The New York Herald Newspaper, August 22, 1857, Page 1

WHOLE NO. 1660. MORNING EDISION—SATURDAY, AUGUST 22, WOE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT. SHREWSBURY, nes Important Disclosuree—festimony of Wrs. Cono- wer, Mr, Macknett, and Doctors Baldwin and @reen—Margaret Dale’s Insanity—Pro. Dably Real Cause of Her Death—Reowp then of a Singulsr Anonymous Com. maunication—Conclusion of the Inquest—Verdict of the Jury Censure on Doctor Conover, as. ae. SHOOND DAY. ‘Me Corover’s tequeet inw the circumstances relative to @e death of Margaret Dale was continued at the City Matel in Hiizabdotbioen, N J., at two oclook on Thurediy @terneon. The excitement in that scotia of the country seems to have become very great within the dey or two past, apd many are the speculations and theorles indulged im tovobing the very singular denouements which havo eem mate concerning the death ef Margaret Dale, and the waksequent conduct of Dr. Conover and his wife, sister of ‘Meerened. (@m Thersday afternoon a very large consourse of people (eered about the pleco in which the inquost was being somducted, and remained anxious listeners to all that trans Hired up to the time of the adjourn meat in the evening. Osroner Baldwin, of Newark, on Wedneadsy morning weeetved the following anonymous communication con- ferning an attempt to sbip the body to New York as freight @masicop, The envelope vas postmarked New York, Amgest 20, and directed to the Coroner of Newark, N. J., Mace ete g eigen Avovsr 19, 1857. My. Oonomnn: Perbaps can inform yoa of some. that would 06 of service to you couce ning tbe mys- ‘Of the Newark dentitt an: Margaret Dale After be from the Highlands he stopped at a Janding just be- dook, wrere a market slo >p was laying. ‘the sloop and wanted to thip the nf 5 Shere he wanted of Oaniel Campbell to tak- tho EY af as * ;he went ide of bim and reon be was no waterman and did not kaow bow se'l a dost, and hired him to take him to Elizabethtown, yhieh he did, B was Grst though best to procure the attendance of the parties pamed in the communication, but apon subs*qient @asubation and consideration project was abandoned. Previous to proceeding with the inquest the question ‘was mooted as to whether Coroner Braun bad jarisdiction Dot, some parties baving alleged that the Dedy was interred just ou side of tne bouarary of Union @ounty and was in Gitnton county, the division fines not Raving been clearty defined as yet to the people of the gous y in consequence of the very recent enactment of the Setay, Bowever, aqrecd ihat all was correct, aud ibe . Agr was oor: @erencs proceeded wikh ezet z ‘were you on Sunday, the 10h this month? a 8 Bradway, of losay tiroal, ye ot a Jay street, sworn: ‘Bown to the Uoean House. York tery we stald the Ovren }, and lef there to go up the river 8 “G negermae Seay tony Gaewes body ont of the beach? 2 pga hd ~ “about 11 eclook there on ‘about four or five game ip oon: , when a gentieman told vs that he wee Op the body ofa young gir!, and a domestic me ;. I aeked him what coapirywoman she was, and be tbat she was an American girl, from Pitts ‘Warg, Pennsy’ ja; one gentlemen a:ioa if there we any is Meman enapet ee wo ud ime 6 ! Be appt wk my wife told them | ‘Bbout three miles cf) my ah was not rignt; 7 Dery about cially 3 to stay I went away, and [think ail the rost, with the ox eeption Mr Baan; be stsid three or four minates Merward; at this time they sere dwn to the oor) ever were thrown weeds; they seems w be and I wont off; the corse smelt very bed; I off he tnd wont to the boat end eouli- @4 aroun: to river, while tre party retarved to me Deat wib coffa dowa and waded th: tho water to the boat and pat it io, un ero sume ; 008 fa the ‘sakei the question, if we thon, thom to report a: ine Onean shat had tanen place; this wae he Orst idea fae knew all aboat it mt the Oorar was, “You, sorta ly; re port , @he reply; weten wen O can House and meptoaed the re j ‘Wes any of your party out weding in tho water? A 1 were wading in ihe water on the other site of the Fiver, catching roft crabs; we wero im the ‘Weer near this place eri! afer they went om ‘was ap argument in oar bos abot the Brut teow it; wo thought that it vas one of tao thwats of ‘Be } a0nt * hich the mao had on his shoalter, and (or the a Blouse «bile #: wee Mr. Bow tor’s remark sald anyting about there any ouber bu rounds ? A. My wife raid there wore three not Sheets “one off, were & great deal nearer tran thas at Keyport; this ‘was raid at ibe grave oo ihe beaoh, and it was there that fhe doctor said he sbould love ihe tide and would not get ome saat night i Wey shegpes to very her anywhere in Q Tho « far wes the ladies off trom the grave when your ‘wife made the remark about tsere being other burying | arf A. Au near as I can jucge about eco jarda« “| How far was it re houe? A itis within half a mile of See. Q Brad’ Rea wiebe!, Be could ba Doctor prered o makes ii {Ht Hie ‘at night with my babe and and other children and Margaret ae Margaret in good health when you lofi! A. She tp £008 health, ‘ne 800 affected by the move of the boat? A. No, ext morning my hushand rowt for me to come down to the boat before breakfast; I came down, whon I game down be told mo that Margarct had orto the sone fell overboard; he heard her socidentally; and Teams down I foond Margaret was quite I), f oat 233 53 Ft oRE al Lj 4 emily from the efeots of the water: { went and look fer; | thonght thas eho to be quite if, and I wmbod ber bow abe came to fal) aod Bow eke aid ibes she felt vary mob appressed ‘was very hard for to breathe. she feeling ver! over ber breast; abe bad pot any cough the: appear to cough any at that time; she has been enbject to b before that for some years; as 1 her an bour ané » bab or two hours; she stayed on the back, ‘and we sent and got ber some breakfast, and she ox ber t there ona bench under a tree; shedrank a bo +) tes, and ate a baif slice of bread; she walked back her- peif to the beat, and felt a good deal better; shecompia'ne’ ows Doing stiff and sore; she did not appear to uae Se: pen) nett. We’ day bamne any dersogemest ie ind? A. No, sir her ©. Did pote pip la gtonre fe A. Well, her Q@ sleep a'lthe ume; om the night complained to me more than usual, and ached; it was on Wednesday, a week tbe cause pot tbat day; abe took no medisine whetever for her hoadaohe; he went to bed as usual that eveoing sbout 8 o'clock; ahe undressed bereel!; on that day Margaret had a fever. at, Fier mate 300 vappees tans she had afever? A. I of ber. 2 Re was he Coen of her pulse? A Ik was very qo! Q And her ekin, bow did that feelto you? A. It was Gry and bot. and sho comopia'ned of thirst Did sbe complain of any other unpleasant symptoms? A. No, sir; her breathing was rather short in the after Boon, and she hed quite often; it was ashort cough; ehe complaiaed of the cough burting her, and located it in ‘the centre of her breast; she raised a good deal when she cougbed; It looked like matter, very dark, with blood mixed with the mater. Q Can you compare the appearance of what sho raised to anything? A Kt was of a dark yellowish color, with blcod mixed with it, Q Mrs Conover, you casnot think of any other color Bow that would give an idea of the color of what she re'sed, could you? A. It was of @ dark yellowish color mixed whb a brown oolorish matter, and other blood was €xpectoi ated with the matter; she would rake it ooca- sionally from the time she fet) tnto the water. Q wes the blood mixed with it— the matier or was it separated? A. mater sbe did pot raise any blood; Woes wine Bor cgeenep mized with ae 200d deal of it; abe had raised ‘overbcard. i fi 2 FE if Fa z [ zis: 8 Fy FE. a6 i siti minutes probably, she compiained of ber head swima' around; the did povark for any crink, but my husband got is Jor me and I prepared it for ber, thicking that it would revive ber; my bosband got up after I did. Q Did Mr, Conover oxamice Margaret's pulse? A. You, = he tried to get her to speak, butshe did not notice !m. Q Do you mean by this that Margaret was entirely stu- pid and insonsible? A. Sbe h #0 that she did not anawer when spok the brandy aud water, tn about \en minutes, she rat and did nut assy anyth.eg unl! sbe said “Ob, bow my head ims;” then J with brandy me where to lsy it om ber chest; be did not speak, but tork her hand and laid it on hor that wax the inst ane anid ; sho died very cae ; some railing in hw threat ; abe seemed to foo! bor did not ibrow anything off her romeo) | }eapnnt jel) what her countenanos appear- od like ; abe bad a mot tniecribable conntenance , lips were of & da ber color than bive ; I could that she was aware that she was dy borvelt when abe first got up and said, aimee gone. Q Was the boat enclored from the bao @ cacvers draws ac ces from the boom the tives like a tent ; the sun was very warm (het (Weinenday) ; I belteve aboot 90 degrees in the abade. Q Oo you remenber distincly of maipirg im the sun that day bareheaded ? whe I would find her doing 201 #ould send her for « cr Q. When she was dead what did you do with her ? and tied a pleoe of Lokeed her eyes face w keep her going to Red Bank io first pace, ant take ner with os, bat we found there was e «iMoulty ting (bere unt! the tide came a beif to three-quarters of a mile a House with our boat at this time; Red k wae about eix wars ep mae eer bat oid you le ve a there? A We did not know what to de; coves wae cided, and we @naily thought ould place her in and on ihe seashore antl! ould go up home and net know of enything better to do; we did they would recetve the 7 at the Ocean Hons, we made op our minde that they woud not ibet we should have to ture, as she wascasier in that in our boat about eight o'clock our own sister or halfeieter? A. Sho was my own sister; she haa been tending to the child. ren and doing @ little light work abvot the house By Coroner Braus— Did you pay ber any wages? A N», fir; she has been in our house nine yours altogether, there and good forling siwaye existing between or Q What was the character of Margaret's derangement of mind? A. She was stabborn. Q_ Had she any eccentricitios of manner? A. No, I don’t know that she had, she spy moral depravity? A. If she had the carrying them ont to any extent I don’t kaow ‘would carry them; she was of rather an an zs Jo ever exbinnt ae ot compene A. Some. D8 of deapondes 5 would be muoh #0; she was = that fret crme on to me from the South, where she had epent four yeart, some three years since, sho was talking inoes- raptly 0 herself. Q Peipedns pag 4 religious a A. 1 don’t think that abe reomed to have any; I never could improm fear of death on ber miod. an Q Whai te your general opinion of her reasoning facut ties— her general state of mind ? How was her jadgment? A Sometimes abe would look quite rationa’, and at others abe would talk unressosable ; it was very solfom that ver left here ; ber conduct wae rather . ab tive. she did bet wnat to bg disturbed as all ; et peaceable; rhe would tals about gbo:te @ great deal as, though she felt that the delumm was s reahty ; the was sometimes very bard govern Afver some further testimony of similar import to the above, Capt. Jobn W Donglass, the perso sho nilotet the yacbtto Shrewsbury river when she Orst started oo ber ¢xourrtop, and subsequently arcompanted Dr Oonxve to exbome the body, wan cali-d and sworn ; bis testimo- Hy tror ghout mainly corraborative of the Docter, as iy published, Milton Bald M D, eworn, eays:—I reside in New. practistug’ according to tho awa of Jersey; Texsmined the dead body of the areen Cemetery. on yesterday alter: Been, belween 8 and 4 o’ntock; tha body was lylog ine ceffip, wrapped in a blarket; ip an ad~ances stage Of decompositirn; the fece was nearly destroyed; there were no marks of vioknce found upon the boty; her sand ;] wae with my father when Margaret wae disinterrod and brovgbt beck; we did not stop any whe-e to have the coffin taken off apa bave it buried; we stopped at Union to tee about bu: ying ber. ‘This ¥ itoess «ar examined at considerable jh as to the other transaciions which took pisce after the aisintar men’, ip all of which be relatd the same fact as already publ hed tn the testimony of Dr Conover tn the HanaLD Margaret oid not complain of that treatment; all abe Ob, don’t,” I have seen Mrs Conover push did not amount to any thing t clothing was on: (he scalp was removed from the crani- , ik wee Um, and no marks were observed on it; the chest aud ab whea demen were opened; the heart was normal, but ralber ; tated = m0 sr all in size; the lungs were greatly decompored, and of | reason why he wovld not doit, and he may sald it Dieck color; the stomach was ampty; ita mucous surface | unintentionally; I left the boat on Tuesday mor about was pale and? moo'b, without ree neas or other di coloration; | 7 o’cloo’ for heme; | siald ata private house on Monday the Intestines were distend-d with gas, ard were pale; the | nigbt with m) children. and went ip the morning to se0 spleen was completely omirescent, the livir partially so, | them atibe boa’; the boat was laying thet morning at and. about the gall bladder. tinged with yellowish bile; | Parrons’ creek, this side of the Oceaa 31 staid jon- the uterus was nat«ral in size and appearance, the biad. | gor with Mr. Conover’s family than | expected; gene- Ger smal! avd contracted; there were no evidences such | /al treatment «f Mra and Mr. Conover to Margaret I a8 would indicate poisoning or death by any violence; 1 | ther gbt was not kind; they did not treat her ase ebtter. do pot think decewsed came te ber death jrowa- Q. Dat treat ber ag az: body shonid treat anervant? tpg; the advanced stage of deoompos\\ion jo the sub- | A I don’t koo@, Fnever had much to do with servants, stapce ef the lurge destroves all evi apd dov’t know how they are t cated; I think 1 should rigns that would be of use to indicate any diseased change thay thar migb jong to death; the brain 388 of putrefaction ; ‘came to her death by rome disesred oor dition of the lunge and brains, probably uoed by the effect of solar brat the day pre vious to ber death; my opinion is formed from the test! meny heard by me, snd from the abr ence of al' morbid igus In other parts of the body; Idid not know the de ceared; I gave a certificate for ber burial on Monday, ao cording to thostatements mede to me by Mr Conover; I did rye) the body before giving the cocttheete, age Of proceedings inquest was adjourned ‘until two o'clock Friday afternoon. THIRD DAY. The inquest of the OCoron:r’s Jury wae Son‘inued at the Oity Hotel at Elizabethtown yesterday afternoon, at two @’elock, when the following aduitional testimony was elicited Jomes 8, Greep, M. D., sworn—I am a physician Ing at Bisadetb, Uaion county, an ee foe the body at the comolery TAT. went over ve | biger hans foger: setvahort all's yard in Wages examine the atthe cemetery went over to an ® iT, oD % half es ip ie 3 the grave and raw the body in a coffin; Mr. Amen wok Herparet semed be very stubborn sad obstinate, and the id off; the odor was very disagreeable to me;the body I think that was tbe cacge of their ill trea ment of her; appeared to me to be much decrmwsed, and in such a | (bey never assigned any reson to me for their treatment stato tha’ I wae not able to examine It, exnent an to ex- | of ; Mr. Conover was very much excited, acd said peer ged a cog La: thet had po ov ats hd pred: ed, | presume; oa en det tome time, an ‘Sppearance as | Conover told me sbe did not wages; sl though it bad been soaked in water. reise raid she was there for nek Wonrd and clowsing, have Q About how log shenld you Wink the body waa | seen Ure. Conover since Margare’a cesih; she did not dead? A. It appeared to be entirely deormpored, and | tll me then that Margaret was her sister; I got the first Iptertines to be ing ; notioe of ber death from Mra Oopover, the same anytbing about the time thet the bdy might | right she returnea to Newark; abe did not toll bi been dead; J have known bodies to | me what Margaret died of, but said she died be dead am short |, and be very much | very easy; when I ie that morning, Margaret decomposed, and then. again I have known others to be | locked very bad, but not more go than she had for tho dead for a long time and scarce!; any decompored; it ta | three of four jevious; the I went io see them I did n t eee Margaret's face, her back towards me; Margaret complained of having & paip ip her breast; she bad a slight ae oon abe ive an opivien as to the cause of the death | ¥#s consumptive; she oom sleined of nothing besides the thet I made; I did not touch the ‘n im ber brea t; she com; 4 of the sun striking her nor turn It over; I could no’ turn it over; the doc. a1, and being 20 warm ; would repeat that often; I tor bad examined it before, and dia not think it was ne | do not think she was of aseund mind; J don’s know as! bad any reasons for thinking eo other shan that she did examine the head any more than the rest of | Dot seem to be intelligest; she «id not sey a ything J saw it; the eyes wero very much supken, | ‘but made me i ‘Dut there was somethicg iD apreared to tarting from the head, sim! | ip ber mapner and looks made mo think 20 lar to tbat of @ body which hed ben laying in the water; By ip sepee—the blows that were given Margaret on the thrown back; al! { saw about the body | the beech were rather light: lea Mre. take Mar- that was was merely the appearance | 5 arct by tbe beir, and dreg her around; Mr. Oonover push of the skin, and the amount of putrefaction; | ¢d ber and rtruck ber with bis foot at ome time on tac the luge were alto very much cecomposed ; | bod: , ane told her to go im the cabin; he 1414 not teued the body por open tt; 1 did not see the | besd;t war near ihe middie; toils stomach ; I suppore that the body could be eo mush de | tion from thes on wbich he bit her whh a stick, amd when composed as cir- | M76. Oopover pniled Margaret by the heir, on seemed anszious to expured Margaret was stabbora; this was: o watt © wy a ret was trying to wu apzious to bave her work, and veore ‘Want to, or else eho 001d not; time? Kick or push her, of ber kind werds; the treatment whi mie wo me; atel; Feotived ber; when SS Lastay axyihing. bos temanes Tthought we reat deabon the trterva) that expired between time ST mete recetving it and the time of dos vs ene recetved was not rignt; I think fors mao Jesse to str:ke a female; Margaret aio at the le with tno femily, amd crank the samo as they did; heard ber comy lain of baving insufficient food ; as com: for'able a8 tte rest of the family On tho boat; I do not know ber Margaret left apy property or not; I do not know whether Mrs, Conover has any property coming 40 her or not; I never heard ber tay; I think the treatmen: ‘Marraret received waa rather cruel at times and unkiad » No, sir; I always thought so, but never know It; at 332 Broad street, thought she was a relation of ours from the fant that we Mr. Oonover if bed ber around, es she was notof much use; she bas aod be ead deen treated well so for an] know; there has never tbe beach; I sext deen any quarrelling between her and m- m ther; some- leave hor there; be vaio he did not Bnow, but ne wanted to get her a 8 r0cn as be could get off from tome; I told him I thong! it a very wrong thing to leave her were aay lengih of time, as the first dog that came slang would be sare to find ber and dig her op; be then arked me if I would 40 down with bim, and help him dig ber up; I excused myreif from doing 80. Dr. é times they would have some words, a she war stub>orn; never raw any blows struck: my fa her never had much to dea with ber; be pever spoke to her mush; he al cays Jef ber to the careof my mother, and never had any con verre'\\n mnch whh her Q. When did you first find out that she was s sister of your mother? A. After ahe diet my father tol4 mo; be told me noth'pg else at that time; he told me this in the morning sfer ber desth my isiher did not know what to do with the toe 3 Dut Mpaliy concinded to bury iton the beach tempererity and go bome and get a coffin and come Deck atter it; T avetted him to bary it. Q Did you over see your father striko Mergarot? A No, not of secount; rhe bas bern very stabborn at her mind he would box her;1 saw oorasions. jon tee bim do tt om the boat? A. No, @. How Jeng should you think it wasrince you'saw hive doit last? A. Three or four days before she died; it was op pbore. Q Did be box ov strike her then? A. Wen, he took behd of and called ber by he orm; Gast was after abe fol into tbe water; he dove it hecanse rhe wav atobborn would not do what she was told: my father sald ro and | Paw it; my father told ber to onme and take tho babe; thie ts the only time ] saw him strike Margaret om the excur. g Jan 08 Arpn, Superistondent of the Evergreen Cometery, sworn—(n Monday last, at half pest three o’click, Dr, Copover came over and wist ed to have a grave opened tr, om the public grovnd for an adult person; he wanted to + know the price of the graven; I told bim we had grouad for two dollars @ lot and some for five dollars down to the ground aod told bim shet ream body tome two or three weeks sinoe, and that 1 vot filled the grave ap sain, thinking one want It Before long, ana he’ eaid t ¢: ogh; be eaid the Core wocld be there in baifan hour aon ond as the grave was partly dug, and i Q Have you often srem Dim ¢o It Im the house at bome? | could finish i tbe quickes, be would take i; J thom A No. rir, Bot ofien: T have seen him doit sometimes: he | Commenced opening the grave, but before doing sever bed’ moch to do with her: I never saw him pol her | % 1 seked Dim 1° be bas @ orriidosio of the death of the hy the beir: Ihaveseen my motber anmetimes box her ears. | person and be said — A juror here requenied that the Coroner request Dr. Bald | 't bi oemeier t from the witness; (aa behad taken | Tee} on it; about a quater to fi bi Dortor what | orove in’o the gate with the corpse, and said “this was a ease ee re twee made oer bad care,” as corpse was very offensive, and a per. The Juror said that he thoueht the Dootor was trying to | 02 could smell it Afty rods off; in taking the ooflia oat of ebield Mi the bearre thore a peared to be a great doal of water in tbe bovtom of it, which ran out so that we could not take Dold of it with our bande; after putting the ocffo jn the grave, 1 asked the undertaker’s man for his permit; he Tolls had not given \t to bim: I aid I must mn Mr. Conover sad it was all right, that I on bie bringing It to me himself the next day; I Conover, and that tp examining 9 witness yee y be thonght he Dector did ont give ® fair exe mira‘ion, but rather propo ed answers for her The Doctor thonght that he had perfect right to aft wherever be pleased, fo long an be did not inwerfere with the witness or any , Joror—You bave tte fort the witness by putting charged bi $2 "or the lot and $280 for digging the Beriy smwered, i prot of whic Twi ak te'whnnas | sTer to copve was buried wr Conover alts j'wan f ¥ ee it ens of of his mind; the next day Mr. During the last question «lid not the Doctor take you pa more ee tenn Wie bene nee b eae ee ys en caemee ‘Witness cuties Qh Murase Din, bem.‘ femney’ Jaror—What 1d von stop then for? A. I ¢o not know. aged M8 years, — monibe — Cave, died at hbrewwbary on “ the Dr. Belawip exrinine’ that he ad 20 wach an idea ax | $87 of ADRs 12 1887, Case of death, congestion of he iangs that of Interfering with tho witners io any way. We had | Compalon come here and had sided the Onromer in the examination | ingle at bis own request, according to the best of his ability, ond bad attended’ at his own expense, for the enie purpose of tryine fo ald io ferreing out this mye. toriovs affair, After I had moved my chair where Ber — To be interred ia the Bvergreens. wa. SAMUEL TOOLS, Undertaxer. {t ts, Ur, Tolle jested to me that the jury were watching the name of Mr. Tolle ts forged: | me, and were a little enepieious, and tn forward to nots legs! one, such as te usually ener er bim I accidently touched the witneer: as fw Mr. y Ce k of Newark. ‘im recaliod.—] cannot recognize the signature of Mr, Tol a8 genuine, but bel eve ii '0 be his; the certid ob bav ing the signatare of olther « Oonover he had spoken agsinet him. and condemned bis nocord | . | coroper or physician; it rota preper burial permit; 1 —_ siti ve presame that thie certificate has been writen by some Q Did your mother treat Margaret well while she wae living a! the howee’ A Yor, air. Q later would treat another? A. Well, no, not exactly ar kind as that, but as fitted her wn servant Q Hae Margaret ever bad any interomree with strangers, eny friend come to the honse at any time? A. No, rir: she ban poken to poole aa they have come {nto or left the house, but never bad any intercourse with them, Q. Has she ever been introtuced to anyone asthe sie tor of your mother? A. *o, ir, pot tomy knowledge. Q. Has the ever been rick about? A She has some times for a little #pell been sick with @ sore throat, but never with anything else. Q Did you ver hear Margaret ormplain of your father or mother to anyhoty? A No, #tr; she sever bad any friende call on ber at the house; she never attended ebureh on Sondey; she wirhed to retarn home from the deat, at abe did pot Nike the aalt water, Q Did your father hare any other domortic, and if #0, bow many? A No, rir, net for rome time pat. Q. Kho bas been doing the work since yon bad another servant! A She has, but she did not do all of the work; 1 went fo sleep after Margaret died, and got ap again be tweer 6 end 6 Q Bow often bad you seen your mothor strike and box ber? A Not very often: onty when she was stubborn; rometime® it wae onee @ Wook, ard sometimes once in two or three months. q Did We et ever endeavour to strike beck! A. 1 pover saw her: botrhe hes often threatened to; I have Ynown ber to ttrike the children, Q Jerre, om wee round the house considerable, war you net! AD Yen, sir. Q_ Did you ever ree any of the chtldven strike Margarot? A. Yen, tir; the youngest onew; | never strock her; I have seen my brother. younger than | am, strike hor, | have reon them throw things at hor head, ncoersories, principals who by manslaughter who were the perpetrators and with ‘what instrament the stroke or wound was in citer case given, and #0 of al! prevail Gircumstances which may come by presnmption; and hether 7 way a een wer whencethe camo, and who were her a oF relatives oF neighbers; where she was brought | of ail circumstances relative to said death, eheiher by bard orage, or whether the put an end to ber own lire, And sll circomstaners concerning the raid death. Tho rom wae then, at adie siz o'clock, cleared of all Dut the jury, who proseeded to deliberate the facts of the cane, with view of arriring at a verdict At two minuies to eleven o’clook and signe! the following a VERDICT. ‘We find that deoeased came to her death by some disease Q Bde did not fall overbrard afer the first time, did | of the longs and brain, and that her hae probably the? A_ No, sir, but she fell in the water on the shore, | | been bastened by unkind and croo! treatment at ibe did not think !t strange that father shoud bury ber in the | bande of Mr, and Mre. Conover; and we further Gnd that 1857. Mr. and Mra Conover, by treating sald + eosased in tho mopper aforesaid, have violsted all laws of society aod Dumapit) , and that ip the opinion of the jary the com uct of Mr. Conover is in the hightst degree censuresle ‘for the unkine manner tm which he interred, exhumed and relpter red the body Doctor Ocnover, who had been present daring the wholo of the proceedings, returned to Newark on the 11 o'clock train. Oar reporter returns thenks to Coroner Baldwin, Chie’ of Police Whitney, and Justice Youngs, of Newark, for Kindnees received at their hands. Homicide in Broadway this Morning About one o’olock this morning two men, named Iienry J, Wagetafl and J. S. Nims, bad ap altercation at a public bouse, No. 480 Broadway, which was torminated by Nims ‘shooting bis antagonist with « pistol. Tho pall entered the mouth of Wagstaff, killing him almost instantly. Nims immediately fled, and at the last accounts he had succeeded in evading the police. The quarrel between the parties is said tohave been one of long standing, and to have originated in some business transaction. Nims was some time since Secretary of the Lay Libra ry, and more recently has figured before the public in emateur theatricals. Wagstaff was a lawyer by profes- sion. The Heturned busters in the Park. DESTITUTR AND LY OONDITION OF THE MEK— ATIBMPT TO GBT UP A MASS MERTING IN THAIR BEBALF--O¥LY BLEVEN DOLLARS PAOCURED. About sixty of the remnantof General Walker's army which arrived by the Tennessee a fow days since, still re main in the city, unable to proceed to their homes. They remained y esterday in and about the Park, reclining in the shade, or sleeping on the hard stone thors of the City Ga}, presenting o most pitiful sppearance. Their sunken eyes, sallow complexion and emaciated frames were in- deed sorrowful to behold, when it was so evident that they must have been, before their unfortunate expediticn to Nicaragua, of strong and vigorous constitotions A yesterday advertised to be held in the an & call for last evening, buy 1g, Bamed “to. morrov,’” 80 that, on accovnt of the misteke there @itendan 'e, and about 6 o’clovk, an hour named, thore was not over a hundred and bd persons present, laciading the filibustere and idle wing of @ large hor cre ga A corre ay proposed that the meting organize Willem Young as Chairman. ‘Mr, YounG, on taking the chair, read the follswing call: All friends of bumanity who desire to sasist in relieving the wants ¢nd sutirrings of the remuent of General Wa'ker’: ar my, row in ourehty, to enable them to get to their bomen will geue meeting sebeked ihe Pi 4aP de ‘B. Jonns, Secretary. Dr. L. U, Boussp, Treasurer, —Ho said tbat they bad assembled not merely to bese poor roldiers dimes or quarters to furnish them with meals and kedgings, but they should contribute money to send these fellow to him— back to thelr homes in the South cr the West fo give would appeal to their hearts end feelings to help these men knew pot when they might themselves bo cates coe todo the rame duty as these mon have dono If they had done wrong tn going to Nicaragua that could pot be helped now, all was necessary was to furnish ponte with the requisite means to relieve their no- comshies. Mr, Cuar.ys Bwrrs, after loud oa/le appeared, and stand. {og on a chair exhorted the crowd inside of the hall to come out and face bim while he addrossed them. He did pot wisb to turn aroand corners to get their ‘They bad assembied to get sofficiest funds to balanoe of Genera) Walker's diebanded army back to their re were Why was it that Geo. Waker army ana attended to the weate of eoldiers ipatead of ingloriously leaviog them to their sad fare? Bat they bad now to remedy tne almost fatal results of his 4 he hoped that they would cause. He hoped their country oo as expedition so fati that which they had been far tbat some of Le softerers should go and colject sub terip tone. He concluded by fi Mr Stephens. ia hope that thoe ‘would eont ibate to the ¢xtest of their ability to the relic’ of the sofferers bad no claim particalarly upon New York city; bat as boman beings they were entiticd to the sy mpe thy of their fellow men. He know that they could pot have arrived at @ worse time; but whatever cond be gtven for their relief he hoped would be cheer fully fortheom!ng. Some hivie time elapsed here without any other proceed. ings than the slow collection of money, owing to the lack of ppeabers Lieutenant Jasms Tavemtoon, one of the Nicaragnans, ‘was tbep brought forward end places oponacnir He faid that thoogn he did not wish to bea beggar, be had got into a Ugtt place, The best men in the worli would get Into a tight p’ace, and all they could do was to get out of t had lived for twenty-seven days on mule meat, and hardly enough of that, le thovgst that evomg! Dad bern said to show the incapacity of Gep. Welker, and for bis part he thought shat thore could be nething too bad said about it, There were plen ty of foreigners among them, but ihey were none the lens euderors. For bimacif, he had only a» litue fevor and ague, and was willing io work, aad would follow any gon- Meman who would give him work. (Applause ) Mr Wrausr was the pest rperker. He delivered an energetic appeal on beball of the suffering Nicarsguans, apd exhorted beavers, regardiees of national distino- ons, to aid the sick and emaciated exiles in conclusion tay evening, a? o'leek, when he bopod that the soot day evening, or Ld Sontet- dations would be more liberal. The entire proceeds of the meeting wore bat cleven dollar, of which eight Jollars were handed to the Secrota ry before the meeting, by Francis B. Outing, Raq. The Curt, THE AMERICAN HORSES IN ENGLARD. ‘The following ie @ list of the races on the English tarf this fall in which the American horses are to conies\ for Abe honors: — Avgust 11—Iscomte and Pricress—Scasex county cup stakes at Lewes; two miles and « half se—Chemerfeid handicap at York, 22 ae euke h Priorees—Fbor handicap at York, £8 subs.; two miles. laid forfeit. Avguat 41—Belle—Rawellle stakes at York; 5 furlongs 44 yards. August 27—Priorest—Horeforeshire handicap at Here ford; 31 sobe.; two miles and « quarter. ptember 15— Rab: kcp—The great Yorkshire handicap; ‘TT mube.; one mile and 1,462 yarda Heptember 0—Bello—tk. Leger stakes at Newmarket. milea 119 yards. Detober 14—Reile—Bedford etakes af Newmarket; 9 subs. ; five forlongs 162 yards. October 29—Belleo—Sweopstakes, one mile, at Newmar. ket October 20—Pryor and | ecompte—Swoepetakes of 13 sabe, at Newmarket; four miles 80 yards. The next steamer from Purope will probably bring us the reauit of the Sussex county oup stakes, which were to be contended for on the llth inat.,and in whica Lecemte and Prioress were entered. ‘The Savannah Georgian of the 18th inst. ie aathorized by responsible gontlomen to make the following challenge to the owners of English horses: — To run a matoh race of four miles and repeat, at moh time es may be agreed npon, post entries ‘or one hundred Ubousand dollars aside. horses to carry weight for ago, to be rum over the Ten Broeck Course at Savannah, Ge And in the event of the English horses losing the ree iro Ss the money staked, or, in other words, Ove jourand dollart, will be allowed them to pay the expenses: of their horses. Tue Ormma Last Nicirt —There was a pretty fair house At Burton's last night for the performance of the “Romeo ‘and Jallet’”’ of Bollint, an opera which has not been given here since the days when the Astor place houso was in ite glory. It ie the weakest of the composer's works, al Of Which have @ swoot eamences quite tiresome to the audiences of the prosent day, who prefer the grand eect of Verdi to the more elaborate works of (he old composers: Tho representation of Inst night woold hardly pass mug. ter except so far as she Romeo (Vestvall) was concerned Bhe looked Anely, soved well, waa costumed saperhly and seng the muaid well enough to bring up the short- comings of some of her supporters Il Trovatore’ is announced for this evening—Its final representation by ‘this company. wae Tax Darp Scorr Decision m tae Gevwnan Lawn Orvice —The general preemption act of 1811 con tain a stipulation that the rectplent of ke bonetite shall be “a citizen of the United States.’ or shall “have flied hie declaration of intention to become such '’ By the dects'on of the So Court of Statow, at the Iaat Ne cember term, it ie beld, tm substance, that ‘a {ce nogro of the African race whore ancesiors wore brought to thit coun'ry and sold ae slaves, is not a citiven within the meaning of the consiRation of the United States” Free negroes cannot, therafore, legally claim the benefits of the re emption isnce; and cialme of persone of the class con plated by that decision have been ruled out and re em ae nu'}, we karn. at tbe Genera) Land (foe, Weshingion iar, AnguH 30, PRICE TWO CENTS. “THE BURDELL BABY EARCE. More Extraordinary Disclosures Antecedents of Dr. Catlin, Mra © «ham’s Contiden- tal #riend and Medical Adviver—Kdity Chapters from the Diary of a Physician— Startling Revelations of -rooklyn Life— Sham Accouchments, Seductions and Baby Substitutions, d&c,. d&e., de. Snoe the arrest of Dr. Cattin, :he poynician who figured #0 conspicuourly in the sham accouchment«f Mrs Jun. Birgbam, a variety ¢f rumo 8 have been carrent in Brook. ly whic would [go to show that the doctor’s practios in We subsitution jine hes not been jimited to this slogio case, Ag long as these reports did not obt-io consimency from (he ¢ iacleaure of names we oaid Do att sntion to them, but the ctroom tances being now made muffle nity noto- rious by the unreserved manner im which they are die- curned, we feel ourselves jastified in transferring them to our columns. Unwitling, however, to take thie step without satisfying ouraelves by inquiry that there were ‘air grounde for these allegations, we put our reporters on the tracg of the evi- dence which we were informed could be brought forward togubstantiate them. They found no difflouly tm obtalaing statements from the various persons who were consected with these transactions, bat in almoat every tnatance these parties expressed the greatest reluc'ance to bave thetr bames connected, no matter how remotely, with the Bur- dell case, 1s was only by giving thom our assurance thas {bey should not be mentioned unless we were compelled by legal proceedings to disclose them, that the more ma- terial witpeeses Consented to the publication of the facts. This premised we will now proceed to relate the results of our inquiries, and to give ihe statomenta of the partes as taken down from thelr own hips. Boing iaformed that a spurious child had been @abstitot- od by Dr, Calin on » Mr. O—, a Pole, engaged im a small manufacturing business in Dean street, Brooklyn, a party connected with our offive proceeded to the residence of tho latter and ascertained from him the following facis stated that about four years ago, whilst absent from Now York on bustoess, he rece! ved inUmation that his wife had been delivered of a child, He had not been previously aware of ber pregnancy, but Mrs. O-— being a very largo woman, in weight nearly 240 pounds, he socopted the announcement im ail coaidence and glad- ness, the more so from tho fact that he and bie wife bad previously led a very anheppy life on account of their having no children, On hie retarn home he found tho child dooliming, his wife having no nourishment togive it,and af the end of about three weeks ii died. grieved at its desih be spent a considerable sam on |ts funeral, and placed a monument overite grave. Soon afer thie Bia wif, who hed be-ome extremely cross and irritable, declared ter intention of going to Karope to visit her relations, and Guding a! he en reates (peifectr a) to clesusde her from the ene Se heen ot aera ee ae ee ey and urging him to go over to her to Believing imyheitly in the bb business, collected ali his outstanding preparations to start. Before bo left Now York, however, ‘& woman, whose name and address he gave var reporter, called vpon him and put some ¢uestions 10 axon his guspicicns. He sailed for ing in London found thet not yaberited mo itgacy such an the money What ane = quarrelied toparaied, as 7 preo dived upes Ria, and into basiness ta wich be revare to he was ho, ta- 0 re- jo recons lation, bowever, took ed in New York as total stran- gern to cacb other. On reaching bis brother's bourse ia Brookl:n, Mr. O, found that the woman who tad culled upon him before bia departure had again been anciously lovkiag ( Be ‘went to see her, end she told him tha: the child be be’ thought bis own had been paimed off upoa Dr. Owe, mecical man. she would pot, however, communicate forther particulars to him at that time, and as by a hort band tar, racy of ber recollection. This witnees, bo apoears to be an Intelligent and eda- cated woman, and soems to occupy & oomforiabia pasition iw Iife, r1ated'a umber of circumstances connected with Cat in’s babite and bis reoaratiog from bis wife, whiob it ia Dot necesrary for cur present puryy»e Wo report As our cbject 1s simply to further the enae ef jastice m refe- rence 10 thit map, charges affecting bis general mora do pot properly God a place in this stateme:t We svall, therefore. cor line ourselves to the circumstances coaneot- ed © UD the ailoged cage of my stitatinn an detal'ed by ihis 2ivo the narrative ip her own © orde:— i beard of Dr. Catha’s conoeetion with the One owe, and knowing hie cbaracter ner- miped reversal times to go over to New Vor poak to Mr. Hall, the Distriot Attor-ey, in role loo to the mater, snd teil bim all | knew concerning him. 1 soo Ontita to be the father of the obiit sabaitaied o9 Mr. 0, from the admissions to me of his family phy sioian, et know- ledge of the vase arcee tn this wey :— atvoat dive yearv ag, 8 family of Foghsb seople, consi ting of @ father, mother two daughters and « son, arrtved tn Brook'yn, they nad ¥o Seon bere jong befwe the father and awiher were Dob ont of, and toe obidren were jefs orphans. The a0 sent to the sasb and bitnd meking harinens, Dut before gentieman who was orpbape, sent for Dr. he waste of the invalid. medion! aid was of bet avail tected were taken into the houre sn¢ indly caved for by bing: yoopgert of the girls fell sek roof of thetr protector lodgings onTaw strost, near Beet. Here they remained afier the child was born. That cbild was the one palmed ¢'T upon Mr O——— by Catlin, Ik wae stolen from ite mother by father, ari given oe @repger. The child was born on the ith of June, four years ago, Soon afer the birch of tbe the lady with whom tho girlt bad Dg previous to thelr having been away by Catlin called upon mo Sue + much iptererted ip their hebalf; that abe hac provided for them while they were with her, and had in¢oced them to become members of her church She furiher sisted that abe had every reason to suppere that the chiki of the irl nedvoed by Catlin hao been primed of opom Mm jm ——,@ Pole, who wae ben living ip Hemilton avenge. Soon afterwarce I found out from ihe very women who carried the child to Mra O———'s medical boure, that all tbat the indy Woman alno told me that she, L told ber that she wou the would tell me. Sho arked mo my mottve for seeking apirited ek vory he hed child, which had been brooght to ‘The man shook like an phan girls, that that gentieman had declared his wiling- ness to part with » the: dollars if be coak! only #v0- Seed in Ainoing out the gWis, and clearing the matter ap, T told him I fol someebet deticate sbout the maiter, f might be the means of reparating oo told bm that I tad @ good mind to make the matier pub- said that be was not to diame, He raid be torry, indeed, for he knew it * very wrong thing to do, but that be never thing in the world anti! Catia dim that he did not know whet Ost ie, m6 ; wes. ah sthe time, bat that he sobse- quently learned what hie ree! objeot was I told him I wae forry ‘hat be bad enything to do with foe s man— one who made the girl avandon her obil4, and then gave ft to & women who bad #0 deortved her hasband. He said jt wae a very bad thing, but he understood from Casin thatthe piri bad deon seduged by Rome one, aod that Ht ‘ean a good thing for bar to get clear of er baby #9 con- ventently He alvo rait 4 On and be ite bed 6 aphapplly together, and that \t war ail im corse. quevee of Meer baring #0 chil’ ren, and he gave that ea the object wbatitation, On that very day I went to wr On ase, for the purpose of telling bin of the Imposicion thet bad been practited pom Aim On my ar- rival there J found that bis wife Dad gome te England. Be