The New York Herald Newspaper, November 8, 1857, Page 1

THE NEW:YORK HERALD. . WHOLE NO. 7738. SHOCKING TRAGEDY "8 GREENWICH STREET. wae ~ Horrible Outrage by Rowdics——An Aged Wo- man Violated and then Murdered—Arrest and Escape of one of the Perpetrators— Coroner’s Inquest Upon the Body of De. ecased——Verdict of the Jury—One of the Marderers Caught, d&. ‘The basement of No. 32 Greenwich street, on Friday might, was the scene of one of the most fiendish acts of violence ever perpetrated in a Christian community. A respectable woman, well advanced in years, named Te- esa Spitzlin, was ravished and then choked to death by a party of four or five rowdies, who entered the premises ‘a9 above stated against the will of the occupants, and then commenced a ser'es of violent acts hitherto unpa- Falleled in the annals of crime. Bappears that about 11 o'clock P. M., when the occu- pants of the basement in question had all retired for the might, a party of four rowdies, named Morris O'Connell James Tool, William Hagan, and a boatman called ‘Sailor Dan,” came to the basement door and demanded ad mittance. This was denied them, when one of the fel- dows threw a brick against the door, and pro @eeded to force it open, while the others wen! round by the rear and tried to gain an entrance ‘Warough the back door. It may be as well for us to state Dere that the basement was occupied by a German named @ristian Martin, as a lager bier saloon of very low re- pute. But, nevertheless, the woman Spitzlin was a re- spectable and industrious female, as will be seen from the sequel, who lodged in the place during the night time © and worked out during the day. O'Connell, who appeared to be the ringleader of the party, succeeded in forcing open the front basement door, when he entered the place, and running through to the sear hallway, urbolted the back door there and allowed Bis companions to enter. As soon as Martin found that the place was in complete possession of the rowdies, he turned ‘off the gas, thinking that that would deter them from any further acts of violence. But the ruse failed most signally. Finding that little or no opposition was made by the pro- Pprietor of the saloon, the ruffians proceeded to take im- proper liberties with his wife and sister-in-law. The deceased, who was lying asleep upon the floor when the rowdies entered the place, bere came forward and endeavored tw protect the other women. Being an aged woman, and one who could converse in English, she thought she ‘sould manage to pacify the fellows by telling them to take seats and behave themselves like men. But they paid no attention to her entreaties, and seemed bent on doing something desperate. At this moment O’Counell and Tool, as it is alleged, caught hold of the poor old creature, ‘one by the legs and the other by the head, and dragged br into an adjoining bedroom for the purpose of violating Der person. Deceased struggled hard with the ruffians, aud screamod Joudly for aid, but none coull be aflorded her, for the otucr two rowdies had complete possession of the premises. Too! first violated decease:! and then left her to the tender mer cies of O'Connell. The latter, in perpetrating the assault, found it nocessary to choke the deceased in order to stifle her cries for help. Most effectually did he smother the ‘screams of the unfortundte woman, for he choked her to death. Having accomplished their hellish desire they left the premises and coolly walked off, as if nothing had occurred. By this time the police had got wind of the affair, and ‘Upon entering the basement and examining the body of the prostrate woman they found that life had become extinct, ‘They inatantly went in pursuit of the fugitives, and suc- eceded, after a brief search, in finding O'Connell. The privoner was taken to the sub-station house in Trinity place, when be expressed @ willingness to doallin his power to aid the officers in their search for the rest of the gang. He stated to the sergeant, then in command of the station houge, that if he was allowed he would go and show the police the «pot where the gang were coucealed. The sergeant was completely entrapped. He allowed the prisoner togoout in charge of policeman @ilfeather alone, ‘and the pair proceeded down Rector to Greenwich street together. While walking in Greenwich street, just as they were within a few yards of the Battery, O'Connell started off and left the officer standing in amazement on the side- walk, The fugitive was pursued, but he tomake fogs his escape, and up to the present time eluded vigilance of the police. rday morning the search for the fugitives was ro cout aoed, but with no better result. Sailor Dan ma maged to get on board of a brig bound to Mobile, and is mow on bis way to that port. (O'Connell is supposed to be wecreted somewhere in the neighborhood the spot ‘where the tragedy was enacted, but the police are unable to find any clue to his hiding place. Tool was seen yes terday morning, but it is believed that he is now many ‘miles from New York. "8 whereabouts has not Deen ascertained, but the police think he is concealed somewhere in Washington street. ‘The 148 of the saloon, including the proprictor, a man Wickle, and two women, Were all arrested and conveyed to the station house as witnesses, to await the action of the Coroner in the matter. The female pri soners evinced much sympathy for the poor woman who had sacrificed her own life while endeavoring to protect their persons (rom violence. THE CORONER'S INQUEST. At noon Coroner Connery proceeded to the station house where the body of the deceased was thon lying, and at ‘once commenced to investigate the matter, A jury was firet empannoled, when the following gentlemen wero sworn to make a true inquiry into the case of the murder- ed woman: — ‘W. T. Shannon, Brooklyn. Henry Hanghill, New York Hotel. ‘Charies Currier, Brooklyn. Francis Secore, No. 241 Fifth avenue. D. H. Wallace, No. 26 Beach street. & J. Ferguson, No. 74 Broadway. ‘The Coroner then proceeded to take the testimony of the witnesses who had been subpmaned, as follows — Francie Martin being duly sworn, deposed that he Bved at No. 32 Greenwich street; deceased has lodged ‘with me for the last month, and paid me six cents per night; she worked for a doctor on the corner of Cedar and Greenwich streets; she was not ® titute; between 8 fand 9 o'clock last hight a party of men came to my house and kicked in the door of my basement; a fireman — big loafer—came in with two other loafers, and com. menced fighting with my sister; they threw my sister and daughter on the floor and tried to use them in an improper manner; we told them that we had no girls, when they took hold of deceased and offered her money; I then went Between deceased and them and told them to go away and Bot to touch her; a little fellow then came up and took out ‘a dirk knife and held it over my chest, and told me that if L interfered with him he would kill me; I then told one of the young men to go out for a policeman, but he said he was afraxl they would kill him, and would not go; I then Yan out to look for one, but could not find any; Piva not free what they did to deceased until I came back, when I ‘wok a light and went into the back room, where I found a man 4 the name of Morris Connell lying on deceased ‘with his hands around her throat, the rest of the party ‘wore gone; I immediately gave the alarm, when be ran away. Frederick Toepritz, living at 134 Greenwich street, de- that he was an spothecayr; T knew deceased for weeks; she workeM for me that length of time; I ‘think #he was @ decent woman, she left my house about eight o'clock last night; she was quite well then; she told me sho boarded with a tailor; I know nothing about the eocurrence that took place last night. Kiiza Diedrich, living at 32 Greenwich street, with her faster, Mre. Martin, deposed as follows :—I knew deceased for three months; [always knew her to be of good charac. ter, [ wont to bed before eight o'clock last night; about half an bour after four men broke in the basement door ; one ‘of them, by the name of Morris Cormeil, caught hold of me and threw me on the floor; I got up and took my child ‘and ran up stairs, when I went ap stairs I told the land fady , and wo went into the yard, when Morris Connell came out of the back window: the landlady canght hold of him and enid, “ Now, I have got you, and I will know you in,’ he got away from her and ran away; I then ‘went for an officer, and whem I came back deceased was | Laid not seo What was done to her ‘Joby Weikle, of No. 82 Greenwich street, deposed as follows—I am ap emigrant runner, two men came down fand kicked in the basement door; they went into the hack Foom, and caught hold of deceased the throat and 4 her into the back room; I was to go out for & policeman, 1 thought there were some more men at the head of the stops who would beat me if T went out; I went to the door of the room and told them there was an officer Ure, when three of them went out of the back window, and the other one went out of the front door Leslio Blackburn, of No. 28 Greenwich street, deposed that be lived at his brother's store, No. 106 Greeuwich street; T met James (Toole, Morris O'Connell, a boy cated Sailor Dan, Fairy Divine and Wm. Hagan, at No. 36 Green ‘Wich street, talking together: they first started for the ‘Corner of Morrie and Greenwich streets, but crossed over to No. 82 Greenwich street, when one of them said, “Let us down and get some money from him,’ 1 think Morris MM was the person who first sat “Let ut go down fmto the basement; then Hagan, O'Connell and Toot started for the basement; I think they went into the entry end into the back basement; Divine, the sailor boy, and Myself, stopped for about ten or fHiteen mimmtes after the oye went down into the basement; the boy called Sailor then went into the basement; 1 went a far as the door and heard some loud talking; 1 think it was a wo man’s voles; | then went down into the basement and saict to the man behind the bar, “what's the matter,” he wae ihe made me no answer, but a woman who was commenced talking in Dutch to the man Went into the room and saw Hagan fi F went in where Fxaw James Too! lying on the body of a woman on the bed; the woman Bight be the person who is dead for aught I know; I then loft tho room and went through the bar up stairs; Hagan followed me, and I think O'Toole likewise; they said to me Morris is down there,yet, and is doing the same act that they had performed with the girl; we remained outside a few mi nutes; Morris did not come out; he was the last maa in the basement; there was music in Walker’s pubiie house, across the street, where we went over, and stopped out side the door for a few minutes; there was no one with me except Hagan; we then went away and met Toole on the corner of Greenwich and Morris streets; he, Divine, Hagan, and myself went up Rector street to Broadway, and then came down Morris street; while coming down Morris street we met O’Connell, who said Toole was going to be arrested ; Toole laughed at O'Connell, and so did all of us;’a boy by the name of Smith, who lives in Trinity place, said the woman at No. 3 was dead; the witness, John Weikle, then came across Greenwich street and said the woman was dead he went up Rector street, when we followed him; we stodd on the corner of Tin Pot Alley, when I think Toole came up and stood with us; Morris then went home to bed; ] am pretty sure that O’Conuell was the last per. son in the collar; le lives at No, 3% Greenwich street; Hagan lives in Washington streot; Morris lives at No. 64 Greenwich street; Divine lives at No. 34 Greenwich strect; and I live at No, 28 Greenwich street; I saw Toole this morning, but did not see any of the rest; Morris said that he had connection with the woman; others said that Sailo Dan had also; I heard that Sailor Dan went to Mobile thi morning; I do not know where the other parties are. By a Juror—Toole was the person who was having con nection with the woman who was on the bed; I did not se » Morvis having connection with the woman; I saw no one holding deceased; I saw no one in the barroom but the woman who was talking Dutch; my impression is that the boys forced the girl. Christian Martin, of No. 32 Greenwich street, deposed, that he was the husband of the first witness; I am a tailor by trade, but keep a lager boer saloon at the above num. ber; I keep prostitutes at my place; about half-past eight o’clock last night some one knocked at the door and asked to be admitted ; I refused to admit them, when they threw bricks atthe door; they then went around to back door, when my wife told me to open the door for them; one of them forced open the door in front;the others, who were in the yard, were then let in by the back basement. door ; there were three or four men then in the basement; one of them attacked my wife, when she told them that she was married; then the deceased interfered, and told the men that they should sit down and keep quiet; then they took hold of deceased and carried her into a little hall; one of them took her by the legs and the other by the head and laid her on a bed in the bedroom; one of the two who carried her in was Morris; I saw Morris throw deceased on ‘the bed and there have connection with her; I looked for aclub, but could not find any; the deceased was scream ing and struggling at the time; I saw no one else having connection with deceased beside Morris; my wife went out after the police while I staid in the basement; I heard Blackburn tell the men to go out of the place; I dou't know how many persons there were in the basement; T ‘was so much confused I could not tell; one of the men tried to have connection with my wife, but she got away from him; they also tried to have connection with my wile’s sister, Dut failed in the attempt; they had no con. nection with any one in the basement, except deceased. THE POST MORTEM EXAMINATION. Thos. C. Finnell, of No. 39 Grand street, being duly sworn, ¢ays:—I held a post mortem exayaisation on the body of a‘woman now lying dea >! the ow )-station hous in Trinity place; gh ai was Uraised and serate! more or less on the right side of the neck, such as woult be produced by strangulation; the genital organs were much bruised and swolle small taceration was found at the inferior part of the vagina; the stomach was very much distended with gas,and contained a large amount of food; the liver was inuch diseased, being in that condiion called cirrhosis; there was au enlargement of the thyroid gland pressing upon the trachea or wind pipes this condition of the gland is common to persons iving in Switzerland, and the disease is called goitre or bronchocele; 1am oi opinion that deceased came to her death by strangulation; a moderate amount of etrangiula tion would bave produced death ip this rustance. Coroner Connery then proceeded to address the jury, reviewing the evidence that had been adduced, und call ing upon the jury to render such a verdict as would tend to bring the perpetrators of this most fendizh outrage within the pale of the law, The jury then retired for deliberation, and after an ab- sence of fifteen minutes returned with the following ‘VERDICT. We find that the deceased, Teresa Spitzlin, came to her death from violence received at the hands of Morris O’ConneH and James Toole, and that Sailor Dan and Wil- Nam Hagan were accessories before the fact. Further, that Morris O'Connell and James Toole had criminal inter- course with the deceased by means of force and violence. We request and ae ‘that in the present alarming state of crime in this city or andevery good citizen will not only offer a reward the apprehension of the of- fenders, but that the police wilt be instructed to use every means to have them arrested. Upon the rendition of the above verdict warrants were issued for the apprehension of the accused parties, and the same were placed in the hands of officer Shangle, of the Coroners’ office, for execution. ‘The deceased was a native of Switzerland, and was about fifty-five years of age. She was a widow, having lost her husband at sea about two years ago. ARLEST OF ONE OF THE MURDERERS. Ata late hour last night the police succeeded in arrest- ing Tool, as he was leaving house No. 62 Greenwich street in disguise. More Demonstrations of the Working Classes in Tompkins Square. Alarge number of men collected yesterday in Tomp. kins Square for the purpose of hearing the report of their committee and devising some means of obtaining employ ment during the winter. At 8 A. M. groups assembled in different parts of the square, talking over their condition and that of their families, and at nine a meeting Was organ ized. In the absence of Mr. Smith, secretary , it was call ed to order and presided over by James T. Maguire, who said that their committee advised that nothing farther be done until Tnesday morning, when they expect all the workmen who are out of employment to assemble in ‘Tompkins square; for as that is the time at which the pro. mised work was Ww have commenced, they will know better bow to act. Mr. Maguire exhorted them to be peaceable till then, inasmuch as the eyes of the entire city are upon them, and he was desirous, for one, that they should conduct themselves aa quiet respectable persons. Gronox Now next addressed the meeting. He said he was a workman himself, and assuch he thought he had aright tosay what he thought. 1 believe, said he, it is proper that workmen who are the real strength of this or any country, should meet together on an oc casion like the present, and show to those who have plenty that they are in want not only of work but of food. Already some good has resulted from our meetings, as the conversations of our committee with our Mayor fully show. (Cheers.) We have been promised some work and we have received his advice to remain quiet, which we intend to do like good citizens, as all working mon are. There was much cheering during the delivery of this speech, and when quiet was restored Mr. Maguire said that as it was the desire of their committee that they uiet until Tuesday morning t no one should adjourn and remain xt, he hoped they would all disperse, and ti id detain them by « ing, as there was be said that could benefit them in any way be day, when it is hoped everything will look better. The meeting then quietly dispersed, bat the crowd did not leave the square for some time after. The unemployed working men are t meet again at eleven o'clock next y ‘The Central Park, and Working Men. TO THE RDITOR OF THY HERALD. Incendiary articles having appeared in several papers of this city, seriously reflecting upon the Mayor and Com. mon Council in relation to employing men upon the Park and the appropriation of certain moneys therofor, in plain words charging the Common Council with corruption, it is highly necessary that the “public, the tax payer’ and the laborer himself should be made acquainted with the causes for non-action on the part of the “Council Board’ at their last meetng. Information having been obtained by mem. bers of the Board that a number of men having been employed on the Park are yet without their y, and that a habit ex ‘after [ticer and receipt given, that return of the money ig requested, and certain snms deducted, and that not over one hundred laborers have been em ployed at any one time for the last year, (notwithstanding newspaper and “employes” reports), that more than one-half of the wall layers and ‘‘jaborers”’ ty ey were from Westchester county and Staten Island; that com. petent men bave stated that all work so-far having been done could have been accomplished for the sum of $10,000. Then, I ask, where is the $50,000 aj fl afew weeks ago? We have been told that men ing bills due of even $11 have been refused payment, an told to get it if they can. Now, a few questions of in. wiry: —Have the Commissioners made their estimate for Mrenext five months, amounting to $26,000? If #0, what use do they intend making of $250,000? Do they want i for Mississippi and Milwaukie, or for election purposes’ Have there been at any one time 700 men em ployed} Have they deducted «@ portion of thei wages? Haye they (the laborers) all been paid they hire most of the men from Westchester? Md they rire, excitement and send crowds down to the City Hand endeavor to force the Common Council to give them $250,000, and after a few weeles’ work send the poor laborer adrift and thon ask for more, after $20,000 or $30,000? “Consistency is a jewel.” No, citi zens and tax payers, the Common Council are ready to employ 2,000 men to-morrow on the Park; they arc ready to vote the’say $50,000 or $100,000 at a time; they will be responsible that the men be paid in caah, but do ob Jeet to give this $250,000 in a Jump and no return made for it. Let the Commissioners set men to work on Mon day; let them by yi within the hounds of the twenty. two wards, and not Westchester county; let them pay the men and no deduction; compel them to make a return of every name and residence to the Common Council of their employées; give this satisfaction to the tax payer and all will be well. Should there be anything here stated not correct, the Commissioners, of either of them, fre pactautarty invited to ay ir before the Committee on 1 and Places of the Connell Board on Monday, Oth inet., at 2 o'clock, and anewer such questions as shall be put to them. 4.1. WAUGH, Ch’n. Com. on Lands and Places Board of Councilmen, SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 8, 18657. NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Opening of the New Fireproof Batiding—Ad- dresses of Hon, Luther Bradish, Hon, George Bancroft, Rev. Dr. Adams and Rev. Dr. Be- thane. ‘The opening of the new fireproof building which was erected for this institution on the corner ef Second avenue and Tenth street, took place on Tuesday evening, on the occasion of its regular monthly meeting. The handsome and spacious lecture room was crowded to its utmost ca- pacity by the members of the society, among whow were Hon. George Bancroft, Dr. J. W. Francis, Rev, Dr. Adams, Rey. Dr, Bethune, Rey. Dr. De Witt, Mr. Brodhead Rev. Dr. Robinson, Rev. Dr. Van Pelt, Mr. Frederick De- peyster, Hon. Mr. Schell, Mr. Charles King, Mr. William Chauncey , Treasurer of the Society; Mr. Andrew Warner, Recording Secretary ; and Mr. George H. Moore, Librarian. ‘The meeting was opened by Hon. Luther Bradish, the President of the Society, and prayer said by Rev. Dr. De Witt. The President, after calling the meeting to order, made the following appropriate address:— We are at length assembled for the first time ander our own roof. The New York Historical mang 3 has passed its nomadic state, and hag at last found a fixed and per- manent home, From wandering for half a century, the tenants at will of others, we eome this evening to take possession, as our own, of this beautiful temple, with all its ample accommodations, and to deticate them to the cause of history and of art—of history im its broadest senge, and of art in its Mustrations of history. Mere, for the benefit of the present and future generations, will his- tory garner up its treasures. Here will cach succeeding age, for the instruction of to come after it, bring its record of the current events of time. And here, wo, in the future, will the Genius of History, from these accumulated treasures, construct its variegated but harmonious narra- tive—showing the relations and dependencies of apy ly isolated events, and exhibiting the great truth the Listories of seemingly detached periods, instead of form- ing integral subjects complete in themselves, are but parts of the universal system of that Providence which, in inti- nite intelligence and wisdom, governs the world.’ Here, too, in this fitting temple, will art lend the light and the fascination of ‘its illustrations to the great traths of history. The genius which inspired the imagination and guided the pencil of Raphael, of Michael Angelo, of Rubens, and of Murillo, will hereafter cover these walls with its beautiful creations illustrative of the men, the manners, and the events of the time; and prove to mankind that in art the present is not inferior to the past, or the New World to the Old. Sculpture, too, whose magic power can call from the inert and shapeless mass the ideal semblance of animated and intellectual life, even in its sublimest forms; which can give to marble in its chisel traces, the graceful lineaments of female form and loveliness, the combined expression of the shrinking delicacy of female modesty and the force and dignity of conscious virtue; which, in its magical transformations, can exhibit, in the quarried block, the first dawn of civili zation, and the first springing of celestial hope in the bo som of a graceful daughter of the forest; or can in marblo symbolize the etherial spirit’s flight from darkness into light, and from time to eternity—this noble art will here after adorn these galleries with the productions of its genius, and prove to the world that America too can fur nish names worthy to be associated with those of Thor waldsen and Canova, of Phidias and Praxiteles. The burin of the engraver, too, will lend its aid to enrich our galleries, and in its representations of both painting and sculpture, exbibit the magic of light and shade, the grace of outline and the beauty of design. Thus will these sev- eral departments of art conspire to Mustrate and give ad ditional interest to the truths of history, and thereby advance the proper objects of this’ society, Ten years have passed away since the project of this uilding first received a detinite form. In 1847 the New York Historical Society, comparatively then few in num. bers, and feeble in pecuniary resonrces, but deeply im pressed with the great and increasing value of its lib and collections, and with the dangs to which they were exposed, took the incipient steps for the erection of a new fire proof edifice for the reception and preservation of that library and those collections, and for the general accom. modation of the society. This enterprise, under the cir- cumstances, might well, as it did, to the timid and even prudent, seem hardy, It was indeed bold. For the socie ty resolved upon an undertaking of greatmagnitude and im. , involving a large expenditure of money, without wing in its treasury asingle dollar for ite achievement. Bat the society relied upon. the intelligence and known liberality of New York, in the confident belief that her public spirit would not permit an object of such conceded merit and of 0 great publie concernment to fail for want of the means for its accomplishment. It was, therefore, determined that an al, [sen emg by a statement of facts, should le to the public general , and to the friends of historical literature in particular, aid in the accomplishment of this great object of general interest. Most nobly did the public of New York to this, and by ite Uberaiy ana padlic spirit in rs ly furnishing the requi means, fully justify the confidence of the wisdom of its enterprise. To collect and apply those means, however has required a long time, great effort, ‘and continued perseverance. But the success which has at length crowned persevering effort, should render us insensible to the exertions which have achieved that suc- cess; and, in the important good thus accomplished, we should forget the personal sacrifices it has cost, re gard oaly the new hopes it inspires and tho increased Tesponsibilities it involves. On 17th of October, 1855, this enterprise, thus commenced, had progr: with such encouraging success, that the corner stone of the present building was laid, and the work thenceforward steadily advanced. That liberality and public spirit which were so nobly manifested at the inception of this enter- prise, still accompanied its continued prosecution, until, in this finished and beautiful structure, you now behold the consummation of an enterprise commenced in weakness, but in hope, perseveringly prosecuted in anxiety and with great effort, and at length crowned with ample and entire success. The two cardinal conditions, also, upon which this enterprise was undertaken, have been faithfully served, and are this evening fulfilled. This new edifice was to be fireproof. It is substantially so; and, when completed, no debt was to remain upon the society on account of it. This, also, is true, The report of the Trustees of the Building Fund, which will be presented to you in the course of the evening, will, among other into Testing details, announce the gratifying fact that, after faithfully discharging every just obligation inourred {n pro curing the site and in the erection of this new fireproof edt fice, there will still remain, on accountof this special fund, a balance to go towards the furnishing of the building for the uses of the society. The further sum required to com ete the payments for the necessary furniture of the building, alone now remains to be provided for. A vo. luntary contribution of a very few dollars from each member of the society woald sbundanily supply the defi ciency, and fully accomplish the desired object of finally closing this great enterprise. This small sum would in each case bear but a very inconsiderable proportion to the: greatly ineroased accommodations and advantages pro cured to each member of the society by the very aatiefac tory completion of this enterprise. Thus the two original and important conditions of this enterprise are this even ing fulliied. Your building is essentially fireproof, and there will remain upon the society, on account of it and its site, no debt, except, indeed, one of deep gratitude to those munificent patrons of the enterprise who have gene rously furnished the means of ite accomplishment. To those generous patrons we point to this new and beautiful structure as an endaring and fit monu ment to their own ty and public spirit originally — pro. and has watehed with the deepest interest its progress and ile corapletion, we present this noble edifice with all its tasteful arrange ments, ite ample accomtnolations and its admirable adap tation to its objects, as the reward of its enterprise, its verence and its ultimate and complete success With the successful accomplishment of this enterprise, a new and brighter era in the history of thie society is inauga. rated. With these ealargod accommodations and these greatly increased facilitins for the prosecution and accom Pplishment of its objects, the responsibilities of the society are correspondingly increased. In pfoportion, as its libra ry and collections are rendered more sate and more availa ble, will be the inducement and the obligations of the society toextend the former and enlarge the latter. That these new and increased responsibilities will, in the future, be fully and honorably met by the society, we have an assurance in ite past history, But, for the ability to meet ina fit and becoming manner these new and increased responsi bilities by increased activity, enlarged operations and more extended usefulness, we mast still look to the con tinved encouragement and patronage of that generous pub. Vic which smiled go benignly upon the infancy of the so. ciety; which has so generously fostered its youth, and which surely will not withhold from its ripening tan. hood the encouragement it may hereafter need and shall deserve. Let it then be our object as a society fully to merit the patronage we seek. Let us, in entering upon the new and more brilliant career now opened be. fore us, go forward with new energy and increased zeal and, by judicious administration ee activity in our operations, justify the appeals made to the public in our behalf, giving back to that public the cultivated fruits of its own munificence; and thus rendering this society what, if wisely conducted, it cannot fail to be—both an ornament and a blessing to New York and our country. At the conclusion of the President's address the report of the Trusteos of the Building Fund was read by Mr. Fre. derick Depeyster, This document,in addition to many other things, stated the gratifying fact that the building and all ite appurtenances had not only been paid for, but that there was a balance in favor of the society. The cost of the who ructure, ae ree from the report, amount. ed to $84,739 84, in which was also included that of the lots on which it'is erected. Mr. Depeyster improved the occasion by giving a sketch of Cadmus, whom he called the first historian, and a number of other distinguished characters. Dr. J. W. Fraxcts moved the adoption of the report, Soe by Mr. Baxcrort tn the following re. marks: ‘The Committee of Arrangements have nadignod me the pleasing duty of seconding the motion for the acceptance of the report. This beautiful and convenient building is fie endowment for history made by the citizens and espe cially by the merchants of New York. It is their affec- tionate tribute in cémmemoration of the bonorable fame of their ancestors, the varied fortunes of this great com monwealth, and that sympathy which binds the present generation with every generation of mankind that has gone before. Asseinbledg here, we foel that events do not occur without a mony causes: that for everything there is a reason, that there are no in the chain that connects the pret with the present; that the institutions of to-day are but the necessary developement of former time; that this moment in our existence, though often im. perceptibly and in minute degrees, reflects light from all preceding ages. 10 an espocia) maaner our own city and vent. our own State have the most diversified affinities with an cient forms of civilization, The son of a merchant of the Venetian republic fret ran down our coast. A fellow citizen of Dante and Michael Angelo, under the banner of France, found out the channel inte our harbor, When the fulness of time came for the establishment of a colony on this shore, Holland summoned Hudson from ranging among the jagged rocks of Spitzbergen and the icy mists of the Straits of Veigatz to lea the way in ascending our noble river; just as afterwards, when the great mon of the age went forth, not like destroy, but with the better energies of creative power lo lay the foundations of our Union, a Hamilton, whose had been rocked by the breczes of the tropics, was called from the Antilles to plead for the adoption’ of tho federal constitu tion, Here assembled the first Congress of 1765; here the New York sons of liberty sent forth the first invitation for that of 17 on our soil was won the decisive victory of independence, and here Washington inaugurated national freedom and union, The moment of planting the institutions of culti vated man within our limits was marked by whatever is most romantic in American history. — The ‘interior of the State was occupied by that wonderful people who had ad vanced furthest ainongst savages in civil polity and con. federation; and while all that was most daring in adven- ture, all that was most self-sacrificing in religion, were entering on the one side with Champlain and the Catholic missions, on the other the great commercial republic of Europe, the forerunner and fostering example for Ameri- ca, was preparing to take possession of Albany and Man hbattan, In the Old World republican government has fallen on evil days, and # kingdom has taken the place of the glorious Dutch union of sovereign States. But if the living waters of freedom have diminished in that Euro- pean land, through which they once flowed most brightly, they are but as the fountain of Arethusa, which disappears only to gush forth again in 9 hanger clime. America claims a share of the honors due to Chaucer, and Kaleigh, and Shakspere—the English literature that preceded the first planting of Virginia. The glory of the Dutch republic is peculiarly our inheritance. ‘The republican liberty of the Netherlands, which was vindicated by a contest longer and more trying than that of Athens with Persia, is to be found only here. Itis ours, all ours. The banks of the Hudson are its asylum, where it renews its perennial youth like the eagle. The gift of this building has ano- ther significance; it is one of many proofs that the busiest city is the most genial home for literature. Where there is the most action there there must. be the most thought. The world of the scholar and the world of the man of affairs are all one. The widest connections fur nish the greatest opportunity of concentrating know ledge, and the readiest means for its diffusion, — In such a community there is no possibility of a dead calm, of a stagnation of mind. The ever-moving winds of controversy winnow opinions, and the fire of truth is kept alive and fed by contributions from all climes. And what city is bound by more associations and ties to all parts of the world than our New York. At one moment, one of its sons discovers the Antarctic continent: at another, a ship from our wharves is planted by a manot heroie mould, illnstrious in his youth—the immortal Kane —among the icebergs of pland, as the imperishable monument that of all the flays inthe world the sters and stripes have approached nearest to the pole. But if we would see the timate connection of our city with every pert of the globe and the many nations of the earth, we ave only to look about us, notat the magazines of ‘our merchants, where, indeed, everything is gathered toge- ther from ocean and from land for the support, the com. fort and the grace of life, but at the men moving in our streets, representing as they do not our own country not England and Holland only, but every nation of from Cadiz to Warsaw, from Ireland to the Isles of Greece; so that by necessity the civilization of all those lands is in. tertwined with ours. The seers who look into futurity abound in their eulogies of the coming commerce! ness of New York, when its proportion of the mereantile marine shall be still greater than it is now, and it shall be the centre of the exchanges of the world; when its popu- lation shall fill this island, and, like a’ branching vine, cover all the lands around. “But ‘this superiority in ma rial resources is not enough; the crowning glory of York must be its advancement in intelligence, Here must flourish unsurpassed colleges of that science of which the blessed skill removes disease, or charms away its pains. Here we must have schools of jurisprudence to teach it as a science, resting immutable principles of justice, to interpret inter tional and constitutional law'on a system that shall be at once cosmopolitan and national, breathing union among ourselves and good will to all the peoples of the earth. Here, where the crowded streets show the most of that favored being who alone was created in the image of bis maker, the truths that lift man above the vicissitudes of time and connect him with things that are cternal, must shine out in their purest lustre. Here divine art must make visible to the senses the forms of beauty that re- pose in the capacious recesses of creative genius. Here universities must gather together all the fountains of trath and send the living waters through the land. Let the comprehensive and liberal spirit of our merchants and the vivitying intelligence of scholars join together to promote the fullest developement of every capacity for good. This edifice is an earnest of that co-operation. At the close of Mr. Bancroft’s remarks the meeting was addressed by Mr. Kixa, President of Columbia College, substanually as follows. — I find myself, said he, on looking around me and and re- membering the early beginnings of this society, almost as @ man of @ past age, looking rather at y than upon my contemporaries, for I remember the beginning, hum ble and unpretending, as has been well said, of our college —(langhter)—I mean of our library. Iremember it, he continued, when it was a very small, small association with a very small collection and very slender hopes; aad T have lived to see it as it is—useful, honored and ospo clally well housed. We have come bere to-night to cele- brate an event of great interest, not to the society alone but to the country. We have provided a home tor the mo morials of the past. We present here a temptation to al who have valuable papers or documents to put them in our possession, since we are now in @ condition to keep them safely from the flre, and from what once was far worse, from the hammer of the Sheriff. After some fur. ther remarks, showing the importance of such an_ institu. tion in preserving the records of the past, Mr. King re- sumed his seat. He was followed by Rey. Dr. Apams, who, after a brief allusion to two of tho first members of the #0. ciety, Mr. Verplanck and Washington Irving, related some interesting anecdotes of Dr. Johnson, illustrative of the ill feeling which some, even of the most distinguished literary men, had against works written by those against whom they had conceived a aes Such a ing could not be too strongly condémned, for it was subyer sive of that spirit which regards all historical truths, no matter by whom recorded, as worthy of preservation and entitled to that importance which belongs to their charac ter. Everything that tended not only to throw light upon doubtful qiestions of history, but that rerved wo illus trate the manners, customs and social habits of the geno: rations that were and of those that are to come, should be collected and carefully preserved. We are, said the speaker, reminded by history of those great spirits of liberty who are to be found in every age of the world, and whose acts inspire the patriots and lovers of free- dom in every land to deeds of heroic and noble daring, and it was to him a peculiar satisfaction to be a member of a society which had for its sole object the collection of not merely historical evidence, whether in a printed or written form, but of those works of art which show that, in the creative genius of her sons, America is not inferior to the Old 4 The motion was still further supported by Rev. Dr. pNR, Who was particularly severe upon all clorgymen who left the sacred vocation of the ministry to engage in politics. The reverend gentleman was listened to with unabated interest through an address of an hour's length. When he resumed his seat, the motion in regard to the report of the trustees of the building fund was adopted; after which the meeting adjourned. DESCRIPTION OF THE BUTLDING. The building, as we have stated, stands on Second ave- nue, corner of Eleventh street, and was completed under the superintendence of Mettam & Burke, the architects The structure is in the Italian style of the Roman Doric order, and the fu are built with a drab colored stone known as the New Brunswick Dorchester quarry stone. The dimensions are as folio viz. :-—55 feet front on Second avenue, by 92 on Hleventh street, two stories high, with a base . and surrounded by an open area encloeed with a massive balustrade, The basement is rusticated, which gives ita massive effect. The first sory is finished with Doric pilasters and cornice. The second story windows are trimmed with panelled upstarts, consoles, cornices and pedimente; the centre window on Second avenue has a broken pediment, im which is placed on @ pedestal the bust of Herodotus, the father of historians. Tt is the intention of the society to have a bronze bustafter atime The building is finished with a Dorie cornice with trigiyphs, and a panelled block ing course on top. ¢ front op Second avenue it divided into th tions, the centre section projecting out two feet beyond the other, and surmounted with a pediment on Eleventh street The main entrance on Second avenue i a handsome doric portico, with a fightof seven sive buttresses, and on which are pl lamps. The private entrance for th: re ew on officers and speak ers is on Eleventh street, which gives direct access to the rostrum. At the front door there is a spacious vestibule finished in the Corinthiaa order; this opens into the le and office, and contains the main staircase and basement staircase, which are all of iron. The lecture root is 16 feet high and 60 feet 6 inches by 68 feet; on the south side is a rostrum and two ante rooms; the rostrum is for the officers and the epeaker of the even ing. The seats are placed in concentric segments, and will seat 500 persons. This room is lighted by six win dows At the top of the main staircase is another vestitule, flnished as the first, in the Corinthian order, and further on is the entrance to the library and librarian's private office. ‘The library, however, is the t feature in the build ing. It is @ fine, spacious and lofty room, surrounded by two galleries. These galleries are ‘fifteen feet wide, and are supported by Corinthian columns (iron), with cornices, &e. The first gallery ix eleven fect six inches high, and containa the pers and engravings. The second fallery ig sixteen feet high, and contains the splendid collection of paintings of the New Work Art Gal lery and the paintings of the society. There are two other galleries off this, over the vestibule af the second story, for statuary and paintings, whilst on the first floor are the book alcoves, which are finished with Corinthian pilasters. The library is lighted by a large dome and anternand skylight. There are a flight of iron stairs to the galleries, and the galleries are protected with iron Tailings, The interior of the library is finished in white, with gold etchings on the caps of columns and ornamente of railings, This gives alight and pleasing effect tothe interior. In the basement is the refectory, where the members enjoy the time honored custom of indulging in coffee, cho colate, &e. The remainder of tho basement is devoted to the janitors’ apartments and heating apparatus The building ig constructed in the most substantial man = F =e a rea — PRICE TWO CENTS. ing between the beams, which are four fect apart. These ehes are levelled up with conerete, on which is placed sand, and then a yellow pine floor. ‘The roof is of corrugated iron, galvanized, supported on iron trusses and columns. All the windows are secured with heavy eliding iron shutters; and the library is shat off from the rest of the building with massive iron doors, ‘The ventilation of the building is unproved by means of flues and registers; and the library is ventilated through the skylight and portions of the ‘lantern, which open on pivots. Itis also ventilated over the dome and in the ceiling, which opens under the roof, and from which it is carried off by ventilators in the roof. We congratulate the Society upon theiraccession to such asplendid building, which is one of the finest in the city. ‘The building and lot costs $85,000, all of which have been fully paid for. City Intelligence. Ti Domocracy ResorcivG.—The boom of cannon and,a calcium light brought a large crowd, numbering several thousand, to the Park last night. It seemed to be an impromptu affair, but a meeting was organized by calling Stephen D. Dillaye, Esq., to preside. ‘The chairman hap: pily opened the ander C. Morton, Ge m J. Rose, Colonel Hiccox, Thomas A. Glover, and others, Sengs were sung, and the democracy seemed to have a good time generally. Garonne « Minieter.—The Rev. Mr. Lord, pastor of the Dutch Reformed church in Harlem, was attacked on Wed- nesday evening in Second avenue, near 119th street, by a desperate rufflan, who suddenly sprung upon him and struck him a violent blow, which was quickly followed by another in the face. The reverend gentleman ia stal- worth, well proportioned and athletic, and the highway man finding’ that the blows he gave failed to bring his intended victim to the ground, and thinking, no doubt, that he was likely tocatch a Tartar, took to his heels. Bot Mr. Lord, not having been rendered hors du combat, put after him, and after achase around two or three blocks run him into a grocery store, where he secured the fellow and handed bim over to the police. He was safely locked up in the station house and will undergo an examination. Woe betide him if he should come before Judge Russell. ‘This is not the first introduction Mr. Lord has had to a garoter, Some time since, one of the fraternity of high- waymen attacked him in Brooklyn, and struck him two blows before he was able to act on the defensive, but he soon recovered himself, and with his powerful arm seut the raseal reeling in the gutter, where be left him lying, and proceeded on his way. AMERICAN AND ForriGy Bmte Socrery.—The regular monthly Board meeting of this society was held at the Bible House, 115 and 117 Nassau street, on Thursday af- ternoon, Nov. 5, Rev. B. T. Welch, D. D., President, in the chair. After the usual preliminary services, letters were presented and read from several of the ty's agents, be red with reports from colporteurs for th month of October, showing the following gratifying re- iz.:—4,832 families visite d for Bible reading and ; 370 induced to attend church; 103 children tak inday Schools; 279 sermons and addresses deliver prayer meetings held; 553 vessels Ling houses visited; 20 persons converte tized. ‘The Board, in common with other benevolent ties, fee! the effects of the general depression and aLembarrassments of the country, and the imperi ous necessity of an increase of funds to prosecute the benevolent operations of the society, After the appropri ations recommended by the different committees were made, the Board adjourned, Avemxr Assocratioy or Covamta Conrecr.—A regular meeting of this association was held ou Wednesday eve- ning, the 4th inst., at the rooms of the Children’s Aid So. ciety, Clinton Hall—the President of the Association , Oliver After the reading av last meeting, the Nr he Standing nf the committes appointed to attend the examinations of the students of the college, were severally presented, accepted and ordered on file: The subject of the (estival, address and poem was, on mo- tion, referred to the Standing Committee for the next year, with full power, ‘The following named officers of the As: sociation, for the eusuing y then elected:—Presi- dent, Dr. Henry the class of 1818; Vice President the class of 1832; Secretary, John D. Skidmore, of the class of 1849: Treasurer, P. Wilson Ostrander, of the class 1848. The following named gentlemen were elected to compose, with the officers above mentioned, the Standing Committees of the Association for’ the ensuing year, viz:—Rev. Alexander 3. Leonard, of the clase of 1825; Rey. Dr. William Walton, of 1828; Charles R. Swords, of 1829; Wil 1, Boyd, of 1892; John Me- Mullen, of 1834; John M 1 1888: Abram 8. Howitt, of 1842; Frederick 8, Tallmadge, of 1845: Elias G. Brown, of 1846; Eustace Trenor, of 1862) J ‘an Duzer, of 1863, and Marvin R.’ Vin President announced to the association the deccase of their late Vice President, George J. Cornell, Kay., whereupon ase- ries of resolutions expressive of the regret of the Alumni was passed, and ordered (o We yubliched ta the daily newspapers, and copies vent to the fumily of the de- ceased. AN APPEAL POR Atp Yor Tie Five Poryts Misstoy.—This Denevolent institution, tn view of the inereased demands upon its means, and the diminution of it urces, which is mainly owing tw the pressure of the times, appeals to the well known benevolence of the New York pablic for assistance to meet the culls of charity. The managers Will gladly accept any thing that may contribute to dimin- ish the destitution and suffering which already begin to be painfully manifest among the poor and the unemployed of our eity. Contributions of clothes, provisions or money, directed to the ca: y.N. Mead, missionary, will be faithfully distributed. Miurrany Marrens.—On the 10th inst. a parade of the First Brigade will take place, on which occasion a presen- tation of eagles will be made to the Seventy-First Regi- ment. This presentation is made on account of the supe rior skill in military tactics evinced by the regiment dur- ivg acompetition with several other regiments at New- burg last summer, in presence of the State Military Asso- ciation, by whom the prize was awarded. It will occur at S o'clock P. M., in the Park, and in the evening the Se- venty First Regime an entertainment to the Association. The following is the official order— HBAPQUARTRRS FIRST BRIGADE NEW YORK STATS MILITLA, Brigade Orders No. 72 New Your, » combor 1, 1857. The several regiments composing this Brigade will pa- rade, in full unitorm, on Tuesds the LOU inst. he Brigade line will be formed on the Fifth avenue, right on Highth street, at 2 o'clock P.M. Commandants of regi ments will report their commands to the Brigade Major ten minutes before two o'clock. The Brigade staff will as- semble at the quarters of the Brigade General at half-past Lo'clock #. M. By order of CHARLES B. SPICER, Brig. Gen. Com. C. A. Sverre, Brigade Major In jecter, The target companies eeom to be falling off somewhat in number. During the past week the following among others passed the Hxnaxp ofiles The Barry Musketeers went on their second annual target excursion on Monday , last with forty-three musket. They proceeded to Weehawken, where they shot for thirty fine prizes. John M. Bowen, eaptain The Douglas Musketeers, with thirty muskets, shot for twenty-eight prizes at Weehawken. The Murch Guards, Captain J. D. Ottiwell, with one hundred muskets, paraded to Strykers’ Bay, where they shot for a number of valuable prizes, the first of which was worth $118. This guard i« composed of residents of the Eighteenth ward, and among the guests were many prominent citizens. The Martin Guard paraded twenty-five muskets and shot for eighteen prizes at Weehawken. This is a well dis: e/ptined company The Liber ‘4d, with sixty two muskets, paraded to they shot for thirty.two prizes. pany came from Jersey Cry. he Riggers’ Guard, Captain John Reilly, shot for twenty- prizes at Fordham. This is a well drilled company ‘The Mercantile Musketeers, Capt. James T. Clancy, com posed of young men of the mercantile community, intend going on their first annual target excursion to Hoboken on Thanksgiving Day, Nov. 26th Fine is Cineky StREET.—About five o'clock on Thursday morning # fire broke out in the foundry material manufac tory of A. T. Kimbail & Co., 274 Cherry street. Some con siderable time elapeed after the fire was discovered before an alarm was given, and when the firemen arrived at the premises the whole building—a five story factory—was enveloped in flames. The firemen succeeded in contin’ the fire to the premises in whiet it exigent, Kurbal & Co.'s lows will probably amount to $10,000, on which they have an insurances of $6,500 in the following compa nies —Hamilton, $2,500; Farmers’ Union, of Philatelphia, $1,000; Merchants’, of Philadelphia, $1,000, and the Ex nge Mutual, of Philadelphia, $1,000. ‘The building was owned by H. Queripel; it was letalty destroyer lows about $5,000, ond insured for $2,000 in the Astor and Rut gers insurance companies. The origin of the fire it not wh at present, but it will be investigated by the Fire Marshal Fine ix Taren AvENtE.—About 94 o'clock an Wednos. day night, # fire occured by upsetting 4 camphene lamp e clothing tore of feaac jamin, No. 373 Third , ane ina few minutes the whole building was en- ed ih flames. The root ef tu partly burned. It appears, from t jammin, that ip banding a pair of 7 joons to a cumtomer , they struck and upset acamphene lamp whieh hw surpended trom the ceiling, and betore ke could extingui theflames the whole sre wason fire, Mr. Benjamin estimates bis lowe on stock And houehold furniture at about $1,200, on which he hax an insurance of the Brooklyn Insurance Company. The building is owned by John McBride. Tt is damaged shout $200 and insured Building No. 875 was occupied .on th Cohen as a clothing store; his stock i# slightly damaged by water, and fs insured for $500 in the Rutgers Tnsurance 0 The building owned by Mrs. Mary Welsh A sbout $75, and insured for $1,000 in the Bowery + pire oer. noe Welsh occupied the upper part as a dwelling; ber farniture was damage: bj water about $60. No insurance ee Fatat Accipest.—A man named Cox, a painter by trade, whil gage in painting © ign on the front of the dmug etore, 469 Pearl streot, Thursday mor fel! from the veaffolding to the sidewalk, and was instantly killed, Cox was A tmarried man and resided iu Bedford avenue, Brooklyn. New York Howerrat.—The following ie the weekly te port of the above institution to Nov. 6, I837:—Remaining on October GO, 246; admitted ta November 6, 52; dis wired OF relieved, 43; died, 4; remaining at date, Males, 224; females i. Defalcation of a Teller in the Grocers’ Bank. SUBSTANTIAL REASONS FOR A BANK FAILURE—FAST HOSES, A FINE HOUSE, AND A BILLIARD TABLE—= THY DEFAULT ESCAPED, ETC. A few days be he general suspension of the New York banks, the rocers’ Bank way announced as sus* pended, and a Receiver wi charge of its affairs, ‘accordingly appointed to take When the genoral suspension took place, by some means the Grocers’ Bank was, among others, permitted to resume its operations at the Clearing House, and continued to meet its payments for several days. This, however, did not continue long, and, as was believed at the time, the hard times bad broken up ths business of the bank, 80 the Receiver resummed his duties. Whether as the cause of the conseque of the appofat ment of the Receiver, since he has entered upon hi duties the fact has been disclosed that Mr. Geo. A. Clark, the assistant Cashier and Paying Teller, is a defaulter to the amount of about $68,000. At the time of the suspen- sion, the Directors suspected from the state of affairs that there was some other cause besides the hard times, but had no positive clue, At the stated monthly examination the balance sheet of the assistant Cashier has beenro peatedly made to correspond with the deposit account the entries being properly footed up. By means of false entries and certified checks it now appears that Mr. Clark has made his balances correspond with the general balance sheet at the beginning of every month, his entire charge of the books in his department afford ing him every facility. At present he appears to hava been carrying on his operations but for eighteen months, though it is possible he might have been pursuing the same plan since his frst connection with tho bank in 1851, more than six years since. About ten days since, Mr. Clark obtained leave of absence in the country, ou tha plea of needing rest from the exciting labor of the past few weeks, and it was not until after his departure that the defalcation was made known. It is said that he has gona to New Jersey, aad that the otticers of the law have aclua to his whereabouts. The papers have already been placed in the hands of the District Atorney for his action. Mr. Clark is the son of Ex-Mayor Aaron Clark, and @ young mai—notover 37 years of age. He was formerly @ clerk inthe North River Bank, and left there at the for- mation of the Grocers’ Bank, being offered. a more remunerative position. He was always con- sidered an exceedingly smart, energetic business man, and his accounts have always before beon found correct. He left a note to the Directors, stating that he had been deceived by a friend; and it is stated about $50,000 worth of notes and checks o nal friend of his, which d If the later account in a measure for tha ney, us itis not supposed that he has a large amount wiih him.’ The amount of property standing. in his name is not ascertained, thongh doubtless there iat not enough to save the bank from loss. His bondsmen es for $10,000, which is considered good. k had arather showy wife and three or four children, and has within a year moved from a small house in Pacific street, Brooklyn, to @ large and splendid brown stone house, which he has built in Clinton etreet, near Pacific. His living was considered rather fast, and yaany of his arquaintances wondered how he could live soe xtray a. gantly on a salary not varying fai 9 $2,000 per annum. Yet his expenses have been estanated at, at least, $10,009 perannum. He bad a fine siable and’ fast hors, and Was seen often on the road, sometimes betting. His house was furnished in fine style, inclucing an expensive billiard table. Himself and family always dre pent considerable money. ° This was expla rent rumor that his father, who is repa had loaned him money. He was not deeply in debt, 20 fur as can be ascertained. One of his creditors said ha pmed him his safest customer, and he had generally the reputation of being & prompt paymaster. The report that he was deeply in debt to Mr, Gurney is untrue, as ho only owed him a few hundred dollars. The defalcation ‘must hasten the closing up of the business of the bank. A Two Hundred Thousand Dollar Defalcation in Philadelphia. ATTACHMENT OF THE PROPERTY OF MR. ALLIBONE, LATE PRESIDENT OF THE BANK OF PENNSYLVANIA. OUR PHILADELPHIA CORREPONDENCE. Putapevrma, Nov. 7, 1867. Although the desperate condition of the Bank of Penn- sylvania has been a matter of public notoriety for some weeks past, the community was not quite prepared for the: developements of to-day. ‘This morning,Jin the Court of Common Pleas, an attachment was asked for against the property of certain well known brokers in this city who, it is alleged, have been concerned with Mr. Ailibone, tha late President of the Bank of Pennsylvania, in aging the funds of that broken down institution. The following is a correct abstract of the affidavit upon which th eattachment is issued :— William Geisse, Thos. N. Newhall, William P. Newlin, Arthur H. Howell, Lawrence Lewis, Franklin Fell, Jota D. Taylar, Moncure Robinson, Wm. Lyttleton Savage, Wm. €. Patterson being severally sworn or affirmed, de. j ove and say they are officers, viz. :-—Directors of the cor- poration styled the President, Directors and Company of the Bank of Pennsylvania, which corporation was duly created by and now exists under the laws of the State of Pennsylvania, and for and on behalf of said Company, they further say and depose that, as they have faced ascertained, Thomas Allibone, (late the President of said bank,) is justly indebted to the President and Directors of raid bank in the sum of two hundred thousand dollars and upwards, for money belonging to the said corporation, which money the said Thomas Allibone bad and received, to his own use, and which he has not returned or repaid to them. The affidavit then states that about the 20th of October, 1857, he abseonded from his usual place of abode for « foreign country with design to defraud his creditors, ag they believe, and that he has not left in this county or State money to pay said debts. ‘The affidavit upon which the application for the attach- ment was based was signed by the new President of the bank, Col. Wm. C. Patterson and by the majority of the Di- rectors, Some of the latter have been charged hitherto with being the epecial pets and accomplices of Mr. Alli- bone, Rumor says that some of them have grown rich upon the spoils of the bank, obtained through the agency of the late President. The affidavit certainly does not mince matters, but it plainly charges Mr. Allibone with absconding to a foreign country with over $200,000 of the funds, which the deponents believed he intended defraud- ing the institution of. Some of the signers of the affidavit are relatives of the late President, and their course exeites no little astonish ment in the business community, especially when the fact, of their previous conduct in respect to Mr Ailibone is taken into consideration. When Mr. A. was about setting out for Europe in a most prodigious hurry, the following corres- pondence took place between him and the Board of Direc- tors of the bank — “Pamanerrmta, Oct. 17, 1867. fo THe Rloarn or Dikecrons oF THe BaNs oF PENNNYLV ANIA, “Gusts —My health continues so infirm that I find it to be impossible for me to perform the duties of President of your bank. My physician bas urgently pressed on mo the necessity of resigning, and to endeavor, by travel and absence from exeitement, to restore my shattered health. “ My large interest in the hank as a stockholder would induce me to remain and work with you, was my stata of health such as torender it posrible for me tw do so. Inceseant labor and the excitement of the past few months have fo prostrated me, that | am constrained to leave you. For ail of you I entertain the most affectionate re- gard. “You will please receive this my resignation as Presi- dent of the bank.—Yours, very truiy, “THOS, ALLIBONE.”* «¢ Whereas, Thos. Allibone, Feq., having been compelled by serious ilines#, under the advice of his physician, to tender his resignation as President of this bank, Reyolved, The Board of Directors, in accepting the resignation, express their fecling of deep regret at parting with Mr. Allibone, and sympathise with him that the ne- cessity existe; and trust that a kind Providence may speedily restore hitn to his usual health, and to the enjoy- ment of a long life of happiness and urefulness, “Oeextract from the roinuter, « Oetober 17, 1867 JNO. D. TAYLOR, See'y.”? Tree weeks only have passed away since the above correspondence but even that short period bar been amply sufficient w bring about a wonderful change of sentiment. It is shrewdly suspected that if some of the directors had it to do over they woul leave their resolutions of sympathy unwritten, especially aot has been Peet sunty settled that Mr. Atligous ’ sickness was allasham. Lstrongly «nmpect that the de- cided action of to-day has been i by Col. Patter son, the new President of the bank. Col. P. is a thorough- going business man, who never trifies over what ho undertakes. It is probable, too, that a carefully concealed application for an injunction the Board of Direct- tors may have had something to do with the denouement. The effect of this supposed injunction, if urged, would ba to hold the directors liable for Keowee cunetee. By tockholders through any improper use of the fi of bank. This injunction hae not yet been regularly filed, and great care has been taken to keep it from the knowledge of the public. The stock of the bank wag sold at eight dollars to-day, an increase on the sales yos- + terday. —————————_ Court of Common Pleas—Spectal Term. PRACTICE IN SUPPLEMENTARY PROCKEDINOS—NON RESIDENT DEBTORS. Rofore Hon. Judge Ingraham. Nov. 7.—Kieran Bgan ot. Theodore 1. Bilgerton.—The defendant, whose examination as @ judgment debtor had een commenced, failed to appear on the day of adjourn. ment, and was arrested under an attachment for disobe- i ‘and brought into Court. This was motion to set the nitechmest ari all the supplementary proceed: aeide, onthe ground that the defendant was a nom dent, and that by statute the order for his examination can jesue only in the county where he resides. In reply it waa admitted that the objection would have been well taken if made in time, but that it was too late. In pro- ceedings of this character, where the Court bas jariedic- tion of the subject matter, all objections of the natara urged, not taken before an examination has been com menced, must be deemed waived, So held by the Court. Motion denied with costs. For plainw, Joba O’Reurko, For defendant, Hayner & Averill, od woll, and d by a cur. to be wealthy,