The New York Herald Newspaper, April 4, 1868, Page 4

. 4 ___——_—_——__._—- THE DEATH PENALTY, Execution of Two Negroes in North Carolina. THE cRIME AND IS EXPIATION. SCENES AT THE SCAFFOLD. [From the Evening Telegram of yesterday.) TARBORO, N. C., April 3, 1868, Not in the annals of the North State have the terrors of the gallows been so terribly and wfolly realized by the now dominant race of the uth as they have been here to-day in witnessing e execution of a hardened sable criminal and per- ape & more hardened mulatto accomplice. Indeed, might be said nowhere has the extreme penalty of law been more justly administered and more pe- muilarly merited than in the execution of John ‘aylor and Jim Knight for the wilful and de- rate murder of Joha H. Cutchen, @ young ite man of about twenty-two years of age, amiable character, respectable connec ‘ions and good business attainments. The (essassins’ victim*was the owner of a small store tuated at Whittaker’s station, on the line of the (Wilmington and Weldon Rajlroad, in Edgecombe unty, of wach this is the county seat. i THE CRIME. ‘The murder, one of the most foul and damnable on Yecord, was for a considerable period involved in ‘the utmost mystery, and it was catirely on.ciroum- ntial evidence, though the most convincing, that she murderers were convicted. - As early as the 9th f mye 1866, at a Jate hour in the a hs when rkness hid the assassin’s work from Pa ic view, ras this foul deed perpetrated by two fiends in hu- gan shape, whose names shall go down to posterity @ warning and a standing conviction that the decree “blood for blood” shall be meted out. The details are exceedingly intricate, and con- jiderable diMculty was experienced in arriving at é true state of the affair; but from the evidence he facts are gleaned as follows:—The mulatto, Jim me tak was exceedingly ambitious to become a Jand owner, to have his own farm and to employ his ‘own laborers. He was tired of working for others, tt which he had spent neariy a lifetime, and bein; ed of some intelligence he had 80 work pon the susceptible mind of John ba @ power- i African, that he induced him into the commission ef the horrible deed, and actuaily made him the thief perpetrator of the crime. Both were intimately acquainted with the (hea Man Cutchen, with whom they were in the habit of trading, and aware that he had frequently a Jarge suin of money in his drawer they conjointly determined to become possessors of it. With tris view, on the morning preceding the murder, John @aylor visited the store of Cutchen, having some {water melons to seit. These he disposed of to Wutchen, purchasing some sugar and coffee; but the books of the deceased show that Taylor was mot paid for the meions, and the inference is that he went re that day to make arrangements to return at night, with an assurance from Cutchen @hat he would be admitted. About eight P.M. the same night Jim Knight, the mulatto, was Been to go from his house in the direction of the a eof Taylor, with a small canvas bag on his houlder, which from its appearance contained little jor noting, but Whut the witness could not say. Wothing is _kuown further until the following morn- Ang, When tle deceased was missing at breakfast %ime where he boarded, A ine: ger sent to the tore found i securely locked, and repeaied knock- ng obtained ne answer. The hour advanced and tie Young wan Cuichen did not come forih, and soon uspicion was arouscd, and, a er assembling, shutier was forced open, when the bloody and paler corpse of Cutchen was _ discovered. he scene inside was ly ving in the ex- treme, A brother of the di xl Was af once Bent for, and with &n extra he. opened the Biore door, and then the bioody scene was fully revealed, So mangled was the corpse and so fear- fully discolored that for @ time tts identity. was doubted; but the garments were evidence of John H. Cutchen only too convincing. Goods were found Wispiayed upon the counter as if in the act of trading; B claw hammer was there, and a little canvas bag, ontaining two pleces of tron from fifteen to eighteen hes long, was discovered, From the appearance f the place the assassins came there ostensibly to le, but with the intention of murder; they called utchen from his bed; he admitted them, and while is back was turned to show them some goods hammer lying on the counter was seized y the assassins and with ft he was dealt blow on the head that felled him to the This was repeated eleven times, the Kull of the victim being fractured in four. distinct aces; and believing life was extinct, the murderers hen rifled the drawers, obtaining several hundred ad in money and pome ber ed EE ws lecamped. Tir itie adipYedocked the store and then e Walls, w dered tian iitsn nave Leuaubed with Blood Hy Rare Froped his way to the inner room, for the walls were reecoed over with marks that indicated the only dying tesiinrony the victim was capable of giving with his own hands and his own bioed. Blood was on the Moor in a stream, on the counter, on the shelves, on ‘the wails, and blood was everywhere crying for Ven- Beance. The people were fally aroused, and on the follow- ing day an inquest was held, but nothing leading to ‘@ solution of the horribie cg could be adduced, nd for twenty-two days the inquest continued in ession, when in the house of Jolin Taylor, on being Bearched, a linen coat with blood stains Was discov. ered, and further investigation disciosed a picce of vas with the name of Cutchen on it. The latter 28 found under the bed of a negro voncubine of john Taylor, and upon the evidence of her and mother concubine of his also, both living in the me louse, the murder was fully estab- shed. The testimony of the two women went fo show that upon the mght of the murder Jim Knight came with the mysterious canvas bas, con. Ralning lite or nothing, to the house of John Taylor; that they both departed together, and returned bout daylight in the mornimyg in a drunken condi- tion, having a conversation about their money, while they (the women) were supposed to be asleep; and Bhat bot) of them vacated We neighborhood that day and reiurning made false ingiiries and untrue state- menis. The dicod-stained coat was the first evidence Uat led to the whole train of evidence that finally convicted the prisoners at the Sepiember term of the court in 1867, Wien were condesanued to expiate their crime on the 1 ‘THE IMt In company with anotuer n jous and desperate urderer, who will sooner or jater answer with his fe for his tries, they have been condned in the jad here since their arrest and subsequent their conviction. Previous to the datter th were sanguls acquittal, ut when they V T ince has been uniforiuly good, Taylor stnbbornty as rting bis innoce hie Kalyht remained mute nd downecust, evidently showlig that if he was the rojector is accomplice, ual murderer, Taylor, is a ‘Ww retch, who says that he will lieve Taylor vo have been tie npression he has been impc fession that would exculpate Kuight, the more seem: gly repeutent of the two, ~ THE MURDERERS re neither peculiarly imposing in appearance, john Taylor was formerly a slave of James W, lor, of this county. He is about thirty-four ears of age, & genuine black Congo, six feet hand of a powerful build. Lis countenance is Inbines all the ferocity and an ibsence of all human tenderness. He ts entirely indifferent as to his terrible fate, and speaks ligitily it, boldly asserting his innocence throughout. Jim Knight is a mulatto, and was formerly owned nic night, of this county, Whose name he Hie is abeut forty-five are 0 w build, but stout, of the assas- He is thought to telligent physiognomy, is id does not seem to be the projector ination for which he dies to-day, the most Vk te in comprehension of the two, d though has generaily more sympathy than Furor, the evidence shows him to be none the less ra SPECIAL TELEGRAM TO THE HERALD. The Execution, ‘ TaRporo, N. C., Aprilg—5 P. M. With the existing mystery in this remarkahie @narder trial it is due the country to state that every means of defence was afforded the accused, and two tor the ablest lawyers hore were appointed as their wounsel, who 80 battled the prosecution as to bring “upon themselves the indignation of the community. ‘wnis excited the professional ire of the lawyers, and ‘by an appeal upon the merely technical grounds of eho legality of General Sickles’ order making negroes Piigibie on juries, tuey prolonged the lives of their over twelve months, The jury by which the udemned were tried was sclected. by themselves ‘om out of one hundred summoned of both races, jut only two of their own race Were chosen, and hese were the first to pronounce the terrible decree, guilty. PREPATATIONS FOR THE EXECUTIONS. The preparations for the executions had been Quietly in progress under the direction ofa Sheriff, ho understands his business, for several dayk, and ith the setting of yesterday's sun, the last the risoners BAW go down, everything was completed, © barrooms were ordered to be closed, On @ Knoll raced by a fow tall pines, lying to the south- NEW YORK HERALB, SATURDAY, APRIL 4, 1868—TR east of the town, between a creek and Tar river, which nobody owns or nobody cares to own, which has been the place for public executions from time immemorial, the scaffold was erected this morn- ing. It was a rude structure, made ont of Toughly bewn timber, amply strong and of proportions sufficient to launch two beings into eternity at once. Tn consequence of an anticipated large crowd of both races from this and the surrounding cotnties to wit- ness the dying agonies of two criminals, both har- dened wretches, whose sentence had been 60 justly ronounced and wag tho: bly approved, a and of seventy men, without distinction of color, had been summoned. No one skilled aga public executioner could be found, and go general was the objection to becoming one that the sheriff decided without farther annoyance to perform the duty him- self, as uired by law. So superstitious are the blacks numbers refuse to serve on a coroner's Jury, much less to become a hangman. HOPES OF COFESSION. From the frequency of calls for spiritual counsel leery the doomed men, the strongest hopes were thata lon of the terrible erime they were about to expiate on the scaffold would be made, But their last night had pee this a er and lowering 4 rived, an remained stubborn ant and scarcely see! ag to realize their terrible imity to eternity, arioe peas and leaving the im, ion on a visitor of an awfully repulsive, desperate criminal, a combi- mation of human being and brute, who suffered no remorse; whose mind was with apparitions ‘of his bloody victim. Knight, on the other hand, while asserting his innocence and call- ing on his Maker to witness his words, exhibited strong symptoms of the weakness human flesh is heir to. He realized the fact that he was on the verge of eternity, soon to meet his Maker, with the blood of a fellow being on his bands, and he was fast sinking under the awfulload., “While there is life there is hope;” and these two wretches, with a sav- age sort o! Cereb 3 and despair, seemed to think to the bey last t without a confession of their crimes ay, would not be executed; so to the last they were ened in their guilt. DAY OF THE EXBUUTION. The entire m was black, well befitting the tragic event of the . Rain fell inceasantly. but this did not prevent the assemblage of an immense crowd. Every road leading to town was thronged with male and female, and a special train brought a large number from Nash and Halifax and the upper portion of aelenecene yi the neighborhood oO niaker’a station, where the murder was perpe- tvated. B: ten o'clock the streets were liued from end to end with negroes. The rain beat down in torrents alinost, and already a large crowd of excited and wondering men were gathered within sight of the terrible scaffold, the cofiln and the ominous grave, flug a@ little to the right, in rear of the scaffold. Around the jail, cn th> west side of the town, the guard, blacks und whites, armed with old 8, shotguns and muskets, were assembled. The shackles were stricken from the condemned by a Mr. Palmountain, a gunsmith, and now, for the first time, the assumed savage fortitude of Johu Taylor began to give way, and although he well endeay to maintain hts blasphemous, bra- yado air, @ nervous twitching of the muscles of the face could be seen, aud fis legs and arins were fre- quently convaisively jerked, giving unmistakable evidence of guilt and a banishment of his false cour- age. Knight remained the same, caimer if possible than he had been heretofore. Two colored preachers remained with them the entire morning, offering rayers and alternately conversing with them; but in all this trace Taylor did not once touch ape the crime, while Knight spoke freely, steadfastly deny- ing any knowledge of it. Both seemed penitent and asserted their peace was made with their Maker. ‘The terrible death penaity read that the condemned be taken from the Jail of Edgecomb county to the place of public execution at ‘Tarborough, and there be hanged by the neck until both were dead, be- tween the hours of ten A. M. and four P. M. SCENES ABOUT THE SCAFFOLD, Precisely at half-past eleven they were taken from their cell and led forth into the centre of a square formed by the guard and in accordance with their expressed wisit Were marched to the scaffold. Lhe solemn procession moved slowly through the mud in ihe streets, encountering @ cold, pane rain, accompanied by attendant crowds of sabie citizens, alaong Whom Were no inconsiderable nuin- ber of women. Fifveen ininutes later and the scal- Told was reached, the prisoners maintaining all the while a dogged silence, Taylor looking defiant, Knight caim and resigned. At the scatioid a dense crowd, mostly bluck, was collected, and the heighis just above on the side of the town were covered by an immense multitude of over six thou- sand persons. The rat stili descended, but without any etfect on the sable mass, who seemed to be fas- cinated by @ morbid and depraved curiosity to wit- ness an execution, ON THE SCAFFOLD. Accompanied by Benjauin T. Hart, the Sheriff, the condemned fearlessly ascended the steps of the seutiold, taking seats on the two new chairs pro- vided op ge for the occasion, A brief conversa- tion with thelr respective spiritual advisers then ensued, in which both continued to assert their inno- cence, Taylor emphatically at one tine using an oath, saying he knew nothing about it, in a sullen, savage tone. Knight appeared throughout to be resigned to hia fate, whica bola seemed anxious to meet, probably from the fact that they could not fully realize their terrible position. THE LAST VIBW. A short and excellent prarer by one of the colored clergymen, which was listened (0 with an impressive earnestness by the surrounding thousands, followed. Farewell was taken, when the Sherif and assistant Ppencoopied tes beepers the ago ‘This Abel com- RAKE, White caps were, placed, yer, ‘was aujustld Mrfily- and” Securely round both their necks, and at this moment Taylor broke forth into an iucoherent address, exhorting the maltitude who then listened, white and biack, to pray, and statin, a would S00n come when the bad and the go ‘ould appear before their Maker, This ended ata quarter past twelve o’clock. The ro was cut with a hatchet by an assistant, and the ‘bodies of Joun Tayior and Jim Knight (oll some four feet. The former struggled a good deal, the latter but Little, and soon their souls were in eternity, Just as the bodies were suspended a piercing and almost un- earthly shrick rent the air, which was followed by several others, and on one of the adjacent hills quite an excited movement was observed among the as- sembled Africans. Numbers ran to the «pot and there was found one of the concubines of John Taylor, upon whose evidence he was convicted, yell- ing and screaming in a manner harrowing to ‘3 neryes in the midst of such a solemn scene. Nearly at the same momef a number of freedmen made @ rush upon the rear portion of the guard, as if to get through it, when, their muskets being levelled upon them, they quickly retreated. After hanging fifteen minutes lie was declared extinct by the attending surgeons. ‘The bodies were cut down and consigned to their last eartily resting place. Close to the scatfold upon which they paid the penalty of one of the most foul of modern crimes, slowly and seemingly reluctant, as if spelibound by some fearful haliucination, the crowd dispersed, and the graves were left alone. Ou the ground where the scatfold’s victims onig sicep night came and ail was still, G Considering the absence of anything like a ilitary force or any representative of the Bureau, and with 80 large and excited au assemblage of blacks present to-day, it is creditable in the extreme that the affair orm bal have pussed off in @.mafner 80 peaceable aad quiet, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE, Commander James E, Jouett was on Thursday re- Neved by Commander A. E.K. Benham as Com- mandant@f the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Commander Jouett has performed the arduous duties of his im- portant and responsible position for three years past to the perfeet sutisiaction of the department and ia manner agreeable to the public which has had oo- casion (o come in ofictal contact with him, Thus he has been quite as successful in the administration of navel affairs on shore as he was conspicuous for his brilliant qualities as a fighting officer afloat. Hw dash and gallantry in the splendid achievements of Admiral Farragut in the Gulf, especially in the Mobile fight, when he engaged and cap- tured rebel gunboats, will be well remem- bered by our readers. He now goes to le, Pa., to assume command of the steamer Michigan, rellev- tain Andrew Bryson. He will carry with him the good wishes of a host of friends. Com- mander Benham recently been on waiting orders. 7 eye varions vessels du the bs At | he Guif squadron and gained a tation for efiiciency and skill. ¥ ey Commander Daniel L. Braine, Assistant Ordnance OMicer of the Brooklyn yard, has Ween detached and will turn over his office to his successor, Commander R. W. Shufeldt, iate commander of the corvette Wa- chusetts, recently returned from the Asiatic squad- ron. Commander Braine sails this month for Rio Janeiro to assume command of the gunboat Shamo- kin, vice Commander Pierce Crosby, ordered home. Lieutenant George M. McClure been detached from the gunboat Shamokin, in the South Atlantic eo and Cages Lg In consequence of the niggardly supplies voted the Navy Department by ‘Conetens Ying eore has been compelled to re the corvette Canandaigua, Captain J. H, Strong, from the Euro) juadrop hi thas be wil yoo ey ithe squadron wi ge ju ry the withdrawal of the corvettes neonderogy. Captain Kobert Hi, Wie ee we have alres announced, and tie Canand neither or wbicn can be replaced by. other ‘cae a consequence of lack of funda appropriated by iu squad: which oes | States P ron, power of our great count eyes the most formidable i ‘al batlons | or the world, will hereafter consist of the Afty- Franklin, Captain Pennock; the about Swatanm, ten guns, Commander William » Jeffers; the gum- boat Frolic (an ex-blockade runner), five how: itzera, commanded by Coimmander Dayld Harmony; and one first ¢id8s slore ship, the Gerard (three guns), Lieutenant Henry ia Gerringe, This majestic and powerful feet is to per- form ati the duty which the couutry expects from ite naval representatives in European waters, which is to show the fag in every important port in Hurope and ann y Visit the stations on,the coast of Africa—a 'Y pleasant task for the squadron, While this reduction of our squadron tn Raropear waters is being carried out the Secretary should send a eom- modore to replace Admiral Farragut when his cruise terminates. ‘The command is not large enough for a rear adtnira!, and no officer above the grado of com tmodore siguld be sent o We understaad tuat under the new arrangements all the squadrons are to be reduced in like proportion to thatin Europe. They are already too weak to perform theduty expected of them, but aslong as Congressmen persist in cut- ting down expenses, including salaries of oiticers, while they strangely omit to reduce thelr own, we must ee our interests abroad to be seriously neg- lecte The gunboat Marblehead, Commander LeRoy Fitch, saiied March 24 fox Carthagena, and thence to Pensacola and Key West. She was relieved by the Sunboss a Oe a as je steamer Captain Boggs, om Kingstor, Jamaica, March 12, for Venezuela. ‘Tho American government during the war gave notice, ag we allremember, to the British govern- ment of the discontinuance of the convention which prohibited elther nation from putting gunboats on the lakes. They soon after placed a number of them there; but as these are found to be yery expensive and very useless, the House of ntatives has stricken out from the Appropriat bill that item which provided for the maintenance of these vessels. The gunboats will, therefore, be discontimued uniess the te shall refuse, which is not likely, to concur in the decision of the other House, 2 NEW YORK CITY. THE COURTS. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT. No Calendar for Monday. At the opening of court yesterday morning Judge Blatchford stated that he would not. sit on Monday next. Oonsequently there will be no calendar for that day. The Collision Case*Concluded. Ferdinand L. Hansen vs, Tha British Steamship Zouisiana,—On this case belng resumed, Judge Blatchford asked if there was any evidence to show that the place where the collision occurred was @ place where it was likely the Louisiana would entounter yessels in her passage. Coun- sel replied that in the depositions bmitted there was evidence to show that there were a great many vessels at all times in that channel passing to and fro. Mr. Donohue then commenced to sum up for the claimants, and was followed by Mr. Da Costa for the libelants. After which the Judge took the papers and reserved his decision, Rankraptcy Case. In the Matter of George 8. Mawson, Bankrupt.— In this ease opposition to the discharge of the bank- rapt had been entered, and the specifications of op- position having been submitted to the court, Judgo Blatchford this day delivered his decision, to the ef- fect that the Mrstund third specifications were too vague and general. In charging the bankrupt with the concealment of part of his estate it should have been specified with some degree of particularity what part of his estate he had concealed, and what property he has fraudu- lently failed to deliver up to the assignee, and what part he’prevented from coming into the hands of the assignee or transferred to other parties. ‘The second specification, charging the freer with hav- ing procured the consent of certain parties to his dis- charge, is insufficient, because it does not specify the pecuniary consideration given in that respect; but although the amount of the pecuniary consideration was not stated, still the court, with-considerable hes- ation, would hold the specification saMecient in its yment in regard to the influence referred to, The Ul stand for hearing on 80 much of the second ion as is so heid to be Sufiicient, and a erence may be had to the Register in charge to take testimony on eitler side. CITY INTELLIGENSE, Tak Firs Maxswat’s Report rok Mancit.--The returns of the Fire Marshal for the month of March are as follows:—Of fires and alarms there were sixty-nine, which number twelve were extin- guished byethe attuchés of the Fire Department without giving an alarm. Two persons were arrest- ed for arson, one of whom was dismissed from cas- tody and the other held to bail to await the action of the Grand Jury. ‘The Marshal is of the opinion that the fire which destroyed the Museum on the night of the 3d ult. was caused: by some defect in the fire- places behind the cages of the living animals on the third floor of 537 Broadway. Four of the fires during Maych were the work of incendiari the rest originating in causes that cagnot be considered other than accidental. ‘The losses are rated as high 4S $494,733, and the Insurances placed at $678,000, THs TRIAL Tair or THR PACIrio MAIL STEAMSHIP Jaran.—The experimental trip of this company’s new steamship Japan has proved in every re- spect a decided success. The Japan left this port on Saturday, March 28, at eleven o'clock A. M., and anchored in Hampton Roads at two o'clock on Sunday afternoon, the distance run being two hun- dred and eighty mies, at the rate of ten knots an hour. She floated with the ease and elegance of a fowl upon the waters, and her engincering tackle, which worked admirably, was severely tesied. She encountered rough and heavy weather during the fe and a succession of northeast gales, Captain G. H. Bradbury, who is to command her, Mr. Allan McLane, the prosident, and, several dinesk fe HaNIpeOh Ronde ‘at nine on Monday, 80th March, and arrived at the cOmpany’s pier, North river, at haif-past three on a 1. After taking in stores the Japan will leave this port for permanent service between San Francisco and China, which ‘will commence on ist August. JuNIOR EXHIBITION OF THR NEW YORK UNIVER- siry.—The junior exhibition exercises of the Univer- sity of the city of New York took place yesterday forenoon, in the chapel of the university. There was @n unusually large attendance, and the exercises were unusually interesting. In the selection of sub- jects, in their finished style of composition and forci- ble delivery the orations were much above the ordl- nary standard of college exhibitions, ‘Count Bis- marek,” the subject of the first oration, by George Bell, Greenpoint, L. I., was adinirably well written, as well as highly eulogistic of its distinguished sub- ject. ‘Sir Isaac Newton,” which 'T. ae Orange, N. J., the representative of the Buclian So- ciety, selected as his oratorical theme, found an able and brilliant expositor ; while for critical analysis of character, James C. Rogers, Paterson, N. J., Whose subject was “Warren Hastings,” did unusual- ly well. “Heroes in iistory,” by John P. Otis, Brooklyn, L. L, showed judictous dis- crimingtion of what constiiuies trae heroism. Jolin, W. Root, New York, spoke upon “Opportunity,’ and in doing 80 did not lose the opportunity to dis- play very tiarked and skilful powers of ratiocination, All the speeches were interrupced with frequent ap- pisuse, The stage was occupied by the facut; and © number of prominent citizens long identifi as largely interested in the pject of education, There are to be two weeks’ vacation before the next term of study begins, New Briscova, Cavrci.—The lots at the. corner of Fifth avenne and Forty-ffih street have been lately purchased for the Chapel of the Holy Apostles, of which Rev. Dr. Howland and Rev, Mr. Conrad are rectors, Plans have been drawn by Edward Potter, the architect, and the work of excavation for the new building was commenced last week. A part of the church will be prepared for the celebration of divine service early in the anjumn, when the parish will be formally org: zed with the tile of the Church of the Heavenly The congregation meet for the present in the chapel of Rutgers College. Cystom Hovsa Sane or UNCLADIND MEROHAN- pisk.—By order of Collector Smythe, under the provisions of the law regalating the storage of mer- chandise in the public stores, Measrs. Townsend, Montant & Co, sold yesterday at auction five hundred and seventy-one lots that lave rematned in bond and unclaimed beyond the period allowed by the enact- ment. The gathered assemblage was of a miscella- neous eharacter, even as the articles offered enfbraced every variety of merchandise, The prices realized were very fair~-in some instances exceeding the valuation of the appraiser. Eighty-six ploughs sold for $165; eighteen ancliors, $250; three cases of mosaic table tops, $405; four cases of $180; nine cases of swords, $200; six cases of “Turkey reds,’ $1,750; sixty cases of glass jars, $320; twenty- eight casks of ale, fourteen cents per gallon, in- cluding every character of dry goods, drugs, hard- ware, &c., &c. There were casks of brandy, wine, molasses and oll that brought fair prices, A New SynaGogve.—The corner stone of the new Synagogue of the congregation Shaaray Talifac, of this city, was latd yesterday afternoon amid very impres- sive ceremonies, which were conducted according to the Jewish ritual. There was a large number of per- sons present as spectators, besides those who took part in the ceremonies, our leading Hebrew citi dignit rh The new synagogue, a full description of the architectural structure of which was given in HERALD some time ago, is to be siluated om West Forty-fourth street, between Broadway and Sixth avenue. It is designed to be one of the nest build- ings of ite kind in the metropolis, EXPLosion.—About cleven o'clock yesterday fore- noon @ can of alcohol exploded on the top floor of 106 John street, slightly scalding a man named O, B. Bliss, the proprietor, The explosion was caused by @ man putting the can into a Loiier of hot water on & stove. SUPPOSED SvIcIDR.—Coroner Keenan yesterday held an inquest on the body of an unknown man, which was found floating in the water off the foot of Seventy-second street, Hast river, A day or two ago deceased was aceon loitering about the river and it 19 believed he jumped overboard and drowned himself. A cap supposed to belong to him was found on the shore. Becpased was about five feet nine inches in height, built, thin Whiskers and moustache, brown and blue eyes. Deceased had on a black cloth frock coat and brown check panta, was taken to the Morgue for idenfiiteation. SuppEN DRATA.—A man vamed James A. Ray- mond, plumber and gas fitter, who worked in Conner's type foundry, Centre street, died thore su. The body denly yesterday afternoon, a3 is beleved, from disease of the heart, Coroner Flynn was notified to hold an inquest. Deceased was about forty years of age and lived in Williamsburg. bi A CAsB OF CuILD MunpER.—Coroner Schirmer yea- terday held an inquest at the Seventeenth ‘precinct police siation over the remains of a newly born male infant, which were found in the vault of premises No. 170 avenue B. A cord was fastened about the neck of deceased in such @ manner beet pth ved strangulation, uty Coroner Wettengel ea post-mortem Big nm hn on the body and found that deceased had been born alive, and in his opinion death was caused by sti Jation, ‘The jury ac- cordingly rendered a verdict to that effect. 16 impossible to learn anything concerning the age of the child, or by whom the body was thrown into the sink, ‘Captain Mount, of the Seventeenth recinct, however, is making Vighaot efforts to ob- in information which will lead to tue arrest and punishment of the guilty parties. Fire IN Cepas StReet.—Between nine and ten o'clock yesterday morning a fire occurred in the cellar of No. 8 Cedar street, in the premises occupied by Korneman & Co., importers of drugs and essen- tial oils, A man named C. Tilemius was in the cellar at the time at work, He ran out of the cellar ina frightened condition and gave the alarm of , which Bapineted near the stove, but from wha cause is at present unknown, as Tilemius has not been back to the premises. ‘The damage to the stock Will be about $500; insured for $38,000 in the Hope, Mechanics’ aud Traders’, Western, Columbia, Leek- man, Mutual, Albany Olty, Buffalo City and Fire- men's Fond Insurance Companies. ‘The damage to the building will be about POLICE INTELLIGENCE, - Tae Cash oF Mas. WHAVER, THE BOARDING Houss Ta1EF—FouR COMPLAINTS AGAINST HkR—A Crowp oy Witnasses—Sue 18 ComMiTrzD WITH- ouT Balt.—Yesterday afternoon Adelaide Weaver, alias Mary Lee, alias Harris, alias Moore, alias Wheeler, the alleged boarding ‘house thief recently arrested by detectives Irving and Niven, of the Cen- tral Office, was arraigned before Justice Dowling at the Tombs for examination. A crowd of victims and witnesses against the prisoner appeared and crowded the Posy room to ‘suffocation. Catharine Rowe, of 219 East Thirty-tirst atreet, charged that on the 7th of December last the accused called at her house and en; board, and after remaining @ day or two clandestinely, taking with her silver table and tea spoons, 1wo shawis, old watch, black silk dress and other articles, worth all about $500, Fanny Hutton, of No, 23 Ridge street, charged the accused with stcaling from heron the 18th of November iast a gold watch, worth $100, and ether articles worth $100 more. Weaver, om the 20th of January, stole dresses worth $40 from Sarah Mitchell, of No. 138 West Twenty-fifth street; and on the 2d of August last she took from Miss Honora Halloran, of No. 20 Henry street, $75 worth of seliing, jewelry, &c, On the four complaints taken against the accused she wis ar- raigned, and fully committed to the Tombs for trial without ball. She is fifty-two years of age, was born in New Jersey, lives in this city aud Is a dressmaker by occupation. She had nothing to say to the charges preferred agaiust her. The defendant has served two years and six months in the State Prison and twelve months in the Penitentiary for stealing. She was once an actress, and was on the Boston Stage for five years, Mrs. Weaver told the magis- trate that she Was first prompted to steal out of spite for having been arrested and p@nished for an offence she was not guilty of. .Among the persons who were victimized by Mrs. Weaver may be mentioned the following:—Mrs. Dean, No. 22 Ninth street, $225; Mrs. Jennings, No. 6 Sands’ street, Brooklyn, velvet cloak; Eliza Kiygsland, 34 Commerce street, shawl, clothing, &¢.; Catharine George, No. 40 East Twenty- first street, $350; A. Davis and Mrs, Miller, No. 160 Allen street, There are sald to be many other board. ing house keepers who have suffered at the hands of the accused, and doubtless the property she has tuken will atnount to at least $15,000, A Bruran Act.—A most disgraceful as well as in- human act, alleged to have been committed by Cor- nelius Fitzgerald, was preferred against him by his father, Thomas Fitzgerald, of 607 East Sixteenth street, before Justice Dodge at the Jefferson Market Police Court yesterday. . From the "statement made by the complainant itis charged that on the 22d of Mareh Cornelius Fitzjerald attacked his father, robbed him of @ silver watch valued at $35, and beat him severely with hia fist and then, seizing the old man’s han with his teeth, mutilated it in such a shock ing manner that amputation of the hand will, it ia almost certain, be necessary In order to prevent mortification from setting in. ‘The-prisoner was ar- rested by detectives Hebbard and Young, of the Eighteenth precinct, He is represented as being a “hard character” dnd well known to the police. The officers arrested him on Biackwell’s Island, where he had been putting in aterm of ten days on some other offence. Yesterday when brought into court he pleaded not guilty to the charge. Judge Dodge committed him for trial. Arrest OF AN ALLEGED THIEF.—A man named James Campbell was yesterday arrested by detectives Irving and Vaughan on suspicion of being the peffon wh some time ago stole about $1,000 worth of dia- yonds, &c., from Mrs. Auber, of 79 Grand street, UC WiGinewde, wotohas and athar jewelry werein a closet on the second floor. ALLEGED SWINDLE OF AN UNSOPHISTICATED Emt- GRANT—COMPLAINT AGAYNST A TICKET AGENT—TAB Cask DiswisskD.—Another complaint was yesterday made before Justice Dowling against Patrick McDo nald, a ticket agent, keeping an office at No. 22 Albany street, The complainant in the case is James O'Con- heli, an unsuspecting foreigner. He deposes that on the Sth of June last he met a man in Albany strect, by whom he was induced to enter McDonad’s ticket office. After conversing with McDonald a short time, O’Conuell gave him $1,060 in Treast notes, greenbacks, &c., $700 of which he desired him to re- tain for safe Keeping and the balance to be ex- chi d for gold, O'Connell at the same time, as he alleges, pata McDonald $30 for a steerage passage ticket to Queenstown, with the understanding that he was to sail one week from thatdate. That instead of so doing he was taken on board a German vessel bound for London and which sailed the day after paying the money. Hefore his departure McDonald ave O'Connell one hundred half sovereigns, which ¢ said were whole sovereigns, and twenty sover- eigns which he counted two sovereigus each, After the ship was at sea ‘onnell discovered that he ad becn swindied out of £9 10s. in gold, it being about $500 in American money. O’Counell further says that no one had geccess to his money from the time he received it from MeDonald wp to the tie he discovered the deficiency, It is therefore charged that MeDonald cheated and defrauded O'Connell out of his money. The victim recently retarned from Ireland tn the steamship City of Paris for the Na] eo of making an effort to recover his money. fer the complaint was perfected the rate issued his warrant for the arrest of i, and pinced it im the hands of likinson, of the Twenty-sixth precnict, for execution, he arrest was duly made and an ex- amination demanded by the accused. Daring the hearing Mr. Howe, who appeared as counsel for McDonald, showed that the complainant, after his alieged loss, had been in and about New York tor Severa! months and made no complaint. For chat and other circumstances in favor of the lefenuaat the magistrate dismissed the complaint aud dis charged hia from custody. MUNICIPAL TAXATION. A Letter from the Chairman of the Oltizeny Association to the Legislative Committce on Manicipal A@nires—The Tax Levy Bills Constdered, The annexed letter by Peter Cooper haa been forwarded to Hon. Richard Crowley, Chairman of the Committee on Manicipal Afairs of the Senate of the State of New York:— . ‘The Citizens’ Association bogs leave to direct your ention to the subject of the tax levies of the city and county of New York for the cnrrent year. ‘These tax lovies were duly prepared by the Comp- troller of this city, submitted to the Common Council and the Board of Supervisors and sent to the Legis- lature. They were incorporated in two separate acts—one authorizing certain moneys to be raised for the use of the county ener and one authorizing certain sums to be levied forcity Piaposes, The Legaierare, ‘at its session of last year, enacted that the Hy Levy act should be prepared and sub- mitted to the Legislature in January of this year. In pursuance of this enactment the Comptroller did, in January |; present the acts to the Assembly. By the Assembly they were immediately referred % its usual Committee on Cities. The committce cor sist of the following seven Assemblymen, viz.:— Messrs. Alexander Frear, Michael ©. Murp! nd Christopher °c New York city ; Mr. . Cc. 7 Mr. Bi Jones and Mr. Jacob Worth, of Kings county George J. Balmer, of Erie county, and Mr. Wo, tol, of Wyoming. ‘This Assernbly committee have Kept thore Tax acts in their jon ever since January last, a have neyer reported them for action of the Assembly, although they know that after they have been ro- porees, debaied upon and passed by the House, hey have to be sent to ‘a Me ¥g referred to you, to your committee, examined repotted the Senate, debated and passed, and then trans- mitted to the Governor, who if or ought to be allowed ten days’ time to approve or t them; and that im the event of such rej the acta would have to be ju sent to the Assembly and to the Senate, and all this, too, within the few days that yet remain of the legislative session. previous years the oustom has unhappily sy of reserving these Tax Levy acts until the fast doys of the seasion, when the members of the Legislature were anxious to end their labors and return to*their homes and had netther time nor inclination to ex- amine the acta with care. Last year the elty tax levy Was sent from the assombiy to the Senate five days before the session closed. ‘The Senate commit. tee hud bat two days to examine tt, and but about two honra s erin these two days, Many of thewssembly provisions were disagreed wit, The will mete seagita, t 2 WAS 80 Front that the @ tant at mt tt IPLE SHEET. Tee a tenia Te was Fo. the amendment vrs conference committee. ‘This latter reported on it about half an hour lature adjourned, The hour was so was pot read in either house, bub Was passed on the of mittee’s report and beeame a law, melowiel, 0 ‘both housea ignorant of its contents. Wi county tax levy the matter was even worse, It was gent to the Senate from the Assembly for the first time the very day of final adjournment, I[t me loaded wi! extraneous matters that could read, a8 the time was 80 It rough both Roce 35. ive was sent Assembly ferred to revent fraud and mistake there is a standing rule f the Legittatars Migs 0 bit shall ba pamper oti) i has been fully and clearly or written out, #0, that no ditions or ara one DOS. case of last year’s tax levies, aaar weve power sD the very shape in which thoy were rep Vid.) Py and pinned on and w: Qn almost un re repo! vi Paper, with alterations in leas nieces of paper on tier 2 and there—the wi le mass, The Legislature adjourned sine r the next two days clerks were busy writing ont.a fair copy of the bills. What they were unable to decipher was kindly explained for them by amiable persons who. had re ed at the capital for the purpose, After the bills were engrossed it was found that whole sentences had been inserted that had never been Trouble arose, The matter was left to the S| er of the House, the President of the Senate and others, who had to decide from memory what had beon enacted and what had not. Thus the city and county levies of the 1867 were into laws. Under these laws the citizcns of this portion of the State were duly fxed, I¢ is not too much to say that sucha pre is or No more important laws are ever submitted Legislature than the New ic tax levies. ¢ ‘hese levies take from the pockets of the people of this city over $22,000,000 each year. They-regu- late every man’s xj for the current pal ‘They raise or lower the gent of the poor. ey increase or diminish the Income of the rich. ‘They turn the ‘wheels of government and fix the boundaries of authority, They affect one third of the population of the whole State and one-half of the property ot the whole State. They should be ex- ‘amhhed, weighed and debated for weeks before final action is taken on them. ‘The Senate is a8 nsi- bie for them as the Assembly, yet the Assembiy still holds them back from the Senate. The people of ‘this city have the right to know what the Assembly committee are doing with these levies and to have their report on them; but the Assembly committee obstinately disregard the rights of the people ane the rights of the Senate. The following seven persons who compose that committee are taking the very measures which last year worked such an outrage; Alexander Frear, Michaet O. Mur- hy, Christopher Johnson, of New York; William 0. jones and Jacob Worth, of County; George J. Barnier, of rie County; William Bristow, of Wyo- ming. ‘These persons are Romny back the New York city and rot tax levies, well knowing that their proceeding wiil make a full examination of the bills an in| lity. They have reported scores of other bills, but they hold these back. Another view will present a serious result of this singular conduct on the part of the Assembly Com, mittee. The moneys which are to be raised in pur- snance of these retarded tax levy bills are for the use ‘of this city and county for this current year, 1363. One quarter of the year has alrgady Tenis ana The work of the local government has to goon, To carry iton mouey has to be borrowed in anticipa- tion of the levies. ‘This money is now being bor- rowed. It costs the city and county seven per cent per annum. The amount borrowed is about six millions of dollars. Every day that the Assembly committee retains those tax levy bills is an expense to the people of this city al the rate of seven per cent a year on the loans thus made. ‘The total is enormous. It would pay the city of New York to support, unaided, the entire cost of a whole session of the Legislature if these tax levy bills were passed in January of each year, instead of being kept back as they have becn and will be now to tie end of April. ‘There is another view of the subject that demands consideration. Those tax levy acts for the city end county of New York are wholly diferent from every other act introdueed into the Legislature; for other acts may or may not be passed, at the option of the meinbers; but these tax levies must be passed, for they support our whole municipal fabric; more, they support nearly half the institutions of the whale Stace. ‘rhe Legislature cannot reject those levy acts, nor adjoura without ing them. In sucha case the State and tie city equally stand still. The Legislature is bound by an implied contract With the people to pass those acts. It has reserved the right to lay taxes on our city for general pur; poses, and this right ia inseparable from the duty of doing #0. ‘The city and county governments were created by the State, and the State is bound to support them. ‘Thus duty is shared equally between the Senate and Assembly. The body of which you are a member is as much bound to see to this matter as is the Assem- bly in which the bilis were introduced. Ordinarily the Assembly has exciusive power over the bills Introduced into its own body, and the Sen- aie has no power to interfere. But in the case of these tax levies the Senate has the power, resulting from its manifest duty, to interfere and call upon the Assembly to att. It ig not too much to say that this duty on the part of both houses is more than a moral one. Itis a legal duty. The Association therefore earnestly asks you, ag the Chairman of the Senate Committe which is to ex- amine and report on both these levies, to press the TesOluuOn Cutting Upon the Assembly to ti up the oe, Gea county tax levy acts and ‘Pansmit them to mate. ‘The law that passed the Legislature last year call- ing for the tax levy as eariy as January meant nothing if it did not mean that the abuses of pre- vious years should not berepeated. It was formerly the & poten of the city and county authorities to send the levies to the lature as late as March. It was intended that this custom should cease. To thatend the law was frained. The Assembly com- mittee is daily violating the spirit, intention and ob- Ject of that law. The Senate should exercise its right to vindicate the authgrity of the State, and to pro- tect the people and their property. ‘The Citizens’ Association has made a very careful analysis of the city and county tax levies as pre- pared by the Comptroller of the city, and is anxious Wo be heard, we counsel, in extenso, when these levics Wan come ba aly, your comuaitiee fur coasidevation, ery res) you ‘ rss PATER COOPER, Chairman, of NEW JERSEY. Jersey City. Pant ruom A Scarro.p.—A man named Peter Kappers, @ resident of 249 Newark a venue, was en- gaged in painting at a lager beer saloon yesterday afvernooa, when he fell from the scaffold and sus- tained such iajuries tuat his recovery is very doubt ful, He was so stunned by the fall that ke con- tinued iusensibie after being taken to his residence Newark. SERIOUS ACCIDENT IN A HARDWARE FAcToRY.—A young man named Willlams, employed in Osborae’s hardware factory, while adjusting some of the belt- ing yesterday forenoon, his nght arm vas ,anghtin @ portion of the machinery aud oroker to several places, ie Was promptiy removed to lit residence sud @ surgeoL procured, DOMESTIC INFELICITY IN dERSEY Important Descision of the Supreme Court of New Jersey in the Case of the Rev. Mr. Baird—The Chancellors Judgment Reversed. In the Court’of Errors and Appeals at Trenton, yes- terday, Chief Justice Beasley delivered his opinion on the protracted litigation between the Rev. Mr. Baird, ® Presbyterian clergyman, and his quondam spouse as to which has the legal right to the custody of their children, Mr. Baird married the defendant, a Prince- ton lady, with whom he dwelt as husband till the year 1860, when his Wife, as alleged, causelessly abandoned him and clandestincly removed the five chitidren, the issue of the union, Another was born two months subsequent to the separation, Mr. Baird afterwards removed to Pennsylvania, whence he addressed the most touching letters to his wife in Jersey, dnviting her to return to her allegiance, and that he was to forget and forgive, She remaining inexo- rable, after remaining two = in Pennsylvania he applied for and obtained a of divorce inst her on the grounds that she had unlawfully and without suMctent cause estrangea herself for two Pd and upwards, despite his earnest and lonate endeavors to recall her to him. pi Foe cured the divorce he desired to have the custody of the six children, who resided with ti rf, though she possessed no means of boa the bounty of some third party. Undera writ habeas corpus the case went before the Chancellor, who decided that the mother was enti- tied to the custody of all the children, The prose- cutor, Mr. Baird, then appealed from Chanceilor ikie’s decision, ana submitted the issue to the judication of the Supreme Court. 7 Ohief Justice, the delivery of his opinion rere. referred ta the cauges assigned aa rd for separating frem losband. She at- tributed to him habits of profi and immorality, even extending to her maid servants, together wi Gisregard, ill t nt and cruelty towards herself, But be (the Chief J was y satisfied that those Imputations were unsupported, unfounded and completely disproved by the evidence. M rd is entitled to come out of this trial without on him. From the entire disclosure It is Me gee tht he was actuated by the purest motives of unselfi and domestic affection. His letters to her were a peals to all pe human and divine, and ever could be written but by a Christian gentieman. He id all in his power to provide for his children's welfare. He isa of kind heart, good morals and correct judgment. The general rule in such cases ag the present f# that the father's claims to the custody of the children are paramount to those of the mother, and the legal right of the father will not be passed over unless the Well being of the child re- uires such a supersedure. ‘The father ts ey en- titled to his children over seven years. The Chief Justice finally rendered his opinion that material re- quirements thduced him to leave the two youngest with the mother, ag well as the eldest, who is near her major: and the three remaining with the father, During the (aking of the vote on the opinion of the Cilet Justices Judges Ayimer and Dalrymple read tholr opinions toucht case, but the de- of th Seanlog eae dgclacell’ severed pd cialop. e Chanoc! the Chief Justice's opinion supported. ‘ine court then adjourned for the term. POLITICAL EXTELLIGENGE, Excltement im the Peneylvasia Lewisaturp— The Radicals on the Irish Catholic aud the Negro Vote. isburg (April 2) corresponde: Philadel- (Harrisburg (. pig eso nee of the ocratic, . discussion on the n Law bill iy bets excitement epi) cans Mr. Hickman, in the course Of his remarks, asserted that an intelligent negro was suj to an ignorans Irish Catholic aud should have the preference to vi To this»Mr. Brennan, of Luzerne, language, strong gant fuser man cae general all Mons the ine. ‘The radicals 4 alarmed at the attitude assumed, by Hi and called the previous q) and raised of order on him without avail, The maj of the radicals were evidently afraid to him down with ‘the gag. He defied them, and looked at them with a malignant scowl. ry scene of disorder as the radicals displayed di the entire discussion has probably never before witnessed in the House. ‘The outside conversation amounted’ to this—The ‘radicats admitted that if Hickman was peaaiied to continue his ed the Irish Cathollts and elevate the ve their heads the radical party in this would be crashed out in the next elections. Hickman bravely maintained his sentiments thr. out, although all kinds of epithets were qi hei upon Aree 8 his colleagues. The dem and sully together, eno tig the fn *iien and so! er, enjoy: degree of order had been restored and Mr. Ifick concluded Mr. Thorn (radical) of Philade'phia, in moved the previous question. This r: storm of indignation, and much excitement ollowed on the democratic side of the House, The cry was raised, “Let us leave them without a quorum.” One after another left the House, until there were, omy five democrats remaining. After being absent some thirtcen returned; the rest stayed away during we whole session. ‘The bill was finally passed under the previqus question, _ e f Multiplicity of Presidents. The Louisville Democrat (democratic) March 2, shows how the radicals are biting of their own noses by crippling the power of the Executive, It declares that the Tenure of Ofice law creates seven of cighs different Presidents, independent of and superior to the one elected by the peopic, whom he cannot com trol and cannot remove. ‘Does it not make each Department Secretary a President over the whele sphere of his department? Has he not the power, to the exclusion of the President, to do just what Be pleases? To order the army, to control the Treasagy, to manage forcign relations, to regulate the Poss Office, to govern the Home Department, in short, for each Seoretary respectively to bo a President of the United States? Thus, when Grant is elected, eight independent Presidents, not one of whom tho people would probably choose, are put in power at the same time. Their duly clected President will be & mere sham—a man without authority even to ap- point @ village postmaster, for the President of the Post Oilce Departinent will d& that.” Political Miscellany. Tre Atlanta (Ga.) Inleliigencer, March 29, states chat the negroes of that city were in council a few nights before to select a candidate for the Legisia- ture. It says that a prominent negro of that city was the choice of very many, but it appears that negro vagabond, formerly of Savannah, got the “dnside track” and the nomination also. This imfor mation, continues the Intelligencer, we get from one of the malcontents, who invaded our sanctem yesterday for the purpose of ‘‘geitin’ somethin’ im de paper” about it, He informed us in his way that the nominee was a refugee from justice, that he escaped from Savannah once upon atime with the funds of some society of.which he was treasurer, and t @ vagabond generally of the ‘first water.’ ARev. Mr. Thomas, of Atlanta, Ga., gives the follow- ing account of the colored chaplain of the recent Be- construction Convention in that city:—He is charged by a respectable colored woman in this comniunity, with having swindled her out of nearly her whole living, eonsisting of $70 or $80 in money, about fear mouths’ hire of herself and son, one month’s hire of her daughter and four months’ washing, extm, and a good double case patent lever watch, worth from $40 to $50. > A writer in -the Atlanta Opinion, from Stewart county, states that “the people of South Georgia wit not vote for Bullock. They willgo ina solid mass againt him for Judge Irwin. It is my opinion thas Judge Irwin will get thirty thousand or forty thou- sand colored votes. Bullock will be beaten by forty thousand majority.” t ‘The most modest mmendation we have lately seen the Governor of '% State to make over his owm signature is the following:— . ‘The undersigned would recommend to the ratiroads in Tennessee to pass those who are to attend the General Conference or the National Convention, both of which meet in Chicago in i ee fare. é ROWNLOW. ENOXVILLE, Tenn., March 25, 1363. We may expect next the same Executive, wR similar modesty, to recommend the banks in the State to hand over a share of their funds to all claimants who have not the fear of the Ku Kinx before their eyes. This is practical agrarianism under offeia’ radical seal, The Nashville Unton (democratic) March 26, refef- ring to the rumors of rebellion in that State and Particularly to the doings of the terribie Ka-Ktimr Klans, says every man of sense of every party at Ait conversant with affairs in Tennessee knows that the Radical alarm about Ku-Klux Klans is ali proteace aod bosh, THE METHODIST CHURCH. Reunion of the New Yerk and New York * Eust Methodist Confereaces. The first reunion of tho New York aud Now Yerk East Conferences, since the original division whiter took place im 1848, was Inaugurated yesterday at St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal church, corner of Fourth avenue and Twenty-second street, Much interest Was manifested in the ceremony, a3 for along time previous to the opening of the church the entraueea leading thereto were turonged with an cager assem- biage of ladics aud gentlemen desirous of gaining admittance, About ten o’clock the doors were thrown open and the gallery and aisles set apart for the party. Between half-past ten and eleven the preachers, numbering about four hundred and fifty, marching two and two, entered the edifice. The Rey. Henry Boehm, of the Newark Conference, aad the Rev. Raban Clarke, of the New York East Con- ference, headed the line of march, Both these gen- tlemen entered the sage respectively im and 1800, Bishops Clark ana James presided, There were five Vice Presidente also chosen, After prayers were offered up the Secretary of the New York Conference, Rev. J. & Chadwick, read the names of the by en deceased members who died since 1848, The retary of the New York East Conference made @}i or oy la Bishop Janes’ address mention was made of the faet that at the time of the separation of the two Confer ences in 1848 there were 47,678 members and 298 ministers, and now there were over 73,000 and over 500 ministers, Bishop Clark next and deplored the decadence of the enthusiasm once was the distinguishing characteristic of Meth- The Rev. Heman a3 said he found the Lord in 1800, became @ minister in 1 when were only 160,000 in the entire United St less ministers in America than there were rf = — a Ay 3 a only are fonrran nd ue old New Yori nfe w extended from New York to Boston. "Aten, others some remarks by of the ininisters present the Rev. Archibald C. Foss offered a prayer, the doxology was sung, the benedie- Leh was pronounced and the cougregation <epe- AN IRISH MOTHER. A Maternal Example Worthy of Imitation. Fite face Beet eee ey oe Trish woman, who her fatherless children. Her name is. McCarty. Her husband Jost in a fishing vessel from peony | and she ve left with four children, the eldest tay ee a Ran her slender sho Pola fare and put ner cilidren at a. Gatholio peesd an $oenctton, lured s om round Cape to California by working as a stewardess, riving _ safely; hd to work = s 3 she Imi borrowed money enough to bring her to Mi setts—having just sly sent all she had to dishonest woman—and started to find oh ‘They were scattered around; three of tl in lies; one of them had died without her being * prised of it, and one of them was where he was used. She gathered them together and has started back with them to California, determined hereafter not only to work for them, but to have them where she can look after them, Suoh energy and ma‘ fidelity deserve a record, a8 aa example and oo encouragement to others, :