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8 CENTRAL ASIA. A Dinner with a Sar- thian. EDUCATION IN TURKESTAN. Consecration of a Church in Cen- tral Asia, “RESUME OF THE POLITICAL SITUATION. —~——— ‘Tasukenp, Turkestan, Feb. 14, 1879. I have paid another visit to old Taehkend, of which I have already given some description. I wished to see the interior of a Sarthian house—a private house—and with that view accepted the in- vitation of a mérchant to take tea with him at two o'clock in the afternoon. I got there somehow or other, in the company of my interpreter, after wad- ing fora mile or more through a lake of slush, in the midst of which the old town seemed to stand. ‘The Sarthian, whose name is Madji, was waiting for me opposite a “medrasse.”” He led me through afew tortuous lanes, where the sun has not yet succeeded in melting the snow, and showed me into a neat court- yard with a hard clay floor, on which mats and carpets. were spread before a small table some twelve inches high. ‘This table was loaded with bowls and dishes containing respectively hard boiled eggs with red tinted’ shells, raisins, pistacchios, apples, pom- egranates, salt, loaf sugar and sugar candy, cakes, &e. ‘The teapot was in attendance a little furtheron, The national dish then made its appearance,in the shape of an excellent smoking hot “pilau,” a compound of boiled rice and mutton cut up into small pieces. The master of the house kept on serving me without consenting to take @ seat. He preferred answering my questions as he stood before me. LIFE AMONG THE SARTHIANS, According to him the Sarthians were much better off now than during the time of their independence, when the town was overrun with the Khan’s spies, a single report from whom would have been enough to sond a man to death, had he only dared to suggest that things were no better than they ought to be in the Knanate of “Tashkend. Madji added, however, that Sarthians do not like to see their countrymen sent to Siberia, whatever may be ‘the extent of their guilt, and that exile was a mode of punishment un- known to them before the Russian occupation. The Sarthian complained bitterly of his father, whose authority over his children, it appears, only ends with his Madji’s father refused his consent to his son taking a second wife. “But it is quite time,” argued he, “that I should have one; my first wife ‘was twelve years old when I married her; she is now twenty-five and getting old.” A little boy was playing in the yard; he was Madji’s son. “How comes it that he is not at school?” I inquired. “That is no concern of mine,” replied he. “Educa tion here is compulsory. When the child is old enough the Russians will compel me to send him to their schools.” This answer reminded mo of tho efforts made by General Kaufmann to educate the natives, whose nomadic habits are a great stumbling- block in his way. What can be done when whole villages strike their tents and set off travelling for eight months together? Teachers would be required with sufficient self-abnegation to accompany these restless tribes throughout their peregrinations, “Such men may be found among the Catholics,” said I one day to General Kaufmann when the conversa- tion turned on that subject. ‘There are monks to be found ready for any suerifice.” “I know it,” said he, “and therctore I shall try to establish’a kind of seminary for such teachers as will consent to accou- pany the natives and camp oat with their pupils.” THE NRED OF NOMADIC TEACHERS, The popes, to whom marriage is not forbidden, «and who, by the by, are all married, have no inclina- tion whatever for # wandering life, which they might perchance be driven to adopt through ennui, if it were possible for a pope to experience such a feel- ing. ‘They have no time for it, for there is no re- ligion like the orthodox Greek to find occupation for its priesthood. Independently of the ordinary ser- vice not a week passes without some holiday or other, and some holidays last for weeks together. ‘This ‘accounts for the clerical profession being as Popular in Russia as that of the barrister, the phy- Rican or the engineer. Churchos are ‘extremely numerous—there are 400 in Moscow alone—and every day adds to their number. I was present the other day at the consecration of a new church, This curious ceremony is deserving of a slight notice. Although the details are sent’ from Central Asia, where [ came on quite a different mission, they may, nevertheless, prove interesting. INSECBATING A CHURCH IN ASIA, The ceremony shoutd be presided over by a bishop, but as the “Metropolitan” resides at Vernot, some few hundred miles away, and as this is the season of floods—as instanced by the destruction the other day of four hundred houses at ‘Tokmak—the princi- al priest at Tashkend acted as his delegate, which e did with the assistance of three other popes. First of ail the four priests covered their robes of ceremony with a large apron furnished with a bib, andover this another apron in white cloth of an ordinary kind and such as are worn by women cooks. 4then they opened the door of their tabernacle and fetched from outside ail the accessories teeded in the chureh, ‘Whey fitted up a table Dy nailing together a few planks that had been prepared beforehand. ‘The nails were driven home by means of stones, Each of the popes stood ‘on one side or end of the ‘table and worked on his own account. When the tabie was put together they Washed it thoroughly with soap, then rinsed it with water and lastly with red wine. ‘I read “Laflitte” on the label of the bottle. ‘Then they sprinkled it with perfumes fromm small toilet bottles bearing the trade Mnarks of Parisian houses. Tho table was covered with the prescribed number of cloths, atter which each of them was sprinkled with holy water. The walls, both internally and externally, then under- went the same process, after which the faith counted &n additional chape ; CENTMAL ASIAN HAIR DYE, These popes so skilful in washing and cleans- dng, naturaily made me think of tue Afghan am- Dassadors succeeding to the others whodad so be- fouled the house whore they dweit that it became sary to prepare auother for those who were to them. ‘There ix every reason to suppose that one will be treated in a similar way, for as I ady wtated one of the inembers embassy is also a inember of the secon ‘would be sufficient to set an example of the seme disregard of cleanliness if indeed it was neccesary, numerous evidences of their slovenly hey lett behind were principally to be noted th ins Of hair dye with which everything ‘was covered. I, who was #0 enthsisatic in ny ade quiration of the ebony biackness of the Afghun felt inno small degree humiliated when I red this. It appears that these dignitaries are ium the habit of dyein, ir, like ali those who sirOUs % their age. In this respect the Afghan savages have nothing to Jearn from the movt civilized European communi- ties. in some other respects, too, they are need, tor they carry off the chimney clocks ts with the same readiness as a cam- man, and to such an extent do they sh this fancy that it would seem as if they had no partin the war of 1870. Notwithstanding all they are to be pitied, like all people whose in- nee is menaced, and matters are now so rate with thes that were General Kaufmann to » Ameer that he ought to abandon to the Eng- If his territories Shere Ali would at onco He who assured me of this is in a posi- »€ too Well informed of the facts to permit ubt its correctness for & moment. I c ore, conclude this letter by giving this stat surately the presant situation, MENOLTL GARIBALDI AND THE PROJECT FoR AN ITALIAN COLONY IN NEW GUINEA, (From the London Times.) Roms, March 17, 1879, Menotti Garibaldi, son of the General, and Achille Fazzari, bis companion-in-arma, intend, unless Eng- Jand should interpose any obstacles, to sail in the summer or autumn with 3,000 Italians for the southe worn coast of Now Guinea, establish acolony there and found a new city under tho name of Italia, Their object is to find an outlet for that spirit of adven- ture and enterprise which the making of Italy aroused in many who are still young men. More than cight yours have passed wince their patriotic tusk was accomplished. It might be supposed they ought to havo settled down by this time, and inany, indeod, have done so; but there are many more either unfitted to return to the calm routine of datly lite or unable to do so, whether through want of ‘early training or the impossibility of turning their abilities to ac- count in acountry where the aspirations are great, the means of carrying them out next to nothing, the competitors many and the prizes very tow and of smali value, ‘The expedition to New Guinea, the colonization of an unopened country there, and the foundation of a new city are the means by which Menotti Garibaldi hopes to provide the outlet re- quired to open careers for those who cannot find them st home, and to felieve the country from a pumber of restiess minds which, wanting other een employment, ery out for Italia irredenta or dream that a republic would give them all they want. 1 am informed that the serangapan are almost am ts rt completed, that the mouey req: ‘one $6,000,000, is ready, and that applications to the pioncer party are wore than can be ee Am those whe jee Soe in their lot with it are bet on wenty now sitting as Deputies in ian Parliament. It will number about three thousand ae are a ae into two , 3 ae CO. t rotec- tion of the ecilers it "the pat wens and the ricultural and industrial to lay the veritabl foundations of the colony and turn the resources of the country to actount. Four steamers are to be engaged to carry the adventurers to their destination, and convey all the requisite stores and requirements, from spades, pickaxes, saws and planes to print presses and a telegraphic cable, with which to themselves at ouce in communication with the northernmost point of Australia. Their intention is to land at the mouth of one of the rivers, encamp there, and live partly in their tents and mary d on board ship until they have decidid on the most healthy site for their new city, va as SIXTY ye ey EXPROED. e originators disel: intergion of founding a convict setilement, of which, also, Italy is in need, but they hope to afford a haven for sixty thousand or more emigrants who leave Italy every year for South America to meet a more miserable fate than that they thought to better. ‘They represent—and such, understand, is, in part, the tenor of the communication made through General Menabrea to Her Majesty's goverument— thas they are uot going to New Guinea influenced by any spirit of rivalry toward land’s interests there, As the children of Garib: they remember, what England did for them. They intend to raise the Italian flag over their new wails, but they will con- sider themselves almost as English subjects, or, atany rate, her volunteerallies, and intend to do all they can to merit her sympathy and support. Such, in brief, is the substance of a conversation I have just had with one of the leaders. The chief direction ot the enterprise rests in the hands of Menotti Garibaldi, and in it are numbered members of all trades and callings, arts and sciences, excepting’ only—I was emphatically told—advocates. Many are men who leave the possibility of brilliant positions behind them in the hope, they say, of doing honor to them- selves and their country. They know all the difli- culties they have to encounter and are prepared to meet them. EUROPEAN NOTES. Sir Bartle Frere is not ouly governor but also com- mander-in-chiet of Cape Colony. Captain Burnaby, of ‘‘Khiva” notoriety, is to marry Miss Whitshed (ward of Chancery), the only chila of the late Sir J. H. Whitabed, Bart. One hundred guineas has been offered by the Syd- ney Morning Herald tor the best pocm on the Sydney Interuational Exhibition, All British subjects may compete. Colonel Durnford’s father refuses to believe in his son's death, He says the Colonel was among the missing, and he still lives in hopes his son may re- turn to him. Dean Stanley preached a special sermon to tho troops at the Garrison Chureh, Woolwich, recently, from the words, “And the soldiers said, ‘And what shall we do?” The Worid :—“They cried huzzah for the Zulus in the Theatre Royal of Dublin. Three hundred and nineteen of the intrepid Twenty-fourth were Irish. Comment is neediess.”” + ‘The Empress of Austria, in consequence of the dis- aster at Szegedin, decided to leave Ireland earlier than expected. Her Majesty is expected to reach the Austrian capital on the 26th inst. It is stated seriously by a Russian journal that a whoie bundle of letters from a St, Petersburg diplo- matist wgs found among the papers of Shere Ali, urging him te make war against the English. Mayfair says:—I am_ credibly informed that the absence of Prince Leopold from his brother’s nuptials was owing less to @ slight knee-sprain than to a vio- lent objection to the celebration of the marriage in Lent.” The present year is the eighteen hundredth anni- versary of the destruction of Pompeii and Hercu- laneum by Mount Vesuvius. There is te be a scien- tific commemoration of the event in Pompeii in No- vember, Nearly twenty thousand prizes of the great French national lottery still remain unclaimed, and these have been removed from the Palais de 1'lndustrie to the Pavillon de Flors at the Tuileries, as the former place is required for the pictures. The Frankfurter Zeitung mentions the “iron wed- ding,” or scventieth anniversary of the marriage of an ex-rabbi at Vietz, near Berlin, named Silverstein, who is in his ninety-third year. | He has 145 descend- ants, sixty-nine of whom attended the ceicbration. A private letter states that, previous to the Kighty- eighth regiment leaving Cape Town for tho front, some humiliating scenes of drunkenness occurred. ‘Two nights betore the ordet for march was given the barrack stables were burned down by the mad freak of a drunken soldier, . Nihilism seems to have declared itself in Austrian Poland. A seizure of arms has just been effected in Krakaw, together with papers proving that the socialists o1 that place, # also of Lemberg, are affiliated to the nihilists now causing such anxiety in Russia, About fifty persons have been arrested. At Newcastle-under-Lyme # respectably dreased Trishman was recently sent to jai! for a month for assault, In his possession were tound documents of a treasonable nature. One was a set of rules and reg- ulatious tor the management of the North of England division ot the I. R. B. and referred to the formation of a military organization and secret arming. Tho papers were ordered to be sent to Mr. Cross, Mark ‘i'wain is in Paris,on a short self-granted leave of absence from Germany, where he is ‘‘study- ing’’—what, 1s not known, but probably how to be- come as dull as the rest of us. He cume for the wed- ding of Frank Millet, the painter and war corre- spondent. His wedding present was a couple of logs of firewood, prettily bound together with pink silk, and offered’ as “the costliest thing I could find in Paris.”—The World, Continental newspapers report that about a fort- night ago, on a Sunday, the inhabitants of the village ot Vratshevo, in Russia, burued @ woman, one of their neighbors, as u witch, They are said to be quite satisfied they acted right. They kept the women in her house, closed all the doors and win- dows by nailing boards across them, and then set fire to a heap of straw lying in one of therooms. The house was soon reduced to @ heap of ashes, in which was mingled the dust of the supposed witch. Speaking at an Irish national festival at Liverpool, ae Gontnes Power, M. P., said, looking at the present condition of Lrish politics, the greatest want among Irishmen was constructive organization. It Ireland had not played a larger part in the world’s history, it was poral owing to the apathy of Irish- men, In every political struggle they should aim at making English people un that beyond everything cise they insisted on the re establishment of the Irish Parliament in College Green. Considerable attention is being at present directed throughout Germany to the trial at Pat amaiad the Rhine, of the persons implicated in @ erimi charge of fraud, &c., connected with the alleged ap- pearance of the Virgim Mary to some children in a wood near Marpingen in 1876. The preliminary in- vestigation hus resulted in an indictment, which it is thought will, after the examination of wel ay two hundred wituesses, lead to the convi mu of those who lent themselves to the propagation of the delusion. Mr. Goldie, the naturalist, who has passed cightecn months in New Guinea, has, among other matt informed the Brisbane Courier thut his party came in contact with a tribe of natives in the interior whose custom “suggested to him the probable origin of the rumors that have been always current of & race of tailed men in some remote corners of the globe, ‘Those natives wear artificial tails of such cunning construction as to entirely misiead a casual observer. ‘They are entirely uaked, execpt for the caudal orna- ment, which is # plait of grass fastened round their loins’ by # fine string, and ing belund to ‘about half way down their legs. ‘The attendant bh the “Ked Prince” at the recent great wedding at Windsor was Colonel Von Borcko, ap adventurous Prussian officer. He went to the United States during the civil war and fought gul- lantly for the South, was shot through the lett lung and then went to London invalided. He was in London several months, and during his visit wrote ‘an account of his adventures for Blackwood's Magazine, while he was the hero of a colony of Svuthern ladies in the smoky capital. It is related that Von Borcke, who is six feet two inches high, cut the head of @ Union soldier clean from the shoulders with one blow of a huge two-handed sword. ‘The Dutch journals oncetmore apprehend the com- ing annexation of Holland by Germany. Fears of this nature have long been prevalent in the upper classes of Dutch society. But the National says:—"If we may be ailowed to give our advice to the Dutch we can simply counsel them to let tho world talk and to pay no attention to what is There is no preventing peo whose interost it is to excite mistrust against Germany from doing so. They will always find # corner in the press to deposit their cuckoo eggs. It is worthy of notice that as regards this alleged annexation appetite of ours the instigation comes from St. Petersburg.” ‘The Jost takes precisely the same view, anu adds that it is convineed the attacks of the Russian press against Germany are prom; by jealousy at the friendly relations that éxist between Vienna and Berlin. ‘The adoption of children, writes @ correspondent from Rome, which prevails to a considerable extent in America, seems to be extending to my Some thirty yoars »go a German lady, of almost princely, was staying at Albano, and took faucy to two beggar children—a boy atl » yirl—of oxtraor- dinary beauty, Her Excellency, who had plenty of money, adopted the two br: and gave them the Dost possible education, ‘The boy turned out an ar- rant scamp, and took to evil courses and soon died of dissipation. The girl grew up a model of womanly grace and beauty, and fouud many ad- mirers, and, among others, a young Roman noble, who won her hoart, bat abused her confidence. Tho Pope heard of the misconduct of the young noblo- man and compelled him to marry the girl on pain of his displeasure. The marriage was sccomp! and the German princess settled her enormous for- tune on the married couple. For a few years all went happily, but, alas! young Lusbanddied of fever, leaving his widow with & son of four years old to inherit @ large property and a distinguished title, The cnild of the Aivano beggar girl will bo one of the richest counts in Rome when he attains us tye DANIEL REDDIN'S PRISON LIFE New York Fenian Organizers Dis- cussed in Dublin. MR. BUTT’S ILLNESS. Dusury, March 17, 1879. Yesterday, the eve of the national festival of St. Patrick, was signalized by one of those melancholy occurrences with which the streets of Dublin have been made too familiar during the lasteleven years— 8 political demonstration in the guise of a funeral. ‘The object ot the display was Daniel Beddin, a con- viet, who had served out the full period of his sen- tence of five years’ penal servitude, aud whose case Presented special circumstances which invited the compassionate sympathy of all humane people. Reddin was one.of the determined band who aided, in September, 1867, in the celebrated rescue at Man- chester of the Fenian organizers, For his share in that transaction he was tried by a special commis- sion and sentenced to penal servitude. British practice in the case of men sentenced to penal servitude is to grant a release at a date short of the legal-expiration of the sentence. men sentenced, say for a bad homicide or first class forgery, to twenty years, are let out at the end of fifteen years; the ten yoar-men at the end of seven years, and so on proportionately for shorter terms. "Phese remissions always take place as a matter of course, unless the convict beliaves very badly in prison. But this usage was entirely sot aside in the case of the Irish political prisoners. A TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE, So Daniel Reddin had to serve out to the full his allotted time; nor was this for him the worst. wasenly twenty-frve years old: when he entered the convict jail. His health broketdown utterly, but his jailers seemed to have believed» he was sham- bad lodging, cold and hard work beyond his powers finally reduced him to the state of a paralytic But the gen- was tested by electricity, hot irons, piercings-with sharp instru- ments, and the prison authorities would not (per- haps in sincere stupidity) believe+that their system had thoroughly shattered. a strong - man’s frame and consigned him to the living death of paralysis. When, however, Reddin came out of prison many men who were thoroughly opposed to Fenianism were shocked to hear his stary, of the truth of which * rson could doubt. Foremost among those who interested:themselves in the matter was Mitchell Henry, M. P. tor Galway. such strong representstions in the House of Com- mons that Clave mene, sore i teiate, an official inquiry. But the and of the Irish mem- y medical should be commissioned to examine easel weap einen agi tbet Ten refui helped. to ut, was ol ‘Then the Irish members withdrew from the case. An official report was bronght uy ofticiais from all blamé in was paral; sure of this sham report, but the ed to make any com INCHES. The unfortunate victim of thetjailérs lived for inches. Hoe could not move himself th for domestic pu of-doors locomotion he was dependent on the assist- rity on co cart rete’ , and a still more simple or im from por g ‘He contd dono work, and was forced torr the bare necegsaries of life upon mevolence of the rt in every frame, in the fever of his tion, and in the humii no unprejudiced t Reddin, snd report upon +4 the but edimitting that Parnell mad government re- rears—dy is ry i all. ‘nd bo see and for out- ance of others. spirit condemne: lon of the honest pride which would have preferred ‘self-support. At last death released yale his accumulated suffering at the of y-soven yoars. there pir be buried a man who had passed some the best years of his lixh the sole crime d ‘not wisely but enough to bring . ‘The report that a throng into the was bitterly incloment—coid, with incessant iu—end, notwithstanding, the funeral was a great and impressive popular demonstration, Poor Reddin ingstown, seven miles away; butthe funeral car was acconi| tro: tarting point by « large Dae friends. who hum wore b con augment e various ane tag Tittle outside “Dublin, Bridge, @ halt was made. Several there assembled, and the ‘The trades associations sent There were ‘fiiteon thousands were crowd was marshalled. representative detachments. bands, all in uniform. At intervals there marched bodies of estimated st about ight hundred, all bearing pike handles, symabolical of their devotion to Irish freedom. The number who actually walkea in rocession was between three and f ve no idea of the sympa‘ ‘he whole line of route was tators. The interment was in Glaanevin Cemetery, alongside the grave of Sergeant MacCurth; KW YORK YENIAM MOVEMENTS, Moving about among the crowds I heard many al- lusions to what is now sup; nationalist circles in America. Iam wed to be going on in bond to say I heard little sympathy expressed for any “movement” which may be set on foot from that quarter. On the contrary, there ned a very considerable distrust of the professional managers. And more than who seemed to know much more tell, hinted that dark and unsatisfactory manipulations of tho box had taken place, even at the hands of persons professions of unselfish Whether it is that the hard times havo working classes less sorely than from some other reason, it is certain that they wero to listen to the fatal or “centres” of any kind t Irish disaffection toward Eng- ‘THE CONDITION OF MR. BUTT, ‘The following paragraph from the London World may interest your readers :—*Now that Mr. Butt is jer it will not alarm his ig at least three weeks the tleman was unconscious, most loud in their never less disposed of “organizers” at are land is as much out of immediate friends to learn that di honorable and learned except in moments of delirium, which were not in- frequent. When the paper reported ‘slig! ment,’ the meaning of the phrase was merely that occasionally ments and able to reco; the Irish leader delivered a very fervid speech House of Commons; snd I am told that the sceue in the sick room, which just then was friends, was exceedingly effective. His was mental as well as brovchial; and thor x is gone for the present, the naturally wrecked in the tough with King Death. Isaac will never be himselt though his mind tloty and his ton, and from what I conscious for a few mo- ize the members of his fits of delirium constitution has been tunsive eloquence; joxe who know him well, I am afraid the Seuste House will know him so RELIEF FOR SZEGEDIN. Up to last evening the following subscriptions had been reported at room No. 3, Stats Zeitung Build- ing, the office of the Executive Committee to raise funds for the aid of Szegedi: acknowledged, $1,785; M, Porgas, Will- 100; 3. D, Seward, §: G. Amsinck & Co., $60; F. Booyler & Co., $20; Davi $00; M. Lukanitech, $5; John A. Kennedy No, 403, LO. O. F., $10; J. Ri Thonet Brothers, $50; Faber, $10; G. Schirmer, $10; D. H. D. Busch, Hobok 2, A. Authinordt & Co. Passavant & Co., $10; HL H. Schwictering, Offerman, $5; F. & Co., $10; & Rosen+ borg, $5; Edward Warburg & Co., $10, N0tal, $2,802, BROOKLYN BRIDGE, Pursuant toa call issued by President Murphy 6 special meeting of the Board of Trustecs of the Brook- lyn Bridge was held yesterday afternoon at the office in Water stroct, There wero fourteen trustees in at+ tendance at the mecting, which was held with closed doors, The recent decision of the Court of Appeals in favor of the bridge was discussed, and the follows ing named gontlemen were appointed a committee to ‘wait on Comptroller Kelly, of this city, with payment of the $1,000,000 as Ni tor the wok on the bi James 8. 't. Stranahan, ‘The committco will visit Comptroller ‘ly at bis office at cleven o'clock this morning. ‘This course Laney Pvhe nde by the trustees to mandamus. osday Board of ‘Trustees hear the result of the comiuittee' Mr. Kelly, aud to provide for tl iron and timber work ture, leton & Co. ap Henry O. Mur- thur Leary and early resumption the contracts for the for the superstruc- ‘ NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, MARCH 29, 1879——-TRIPLE SHEET, lea A ican Aeon Redline ed da NA Mi eel ake hl 2 LN ST, PATRICK'S DAY IN DUBLIN. _— Demonstration at an Ex- Convict’s Funeral. HAPPY POLICEMEN. THE TWENTY PER CENT REDUCTION IN THEIR PAY DECLARED TO BE ILLEGAL—-JUDGE IN- GALLS’ OPINION, ‘The Supreme Court, General Term, gave its de- cision yesterday on the appeal from the order of Judge Donohue granted at Special Term, directing & peremptory writ of mandamus to issue against the Police Commissioners to pay to Inspector Dilis, Captain Walsh and Patroiman Carroll the twenty per cent deducted from their respective monthly pay on the Ist of last month. This reduction, as will be remembered, was made under a provision of the act of 1866 directing such reduction when greenbacks and gold were at par, Of course, as is well Knowh, there was ® strong opposition by members of the police force to any such reduction, and it was arranged to institute the present proceed- ings as a test suit. They employed as counsel ex-Judge Emott, Professor Theodore W. Dwight and Charles F, MacLean, while the Police Board was represented by Measrs. A. J. Vanderpoel, John D. Townsend and Elihu Root. It was the understanding from the first that no matter which way the courts here might de- cide the case would ‘be carried to the Court of Ap- In the decision yesterday the opinion is given y Judge Ingalls, his associates, Judges Brady and Potter, concurring. From the opinion, the main féatures of which are given below, it will be scen that the Court affirms the order of Judge Donohue. OPINION OF JUDGE INGALLS. After citing the statute of 1866, specifying the amount of to be paid to the different grades of the police force, as also that portion providing tor » reduction of rent percent from such sala- ries when greenbacks and gold are at par, quotatious are given from the statutes of 1870 and 1373 bearing on ‘the same points. The opinion then concludes as follows: —The following expression, containcd in section 47 of Chapter 137, Laws of 1571 ‘the amount of salary or compensation now paid’’—if construed literally admits of but one construction, which is that the provision of the statute of 1566 relative to the reduction of twenty per cent was repealed by the statute of 1870, and we tail to \ iscover anything in the statute of 1873 which can have the effect to change such result, At the time the two statutes last mentioned were enacted the salary was not affected by the reduction clause of twenty per cent contained in the statute of 1866, and hence the salary then paid was the definite sun specified. We per- ceive no substantial reason why the statute of 1870 in this particular should not receive a construction according to the plain aud ordinary import of the words employed in passing such statutes, INTENTION O¥ THE LEGISLATURE, In constructing a statute we are to assume that the Legislature intended that which the language used fairiy imports, unless such interpretation would lead tow result so clearly unjugt or unreasonable, it en- forced according to the letter, that the & ueral pur- pose for which the statute we» cnacted will be do- featod. We do not feel justified by anything dis- closed in this case to depart from the plain and ordinary rule of construction which obtains when the words employed have a ciear and definite meaning, The province of the courtis to continue and enforce statutes, but not to legislate. The pro- vision in regard to reducing the salaries was ex- traordinary, aud we may reasonably conclude that if the lawmakers had intended to continue it # deciarn- tion to that effect would have been incorporated in either the statute of 1870 or 1873. Tue order of the Special Term should be affirmed, with costs and dis- bursements. ¢ POLICE BOARD MEETING. MB. ERHARDT CENSURES THE ROUNDSMEN’S ASSOCIATION, BUT I8 NOT SUSTAINED BY HIS COLLEAGUES — THE COMMISSIONERS MAKE THINGS LIVELY. The Board of Police Commissioners held a stated weekly meeting yesterday. On motion of Commis- sioner Erhardt the following named roundsmen were, for no assignable cause, remanded to patrol duty:—Christopher Leary and Dennis Collins, of the Eleventh precinct; J. J. Cullen and John Mc- ‘Namara, of the Thirteenth; Henry F. Jacoby, of the ‘Twenty-first; John McDonald, of the Twenty-ninth; William TT. Coffoy and Owen Maloney, of the Twenty-seventh; Charles Tiernan, of the Tenth; Bernard F. McEnroe and Thomas J. Esgan, of the ‘Twelfth; William Hickey, of the Eighteenth, and Henry O. Corbett, of the ‘Twenty-second precinct, These officers will bo as- signed to precincts whore extra men are most needed, Patrolmen Richard Brown, of the Eighth precinct, and Owen O'Neil, of the Eighteenth precinct, were dismissed from the force for intoxication, Ata pre- vious meeting of the Board General Smith recom- mended Patrolman Thomas Gilbride, of the Twenty- first precinct, for promotion to roundsman. On motion of Commissioner Erhardt tho proposition was laid over and referred to Chief Clerk Hawley, with instructions to the latter official to cause to be investigated Gilbride’s official character and quali- fications. Chief Hawley reported adversely yester- day and General Smith withdrew his motion, A warm diseussion took place when the question or the recently formed Roundsmen’s Association came to be considered. This association has been very active in securing counsel to influence legis- lation and to represent their case in the courts dur- ing the pendency of the legal consideration of the luction of the policemen’s salaries. Commis. sioner Erhardt was emphatic in the expression of his opinion that the roundsmen were too officious and obtrusive in the means and methods they had adopted to collect funds to defray the necessary cx- of their Sayre They had taxed each member $5, and in other ways not considered strictly official had collected a amount of money, which, it is alleged, beon put fin the bands of lobbyists, where it was thought it would do the most good. Mr. Erbardt expressed his disapproval of thege meas- ures, and offered a resolution instructing the Super- intendent to use disciplinary repressive means to vent the raising of any more money to be used fer influencing legislation at Albany. eral Sinith and Mr. Nichols considered this view of the case as the outcome of mere assumption. There was no evidenge to prove that the funds collected by the Roundsmen’s mea ears my been ee eon | im- purposes. police otticers fvel so inclined rer tad & perfect right to one of their money to employ counsel to plead for restoration of their former rate of salary. They could not see anything improper in the roundsmen collecting or suv- money to accomplish so legitimate an ob- Ject, and Messrs. Smith and Nichols therefore voted to lay Mr. Erhardt’s resolution on the table. Mr. Erhardt was evidently dissatistiod at the disposition of his motion, and he repeated that the rounasmen exceeded their province in the stepa they had taken in the salary question, ‘ CHANGES MADK BY THE BOARD, It is understood that a number of have been transferred to new precincts; but minutes: of the Board, or rather the transcript of the action of ee —— to poem tnd ite representatives of the. press, sup Teco: of this fact. Several patrolmen have also been about to other fields ot official activity, but here too the Boara rr ® mysterious reticence. The case of Uilcer , of the Twenty-cighth pre- cinct, who is charged with conduct unbecoming an officer, on the grounds that be had secured his ap- intment on the force by false representations, by falsely swearing that be had never been arrested or convicted of any crime, also received the attention of the Board. As was to be expected, the discussion of this question proved to be a veritable bone of contention. ‘was ono ot Mr. Krhardt’s wit- nesses when the conduct of tho other members of tho Board was being secretly investigated by His Honor Mayor Cooper, General Smith, inst whom it is see tone weight *, re Putt, denee princi caused an inquiry made Tato Bach's antecedents, which resulted in the alleged discovery that tho h gpeiee fe his having joinod the. force, had kept a “dive” in a basement in Chatham street, which place was a re- sort for immoral characters; and also it wae alleged that Bach hud been arraigned on two yea of rob- bery trom the person. After considerable discus- sion on this m us to the time when these charges would be brought up for trial the question was lett over for future consideration. By way of a counter irritant Mr. Erhardt has caused charges to be rred against Captain Kennedy, of the Thirty. itth precinct, Sergeant Holbut, of the Fourteenth eet several patrolmen for not havin, rought sooner to the notice of the Board the knowl- edge they possessed of Bach's character, TENEMENT REFORM ECHOES, The tenement house reform agitation in this city is attracting the attention of the outside press. Tho Boston Herald, in an article on the subject, says: “It this movement succeeds in the metropolis wo certainly hope that a similar attempt will be made here.” The Baltimore Sum saye:—Common sense and hu- manity have united in endeavors to ameliorate and reform the tenement house syatem, which is cating the vitals out of Now York.” an article warmly commending the project tho Te Beening Bulletin saya:—'"The movement seems to be a strong and earnest one, and, as caplial is at ite back, it likely to result in something more than words.” In the opinion of the Toledo (Ohio) Hlade, “tho association welll be doing a good ‘Aine not only for Now York, but for evory large city in the country, if it proves that such impro' buildings can be mado rewunorative, for it then places the whole subject out of the range of ity aud affords proper ground for Jegislation.” ALLEGED GAMBLING. Henry Williams, the alleged proprietor of a gam- bling house in‘ Captain Williams’ precinct, who was arrested on Thursday night by a Central Office de- tective, was arraigned before Justice Flammer yea- terday and held in $1,000 bail for trial, blood. Whar a hell of horrors this place fs!” He ‘were. Talibe Mesh tees by shales ted yale ing him to the pl UScenpess ofa: ntae gy, be ezamained’ eelticaliy the SPARE THE- CATTLE. President Bergh Among the Slaugh- tering Butchers, DUTY ABOVE ALL THINGS. Going up to the office Mr, Bergh met Mr. T. 0, Eastman, Jr., and told him that he disapproved of the method adopted in his abattoir in killing cattle, and then the folio brief conversation cnsued :— Mr. Bexau—I wish it to be understood that we ro- quire a leather strap, so wide (measuring on his out- seetabot Palm), to be provided in stringing up the ani ieee , Jr, (indifferently)—Well, we shall see Mr. Berau (with extreme asperity)—Seo about it? insist that it shall be done at once. I shall permit no evading of the law in this matter; and, though do not care to be severe, my duty as President of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals al- lows me no other course. It must be done, sir; it Mr. Aste, Jn—Oh, then, . Eastman, Jr. 5 it’s all right, Mr. a; it will be done. aie This was the last place Mr. Bergh and his officers visited in the morning, but he was evidently pleased with the trip, and his Sosy} sage eelotoed that he had been more or fess successful in securing a euthana- ‘sla for the dumb creation, INOCULATION. OF CATTLE. A few days ago A. 4. Holcombe, signing himself “Veterinary Surgeon-in-Chief,” of New Jersey, pub- lished in Trenton an order directing, under instruc. tion of Colonel W. H. Sterling, Governor McClellan's representative, the cessation of the inoculation of cattle for pleuro-pneumonia throughout New Jersey. This order hay created # great stir among cattlo raisers and milkmen, At nesting: fe a, Thursday night, with ex-County Physician id in the chair, the order was Cri fis ag not oaly unwise but unconstitutional, it being contended that the authorities had no more right to stop the inoculation of cattle than of human beings. Dr. Qharles Lawrence, a PT sen yah surgeon, declared that the inoculation of cattle had proven in his practical experience of eight or ten years of great benetit in stopping the spread of disease, Other and similar testimony was ven, and Dr. Dodd, M. Dodd, A. P. Mitchell, G, itchell and William Dean were appointed a com- mittee to wait upon Governor McClellan and urge the rescinding of the Holcombe order. It is clared that if it is enforced it-will result in the loss of Shansnods of cattle which would otherwise be save ~ . THE LAW TO BE ENFORCED. Justice and Humanity Superior to Mercenary Motives. Mr. Bergh, accompanied by five officers of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and three reporters, started out yesterday morning to visit various cattle and swine slaughtering establish- ments on the west side of the town and see if the methods im vogue for killing the animals were un- nessarily crucl. A similar visit was paid by Mr. Bergh about three years ago to the hog killing shambles of Davis, Atwood & Co., on Thirty-ninth street, where he found that hogs were hauled up several stories by a chain attached to-one hind leg ‘and then despatched. The great humanitarian pro- tested against the hauling up as a needless addition to the hog’s physical agony, and he further. protested against the practice of hurling @he unfortunate animal into a vat of boiling. water before ‘this heart throbs had ceased, Messrs. Davis, Atwood & Co. sued out an injun restraining Mr. Bergh trom interfering with their business and barring out his officers from entry on their premises, The injunction after some contest was removed, but again renewed, and the~case was fought along through the courts till it finally reached the Court of Appeals, from which a decision insued last January affirming the right of the officers of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to visit such establishments and see that no uncailed for cruelty was used in killing swine and cattle. When he first undertook to inves- tigute these places he and his Officers were sub- jécted to many indignities, being pelted with pieces of cows’ liver, pigs’ fect and other obnoxious mis- wiles. “NAPHTHA GAS. MAYOR HOWELL DECIDES TO VETO THE RES@. LUTION OF THE BROOKLYN COMMON COUNCTE TO LIGHT THE STRYETS WITH NAPHTHA. Mayor Howell, of brooklyn, yesterday decided upon vetoing the resolution of the Board of Alder- men of that city awarding the contract for lighting the street lamps to the Automatic Gas Lamp and Lighting Company. The resolution in question wes adopted by the Common Council on Monday, the 1th inst., by a vote of 18to 10. The veto message will be presented to the Board at their meeting on Monday, and in the meantime His Honor declines to talk on the subject. Itis reported that the gas coms panies have made some slight concession in the ree duction of their rates. 3 “What do you think of the action of Mayor Howe ell in vetoing the resolution of the Common Council}, awarding the contract for lighting the city with, naphtha gas?” inquired a reporter of Alderman Kane yes * The Alderman replied: —‘‘Well, I don’t believe that it is acting in good faith to do'so. Loss than two years ago, when the €xcessively large amount charged by the gas companies induced the Board of Aldermen to pass a resolution authorizing the light~ ing ot 600 lamps with naphtha, the vetood, it. But the yas companies have not red thelr prices. ‘They are asking $26 33 per year*for cach lamp. We proposed to award the contract for lighting the street: be to the naphtha company at the rate tf $1550 per lamp. That would be a saving of $90,000. Surely that is an important ij to ba considered, es by the Mayor, who been such a very strong advocate for economy. As to.the pbjections thut Mave been made by the insur- ance people, there is nothing at all in what the; but self-interest. You sec, surance people, or the gas companies = Eee ited fa sagsenes, and -o they oi doveinth in together, as it were, in ng any may tend to take from them their fat contract. “Will any effort be made to override the veto, Alderman ?” = . “Yes, I think there will be an effort made on Mon-, day noxt in that direction, There is no question aa to the excellent light which the naphtha furnishes, I am of the opinion that the Brooklyn gas com-' Panies are not entitled to ba Seid than er, lamp, and I see no reason whatevi hot they should de- mund their present exorbitant » whilein New York the cost is wy. $12 per Many. Coal is down and labor cheap, and the gas Peop ic have no excuse. to offer. Now, if the city should treat the naphtha companies in bad faith this your, ina year or so. hence, when it might be deemed fitting to advertise for proposals, these companies would not again come. in with their bids. ‘Phe yas people would, therefore, enjoy the same monopoly they now do and Brooklyy we continue at their mercy.” 7 EXCITEMENT ON ‘CHANGE. ‘ DEFEAT OF THE MOVEMENT TO DIVIDE THH SURPLUS FUND OF THE PRODUCE EXCHANGR AMONG THE MEMBERS, For some time back 3 great many of the members. of the Produce Exchange heve been in favor of ine vesting the surplus fund, amounting to $450,000, in, the purchase of a site upon which to erect a new building. The present building is altogether inade~ quate for the immense business transacted by the 2,468 members. The matter of a new Exchange. has been put to # vote several times, but in each instance defeated. ‘The fire, however, a& No, 33 Pearl street, where the Board of; ers’ room was situuted, gave a new im- petus to the movement, and, in compliance with &® petition of a large number of members, a commit.. tee was appointed to look after a suitable site for a new Exchange and to solicit proposals from owners ot property situated south of Wall street. aw ‘ter the eppoin' tof this committee those who op; erection of a new building: & petition to the Bourd of Managers, aak- A CHANGE FOR THE BETTER. The decision of the Court of Appeals has changed all this, and Mr. Bergh,was yesterday received with* deference and even courtesy. The first visit was paid to the hdg killing concern of Crane & Co., in Thirty-ninth street. Mr. Bergh led the way through the gloom and smells of the ground floor and mounted to the second floor, where several hurtdred dead hogs, head down, were suspended from the coiling. Business was ata standstill, but Mr. Bergh noticed that a change had come over ¢he method of killing hogs, and that in place of the animals being hauled up by achain from the lower to the upper floors # gradual ascending gangway had been erected up which the hogs journeyed leisurely to their doom, “Now,” observed Mr. Bergh, ‘you see hexe the re- sults of the decision of the Court of Appeals. They no longer haul the animal up with a chain attached to his hind leg, but they bring him up gradually on all fours, and then (shuddering) I suppose they have to kill him. But there 1s something more to be done on behalf of the hog. It isa well known fact that immediately after the knife has been stuck in the hog, and before the life blood and consciousness have left his body, he is hurled into a tank of boiling water and his last moments intensified with suffer ing. Why should such things be in @ civilized land?” Aud then Mr, Bergh, foliowed by his faithful officers, descended to the street, and, turning through a gateway, passed over to a row of cattle slaughtering establishmeuts on Fortieth street, belonging to Stern, Meteeer & Co., Charles Coffin, James O'Shea and Alexai Odenhamer. Mr. Bergh has a theory that the most mercifal baie 4 of despatching an animal intended for human foo: is to strike him a blow on the forehead with a axe, which inetantly crushes in the brain de- wy Seeekianee serliging ty tiatooans ana aertine vailing of ging U1} and cutting its till all the blood drains out. ‘his he con. siders a refinement of cruelty, especially when t! animal is strung up by a chain attached only to one hind leg, occasior the most excruciating torture by the stretchtug and distortion of the muscles and ae RS the other bara the we pecenie hold ae . Bergh’s humane plan is entirely imprasticab! from & pect point of view, A bullock killed by the blow of a poleaxe will not bleed, and the result is that mest will have an offensive, color aud be unsalable tn tho market. In summer they claim that an animal so slaughtered would have to be flung out as being commercially wo: ‘Though Mr. Bergh appears disposed to give some consi fion to this view of the question, he has astrong suspicion, as many of the butchers are Hebrews, that the practice which prevails is followed in obedience to the injunction of the Hebrew reli- that no meat shail be eaten from which the od has not been drained. WHERE THE HUMANITARIAN WAS TOUCHED. In the cattle yards at Forticth street there were about fitty head of steers, about the same number of calves and twice as many Ln The bleating of the calves and seep falling upon Mr. Bergh’s ears pro- duced a painful impression, He knew thathe was near a 6 hter house, and the hg By veg of such @ place 66 his blood run cold. face, naturally grave and sorrowful, assuined an expression of tho most harrowing grief when he peered over a fenco into the pen of a number of Lhe bleating calves and thought for a moment the riot of man doomed them'to bleed that Cn A But, had they his reason, would they skip and. pi aT “It is much superior to Blissville,” said Mr, Bergh, as he over the pens and slaughter houses, “put there is something wanting yet.” He ascend: to the floor, all the men engaged in the cattle yards aud adjoining plenypiter houses looking on with wondering eyes. lere he met Mr. James O'Shea, one of the proprictors, a short stout Irisn- man, with ared musteche and chin whiskers aud a pleasant brogue. Mr. Bergh, drawing himself up to ‘the full incasure of his high stature and bending his look Lene the shrinking O'Shea, jan, “You are in the habit here of hauling cattle up by a chain gt- tached to one leg when in the act of laughtoring O'SHEA (as great deference)—No, sir, we take ’em up by the two legs with a rope, not a chain, Mr. Beran--Well, there is crucity ali the same, A rope cuts through the flesh tendons of the animal aud inflicts unnecessary torture. This must not prevail, In future you must provide a leather Delt to encirele the animals’ legs, and to this you can attach a ring, and to the ring a rope by which they them to call a meeting for the pi of may be hoisted, visa fh ‘O'surka—We do ovorything wo can to give the bastes | ftnds'ee nata among the members ofthe xeke ae as aisy a death as possible.: ‘The petition was on the tuble by the Board ut Mr. Benou—But why ts it you cannot kill them with an axe? O’Snes—That would spile the mate entirely. You Kl ’em with an axe and you'll get an inferior carcass to one that’s killed in the regular way. Mr, Benau (looking out over the heads of his hastily improvised audience of butchers and stock- yard men and in a deep, grave tone)—The laws of God and man are against the cruelty that is prac- tised in slaughter houses against pless aniinals, ‘Take the cow for an ant . She comes into your hands confidingly. While living she contributes hi share to ion comfort and nourishment, and even after death she furnishes you with food for your stomach and leather for your fect, and the least you can do is to let her last moments be as free from pain a6 you can cry them. O’Suka (with almor ro in his eye)—We will do every bit we can, Mr. h, to carry out what you want, for there is none but humane people around these diggins. Mr. Beneu—Let mo see that (raising his voice), 1 insist upon it, I did not come here to make any threats or carry out any severity, but I have a duty to perform, and’1 shail send one of my officers around here in a few days to seo that what I demand is carried out. (Looking around over the open- mouthed gathering.) 1 to your manhood that you will seo Sant barbariam is no longer practised and that you will aid me in saving unnecessary suf- fering to the brute creation, * ae, Bang thou art tnd’ under the gazo a 1) the many eyes passed into the adjoining slaughter wast of Stern & wn . In the office of this establish- and sa iaauendna aatenen “arfgnonein yee nat » “You can't batchor that knows tis business," oxelaimed Me, Stern rather excitedly, “to adopt’ your method of = Cm i . ty an intensely severe voice and a expression of face)—Butchers can be made to phy von stand fan ed of mercy and humanity. Mr. know my own business, Mr, 5 and I kuow it would be dead loss in money to kili cattle the way you want, Mr. Brnon (lifting himself on his cane and as- suming @ withering expression of countenance)— Money, sit, is 'y copsideration in this matter. Law, justice and humanity rise superior to saree ur mercenary motives, and they shall pre- vi iow, sir, I want you to thet I require that asueien be substituted for rope you use in encirclin, of the tae this be not done tho inw Spall ‘bo invoked to com: Mr. Sreen (with a halt saSOrnat atx ‘Well, wo’! soe what we pg Aa Mr. Bergh wh rer Taugh) how do we know that'a les ver bracelet won't Ye orgh bid in gout ir. and started off for tho Soe ean: of T. G. pot ‘at the foot of Fifty- their meeting on Tuesday last, but, in drder to set-. tle the quostion, President Edson issued 9 call for & meeting to be held in front ot his desk, at a quarter- past two o'clock yesterday afternoon. THK MALCONTENTS EXTINGUISHED, As te pupeinies hows the it number of mem- bers that has been seen in attendance at a meeting of the Ex ¢ in some time assembled at the desig- nated place, lower floor was packed, and on the stairs to the upper story an immense crowd of gg waited patiently for the opening of tha hen that official reached Spogert ohich neta ere had been si; y seventy-five loud calls were made for the names of the eee. ‘The Secretary, however, did not heed these = Het, tas but continued until the end President Edson rapped for order and asked the Pleasure of the pasting sae reference to the divi- sion of the surplus About twenty-tive or thirty members were onftheir foot yelling to adjourn, and Mr, John I’, Cook, hay- ing attracted the attention of the chair, made a mo- tion to that offect, which was seconded by Mr. Alex- auder E, Orr. When the ayes were for on the. ae @ shout ie ‘up which By the rae an response o nays very faint meeting was declared adjourned amid much excite’ ment. CHECK RAISING. Mr. Chailos Schiay, joweliee st No, 968 Broome street, waa called upon on Thuraday by 8 stranger, who selected $460 worth of gold chains, and ten« dered in payments certified check for $600, on the Germania Bank, drawn to the order of Koenig & Schuster, grocera, of No. 356 Greenwich street. >| ‘heck was sent around to the Ger Bank the signature and certification werd pronbanee ine; but the toller advised the messenger to seo 8. & Schuster Dy to the indorse- mont. once dec! it was ee pew | by rail that for $16, and had been by a to The man who presented arrested and arraigned before Justice Otterbourg, st the Tombs, yesterday, and gave the name of re Burnett, Ho was commitied tor examination, his counsel claiming that the check ‘was given him by another, and that he was ignorant OE ally fraud, , LUCKY HURSES, Tn the will of the late Theodore Marsh, who dicd See od as at Passaic, N.J,, which document has been filed in bat whore tho Strrogate’s Court, Kings county, the deceased cattle that aro killed land. i preted oa are axportad to Bgl unors | provides for tho maintenunds of his horses. He oid - ep which fn Fd ofa te of “4 directa pF to we certain funds, the 1086; but the crowd was well behaved and res: a of which are to to tite su] eter ar cor eer het | aunerryer taeae Sema « He . 8 . a and there Seaee tong aca a ehent as! mare, aguin men wero carrying pails of ft every | and to a biack horse, farm is to moment. under his vory nose, “Oh!” he »; theal for recreation eek ing, and $2,500 is left fe it it ai Tatar ak ones os oe ~ ' '