in the position in which they were born, Had such opin- ions been entertained in the past many of the men who had moulded the opinions of this country, framed its laws and upheld its constitution, would have been forced to trexd the obscure paths in which they were born. Senator Harris pictured the Gov- ernor “us he sits alone in the lonely chamber of that ‘lonely old Capitol lamenting the degeneracy of the age and the poverty of the State, refusing to be com forted, end pouring out his tale of lamentation to the Legisiature. Nothing can console him, nothing can awake a generous impulse in his breast.” HUGHES CHAMPIONS THE GOVERNOR, Senator Hughes rose to reply. The Chamber was crowde) with visitors and membors of the Assembly, that body having edjourned. The Senator said he did not understand the sudden revolt of the majority against the Governor's sentiments on this question. Last year he bad advanced them even more torciby, these same gentlemen sat around the circle silent as sheep before the ‘shearer. Whatever might be the motive of the present attacks, Governor Robinson would continue to be the same fearless Executive as he had been from the time of hi: tion. ,He had the approval of his own conscience and the approval of the masses of the people, who knew that the highest aspiration of his life was to secure an honest and efficient State government. ‘The gentleman who had iast spoken might continne his attacks if they served to amuse him; they could not harm the Governor. And more, the gentleman would find it difficult to make the people of the State langh with him at the picture of an honest old man in an old but honest Capitol taking care of tke interests of the people of this great State. hat old Capitol seemed to be » ..teat trouble to somegentlemen. It appeared to rise up ever, like Bariquo's ghost, and the fear seemed to be that ‘it would force somebody from their seats. (Seusation.) The Senator challenged Mr. Poyeroy to make good his assertions of the other day that the Message contained innendoes against the main body of the Legislature and direct charges agaiust the committees of both houses, FYROM BUNCOMBE ‘TO BURINESS. Farther discussion was deferred and the Senate pro- ceeded to business. ‘The statement of Bank Superin- tendent Lamb, the other day, to the effect that he touid give no information about defunct banks be- cause receivers did not report to him has been acted apon. Senator Wendover introduced a bill providing that the receivers of oll such inktitutions shall file with the Superintendent every six months sworn report of their proceedings, the property coming into their the dividends paid and similar A measure was introduced by Senator Loren B. Sessions, who moved for the appointment ot a committee, to be composed of five Senators and seven Assemblymen, to examine and collate the existing laws aud report a bill jor the assessment and collection of taxes throughout the State. Senator Loomis thought such a committee would be too large, and moved to amend by having the President of the Senate appoint a commit- tee of three instead. This was adopted, and the resolution passed, Senator Sessions thought it would be too much work for three men to perform properly, ai ged to be excused from serving. ‘o prevent hospitals and similar institutions from pny cavern etween medical schools in present- ing the unreclaimed bodies of deceased inmates for dissecting purposes is the object of Dr. Ray V. Pierce in introducing an amendment to the “Act to pro- mote medical science."’ THE OCKAN PARKWAY SCHEME. Senator Wagstaff introduced a bili relieving ad- jacent property owners of the special tax for build- img the Ocean Parkway down to Coney Island and making the whole county responsible for it. His authorizes the iesue ot seven per cent bonds to piy the whole cost, and provides for the re- dvmption of the bonds in twenty years, & proper proportion of the amount being put in levy each year until the debt the or is cance by a proposed amendment of Senator Payne municipal railroad corporations are to be re- quired to put in their annual reports a statement of the manner and character of the investment of their simking tunds and the additions thereto, Last aud least, Senator Huinilton Harris wants to have the fiseal year of all State institutions begin on the lat day of October. IN THE ASSEMBLY—RAILROAD RIVALRY. Conriderableeroutine business was transacted in the Arsembly t y. The Senate was mainly ocen- pied in discnssing the Governor's message, The in Pression grows strouger as the session advances that we are to have @ Litter aud protracted strugyle be- tween the (wo contending factions of the republican party—Sloanites and corporation adherents, The session of 1879 prox be an eventinl one in this respect, as tl ¢ before in @ legielative fight. io railroads are likely tu be at is seeking 1 erate against the in- those privileges are CORPORATION ATTORNEY'S OFFICE, Mr. acher has sneceeded in securing a favor. able report trom the Judiciary Committee for his Dill. providist a reorganization of Corporation Attorney Boyd's office. If this bill becomes a law then all actions for violations of UO must be brought in the distric reside, and the Court will be ¢ all compisin without pa where it Sppente that the 1 have been abated. THE APPORTIONMENT Is8UR, Mr. Brooks i* the father of an ingentons resoln- tion, the answer to which will show up clearly the injustice of republicans in not passing a just appor- tioument bill for this State, Mr. Brooks’ proposition reads as follows: — Whoreas an enumeration of the fohabitants of the State of New York was taken in 1870, and whereas by the eo tution the Members of Assembly are be apport the several « a ‘poration ordinances where the violaiors mpelled to dismiss ont of fees or coats isances complained of be, tive the rox exhibited in eae ae Legislature the relucive rights of the thereture be it dedweting the aliens from ti and every ew t thé State, va ander tho eons Adoptod. ‘THE MERIT PRETTION, ‘vie cireuluted here avking for the confir- whow ot Collector Merritt comtinues to exc\ta con- ‘EW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, JANUARY 380, 18 siderable remark. The gentlemen in charge of the document retuse to give a Likt of the names of those who have signed it, but it is understood that the fol- lowing will prove to be about correct Members of Assembly—Vaker, Beckwith, Bradle: Brennan, Brundage, Case, Chase, Chickering. De; | Duguid, Evans, Fish, Geutsch, Hepburn, Ingersoll, Johuson, Low, Mann, MeAllaster, McNaught, | McQueen, Munson, Noyes, Ogden, Paimer, Peck, Prendergast, “Reynolds, Sanders, Sheard, Sherman, Shuit, Simmons, Skinner, Stegman, Swift, Tail- madye, Travis, Trowbridge, Van Valkenburg, Wads- worth, Warner, O. Wheeler, Willis and Youngs. FIGHTH ASKEMBLY DIsrRIOT FIOHT. It appears that we are to have a struggle over the Assembly election in the Eighth district of New York cit?, between Daniel Patterson aud John E. Brodsky, he Committee on Privileges and Elections was to- lay authorized to go into an investigation, employ & stenographer and pursue the usual course in such matters, THY TRAMP NUISANCE. The Assembly has takem holt of the tramp contra- versy. A bill has been introduced providing for the iinprisonment of those enterprising gentry for a period of filteen months if found begging on the. public highways. The definition of a tramp given im the bill .stys:—"Any person going about from lace to place begging beyond the limits of the own of which he shall be an actual resident shall be taken to be a tramp.”” The measure is not applicable to females or to persons under sev- enteen years of age or to blind indiyidnals. Any tramp who shall enter any dwelling house or kindle any fire on the highway or on the land of another, without consent, or shall be found carrying any fire arms or other dangerous weapons, or shall threaten to do any injury to any person or to the real or per- sonpl estate of another, shall be imprisonéd at hard labor in the State Prison for not more than two years. ‘Any tramp who shall wilfully and maliciously do any injury to any person or to the real or personal estate of another, and which offence is not now by law punishable by imprisonment in a State prison, shall be punished by imprisonment at hard labor in the State Prison for not more than five years. Any act of beggary or vagrancy by any person not a resi- dent of this State shall be evidence that the person committing the same is a tramp within the meaning of this act, . INSURANCE LEGISLATION, The varied aud generally, of course, “disinter- ested” attempts of legislators to reform the well knowa abuses in insurance companies continue to occupy the active minds of Senators and Assembly- men. If such attempts were all corried out faith- fully no doubt much good would result. The latest Has been inaugurat by Mr. Simonson, of New York, who yesterday introduced the following in the House, which must interest a great many people:— Whereas the officers of the Mutual Life Insurance Com- pany recently adopted a plan for obtaining new business, whereby the new policy holder is allowed a rebate of thirty per ceut and. thereby surance for seventy r cent of the charged old — policy holders, and whereas the paying of this rebate of thirty per cent has been pronounced ill unjust and in express violation of the of the company by such eminent authority as Professor Gray, of Harvard College, and Professors Gray and Loring, of Boston, whose opinion bas boon indorse tornoy generals of all the New Enyland States, and ox- Seeretary Bristow, now of New York, besides many other ‘and whereas the policy holders throngh- jave protested in hat the officers of the company sho juediately desist from permitting such injustice to continue; and whereas tho suid officers have debantly refused to listen to the petition of their policy holders, and are expending vast sums of tho policy holders’ money in extensive advertising und counsel toes in defence “of their conrse, y all the al at the wishes and protests of many of tho policy hold dare otherwise, it is alleged, growsly mismanaging their trusts: therefore, be it Resolved, That that the Judiciary Committes be in- structod to examine into the legality of the ction of the officers of Mutual Life Insurance Company’ and is Also such mismanagement of the affairs he company ag to justify legislative action and wheth the Legislature have the constitutional power to remove the officers if found guilty, and if so, they aro hereby re- quested to draft an act that will reach the desired reform, Bnd also that the committee ve roynested to*report to this House within ten days, Mr. Husted rising to debate, the resolution went over under the rule, Mr. Hayes’ bill, omens: additional pensities for the sending in of fraudulent reports by insurance corporations, will be reported favorably from the Tusurance Committee. . VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT FUND. Mr. Strahan’s bill aims to secure a full collection of all percentages due to the benevolent fund of the late Volunteer Fire Department in the city of New York from insurance corporations. CELEBRATING THE REMOVAL FROM THE OLD CAPITOL, ‘Mr. SuoaN presented the following privileged ro ort :— ‘0 THK LYGISL ATURE — Your comm appointed by a joint resolution of the tb day of January, Nz, to consider the question of commomorating the reinoval of the Legis- from the old to the new Capitol 1 ve respoctfully emroval bo he Seuate the Assem- ext, at half-past lock P.M. The Governor ai military statf, 1 Justice of the Court of Appeals and the associate to re} weven 0 the Chiet Justices ther d the Stato otilesrs, will be invited to he present, Theotder of procedure ot the Jolut convention will be as follows Prayer. Introductory address by the Lieutenant Governor. Ad<ress by the Speaker of the Astombly. Historical address by Krastus Brooks, inember of Asscm- bly from Richmond county. jenediction. We further recommend that # joint committee be ap- pointed to carry out the foregoing arrangement of pro- eet of which fully submitted. respect! ubmitted. AT Of whieh ie respec TT AMILTON. HARRIS, A. il, ROBERTSON, ALEXANDER T, GOODWIN, the part of the Senate, Bb LOAR, : RASTUS BROOKS, Committee on the part of tlie Assembly. Jaxvany 28, 1879. The Speaker appointed the same committes to act on the part of the Hous CLERK GUMBLETON. CHARGES MADE TO THE GOVERNOR AGAINST HIM—HE MUST SHOW CAUSE WHY HE SHOULD NOT BE REMOVED. Charges against County Clerk Gumbleton have een presented to Governor Robinson by Mr. A. H. Holmes on behalf of the Bar Association Conimittee. They are very voluminous, and contain a mumber of allegations as to the charging of extortionate fees, the main points of which have already been given in reports of the in- vestigating committee, They further contain the charge as to the refusal of Mr, Gumbleton to exhibit his books for examination. The Governor has issued the following :— Sravk or New York, Execurive Cuameen, ALBANY, Jan. 24, 1879, Whereas Artemas H. Holmes, Heury E. Knox and other citizens of the city and county of New York have p churges of official misconduct, neg- lect of duty in office and malfeasance and malversa- tion in office, inst Henry A, Gumbleton, Clerk of the County of New York, and upon such ¢ es have requested the removal of the said Henry A. Gumbieton from his said office; ‘now, therefore, it is hereby ordered that the said Henry A, Gumbleton do wake answer io writing and on oath to each of the said charges and specifications, and show cause me, at the Executive Chamber, in the Capitol, in the city of Albany, on the 10th day of February next, at three o'clock in the afternoon of that day, why he should not be removed from his said office, in accordance with the statute in sach case mode and provided, L, ROBINSON. By the Governor—-D. C. Roprxsox, Private Secre- tary. State or New York, Executive Caamprr, ALBANY, Jan, 28, 1879. “ eee GomeieTon, Clerk of the County of jew York :— m—Take notice that Artemas H. Holmes, Henry F. Knox and other citizens of the city and county of New York have preferred charges of officis! miscon- duct, neglect of duty in office, and malfeasance and lversation in’ office against you to the Governor, acopy of which is hereto annexed, and that an op- portunity of being heard in your own defence will be given you in accordance with an order of which @ copy is hereto annexed. Yours, &., D. C, ROBINSON, Private Seoretary. MR, GUMULETON PROTESTS. Mr. Gumbieton yesterday addressed a letter to Mr. William M. Evarts, President of the Bar Association, of which the following is the substance :— County CLERK's Orrtcr, } New You, Jan, 29, 1879. Supreme ¢ mittee of Macleun, me, wuder the Laws of 1#47, and 10, to turn over the reed for their inspection and examination, reasons which these gentle have given to doubt their fair dealing im the ee ae it is suit. cient to call your attention to three strong objec- tions against affording them any facilities other than those which the law strictly requires. Firat—Ita members have been selected exclusively from the ranks of my politiewl enen Second—It is not in any sense a committee of inves. tigation, but an itrespousible star chamber inquixi- tion. Third—Tts avowed aim is plunder through the cap- ture of several important officos to which neither they themselves nor their siders and abettors could ever be elected by the people. In the first place, the principle of minority repre- sentation, which lies at the basis of all honest inves- tigation, is ignored utterly in the formation of yur committee, ° our association—c. nox, Lord, Holmes chapter 4 punpel rections 9 rds of my office to them Of the many In the second place, who ever heard of acommittee of invest.getion which was not required to report back tu the body that created it? Teue, one of the resolutions adopted at your firat meeting provided for such a report, whereby your association wisely heid ntrol over the investigation, but the exigei vdatory veal of your committe ith that resolution. At the next dropped, and thus Messra, Mucte clothed with dang . revergui ul and extraordinary 0 far as your axsocietion possessed, or could such powers to a committee. The cloak of the protession is thrown around the inquisition, and eo name of the Bar Association is used to jabel it with respectability, Withiu ninety days the whe settled by the court of last res days are precious time to your egmmittes, tor they consume more thin gno fourth oP the remainder of my term of office, and thus materia'ly leasen the at- tractive personal results which they may yy look for as the outcome of the inquisition. it occurences for the past few duys in and about my office have been so derogatory to the dignity of your association as represented by your cominittee, and so utterly wanting m fair dealing with me, that I am determined to call your attention to them, and to re- monstrate with you, as president of the Bar Associa- tion, against their continuance. A HUNT FOR PATRONAGE. Without detailing at length the inconvenience to which I have been subjected, and how the business of my office has been obstructed by your commitice and its agents, I will confine myself to a reference to the visit of one young lawyerand the interview which took place between us. He came to examine the rec- ords of the fees received by me. Hetold me he bad been asked by one ot your committee to come here aud find out if I kept an; and if I did not to mi au affidavit to that effect. He agreed to come, but refused to make any affidavit on the subject. He claimed to be a particular friend of the commitee. He informed me that he was at church on Sunday last, and there met one of the said committee men; the latter then and there urged him to come and examine my records, and look into my fee books and find out a he could fo amy detriment. The gentleman, perhaps scandalized by such proposals in the house of prayer, asked his petitioner:—“What good am I to get out of this? What does it concern me about Mr. Gumbleton and his fees?’ When we get rid of Gumbleton,” was the significant reply, “there will be quite an amount of parce to distribute.” The een ees examil some of my records and left the office expressing himself perfectly satisfied. Sir, commend a little investigation nearer home. ‘The moral atmosphere of the Bar Association should be cleared of all patronage hunters. In conclusion permit me to say, through you, to the Bar Associa- tion and the pedple of New York, that I feel compe- tent to disprove the charges that have been brought against me before the Governor, I say this, not for the information of those who know ime and are ac- quainted with my character as a public officer from their business relations with my office, but for the purpose of preventing in advance a judgment on my case by others who do not know me personally or officially. Very respectfully yours, HENRY A. GUMBLETON, Gounty Clerk. Hon, Wr.114M M, Evarts, President Bar Associa- tion, New York. REPUBLICANS OUT IN THE COLD. A meeting of the contesting organization of the Eighth Assembly District Republican Association ‘was held last night at No. 108 Allen street, This or- ganization, numbering abont four hundred and fifty members, claims to be part of the reguler organiza- tion. They were admitted to it and voted last at the primaries in 1576, and say they have never received notice of expulsion, In 1877 the election for officers, as they claim, was carried by fraud, and Robert @. McCord was elected president of the district associa- tion. In 1878 the adherénts of McCord sent postal cards to their frieads giving notice of the election to take place on the 10th of December, in the rooms of the John J, O'Brien Club, with the words “Please present this notice at the door” printed on them. For greater security these cards were stainped with the seal of the Fourth District Court, over which Judge Dinckel presided and in which Mr. Mo-* Cord was an officer, No one was admitted without a card of this kind, and the electien was consequently carried by the friends of McCord, who was re-elected. president. The meeting last night was held to pro- test against these proceedings and to appeal to the General Committee.” It was stated at the meeting that Mr. Johu J. O'Brien, cliiet of the election bureau, had. carried the district in his pocket for some years. A petition that hud been signed by many of the republican resi- dents of the district was presented, and will be for- warded to the General Committee. ‘The call for the meeting had been sizned by Mr. George F. Geminder and Mr. Joseph Bagot, the president aud secretary on the opposition ticket which they claim to have been counted out last month, The charge on which the contest is based are:—First, that the roll book was not posted ten days be- fore the primary; second, that persons entitled to vote were refused; tkird, that persons not entitled to vote were allowed to do so when presenting the ticket returned by the inspectors; fourth, that re- enti was permitted; fifth, the ineligibility of ‘ohn J. O’Brien und others returned as delegates by the inspectors; and sixth, that the election was held at the John J. O'Brien Club rooms, and only those were admitted who presented cards stamped with the seal of the Fourth District Court, in which McCord is an officer, The ad- ditional charges are that there is no known headquarters of the District Association; that there are no regular meetings held; that there is no known executive or finance committee in existence; and lastly that there is no legal or proper roll of the asso- ciation fin existence. These charges are to be pre- sented to the Genevai Committee, The sub-committee that is to investigate these, to- gether with all similar charges in the city and county of New York, consista of Messrs. Pierre ©. Van Wyck, ex-Alderman W. H. Gedney, Henry C. Per- ley, Charles 8. Strong and Robert Ct Brown. CATHOLIC AND PROTESTANT. PROGRESS OF THE DOCTRINAL DISCUSSION BE- TWEEN LEADING VIRGINIA DIVINES, [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) Prrensnune, Va., Jan. 29, 1879, Father Wilson, pastor of St. Joseph's Catholic Church, being unable on account of sickness to de- liver his promised lecture, has addressed a card to the public, which will appear to-morrow, replying in order to the recent Protestant sermons against Catholic doctrine. Father Wilson says all of them have misrepresented the Church, not intentionally, but “they should have known their lesson before they undertook to teach others, Therefore,” he says, “there was, if not a form material viola- tion of the ninth commandment.’ CATHOLICS MISREPRESENTED, Father Wilson, replying to Dr. McDonald, uses this languoge:—‘No salvation outside of the Catho- lic Church ix a dectrine that we never held. We say there is no salvation for those who knowingly and willingly remain outside of the Catholic Chureh after being convinced that she, and she alone, is the Church established by Christ.” ‘The card of Father Wilson is acolumn long. It is said many of his parishioners were opposed to its publication, and visited him to urge that he would not protract the religions discnssion, but the Father thought otherwise. A CARD FROM BISHOP KEANE. RicKMOND, Jan. 23, 1879, Eprrons or tur Inprx-Arrea’ I ask the favor of a little space in your columns to vindicate myself from an unjust aspersion. In Tuesday morning's paper Rev. Dr. Witherspoon is reported a8 haying asserted to his congregation that my lecture on ‘The Church and Human Nature” was “the cunningest ecll that had ever been perpetrated on this community,” and that ‘a number of those .who attended the lecture had silence imposed upon them to hear the reformers traduced and the Prot- estant Church made the subject of reproach.” The same was telegraphed from Petersburg to New York appearing in the Monday morning Hxnacp, and with the following sentence, which seems to give the ap- parent ground tor this strange and otherwise utterty unaccountable accusation it is charged that the mninisters ot the Protestant arches wore inyited to o-cupy xeatson the plattorm and assired that they would hear nothing sectarian in the addvese,”’ 1 wort earnestly deciare that the above mentioned invitations were sent without my knowledge, through an intention of courtesy on the part of the comumuit- tee in charge of the lecture, and when I learned it, only a few hours before the time ior the lecture, Lat once expressed my regret, through fear that this very construction would be put upon Tnever said to auy one, nor anthorized any one to say, that there would be “nothing sectarian in the address.” My faith and my ofiictal position were weil known to ail who chose to attend the lecture, and it could not but be evident to all that { wonld treat the subject from the standpoint of my couvictious enough to show the groundiessness of the odious assertion that my lecture was “a. petrated on the community,” or the clergymen present. From my heart I disavow any, even the least, thought or intention of anything ot the kind, and deeply regret the existence of the ciroumstanuces, over which { bad no control, which, it seems, occasioned the charge. ‘ ‘The same despatch qnotes Key. Dr. Witherspoon as peeking of my having “poured abuse on the P extents.” is, too, 1 ntteriy disavow; and i cou- fdeutly appeal to the audicuee present’on the ovew sion and to jhe report given vext morning in the Index-Appeai. I never have stooped, aud with God's help Lnever shall stoop, to utter abuse on any sub- ject or occasion. Those who heard me dispassion- ately can certify that Isimply quoted unquestion- able teachings, stated unquestiouable facts and drew from them, in the strongest and cicarest, yet also in the most courteous way I could, what seemed to ne unqtestionable logical inference. I have not and cannot have the least objection to any attempt at ref- utation in the same way, but Lstrenuously repel the imputation of @ meanness foreign to my priuciples and to my nature. in regard to the discourse which Rey, Dr, Wither- #poon announced fox next Sunday, “Entei ible Church—Infallible Book—Whieh?” L bey li vvo to say that the argument indicated by the Bib! — based On an antithesis which has no existence we iu fallible Church never has claimed to be a substitute for the infallible book. It shows a total ignorance of the Church's vlaim to thus represent her aa an alter- native offering, itself to be chosen tsvead of the Bible. Whoever has taken the pains to look into an; Catholic theological work knows that the Chure! vos the Bibie as evidence for her commission and nd yives the Bible for every doctrine that jhe Bible and the Chureh have rep ted or acknowledged as alter- natives or stbstioutes, but, ou the contrary, as separably bound together. Hence an argument like that indicated by the above title ie simply an mgnor- atio ee he ak beside the question, Protestant- ism says, “The Bible, the whole Bible, and nothin but the Bible.” The Charch saya, “ihe Bible, t whole Bible, and therefore, together with the Bibb the apostolic teaching Ciureh, which the Bible gi us as plainly as the constitution he Un ives us Congress, the Executive and the 4 ‘our bumble servant, JOUN J. KEANE, Bishov of Richmond, such book or books, | This is, I trust, | 1 like Vrofessor William PLAINT OF A’ PLAY WRIGHT. MR. BARTLEY CAMPBELL DEMANDS EIGHT THOU- SAND POLLARS FROM MR» LESTER WALLACK FOR VIOLATION OF CONTRACT, “Mr, Lester Wallack is a giant of the American stage; but I purpose to go up against bim and sling small stone, estimated at $8,000, full in his fore- hhead.”” Thus defiantly spoke Mr. Bartley Campbell last evening to a Henaup reporter. Mr, Campbell is a writer of plays. In the complete list of his dramatic works will be found a composition, in manu- script, entitled “Fairfax.” It deals with the tragedy of a lady in Florida, who believes herself the mur- deress of a drunken husband, and is pursued by re- morse and the drunken husband through five acts of emotional horrors, ‘This idyll of the sunny South has been much dis- cussed and much sought after by members of the dramatic profession, but Mr, Campbell Bad designed it for Mr. Lester Wallack, and from that gentleman in November last he extracted a contract that it should be produced as the second play of Mr.*Wallack’s engagement, at Wal- lack’s Theatre, in the city of New York, When the contract was made, says Mr. Campbell, the stricest secrecy was enjoined upon Mr. Floyd, Mr. Julian Magnus und other witnesses of the myste- rious document. Mr. Campbell temporarily retired from the world, He avoided the threshold of Wal- lack’s Theatre as though it were plagué-stricken. He met Mr. Floyd in the street and casually hoped that the carpenters were busy upon his play. ‘To his sur- prise he learned that the sound of carpenters’ hammers had not yet reached Mr. Floyd's ears. Alarmed, he wrete to Mr. Wallack and was by Lim cordially invited to discuss the matter at the theatre. OBJECTIONS AND OBJECTIONS, “I found,” continued Mr. Campbell, “that Mr. Wallack had raised two objections to the play. One was that Mr. Coghlan’s part was mnworehy. of Mr. Coghlan’s talents. The other was that Mr. Wallack had a violent antipathy to the two children whom I had introduced into the first two acts. Idid not shrink {rom my duty. I let no false artistic vanity stand ig my way. I sacrificed one of the children to propitiate Mr, Wallack, But the manageriai dragon was not appeased. He demanded the slaughter of both. He professed to have a horror of the stage infant, But I clung tenaciously to the doomed child, I had twined around it one of my prettiest speeches, “Oh, little graves!’ ran the speech, ‘graves that hold the jewels of so many desolate homes! You need no monuments to remind us of your hushed inhabitants, for their names ure written upon our hearts with the finger of love.’ Mr. Wallack was much affected by this address, but he still maintained that children were a nuisance, ‘Your stage child,’ suid he, ‘always gets sleepy and poky before the end of a performance.’ “And was that the cause of your difference?” the deploring dramatist was asked. “Entirely. Itook back the manuscript, made al- terations for Mr. Coghlan, but retained the child. When I submitted my new version to the manage- ment, I learnt that ‘Ours’ was underlined, I wrote to remind Mr. Wallack of my contract; told him that mine was to be the second piece of the engagement, and offered to return the first contract in exchanye for a second guaranteeing that I should take the boards after ‘Ours.’ Whatdo you think he rephed? He said there were too many negroes in my play. His actors were willing to wear powder, ‘but drew the line at lamp black. Accustomed to the courtier's Deere they shrunk from tke minstrel’s paper collar.” THE LAW INVOKED. “So you obtained no promise of speedy represen- tation?” W “None whatever. Mr. Wallack stated that the exi- gencies of the theatre required him to put on the stage pieces that could be mounted quickly. I found that ho was rehearsing anew version of Mr. Bouci- cault’s melo-drama ‘Pauline,’ and meant to produce it on February 17. I wrote again and again to urge my claims, saying that I was being seriously injured in money and reputation and could not be shoved aside. Mr, Wallack replied that the play was still in- complete. The child must be cut out and the negroes whitewashed. SoI.went to Mr. James Colman, my lawyer, and have commenced proccedings tor $3,000 damages.”” “Why that ‘ticular sum?” . ‘Because Mr. T. H. Haverly offered ry me $400 aweck for forty weeks, provided that Str Watlack roduced the picce, It the first contract was not per- formed I could not make good the second. But lam content to sue Mr. Walluck for the amount of the second alone. And mine is not the ouly lawsuit sus- pended over his head, tor I understand that Mr. Steele Mackaye hes brought an action for his failure to re- present Mackaye's new play “Through the Dark.” . ON THE OTHER HAND, Moved by which recital, a*representative of the Herarv attended a council of war held at Wall ‘8 ‘Theatre last evening. Mr. Bartley Campbell was ar- pp ere before a drumhead court martial, composed of Judge Dittenhoeter as President aud Messrs. Moss and Floyd as assistants. The music of “Ours” watted through the doors, giving a military tone to the scene. Mr, Lester Wailack tripped yaily through tho room on his way to the dressing room. “Bartloy Campbell?” said ha ‘Good gracious! Ask Floyd all about it.” Whereupon Mr. Floyd explained tliat their theatre was both legally and ‘equitably in the right. “What sensible manager,’’ he demanded, “would produce an unsuitable pla; ‘This drama of Campbeli’s seemed to us to contain the germs of a good work, But it needed a thousand alterations, und many of these alterations Mr. Campbell either declined or was unable to make.” Judy Dittenhoefer stated the law very clearly. There had been nd breach of contract, for the play was not yet refused. The strict terms of the written contract had been modified by Mr. Camp- beil’s action when he took back the manuscript and agreed to revise it. His agreement to do s0 mude its production conditional on its revision. Moreover, there had been no damages sustained, for the piece might have been shelved after the first night. Mr. Moss clinched the matter with a dramatic touch, flinging open the door at the back of the audience. “Look on this picture,” he cried, pointing to a packed honse, “and on that,” poii to the notes of Mr. Campbell’s tribulations. “Who would take such a picce as this off the boards in favor of a new and untried play ?” And Mr. James Stecle Mackaye spoke from the depths of @ great ulster in the gloom of Broadway, “T have had no trouble at all with Mr. Wallack,”’ said he. ‘Lrescinded my contract because I found thet my play would not suit his hous “Through the sg shortly to be produced at the Fifth Avenye ‘Theatre, VETERINARY SURGEONS. MEETING TO PROTEST AGAINST CERTAIN LEGIS- LATION AT ALBANY—-PROFESSIONAL OBJEC- TIONS TO THE PROPOSED MEASURE, Amecting of veterinary surgeons was held last evening at the corner of Brosdway and Fifty-third street, for the purpose of hearing an explanation and taking action in regard to legislation at Albany affecting veterinary interests, Among the prémi- nent “vets” present were Professor C.J. Smith, Pro- fessor Going, Dr. Finlay, Dr. J. B. Going, Dr. Ogle, Dr. Delisser, Dr. Wilson and Dr, Heard, besides a delegation from Harlem and Brooklyn, Professor Going was made chairman, and said that @ bill had been presented to the Legislature which he considered distasteful to the profession. He read the sections of the bill, and, menting upon them, seid that the various provi- * had anore or less of an obnoxious teature in them. Three yeterinaries and two medical doctors are to be appointed by the Governor. The objection to this is that the bill states they must be yra- duates of a veterinary college or university department of a university of thix State, Why not appoint — ve ies from other colleges; for instance, tr any Kuropean College? Should suc bi pase it would bar men who is one of the brightest lights of the profession, were he to live in this State, or any other gradnate ‘of a Enropean college, from being appointed by the Governor to act as one of the examiners. Section 3 says that the Bowrd can appoint their own time and place for examining those whom they may deem fit to summon before them. This is objectionable, for the reason thet a man living iu Buffalo may be summoned to New York, there to undergo an examination, nothing is said as to the time such ¢ Jost, and the men may be kept tor a week or mouth at his own expense, not consulting his time or cou- venience. Section 4aays the applicant for examina tion shall be examined on the subjects of anatomy, physiology, chomistry, practice of veterinar; i cine, obstetrics, inateria medica, pharmacy and thera- peutice, To this the objection is that the av e veterinary surgeon finds sufficient labor to do in his actual business without being continually theoretical of the most minute and abstruse nature, some of which are entirely unnecessary at his time of life, For instance, take chemistry. To pass au examination in tlis branch of science there are scarcely five per cent of the medical, not to speak of the veterinary, profes sion who are equal to such an emergency. The meeting adjourned atter adopting & resolution that @ committee of three, composed of Dra. Going, Wilson and Finlay, be ice to wait on the mem- bers of the Legislature dnd explain in what manner the bill is obnoxious to the protession, and a cor mittee of five, consisting of Drs, Fini Smith, Ogi studying subjects Delisser Houseman, were appointed to draft « Liberal bill to regulate veterinary practice in New York State, INSURANCE TARIFF, ‘The special committee appointed by the Iteurance Tari! Association to arrange # basis on which the companics should work have prepared their report and will present it at the meeting of the association to be held to-day, They recommend the adoption and maintenance of uniform rates of insurance, the abolition of ail rebates, brokers to deal direct ‘th anies aud receive tees from the companios Hay @ud the rae CA = that when 1 COM) eal rectly wi! the insured no bate or broker's foe will be allowed. ahs 79.-TRIPLE SHEET. MURDER PUNISHED, Two Hardened Criminals Sent from the Gallows to Their Last Account. BOTH CLAIM INNOCENCE ‘ The Slayer of His Wife and Baby Dies with a Lie on His Lips, SCAFFOLD SPEECHES. Sketches of the Lives Crimes of the Culprits. and —_—+—__—. (Bx TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.] Inpranaronis, Ind., Jan. 29, 1879. Tho granting of a new trial to Guetig left but two condemned men to pay the death penalty here to- day, John Achey was baptized yesterday by Father Bessoines, after which time he seemed resigned to his fate. Yesterday the ministers who have been at- ten@ing upon Merrick called upon him and made a long examination of the religious belief of the pris- oner, also attempting to induce hith to make a con- fession, but unsuccessfully, he persisting in de- claring that his wife was slive. Merrick ate a hearty breakfast, but Achey fasted. He was quite melancholy, a tremor of the nether lip showing that he was not indifferent to the fate in store for him, Merrick had not lost an ounce of flesh during his confinement, while Achey, who weighed 180 pounds when first put in the jail, now weighs less than 140, As he put on his clothes this morning he said, with a choke in his voice that belied his jocular words, ‘Well, I'll make a respectable look- ing corpse, anyhow. I’m ready; bring on the rope.” This morning, at ten o’clock, the Chief of Police placed ‘a guard of 125 men around the jail walls, keeping the crowd at a distante, Four deputy sheriffs and the jailer were on the scaffold to assist Sheriff Pressly. At eleven A. M. Achey’s wife, his brother-in-law, John McDowell, and his two nieces, Fanny and Lillie, called for a last look and afew parting words, ‘They renfained about twenty mirfutes, PREPARING FOR THE SCAFFOLD, At twelve o'clock preciscly the jail door was thrown open and Achey brought out tothe room next the jail office, where Merrick was with his spir- itual advisers, Tho Sheriff and Deputy Sheriff Rey- nolds then cut a large green cord, of which O’Brien and Reynolds each took a half, plucing the cord in their pockets with which to bind the arms of the murderers in the room. Fach was furnished with a pair of white lisle thread gloves. Merrick’s hand trembled, as did Achey’s, and there was some trouble in getting them on. Achey said the fingers of his gloves were too long. Finally everything wes ready and they marched out into the jail yard, Sheriff Pressly and Rey. Dr. 8. H. Bayliss coming first, then Merrick with Jailor O'Brien on one side and Rey. J. 8. Tevis®¥ne of his spiritual advisers, on the other. Achey followed, supported by Deputy Sheriff Rey- nolds aud Father ines, the latter carrying a crucifix, UNDER THE HALTER, It was exactly five minutes after twelve o'clock when they mounted the scaffold and were thea seated, Merrick sat with his eyes cast down, but Acbey looked anxiously about him—at the crowds, at the gallows and e1 ally at the rope, as the noose hu: across one of the ratters. He was not cleanly shave but looked tand well, not at all s0 muck broken as might have been expected under the r=ports that have been made public of hia failing health. Ho was not a bad leoking man, as he sat facing death with a clear eye and unruftied demeanor, there being, however, an utter absence of brayado or any- thing akin to that. It was six minutes past tweive P.M. when Sheriff Press y stepped to tire front and began the reading of the warrant for the execution of Merrick. The reading occupied four minutes, but during the entire time Merrick appeared to pay no attention whatever to the contents of the documents. ‘Then the Sheriff read the same warrant for the exe- cution of John Achey, and while that was being read Achey listened with an eager attitude, and at its con- clusion gulped down aheavy sigh. When the Sheriff had replaced the warrants in their envelopes he ad- dressed the eniprits:— “Gentlemen, have you anything to say before the order of the Court is carried into execution?” ACHEY'S CLAIM OF INNOCENCE, Bising to his feet, Achey, ina clear voice, Raid;— “] would like to say something if I thought it would do any yood. It appears that ghe evidence that Mr. Brown gave in is the only conclusive evidence of premeditated murder, and being one of the roboers imself the chances are he swore to a lie. Besides he acknowledged it to a man in St. Louis. ‘Why,’ says he, ‘My God, why don’t you write a letter there. ey will hang John Achey.’ The truth of the arrangenient is it wus not premedi- tated, and, therefore, I was wrongfully conyicted, ‘The people here are prepared for a hanging and £ suppose my death will make no difference any how. Lam ready.” Achey sat down as coolly as he had stood up and spoken the few words above, which he did without a tremor in body or voice. When he closed the gen- eral whisper ran through the crowd, “What pluck,” and other expressions of a sipilar nature, MERRICK PROTESTS AGAINST HIS EXECUTION, After an interval of a few ments the Sheriff ad- dressed Merrick it. Merrick, have you anything 7” Whereupon he started up almost with « id spoke in an excited tone, for him, ft “I have a groat deat I would like to'say, but it would not be worth while to say anything. Tie State of Indiana to-day, in the sight of that Court Hovse, is doing an unjust thing to one of her citi- zens, say, as 1 have said before, to this People and the world, Lam innocent ot the charge. When that drop falls and m; still! I wish to si “GoopBY.” The clergymen then performed their officer, and the prisoners walked upon the drop, and after suy- ing “Goodby,” were quickly hanwufted and pin- ioned., The white caps were then drawn over tucir faces. Rev, Dr, Bayliss then seid “Ieommend you to tha mercy, ot God.” Then Sheriff Pressly pulled the lover. The drop fell with a resounding clang, and there were two bodies swinging in the space Velow. Merrick did not show much signs of pain, He hung limp from the first, his shoulders showmg, on two occasions only, | that he was respiring. His rope slipped, with the fuee to the front, throwing his head very far back, and it was evident his neck had been broken, At | six minutes Dr. Henry Jameson reported his pulse at 100, and at six and a qnarter minutes pronounced him dead, Achey died harder, His knot remained under the left’ car, and he was strangled to death, He drew np his lege convuisively as many as eight times, while his body ‘moved and trembled with the strnggles, From 80 his pulse rose to 120 at the beginmmng of the eighth minute, arwel and when the eighth minnte had elapsed Dr, and Dr, Boynton prononneed him dead, Wishard then made a formal official exan the bodies, and at twenty-three minutes of Shoviff and the Chief ot Police re tors to withdraw, The bodies were then cut down aud taken in we by the undertaker; bat while they were still hanging the evowd to invited gue began cutting pieces from the scaffold, and as soon they were cut down there was a scramble for pieces of the rope. This mob was finally restrained by the Sherif} who ordered all eg irom the jail yard, The efltire time occupied from thetr exit from tie jail unt they were in their cofins was thirty-four minutes. THE C Jobn Ache pfirstof the murderers sentenced to the death wilty at the wi inal Court of this county, shot and killed George Leggett, in the saloon of Chapin & Goru, in this city, ‘on the afternoon of the 16th ot July last. Achoy was agambler; had never been anything else, Ie came of bad stock, the diverced variety uctreea, Kate MeDowell, b@ing his niece. He was forty-three years of aye, married to a fast woman by whom he bit chil- dren. His victim, Leggett, was also a gumbler. About a yeur previous to the killing Achey had in- herited about $2,000 from the estate of his mother. With this cash capital Achey sapired to be a yontie- man gambler, and songht the society of Leggett, who ranked a# an uaristoctat omong his pro- fessional brethren. ‘Ihe result was that Achey | was = soon penniless, _Abont — the Ast of July last he made application to Leggett for loan of $25, which was retused with curses, —Achey afterward suid that after this ineult he formed a firm determivation to kill him, and at once procured & Smith & Wesson revolver of the — full « On the day of the murder, knowing that Leggett would be et Chapin & Gort’, where pools were being sold on a baseball gume, Achey sca tioned hituself at the door and awaited tue angival of Tegyett. ‘the latter came in about two o'clock and passed back into the barroom, where he stood ut the counter conversing with an sequunt- ance, Achey followed bin jn, and when within abont three steps of him, drew and cocked his re- volver and then cailed out‘ + hed turned and just as he faced about, Achey fired, the hall, which took effect in Leggett’s bowels, severin 8 large artery. Though there were fully one und: aud fitty persons in the room no one tn the assassin fired again, but missed bis atm. Leggett then ran by him and his eseape to the street, where he foll, and died before he could be taken home, The adsascin soolly, ppeaine bis pistol and sauntered down street, going two blocks. ' when he was arrested and disarmed by Officer’ Edwards, to whom he related the shooting, and said he would do it again. During all the time up to his conviction he to this state- me He was indicted on the 13th August, James E. Heller being Prosecuting Attorney. On the 11th of October Mr. Heller was elected Judge of the Criminal Circuit Court and went into office on the 24th of Octoner. He was succeeded a8 Prosecuting Attorney by his assistant, Jolin B. Elam, Judge Heller went upon the bench and tried Achey and two other murderers, whom he sentenced to be hanged atter he had procured their indict. ment. It is per to say Judge Heller and Prosecntor Bian are regarded as among the ablest and purest officials who have ever oecupiod on their places in : bog n this county. Ache; tribunal approved the findi; of the court below, whereupon the Governor Free his death warrant on the 23d inst. A WIFE KILLER. William Merrick was perbaps the equal in infamous brutality of any inan ever tried in a criminal court in any State, Some eight years ugo he was indicted and tried for the assassination of a worthy citizen of Con- nersville in this State. He escaped conviction, because the evidence was circumstantial, Hecame to this city in 1871, and ougaged in the business of a resurrec- tionist, and was once or twice arrested on charge of grave robbing, but always managed to escape be- cause of some defect in the law, About four years ago he cpenea alivery stable on South street, in a rather disreputable part of the city. When or how he became acquainted with his wife, whose name was Julia A. Paul, is not known. She was @ teacher in one of the public schools, and the first notice the public had of their acquaintance came out through a suit on her part to recover $1,200, which she claimed he owed her. This wes soon foilowed by 4 suit on her part for seduction and bastardy. The scoundrel, to aveid this, accepted the alternative allowed by the statute of this State, and married her some time last spring. This, of course, also ended her suit against hi:n for the money loaned. In July last sho brought a suit for divorce and alimony, and also for the money loaued. She alleged “cruel tment aud failure to provide” as her grounds for divorce. Mer- Hick began preparing for this by disposing of his prop erty, but attera time he induced her to again live with him. About six P. M. on September 14 he took her in his buggy at his stable, saying that they were going out for a drive. The date ot her seduction, as shown in her seduction suit, fited the 14th of Sap. tember as the latest date at which she should bave been confined. About eight o'clock on the evon- ing of the murder he stopped at @ saloon on Indiana avenue, leaving a lady in the buggy. He then bought a drink of whiskey for himself and a glass of blackberry wine for the lady. Before going out he poured into the wine the contents.of a paper, which 4 bystander noticed bere the label’ of @ skull and crossbones$ About nina o'clock a farmer living four miles weSt of the city heard the screams of # woman on the road near his house. The screams were repeated, he could distinguish the words, “For God’s sake don't.” He went down and found a woman lying in the road in front of the horse and bugyy, and a man (whom he afterward identified as Merrick) leaning over her. The womsn was then quite still. He asked the m:n it the woman was drunk, and re- ceived an affirmative answer. At this moment a neighbor came up, and the two assisted the man to put the woman in the buggy. She, was then quite rigid. He was next seen, about cleven o’clock, in the south part of the city, six miles from where he had met the farmers. At this place he called up a saloon keeper, who took the liquor out to him and asked him what he had in the buggy. He said it was his girl, who was drunk. [¢ was developed on the trial that he had been to the Medical College to leave the body there, but the janitor was at the theatre and he could not get in. On Sunday, September 22, the bodies of a dead woman and a newly born child were found by some fisher. men beneath a log, on the bank of Eagle Creek, tour miles west of the city. The filling in the teeth and the few articles of clothing left on the woman served to identify ber, and the next day her husband wos arrested on the charge of murdering her. His triak followed, ana being found guilty: was sentenced, on the 4th of January, to death by hanging. SENTENCED FOR LIFE. FRANCISCO DE JEANE FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER IN THE SECOND DEGREE—JUDGE COWING'S REPLY TO ASSEMBLYMAN BROOKS. t At the sitting of Part 2 of the Court of General Sessions, yesterday, Judge Cowing presiding, the trial of Francisco de Jeane for the murder of William Pease was concluded, ‘The testimony throughout the trial showed that on the night of the 22d of Noveinber last William Pease, a truck driver, entered the rooms of an Italian named Dominic Theodore, at No. 10 York street, who was living with Pease’s wifo. Several Italians subsequently came into the room, Strange to say, Pease and Theodore were on friendly terms, and they sat together drinking some time, Finally Pease requested his wife to sign some divorce papers, but she refused to do s0, Pease was intoxicated, agd rolldd up his sleeves, apparently with the intention of chastising his wiie, when an Italian rag picker, named Francisco de Jeane, who was sitting at the table, jumped up and, seizing Pease by the the throat, pushed him toward the wall. Theodoré endeavored to drag de Jeane away, and as he did so Pease feli to the floor a bleeding corpss, from the effects of two horrible ‘~b wounds, De Jeane then left the room, and the @ which was said to have caused the stabbing was found outside the door. The suppose rurderee'waa sud- sequently arrested, but denied his guilt, ana whe: on ths witness stand on Tuesday accused Theodore of having committed the deed. All the witnesses, ¥ cluding the wife Of the deceased, swore positively that no person except the prisoner was near tho des ceased when he fell to the floor. A RAP AT ASSEMBLYMAN BROOKS. After the summing up Judge Cowing charged the jury and observed that the end of the term had now been reached, They had before them a casa of homicide which was quite as important as any case they had had to try during the term. ‘When I look back,” continued His Honor, “over the term it seems to me, as it doubtless seems to you, thet wo have been constantly trying issues that affect the lives and*personal liberty of human pais and I marvelled when I read in the papers that the distin- guished gentleman from Richmond county (Mr. Brooks) had characterized this Court, in‘our Legis:a- ture, as a court of inferior jurisdiction. It the right to try such issues makes it an inferior court then it is a wonder to my mind where we may look for a court of superior jurisdiction, and certainly I have. no worse wish for that gentleman than that he may never be required to test its jurisdictional capacity by being himself before ita bar.” (Leughter.) Judge coves Se instructed the jury as to the law bearing on the case, and the jury, after about an hour's absence, returned to court with a ct of guilty of murder 1n the second degree, AT HARD LABOR FOR LIFE. Indge Cowing in passing sentence said that the jury had found the prisoner guilty of # crime which u few years ago would have resulied in punishment by death, but the law in its Ley d had taken the crime of the character committed by him from thet category and substituted imprisonment for life, It the prisoner could take a‘life without any apparent motive or provocation he was a dangerous man to be abroad in the community. There was no discretion Jett with the Court as to the terin Bivorioaney. the law having settled what punistfment should be inflicted, and the sentence of the Court was that the risoner be confined in the State Prison at bard labor for the term of his natural life. The prisoner, who received his sentence with stolid indifference, was then removed. wy THE, GAME LAWS. To tHe Eprror or tax Heeawp:— I heartily iniorse the letter signed “Quail” im your valuable paper, aud will add that the prese ent law, which allows selling and having in pow | sexsion gome until March 1 in the State of New York, has been the principal reason why game ig uniawfully killed in all the Eastern States. As long as the market and pothunter finds a ready sale for his murdered game he will pursue and kill the same wherever he can, and our present laws cannot sufii« ciently be enforced to prevent him from doing #0. In most European coyntries, where small game is lentifal in spite of the highest cultivation, pe dealers: allowed ono week after closing of the open on to #ell out their stock, and this {s the ost successful law bod gy a stop to the now unlawful wholesale trapping aud killing of all our small gare throughout the Rastern States. The New York market is giw with quail, partridge and rabbits, aod rices and ly low. ‘The game H ra the tiyghie profits are jeulers themeclves are killfhg the Box that golden egg, as, if the present ou feeeaon L) ter is not soon there will be no game left in & eats hence. New York Sportsmen's Assoctue; {Em Jeni game ‘protective societies should do. all im, their power to have @ law passed, such. as we now, enjoy in New Jersey, and the evil would soon bey . opped. I also hope that our Now Jersey State Spuctenen’s Association will be able to rovers the assago of any such law which would give New Soeeey dealers several mouths more to sell and. Sormauters, and vagabonds the same time to unlawe tully destroy our game, I remain yours, most too specttully, J. VON LENGERKE, Secretary Now Jersey State Sportamen’s dor the Protection of Fish and Game, SUICIDE IN A JAIL. Frederick Mullet, ® German, was convicted in the Hudson County (N. J.) @ourt last week of having stolen @ number of brassfaucets from Rommel & Gercht’s brewery, and sentenced to the Penitentiary three months. After receiving ‘sontenve was removed to the ecb i jail, At nine o'clock yesterday morning the tolt him to be ready at ten 0% to be removed to the Penitentiary, At ten o’c the keeper went to Muller’s cell ahd called him, bu receiv o answer. He went into the cell and foun Muller dead, He had sastened 4 bit of rope to a peg iu the wall and to the rope attached @ strap which he oer a aunt’ Ho wis ien ikem chiet over. mout prevent roaus frora hone Danae wie 6