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The New York herald., 1875-11-17
THE PAUPER CHILDREN.

In the Randas Island Nursery, m institution in
connection with the Poorhouse there at present
$50 children In pursuance Of act passed by
Legislature these all be on or before the
LIST day OF January next to orphan asyums other
charitable or reformatory institutions in the county.
The Commissioners OF Charities and Correction have
caused to be mailed to the relatives guardians and
friends Of the children copy OF the law,
together with the resolution of the Board
in relation 10 the removal in order allow them a
sufficient period to provide for the future welfare the
little II is claimed that the law did contem-
plate any interference with the children Randalls
Island, but aimed at the county poorhouses
where the children are kept in the same building with
the paupers, and consequently associate with them,
greatly to their detrment An effort will be made to
have the next Legislature modify the law ex-
empt the county OF New York from its effect
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WHAT THE PRESS THINKS OF "ON TO CUBA"
THE SPANIsH-cUBAN NOTE.
From the Evening Post. I


Many persons in this country would be confirmed
in the support certain policy rather than dssuadcd
from it by the remonsrances of the London Times
The class OF citizens who would be thus influenced is
also the class of citizens who usually most ready to
join in reckless demand for war; who always keep
sharp lookout for "nsults to flag" and often dis
cover them where they do exist who prepared
to defy the combined powers Of Europe, If not to
"whp all creation" and who are acutey sensitive to
everything which seems to SAVIOR OF "British' arse
gance The reasons which the Times gives for beev-
ing that ncxpedcnt for the United States to inter-
fere in Cuban affairs will make impression upon the
enthusiastic patriots who eager for hostlites with
Spain; but other persons viii attach due weight to
those reasons.
Tho Times account OF the note recently adj
dressed to the Madrid government that its contents
are substantially advice to Spain TO reinqush Cuba
and permit IL to become independent republic, with
the iniimaton that the advice may any time be
phaszed as demand. The Times says that would
be inevitable "if American dispatches could be
strued as literally as those OF European countries :"
~ procecus 70 show that the note is the less Of
fensye because y tells plain truthsas that Cuban
slavery is great wrong and mischief and that the
colony costs the mother country more than il Is worth
that no Spanish ministry could retain power which
should even consider proposals offensive to Castan
pride anu that republicans, Alfonsts and Carlists
all compete with each other in refnsinv IL
give up the Pearl OF the Antilles We believo
that the tear q war may be mitgatcd BY knowledge
Of the peculiarihes not so much Of diplomatic de-
spatches from Washington OF the pccuhar,ties OF
some OF the teegraphlc and mail dispatches which pre-
tend to convey American the European public
II is safe TO that such the Times describes
has been sent to Madrid IL could only have gone win
the consent OF tho Secretary Of State The views OF Mr.
Fish In respect to our Spanish. Cuban relations arc
known to be conservative and wo NAV take for
granted that he would resign his ocs before he would
The New York herald., 1875-11-17
WAS IT A MURDER i?

MAN DIES AFTER BEING UNCONSCIOUS TWEEN
TY-FIvE DAYS.
Thomas Smith left his residence In Sxty-eIghth
street, Eleventh avenue, the 10th Of last
month perfectly well, and brought home the fol-
lowing day in an unconscious condition The persons
who took him home say they found him lying in the
street There no evidence OF his having drank
anything and II is thought that he had been assaulted
by some unknown person. The injured man was re-
moved to the Reception Hospital, where he lay In
comatose state until last Monday evening when he
died. ON being received into tho hospital il was
tced that there small scalp wound over the left
parletal bone
Deputy Coroner Leo will make autopsy the
mains after which inquest will be held at the Coro
ner's olce by Coroner Kessler
The New York herald., 1875-11-17
WASHINGTON.
FROM OUR REGULAR CORRESPONDENT
WASHINGTON, Nov. 10, 1875.
LEGAL QUESTION IN THE MATTER OF RE
FUNDING THE NATIONAL DEBT.

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10, loIo
A LEGAL QUESTION IN THE MATTER OF RE-
FUNDING THE NATIONAL DEBT
The closing out or the 500 600 900 1--WE per cents
by the Syndicate subscription, Monday last raises
question in connection with such further prog
shall be made in refundng the national
debt The original law provided for convert
ing 1900 o0o, 900 six per cents into 10000 600
five per cents 800 900 half per cents and
1000 600 600 four per cents but Secretary Boutwell,
got Congress to amend the law allow Of issuing
500 600 900 ve per cents The amendment failed, how
ever to specify whether the Of 300 000 600
should be taken from the four and half or four per
bonds and the present Secretary OF the Treasury
is in doubt therefore whether he is liberty TO con-
tinue reundng by issuing four and a half per cent
bonds He will refer the matter to Congress and ash
an early settlement Of the matter
ANOTHER ITEM IN THE THIRD TERM ERUPTION.
The third term press eruption broke in still
another place last sunday The Philadelphia city
came out for the third term the. time that the
Washington Sunday Chronicle and National IRtelii
gencer pronounced for II here This coincidence Is fur.
ther proof Of the scheme of Messrs Chandler and Ed
munds to organize victory" for President Grant next
year.
POOL SELLING ON THE sPEAKERSHIP POSTPONED.
1t was proposed to sell pools the SpeakerShip at
the Imperial Hotel tonight but owing to the lack OF
interest in the matter present the attempt to elicit
oplnon IN TINS curious way deferred until there
should be larger number Of politicians in town.
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PASSING COUNTERFEIT MONEY.

Two girls, about seventeen years of age apparently
Italians, arrested in Paterson yesterday pass
Ing counterfeit money One gave the OF Mary
Mali No. 3S Mott street, and the other Florence Mali
No. 35 Bsxter street, New York They bought few
cents worth Of candy and profered SO bill
In payment which was soon ascertaned to be counter
felt The girls were watched and after taking a cir
cuitous route were Joined by man, but the latter
made his escape IRON the following officers although
the girls arrested Several other counterfeit bills
on the City National Bank of Poughkeepsie aud the
Farmers Manufacturing National Bank of Poughkeep
sic found in their possession They held by
the authorities for further deveopments.
The New York herald., 1875-11-17
A NEW JEWISH TEMPLE.

The corner stone of the jewish Temple Beth
Eohim, on Keap street, Division avenue was laid
with imposing ceremony yesterday afternoon in pres
ence OF large assemblagc A choral vas sung by all
present accompanied by Franks Twcnty.eighth rcgi.
ment band After prayer had been offered by Rev.
Dr e. Gottpeil, rabbi OF the Temple Emomi Ei Rev Dr.
Gursman, rabbi Of the congregation Beth Elohm,
hycrcd sermon IN Gcrmln. rhe stone,
Whlch was inscribed This stone was laid November
16, In the year 5,B3S was then placed in position
AddraAsaa NADIA and tha naaln hairs
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A CHURCH CHOIR SCANDAL.

An action to recover damages in the Of $4,000
has been commenced in the city Court, Brooklyn, by
Charles Bachmeycr formerly organist Of the church OF
which Rev. John J. Raber Is pastor The plaintiff sues
the pastor for alleged SANDER He charges that the
clergyman accused him of improper conduct toward a
young lady resident of the Eastern District Subse-
queniy Mr. Bachmeyer applied for position az or
aanst ia 81 Benedicts church but in consequence Of
the damaging charge he was not accepted Hence the
iarYlr .irpGs
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THE IRVING STATUE.

The ladies' who have taken charge OF the enterprise
TO erect in Central Park worthy monument 10 Wash
incton Irving viii o'clock this afternoon at
Inc house Of the President Of the association No 42l
Finh avenue. All ladies' Interested In the project are
lnvifnd fn ho nrnArnL
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WASTING THE CRoToN WATER.

John G. Campbell, the Chief Engineer OF the Croton
Aqueduct owing the quantities Of water wasted
the piers Of the city last winter has notified the
Iessees Of the different wharves that n tho water is al
lowed TO run during the coming winter months meters
must be used order that he may be able 10 assess
tha value Of the Croton used
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sung the congregation dispersed. Tho building which
Is 10 be o brick with Dorchester stone trimmings Is
o4xIo feet The cost Will be $50, OOO
The New York herald., 1875-11-17
MOODY AND SANKEY'S LAST WEEK.
THE MORNING MEETING.


Mr. Moody offered the opening prayer at the early
meeting in the Tabernacle yesterday morning, which
had large attendance considering the lorblddng
weather Deacon Hawley read requests for prayers
Besides twenty ave cities twenty churches, eleven
sick parsons seventeen drunkards and number Of sun
day schools suppncaiious asked for nearly 500
individual After the congregation had joined in
singing the third lynn
need lsae every hour.
Mr.. Needham, The lrish evangelist read the twenty
first chapter o. the gospel of 81 John, which he used
as the text for short exhortaton. He said the pas
sage he had read showed that way TO worldly
success in the line Of obedience TO the Divine com
mands. In this chapter we are told of three
when the risen Saviour showed Himself His disciples.
lie stood by the shore and bade the fishermen TO cast
their nets on the right side OF the ship When they
wonderful catch which succeeded to a whole
night Of ruitless toll Again, when Mary
sought the dead Jesus at the tomb He showed
Himself TO her wondering eyes. Like many women
now she sought dead body when she should have
waited Tor living Lord and Master. SO he showed
Himself TO the doubter Thomas, bidding him 10 con
vince himself Of His identity by placing his hand the
wounded SIDE only by obedience 70 Goa can we hope
ceive His blessed spirit Hymn III,
Ny faith looks up Thee
was then sung Mr. Moody in very interesting man
ner told the story Of cripple, lately converted ut the
Rink. brief season Of silent prayer followed, with
oral prayer in which Mr.. Needham, Mr. Hawley and
Mr. Martin led. Special prayers asked for East
New York, where 1t was stated that there
are few earnest Christians and large
band OF hard workers for the devil
Mr. Moody alluded 10 the good work being done by
the young men OF Brooklyn. He said the meeting of
the preceding evening Of the extraor-
binary he had ever Witnessed All the house per-
sons sunk on their knees at the invitation TO join in
prayers Tor Divine mercy. he appealed to Christians
TO sustain the Young Mems Christian Association. 1t
is now $4,000 in debt II ought pay as it goes and
not run in arrears else shut up. lie did believe
in running Christianity in debt aud paying OF the de-
hciency by dance or fair. He would ask for colec
ton Wednesday morning TO pay OF the Young MEMS
Christian Associations debt and If the contributions
were not enough he would continue the collection at
each meeting till a sufficient amount should be raised
The New York herald., 1875-10-31

twcnty-eight, the rigging was covered with
frost and ico and crystals formed among the
loose ice.
II had been arranged that the Pandora
should touch, If possible at Carey Isles, de-
posit letters for the Alert and Discovery, and
bring home such letters and records as
Captain Mares might have left of their progress
in their adventurous and arduous voyage.
Passing through streams of loose ice off
Beverley Cliff and Petowak glacier, of which
our artist made some fine sketches, we ar
rived at Carey Isles. Beating against a strong
northcrly gale, we managed to land on the
northwest island Of the group, fixed upon by
Captain Mares to deposit dispatches. Great
was our disappointment when we
POUND THREE CAIRNS,
none of which we're left by Captain Mares.
After a thorough search by the crew we
found nc had not been here at all. Two of
the cairns we're built by whalers; the third by
the Rosolute and Assistance Of 1850. Captain
Young concluded that Mares was prevented
landing here by ice or fog, or perhaps gale.
Having deposited two barrels of letters for
ships. We rc-embarkod by light midnight,
not without difficulty, as il was blowing
strong eale and heavy surfs were running.
The Pandora bore away for Lancaster Sound,
running before q northerly gale. OF Cape
Horsbury We killed three bears and captured
one alive. We entered Lancaster Sound on
the 2ist, hut unexpectedly finding our prog
r,ss stopped ~ a barrier Of ice of Cape
MaFronacr. We crossed and recrossed the
sound three times without finding o lead.
Finally the ice opened along tho southern
shore and allowed ~ 10 push through to the
entrance of Admiralty Inlet, where we found
more clear water, and eventually succeeded
In clearing the pack, which was about fifty
miles vide We now stcercd for Beechy
Island. ana when opposite Regent Inlet
we've euv,loped In a fog, which settled down
On ~ like 4 wet blanket, hiding tho sun and
lho land The compass was 20
NFAR TnE MAGNETIC POLE
that Il became useless, and for two days we
literally gropsd our Wy through the whole
length ~ Barrow Strait with an oasterly
gale. accompanied ~ snow, sicct hail, and
occasionally Zee streams. Then tho fog lifted
IN The evening. and We found ourselves at the
entrance ~ Radstock Bay, within sight Of
Bcechy Island, which showed some good
guessing On tho part o. Captain Young and
his navigating oaicor We soon could dis
iinguish yacht, among many things left here
by Ross In is5o, drawn up on the beach, her
mast still upright, together with two life
boats aud s.Northumbcrland Uousa We
anchored al midnight, the gale blowing
northwest, causing a heavy surf We went
ashore next morning, and quite
SCENE oF DESTRUCTION
and ruin greeted as Northumberland
House" had been broken into. and, at first
glance, II seemed a. II nearly All the stores
left here by former expeditions had been
destroyed. The ground was covered with
tins Of meat pcmmican and vegetables,
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sea and the cold sting had left the air. The
land was quite bare of snow, except where
we got glimpse of the highlands of the in
terror, on which might be perceived patches
of snow.
In the afternoon we passed q rookery of
gulls, secure in their lonely isolation on the
face of the rocks at place where the vegeta-
tion formed an extensive green patch down
to high water mark.
We keep a good lookout on the shore
with powerful astronomical telescope
and cairns are constantly reported, but they
prove, upon inspection, to be huge granite
powders, with which this coast, and espe-
cially the ridges, are strewn. At six in the
evening we reached Ross cairn, on the coast
Of Somerset, left by him and McClintock in
1S49, when they came around the coast from
Port Leopold on foot, in search of Sir John
Franklin.
After divine service Captain Young landed,
found the record left by Ross, took it, left a
copy and another record of his own.
Again, in the night we were enveloped by
fog and obliged to heave to and wait until
morning brought q clear atmosphere.
Once more the sun came out clear and
bright as we again flew down the Sound
rapidly diminishing the distance to Bellot's
Straits.
1t was one Of the loveliest days ever saw,
and rather like what one would expect on
some sunny southern sea than this grim, un-
known Peel Strait. Its waters were as smooth
as glass, and reflected the rays of the sun in
a flash of dazzling light that blinded the
eyes, The air was as soft and mild
as a May morning. In the east the low shore
on North Somerset mass of powders and
granite rocks worn round and smooth, and
heaped up in wild confusion; to the west the
distant coast of the Prince of Wales land,
high and mountainous, enfolded in purple
mist, and silent, calm and beautiful in the
golden light of an Arctic evening
We were now rapidly approaching
Bellot's Straits, and Captain Young was
between coasts well known 70 him from
having explored them on foot and laid
them down on charts when out in
the Fox. At length, low down on the
horizon, we sighted Roquette Island, ten
miles north of Bellot's Straits, and right be-
fore us, surely, we think We will reach tho
strait poor Bellot discovered. Though we
get no further, some Of rs calculate that
we will be there by six, and animated are
the discussions and excited our expectations
as we gaze eagerly south. The skipper is
reserved and taciturn, however, and does not
hazard an opinion, for there is a whitish
glare on the horizon above and beyond the
Roquette Island, which TO him has an omin-
GUS look. 1t is
THE DREADED ICE BLINK,
and as we advance it grows broader and
higher, until at last white masses Of ice begin
to rise above the horizon.
At four o'clock on the evening Of the 3Oth
Of August we are at Ia Roquette, and AZ tho
edge Of an uncomfortable pack that extends
The New York herald., 1875-10-31

We anchored to the ice until the fog lifted,
when we were enabled to force our
way through loose ice until night ;
then we came to solid pack
extending from Cape Kennel to the west
northwest as far as could be seen from aloft.
With bright icy sky from the south to the
northwest we were again forced to anchor to
the ice taking advantage of the opportunity
to fill up with fresh water. BY ten o'clock
A. NJ. the following day we discovered a
small lane of water along the southern
shore, through which we forced the ship,
and which apparently led toward Limestone
Island. change now occurred in the
weather. This morning it was freezing hard,
with atemperature of27 deg Our rigging was
completely covered with frozen spray. Now
dark clouds arose in the south, the barome-
ter began to fall, the wind to rise, and blasts
from the southeast were continuous.
We at last succeeded in forcing our way to
Limestone Island, where we landed and left
a record. We passed inside of Limestone
toward evening and were again enveloped in
thick fog, which made navigation very
perilous work. 1t was dark by nine o'clock
and we had high, rocky coast on our port
beam, solid pack on the starboard, wind
on shore and fog, darkness and rain torrents
which prevented the coast from being seen at
more than cables length. The stars were
invisible, and, to crown all, there was no COM
pass, for our compasses were utterly
useless, and we had to grope along in the
gloom like blind man, steering by the
wind, which might change at any moment
and put US on shore. We nevertheless got
through the night without accident, but it
was three o'clock before we could see we
were off Cape Granite and steering a fair
course along the land. Early in the forenoon
we passed
THE FARTHEsT POINT REACHED
by the Fox when stopped by the pack before
returning to Regent Inlet, and here there
was not particle of ice to be seen to the
south in the direction we were going. We
were now navigating waters where no
ship had ever been able to penetrate
before, unless indeed the ill-fated Erebus
and the Terror may have gone down here
on their last voyage. All on board were now
in fever of expectation. We were now
within $50 miles of King Williams Land,
near where the Erebus and Terror were
abandoned after two winters in the
pack, and if we found no ice in Peel Sound
we were sure of reaching the point and pick
ing up more relics of the lost expedition
perhaps even some of Sir John Franklin's
found. Besides, if we reached there, we felt
hopeful OF making the Northwest Passage,
the dream Of navigators for centuries.
The wind now came around to the south
west, but as yet we had no sun to guide us
or enable us to take angles or directions; so
we followed close along the Somerset coast
line.
We seemed to be penetrating into quite
another climate, for we were in an iceless
The New York herald., 1875-10-31
THE PANDORA.
Additional and Graphic Details of
the Expedition.
A Brief and Thrilling Voyage
to the Arctic Seas
REHiNS OF THE FRANKLIN EXPEDITION.
Narrow Escape from an Iceberg, Which
CapSizeS in the Night.
BEAUTIES OF POLAR SCENERY.
"A Singular Absence Of Ice in
Melville Bay.
"A Singular Absence Of Ice in
Melville Bay.
CURIOUS BURGLARY BY BEARS
The Graves of Three of Franklin's S
Men Discovered.
LONDON, Oct rs, 1876.

LONDON, Vel. 10, 1910.
After an interesting journey of nearly four
months duration the steamer Pandora re-
turned from the Arctic regions on Saturday,
when she arrived n Portsmouth. need not
tcll you tho history a tho Pandora nor of
thc mission which il was intended she should
~ the means of accomplishing has
been done already by Mr.. MacGahan, your
correspondent who accompanied the vessel
On her voyage. The Pandora started from
Portsmouth on the 2sth of June, and re-
turned ~ the same port on the 10th Of Octo-
bor her voyage, therefore, occupied just
l0i days, ora little over fourteen weeks. The
excitement IN England produced by the
Pandom's return was very great. The Lon
don journals, one and ALL have lengthy re-
ports q tho trip, some cmanating from their
local correspondents In Portsmouth, others
giving In generous mood credit 10 the
HER,I.D and its correspondent The follow
ing hurried letter from AIr MacGahan gives
additional and graphic details Of tho Pan
doms voyage.
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bales of clothes and rolls of blankets,
bundles of flannel, heaps of clothing, hanks
of yarn, hundreds of pairs of woollen socks
and mittens scattered about in the widest
confusion. The marauders had entered
by the south window, and to enlarge
it had torn out nearly the whole
side of the house, which had been built
Of boards. The snow had drifted in during
the winter, then had partly melted in the
summer, then frozen and thawed during the
succeeding winters and summers, until the
whole interior of the house, to the depth of
four feet, was one solid mass Of ice. The
beautiful blue cloth, 50 fine and soft, and the
white, soft flannel blankets and clothing
were all torn to shreds and ribbons; the meat
and pemmican cans were punched in and
pulled off; and all this was the work of the
Polar bears, as the marks of their claws were
everywhere, while a cask Of rum, standing un-
touched near the doorway, was good evidence
that Northumberland House" was not bro
ken into by human housebreakers. They
had even gnawed into some barrels of salt
beef and emptied them of their contents 1t
looked as if the bears had been amusing
themselves by
PLAYING BALL WITH EVERYTHING
they could not tear to shreds. Fortunately
most of the provisions and part of the cloth
ing were safely headed up in solid iron
hooped barrels. The salt meat and sugar
appeared in good condition, and also nearly
all the clothing put up in barrels.
Captain Young made survey, SO rs to
report to the Admiralty. He nearly restored
everything to order, and left the Goals undis-
turbed and the few stores, with the intention
of forming depot at Peel Strait in the event
of the Pandora being abandoned.
The yacht proved on examination to
be in good condition and capable
of going to sea with slight re-
pairs The life boats, although somewhat
damaged, may easily be made seaworthy
but the little wooden boat was split and
broken into fragments. The india rubber
one nearly all disappeared, except the skele-
ton. We visited the graveyard containing
the graves of three of Franklin's men and
two of the North STAR We found the wooden
headboards well preserved and upright
The artist made number OF sketches and
photographs of this place.
We weighed anchor the same evening, and
steered for Peel Strait with fair wind.
Now came the anxious and critical period
Of our voyage. Former explorers had found
pack ice on the south side of Barrow Strait,
blocking the entrance to Peel Strait, into
which the ship had never been able to pene-
trate far.
Would it be possible for us even to enter
this strait, this throat of the northwest pas
sage or would we be obliged to turn back at
its very entrance2 1t soon appeared that we
we're to form no exception to Others for on
the morning Of the 9th the inevitable fog
which so constantly accompanies the ice
arose, and our progress was suddenly stopped
by heavy packs extending across our course,