The New York Herald Newspaper, December 22, 1868, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1868—TRIPLE SHEET. — terms nine rs; that during that | adapted for holl gifts. Amon; ore valu- | boards of education. Every Monday evening a free | street, and in Chureh street, he said, sores pring NEW YORK CITY. Doriod he pledoed a nor fears, time to time articles Shis weeks bt ins solietins ait eee = of art, | lecture is delivered upon some subject of interest to | nearly three t'mes as much rent as si on Park ‘of jewelry at her request; that their intimacy had | three volumes, fall morceoe, gilk; He h’s Works, | mariners. the past year fity-two seamen | place. Referring to the petition he If the been of a peculiar ; that what ho did in | folio, haif morocco, gilt; Irving's Works, tweuty- | have been educated, 1,800 have attended the lectures, ay would show that thy would THE COURTS. this instance was done at her solicitation and re- | eight voiut I r, bound in full | and 25,000 of ‘reading matter have been die- obliged to pay any ion of the assessment juest upon the intimacy then ween | Turkey morocco by ws; “Pictures of British | tributed. society is sustained entirely by | he wi acknowledge they stood KO same —_ Artist,” two vol follo, morocco; the “Queen’s | Voluntary contributions. nds. Those whom he zeqronaniad been ob- UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS’ COURT. ‘Mra, Bevins said about twelve, years 1280 she be- Bible” a rb two volumes, efoto, liged | 0 fn _assessmen et the meni ot yo mewrd the defendant when was Turkey morocco; Finden’s “Royal Gallery o! because The Alleged Custows Frauds. one ey ‘States Mint; he stopped ‘at | British Art.” proofs, follo, and the works of Dick: THE PARK PLACE EXTENSION. matter they had also been obliged to psy seven per Before Commissioner Betts, the same boarding house. Subsequently she used | Longfellow, Hawthorne, in, De Quincy ‘ cent in addition from the time of — @nfirmation ce to get him @ situ in Stewart’s eerie Bovins gave him a suit of clothing; Mr. Bevins took the defendant with him to Saratoga to attend to his horses, and in another part of her exanunation she stated that she introduced Hemming to a gentleman in a hotel at Saratoga as her brother. She gave Miss Kate Fisher $300 on one occasion in the street when the defendant was with her (Miss Fisher), to enable that lady to bring on her theatrical troupe to Pittsburg to open a theatre there, Whea in Pittsburg the witness denied that she had @ quarrel with her, and also said that she never gave the defendant directions to pledge her jewelry. He did so, however, on several occasions ajd appropriated the money to his own use and came crying and begging her not to tell Mra, Bevins, and so as not to have any trouble in the house she dia request Mr. Bevins to do nothing to bin, Alexander Barnard, @ pawnbroker, testified that ‘on the 20th of October the defendant pledged the earrings with him for $100 in the name of Mra. Bevins, and be had frequently pledged articles before that in her name. James N. Lynch and James Bevins were examined, the latter stating that when he went on to Pittsburg the defencant procured his arrest upon an affidavit ae had used threats, but the complaint was dis- Officer Young, who procured requisitions from the Governors of New York and Pennayixents, went to United States vs. Sigmund Guiterman and SL mon Guiterman.—The defendants are importers, carrying on business at 63 Leonard street, under the name of Guiterman Brothers. They are charged with defrauding the customs revenue of large sums of money by invoices and entries of undervaluation of goods and by false entries and invoices as to what their importations consisted of, ‘The first intimation of the o) tions of Guiterman Brothers and Bendino & Feigiestock, doing business as importers, on Keade street, and who, it appears, were the willing and tools and aiders and abettors of Guiterman ers, came from the Commissioner of Customs, and who received bis information from @ party not yet brought forward. ‘The Commissioner at once communicated all his knowledge on the subject to an agent of the Treasury Department, located in this city, who at once went to work according to his instructions, to trace the charges to their source, to develop the criminality of Guiterman Brothers and their associates or accom- plices and to bring the parties to justice. Investiga- tions at the Custom House, directed hy the informa- tion of the who first moved in the matter, disclosed the tack that systematic frauds had been for a long time, .with impunity and great success, per} nated against the customs revenue. The guilt; were soon made apparent to the 0: cers of the customs, not at once as to | pin. STATO OAS Penne Oe ey ‘, ‘The frauds were first traced to arg 3! “ Sones lestock, who were id FR nch testified that she loaned wae earrings arrested an hela to bail, ‘put have since fled to Canada, It till Saturday evening last that the parties char jot as the rine! in the course of frauds hich have come to light were arrested. On that day imon Guiterman and his brother Sigmund Guiter- man were arrested and brought before Commissioner Betts. No examination was held, but the parties having secured ball came into court and entered into securities in $50,000 to appear for examination on Wednesday next. THE AFFIDAVITS IN THE CABE—AFFIDAVIT OF THOMAS TOOLR. ' Southern District af New York, 88.—Thomas Toole deposed—Is an agent of the Treasury Department; on or about the 20th day of November last I receiv. an official letter from the Commissioner of Customs, stating that he had information that large frauds had been and were being committed on the customs Mrs. and accompanied her to Pittsburg. Mr. Howe gaked for an adjournment of the case til «this Tu ) morning, in order to enable the pawnbroker to produce his book. There were also two important witnesses for the defence, who would arrive at that time. The motion was granted, with the understanding that the case would be fin- ished early in the day. ‘The courtroom was crowded by “fancy men’’ and theatrical hangers-on, whoseem to evince great in- terest in the case. COURT CALENDARS—THIS DAY. 1 oe ae ane Aaa add, a6; ao, Sy 95,” 64, 67, 69, 70, 74, 7 Mee we cenuun ‘Cova -CrRourn--Pert 1" Nos. 1469, 495, 1467, 1461, 1619, 1483, 1639, 1557, 280,817, 1301, 987, 1606, 681." Part 2—Nos, revenue, by certain merchants or importers of foreign mmerenandiae 2in the city of New York; that ised Jae, sia tren, 1190, 018, 160254, 1166, 762, ea een eed onalentaner ne thers stated to bie | 890 1026, 386,” 624, 1686, 1230, 102%, 606, 1788, 1002, who then stated to him that two mercantile firms, S. Bendino & Co. and Feiglestock & Co., doing business in Reade street, in this city, had been for a long time importing a large quantity of silks and other valuable dress SUPREME COoURT—SPECIAL TERM.—Nos. 13, 14, 136, 159, 142, 269, 161, 9, 211, 212, 218, 214, 216, 216, 217, 219, which were invoiced and passed through the Custom | , SUPREME COURT—CHAMBERS.—Nos, 7, 30, 82, 34, 36, House as clocks, clock shades, &c.; that on appll- 50, 59, 64, 70, 7336, 9634, 92. Beebe EY cation at the Custom House rtained that MMON PLBAS—TRIAL TERM.—] 1—Nos. 1522, n- dino & Co. had recently imported by the Ville de Paris sixteen cases invoiced and entered at the Cus- tom house as clocks, glass shades, &c.; that on the 28th November last the firm of Guiterman (Simon & Sigmond Guiterman), doing busi- ness at 63 Leonard street, were él in defrauding the revenue by undervaluing the goods, wares and merchandise importea by them; that a warrant was obtained from the Judge of the United States District Court for the seizure of the books, accounts and correspondence of Gulter- man Brothers; that on examination of the same and comparing them with the records in the Custom House the fact that Bendino & Co. and Feiglestock & Co. had been for some time past e din 1823, 1 1588, 1641, 1542, 1644, 1183, 848, 1 ina, 1850, Tosh tose Part 2 Now ist 148 67, ase 1518, 1637, 716,'1770, 1058, 1905, 1645, 1646, 1648, 991, MaRIne CovRT—TRIAL TERM.—THIS Day—Nos. 991, 1083, 875, 881, 882, 883, 923, 1149, 1044, 879, 948, 102%, 1074, 1090, "1094, 1127, 1151, 1162, 1153, 1164, 1166, 1156, 115634, 1187, 7159. CITY INTELLIGENCE. Tas WeaTnes YssTeRDay.—The following record will show the changes in the temperature for the inpertng silks od eae valuable renee i 8, ne past twenty-four hours, as indicated by the ther- me invot and entered e Custom ’s pharmacy, HERALD Building, House as cocks shades, &c., with intent [sere oF Eendate Dery an to defraud the Untied States government, er eae Oe Aone AFFIDAVIT OF ALBERT N. SHEAR, DEPUTY SURVEYOR OF THE PORT. Albert N. Shearer, the deponent, states that he resides at 350 Clinton street, in the city of Brooklyn; that intormation was filed on the 28th ef November last alleging that the frm of Gurtterman Brothers, Solngsesioeee at 63 Leonard street, in the city of New d_ still were ain My in de- frauding the revenne of the United States by greatly ndervaiuing goods, wares and merchandise im- ried by them; that a warrant was (eg mgr ued by the United States District Judge for the Southern Listrict directing the Marshal of said dis- trict to take the books apers, invoices and cor- respondence of tne said Guntterman Brothers and have them before the Judge of said district, which warrant was only executed, and that afterwards the Judge ordered the same to be delivered to Henry A. Smythe, Collector of the Port, for his examination, as by statute made and approved. That an examination of said books, papers and Correspondence of Guiterman Brothers and the records o{ the Custom House show the fact that said 8. Bendino & Co., and said Felglestock & Co., im- = at different dates subsequent to the Ist day of june, 1868, numerous cases bearing different marks and numbers, all of which were invoiced and en- tered as clocks or clock shades, &c., and in all 119 Lrcen oo foreign value of fifty-nine of which was stated in sald invoices at 16,956 francs, and the in- voice value of fifty-two cases of which was set forth as 4,672 florins, and eighteen cases of which were invoiced at £486 2s. sterling; and deponent be- \teves that nearly all of said 119 cases so invoiced clocks or cock shades, &c., did tn fact contain stiks and other valuable dress goods of much greater value than is stated and set forth in the said several invoices now on file in the said Custom House. And that the examination of the books, papers, In- voices and correspondence of the said Guiterman Brothers and the records of the Custom House show that the said Guiterman Brothers im) 5 D the names of row dit Es a aed Co., subsequent e jane, cases, being other than those before mentioned, sixty-eight cases of which were invoiced and entered under different marks and numbers at £800 17s, 6d. sterling, twenty- eight cases invoiced at 6,579 francs, thirteen cases at 1,426 florins, and that all or nearly all of said 109 cages purporting to contain clocks and shades, &c. did, in fact, contain silk and other dress goods of much greater value. That the said «.uiterman Brothers are the prin in intent in aj the said several importations, whether entered ani invoiced in the name of S. Bendino & Co., Feigiestock & Co., or in the name of Gulterman Brothers; that they gave their orders for the purchase thereof and shipments by correspondence in Euro; that all of these importations were got through the New York Custom House by means of the instra- mentality of Bendino and lock, who were the aiders and abettors of Guiterman and Brothers and Fuuron Ferry.—Complaints are numerous from the patrons of the Fulton ferry to the effect that for several days past the street crossings at that have been covered with two or three thoronghfare inches of mud, Will the superintendent of the com- pany rub his eyes and then attend to this matter? Tax Moxcur.—The body of an unknown man was brought to the Morgue yesterday from 122 Cedar street. Deceased was about thirty-nine years of age, five feet eight inches high, brown hair and atee; had on pants, ps id flannel shirt and ue flannel undershirt, The body was too much decomposed to be Kept for identification, A BUS? OF FRANKLIN FOR THE PARK.—Governor Hoffman has received a letter from George W. Childs, of Philadelphia (now in Europe), in which Mr, Childs expresses a wish to erect in the Park, ef ‘DIS OWN expense, & stone statue of Franklin h ine celebrated sculptor Bailly. The Park Com omsoners have request Governor Hoffman ‘s injorm Mr. Childs that they accept his very uberal offer with many thanks, St. Davip’s BENEVOLENT Socrery.—The regular quarterly meeting of St. David’s Benevolent Society, J. H. Pulison, President, in the chair, was held at Oooper Institute last evening. It was decided bya ‘vote of the members present to have @ concert some time during January, the proceeds of the same to be added to the funds of the society, and that the 1st of March St David's Day) be celebrated by a public POSTMASTER KELLY’s House RopseED.—A sneak thief entered the front parlor windows of Postmaster Kelly’s residence, 21 Irving place, on Sunday even- tng, while the family were at tea, and stole four over- coats from the hall, containing valuable papers. ‘This is the third time the Postmaster has been rot by sneak thieves, A good business has recently been carried on by this class in the neighborhood of Gramercy Park and Irving place. Suicie BY A GkeRMAN Bor.—Yesterday afternoon, about two o'clock, Mark Klein, aged eighteen, and a native of Germany, shot himself through the breast while stone Inaroom on the second floor of 197 Elm street and died in afew minutes. It appears that the deceased had been unwell for some time and became quite melancholy in consequence, #0 he took advantage of the temporary absence of his mother were paid for their services; that Guiterman gave dl- | to commit the dreadful act which precipitated him rections how the goods should bones ‘and invoiced | into another world. An inquest wi beheld to-day so a8 to evade detection by the House | by Coroner Flynn. authorities, and that all these were fraud- MEETING OF THE KNIGHTS OP ST. PATRICK.—This evening the gallant Knights of St, Patrick will meet at vhetr headquarters, corner of Broadway and Eighth street, to wind up the business of the year 1868; to add new members to the roll of the society and to pay a tribute to those who have been dropped from the roll during the last twelve months by the inevitabie law whic! conmene knights and common- ers tothe tomb without distinction. The memory of three deceased gentlemen has to be honored to- night—namely, the late Michael Phelan and P.M. Flanigan, extreasurers of the society, and General Charles G, Halpine, the genial, brilliant “Miles O'Reilly." seat aoa upon this occasion will, no doubt, be largely attended. Tas INDIAN ComMiIss10N.—The General Committee of the United States Indian Commission was to have met yesterday morning, in the rooms of the Geographical and Statistical Society, in Cooper In- stitute, to confer with Colonel E. W. Wynkoop, who has recently resigned his position as Government Indian Agent for the Cheyenne, Arapaho and Apache Indiana, on the subject of our Indian diMoulties, Among those present at the appointed time were Professor B. N. Martin, Revs. E. A. Washburn and Alexa Vinton, and Messrs Peter Cooper, Ben- jamin Fathan and Vincent Colyer, After some in- formal proceedings it was determined to request Col- onel Ma to give in full his reasons for resign- ing and an account of the true condition of our Indian affairs, The meeting then adjourned to meet again on Wednesday evening, when Colonel Wyn- Koop is expected to be present and make an address, Inquests.—Coroner Rolling will hold an inquest to-day over the remains of John B. Higgins, Jr., aged twenty-three, at No. 237 West Forty-eighth street, who died there very suddenly. John Wells, patient in the Charity Hospital on Blackwell's Island, died there suddenly yesterday morning from unknown causes. Coroner Flynn will _ an in et, ag jeorge Kran' erman, aged twenty-four, residing at No. 146 Elizabeth street, ‘ed’ poortetae at Bellevue Hospital, in consequence of a fracture of both legs, received a few be ago by being run over. bi nay i will aes = ces to-day. liza Smith, aged months, d suddenly yes- terday at No, 532 West Fifty-second street, and Uoro. ner Rolling was duly notified, ‘The unknown man who was found tn the Four. teenth ward on Sunday in an insensible condition, with a fractured skull, died certs yeuseroay morning at Bellevue Hospital. Coroner Fiynn will make an investigation into the cause of the injury. Metnopist CAURCH EXTENSION SocteTy.—The two Boards of Management of this society, repre- sented in the New York and New York East Con- ferences of the Methodist Episcopal Church, held a Meeting yesterday afternoon at 200 Mulberry street. The Rev. L. 8. Weed, of the New York East Confer- ence, ded. The Rev. Dr. Kynett, General Secre- tary of the Church Extension Society, explained the Plan of operations adopted by the society for the en- ‘suing year and in which the several conferences are expecied to co-operate. The society propose to raise $1,000,000 here, in 4he North and Kast, which shall be mainly expended in providing religious places of Worship in the South and in aiding werk congrege tions to maintain the same where they do exist. The Rev. Chaplain MeCabe, of the Ohio ference, who was present at the meeting yesterday, will ad- vocate the cause of the society and the needs of the South in this regard here during the winter. SAL® oF Fine Booxs.—Tnhe salesrooms of Messrs. Leavitt, Strebeigh & Co., in Clinton Hall, were well filled last night by connisseurs in books, the attrac- tion being the announced sale of a choice collection of modern works, superbly illustrated and specially ulently packed and invoiced with intent to defraud the Unived States, &c, The r7 Fated in substance the gravamen of jarges st the parties implicated as far as the matter has been investigated and the particu- Jars made known. Further tn Hons are being held by the customs authorities in the Custom House and its several departments, and it i# ex; ‘when the case comes up for judicial examination some startling developments of fraud will be made public. Post OM-e Embezzlement. \ The United States rs. George J. Delaney.—The de- fendant, a clerk in the Post Office, is charged witn embezzling @ box containing money and jewelry that had been deposited in the Post OMice for mail- ing. On being actected he threw the box and con- tents rots but subsequently contessed his guilt, eee at it was his frat offence. He was held for exXaminacion on the 26th inst. in $5,000 bail. SUPREME COURT—CHAMBERS. Decisions Rendered. By Judge Cardozo. Ackerman vs, Ackerman et al.—Proposed case and amendments settied. Josephine B. Duesbury vs. Joseph C. Duesdury.— pa wont ng referee confirmed and judgment of divosce ranted. Srenrteta wittams ve, Wiltiam H, Witiams.— rt confirmed and judgment of divorce granted, Crummy os. A. Hagan et al.—Judgment’ ordered in partition and referee a oa to sell, Gilbert T. Raisveck vs, Elizabeth Van Santon, ée,— Motion denied for receiver. SUPREME COURT—GENERAL TEAM. A Lull in Basiness—The Faneral of Chief Jus- tice Robertson. Yesterday there was no business being transacted in the Supreme Court—Genersl Term and Circuits— and all the branches of the Superior Court have also adjourned to allow the members of the bench to at- wo the funcra! of the late Chief Justice Robertson, perior Court, ‘The flags were drooped at half- mast throughout the mark of respect to the memory of the late distinguished jurist, COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS. Alleged Larceny of Diamond Earrings—A “Theatrical” Case. Before Judge Russel. The court met yesterday morning, and, in the ab- sence of the Recorder, his Honor the City Judge presided, The only case opon which a jury was called to pass was a charge of grand larceny preferred Against George F. Hemming, who, it was alleged, on the 19th of October stole @ set of diamond earrings Valued at $400 from Mrs. Eliza Bevins, of No. 36 Fast Fourteenth street, in whose custody the prop- erty was placed, the owner of the rings being Mra, “ddy Lynch, 66 Bast Twelfth street. Mrs. Bevins we that as soon as the earrings were missed ‘elegraphed to the defendant at Pittsburg vbsequentiy went on there and had an inter- A aie. He told her that he had fans of . nh ex hibi 4 it out of his hand, e piace § Was subjected to a searching and able ‘ton by Mr. Wiliam F, Howe, who rt that he proposed to show thi Mrs. Bevins tad been on intimal others, The Sisding was quite spirited and la! rices were obtained for the books sold, Illust ooks and those bound in rich and costly dress wire eagerly bought up for Christmas presents, aid works of standard literature were sold for xine prices. There are upwards of 6,000 volumes in the collection, embracing some of the choicest of modem literature, and the sale will be continued for some Tas New UNIFORM OF THE LEerreR CARRIERS.~ ‘The letter carriers of the principal cities, with the exception of New York, are now clothed in thdr new uniform. Postmaster Kelly is the originatorpof this new and desirable dist ishing mark, and his Penny-post staff will soon be hed with it, The uniform will consist of a sack coat, having pockew ‘with flaps, one row of large gilt buttons, upon the face of which 18 a postboy riding at full speed ovet the letters P. O. D., rolling collar, and bound with black braid. The vest is of the same material, bound like the coat, buttoning close up to tne throat, with small gilt buttons, on which are the letters P. O. Pants are of the same mate- rial, with a stripe of black cloth down the side half an’ inch in width, An overcoat of the same material, cut surtout style and ornamented with a double row of gut buttons, the same as on the undercoat. The option was given to the carriers of either having a cape or an overcoat; but a number of the men ve ns of the , and it was decided by a lar; majority to oe the ovsreoat. ‘The cap is of t! Davy pattern, with a band of black, glazed peak, ¢ strap confined by buttons of the kind upon the vest, ‘The Cost of the uniform, inc! the cap, 1s forty, two dollars. It is not only neat and handsome, bu! serviceable. be worn while on duty. ‘The law requires that the uniform shall POLICE INTELLIGENCE. SHOOTING AFFRAY,—Stephen Maloney, a desperate looking rumMan, appeared before Justice Shandie} atthe Essex Market Police Court, yesterday morn ing, charged with assaulting aud shooting Martit ‘Tristan, of 837 East Thirty-fifth street. Officer Jar boe, of the Seventh precinot, stated that the affray occurred about five MNelock on Saturday afternoon, in front of the Marion Hot corner of Catharing street and East Broadway. Nothing is known as t¢ the o1 of the difficulty, and beyond the allegatio. that Maloney knocked Tristan down and then sh him in the leg no particulars have transpired. Hear ing that the Lapsed were searching for him neice surrendered himself to Captain Jourdan, of the Six precinct, on Sun afternoon, at the same time de, D that he had fired at Tristan. A revolver was found in his possession, one chamber of which was empty. OMicer Jarboe took Maloney to the residence of the wounded man, and on returning reported thal Tristan had recognized the prisoner as the man who shot him. Tristan is a deputy sheriff. The prisoner was committed, ALLEGED LARCENY OF NoTEs.—Messrs, Bowen, Whitman & Winslow, of No, 97 Franklin street, lost two promissory notes for $11,218, drawn to the ‘order of themselves in favor of Hoyt, Spragues & Co., on the 2d inst, ; and, as they had reason to suspect one of the clerks, named James W. Morrison, he was ar- rested and confessed his guilt. Morrison stated that he gave the stolen notes to William Lewis, who attempted to di of them to a broker. Lewis gave them next to James W. Talmadge, who visited several cities in ho) of selling the same, and was recently arrested Cleveland with the in possession. All three prisoners have been kept for several days ‘under arrest at the Fifth ward station house, and before Justice Dowling, Court, who committed them for trial without bail, Lewis gave his age as eighteen, is a native of New York and lives at 168 Greene street. Morrison is sixteen, was born in New York and resides at 97 Franklin street. Talmadge is twenty-five, a native of Albany, and declares he did not know the notes were stoien. How PRISONERS ESCAPE FROM BLACKWELL'S IsLAND.—Mary Patterson, a woman of depraved and repulsive appearance, was taken before Justice Con- Nolly at the Yorkville Police Court, yesterday, charged with having unlawfully aided and assisted Catharine O'Connor, Lizzie McDonald and Josephine Pridhoe to -from the Charity Hospital en Blackwell's Islat Mr, Sibell, the warde: tified having served out her term of imp! iment, had been for some time oo in the hor 9a “helper without pay.” The women whom had assisted to escape been convicted of TeeMnOrs and were transferred imprisonment to the hospital, where they were under medical treatment for certain infectious diseases with which they were and are at present ailing and afficted. € ine O'Connor testified that on Sunday, the 20th inst., she was @ prisoner in the Charity Hoe pital; that Mary Patterson offered to let her esca\ on ment of one dollar; having received tte requi sum, Mary opened the window of the hot ital and let her out; Lizzie McDonald and Josephise hoe got out at the same time; Mary told then they would find a boat wait for them. The women were recaptured by a watchman, who saw then making signals to some men in a rowboat who wee evidently awaiting an opportunity to take them af. The prisoner was committed for trial. As she was being taken out of court she sj ng upon the wit- ness, Catharine O'Connor, and before the ofier could interfere she gave that unfortanate creature several severe slaps and blows on the face. As qute @ number of prisoners have escaped from the island lately, Mary will, doubtless, be made an example ef. BURGLARS AND THEIR TROUBLES.—Two hard look- ing youths, giving their names as Francis Conckiin and George Disbrow, were arrested yesterday mom- ing, after a merry chase, tn the Sixteenth ward, on a charge of burglary. The circumstances attending their arrest show vigilance on the part of the officers and desperation on the part of the thieves. They were detected and apprehended in the following manner, a8 narrated yesterday morning before J Dodge, at the Jefferson Market Police Court:—As officer Man- ning, of the Twenty-ninth precinct, was patrolling his post on Sixth avenue, he looked th: h the glass door of the jeweiry establishment of Messrs. Kohn & Frankileld, corner of that avenue and Fourteenth street, and discovered the figure of ® man inside behind the counter, working ata Coy many articles of value. He in- stantly raised an , when the men—as it was atterwards ascertained there were two—made their oad through an adjoining entry way and ran up Sixth avenue, pursued vy the officer. The alarm given had reached oMfcer Cunningham, also of the same precinct, and he, observing the tn eh near the corner of Fifteenth street, attem) to arrest the foremost one, when he dodged the officer and ran into the Lysed glass window of Ponchon, the rae mae brome ag ben | some an le was then arrested, when the pureult oft ie second party was continued, and success, as on the corner of Seventeenth street and Seventh avenue he fell into the arms of omcer Watson, also of the same precinct. They were taken at once to the station ouse, and there gave the names of Francis Conck- lin and George Disbrow, the former the unfortunate individual who went through the plate glass win dow. Upon investigation regarding the burglary the officers discovered the jewelry store was entered throngh the oyster saloon of Charles P. Odell, on Fourteenth street, in the rear of the store, the bur- glars first breaking into it by forcing a window and then cutting throngh a thin partition with a hatchet, which was afterwards found. When arraigned they ed not guilty, but were committed to answer th charges in default of $6,000 bail each. WEW YORK NAUTICAL SCHOOL. Anniversary Meet Last Night. The seventeenth anniversary meeting of the New York Nautical School was held last evening at the school buliding, 92 Madison street. The rooms had deen profusely decorated with punting for the occa- sion, and a large furmber of satlors and those inter- ested in sailors were present, Dr. V. Morse pre- sided, and the proceedings commenced by the offer- ing of prayer by the Rev. C, J. Jones. The Chairman then ahdressed the Meeting, speaking of the impor- tance of education to all classes, more tea. larly to those who “went down to the sea in ships and did business in the ee waters.” He then introduced Dr. William Faulds Thoms, who delivered the annual address. Dr, Thoms took as his subject “ Merchant Service.” importance of this subject would be apparent to every one when he reminded his hearers 7 poe: — a = the port Ls lew York for foreign parts auring the past year, an that the American merchant fleet numbered 40,000 vessela and found employment for 600,000 sailors, One of the most important matters connected with maritime pursuits was the education and moral training of mariners. It was common to hear com- Plaints against sailors for bad conduct, and it was often thought that the rougher @ seaman’s life was the more efficient he would become. The opportunities and education of the class must be taken into consideration before judgment. was passed upon it, and it should alway# be remembered that to whom little is given of hin little would be required. There was @ ‘al wavt of aspiration among seamen, and to alter this it was a that some Modified system of apprentice- ship should be adopted. as the main reason of this Want of aspiration was the lack of nautical education, Dr. Thoms’ address was an intersting and practical one, containing much good advice to mapeechs also deli d by Dr. J, L, Hodge, jpeeches were jelivered » J a Revs. ©. D. Murphy and ©. J. ‘Joues and gthers in- terested in the wel of sailors, ploos of the Sonety for the Educsiinn baa Advance: ces © Soot ¢ Education an ment of Young Sallors, It ts oonducted by Mrs. Brownlow and Mrs. Thoma, and since its aus it has educated over 6,000 seamen, 2,000 whom were officers in the navy during the war, Those who stady in the school receive practical Instruction, bay to fit them to navigate 4 vessel to any part the World and to pass the various from their) Arguments in Favor of and in Opposition the Proposed Improvement—Opposition to @ Prospective Big Job. - The announcement that the project of extending Park place from College place to the Hudson river, by widening Robingon street on both aides, would be considered by the Committee on Street Openings of the Board of Aldermen yesterday at noon, and that parties interested pro or con would be heard by the committee, had the effect of drawing to the chamber of the Board of Aldermen ®@ large number of the leaseholders in the neighborhood of the proposed improvement. At the time announced Alderman O’Brien, as at the firat meeting, was the only member of the committee in attendance, but Aldermen Hardy and Moore volunteered to assist him, in order that the business men, who were present at both meetings, might have an opportunity of stating their views. The argument yesterday was opened by Mr. Abraham R. Lawrence, Jr., on behalf of a number of the residents, business men and extensive property owners of the neighborhood of Robinson, West, Washington and Greenwich streets, who favored the project of widening Park place to the river, and who had pre- pared and signed the following petition:— To THe HONOBADLE THE COMMON COUNCIL OF THR Orry or Naw Yore:— The resent a amount of pro sa ey tiy is i ae ee o ss pody to the fact at tng exiention of Park laze f ight giving easy access to the North river above be made Robinson cot "Nr reapecttdiy reyuest that You Tronorable body will take the matter into ration, believing thats simple view of the pi will convince your ji that the measure should be ordered without Aresot Ex-Judge Vanderpoel then offer a remonstrance against the pI extension, but Alderman Hardy, who was aci as chairman of the committee, suggested wat it would be better te hear what was to be said in favor of the move- eae aa hea tadpole bg request given he read the following protest:— 10 THE HONORABLE COMMON COUNCIL OF THR CITY OF The undersigned respectfully remonstrate the pas- tage of, xoralfation now before tho Board of ‘Aldermen, and npferred to a committee of sald Board, to widen Robinson ion to 1" atlon. This rk se ee ‘vigorously opposed means with reacouavle and una jus - cogent, nawerablo, principles of} M remonstrant earnestly pmongirate against sald widening. ‘This protest was signed by a number of the ene merchants and leaseholders of the neighbor- rr Alderman Harpy—Judge, do you pro to sub- mit that remonstrance to the commiti If you do, twould suggest that you strike out or altera | grea of the remarks which a) init, They contain an ‘unjust, untrue and entirely uncalled for allusion to ‘member of the Board of Aldermen. Judge VANDERPOEL—I certainly did not mtend to cast any slur on Alderman Moore, and do not think that any such construction can be placed on any- thing contained in the remonstrance. You will see that we say that we acknowledge the power of the Alderman to initiate a public measure of this kind, and we humbly submit our views in regard to it. Alderman Harpy—The remonstrance certainly does reflect on the action of the Alderman of the district, and as we know he has no personal interest in the matter, and stated in your nce at the last of the committee that he had been re- quested to offer the resolution, and had done so in good faith, the committee cannot receive any ade test or remonstrance in which such unjust allusions exist, and will not receive it unless they be ex- Dunged. . J. MOLONEY (one of the pepe ay agree with the Ghattmen, ‘ana think that the allusions to the action of Alderman Moore as given in the pro- test are rather illiberal, and that it would be as well to leave them out. Judge VANDER?OEL—I will, as it is desired, strike out the objectionable part and assure the honorable committee that 10 imputation was intended. Mr. W. ©. Hassrouck, of Newburg, said he ap- peared m behalf of the owners in fee simple of tne perty at the southwest corner of and reenwich streets and of the lessees of the lot on tne northeast corner of Barclay and Greenwich streets. The lesse on the latter pi ‘y was held under the covenants alluded to in the protest by Judge Vanderpoel, and he said he had “applied to the agent of she College some time and asked September, if the lease, fore pie on the lst 1871, could be rnewed on any terms, and was told distinctly, ‘No.’” ‘The parties he represented would be assessed heavily for this extension, if it should be aaa. and would derive no benefit from it. 1x JOHN M. SOWERS Offered another remonstrance, by a large number of the lessees of portions of the college property. This remonsirance reite- rated the objections contained in the protest first read, but staed, in addition, that the only parties tobe geen fect gry hese be een, mpany, & corporation. Ly points contained = the the prime movers in the matter. In to pay- 3 Reena be said it was but a wv months since the tenants along this route had paid an assess- ment for the extension of Church street. He found that the psrties who signed the petition asking for the extension were mostly tenants of Mr. Rhine- lander, aud he had happened to ask one of them to sign the protest, but the tleman he had asked stated that he had been ob! to sign the petition in favor of it because he might other' not be able to get another store. us VANDERPORL resumed the discussion, and stat that in 1856 this matter was first broached, but it died out in the Board of Aldermen. In 1842 the matter was brought up again, presented in the Board of Aldermen, laid over witl referred to a committee, then passed and sent to the other Board. When he learned of it he came down to see his friend Alderman Varnum and asked him about it. The Alderman said the acces was somewhat irregular, but that he not given the matter consideration and was equally culpabie, as out of regard for the Alderman who presented it he had voted in favor of it, The attention of the Board of Aldermen was called to the sub- ject, and a@ resolution was adopted directi that all the in the matter should be return them, witch was done, and it died out in the Hoard of Aldermen, asdid the first. Mr. Vander- poel continuing, sald:—‘“I do not know even if Mr. Hhinelander, who now demands his pound of flesh, has asked for this extension. Even Columbia Col- lege has not sanctioned it. When it appeared in the papers that a resolution had been introduced direct- ing the extension of Park place the treasurer of the col wrote me a note telling me of it, and from this [ infer that the college authorities do not sanc- tion it, although they do not appear in opposition to ft, Almost all the signers of the penitiea, are tenants of Mr. Khineiander, who will not be obliged to pay any oe Ot who can dancew ithout ied to pay the piper. onre then Front on o describe the location of his store, one portion fronting on Robinson street and the other on Qoilt place, formu said, ‘ho carry out the pian pro you cut twelve feet of my store on the Robinson street side, and you gssess me on the other side to pay for it, The ent would swallow up the amount allowed for 20m and the result would not benefit me in any nee are told that “the big fish eat up the litwe the mammoth Rhinelanders gobble u the industrious and hard working merchants ans tenants in the street. It may be fun for you, but it’s ath to us, as the frogs said to the boys hen La | ‘were pelting them with stones. You sir, will be death to us, for we can't stand ft. Business ts moving up and eaving us, and we can’t pay the assessment; we won't pay it. God knows we are taxed heavily enough already, and if these matters be allowed to on we may as well ask, “Where will it all stop?" Fhere was a time when we could put it on the ten- ants, but the last straw breaks the camel's back, and ‘can’t stand it, We might not object to it 60 much if it was made & generai tax, as was Freens in the matter of extending Fulton street. Then the idea of wanting a broad avenue to the river. The merchants don’t want it. They have Murray street on one si wide street—nnd Barclay street— another wide street—on the other side, a distance of only 200 The merchants on Park piace, who might be supposed to be benefited by it, don't want it; they 07 it, and you can’t act in advano ng this matter without icrevoseble ruin to the tenants the route of the ex! na. nr. Joun H. GLover appeared also in opposition to the project. He said that the mers widening of o street notimprove the value of the proper'y, and quoted Wet vroudway as an example Thea in regard to narrow strects and the rt desirableness for business purposes, he stated tiat me olunts were leaving i ark place and buiidin aval abora. on Church sircet, @ street ou.ly as wid» 94 Robinson of the comunussioners’ estimate, there had been awarded as damages $21' $2,567,554 had been collected as assessment, and yet the street is not open; no advan bee! rived from it, and none can be deriv: eae ane majority of the leases he repressnted would xpired, Mr. TiTUS would like to know the cuidono of this extension. If it was to the good of the acne public, then the assessment should be gmeral Mr, A. R. LaWRENoE then commenged his argu- ment in behalf of the petitioners, snd after ex- rt isfactorily why they were not represented revious meeting of tie committee said:—I will un @ to say that no sane man whose busi- ness compels him to go below Chambers street can fall to see that all the streets below that street must, in the course of time, be widened. If, 98 @ question of public utility, it were put to the vote of all those who go below Park place I will undertake to say that they would declare the widening of all the streets below Chambers street would be @ public benetit and an improvement to the city. Should you, I ask, throw out this improvement simply because cer- be assessed y jons will who believe the: can derive no benefit from it? There are peculiar reasons why Robinson street should’ be the first |. Street taken in this march of improvement, Park Place, for two blocks, ts sixty-five feetin width. If this improvement be carried out yon will have a, noble avenue direct to the river, relieving Broadway and many of (ne streets which lle north and south of Park place. Another reason is that we are to have a new Post Office bull: located at the lower angle of the City Hall Park. aged of extend- ing Beekman street across the Park has been already agitated and will be Brongn up ‘and ul- timately carried out, It must be done. Then we will have this broad avenue from river to river, relievi the streets on either side, as well as Broadway, an rendering & benefit which will readily be felt, The objections to this project all group atound the gen- tlemen who hold leases from Columbia College, and their objections are, not that it will not be rovement, but simply because they will be asked to fear @ part of the erpense. Judge Vanderpoel in his remarks gave @ clear account of this subject when it was up before, in 1856 and 1862, and he says that by his efforts and those of a few of his neighbors the matter was defeated. What becomes of their pee hardships? In 1862 they had leases which nine years to run. Had they allowed the im- rovements to be carried out at thattime the fee of he land and the interest of the leases would nave Fopaid’ them by tis time. Theltsexuiment ils ir ent itself. But for their opposition tae" tareorer ment would have been made when property was less sainahts whee the cost of the improve- ment would have been much smallerand the Denenit tobe derived from it much greater. Who asked them to take these leases? They weatinto the con- tract with their eyes 0) They must have known that this city would extend, would increase in value as in population; that improvem: made to keep up with the internal extension of the commerce of the City, and they spect to pay their share for these improvements. If they did not wish to take these risks why did they enter into these contracts? This very question has been settled by the Court of Appejis in a case in which a plaintiff, who held just sucn @ lease, ob- Jected to paying some assessment. [he case is Post vs. L Carey quoted in the second of Comstock’s re- ports, Then as to the idea that no publ improvement should be initiated unless there was no opposition, T have lived | enough to know {hat there never was a great public improvement suggested which did not meet with opposition. 1 remsmber the oppo- sition that was raised to the mtpduction of the Croton water, to the Central Park, t) the Free Aca- demy and to many other public worts. I had a con- versation with some venerable atd sensible gen- tlemen who attem} to male me jeve that the Central would bring a curse New York; fever ma ague and merated by it; that it cal insufferable taxation ; that it would be a place in which visience would fin haunts, and that it would be tne case of death and destruction to New York city. Wehave the answer to those arguments before our ejes. And yet the causes of opposition to those imprévements were as plausible and as forcible—no mort so and no less— as the arguments in opposition to the Improvement ate vega is amseement, & is not necessary in ni not for the Commissioners to assess the entire city, but to follow the statute which permits them to assess any Property which they may deem to be ited by the improvement. So the Columbia College tenants will not be obi! to bear all the assessment. It was asked if those who had 6 the petition would be obliged to pay any part the assessment. As every lot represented on hat petition will be within the limits that can be deemed to be benefited by the improvoment the! will, of course, be obliged to p their share; and it makes no difference w! er paid by one or by Si eetshti o sores teat be sho’ ¢ local roperty o1 o ae petitioners.) Many” the tenants of Mr. inelander hold leases similar to those held by the tenants of Columbia College, and they, of course, run the same risk. In ard to the Nep- tune Steamship Com the prime movers, I cannot the name of any such companyon the petition and did not know before that they were supposed to have anything to do with the matter. Now, in regard to the heavy a and assessments these tenants will have to seman. ¢ the Supreme Court has frequently decided that the commissioners in making out their estimate are entitled to consider all the covenants and to de- termine what the damage would be to the lessees by being obliged to pay taxes which, under ordinary cire ces, would fall to the owners of the property. The firat question is, What is the value of the fee the land? then, what is the dal to the buildi: ? the what assessment shall be imposed for the benefit the remainder? Then they may consider that these remises are held under ex! leases, and ia the damage tore Dulcdiag? wnt is the damare fi to y wi amare to the diminution of the lease? aid then, under the covenants what is the other dimage which the lessees shall sustain? Thus it wil be seen the bur- den will be quite light. The ity of the leasees have covenants of renewal, and they will get the benefit on the renewal and will bs allowed the por- tion of the assessment they migh have to pay be- cause of the benefit to the owners, Mr. Titus again said he would lite to know the cut Dono of this project. If itis for he general good it should be made a general expenst. Several other —— @ desire to be heard on the sul Alderman {ARDY announced that the committee would then adjourn to Thursday next, at noon, and he suggested that the remon- strants should make out lists of tlose holding leases which contain covenants of renewal and those which did not have such covenants. BOARD OF ALOERNEN. This Board convened yesterisy, pursuant to ad- journment, with the President, Alderman Coman, in the chair. Alderman Hardy presented a petition in relation to the extending of Park place by the widening of Robinson street, and also two protests against the proposed extension, The matter of extending Park place was taken from the control of the Vom. mittee on Street nings—only one member of which (Alderman O'Brien) has ied to the sub- ject—and referred to a special conmittee, consisting of Aldermen Hardy, O’Brien and Moore. Alderman offered a reasdution authorizing the ap) tment committee of seven members from the Board of Aldermen aid Councilmen, to- gether with the dents of bah to repre- sent the city of New York at te inauguration of Governor Hoffman. The resolution was adopted, and Aldermen Connor, Nortot, Cuddy, Hardy, Coulter, McGrath and McQuaid¢ were appointed as the committee from the Board of Aldermen. Several pepers were introdu@d and laid over, after which the Board adjourned until two o'clock this afternoon. Donation to the New York Dispensary— Streets and Avenues to be Paved with Belgian Pavoment—inaugiration of Gov. ernor Hoffman. . ‘The Board met yesterday afternoon, the President, Mr. Monahan, presiding. After the presentation of s number of unimpor- tant resolutions the “general orders’ were taken up. A resolution was adopted diresting the Comptrol- ler to pay Mr, George W. Room $500 for services rendered to the ‘Mayor and Common Council during ba hy3 1868, ¢ Comptrotier was directed to draw his warrant in favor of the Treasuror of the New York Dispen- gary for the sam of $15,000, aga donation towards the erection of a new butlding. The Street Commissioner was authorized to cure a stand of colors, to be presented, on behalf of the Corporation, to the battalion known as the Washington Gray cavalry. ‘The Board appointed Patrick Devereaux messen- fr tothe President at a salary of $1,500 per annum, it will be remembered that the Board has reached its iast moments and the duties of the above gentle- man wil! not be onerous. The Board concurred with the Aldermea tn a pointing a committee of seven from each Board to Albany to participate in the inauguration of jovernor Hoffman. ‘The following streets and avenues were directed to be paved with the Belgian pavement:—Thirt seven h street, from Sixth to Kignth avenue; Fitt seventh street, from Third to Sixth avenue; Thirt: ninth street, between Eighth and Nints avenw Forty-fourth street, from Fitth to Sixth avenue; Fifty-second street, between Fourth and Fifth av ; Fifty-eiuhth street, from Third to Lexington ; Huuth strect, from Montgomery to Catbarine It, Inotion the Board adjeurned till Wednesday at two o'clogK. A VISIT TO THE TOMBS. An Interview with the Prisoners Committed for Murder—What They Say and Think— Drink and Bad Company the Pathway to the Gallows—The Pistel, Knife and Stiletto Freely Used. ‘The Tombs of New York has become as familiar to the people of America as the Bastile of Paris te the people of France. There the contrast ends, Once in the living tomb of the Bastile the victim might exclaim with Sterne’s Starling, “I can’t get out, I can’t get out; for the grave was the only release to the poor victim of some petty tyrant’s hate whom lettre de cachet swept from his path. How different in the Tombs! Though human laws + and the good of society demand the punishment of criminals, it is divine to temper justice with mercy and kindness, and this, it is believed, is done there. The prisoners are treated kindly, allowed to partake of the sympathy of their friends, and even of more substantfal favors. ‘The exterior of the Tombs is massive, gloomy and imposing. Its interior, ‘hough watered with bitter tears of remorse and regret, is clean, orderly and well kept. At present It contains about 250 inmates, charged with various crimes, from simple drunken- ness up to the high crime of murder, THE MEN'S PRISON, ‘The keys turned harshly in the bolt and an tron door swung slowly back on the hinges, admitting to the men’s prison. The gates of Dante’s Inferno never grated more harshly upon its victim’s ears than these have upon many hardened criminal's. They were the barriers that closed them in from the frenzied excitement of rude enjoyments and bacchanalian allurements. This wing of the prison is divided into three tiera, rising above each other. A flight of metal stairs leads to the second tier, where the prisoners -for murder are confined. The cells are about eight tect by ten, with a grated iron door m front, JOHN REAL. John Real, who is charged. with the murder of ofMcer Smedick, in First avenue, last July, is a smart and rather intelligent looking young man. He states that he is twenty-eight years of age. He is of me dium height, rather good looking and sports a very nobby mustache. John was well dressed, too, and keeps his cell scrupulously clean and neat. He has converted old newspapers into covers and carpets and thus tries to shut off the bareness of bare wals and floor, Some pic- tures, mcluding a Madonna, hang on the walls, while several books lay upon a kind ofshelf. He ‘also had sharing his captivity a bull pup called Spot. Spot appeared as little pleased with prison life as his master, for he frequently jumped against the iron « door. “Spot is great comfort to me,” says the pri- soner, in reply to some romark of mine; “he plays with me and keeps me from thinking, and you know that is a great relief.’ He talked freely about the murder of Smediok, says the public nas heard on!y only side of the ques- tion and that he shot him in self-defence; that he had persecuted the prisoner and boasted that if he ever got a chance he would kill him (Real). He even went so far as to try and get him discharged from several employments, He says that Smedick swore | false against him before, when he charged him with attempting to fire at him. How it was he was with & party in Cook’s saloon; one of the party reported to Smedick that Real had a pistol to shoot nim. Smedick rapped for other officers, and Real left the back way and gave himself up at the station house. He was walking L 3 First avenue last July some- what under the influence of drink; when he ap- roached deceased he drew his club asif to strike im. Some angry words passed between them when he shot deceased. Real appears to be a young man who was given to sociable company. Though there is nothing bad in his appearance, he is evidently im- pulsive and one who would resent an injury. GEORGE REINHARDT. Cell 63 is occupied bya German named George Reinhardt, accused of being an accomplice of Ger- trade Pfeiffer in the murder of her husband, Jacob Pfelffer. The prisoner is an old man, of a mild ap- a and anything but the picture 0. a gay Lothario, He ‘ks little or no Enziish, and all we could et out of him was an expression, “Me no kill no man. i JOHN CARSON. John Carson occupies cell 61. He is charged with the murder of his wife, Rebecca Carson, in West Thirty-eignth street, on the 2ist of November. John attributes all to whiskey. He says he did not kill her; that on the day of her death he had returned from work about o'clock and found the door of the room closed. He called in a neighbor and ned the door; does not recollect what happened rwards. He was very érank at the time. His en wife was seldom sober and had pawned her clothes at the time, Some little time before $300 was stolen from her while drunk. “Drink,” says he, ‘‘wasall the trouble; drink brought her to her grave and me hers.’? Carson is not a hardened looking man. He ts evi- dcntly an unfortunate victim of the base vice of drunkenness and is naturally ate. He is about forty years of age, wears fall whiskers and is not bad looking. PATRICK KERRIGAN. In cell No. 64 we found Patrick Kerrigan, charged with killing Eliza Tracy, at No. 14 Mulberry street, on the 25th of October. Thouh Eliza was not Pat- rick’s lawful wife, ho eschewed all ceremonies and Hved with her as such for two years. They oocasion- ally had a jolly time of it and now and then followed the example of married people, and quarrelied. Quar- rels wiil come to blows, the fair Etiza came to her death on the 26th of October. Patrick was drunk at the time and, of course. knows nothing of how tt She was also drank when she died, and burned herself to death, in Patrick's agp ld a middie pated look, who evidently imbioed hugely in his day. fagal fo, an Ttalian, ocouples cell No. Donato Magaldo, an Wan, O° chal with the murder ot dohn Ryland on the ih of July. He and deceased quarrelled on tne day mentioned. After oes prisoner followed de- ceased and stabbed him in the back, killing him in- stantly. Magaldo is of strong, wiry butid, dark com- plexion and + With a heavy mustache. PATRICK, RIBLY. Cell No. 511s occupied by Patrick Riely, charged with killing his wife on the 15th of last November. “Well, Riely, how do you feel?" we asked, by way of lorious, sir; a8 happy as lord, for I am innocent.” ‘30 you did not kill yo: wife?" “Sorra a bit, sir. This ts how it happened:— I went home one at night @ little tight my- self, to be and I found her dead drank on the floor. went to bed and she went out again, and when I woke up next she was stretched on the floor; so | took and J on the bed, and in the morning when Mrs. bronght tn @ cup of tea to her she was stone cowild.” As Patrick would be admitted to bail if he could find = bail, there may be some truth in his state- men JOHN STRDERT. Cell 59 is. fed by John Siebert, charged with killing Jacob Stellwagen on the 18th of August. He lived in Fourteenth street, between avenues B and C; Stellwagen kept a saloon: was in there; recol- lects something about a quarrel, but was so drunk that he’cannot say how it happened. He is rather ® smart looking young man, with curled hair a 1s good locking. jiskey and company keeping brought him into trouble. ROBERT TILMAN. Robert Tilman, a fine Wexing specimen negro, oc. cupies cell 47, charged with killing gnother coloret man named Willlam Carney. Tilman was enjoying a drink with a few colored gentlemen in a saloon in ‘Thirty-third street, when he asked deceased to drink, Deceased refused, whicn rtied Tilman. A quarrel en- sued and Tilman left the saloon. Carney followed and al pted to stab him with a knife, when Til- man his revolvor and shot hita. This, at least, is the substance of Tilman’s story. JRREMIAH HARRINGTON, Jeremiah Harrington occupies cell 41, cha with the murder of Mary Ann Robinson. He ts an ol@ offender, well known at the Tombs. He was arrested on the sist July, charged with the murder of Ana Callaghan, and by some quibble of law got out on the 12th of August, while be is charged with murder- ing Ann Robinson on the 20th of October, MARGARET BROWN, Mat Brown, a low sized, squat, white advo- cate of miscegenation, 1s committed for cutting the throat of Upton Murray, her colored’ lover. She states that she Was about Iraving Murray when be threatened to cut her throat if she did; that she anapped the razor out of his hand and made a dasa at him, which cut his throat. GERTRUDE PFRIFFRR. Gertrude Pfeiffer is charged with the murder of her husband, Jacob Pfetifer, in June last, She states that she quarrelled with her husband and that tuey had some blows; after that he quarretied with other Parties and got killed. She states that Reinhardt, who is in a8 an accomplice, is quite innocent. To {nage from appearances there is nothing ng ooo or jover like about the pair, Reinhardt is # harmless looking old man, while she looks 80 a one would think she was nursed on Ls void re on lager and at last became a huge lager barrel. Poor woman! She cries and Cod me. MARGAR . The murder of oMicer MoChesney Labs Walsh is fresh in. the memories of our readers, a he was tried, convicted and sentenced to the State Prisoh for life on the 23d of December, 1867. On mo- tion, by writ of error, @ new trial was granted, and she Was brought back to the Tombs an! will be ar. raigned for trial again to-day. Margaret has been ® fine looking woman, but her Incarceration has con- siderably preyed =, her. JOHNSON. Eliza Johnson is chi J with killing her husband, Norman Johnson, of 1 Forayth street. She stites kept a disreputaple house agains® that her hi ‘This led to frequent quarrels. On the ¢ breve. Marder he was in the front room wi a ‘She looked into the room; he beat her, She Fowtonod @ razor and killed hin. She appears to fect hor position acutely and is evidently sufering mucik agouy of maind