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VOL XXI NO 301 GUITEAUS TRIAL TO COMMENCE IN COUHT TO DAY Arrangement for Spectators la tho Court Iloom Intertlew Tilth JIrSeoTllleOneof the Counsel Tor tin Defense md Wilson tUlieta Tlio trial of Charles Gtiitenu for tlio murder of President Garfield which begin to day in tlio Criminal Court promises to bo one ot the jnot protracted nnd famous ever brought before ft Judge In this country A host of witnesses hnvo been summoned on both aides nnd It Is tlio geno rol opinion that It will bo fully thrco months before tlio cue Is Riven to the Jury The Gov ernmen twill bo represented by District Attorney CJeorgo Corkhlll Mr Walter 1 Davldge of this city and Judge Porter of New Yorkw ho was prominently Idcntlllcd with tho ilcfcuso in tlio Tllton Bccchor scandal nnd for tho defenso will Appear Messrs Icorgo Fcovlllo of Chi cago 111 and Leigh Itoblnton of this city Arrangements have been perfected to scat nil tho apectatoraofthc trlataiid no lounging will bo per tatttcd cither In the aisles or nbout tho corridors leading to tho cout room Nearly half tho scats inside tho railing liavo been removed to a platform in the rear of the room nnd tho spneo has been filled In with tables for tlio convenience of counsel AUd tho leglllmnto representatives of tho press OUtTEAta VISITORS YCITFRIIAY The monotony of Oulteaua prison life was somewhat relieved yestarday afternoon by tliu lslt of his sister the wife of Mr Ucorgo beoville licr laughter nnd Mr John Oultcau of Iloatou tho prisoners brother Upon the arrival of tho party at tho Jntl they wcro tokent Into tho wardens office where tho prisoner shortly Joined them Ho betrayed no unusual emotion nt tho meeting and after exchanging salutAtlons began tho recital of the old story as lo tho causes which prompted him to commit tho ctlrao with which ho Is charged Ncnrly two hours wero consumed In tho convcrso tlon which was of private character tho prisoner monopolizing tho lions share of It HE EXritEMED NO 11 Land WIIATKVFR for his action but rultcrntcd his previous story about belnginsplred by God Ac Mr flcorgc fen vlllo suited to representative or Tug HrrrnucAN last ovculne that his client had Insisted that It should bonis prerogative to mako a statement in court this morning nnd that ho had been en caged for the past ten days In preparing tho document setting forth his views II was probable llim Ijo would present it us soon as tho court opened unless prevented by Judge Cox Docs Oultcau appear frightened nt tho prospect of being taken to court- asked Trtr Rerun- IICAN Not much replied Mr 8covlllc Ho wanted mo to send DetectlvoMcKtfresh to make the arrangements for bis reranval us he has conceived tho Idea that Mr McKlfresh Is a particular frleud Of his and will not allow him to bo harintd Has ho mudo any suggestions recently ns to how the defenso should bu conducted Oh no Ho acems perfectly satisfied with tho work of his attorneys and only desires ns wo do that ho shall have a fair trial How many witnesses havo you summoned for tho defense I think about forty Two or three of them pro nowhere but I do not wish to make their names publlo at present In several Instances I havo written to witnesses that It will not do necessary for them to appear for a week or two and that when I need them I vrlliatelograpli them in advance An Eastern gentleman who Is an expert in tho trcatini nt or I lssano persons has already visited tho prisoner several times to satisfy himself ns to his mental I condition but hu does not caro to bo known until called upon to testily i How long Is it slnco your wins and Mr John VT Uulteau have seen the prlsoncrr A na nut mmiII Im It was In tho summer or urns when ho last visited fay house In Chicago und after a short stay ho left to go to Boston Of course tbcrolsnotavcry perccptlble change Inula nppeoranco In that time I was remarked by the family nftcr our lslt to tlio Jail Ild Mr John Gulleau brine tho letters you tvrctotolilmfori Yes They werewrlttcnbyGultcnuiohti father many years ago while tho latter was living nt Frccport 111 Wo rely upon tlicm to show tho mental condition of the prisoner nt that period or bis life Havo you any Idea as to tho timo that will bo Consumed by tho IrlalT You will have to ask me something easier thnn that It Is not our purpose to mako technical objections In selecting Juryforir wo did tho case lwould not be tried at this term of tho court Wo vlll require that a man shall be capable or giving ft fair verdict lifter hearing tho evidence nnd who twill not be carried away by publlo clamor against his convictions Itwlll probably take two or three I dais to secure Jury and wo will then proceed with tho trial nnd not ask any further postpone menu Vt ILEON GUITEAV Boston registered in a firm plain business handwriting late Saturday evening ut tho Ebbltt House nnd was assigned to room NoOon the second floor This Is the brother of tlio assassin Charles James Oultcau nnd representative or The Heitolican was sent to tho Ebbltt last night to Interview him fcMr Oultcau was not iu Ills mom but after a few I moments waiting he walked to tho oQlco and wnsudi rcsstd by The ItrrunncAN8 inter viewer Ho led tho way to the ladles Syftnsr potior In front where both wcro scaled -On being told of tho desire for nn Interview ho usked pleasantly ir the subject was to bo on ra it llglon politics or Wo Insurance For said he on life Insurance lnra at homo and can talk nil night The subject or his unpleasant Journey to Washington was Anally broached by asking vbetberhehad YET BREN DOWN TO THE JAIL He said ho went down in tho morning with Mr Beoville and had a long talk with bis brother nnd pent the afternoon with blsslsternndMrEeovlllc He said without trying toglvo his own words til detail that his brother Is nearly strnngcr to him Ho Is about eight cars older than Charles will bo forty eight in January next and never knew much of his brother until two years ago when ho camo to Boston Charles was not connected in any way with him in business or any kind but Just inndo lloston bis head cruarters for a time Ho bad long felt strong antagonism toward his brother end had but little to do with him bethought lie was vicious moro through his oun choice although their father In letters written years ago suggested the Idea that Charles must bo controlled by an actual devil a bad devil that ho guvo liiinseir up tu willingly In connection with tho Oneida community ho moro than probably really accepted and believed In tho MAW IDEA Or THE COMMUNITY of ahlcher llfo on earth community nfnntrf nrchal life where there should bo no individual ana no marrying 01 was after nil probably Llnnahln relations held proprietorship of property glvlDglu marriage yet ho controlled by the questionable between the sexes led there by lust Ho Is not posscsseuoi viuoiiiivencssorany spirit or revenge but hols egotistic nbovo all others of mankind and morally oft his base The Interviewer asked if ho thought tho fact that Prisi dent Garfield had Issued Instructions to forbid Charles from going Into the Wfalto Houso might sot havo embittered him to such an extent that It created a desire for rovcjige Ho said no that there was iiothlntj of that character in his corapo Billon Ho thinks he is certainly insane and lias always been orr ms BASE Iu tho interview at tho Jail his nppcaranco nnd manner betrayed this condition every tlmo the subject of tho nasusulnallou or the trial came up He said quoted Mr Oultcau that ho could manage this case Mm clf that Judge Cox Is friend of mlno end will sustain all of my rulings ntlS hltUjll lltllUa mtl1 It navnno mrann uieo ntljr 1UA1I aiVPT WAS III Ilia unrlil ITabaI ilm im Inaii Hand I dont Intend that any such uouseni shall uv uruuiiui lorwaru i suan i navo tno qucs fUon raised What tho Jury lias to decide 1 la tho fact What was dmin 1111 tln thrust Pros Lldont Garfield or did I shoot him Iboy must try me and Ood ami setrwbo did It I asked him no as noi oiraiu lor his lire and he suld No I wouldnt give a snap tollvo ten uiluutes I asked mm inch ii ue waa wining to abioe tho I quences of his shot and be said Of couro I urn 1 want Uie caife tried ralrly and then I will be vindicated I WAM MY KAME VINDICATED and It will bo i one day It will be honored all over the world I niked him If he was not arrald of i his life iu case for luttanco tho Jury dlsngrce I when he answered quickly But they cant agree I tell you they cant Gods taking euro of this ciue ana Ill manage It I pressed hltu then as to how he would prelertodlelr the wortt came by banging or shoutluir when he made a quick gesture that I cant describe und Mild quickly putting I out his hands at the same time Oh I I dont want to die nt all I had to laugh at the suddeu change of view In his disregard for life Mr Jul teau said that Mr Beoville had worked very hard iu preparing tho case und probably IS us ready now to go tu trial us If hu had moro lime i but that General Ilutler had told hlin tho speaker ill Boston that the ciuo would take thrco mouths to prepare properly He said there Is ono point beo ville Intends lo briug out that ho antagonized endeavoring to trace an Inheritance or mental ilMiirbauio from his rather to Onirics This Is uuut Mr Uulteau senior was strong believer in the principles declared In the doctrine or fulth of the Oneida Community of a higher llfowhlili Khould attain the plane ol spiritual existence described by the AHtle John in licvelatlous but ho could luiitlly be called oven a monomaniac and was never a member or the commuulty at Oneida although ho went thcro once while Charles was there to try and put a ttoptosomoor tho bitters deviltry mid misconduct Mr Wilson Oultcau Is a man nisiuio luri i incuts in ueigiit ui uieuiuiu build has good lacu und eyes brown hair cut short aud weurs a lull mustache with a red tinge in solor Iluntril nil Onk New Yoik Nov 13 Tlio Jnmos A Oarfleld Oak Boclety composed mostly of sums residing In tho eastern dlmrlct or Brooklyn met to day at tho Cypress Hills Cemetery and Iplautod an oak iu bouor of the uurtyrd rrtildont The National Republican THE SECRETAHY OF THE TREASURY He Drives Out Willi he rrflilent Will Aourur III IliillraTu Unr Jitdgo Folger tho now Sccrolary of tho Treasury arrived in the city lalo Saturday evening and went to the Arlington where ho had engaged rooms Yesterday he was kept qulto busy receiving callers Nearly all tho Treasury officials called to welcomo their new chief Attorney General MaoVcagh and Secretary Wlndom also called In tho afternoon the Ircsldcnt drovo up to tlio hotel and took his new Cabinet ofllccr out for ft drive In tho evening Judgo Knlger called upon tho President and spent somo tlmo with hlra Iho new Secretary has made a very lavorablo impression upon all who have seen him IN PERSONAL ABEARANCE ho Is quite striking and Is what might bo called handsouio mnn Ho Is lull well tormcd with broad shoulders upon which Is set flrmly a largo and shniicly head Ills fnco Is attractive and Is fringed by heavy side whiskers of Iron gray Ha has pleasant gencal manner nnd Is good talker He Intends to enter upon lilsuliitlcsatinc Treasury Department this morning Tho Secretary has left his family and his homo In Geneva nnd for tho tirvent will occupy his quarters nt the Arllugtou Ho Intends after he lias mi opportunity of looking about to rent a bouse when ho will bo Joined by his family PRESIDENT ARTHURIS RETURN Ilia Movements Yralrrtltiy Who tVvro Ills CnlUr Tho President nrrlvcd In tho city nftor eleven oclock Saturday night the train being an hour behind time He was accompanied by Secretary lllaluc Judgo Tolgcr lostmnslcr Gcticral and Mrs James Tlilul Assistant Harcn Colonel leuiyo Bliss MrEllhu Hoot and Irlisto Ficretary Heed Attorney General MacVcngh Joined tho party at lhlla ililphla There vias a small crowd In tho depot and tho President ns ho pnwed through raised his hat In acknowledgement of the quia demonstration made llo entered his rnrrlmro nnd was nt oncu driven to his homo nn Capitol Hill Ho breakfasted Into yesterday morning and during tho day there were not few callers lis thonlternooii ho took short drlvo Iu company with Bverttarj Tolirer Among the callers were Secretary Wltidom MnrVeagh Mr Ulhu Itoot und Colonel Georgo Bliss Vrmn Nnrtlirrn Neclr tipccial correpoiidciico of Tula ItKitiiLidN LorTHUUitit Va Nov IU Thcro 1ms been great rejoicing nmong tho Coalitionists of tho Northern Neck of Virginia oyer tho defeat Af tho Bourbon ticket Tlio news of the election of tho entire Itcmljutcr ticket was not received until yesterday although Unas known that Mayo Ke adjuster candldato forStato delegate had carried tho district Northumberland County has always been regarded safe for good llourboi mtjorlty but this tlmo tho calculations of tho under wcro upset Tho town of Lottsburg which gavo Hancock over ouo hundred majority last 5 ear only gavo Daniel sixteen majority last Tuesday and the county was carried for tho llcadjustcr candidates by tho sauio energy dls played at every other polling plnco In tlio county by Cameron and Muyos friends Ihoso who wcro not personal witnesses or tho election cannot Imagine the labor required to offset tho schemes or the Bourbon leaders to prevent tho negroes from voting nnd afterward to manlpulntatho count There nro four gentlemen to whom especial credit fur tho victory In Northumberland Is duo viz Colonel Jacob Birnug or Cuan Captain Itobcrt Strong or Washington Cuptnln liawron and Captain Bundlck nt Coau These gentlemen labored bcftire tho election and nt the polls They Infused lire Into tho campaign around Lottsburg that brought nil tho ltcndliistcr voters out and greatly helped to secure Mr Ma os election Coitt Iclt tl iiOIuiMlcr Nlxtccu Years Philadelphia Nov IU Theodoro McGurk convicted of murder iu tho second do grco was sentenced jestcrday totwclvo cars imprisonment Ho killed James Ncndj a colored man In October 1803 Ho was arrested near llo In August KO after making a confession during a serious illness In January 18S0 bo was con victed of murder In tho first degree A new trial was granted him upon point raised thntovldeiico had been ruled out hlch would havo show that tho prisoner nt the time ho mndo tho confession tho only mntcrlal cvldcnco ngnluvt him had confessed to many other crimes which ho could not possibly havo committed Klltcil by alloc Wilmington DilNov 13 Ono of tho mosthorrlbloafliilra which overtook placo In this neighborhood shocked tho community yesterday A llttlo son of John Fox a prosperous farmer on the outskirts of tho city was killed by a ferocious bull dog owned by a neighbor Tho animal had never ocforo been known to bo cross anl when tho child stepped upon tlio porch whero the bruto was chained hospraug upon tho llttlo boy catching him by the throat Lining him Instantly Tlu child was terribly mangled Tho dog hlch Is believed to bo rabid escaped after being chased and shot twice Four sVlrtmirii Kllleil East Saoinaw Mich Nov 13 Ton boilers In tho extensive lumber nnd salt manufactory of Hamilton McCluru Co six miles below this city exploded this morntug wrecking property to tho extent or 125000 and killing four firemen Michael and Joeph Lehnn Frank Blanch nrd ami Charles Cnrxnler low water caused the explosion Tho brick boiler house and brick chimneys wero leveled with tho ground and tho mill nnd salt block badly damaged Tho debris was scattered In every direction pieces coming down half mllo distant Iiiteruntlonttl Trades Unions PiTTsituno Pa Nov 13 Tho Internn tlnnal Trades Union Congress will meet hero next Tuesday and remain In session nrobably all tho week About four hundred delegates nro expected to bo present from all parts of tho United States and Canada The object of tho meeting Is to unite labor unions of nil kinds and also to ask Congress to pass an net allowing charter to bo granted to tho National Trades union IMclu il nt Nrn Aden Nov 13 Tho Captain nnd thirty eight men of tho passengers nnd crew or tho Dutch steamer Koulg Der Itcdcrlaudlcr which recently foundered In the Indian Ocean have landed here They wcro picked up at the Solomon Islands The tcorch lor tho remainder of tho missing loiillnucs Ilnllya IMuriilllr III seniinylrnnla Philadelphia Nov 13 Olllclal returns from every county In this State glvo Bally Republican for State treasurer 7002 plurality over Noblo Democrat TELEGRAPHIC TW1STIHGS Jablel Kent was kicked to death by a horse at Husqucnnnua rn WASHINGTON MONDAY MOHNING NOVEMBEJ 14 1881 -Ha i James Bunlash farmer disappeared oni tlon day from Matamoras Pa Foul play Is pectca Dr Itoswcll WShaw of Macon 111 was shot dend Friday night at Blue Mound 111 by James TWard Subscriptions havo been received toward tho Michigan Belief Fund swelling tho amount to 31271lU A caso of small pox was discovered Saturday in Sprlugtleld Mass the putlent beluga young girl employed In a pupcr factory The Allegheny Illver Is rising and the 15000000 bushels ut coal on Its banks will probably all be soon floating toward market Dr John Leonard of Burlington Mich lias been arraigned ul Detroit and pleaded guilty to a charge ofmaklng counterfeit coin Illrnm Creivet waa found murdered at East Saginaw Mich Jack it an and another man named Michaels are Iu Jail suspect ed as the culprits William lloblnson of Itipley Mo and two others wero poisoned by drinking rum and aconite which hod been mixed tor horse medicine Iloblusou died in a short time Near Albany Ga Vatrcloth a merchant refused credit tu Aleck MuKlwin and wife colored when they attacked and killed him cutting him and striking him with un axe handle on tho head A Poorman nnd two children at Pnw Paw Michigan wcro poisoned by eating cukes mixed wlthnrsenlo by mistake for baking powder Tho inauhus slnco died nnd the children cannot recover Flro Commissioner Purroy of New York has sent to Mayor Gruco IJI7U proceeds of tickets sold by firemen of the city loruu entertainment to bo given at Nlblog Garden In aid of Iho Mlcblgau sutteicrs Tho French visitors wero called on Saturday by Mayor Menus or Cincinnati and Informally welcomed to Iho city Afterward at his Invitation they appeared on Change where they were warmly received by tho merchants The attorncy gcnoraljor Pennsylvania applied to the Duuphlu County Court jcbtenlny for writs of quo warranto looking lo tho dfskoluilouorgrave yard insurance compuului for violations ol their charters Tho bearing as llxcd for November 23 Adullna Pattlbas consented to civ a a concert on Wednesday next Iu New York Iho proceeds togo towanl Iho Michigan relief luud The concert will bo under tbe ausplies of the mayors committee on the Michigan relief aud Invitations have been stnt to the President Cabinet Governors of States and oil prominent men Iu tho Union Tho annual banquet of tho Boston Press Club was held at tho Purker House Suturduy night with all unusually largo attendance Among the guests were Bon Perley Poore Victor Lawsou of thu Chicago Aews aud Hlllson Hutchlns of tho Washington lut A Perry of Iho 7traiii was elected president and IL It Chamberlain of tho estmaf secretary OUR ARMY AND NAVY SOME INTERESTING INFORMATION Movements or Ofllcen and Thlr Families The Its- vised Ilrgolatlonsaml Wriatdeneral Slier man Hays About Them Gossip About the Officers Master Iuclen Young has taken quarters at No 121 Thirteenth street Lieutenant James A Maney Fifteenth Cavalry Is nt tho Lbbltt on lcavo from New Mexico Master Bradley A Flskc US Is transferred from tho Saratoga to tho Minnesota at Newport Cuptnln Carlos Carvnllo assistant surgoon A has been granted five months cxtcuslonof tick leave Commander Henry Ii HowlsonTJ Is ordered to command tho Minnesota near Nowport next Thursday Mrs Henry SchaiTor wlfo or Lieutenant Polmllcr who as Miss Davis Is visiting In Georgetown Llcutcnniit Commander Dennis Mullan Is detached from tho Adams nt lanaran and ordered to return home tPased Assistant Paymaster Stephen Hand and Mrs Hand havo taken quarters at tho Lexington for tho wlntor ltcar Artmlral William ELeRoy retired USN will bo married tho latter part of this mouth In this city to Miss Mary North Tho Secretary of Iho Navy was given a grand dinner by the Massachusetts Club Saturday afternoon at Boston and mndo a speech Midshipman John Hood II 8 Is detached from the New Hampshire nt Newiiort and ordered to the Brooklyn ordered to Brazil Captain Lester A Bcardslce nnd Mrs Bennlslee will sail from Now York Wednesday for visit to Huropo for three mouths Lieutenant Commander Leonard Cheney 8 is to bo examined by special retiring board at tho More Island navy vurd California Passed Assistant Surgoon Thomas II Streets 8 who has Just relumed homo rrom tho Asiatic squadron Is ordered lo special duty Captain IMnard Lull 8 who has ro pored this return homo from tho command or tho Wachusett In Alaska Is placed on waiting orders Miss Leonora Million daughter of Naval Constructor William illiilonje 8 is announced as engaged to Mr Kccfc ft New York merchant Second Lieutenant Alexander McC Ogle Nineteenth Infantry who was married last month at 1ort Leavenworth is granted six months extension of leave Lieutenant Joseph MT rartclld Fifthlnrantry the rnmous rlllo shut mid Mrs 1artcllo lelt hero Saturd ijr night for New York oi route for Fort KvoghMoutano Lieutenant Charles Vrcclnnd 8 who was on the Tlcondcmgii Willi Commodore Rhufelilt during ilscrulso nruuud tho world Is at the Hbbltt Houso Mrs William widow of tho lalo Hear Admiral Keynolils has secured rooms lor tho Inter at tho Lexington for herself and a nephew und niece Commodore John Walker captain chief of Bureau of Navlgntlon has returned from Boston with bis family Ho has taken a houso on Massachusetts avenue Captain Sattorleo Clark Plummor lieutenant Fifteenth Inlniitry is still confined to his bed nnd unnblosco his friends Ha is suffering Iroin a severe attack of pneumonia JnhnHodleywhownsamtdshlpman under Commodore Perry nt tho battle near Lako Lrle Is sllll living In tliu West and Is tho only surviving olllccr of tlintnetlon Second Lieutenant Bernard A Byrno Is transferred fiom Company to Company and Bccond Lieutenant Zerali Wntkliu Torroy Irom Company Midshipman William It Hush US who was examined lust week fur promotion to ensign Is ordered back to duty on tho rcrelvlng monttor Pas solo at tho Washington navy yard Captain James li Macklln second lieutenant Eleventh Infantry formorly Thlrty llrst nnd Twenty second Infantry has been granted four months oxtcnslon orieavo from Dakota Assistant Piivmust John ir a recently appointed anephow ul Pay Inspector rank ttosby is oidcrcd to duty In tho Bureau of Provisions and Clothing for instruction First Lieutenant Frnuk West Is transferred from Troop II to Troop Is First Lieutenant William Bnlrd from Troop I to Troop II anil First Lieutenant aenrgo Scott from Troop to Troop all Sixth Cavalry Pav Director James TT Wntmmml rr a Is living Uh his fumlly nt tho Arlington will re move to his -house No 1711 1 street Dvcomircri It has been handsomely reiltted duriur his ah seuco in Europe LIcutenant CQBiniiiudcr nichard Lcary 8 Is prdcrtd ns executlvo oilicer of tho Vandnlla wnlGn left New York Saturday forn cruUo In tlio West Indies to relieve Lleutcuant Commaudcr Georgo Wilde Lieutenant John Dent Twentieth Infantry a son of Gcncrul Tredcrlck Dent Colonel Mrst Artillery vvas married lost month at Fort Brown Texas to Miss Graco Derby the stcp doiightcr of vnvlv MllbUWII LttUIIU AHCUlieill Infantry Miss Carolina Lucu thn ilniit htop nf rnnin Stopliou Luco 8 will bo married Wednesday morning nt Nowport to Mr Howard Waller or Boston a well known banker of that city Tho wedding will toko place at Trinity Church Lieutenant Georgo Chase Third Cavalry who 1 attached to tho Artillery School nt Fortress Monroe made a Hying visit to thu city Saturday dining nt tho Ebbltt with Lieutenant Herbert Squires Sovcuth Cavalry and his bride nnd left tho same evening for his post Tho ladles residing at tho navy yard will as usual ret el vu on Mouda during thu season commencing with next Monday Mrs Thomas Paulson wllo of tho commandant will bo assisted by her daughter and later In tho season by the iwtlllU UIIIWUUUMI is Admiral David I Porter 8 in forwarding tho rpcort of tho naval hoard or Inspection on tho Trenton to the Navy Department compliments tho condition ol tho ship and suggests that Contain Francis Itatnsny tho commanding oilicer receive recognition Iroin tho Department Itear Admlral James II Strong retired 8 and Mrs Strong arrived ut tho Ebbltt Friday evening trom their homo at Newburg on tho Hudson to remain during tho winter Admiral Strong Is still mulcted with his rheumatla troubles and is obliged to keep his room most or tho lime Captain Osca Badger 8 who will bo a commodoro to morrow mid Mrs Badger will remove from tho Ebbltt next Monday io the new hotel thu Lexington nt tho corner of New York Avenue and Fifteenth street Their daughter Mrs Georgo Elliott wife or Llcutviiniit Elliott Marino Corps will spend tlio winter with her parents Captain Francis Ilamsay USN who will assume couimuud or Iho Naval Academy to-morrow morning ns superintendent rclloving Itear Admlral Christopher ltaymond Perry Hodgcrs is the llrt olllcor of his grndo who lias boon ordered to this duly slnco IMS when Captain Ooorgo 11 Blako was made superintendent Tho rank of captain was thon tho highest gradolu tho navy Pay Inspector Frank Cosby and Paymasters James Hoy aud Arthur Prltcharii wcro detailed Friday na board to examine Passed Assistant Paymasters II II Harris Henry Ma- vVt voiku ii cml nun ji irumouu bum- cliff and Assistant Paymasters Thomas Hoxsur Jr Hiram Drury Charles Llttlctleld Arthur -I homos McBrldo a grocer killed hlmsolf in iieiL9nCtt0U Lewis und A Michler for Albauy on Saturday imuiuuhuh IUnrAdmlrals John Lea Wnrln Thnmn ir Patterson and John Howell 8 constiluto a special board ordered to convene to morrow nt tho Navy Department to examine Commodores Georgo II Cooper and John Beaumont und Captain Oscar Badger for promotion Mr James Dulln who has been recorder or tho regular uouiu ui vAniuiuk lurjiiuuiuuuii win uorecoracr or tho special board The exercises or Iho graduating class or naval apprentices numbering two hundred and fifty took place Saturday -at Coasters Island -Harbor near Nowport aud was largely attouded in spite or the Inclement weather Secretary Hunt aud Admiral Porter were unable to bo present as they expected Captain Stephen Luce who is coin manning tho training squadron will bo promoted tocommodorc Novembers on the retirement of Itear Admlral Howell Colonel Ehvcll 8 Otis of the Twentieth Infantry has been ordered to duty ns superintendent of tbo new Cavalry and Infautry School orinstructlnu at Fort Leavenworth which Is lo go into operation December 20 with Major John Upham Fifth Cavalry as Instructor ol cavalry aud Colonel John 8 Poland major Eighteenth Iufuutry as Instructor ofinfintry Llcutauant Thomas Clay Tenth Infantry aud Lieutenant Charles Dodge Jr Twenty fourth Inlanty havo been ordered to tho llr class of officers at tho school In uddltlon to thoso published Saturday General Sherman said to a reporter Saturday evenliigspcaklngoflhuKcvtscd Array Ilcgulatlons Just issued Why its ns big und cumbersome nan tamlly Bible lUecnistogruwcachcariu Inverse ratio to tho tire oftho army ll should not exceed In volume the pocket edition of tho army tactics When the army of crusaders went Into Palestine many centuries ago tho regulations wero com prlscu lit is volumo not as big as the common school primer of to day ho Army Regulations Just Issued Include compilation of all tho orders of tho past forty cars btlllltis thu existing regulation or tho army aud must bo bided by A Frri yiltiiit Nssuiupeil TnovN Nov 13 Last ovonlnga skiff ferry boat containing nlnotcen persons was swamped by tho swell of thrco propellers whllo crossing tho river from this city to Port Schuyler I hu following uro known to bo drowned nnd three others missing George Hay a single man JamrS Diamond Thomas Manloii ar Gllns Leroy Henry Leroy Francis Hcllly and John Koyes MrsXe roy wife of Giles and mother of Henry Leroy who is ut tbe point of death has not been Informed of her double los Iloblrr null Uawell to Walk New Yoihc Nov 13 John Doblor of Chicago and Charles Howell of England met yes terday and deposited a preliminary stake of M0 each lor a twenty six hour walktue match to lake place Ui Chicago November S8 Iho match win be a go as you pleuso for 11000 side and tho gate money after deducting upnsu MVEY MVEAOHs A Hints Asbsmeil of 1IU Ilnenge Wlint 111 Home rnper Nay oflllni Tlio following from tho West Choslpr JfrpuMican of Pennsylvania Is of Interest Just at this tlmo I MaoVcagh Is of humblo origin As Is well known ho was born and raised in Phccnlx vlllc Cheater County His father Major McVcy was hotel keeper a well known and respected Irishman Tho son Isaao MoVcy as ho was called when ho was a boy deserves credit for a great deal of Industry nnd porsovorance and it is not altogether owing to his connection with the Camcrons that ho has becomo prominent In public affairs for ho really has considerable ability nnd Is bright though vain 1 his gentleman practiced law nt tho bar of this court for many years with success nnd made somo friends who wero glad to see him occupy so high position ns Attorney General or the united states but nro mortified nnd nshamcil nt his unlucky rulluro to carry tho honors of tho oillco Thoo who used to know him unlto In tho expression that iik it rtirrED vr with conceit and self Importance Tho good old irisn name oi Mevey uu longer suns ins cultivated taste MaoVcagh Is Scotch aud Is considered by him doubtless moro honorable to appear to be Huolcli Is aristocratic Irish Is not Ho Is looked upon by mnny with doubt nnd distrust nnd Is openly charged with being Democratic wolf In Itcpubllcan clothing Slnco hohas cowardly deserted his post or duty it is unlit about him with much show of reason that ha discovered ho was Incompetent to perform tho duties of tho oillco ho occupiis Ho has disappointed thoso tersnns who looked upon htm as beings gifted with supe plorskill by not attempting to convict tho star routo men after having branded tlicm ns common thieves There remains but ono thing tube said A strong suspicion nils tho minds or great body or men that much or tho nnlso Aud bluster nbout this wholo business was simply a trick to keep tho narao of TtlttrOUTICAt mETENDEn beforo tho publlo na nn aspirant for somo high olllcc I remember how this egotist lobbied with Demoerutlo Senators lodeftat tlio nomination of Hun Chandler Tor Solicitor General uu act usbasunud treacherous nt any mudo against tho stnr rontorucn The writer of this article knows Chandler and MaoVcagh both nhd challenges any ono lo deny who respects truth uud ralr dealing that chniidler is moro thnn tho peer or MacVvagli In Intellect lcgnl attainments and political Integrity Every Itcpubllcan Senator voted for his confirmation except Cameron and Mitchell This shows how ho Is respected by tho leaders of tho party Mr Chandler exposed MVEAOIIS VtlIAtNLY In Louisiana nnd this explains tho hostility cf our iHiliilcal upstart to ouo or tho ablest men In tho country AtGarflelds iluitli MaoVcagh feigned grief to iierfcctloti nnd now lie is requested by President Arthur to direct tho prosecution of tho murderer or tho lata head or tho Nation nnd ho savs it is beneath his dignity to appear In a Criminal Court It has been but a llt tlo while ago slnco tho smallest reo was not beneath Ills notice This dignitary this high and mlchtv nersonaue not twu years aeo defended man In tho Criminal Court of Chester County for larceny charged with stealing chickens in which tho counsel showed his great prollclcncy In criminal cases by tho fact that tho prisoner was convicted but was sentenced lo oulycightccu mouths In tho county Jail flippers TRIAL The Sitory Abnut Nrssi olilnir HUItooiu nml Iersou Wlint una Found Four Davis Nov 13 Ilontonnnt Wllhcml adjutant First Infantry was called by the Government Saturday in tho trial of Lieutenant Illppor and testified that he know Lieutenant Fllppori saw Colonel Shatter counting commissary funds with him on July 2 Colonol Shorter called attention to a check for 31110 as being a very largo check for nn officer Llcutojinnt Flipper replied Yes I had a lot of small ohecks which I could not nnd did not wish to send to tho chief commissary sol scut thorn to tho San Antonio National Bank for deposit and drew a personal check against them Witness Identified this particular cheek saw Colonol Runner and Lieutenant Flipper In Colonel Shaffers oflleo on August 10 they wcro conversing In relation to dispatch from the chief commissary stating that tho July statimentshowcd nlargo nmounlof funds In transit which had tint been rccclvod Flipper said that ho had put largo nmoiun Into checks as lata as July and anxious to forw ard wrote letter transmlttlns rcCulrts nnd Invoices nnd delimited nil In tbi Tuvst ofllcolnasialcdcuvclopa lalo at night did tho work nt his auarters Lent I no cony nt tho commissaries office because it waa I locked Indorsed tho checks to tb hlcf saryi ii nor receives mey musr navs uccn lost in thomnll Flipper was ordered to turn ovor tho funds to Edwards tho samo cvcnlmr Auuuil las his successor Ho did not go to the oflleo beforo meeting Edwards In his quarters which wcro to bo searched Wllhcml and Edwards to do tho searching they promised to npologlzo If doing nn injustice Wllhcml nnd Edwards nfcompniilcd flipper to his quarters nnd thoroughly searched them Flipper said that ho had no objection to tho nmo being done found a uumberol htiitemeiits of May June July snstntcmentor August was found In trunk thu clothing In the trunk nasuftownrd claimed by tho servant Flippers and iho servants clothing wcro promiscuously mixed In tho wardrobe as werunlso their toilet articles found number of olllclal papers scattered nbout Iho quarters uud In such nu unsatisfactory condition that Flipper was put under arrest and token to the guard house took possession of all his valuables iind personal check lor tho commissary bill on Flippers person checks which wcro round on tho sen ant girl were given to Wllhuml rorsufo keeping and were afterward given to Edwards for safe keeping a commissary except tho cheek for 91410 Ilrotce Into it Tllne Chicago Nov 13 News has bcon received here that on Friday night tho bed of Prairie Creek broko through luto ono of tho mines or tho Chicago Wilmington nnd Vermilion Coal Company at Strcator this State Tho bed stream nt tho point wbcro Iho break was mado Is only eight or nlno Inches abovo bed of somo twenty eight feet of quicksand aud the rains of Friday caustd prcuurn cuough to break throush tho bed and tho quicksand luto the mine Thoholo thin modn is uboutUM by 400 reel Only four men wcro working iu tho mlno when tho break occurred and nil of tlicm escaped Most ofllio Impleineut and all but two or tho mult employed In Ilia shaft wcro gotten nut Tho loss to tho company Is estimated at SlOdOQO Itwlll require lour or fivo weeks to pump out tho mine aud repair tho break Tlinmns Ilrnssya Tnfry London Nov 13 Mr Thomas Brassy speaking at a Liberal banquet on Saturday night said tho cordial relations between Great Britain anil tho United States forced a most welcomo addition to great Britains novo strength It was not tho policy of tlio United Stated In maintain considerable nnvy Iu tlmo or pence but thoy are said he our most formidable rival on tho sea Hu added that by what had happened lately theguod feeling between tlio two countries had been ccmcutcd forcur Ho CnssHcnneH Xliiel Pabis Nov 13 Tho duel between JI Paul Do Cossagnno and Adrlcn Montcbcllo lasted twcnly llvo minutes Montobello wus wounded In tho right arm CAPITAL JOTTINGS SKCitKTAnr op State Hiaink arrived In tho city on Saturday Kx GnvriiHon CiiKiinr of New Hampshire Is a guest ui the Biggs I louse ItFHiKSKNTATiVK WuiRtr of Texas Is regis Istered at Iho Metropolitan Hotel CoNaiii MUAN Tiiouau II llEnNDOX of Alabama Is stopping at the Metropolitan Hox ft A Htiiauak Stats senator of Npw York and Stalwart or tho Stalwarts Is at tho Ittggs I louse John Dkiiuv was on Halunlsy appolnlod internal revenuo storekeeper ror the tenth district of Ohio Kx Hknatoh It Gokwv Frank Gordon and Gordon of Georgia are registered at the Meiropbl Hon Hole Has MaoVcagh beengulltyof malfeasance lu office Pnpposo some one ask an order compelling htm to show causo why he has not attended to his business JononCornunus Upsof or San AntonloTexas Iteprraentatlvo In Congreas will arrive here November S3 Willi his family und will live ut tho Lexington for tho winter At Tim close of business Saturday there had been 9810050 or United States bonds received at tho Trcns ry Department for redemption under tbe ono hundred and fifth call HtHfATOnJoNM has gone to tbo Westcoast to bring his wire and family to Washington Mrs Jones Is very accomplished and speaks three foreign languages fluently Show III be nn acquisition to Wash ington society Tin Secretary or tho Treasury on Saturday no cepted tho proposal of a Wilmington Del firm for tho construction of a now vessel for Iho Bevenun Marino Service at the contract prlco of 171700 Tho vessel Is to be of Iron and completed by the end or Mny 1832 tiik TnKAStmr ToLaim spent several hours nt tho Wined Status Hubtreawiry New York Saturday Although no formal reception was held a number of prominent bankers and men bunts called ou hlin He will takechiu guoftiieTmaiHiry Department to day nnd eiprtslcj hllns lf as glad of the opportunity to gain the views of his visitors In consequence of Iho loss ofntVX bond Treasurer aiUllllaii baa Issued an order to the effect that hereafter no bonds deposited as security for clreulatlou or publlo credit shall be surrendered or allowed to pas from tbo custody of Uie Treaidfers ufOce except upoutbo surrender Qf circulating notM deposit of lawful money depoaltefuhn rud4 In tho niinie of the Treasurer or tne unneo Bursa in um or in mo er the case of a depositary bank upon lilt order tary of tha Treasury GRANTS INDIGNATION NEW YORK TRIDUNE FALSEHOODS A Prompt Denial or a String af retty Mrs Which the Knemles of General Grant Are Attempt lsT Circulate Antl SIatnart Meanness Eipostd Tho Now York correspondent of tho PiiNte Ltlgerot Philadelphia saja Tho New York Ihtmnc of this morning Friday 11th Instant publishes a Washington dispatch containing sundry extraordinary statements concerning General Grant and General Grants alleged overshadowing influence over President Arthur which Is creating naturally no llttlo stir in political circles Tho general Interpretation put upon It is that this Washington bltst is tho Mrst gun In tho wnrfaro which Mr Blnlno and tho anil -Stain arts 11 is understood nro nbout to open on tho President nnd his administration Among tho allegations nro i 1 That tho Cabinet is to bo reorganized on a Grant basis nnd nt Grants dictation 2 That his special representative In tho Gov ernment will bo Mr Clinfiec of Colorado whoso daughter married General Grants son and with whom tho General lias inttmato financial relations 3 ThafOcncral Grant speaks with tho utmost frankness of bis desire to see Mr Blnlno out nnd ofhls purpose to nslst tlio President In arranging tho dlblomotlo erv Ice I That ho Is especially anxious to 111 the Oriental legations and that ho has already ottered two or thrco missions lo two or thrco Irlcnds precisely as if lio wara President 5 That he desires to havo Mr It Young of tho New York jjrnUnppointeil Minister tujiipau nnd lo mako vacancy there wishes Mr Bingham transferred tu Vicuna That Mr Cramer Is to have better legation than the SuKs which Gcncrul Garfield gave him and lcucrnl Bndcau If tlio President should think It not politic to displace General Merrill villi get consolation elsewhere 7 1 hat General Grant with frankness that must bo acknowledged says Hint Garfield men ought to bo put out without nuy nonsense nnd our friends put In their places and ho seems confident that this will be done Yourcorrcspoudctil has seen General Grant with reference to thoso several allegations nnd ns matter or publlo Interest not less than ot Justice to hlmseltnud tho Presldont It mnybo snfd ho denounces them ns false and malicious llo says ho has not nought In nuy way to In fluenco tho President In tho manner Imputed to him that as regards Mr CliatTue tho latter was politically hostile to him at Chicago and was ncvor considered Grant man nnd as for his lutlmnto financial relations with him the fid Is said Iho Gcnoml I havo never been In terested with hint In any transactions to tho extent of a dollar As to his wishing to havo Blaino out of tho Cabluct General Grant says that Is about tho only truthful Item In tho entire indictment Ho wlshos him out because ho believes bo Is not lit mon to bo there The only nrraugo rucnt of tho diplomntlo service that ho Is nwaru of Is an expressed desire that tho Eastern missions should bo filled with special reference to tho promotion of our commercial interests In that quarter thorough know lodge of iho peculiar requirements of which tho General obtained In his Journey around tho world If Mr Young was urged ns Minister to Japan henco It vi as wholly In tlio interests of Iho public and tho soma motive operated iu regard to Mr Blughain Tho Insinuation In regard to Mr Cra mer Iho General characterizes as wholly baseless and tho statement that he has Insisted that Gar field men must bo put out ho denounces unqualifiedly mid with tinmistakablo emphasis us ou unmitigated falsi hood Gcuorul Grunt at times spoko with considerable feeling aud gnvo your correspondent to understand that ho was not ignorant cither of tho motives ot his accusers nor or tho source or their Inspiration back of tho nccu otlons themselves nnd ho intimated that ll might yet bun duty to himself aud lo Iho President lo publicly expose both THE JEANNETTE SEARCH Lieutenant Kclnrnlkisa Theory Concern Ills Her San Phancisco Nov 13 A naper hero In reporting au Intorvlowwltli Lieutenant Frederick Schwalka represented that this gallaut oilicer had expressed grava fears for tho infety or tho American Arctla expedition and had also criticized Lieutenant Berry for not having continued after tho Jcounctto northward as Lieutenant Do Long had evidently taken advantage of open water nnd sailed far north I Interviewed Lieu tenant Schwalka yesterday beforo Ills departure for Oregon and bo iid bo had fears for the safety of tho Jeamictto but had go reasons for cherishing tho hopo that her olUcora nnd crow could pull through Ho thinks Do Long would get to lrlnco Patricks Laud and that tho most important poluta now would bo for search vessels of rrom 300 lo 400 tons to follow Perrys routo to Melville Island aud from there send slcdgo parlies In search of thootll cent ami crew Should nothing havo occurred to tho vessel no satu do Long would in nil probability have tried to coma out through McClurea Strait mid Lancaster Sound socking tho Atlantic In case of disaster to tlmkliln so well supplied as thoy vi cro with dogs provisions nml sledges lliey would moke an cffoit to reach McKcnsIo itvcrnud cross over to Point Barrow A search vessel employed ns suggested ought to bo provisioned for at least two years With such nn open sea had Lieutenant Berrys instructions not been to tho contrary bethought there was a lavorablo opportunity which was not likely to occur again Iu a dozen years to go far north but ho had cv cry con lldeniu that Berry had acted for tlio best Army Iteeoiniiieiiilnllniia Tho Comintssary Goncrnl of Subsistence nnd tho Inspector General or tho Army havo mado their annual reports to tho Secretary or War Tho Commissary General recommends that tho ten pcrcenLchorgcdolUccrs and men abovo Iho cost or stores bo discontinued to that tho Government may sell to tlicm onlyitt cost that tho army should uot bo called upon to reed tho Indians whenever tho Indian Bureau funds run short ami that enlisted men no longer bo cm ployed ns clerks Tho Iukoictor Geuernl reports Iho general condition of tho troops good that their quarters havo been Ira proved at various points during tho year that compelling enlisted men to work as mechanics teamsters and so forth produces great discontent nnd leads to desertion which could bo averted by tho employment of civilians for such duties that In his opinion greater military strength should bo cxhlbllcd nt Indian ngenclex us tliu Indian has great respect for lorce Ho says thu rule forbidding tho salo or liquor by Indian post traders has only resulted In thucstnbllsbinent ol groirshnps Just besond tho reservation lines which nro moro commonly patronized by troops than such places would bolu tho agencies He recommends that odlccrs bo permitted lo select thelrscnmil from tho ranks and pay for their services tho Government iu Iho nicuu time saving tho soldiers regular pay lny of lrtallent tlnrlli lita Doctors Ono of tho physicians in altcntlanco upon tho lato President Gnrtleld scuds thu following to tho Now York 7Vme which nppcarcd In that Journal yesterday I sco a report circulating in tho secular papers nnd medical Journals that tbo mcdlcnl gentlemen lately lu attendance upon President Garfield havo by request of Government olllclal rendered their hills for services tho amount clalmid by each being spcclllcally stated Wlll you pleuso corrert this rcjiorl No Government ulllccr has authority lo coll for such bills until Congress boa itimcd their a ment which It may never do No one has applied to me fur statement us to the valueif mysenlccs nor havo I Intimated to any nun what 1 would ngurd nan propercompcusntlou If the Government assumes tho pav ment of these bills thu sum paid will belli the nature of nAono rum only and wo shall hove nothing to say sboutlt 1 am unwilling that the public should rupposo that sso have been guilty ofun act of such grots impropriety and Indelicacy as tho statements icfcrrod to would Imply To luvlle file President A delegation arrived Inst night from tho management of the International Cotton Exposition In Atlanta consisting of Governor A II Col qutu president Hon II I Kimball director gsticrrl and Hon Ednanl Atkinson of lloston member of tho executive committee Tlicsa gentlemen como lo Invito President Arthur to visit the nxpoilllon nml think the matter of sulllclcut national importance to command his interest and attention Director General aud Mrs Kimball uro thu guitts of Justice Woods Dentil ofKilivlii Iloolua Wire Nkw Yoik Nov 13 Mtiry Prances McVlckcr Booth wlfo of Edwin Booth died at four oclock tills nftcrnoon at Iho rosldcnco of her pnicnU No 13 West lifty third street The cnuio of her dentil is said to huvo been consumption Mr Booth Is tnld In bo lu Philadelphia Tho re nalniof Mrs Bcoh will bo removed to Chicago lor Interment Tlio tltlullsll sllil PiiiLArjnpniA Nov 13 In older to put an cud to loo theft ol postage stamps by employees through which many corporations and firms Insu thousands or dollars annually tho Maritime Exchange has requested ihu IWul Department to adopt Iho English system ot perforatum tlio slump with luitlalt when bought in quantities of JiO nr more Nlm Caught Vp Wilis III Nkwauk Nov IX Anio Furnlso of Philadelphia camo to Nik yesterday aud cuuic4 ibo arrcttof for bigamy alleging that ho had married ficr twenty ytars ogoand had waWity rwu htrapven years ago Io was commsnsd to Jail and will bo tried lo REBUILDING THE NAVY Nnvnl tnnslrnrlap nn this Advisory Ilaftril nml Wli Nllolllil tniiio II Nrtvnl Constructor Samuel II Pools 8 sends Iho follow lug commuulcntlon I ob- servo In The HrrrnLtOAM criticism iinon certain members of tho Advisory Boatd and I think that tho remarks nro unjust to Iho Una officers of our nnvy It seems to mo Hint tho proper person torn whom wo must get Iho Information as to tho kind of ships to bo built Is tho flno oilicer for bo has to Hvo In nnd light them It also seems to mo Hint it Is tho provlnco or tno naval constructor to sco If these designs nftcr they nro submitted can bo carried out It Is Iho provlnco oftho steam engineer to ico If nftcr thclrdeslgn has been prepared ho can movo It Ihrnugli tho water nt tho Indicated speed with his machinery Therefore I eniniot sco nuy Incongruity In tho board ns It was formed I understand this crlllrlsm is nu attempt to overrldo nnd belllllo tho oilicer who Is to roniinaiid tho ship During many cars I practiced naval architecture nnd It as my custom to ricolvo instructions Inun thooHiicrsniid captains ns to what kind of shin they wanted und for what purpose how much water the slilp was to draw and how much cargo It ns to intry nnd Iho speed that was to bo obtained whellierunusiilllngshipsteumcror ship of war my provlnco ncined to me to bo to carry nut that Idea to Iho best or my ability or lo Inform Iho merchant or captain that It could not bo carried out Tho engineer was ntwnvs ready to glio mo uny Information I wanted Iu iclmnco totho necci nry mnchlucry 1 would need to drlvo thcshlpnt tho required spi td woticvertliuuglitor proceeding upon Iho uuc uiuti Idea Our thuiight was to produce the best we could In common Is It not tlmo that nil prejudice should vanish nmong tho various oillcors or tno navy when they nuet lu consider Us wantst iriha navy Is tu bo rebuilt In Ita best possible form Is It not desirable to obtain nil the Information which Is Hslblo fnmi thu best possible sound Is there not room enough niter the best decisions nro obtained ror each section to ply his nvncalloni tlio alitor tho architect and tho engineer It Is deslrublo nbovo nit Hint Urn llnvprnmcnt should hnvo Iho services of Its best men divested of all casta prejudice If wo nro to bring out tno best ships ror thu navy 1 licrefore I would let Iho best iim irft niti im iiiKiiMiinilciillv and criti cally compared Do not let usMillt upon tlio rock Hint inch man is thu best mall hut let us be ready to receive light und assistance from that qunrter which will produce Iho best thing for the navy SEMIRELIOIOUS HOLIDAYS Action or Two Clergymen In Itefcrenco lo the Strliool Trimloea At tho Coniireuatfotinl Church last overt ing before commencing his sermon Dr Kaukln criticised In severe terms tho attemptof soma or tho public school trustees to ostobllshcortaludays which ore observed by only a portion of Christendom ns religious holidays as holidays for all tho children lu Iho publlo schools He claimed that they had greatly mistaken tho pulso of this community when they suppose that a civil Institution like Ihcpublic schools can bo tampered with or run lu tho Interest or nuy sect or belief Tin citurtcn or tub tauhixacle Prior to tho delivery or his sermon last night llev Hicks I Dpald his compliments to tho School Board id thu District of Columbia lu fow sharp and cutting remarks He read from nu evening paper the statement that tho School lloanl contemplated lidding Good Friday nud Easter Monday to tho holldavt He was opposed to these sectarian Innovations they nro tin republican lu Its hardest sense und It persisted In will prove subversive of our liberties If Enstcr Mondav nml Good 1rlJay may bo nddedtoour holidays ho saw no renson why tho Jewish Atonement Day nnd St Patricks Day might not nlso bo added Ho hoped this matter would not bo oHltah but gavo notice that If insisted lu In would reiunvnthu button lrom his foil ami cuter tho Notional 1 heatro or somo other pftdoiu bull and discuss tho nubjcct to tlio hearts content or thoso who designed these additions The following resolutions wcro adopted uniiul uiotily Ketolifil That tlio publlo school system of this country Is ho child tin- palron ami thu Unit standard ofthcilvlilralluu which wo have attained JWjoI vat That It Is no part of the duty or curriculum orniliulnlstratlon oftlin public ichool Hupported by generul taxation lo Im nlciiie teach or ortialn thu 1 1 llgintm tenets of any sect or the ccclwdastlcul peculiarities of any Jletulifd lb it we deprccnto and will vigorously tKMiui Iho iritii4l ill mtiuffiiL In llin mini ITOVPril Inultie Hoard iifTrusltci iirtlm Public Schools of tins insula at us recent rn the holloas a utrea meeting proposing to add urdutnul iiv acta of Coliaress flui ul I rlituv nml I junii Mnmliiv til lip observed itf contmry to llin triMtllM ill tlio by the school as being publlo school Hyntetn unucceasury ns putt of nalloual morul training nml eminently BCLlnrmu SPIRITS THAT DIDNT COMB A Nennco at lie Nnllomsl Theatre Only Misle Tilrba Tho ordinary crowd of long haired mon and short haired women with a sprinkling of men with two foreheads ouo over Iho eyes and tho other over the Junction oftho cerebral tlsstio and spinal column met In tho National Theatre last evening ut sevcuty flvo cents per one to bo edified by religious teaclilngstullablo to tho occasion According to tho Ihu music nud sermon would bo delivered by splrlU and It em phntlcally dc lan that It would nut bo sleight of linnd performance but un llliistrullou of whut Is looked tiioti by ten millions or pcnplo na their religion Iho sermon was preached by an nthlctlo young man and nan divided into three parti Thu llrst was about what lie with thu aid ofhls sister would do tho second what she would do ulone uud third whut the other spirits would do It was advertised that a table would rlso four or live feet nnd tloat lu mid nlr pmbnbly to hold tho sermon hero was uo pluno not even a shadow or ono Spirit hands nnd laces wero to bo neon and recoinlcrt by their friends Thoy did uot even send their card ONK SPIH1T HAND was stuck through hole lu the cabinet and grabbed by ono of tho committee Invited to thu stage but the hand Jerked awuy A guitar was to bo passed around by the Invisible power but lrom somo hitch lu theuinkc tip that spirit did uot report Plowcrs wero to bo brought nud pa sacd to tho nudienco by hands plainly seen but with all his vision Tiik ItriUOLiCAN saw none because there wcro none and tliu promised ham did not como to time Ihcre was tlio usual lublnct tliu tying tho ringing or a bull tho rattling or a turn borlnc nnd tho untjlng without outxldo help This was followed by a repetition of Heller nud his sisters second sight progrntnme and closed by a dark tcaucc when two tamuurlues smeared wltli phosphorous went scaniierlng around loru few seconds and then returned to tho Huge As a piece or clev cr trickery it is ol thu tisun I si lo 1 ho name or this rcmatoinouutcbnuk Is Nclllo Everett thouamoorhcrsido partner Is Mr Everett THE CHHISTIAHCY CASE nxniuliintloiiorilieCoiuiulinluuerllerore tVllosu Ulio Teitllleil Tho prosecution in thoChristiancy caso Saturday afternoon cxumlncd Mr Horatio King ot New lorn mo commissioner ueioro wnoin Giros deposition was taken December 27 18S0 Ho testified that tho day following tho taking of tho deposition Mrs Chrlstlaurycumo to his oillco and sold sbo understood that certain letters of Iters hod been put lu us evidence und desired tu sco them Witness told her that they were In his possession us uu oilicer or tho court and ho could not allow her to see them except lu the prcseuco or her counsel Finally however he yielded toherentreatlesnudcouseuted to let her read them ouu ut time lu Iho order they hud been Introduced There were eleven letters nlno to Giro nud two to a party named Jackson MRS CllltlSTIAbCY AS 81IK IIFAU them would occasionally remark and comment upon thu contents He was particularly struck by one expression she nude use or which was I did uot know I could bu so sentimental but 1 bad an object In lew I meant to entrap the scoundrel This was said beforo she had completed Iho perusal or tho letters but ut no tlmo did bho Intliuato Hint they wero not genuine At nils point Mr Cole fbr Iho defendant objected to the further consideration of Iho testimony claiming that It was not relevant Tho objection was iioled nud 11 was argued by the counsel nn both sides that it should be certified to the court without prejudice for a decision tho testimony of tho witness to bo concluded A Illiilousiillu Drunk Thrco young bloods connected with tho foreign legations round amusement last evening in tumbling each other around ou Fifteenth street opposite Welckcrs Tlulr lower extremities did uot seem to be very reliable aud Ibev re sorted to Ihu novel expedient or standing shoulder to shoulder and tu this way pushing from ouesldo of the street to Ihu other It seemed to bo very amusing diversion Judging rrom Iho constant chatter and lauabter uud II tno dlslliutulthid lor clgncrs would consent lo repeat Iho perlurmauie uiiu noucu vciiiK given iiiey wuuiu uuuouui nuvu a largo uuu eniiiusiusiio uuuieucc Another liiiplreil trimk New Youk Nov 13 A criinlt or Mack mailer ban been bending letters to Jay Gould threatening to take his llfo If the writer is not given points whereby ho won recover fortune lost lustooks Thu clalnri to bu Inspired lrom God uud tho nicibod or lUirylng put his mission as described similar to that of Gullcau Ho signs iiluiMifnii old vlcllm au1 was set and tho writer of tho letters was anight to day Hu guvu his mime us Colonel Howard Wallcs llo gavo llctllluiis address llo Is about sixty years old Ho udiultlid his guilt lots- New Ynrli Went New York Nov 13 Tho election of Messrs Carr for secretary of state Davenport for comptroller Itussell forattorncy gcnerla Seymour for engineer aud surveyor and Finch for Judgo of Conrtof Appeals all llepubllcuns by majorities ranging from 27X0 to 0000 uud Maxwell Democrat for treasurer by IfAOOO assured rrraB3Q CENTS STAMIOUTE CASES WHAT THE PRESS SAYS ADOUT THEM Final Breakdown of tt Entire Proseeutlon Tln Duplltllj or Cook Gibson James and Mae- Vesjli Exposed Tin Proceedings a Shsmeful Flsifo Under all Iho circumstances Altornoy ncncrat MnrVeaah Iseullth fl to takn tho stand and ox plain Vcta Port Mcnfiif Malt Indeed It was easy lo sea In tho arguments of the counsel lor Iho Government a conclousnc oftho weakness or their position ltvfrih llcratiL Tho prevalent opinion is that tho prosecution lias been managed In must InolUckMit halfhearted nud slovenly vtny HusAfnoftm corre tpoiuftnct Charlatan Atui It would ecm from all tho cvldcnco adduced that pmfisslonal reformer preaches but iloca not practice nnd that MacVcngh Is tho latest nud most thorough example of this kind of A failure Kaiimi Ctlu Timet Without charging responsibility upon any ono though iho public will have noillfllciilly In plac lug It whero It belongs there can ho no question that thu Government cncs hovo been sadly bungled lost aud given away Vhicagn Tribune To Impartial on loolcrs it looks very much ns If Attorncy Goncrnl MncVcagli nnd Counselor Cook wero not anxious to lay tho cases bclore the grand Jury ItlsuuiUniable Hint popular sympaihy ll beginning to How toward tho defendants llarrif tmrj Trtegmiih Tho slar roulo prosecution camo to a close for tho llmo being yesterday when Judgu Cox oftho District or Columbia illchorgcd tho nccuicd on lie ground that no action could bo brought against thembynnlulnnnntlon 1 1lls appears to be good law 7fm llcraltl That tho di clsloii Judgo Coxs was not lu accordance with law wo havo jet to sco stated and papers which prldo themselves on their skill In illsfovcrlngandnutinuuclng publlo opinion had heller co slnlv or thev mnv ilnd themselves do cldcdly left Ilnulforii Va blur Thn case chosen nt first to tc tho possibility nt bringing thu star routo offenders lo docrved nun Isliinent has failed There seems to hnvo been nu error of legal Judgment chnrgcabla to Iho Altortiey Otnernl Tlio result must seem unpleasant to Mr MacVcngli Hvrfiettcr It would seem to bo Incumbent upon him Mac Veil gh hi tell vi hat ho knows as lo the preclpltalo udlourunicutofthnurand lurv nndtho ucccssltv Imposed upon the Government counsel In proceed by tho hazardous process oflnformnllon Who Is responsible lor this disgraceful back dowu 7 llotlm llertM II Brewster tho eminent counselor has wort new laurels ami presumably a very heavy lee in his nigument In tho tlar routo coses Hut there la very llttlo probability notwithstanding that any or iho conspirators will be convicted There altogether too much talk Aorrfifotcn fVi lhtUf Timet Tho general Impression hero Is that tho star route prosecution ended to day To be sure counsel ror tlio Government Insist that this Is is mere temporary embnrrnvsment Ihey wcro rortcd by peculiar circumstances beyond their control to resort ton hazardous method of proceeding They find their way blockeJ Hosafni foil JfjKilcA lloston Herald This action by the Court brings tho proceeding to nu end for Iho present nnd frees thedofriidnnn from nny legal liability 111 this particular chnrgi JJ Tho full ellVct of this decision cannot buludgcd1 hut Its Immediate result Is to bring the Oovcrn 1 menls prosecution tuto contempt as it has broken1 dawn at thu llrst legal movo lu manner lo prcju 1 dice tho wholo case IorUuiul Sle Jrc It Is hardly worth whllo In disguise tho fact that the Government hassusmlticdHirushtugdefcat In tho star rnutu prosecutions Its crises have been unconditionally thrown nut of court and ant barred by tho statute of limitations This will an- ti tin ontnafcn Fur nrti1 nut Ihn filtiirn In these cases Indicates a Dual breakdown oftho cu1 tiro prosecution PhtladelpMa lhenlng Unci In tho matter of tho star rontu prosecution Judgo Cox vcslurday decided that tho proceeding by Information was erroneous that thn defend lints sunuiu uo pwcccueu against uy inuictmeiu and therefore sustained tho million to strlko tho Information from the flies of tho court litis ends thoprcsout caso nud requires tho prosecution to uecouimciiLcii ticnow ii iiiuccu uuu can uo uonc Imlianaiivllt Timet lTml ftlmiol fi1r nml Af lnpnnvCliinrnl Veagh desired the grand jury when tho former returned from Elberon there was nu dllllculty Inj getting It Tho general Impression In Washington nud throughout the country Is that forsotno sou tho Allorucv Gciicral aud Ills eta did counsel havo desired failure or thu prosecution nud that usuu is uuu nut ereuiiuuiu iu mem jnuianaiwur Journal There is or course some talk about going right on nnd getting Indictments from tho grnnd Jury on some of the fuses nut burred by tho slntutaT Nobody now bcllcics that It will nmonnt to anything Tho Impression la that wo havo heard tha last of tho stnr routo cases Possibly Indictment mny bo obtained but counsel Tor the defense say they will never go to tho petit Jury and every ono beliuvos that counsel ror tho dofemu speak tha truth Albany Argut Tho shameful fiasco In tho star route roses aft fonls cuniplclo Justification of President Arthur failure to appoint a new Attorney General during the pendency oftho proceedings beforcJudgeCox Either from his own know ledeu nan luwver or upon the Inlormatloii of his friend Colonel Blhcvi thu President realized tho probable fato of Ilias hazardous process resorted in ami cuosa not havo ills ndiuinlstrnllou incur tho obloquy that would attend tho failure llorlon Herald It Is a most Initio and linnotcut conclusion of mutter on which Attoruoy uenural MacVuuph hu built up reputation na great reformer If Ilia men nro guilty ho hna only demonstrated to tlio country his Incompetency as it law or In not prop erty oriugiiig ins eiusu intucuuri ii tney uro nov guilty then hu has nclcd outrageously In Idling the publlo press with Iho Host ofcluirgca against them Ho inn now retire with unanimous consent to his orlgluul obscurity hantat Ctlu Journal Tho able counsel of tho persons Implicated la star route Iruuds may mako an lmpuiluut point out or the fact that tho grand Jury did not Investigate tho fuels of tho tase uud that tho Government Is proceeding ugalnst the accused by in formation TheiesiioiiHlbllliy for this neglect ot omission hoi been clinrgcdiipon Corkhlll tho District attorney but that gentleuian declares that It rests wholly Willi MncVeagli and states particulars which ll correct fully sustain his assertion Jlufalo Commercial Adurltfer Mr Conk read statement In tho slar routa cases cstcrday Informing tho country that ha Cook knew nothing ol thu contemplated ndjniiru iniMit of thu grand Jury nud that thu United Htntei of America must hold him guiltless among men This is not ImiKirbiut Tho peoplo dont card much about Cuok und uro nut particularly Inter ustid lu what Conk knew or did llo us the simple servant of a Cabinet Minister und It was vi hat that Minister knew uud what hu did ur hilled to do that Interests the public Tho Informnlion ngalust thu star rnutu men wero quashed yesterday Hint fact will bo widely known Ihls morning At this writing It looks as If MaiVrngh uu quashed with them und lids Is ol viutl more Importance than thu tlorld rhetoric ol Mr Cook who Is no doubt a big mini but whti is not known muth iiiuguucnil wuy Hwo wanted to ilhciij Cuok as a lawyer however engaged lo pni ctula mou ror crime wo should say thut hu oiisuuta remarkably brilliant legal luminary InUr Oeean It Is asserted that good law era uro or opinion that at the bottom uhatcicr may be nclually tha truth ns conspiracy within thu meaning of tha statute Ihcre can be no successful prosecution and Hiatal no tlmo huvolliere existed sultlclcul reasons for thu coulldt me expressed by the Attorney-General uud Postmaster General Very recently Mr MaeVeagh liasexiiussedthebulieiiliat whatever form thu prosecution takes conviction Is highly Improbable This Is the lawverauiid not tlio politicians opinion and It Is shared to a considerable extent by law era outside of tho caso after becoming uctiuniiitcd with tho leadlnc nolnts this opinion or MaeVeagh may explain his otherwise Inexplicable withdrawal Ills peuctra 1 lion hut uot his fidelity as luwjer may Tjo I dilated bomffearlyiliKldents In Ihu star routs 1 cases possess it certain Interest and to somo extent explain what Is not cosy lo understand Early in 1 Hits history MaoVcnghs plan was to arrest a multl unfa of men scattered all over tho country fori being In complicity to defraud ihu loverninenus ihls was so eaily that only small part I thtO evidence bad been collected It was long El forks Colonel Cook ou behalf of tho Goverumcjit vvas I lorced to admit In oneu courllhat trrtTfu was et 1 no case against Brady or any ouo else IKiuAfia 1 ton correeioiidence Sfeui Yoik tu Mr MaeVeagh uud the other lawyers to whom wus Intrusted the work of bringing these men to buok should loose no tlmo In explaining whero tho responsibility rests lor the uiilurluuuto delay i which Imvo allowed the statute of limitations tori plucuun effccluul bur ngalust the pmscrysou of somo of Ihu more aggravated cases Whhcr Mr MaeVeagh was IcgJjIjS bound lo svforvlso tha matter or uot the liiiiiortuiico of ihu cases his position ns tho Governments and his professed Interest lu these particular cases should have led him loseo that uulng was left umlono 10 Insure their macssM preteuatlou lo Ihu court However his own coiCeplluus ofditlv may ivxctiio hUiipureiitiiellrn2riPvoplo ot the country will not bo unruled wrrhuut some suilicleul explanation bom him It Is not satlslat lory tu havo It suld lisot Ihu proceeding by Information was an ulloinought made nenssary by tho unexpected Bdjourunxnl of the grand Jury The Gut eminent attorneys hud uo right In In tho Government loso thondvuutugeof proceeding In tliu regular wayv by grand Jurors audio trust lo thu alleitliouglit 11 was lu their power In have retomenul iho grand Jury or lo liavu ordered the sumuiuuiug of another Not lo havo dene so hut to Imioiro tod cu rtliingtu thu unusual method of proceulliiB Inhumation bocius to hnvo been gross If mt culpable iivullguucu Hartford tbvruui nur Ualeinaper Mi- 11 Venn Ii In itie City AUornoy lionunil MnuVoagh is quartered ut Wonuloys Hit house oil Ithodo Island avenue near Connecticut Is ilicdiiud he hoi relinquished Ihu leuu tu the owner Williams Thu Indications point to A short stay in tho city fur Mr MuuVcugb A Nucisestloii It 13 rosjioclfully suggested to tho inlI tarv editor of a 8undnv miner that as there Is in such punishment as cashiering In tbo army navy or diunuu vuriis me puius ui isirsi ofSuudayeutlllcd Judicious ecyerlty Is wwtcd i til.