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Question of Exempting It from Payment
of Sewer Permits.
ALDERMAN1C ACTION CRITICISKD.
Vicar General Quinn's Explanation of
the toatte..
Owing to mlaapprsbeoslon tad lack of fuller iIim
'? regard to the aotloo recently taken by tbo
Board of Alderroon in exempting tbe truateea of St.
I'atrlek'B Roman Catholic Cathedral from paying the
ftcc usually charged fbr making connections with
sewers haa given riaa to nidi adverse and prejudiced
?rlticiam. la equity the Cathodrat anould be ex
empted from the payment of these fees, I or tbe reason
thai tbe truateea undertook to do, at an expense of
$4,000 to themselrea, what tbeeity under other circum
stances would hare had to do for them. As tbero was
?o appropriation lor tbe parpoee they applied
for and obtained permission to construct, at
their own cost, a sewer extending from Filth to Fourth
avenue, on Fifty-first stroet, and they asked la roturn
that they might b? exempted from the payment of
Iho permits for sewer connections, three in all, for
carrying off the water from the roof and from tbe
boilers used for beating the edifice. A permit ?f this I
kind usually costs $10 for a hoase occupying a lot of
irouad twenty-five feet by fifty feet. The law regu
?ting tbe matter is embraced In section 7 of the
ordinances of the Common Council as rovised In 1666.
tad la aa follows:?
Tea dallm .h-ll be paid to the laid Board (Oroton Aqua
durt Hoard now the Department?.? Public Work.) lor per
Dilulou to connect thiw eseh home, *i<.re or building with
or d? *' ?*eh''"tel. boerdlng houne or public
tinlidlng ooveriug more grouud than iwentjllv* feet by
?f?y ih*11 pay proportionately Icr nucli additional space of
ground covered by each respectl vely.
THE INTKItPBKTATlOX
put upon this ordinance by tbe Department of Tublle
Works Is ibat a church comes under tbo head of a
public building just as well aa a theatre or a concert
ball or a scboolhouso. In that view of tbe case It haa
Bade no discrimination in favor of any church and lia
tustomary way of charging for such permits is accord
ing to the aroa of ground covered by tho building.
The charge Is eight mills per sqnaro fool, which
amounts to $10 for 1,250 square feet, the number con
lamed in a lot twenty-Qva by fifty feet. The ground
?n wbtch tbo Cathedral stands covers over thirty-Uve
lucb lots or about 44.000 square leet, and tbo cbargo
lor sewer conncctlona would be $360. Tbe noxt block,
belonging to the Cathedral, but across and east of the
avenue, is about the same area and its charge for
?ewer connections would inake the whole about $700.
Ilia AKUl'XB.NT IX FAVOR Or TIIK CATIIKDHAL.
Tbe argument made In lavor of tbe Cathedral being
txcinpted Is that by roasou of Ua uodortaking to con
struct the sewer reierrod to it has a claim to considera
tion Irom tbe oily; that the Cathedral is a private build
lug, orecied by a private oorparation which made pur
cbaae of the land wuorcoa it stands over sixty yeara
ago and holds It In fee simple; that, being consecrated
lorcvor, according to tbe Roman Catholic custom, to
ecclesiastical purposes its sua, unlike that of a de
nominational church, which may bo sold and turned to
secular uses, can never bo considered available lor
building lota, and thai, at tbe utmost, Its sewer oou
ooctlcns could not cost more than $30, in place of
$700, aa Mayor Wicktiam estimates It.
TUX AKGt'XSVr AGAINST
exempting tbe Cathedral la contained in tbo Mayor's
reio message, In which ho says
I caunot perceive any reason which csn be adduced Io
granting the privilege whleli would be conferred In thin
.hlV.1T. r*?U "'k *"?'?.W|,U equal force to ih*
i? of every church,"honpltal and other building in
?he city used lor religion* observance* and charitable pur
pose*, and exception made now would lead to oii<llea* ?m.
? jSPte,rleM for otlien, which
Cud Id noi be denied l! this wcro grunted
VIEWS OF Af.DKRMSX AND OTREltft.
The Board of Aldcrmon wero of a different way or
thinking. At their meeting, October 21, they passed
a resolution, aa follows, and It waa adopted by a unani
mous vote:?
.."7'llvefJh?.t he and it hereby given to the
L. ifiT uk }? ' M,rtek ? Oathearal to connect the Cathedral
Mptf and other building* |? ??e fur church or asylum
fUr/J ? ?ht r'"ij*1 * sewer about to be
"Ulii at the esprit** of ? thi trustee*, by authority of iha
au'd'vin'ktyOU"c"'lu jajd Fifty- drat street, between Fourth
and f ifth avriiuea. without the payment of the lee* usually
lharved for niakiug connections with sowers.
It will bo observed here, what seems to have
tacaped tbe Mayor's attention, that exproas mention la
made of a sewer "to be built at the expense of tho
laid trustees." The Mayor vetoed thia resolution,
?nd, as already Indicated, gave as a principal reason
for doing so that It would set a bad precedent. I,ast
rtiuraday the resolution was passed over the Mayor**
reio, and as some correspondent of the Hkhalo has
inquired anxiously for thu names of the votiug Alder
men tbey arc here appendod;?
AjUrmulirt-The President. Aldermen Billing*. Cole. Cnd
llpp, Uiwea, Gunner. lies*, llowlatid. Keenan, McCarthy
Wis. I'urroy.J. Bellly. B. Keilly, Kauer, Heir,. 6h, ?'
hlevin, fnomey and Wade?2?>. ?
jXiyiitirt?Alderman I'lnckney.
.The Hsxald reporter yesterday met most of tho
A1 termed wiio voted tor the retoluiton and found a
.Im.'iuirr.ous feeling among them that under tho cir
tumstnnccs, a* known ui them, but with which tho
public had not been as folly acqumntod. they bad arted
properly and justifiably. Alderman Turroy said ?
"Mayor Wirkliain is wrong in sa.viug ihere have been
no i-rnoeiienis lor our action. Why 1 can point him
lo at ioast s doxen, bestdos, oven if thcro were not.
llns rai-o would estaoiish no prccodoni. The trustees
sre doing a picce ol city work that will cost a hundred
lime* more ih in the cost ol tho sewer connections
suu they are entitled lo soma allowance. Republicans
loo democrat* vo ed lor li with one exception, and he
?*ovId linve voted with tlio rest If ho had bad lime to
consider It"
Alderman Jacob Hess, republican, said:?"I dou'l
look upon tho Catbolio Cotl.edral aa a public builainc
wiinin the meaning ol the ordinance. It is a prlvnto
corporation, aud unlike a school or a hospital, is ?niy
lor ibe uso of tnosa who contribute to build ll " Other
Aldermen held the same view, but chielly rellcd'ou the
fact ol iho expense incurred by the trustees ol the
U.ilhcdrBl in tns enterprise already adverted to lor
making this rase exceptional.
WHAT VlCAK OBXKKAL tJflXS BAYS.
Vicar General Quinn said lo the r?|>ortor:?"That
matter is easily explained. Wo aro getting no favor
whatever irom the city. We art> doing lor the city a
Job, and a man named flattery has the coniraci that
will com us $.\0iH> and coat I lie city nothing. There
was no money In the Treasury to do it, and It had lo
be done, so wc set to work lo do it ourselves after
getting permission Irom tho city. We arc putting
lown a sewer on Fifty-first street, ami wo will prol*
sbly have about throw connections with it on that
Struct. Thais all we shall warn. The Urphau
Asylum, next tbe Cathedral, has its con
nections on Fifty-second streei. that were nut
lo tweaiy years ago. We have nothing to <lo with
that. The ground all about there wan bought by tuo
Trustees of St. l'etcr's church for (A,0V0 in tho rear
1*10. Then there wasajoint corporation formed with
the trustees of Hi. Patrick's Cathedral, in Mulberry
Btreei, and this waa alterward dissolved aud tbo
ground to tho norih of Fifty.first street went into the
bauda of Hie trurtoes of Mi. l'etcr's. Tlie Cat hod ral
will be a groat ornament lo iba city, and all theslorioa
about our getting lavors from tbo city in councction
With li were long since disposed ol in Ilia .Statescnato
by a republican senator. "
Mayor Wiekbam said he was satisllcd no effort was
made by anybody connected with the Cathedral to
have iho permit lees remitted, and thai It was ihe
work af aomebody who thought ho might vrin t-opu.
lsrity by it. lo connection with what tbe Mayor
hinted at tha reporter heard among tbn gosaips ol tbo
Ciiy Mall that a contractor named Authony Clark en
gaged on ihe Cathedral, waa at tha bottom ol the whole
thing and urged it on his own responsibility, but then
iba straightforward manner of Vicar General (julnn
In speaking of tho matter, left llttlo room to doui<l
thai he, aa one of the truaioe , approved the action of
the Alderman, while hia statement explained that ha
coasidcrod ilia trustees wero entitled to tho favor.
rBirXDRxra bbt.
Major Twonwy, Ciark ol tbe Board of Aldermen,
thought Mayor Wick ham was wrong in aaymg in bis
veto message to ihe Aldermen thai the practice lor
twenty years of making no exception in lavor of anr
church, religious institution, charitable laatitaunn or
private person or enterprise In tbe matter ol permits
lor aewer connections bad been rigidly adhered to.
On April 7, 16i3, Mayor llavemeycr app-oved aresolu
lion ol the Board granting permit, without fee, to
build vaults under tho street, the charge lur such per
mission ringing Irom thirty cents to f- per su
poMcinl fool. December 4, 1*74, Mayor Have
meyer approved a resolution to permit, witnout
lee, the premises Noa. 100 and 100 Worth street
lo connect two bulldmgB on opposito aides ol tbe
??reel by steam pipea. In tho ssme year Mayor Have
meyer approved resolution allowing Ml I'oiar's free
schools to build vaults undor tba aireel without foe.
On April 12. 1876. Mayor Wickhara approved rosolu
tion permuting tho Foundling Asylnm to connect with
sewer In Sixty-eighth atreet w ithout lee. on Decem
ber 30, same year, be approved resolution permitting
Bt. Joseph's Orphan Asylum, in avenue A, lo cob net t
with scwor without f? e. On January lu. lS7t lie ap
proved resolution permitting the Commissidnera of
the Third Distr ct Court House to conntct with
sewer In Greenwich avenue without Ite On April
SO, li?7?, he permuted lirammar Hcr.i ol No. 40 in the
Twelilh ward, to connect with sewer in St Nicholas
avenuo without fee. May 7, 1875, ho approved re?olu
tlon sllowln* without foe tha premises No*. 07 and VH
cuir ? tree I m he united bj a brick tunnel to convey
'hatting nod "team power aeroaa the street, the tunnel
being Are (eel nigh and lour leel wide. OB Juno 0. iS7rt,
be permitted without Ice the College of St Francia
Xavier to build vaults under the street On October
XI, 1876. be approved resolution allowing without Is*
one Mr. I.jrall to ran a steam pipe arms. Twcntv-tliird
street to connect buildings Xos. 540 aud 641. Ileforo
the tune of Mayors Havetueyer and Wick barn In
stances are quite frequent of parmisalon being given
without Tee tu various parlies snd corporations to
make sewer connections.
roLICT or THS lU'ttEAl* or RKWRRR.
Mr. Haeketl, of the Bureau of Sewers, showed by
his books tbst tnere was a uniform rule In the charge
for permits to make sewer connections. The t'nlver
saiist church In Kitty-seventh street, west of higbth
avenue, covers n area 7.">x'Jj leet, and paid $00 on a
territory of 7,276 leet The Kplscopal church, corner
Msdlson avenue and Fifty-seventh street, psld neariy
as inur.b on a lot *0x1(10 leet. St. Paul's cliurcb, ou
Broadway, paid $57 AO lor making connection
by oue Ave-inch dram plpo It occupies an
area nf 72x100 leet St. Bernard,s Ito
man Catholic Orphan Asylum psid $70 on
an area of 0 000 feet. In a hundred eases, embracing
schools, insulates, hospitals and hotels, tha charge
baa never been otherwise, except in une or two in
stances, that bas been nerotoforo s'a'cd. It' a private
dwelling occupied tho entire site ol tbo Cathedral all
that could be chargcd for a permit to make one sewer
connection would be $10.
A LAWYKR'g OI'IXIO.S.
MajorNonh, Assistant Corporation Counsel, expressed
the opinion that a church did not come under tha
designation of a public building, nor does a inedtcai
college, unless It have a hospital lor pstients attached
whlca gives It tbsn a public character.
METHODIST MISSIONARY COMMITTED
CUBTAILINO APPliOntlATIONS FOB MISSION
WORK AT HOME AND ABBOAD?SEVEN HUN
DBED THOUSAND DOLLAB8 WANTED.
The annual meeting of the General Committee of tha
Missionary Society of the Methodist Kplscopal Church
began yesterday at No. 806 Broadway. Bishop Scott
opened the proceedings. Bishops Peck and Simpson
were temporarily absent at the opening and Bishop
Haven is en route to tho Methodist missions in Alrlca.
Bishop Harris has been appointed resident Bishop of
New York, In the stead of tbo late Bishop Janes.
Bishop Merrill hss also been transferred from St Paul,
Minn., to Chicago, III , to succeed Itlsbop Harris. After
the roll hud been called Bishop Scott remarkod that
they stood betweon two greut bereavements in the
death ot Bishop Janes snd Dr. Durbin. nut though
the workmen may tail the work must bo carried for
ward. He tboagbt It would be Qtting for the commit,
tee to adopt a suitable minute on their loss. The
Board ol Bishops have elected Bishop Scott to the
position ol Senior Bishop of the Church, In tbo place
ot the lato Bishop Janes. A suitable minute was there
after presented by the Seoretary, Dr. Held, and adopted
by the committor.
The treasurer presented his report, whioh showed
that at tbo beginning of tho Oscal year Just endod there
was a debt ol $4(1,030 59, and tbo recolpts during the
year amountod to $504,188 38. Tbo disbursements
wcro $009,004 35. So that the troasury Is at this mo
ment In debt $161,740 5ft, Tho Increase of liabilities
during the year Is $76,792 72, and the decrease or re
colpts In appropriations to tho conlercnces $68,297 51.
Dr. Nelson, tbo treasuror, called attention to the groat
indebtedness of the missionary treasury, on which they
havo to pay over $14,000 Intereat. But owing to a sav
ing of appropriations in tbo mission troasury iu India
the real inerease In liabilities t^is year is $75,500.
Bishop Simpson having srrlved s brio! discussion fol
lowed ot> the logal rights ol two representatives Iroin tha
Qrstdlsirlct. Dr. Cummings, latePiesidentof the Wes
ley an Unlvorslty, was eleoted by tha Goneral Confer
ence, but by the previous passage of a resolution com
pelling representatives to reslda within tho bounds of
their districts ha waa debsrred, inasmuch as he re
sides half a rallo beyond tbo line, which fact.was not
Known or was overlooked wnon ho was olected. Tha
Doctor thereupon resigned, and Bishop Simpson sp
polnted Dr. Clsrka In bis place. Thore was, howovar,
a difloronca of opinion on tho point, which, alter dis
cussion, was decided in Dr. Clarke's favor, and he took
his scat in the committee.
Bishop Foster spoko in referenco to
thk hurt or rns yrkascry,
which Is as high us the Church can bour. Two faets
should bo kept constsntly in view. The first fact 14
that tha dlsbarsemanta lor the year aro $6119,904 and
tbo receipts $594,168, so that the actual lucroaso of
debt this year waa over $105.000. Now, the Church could
not go on in this line any longer. While tbey should
cut down the appropriations to $470,000 for hpmo and
foreign missions the apportionments should be kept
where they are, ana tho difforenee given to liquidate
tho debt.
The Board of Manngers had adopted a resolution that
It would not be advisable to uudertako tho payment ot
the debt tbls year, but they proposed an appropriation
ol $600,000, ol which sum 160,000 should go to tbo re
ductiou oi the debt. A motion to tbst efTeoi was made,
but It was opposed, and ihe brethren thought they
abouid go beiora the entire Church lor $600,000, und
let the people know that $150,000 ol it Wilt go toward
th* payment of tha debt, which has been accumulsting
lor throe years. Bishop Foster thought tbat If the
appropriations to the older cuuferonces were largely
cut down tbo collections Irom tboso oonlereueea
would be materially reduced. Mr. A. V..Stout agreed
with this view, but Mr. O. J. Ferry held the opposite
view, and believed that tha appropriation of money to
those tields was a hindrance rather iliau a benefit He
believed that the times would be better, and that
they could raise $400,0C0 lor I heir mtsaion
work, and $100,000 for the debt. Bishop Foster
and others, however, would cut down Ihe appro
priations to a<l the conlcrences north of Marou and
Dixon's line ana east ol ihe Missouri River. Dr. Nel
son sbowod that there is au aotual diminution in the
collections that are now-being sent in by tho fall con
forcnces. and they sbouflnot baso their appropriations
on tho vast membership of the Cnuroli, but upon their
ability as Judged by tbe past. Dr. Kit tell thought that
a great deal ol missionary money waa wasted. In
thirty-eight appointments in Uermany, where thoy
have maintained missions lor a quarter ol a cenlory,
they can report less than a score ol iiicmbeia. in nno
station bo preached to Ave and in another to two, and
yet tho Missionary Society sends tlicfn annually about
$8,000. Dr. Hitchcock wished the commptco to bear
in miud that out ol tha ninety conferences of tho
Church only tlurty-ntu* oithamgive more money into
tbo inlsstou treasury than toey druw out. Those
tbirty-uine conferences raised last year $471,000, and
this was a falling ofl ol $79,000 Irom tbe previous year,
so that ihe weak conlercnces raised $1,000 more than
thoy did a yoar ago. Tliero-arn a littlo over 1,000,000
members In those conlercnces, and the Doctor
believed they could bo mado to raise more than
lorty-seveu and a half cents a merat-or. Now U, as pro
l>o*>'d, the appropriations be cut off from the old con
leroutes It will take but $56,041, where -$79,000 bsvo
been conlubuicd. lie proposed thsl tho bishops should
glvo up all extra nutiee sjcb ss church dedications,
Ac., and call together missionary conventions in their
respective districts, aud aroui>o enthusiasm enough in
tho ehurcbes and peopio to incresae their gilts to dou
ble the average which each member now gives to this
muse. It ran bo done If the pastors w.II only lake
hold heartily of this matter. But ho deprocnio<i tbo
"lump.ug'* of collections lor all tho interest* of tho
Church, snd then dividing tho amount pro rntn,
I'ondiug Ihe discussion tliu committee aujourucd to
dinner. There is soino talk In <.nk-ial circles ol divid
ing iba Homo and Foreign Missions, wbicn are now
nuininiktcri d by the same society. The peopio glvo
their money merely to mismoiis, and Ibis (isneral
Committor, now in session, decide how niueb shall go
to Foreign and how much to Homo Missions. The
proposition mow is to give ibo people tho right to say
lo which deparimont their money shsll go, lor it Is
believed they have very decided preferences, which
they would manliest if allowed the opportunity. it is
thought, tbo, Hist ibis separation ol tulcrcsls would
ttnd to increase the contributions to each.
ArTKKKOOS SBSSIO.K.
Upon reussembling Btsliop Mmpson took the chair,
and Dr. Hitchcock conducied ino devotional exercises.
A motion was thereafter made Dr. Hitchcock lo
appropriate $600,000, instead ol tbo sum previously
named. On this Dr. Fowler, of ihef 'Artsffan Ailrnratr,
advocated going before the Church and a?kin< lor
$800,000, including the entire debt of $202,000. He
would hrst approprlste tbe smoum ncodod lor foreign
missions ($320,000), lots ten per cent, il it will Lo.ir
that reduction ; and ha woulu cut down about Iho ssme
on tho work in ihvSoath. but lo nil tho old coulcr
ences he would npproprtsto say ton per eeut on the
aiuoant which they umli raise lor missions. So that
the loss shall fall on Ifcoae conferences und not on the
missionary treasury, involving it in debt Dr. Hcid
rend the aggregate amount, which the secretanos
and Iho several sub-committees oi the iloaid
of Managers roi ommend?usmely, $255,903 00, us
against $297,749 20, showing a reduction ol $41,845 60
ou iho foreign mission work. A luriher reduction
of $5,000 Is londe on tho otiico expenses. On
ibis representation Bishop Ames moved thst|tha
appropriations be uiada to foreign miaslous on tha
basis ol $269,690, or the same as last year, less the
$46,OUO reduced as above. Ueneral Clinton B. Flak
opposed any reduction or going before the Church lor
a smaller amount I ban they havo asked heretofore.
Ho would ssk lor $bM>,OtO rathir than lor hall tbat
sum. it la no une \<t sit uud sing *'Hoid tho Fort,"
and not go nutsido the fort snd win tho victories be
yond. To retroat at Una time ho believod would bo
disastrous lotheChurch, and he determined to give nt
least lour mouths ot his nine and labor duriog the
coming year to aroiistug the Church In this interest.
Ho thought if they paid off $62,000 of tho tlchl the
coming year they woiud do woit If tlicy paid oA all
iliey would have colhlog left lo talk about next year.
Mr. Oliver Iloyt lavored $600,000, which ho thought
could easily bo raised. Ha would appropriate $100,000
of this to tho debt. In tha church ol wbicn hois a
member the members pay an averago ol five dolmrs
each, and the Sabbath school ot $2 50. Bui Dr.
Trimble, of Ohio, knew stations wbioh p?y their
preacher nine dollars a year, and what oso would it bo !
lossk those people ior even i< rty-two cents a member
lor mission*. Dr. Fowler knew no good reason why i
Methodists should not tie sine lo pav us much their
neighbors, tnc Presbyterians, $ I 26 per member, or
as ti e Kpiacopulians, $2 60, and ho believed if tho
Church was property worked twice as mum cou.d be ;
raise i a* In raised. Bis'mp Simpson spoko ill luvor ol
an appropriation ol $6'0.0u0 on tin- ground that il leas
is asked lor tho people iliey will reduce thoir gnu cor
respondingly and tin nnasionary treasury wilt lie worse
off naxl year than it Is now. Ha depn c ued asking the
peopio lor $800,000 wheu only $510,000 ara to go to
mission*. The issue mnst go talrly and squarely be
lora liio people, lor they will koow what It dona by
this After further discission the matter
waa referred to ? committee conaiailog of Dre. Eowler
sod Clarke and Messrs. Kerry, Stout and Hoyt, who are
to cooaider what la best In tbe oremtaea anil report
their rtcnmmeudatiooa this morning. Tina queatton
decided makes nil oihera easy lo handle. The ques
tion will probably bo aettled tbla morning and tbe ap
propriation* be tbeu proceeded with.
SOUTHERN METHODIST CONFERENCE
IticimoND. Va., Nor 15, 18*8.
The Klgbty-ieoond Annual Conference of ibe Moth
odlat Episcopal CLurch ?oulb, ot Virginia, commenced
Ita session her# to-day, Bishop IL IL Kavanaugb,
of Kentucky, presiding. The session waa prinei|>ally
occupied In rouitue business. A resolution was
adopted providing for the appointment of a committee
of nine to consider tbe subject of tbe formal relations
between the general coherences of the Methodist
Episcopal Church or tbe South and the Methodist Epis
copal Church of tbo North, and reootnuiond aucb
action as they deem proper.
Tho report from the Nashville Publishing House waa
read, showing aaaets ol $578,S42; liabilities ol #360.WO;
net capital of #31."?,852; amount due tho house,
$77,24:!. Tbe lorm ol a petition, prat Ing Congress to
Indemnify tbe ttjjurtea to the Naslivillo Publishing
House during the war, waa reaq and received.
Adjourned till to-morrow.
T11K 1KTKKNATI0NAL INHIBITION.
VFXiTIOOT AND DELAYS CAC8FD BT BAD CCS
TOM ROCSE AKfUMiF.Mr.NTS.
I'ltiLAnKLrnia, Nov. 14, 187ft
To tbb Enrroit or Tin Hkralr:?
"We have met with ao much kindness on tbo part ot
tho American people that It is a thousand pities that,
Just*' wo are going sway, tho Custom Hou*e authori
ties by tholr petty annoyancos should leave such an
unfavorable Impression on our minds and thoso of our
exhioitors." Tbls was tha remark made to me by a
foreign commissioner as I enterod the Main Building
this morning, and In tbo course of the day It was
echoed and repeated from a dozen different
quarters. Tbo delays occurring in tho pocking
ol goods, owing lo tbe Insufficient number
of appraisers (without whose presence nothing
canine packcd, sre likely to be'so prolonged sud of so
serious a character in their resulla that, unless some
cliango be made, diplomatic aotion on tho part ol some
01 tho lorcign governments seems Inevitable. Thus?
for Instanco, navigation lu the north ol Europe being
closed In January, utiless ibe (Swedish and Norwegian
goods can be sblppe'd in tune lo rearh Gothenburg and
Christlunia bo ore Ihea, they will havo to remain in
Liverpool till March of next year. The oases ought
therefore, to bo paokod and sent oil at oncc, and yej
wbon the official in voices are sent In to the Surveyor he
returns them with tbe remark that thero are no ap
praii-ers thero and that nothing can bedoue in the mut
ter till their arrival. At all tho doors Custom Houso
officials are stationed, who, evon If it bo a
foreign commissioner known lo all ot them, will not
let him In or out with a pack ago unless ihey Qrst tee
its contents. The feeling* of these gentfeuien can be
imagined. "Why," tboy say, "aro wo all to bo looked
on here as a parcel ol knaves who have como ovor to
cheat tbe Philadelphia customs authorities? Aro wo
not responsible to our governments for ourselves and
our exhibits; and can any one believe that wero tbe
slightest act ot Iraud on our part to bo dtscovorod U
would bo allowed to go unpunished by our govern
ments?" These gentlemen aro profoundly mortified,
and not without rosson, at tho suspicious
manner in which tbey havo boeu treated.
Had the foreign commissioners boen re
quested to attend to the Custom Houso returns
for their exhibitors there can bo no doubt that
three parts of the 111 feeling aroused would Have beou
avoided. 01 course, it uiny be, and it is, alleged In ex
ruse, "Wo have nbver bad uny thing ol this aort before,
and we have not ouough men to do tbn customs work ;"
but surely It was known six months ago that tho Ex
hibition wss to be closed on tbo loth of November
and that then tbe oxiitbtiora would tie as desirous of
packing up and getting away as alter tho Vienna ntid
1'aris exhibitions. An uudersiundlng should bavo
beeen come to betorehand with Ibo Treasury Depart
tnenl ut Washington, and an extra body of men?
whom, It nices?ary, the exhibitors would have been
willing to pay- put on duty as soon as tbe Exposition
was officially closod. A inoro liberal lulroprela
tlon?of this thero can bo no question should
have been placed on the letter of the law. and there
should not need to be any discuaaion as to whether
liquors and Articles of food consumed by gr >up lour of
tbe jury should be liable to duty or not. II one foreign
commissioner wauls to present anything lo u hospital
or orphauuge he ought not to be subjected to anuoyiitg
demauds lor payment of duties; and if another, liftor
it has uecn officially acknowledged the ho has been un
justly taxed ou certain articles, declines to pay any
further duties on such goods, he ought not to be told,
"Oh, yes, you pay now, and then you will get It back
with tbe rest ol tho money unduly lovled." Then,
again, although it was understood the Exhibition
was to remain open till the 18th, or longer,
so as to ullow exhibitors to sell their goods'
a number of officious persons have actually stepped
IB ta prevent goods being disposed ol, and In sumo
cases wlicro they have been soid the ohslscles tbrowu
in tbo way ot the parties getting them out hsvo been
so great tbut tbo purchaser has bad to request tho sale
lobe cancelled. Ouo exhibitor wa* from time A. M. to
one 1*. M. to-day at tho Custom House trying to get a
case through, ami wss tbeu lold to return ut two P. M.
Another had to fill up about lourteen pases of foolecsp,
snd lost ? day lu passing lour oases. This is not iho
cuso every where. While some of tho exhibitors aro
incensed in iho highest degree aguinsl the cu
lonts' authorities, sud say that It paid $100,000
they would not again exhibit In this eoantry
others express thegisolvos satisfied with the
trestment they have met with, especially
in iho Kusslan and Egyptian sections. Hie tact is
that Custom House regulations urn vexatious all over
tlm world. only with its they happen to bo rattier
more complicated limn elsewhere. I'he nerd of em
ploying a Custom House broker stems generally recog
nized by those who wlsn to get through their business
quickly; but one ol l hose "brokers is an expensive lux
ury. Thv French Commissioner would have einployod
one for tbo olesrnnce ot tho aou ca*;a aonl iroin iliu '
Ministries ol Eino Artr. Agriculture and 1'ublic In
struction, but ho wss itsked $100 lor the Job, mid con
cluded to sex to it himself. He has already been put
to s great deal of expense, as ho paid tbo storage on
all his exhibitors'esses, loaving it lo llicm w hether !
to reimburse him or not. Whilo on .this
subject let mo lavthal there exists some misappri iiefj- j
sion as regards the cases destroyed. Those belonging
to the Ersnoh government were rrplaccd by new eases !
sent from I'sris; those belonging lo the' exhibitors
have been replaced by others,*Inch they themselves j
have paid for, but in the construction ol winch they ;
bavo received every sssli-iauru from their Commis- I
sioner.
As regards tho claim lo bt mado on iho Ceutennlal
Commission alter ll.e lire which degiroyed'thu cases,
M. du rtommerarii telegraphed st un early dste thai no
such claim be made by lha Erench Commission, and
this wss the case with nil the tovernineiits It was
leit that the destruction ot thecaaes was u misfortune,
| ati<i that however general the sentiment that tho i
exhibitors should havo been compensated for ,
' tho loss sustained, yet that a lawsuit
i Would cost so much tuno snd money and
| engender so much ill leellng that It was bolter lo let
the wholo thing urop. lu th.s ? onueeiiou Colonel
I faiuiford. the Hrltish Commissioner, bus been most
unjustly at talked. The bulk ol I lie itritish exhibitors ?
recognize in Colonel Mnndlord ouo ol the most dial in- I
gulshni and courteous gentlemen his country could I
have sout, and ouo who lias been luduiatiganlo in *<ck- 1
mg lo promote the interests ol the exhibitors. Il he !
was not officially Invited to tho exhibitors' hsnqtict it ,
wss because It had been decided IIihI no official invito- i
lions n? issued, in orderth.il the gathering might par- i
lake more of sn informal and irieutlly character; hut '
he, like the members ot his stair whs privately iq. '
vtted, and spoke ir. a manner which gave the greatest
pleasure and satisfaction lo all present.
Mr. Angus Mioknye, the Queensland Commissioner, ?
only had about twenty case, destroyed.
The disappearance of ohjecis ol value has unfortu
nately not ceaaed. Between the (?venuig of Iho !Hh
and ilie morning ol the 10th November a Itir rone,
worth :f^0, was found mbalng hi the Norwegian do '
pariment; In another seeiton a pair of boors was
stolen, ahd In another wine, whllo In yet another,
some of the best lur* had boeu used by the guards for
sleeping purposes.
The Centennial guards seem as stupid at ovor, This
morning tbey actually re I used a gentleman admittance
Inlo one of the foreign sections, oven though the Com
missioner ot the ilepariment requested that his trtettd
in I u hi be ununited, sud iho needless obstacles I
placed tn the wity of pcotdo entering nnd i
leaving the buildings wlih the smallest pack- |
ages are vexatious 'in tho highest degree, lu i
tact, a mile more appreciation of tho real circum- i
stances of the caso Is needed on Ibo part of the subor
dinates, and ih's can only be done by their being In- j
st runted to tre.fl the loreiguors as gentlemen rather |
than as smugglers and bandttlL All aro agreed that
their relations with llio heads of departments havo
lieen of Ibe most agreeable clnractor, and II would be
a pity tr a number of Irresponsible underlings had it lo
their |?iwer to create bad blood between our country
and the guests from abroad. Tho latter must hive
patience, recollecting that, il tliero Is some delay now
at tlio close, they themselves occasioned no little In
convenience to tho authorit es hv not having their
Soods in the out.diug till long after April in, tho
a e llxed. So, by ii mutual tntere.hange of pnticnco
and good feeling, tho work of packing up nnd gelltng
away may proceed without any of those disagreeable
tnmdcnia not less deplorable in Ibe caae or an exhibi
tion than la that of a Presidential ?lection. ?
POH r OFFICE.
Postmaster James issued tho followinj report of tho
work done by the letter carriers of this rlty lor ths
inofith ol October last:?Carriers employed, 429. m ik
ing eight delivery mid thirteen collect on lld|m daily.
The dclivenes wire:?Registered letters, 18,4?1; mai;
lel.crs, ;t. 171.Ivi; mall postal cards, ?'JO,yiO; local let
ters, I,"71,074; local postaj cards, 6JA.774; Dfwspapera,
Ac., 671,la*t; letters returned lo the olllco, 'i.'<.J7.t.
Total postage on local mailer dollverad, 180,100 21.
auiouat paid carrier*, 7X
THE CHORCH CONGRESS.
Proceedings at Yesterday's Session of
the Conference.
FREEDOM OF RELIGIOUS THOUGHT.
Addrrsiei and Essays by Prominent Clergy
men and Laymen.
Bostox, Nov. 16, IS78.
Th* principal tople for discussion In lb* Episcopal
Church Congress in-day has boon ??The Relation of the
Protectant Episcopal Church to Freedom of Religioua
Thought. A paper a-as prepared and raud by Ker.
I?r. Junes DcKovon, Warden of tho Kncino (Wia) Col
Icg*. In hia essay tUa Warden claimed that Ircodom
of (bought Ima ll? liinttn within tho right
u" ?r re;,80U the serious listening to
the ro ev of God. Wo enn be Urm In oar belief or
eternal veritlea while wo Invite every kind of manly
reaearch. Wo must be tolerant, and not check the In
vestigation by narrowuc&s wbllo the four
volccs cannot contradict one anothor. Tho
Bible aud the Church proclaim nuthorltatlvcly
what the constitution of naturo and the
nature ol man cannot proclaim. How far ran the
I'roteitaut Episcopal Church limit freodom of thought
and pronounce authoritatively m tho realm of (ho
aupernutural! Only as alio speaks tho mind of tho
Holy Catholic Church, ol which she Is a mem
bar. The creeds and the general councils are
tho expression* of the whole Church, and
benco must bo the roico of troth; while thla
la admitted, the dllllcully eoinea when wo attempt to
settle the position ol later utterances and to deterinino
their forco. Theae utterances must bo hor testimony
as to what ah* bellevea; the undivided Church would
have aald testimony to a probability, but not of auch
authority as to make their aoceptauce a term of com
inijnlon or neces?arv to salvation.
th* AfTiioKirv or Tin cik-rcii.
Hot. E. A. Wnshbiiruo, D.I)., of New York, Inltowod Dr
M Koven in a protraoted address. The Church ol
England, ho aald, rctaiuod as Ita rulo ol lallb the
oldest of cree ls. It added to thla Ita articlea, which
dollncd its pna.tlon aa a rclormod bodv; both rauat
be atudle.1 to^etlior. Tho Church ol England waa a
uatlonal body, and when It Hang off tho usurpation of
Homo it kepi the common trutba which hound it with
nil Christendom. In ro'lalnmg certain features it wH*
no less l'rotosl.int In lis full avowal of the principle of
uuthority. Tho ground on which the English
Reformation planted itself was precisely the
samo aa that of Luihor, Calvin and Zwlngli.
It maintained (hat tho Holy Scriptures contained all
lhat was necessary toaalvallon. It declared us own
authority to be in the naturo ol all human judgment
not dlvmo or supreme, but fallible, in contradlstlnc'
lion to tho Roman falsehood, iho oharacter of wliich
latter the speaker showod at some leogth. The arti
cles ol tho Church of England, u war uext
minWin' uw"? a wltno8< 'ho rntno comprehensive
mind. Ho did not cite thein as a porfect ayatem of
theology. It la an aliuao of tortus. No theologian
should suffer when, they aro called Calvlulstic. Tho
articles wore trained not by dishonest eva
sion, but by godly practical Englishmen, who
lote Jesus. To aland upon the whole
truth cannot bo ahown in one age, and
It can be gauiod only by the study of the history of
doclrlpil theology. Our limes nre lo learn ai lui
lhat this personal Christ Is iho very kingdom of God
ii Is a matter ol rejoicing that the walla are so broken
riotneon High and I,ow and Hroad Church thai bardlv
any man knows whero lie stands.
r*KKI)OJ( OF MKUOIUC* THOUGHT.
The Rov. William Ituddor, D. I)., of Philadelphia,
was the first ol the nppointed speakers. He began br
analyisiug the meaning and scope ol the proposition be
loro iho Congress. What la truo. he said, of 'be Protes
tant Episcopal Church In this matter la oqually true of
?II oilier churches. H?% tborefore, would chunjto
rh?rph0p7 nil"1 .t0* *!whal ,8 1,18 relation or dm
church pi Chriat to freedom of religioua thought*"
The froedom of religioua thought must mean tl.o gon
eral Iroe action of the human mind unoa the subject*
of revelation, tho lart ol Iho revelation under somo
theory ol Inspiration being admitted. Ther* la no
freedom which doea not havo activity aa tho ex
ponont of freedom. Tho Episcopal Church is tho
freest Church In all the luod, bocauso acceptance of tho
dogma leaves him who nccepls u free thereafter to
Iheorlw lust as much as ho ploases. All the facta con
verge ui laat and bring us to the loot of the cross.
A latmas'm vikw.
I : Ropes, or Hoston, was the next speaker.
an<| ha said that ho would coualder the subject as a
laytnan. H# xpoko first of tho difference between tho
means adopted by tho Roman Cathoi c and iho Epis
copal church, a to aocure unlformny or opinion among
member*. Tho Catholto Church uudoriake* to
lore* cominunlCHiua to uniformity of ooln
ion by spiritual penalties In these days,
t hough in former times iho penalties were temporal,
rho position or l'rotesiant cburci.ee is uol to allow
peoplo to enter their folds without concurrence in their
doctrine*, and not to allow them to remain after ihey
have dissented from theso doctrines. Tb* Episcopal
Church differs Irom other Proiesiaoi churches In Hint
Its doors sro open lo all, and It differs
rom tho Roman Catholic Church, because it does not
claim iho right of coercion. In the reformation in
Germany the movement was intellectual rather than
nations!, but n, England it was national, and therefore
any co. rc.ou was not tolcraiod. Al ihl.< epoch of iho
Kerormation It win believed that uoliormny ol faith
; could be rccu red, even the Roman Cnurch Indulging tu
I i, to further the ond summoning iho
Council of Trent. Such uu 'dea seems monstrous, but
tlio Episcopal Church stands many an iho only Chuich
which did not maku tho mistake, 300years ago ol at.
tempting to formulate all tho doctrines.' Wo
open Iho doors to ml who believe in
Christ and His coming rodemption, and In iho
i divine or;gln ol the Church, aud the action or those
churches winch have b-ir.'ed up their part of the kins,
don of heaven with these rules, made moro than .KM)
years ago by men with wflotn Ihev havo not intellect
ChrUt1" dOI>? l"UCt> l? 'UJ?re lh? C*U4^ f,r
mmrk nxrexneua or ritKsnn*.
In the further duru.-sion ?r Iho essay ihe freedom
ol the kniMiopal Church was maintained and do
fcuoed at lengln by Rev. f. Courienay, of St. I'aal'a
eh arch, .Nftw Vorkj Rev. J. II Ward, of Marblehesd;
l?e\. )lr. Altunn, ol .New llrunswlck; Rev. riionnis
Ji iiiiiiiilet, of Hie Deal Mutes' church, New Vork ? Rev
hilwtn Hitrwoo'l, ol Niw Haven, and oiticrn. '
*f/"- ,n ??ts rcmarkx, clnimod that the Epl-co
pal Church was so tltuated that it could stand by the
old iruths without ignoring now thouglit. In other
Churches there is u?t ihi* freedom. The I'nltarlan
iiolins to lie the Ireeti of all, nut he Is
bo >i ud by his own whims The Hsptist, feel,
nig that ho Is catholic on Iho water oui-aiion.
Is catholic on nothing else. Tho Congregationalism
having received his dhgmas from his ancestor^, ln-iirs
In .lusir. Ilall everv Sunday morning what his religion
ol lliu future is io be. The Episcopal Church lias na
mission, ilie handing down ol truth and ministering
10 ulscasud minds, aud the American pejplc, if ihcy
are lo be won io any religion, arc to ho won to'tlm ro
iigion wnicb glres the wniest froedom. I
TIIK KVKMMi HKSSIO.N.
Tl.o topic of the evening session wa< the relation of
secular and religions education. Essays upon iho sub.
Iccl were read by Samuel Elliott, 1.1,. I) , Itosiou. and
iti'Y. I?r. II A. (.'on, ft|. Paul's Acaiietnv, Concord, N
11 , loiloweii wiiii remarks by Henry C. Alvord.
Ilosion; Itirv. John W. Kramer, New York Rev
>. Courienay and IUv. A, S. Wor.iel, Contrsl utot'eao
ol I inu-ylTanla; Rev. Or. Itogys, N.w Jerirjr; Rev
I?r. Hale, th.ineeilnr of the t'niversity of Nova Mcoila'
and tiovornur Riro. ol Ma*saclius?iis. xho general
lenor 01 the romarks was in iav..r or keeping mo two
together snd that divorcement of one Irom Hie other
must result fatally to bo h. Willi one exception the
speakers isvored tho retention ol the Hibie iu public
schools. The attendance upon tho sessions of the
Congress III lis fur h?T* been uiipreceiteutedly Isrira
and tho congrcicatlon ol represciituiivo men of tho
Church unusually full.
1HE CHICAGO HOV.
Pome fnrthor fact* havo cotno lo light regarding tho
boy Oeorgu Lultrell, aged ton years, ol Chicago, who
was Inund wandering ar?und the Erio Railroad pier on
Tuesday night. J', appears I bat Iho lsd Dns a mother,
a widow lady, residing in Chicago, and thai ho ran
away from homo. A guniloman named Foster, a con
drn>*d invalid, who had been to California for the ben
etll ol his health, was returning lo bis home In litia
city"and m*i ibe lad ou tb* iraiu. Hooil*redto pay
Ins Isro her* aud giro him n home with Ills family.
Tho proposition wn* accepted by the young
sramp. slid Mr, Kostor took lilm lo his
residence at No. 1UH avenu.- B, whore h*
was most kindly tr?at*d by Mrs. Kosier. H* never
complained ol hi* condition, but soma days ago said
he would ilk* lo go home. Mrs. Foster asked btrn il
ho waiiied tils fare pnid and ho nnawercd in Iho ncga
aiive, saying tbni he knew uII tiie conductors on the
ruilroail aud could pass himself along. Mu Tuesnay
evening Mr. Ko*ter dlod, and duriog the coiituaion and
disirese whien prevailed in the house ihe loy ran
awny. On boing arraigned beforo Justico Kssmire, at
the Washingtou Piac* Court, yeaterday, he wn* sent io
the Juvenile Asylum.
ROBBED ON A STREET CAR.
At Ihe Fifty-sovanlh Street Court yesterday Hislman
I'.ahcr, conductor, and John Kehoe. driver of a Second
nvenuo car, wore arrested on a charge of acting in < o'
lusion Willi a pickpocket who had robbed Thomas J.
Ward, of No. .ViO West Korty second street, ol his gold
waiuh nil.) chain, wl.ile a pass?n(?r on ihe delendanls'
Mt tho charge was not MHlalMd, III Hie defend
ants wor* discbarg*d. Ihe ililef haa uol yet been ar
rested, and tn?ro is no likelihood that hownl b* either,
for W?rd'a reuoUcatlva ol him u r*v v??*fc
FORT WASHINGTON.
CAPTUBB OF Til VOBI A CMTCBI AGO BT
TUB BB1TISII AND BEHHIAKK.
Tori Washington was captured by the British and
Hoului A coutury i(o io-dey. Thli iwl I* wpMUIij
memorable to Sew Yorkers. Wlih the lall of the tort
the patriots lost tbeir grasp ol Manhattan Island. aud
lor seven year* iherealier tbe British bold ?way in
New York city. fori Washington crowned ?bc sumuiil
of Mount Washington, a hill thai riaea about iliO leet
1 above tbe Hudson at tbe northern pari of our Isisnd.
It was a flve-slded earthwork, In wbicb thirty tour
cannon were mounted. It hid no casemslen, and its
outposts did not add strength to tbe work itself.
Kveo bow one can gel aa tiles ol the
rugged nature ol the country that surrounded tbe
fort, Irom tbe precipitous bills and beetling crag* that
civilization hat not yot cleared away. Irom llarlcm
l'lalns northward lo the dale at Tubby Hook the ground
| roue and fell abruptly and at every ascent and doscool
I immense rocks Jutted out so as to torm small preci
bp'ecs. Toward the Hudson and Harlem rivers stoops
[were presented that appalled tho climber. Through
this district there wai but oue road?Hie old Albany
post road?and that was commandod by Fori Washing
ton. This fort was built by flcneral Putnam in May.
1878, before the arrival of Washington In New York.
When tho American army lay In Us vicinity, alter tbe
evacuation of New York cliy, the lort was strength
ened in Itself aud also by the erection of
three parallel lines of Introncbments. Tho first
ol these ran between lWth street on the
Horleln River sldo and 145th strsel on tho
Hudson, tbe second was within gunshot of the nrai
and the third swept around ooar where Mine.
Jumel's old mansion still stand*. Beside these lines
Fort Washington had other accessories. A redoubt
on what was known as l.aurel Hill commanded tho
Hnrlem Kiver, tho little valley that crosses tho Island
Irom l'ubby Hook and tho gorge through which tho
Albany highway ran. Fort Independence, which
stood on tho promontory north ol Spuyten ^Juyvil
Creek, about where the Hudion River Railroad cut
now Is, commanded the creek and the Hudson. The
rtver was also apparently
CtlOKSD WITH OBSTRUCTIONS,
through which l'utnam loudly unaglnod tho British
war vessels oould not mako their way; ospoclally as
In trying to do so they would be harassed by the Ore
of Fort Washington and of Fort Lee, on the Jersey
Palisades. Alter the engagomeut on Chaitorton llill,
at White l'lains. whon General llowo had moved hia
aru.y to tho Hudson lu Westchester county, Washing
ton sont General Greene, who commanded Forts Lee
and Washington, an orlor 10 evacuate the latter work
?iid its surroundinns. Washington at that timo
had determined to move into Now Jersey to "j'or
cent tho proposed march of the llritisb upon 1 bila
delpbia, and wished to mass all lirn forces oxcepi
the corps of observatation which he designed to leave
In Wostchesler under command of the treacherous aud
barebr.ilued General Lee. Tho character ol this ufllcer
was then so little understood that Congress had called
htm from tho south to act as Washington's second;
and bv somo It was hoped that he would displace tho
Commandcr-in-CUief. Previous to Hits ntno, Congress
had ordered Fort Washington to be retained as loug as
dossible and Uroene had reinforced Its garrison. 1 nt
uara who constructed it, waA confident that the lort
was' impregnable, and in this opinion Orecno
coincided. Neither oould see the d.sadvantago ol bold
inr a position that was completely investod, tho ob
structions of tho river having been In great part over
come by the British war vessels, Wa.hington saw
clearly aud when ho had well considered tho matter
ot overruling an order from the Congress, ho wrote to
Greene, on Nov. 8lh, 1776:?' If we cannot prevent
vessels from passing up, and the enemy arc possessed
of the surrounding oountry, what vsluable purpose can
It answer to attempt to hold a post from winch the ex
uected advantago cannot bo hadr I am, inerelore,
inclined to think it will not be pruuent
to hazard tho mon and storo*N at Mount
Washington; bm, as you are on the spot, I leare It ??
you to givo such orders as lo evacuating Mouul Waab
fiiiiton as von msv judge best, and so Isr revoking tho
or dorg*veu to Co lo u e Ilia g? w to defend it to ibe last."
Greene took exeepiion to tho orders ol hir. superior,
made no preparation to evacuate >eri l.oe. as he had
also Iwou ordered, and instead ol withdrawing the gar
rison from Fort Washington sent thither reinforce
incuts. He old not keep a vigilant watch on tbe river,
however, and on tho night 4l November 11, 17.0,
thirty flatboatt
Cmowdkd wrrn nnman aoLntKits,
passed up the stream and hid away In Spuyten Buyr'l
Croek Bv tho 16ih or November General Howe had
completed his plans lor the reductiou ot the lort. ana
on tho afternoon of that day callod upon Colonel Magaw
lo surrender tmmediately, cruelly adding ibat if ho did
not when iho lort was capturod Its garrison would be
put to ibe sword. Magaw answered that hu would de
lend the post to the last mireinity. He bad under bio
command about 2,800 mou whioh force ho
had to strcteh ovor the broken ground
from 12Slb street to the creek. His
aids were Colonels Rawlln, Othc Holland Williams,
liainberl Cadwallader aud Bailor. The Ural two
named wore charged wtih the delence of tho north ,
C.<dwullad*r ut the south, and Baxter on Laurel HilL
Tno Ursl attack ou the Americans was mado at noon
on November 10. it waa directed ai the northern tie
leocei, iud wau mado by lli6 undor knyp*
liauscu aud Ball. This lorce was 4,M)0 strong, and Its
attack wan determined. thu ateep upland was de
fended by a line ol felled I revs, behind whica were four
raunon. In tho lace ol tbo?e cinuon aud a sharp mus
ketry lire tho llesslans climbed bravely, drawloo
themselves up by grasping iho dense bushes. The
flubi was well contested, but tho Hessians outnumbered
tne Americans, while they equalled I hem in courage
Knvpbausen and Hall led on their men, and reached
Hie* detences at oue time. Tho Americansretired
al.iwly to Mount Waabington, whither the Hessians
closely followed tb-m. Both Rawlings and W llliame,
iho Americau conimandora, wero wounded. >v quo
tins conllicl was goinff on a BrlliHh brigado under
I.ORD OOKJIWALMS
had stornridl Uurol Hill and captored Ihe redoubt
there alter a hard struggle, In which Baxter, tho
Amorlcsn commander, was killed wlnlo encouragnm
bis men. 1 lit Americans had also been driven irom
the south b.icls to Mount Washington. When the
Hosslans arrived near Fort Washington General Ball
sent a demand lor its surrender, stipulating tnat the
carrioon should retail their bsggago and the officers
their swords. Colonel Magaw asked five hours
to consider, but was only given hslf sn
hour. It wnn now late in the afternoon.
Wbilo iho truce rontinued a messenger Irom
Wanning!on Informed Mngnw thai if he could hold out
until night an effort to brum oir hit forces mould be
made, lie could not defer his answer to Geueral
It ill however, and he dared not attain begin the con
flict,' his position was so weak. Ho therefore eur
rendered I.it lorce of AflOO men, with valuable "HI
Icry and sioret Thus wero the resoafoes of ?ash
lotion again crippled by the obstinacy and vanity o
his ..Ulcers, aided by Cougress. which feared
to intrust bun with tho proper r?>wer
of command. Washington walehod the conflict
I on this island irom Fort Lee, and, It it
said by Washington Irving, shod tears wnen bo saw
| Hessians bayonet patriots who Baked lor quarter, i ho
I British and lles.tans lost tu the bailie about l.two
1 men, while the Americans lost but about one-eighth
i ol that number; but tho elTeot ol the defoat upon the
spirits of Washington's army was depressing, and it
| is not too much to say that it was only tho great pa
! triors surpassing powers as a gener .l and organi/.er
thai saved tho American party Irom lallng away as II
moved through the thou tory districit ol New Jersey.
TUCANT GlliLS.
THE7 ABE CIBCOVEIIED AKD BETU3BED TO THI'IB
noMFK.
On Tuesday afternoon Deteo.lvet Dllks and Haley, of
tbe Broadway squad, whilo on Broadway were met by
a gentleman who told tlicm that be hadjuit been flirt
ing with two girls in a restaurant in Tenth street, noar
Broadway. Ho said that the girls wero evidently re
spectable and in apparent danger ol being led astray.
He recommended tho ofDcors' to look slier tlicm.
The officers ssw tho girls and alter converting with
them decided lo lako them to I'olico Hcsdquarters for
protection. Wnlle there they confessed lust they had
run away from homo. Their names arc Mintno Wick
h im and Csrrle Wllsou. The lormer claimed tnat she
lisd lied trouble at homo on account of III treat
ment alter bor mother's second marriage,
si.o Intended lo obtain a sltnalioii In
this city?1<> do soy thing in order
to net away from heme. Carrie Wilson was stago
ttrecK and Intended beeomins sn aciress. She Had
special preleiouo* lor tbe part of Tons/, tn ' ncle
1 Tho"girls lott Albany on Monday night, snd made tho
acquaintance of a Mr. Amadell, eilber on the boat or
alter reaching this cltv. This Mr. Amadell It one of
the ttrin ol Amsdell Brothers, wealthy brewers, who
do business lu Albany and also at No. 44?>
?ireenwich street, tn this etty. Mr. Amsdsl bad
mado arrsogements to moil
hull nasi llvv Tiieadtty afternoon. Ho hlroa lor tneir
use Tn the m?sotini? eo ?Cll No. 178. providius the
driver with uiouey with winch the girls might enjoy
^AT'th'o'centisI OfTlco they confessed everything.
Inspector Uilkes yeslerdsy bad a long laik with them,
snowing them tho lolly of tlieir attempt to run awav.
Minnie at first declared that she would rather die than
return home, lhc Inspoctor tlniliy prevailed oa ihem
to go Deck. He telegraphed iho tacts te tibial Moiloy, of
Albany. Ao answer was soon rooelvod ssying thai a
person wst on the way from AH'ony to claim ihem.
Utout tour o'c ock yosterdsy afternoon a detective ar
rived from AlbiOy. The girls wero placed in hW charse
and taken back l?> their lamllies.
The two young Indies are cousins, and aro respect
ably connected both in this city und Albany. Minmo
claims to bo a niecc ?l aa ex-Governor.
YALE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION.
Tbe Yalo Alumni Association will hold ite first soclsl
meeting this season al Delmonlco s, Msdison square,
i to morrow ovsnmg. There will bo ao j'?rary ejter
[ otsee, as (lata la tbe oponutf of tM Mtlon lor
OUR INDIAN'ALLIES
Creek's Talk with His Red
Scllier3.
THE CHILD OF NATURE WITil HIS EYE 0PE1
I Fort Fsttskmas, Wy. T., Nov. T, 18T&
General Crook and siatf, with une company or ear
airy, followed by about 150 enlisted Indian*, Irom Red
Cloud Agency, and Major XortU'a loy I'iwdm icouta,
arrived here from Fort I.iramie yesterdsy. Tho real
of tbo command, ordored ou tho I'owdor Riffr cxpedl*
Hon, U ou ibe way, aud all will probably be here in
lime lo start lor old Kort Keoo by Sunday next. Ul
tho rnliMed Indians lllty-seven nro SlottC, nitiety-sig
Arrapabooa and *tx Cbeyenues. Nothing of moment
occurred on tbo march hither, aud we should ?carecl/
bare kuown that wo bad*wtlh us over 'J(W baroarlau#
l?m for tholr weird bowling and strange chanting at
night and the plctiiroaque manner In which they
slirou led themselves in bright colored blankola ai
they roao aloug bonind us. Tbey havo ? way oi build
ing loots, too, peculiar lo themselves. Iheir wickiup
la like a huso Cluneae lautern. It la broad at the base
and lapers toward tho lop, which la open. In tho
: ceutrc tbey build tholr lire, and when wood la plentiful
the blaze produces a pleasing Illumination.
INDUS TALK.
Here the Indiana aro to get their arm*, and to-da/
they soujhl a talk with tbo great white cluef General
Crook. Throe Hear*, a siioux Indian Vho baa been
nndo a *crgeaut, wa* tbo Oral speaker. Ho aaid thai
belore leaving llie Red Cloud Agency be told lb*
agent ho wauled him to glvo hi* people tholr
regular allowanco of lood while lie waa away. Ho
?aid:?"I nut talking In behalf ol all my people lor*
behind at tbo agoucy, and I want tbo beevea turned
over to thorn tho same as ever. I have threo thltisi
to say and that lo nil. When Iho delegation that baa
gone down to tho Indian Territory get* back I wanl
iho Indians 10 wait lor mo and not to go to Washing*
ion until we start together. 1 don't wanl thom to
Mart before that timo. A* *oon aa we get through
wiui tho busmen* out hero we can work together, and
Unit's the ri aM'D 1 want them lo wall lor me. I wanl
to nsk something now nnd then, and 1 want blta
(pointing to Cenernl Crook) to agree to It. When wo
travol together we should work together a* one. A
great many or our men buck at tho agency havo gunk
I wanted a nolo sent to both store* at tho agency to
have thom sell ammuuitton for a couple of day*, becauao
the hoalilo Indiana will come down from lb*
North and raise trouble with our people while we ore
away. I want you to wruo right away, because il my
yoang ponplu don't cry for bread wlnlo I'm away I'll
like you all the better when 1 come back. I have no
one back iliero to <io my business or talk for me uow,
and 1 don't know what ihey will do wlnlo I'm gone.
We wanl sonio of Ibe horses tho Pawnee* are driving
along, so that w? can do our work better. "
General Crook *aid be would give them hall tho
horses the I'awnees were driving, and they expressed
their satisfaction with a grunt.
Turee lloarr, continuing, said:?"! wanl you to
put thai down ou paper. If u man wants to
uel ou lu tt-e worlil he must keep hll tiri
straight and ho won't got lo trouble. Wo are go
ing to listen to you alter tble and do all you tell us.
ir wo get any money lor our country (tnoaottif
thu lilack Hills), we don't want il lakeu away Irom ut.
Wo waul It kept lor u*. I want the Croat Father to
I,cur me When 1 ask lor wagons and sheep. 1 waul
them myseir. I don't want ihu agent to take them lot
mo I am glad lor those things you gavo me to-day
(moaning his uniform) Wo wanl snoes lor our
women and children when wo draw annuity good*. Wo
want our guus lo-dav.? t
General Crook told bitn the guns would be here In ?
few days.
OilATUB SCHIIKK TWO.
Fast Thundor, the next speaker, said:?"All II*
bucks you see here are iroiu Reu Cloud and Irom npollet:
full. There aro suvon ol us. I want a lotler soul
lliere, loo. I want my words lo go to Spotted Tall
Agency. A ureal many Indians woul South with that
delegation lo the ludian Territory. We wanl the dele,
gallon to wult lor us when tbey come back. The flrea!
Faiher^oni us out here to do this business, and told me
to do il or die. I am gJiug to do Ik Wuo#
wo come back wo want lo pick out an agency, an*
when the other Indians come back we want to work
together and tell the Ureal Fathor what wo w?ni. ? i
hive a baud at my agency, aud while I aui away mere
is nono to look nul lor ihem. When you sond a letlvr
down 1 want you lo tell tho Croat Fatner to treat my
band right and give them iheir rations right, I wanl
you to give Iho Spoiled Tail Indians permission to
trade lor ammunition tor one day. The Northern In.
dinus will cotne down and uiako trouble lor them when
wo are away. Home ol Ihcsd young men have no
horses. Wo wanl you. when you divide the torses, to
get us fast hor?es, so we can do wlialcror you lull us lo
do and caich whatever you sond us alter."
1.IKK TltS WHITS MAS.
Sharp Nose, ol tbo Arrapahov, u?xi took the floor.
He said:?"I'nojii! are all Arrnpahoes you see here now,
aud ihey ere all your triends. Tbey have been youi
Iriends it long time. Thoy arc getting like the while pec
pie and want to light lor them. Tbl* place here was ou?
country. Tho tiovornineiil never gave us any monej
lor this post, and wo don't want any. Wo are gom|
wlih you to light the Northern 1 ml in lis. Wben yo|
came to llie agency and asked us lo help you to fl,: 14
those Indians wc said, 'Vcs, we'll go with you.
Wben you asked the Sioux il they would go ibef
wanled to talk over tho msiter. Bui we did not ?lo|
lo talk over ih? milter. We said we'd go. The 8w?i
said they'd l.ke to wall until springtime, when ibi
grass is greun. bocauso ine winters are very cold here
Wo did uoi wait to talk. We said, 'Yes, wo'll mo,' nnd
here we are. Wo wanl good arms, good horses ao4
plenty of ammunition. Wo want to scout in our owi
way, but >our men con go along Iho road. W?
will'send live men one way and five another, and il
H,ey see game moy will kill it, lor ihey like Ireab
meat If ihey see Indians they'll toll you where they
are. We have been your Irtends a long timo. and we
wanl to travel I lie tamo road wilh you. W hile we are
gone we waul you to look alter our lantiiies at Iho
agency nnd see thai our children don't sudor lor want ?
ol lood."
TIIK WIIITIt MA* SlltAK*.
The General promised iho Indians Iheir families
should uol sutfer during their absence and then gave
ihem some advice. Ho told Ihem nboui the while
nun's law* and how bad men aro punished sod not per
muted to go oif to the hill* uko the nosiilea wnon tney
liavo s'olcn caiuo or killou inou. He told them
me while men did nol wish to do Ihem any
harm but were coining to live in
their country. Tho buffalo, tlicy must havo ifttieed,
were all Qisappourittg, and they rouai turn their atten
tion to somo oilier way of living. They should learn
to keep cattle, till laruts and Itvo lo house* like while
people The Indians Koomod pleased wliu tho talk aud
tell seemiugly saiislled. In a day or I wo we expect ?
big war dance, an account of which 1 will forward.
Alter the council the Indians strolled aboul the post,
watched the olflcera play billiards aud lounged aboul
In a lazy *orl ol Inshiou. Among the enlisted Indians
? re the two captured In tbo ravine In ibe light wlifc
Atncrican Horse.
SELF-MADE MEN.
At tho Sixteenth street Hapiist church, noor EUhlh
avenue, Frederick Douglass, the colored orator, last
evening lectured on "Self-mado Men." The church
wa* very well Oiled, with an audlcnco almost entirely
while, who llsienod lo the lecturer throughout wltb
the greslest attention and heartily applauded oil th?
brilliaut or taking point* of the discourse. Mr.
Douglass spoke mainly of the necessity ol worl
nod honest endeavor lo Insure success I*
life. There was nothing leli to cbanct
In this w.irhl, and science had made such rapid strides
by this time that men had learned that It was neoos*
ssry to adopt means to any end wished lo bo atlaiaod,
nnd not to wait lor divinn interposition. The lssy
man was' really tho unlucky man in Iho world, and
none other. As fcr religion, that mast be in tho man
himself, and he must practise the precepts of religion
as well as prsy lor gtsco. The preacher who prays lor
knowledge and dues noi work lo obtain It will soon be
preaching to empty benches. Our colored ministers,
i-aid ?lr. Douglass, are great on praying; they
tli>nk ihey have only to open their moutbf
aud Ihey will be tilled, and tbey open tbeai
wide enough, so.no ol them. 'When I was a slave I
tried prsymg lor three yoara. I prayed ibal tlod
would emancipate mo, bal it was nol ml 1 prayed wtlb
my legs that I waa emancipates There Is nolhtnf
liko genuine, indelatigablo work. Mo man ought M
waul somo kind friend to pat a springooard under bin.
The man who will hit himself np will bo helped up. I
have been asked if 1 would apply tbis theory to lbs
negro. My answer is, "Oito the negro tair play and
lei him alone." If be ta oa Ins way lo
school, lot hi in go. II ho la on his Wa/
to church, let him go, lor he needs It. If bo Is oa nis
way lo the workshop lot him go. and do not let any
irades unions bar him out on account ol bta color. II
be la on his way to Congress, as I am, let him go.
Iho Icclnrer concluded with giving a alight per
sonal description of somo ?o called, "self
mado men," such as llngh Miller, Robert
Rums sod Abraham l.incoln. Among them
he mentioned pat tlcul.irly llenjamln Uannioker,
ol Maryland, who was a pure negro with not a tint ol
white Mood in htm, who made himself a good acbelar
and a tolerable aktr?nomcr, and to whom Thorasa
Jellerson wrote a letter, dated Angnst 30, IT90, ad
dre-n'u "Sir,'' and conyratulatlnif bun on being abto
to enlighten nun (Mr jeff-r>on)on tne intellectual poo*
sibl'lties and capability* of iho negro race.
AN UNN'ATUKAL 80 N.
At the Fl.'ty-seventh Street Police Court yeslorday
John McNally, of No. 12i Wost Filty eighth street, wag
found guilty of stoning his aged lather. He waa com
muted m the Island tor a month ta default of |M IM
and 9300 to ho ol geo4 bohayior for lb roe moi ih>