The New York Herald Newspaper, January 5, 1869, Page 8

BROOKLYN CITY. ORGANIZATION OF THE COMMON COUNCIL. Annual Message of the Mayor—The Financial Condition, Growth and Prosperity of the City. ‘The Board of Aldermen of the city of Frooklyn met yesterday afternoon in their chambers at the City Hall, his Honor Mayor Ka!bfeisch in the chair, and the representatives of twenty-two wards, com- prising the entire Board, being present. The Mayor Immediately after the reading of the minutes of the previous meeting proceeded to read his annual mes- gage. After alluding in feeling terms to the memory of the late ex-Mayor Hall the message continues:— The city is stili steadily progressing im wealth, population and commercial importance. Its onward career during the year now expired was by mo great fortune and unmarked by apy unusual age No exceptionally aisastrous conflagration spread its lurid glare over our dweilings. No Banguinary tragedy has stood out in mn our criminal records. No serious the public peace has spread alarm among our homes. No fatal pestilence has slain its victims Within our borders, A collision between our crowded Terryboats has occ! but by the mercy of Provi- deuce its results were only sufficiently mortal to warn ‘us of the folly of longer deiaying to fect our for effecting a permanent and safe means of across the river, by reminding us that every day that elapses ere we érect a bridge we are ex- posed to the contingency of a calamity which might shroud hundreds of our homes and thousands of our ¢itizens in mourning. I therefore heartily approve the recent action of your honorable body in as- gomng, under due restrictions, a rtion of the vestinent in the stock of the Bri Com; commensurate with the benefit which the city wi @erive from the execution of this great work. ‘The number of buildings which have been erected and that are now in process of erection within our luoits during the past Fadl greatly exceeds that of any formerone. The following statistics have been Kindly furnished me by the Inspector of Police, rominence bance showing the number of buiidings completed during the year 1868:— | BE8en eel ee esinian | tn chaagaeegag | comire prom esenceces | oom Lom mt £1 1 rece! opus i 10} 140'3307 Many of tese are public buildings and of a charac- ter superior to those built in former times. Our favorable location for hvalthfainess, the establishing: of pubiic parks and other places of resort und the favorably known character of its people win donbt- Jess continue to make Brooklyn cue of the most de- girable places to reside in, ‘The rapid increase of various kinds of mannfactur- ing establishments in our midst is a matter for con- gratulation, showing that our locality ia well adapicd for such purposes, which briag capital into our c.ty and aiford profitable employment to its Population. We may well look with pride upon theysteadily in- creasing commerce of our port, the vast amount of ahippiug, loading and discharging cargoes of various kinds atour wharves. Considering the number and extent of the warehouses in South Brooklyn and the Atlantic basins, all teaming with business, the Eric basin and the amount of dock room which will soon be furntshed to commerce by its proprietors, and the certainty that the whole of Gowanus Bay will at no distant period be one vast line of docks all thrown en to commerce, we are entitied to believe that jrooklyn will im the future rank among the foremost of commercial cities, not ouly of this continent but of the world. Thee is now in the treasury to the credit of ‘the city of the moneys raised for general purposes over 200,000, and no ite n of account has been over- rawn during the past year. This 1s amor fact and arrues well tor the pradence and economy Of the aciministration of our municipal government @uring that time. ‘The money raised for Fire Department purposes, though double that of the former year, has been all expeaded. The law of last year placing this matter in the hands of & commission seems to me to have been a very doubtful improvement, as far, at least, as the expending of mouey is concerned, and unless the strict leer of tie law ia hereafter complied with and the money raised distributed pro rata among the different companies [ am convinced that Mt will occasion great dissatisfaction among the members of the Fire Department as well as in the community at large. All the public schools have been wel attended during the past year. Notwithstanding that seygra! large and convenient new »chool buiidings have Ween eccupicd, the influx of pupils more than keeps pace ‘With the addition to the school accommodation, The following statement of totals of city bonds issued is nade, from which it is shown that most of them are for departmeuts over which tue Common Council has wo contre! City Hall loan,.... $85,000 Washington Park loa 121,000 Curren: expenses sin 150,000 Water loan on ih 55,000 Debts of Wiltunsburg loan. 150,000 Mouat Prospect square 90,000 Local improvements, Le + 190,000 Local improvement 212,000 Water loan. (407,000. ¥ 38,009 ? 302,000 thantic avenue improvement I Auunti ¢ extension loan Soldiers’ uid iand National Guard and Unionatrees > Faloee WiLeamstuarg . tec Bewerayre bouds....... *1,000,000 Assessments fund bon + 750,000 r 1ut8 LO& much greater sum of 1 Wo pay ali the expenses of vent only ten years ago. The detall the Indebtedness of the city ipon the Board to remonatrate avalust the passag al laws providing for the fur- ther fucrease of these bonds for mereiy local pur- poses, Cu the subject of special commissions the Mayor continues:— Your honorable hody has already directed the preparation of a bill by the Corporation Counsel for tue creation of a Board of Pubiie Works, and you have also taken into consideration various suggested amcndmert# of the charter, These measures are good so feras they go; but in my Judement the ume has come for amore radical treatment of the evils that have resulted from an excessive multtpll- cation Of Iocal authorities and # division of reaponsl- bility 1 an extent waick bes fanct ayer faction sto have led some at that they are o member of some of th since my in- , | have seen enough Vinee me that vast iyed if some restraint lon into the office of A thor management t were ner of the expendivure, ‘The rey ou from the various com- missions upon Jocal improvements show, iu my t, in several cases, a Most reckiess expend ney. Salaries have been paid for services ouly nominally rendered; in other eases payments havo been made far im excess of the vatne of the serv’ 1 etme comes for the loeally benetited'to repay the + owners, » tO pay, Ve LON gTERLY isted by thox ial in procuring Uie passage of r recommen be admitted to thas the 4 that representatives of jags of the Park more fuliy 8, SCN a more eitence on the part of the * vast expenditure of money improvements, He fartner juded in the assessment ork improvement. Before it it bas mot already ar- ond be considered of over such parts of eyuce to participate hovenent las been peoplo with rega juvotved in the P ur that Flathe Aisirict for Pri eonclud Tue i var, « eneed mn forihe ynoexation of tat Jocality to our ¢ Wherever, m the tunme> diate vicinity of our prevent city limits, n uickly wets ti dis boilt up, requiring paved end ag i and proy ) ut to € 1 Of Ute Sixteenth icessage were ordered Wo Copies a is NEW YORK’ HERALD, TUESDAY, JANUARY. 5, '1869.+TRIPLE) SHEET. ‘be printed tothe Ringe and 600 copies tn the Ger ‘The then went into an election for officers, with the follo: result:— Premdente Sark L Counsel—William C. DeWitt, Fae of the City Hati—Patrick Tormey®* (clected a i iree years); Assistant Keeper, Thomas Mc- ‘Messenger andrew McDonald. ae Engineer Otty Haul— mnothy ‘ard.’ Dowd; Western Districts Pullip Glare: 3 ™m . ‘Sealers ‘af Weights and Measures James Doyle, ames John G, Bawman, Peter Callan. Keeper of Docks, Fourteenth Ward—Patrick Clark, Clerk: of the Market—Patrick Ward. Pound Masters—Michael Hanly, Henry Voudsell, Thomas Mc! Donald. A communication was received from the Mayor Gimapsroving the resolution awarding the contract to Frank Swift for ring and rebuilding the dock at the foot of North street. The veto is based on the facts that the amount voted for the repairs in question ($16,500) is six times greater than the original cost of the pier, and the dock does not yield more than $200 per annum to the city. ‘The Board then adjourned until Monaay next. *Re-elected. The new Board stands politically fifteen democrats and seven republicans. KINGS COUNTY BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. ‘This Board metyesterday afternoon, and organized for the current year by the re-eléction of William J. Osborn, of the Sixth ward, as President of the Board by a vote of 17 ayes to 10 noes, the republican vote being for General Philip 8. Crooke. Areport was submitted announcing the comple- tion of the Newtown creek bridge, at a total expense of $13,750, A resolution was passed appropriating the sum of $6,087 towards the payment of this work, such being the proportion of Kings county; the remainder, one- half of the total cost, is to be paid by Queens county. Thomas Martin, democrat, Eleventh ward, was ap- pomted janitor of the County Court House, vice Ed- veteran, removed. John re-elected engineers RP RE n of of the John Smith as interpreter of the ig corenctenee of the Board of Supervisors were appointed for the year 1869:— On Accounts—Messra. Schenck, Howell and Little. On Accounts Uden the Poor— Mesers. Sheviin, Whitehill and Woodhead. On Accounts of County Treasurer—Messrs. Hall, head. Court House—Messrs. Foran, Hall and Ryder. lentiary—Measrs, Foran, Howell and Crop- sey. On Jal—Mesars. Smith, Sheviin and Nelson. On Alinshouse—Whitehiil, Wilkeyson, Cassidy. On Lunatic Asylum—Howell, Hutchings, Foran. On Hospital and Nursery—Walsh, Stilwell, On ‘Wills, On Equalization of Assessment Rolls—Cassldy, Walsh, Droll, Ryder, Tobey. On General Taxes—Hall, Special and Local Taxes—Si On Law and Applications to Rollmeyer, rooke, On Salaries—Droll, Buck, Woodhead. Pe i Droll, Shevelin, Rollmeyer, ‘rooke, On Military Affatrs—Murphy, Cross, Cropsey. ‘The Board then adjourned to meet on Wednesday, January 13. BROOKLYN INTELLIGENCE. Rollmeyer, Johnson. tilwell, Buck, Wills. the Legislature— Barry Costs ‘The hardware dealers and pluinbers of the Eastern district have come to the conclusion to close their places at eight P. M, eve evening from the present date until the Ist of April next, with the exception of Saturdays. vy! ‘THE Morrariry. '-—There were 111 death certificates filed at the Bureau of Vital Statistics during the past week, being a decrease of 41 in number compared with the week preceding. Of the deceased there were 27 men, 21 women, 34 boys and 29 giris. ORGANIZATION OF THE BOARD OF AsSEssons.—This body met yesterday and organized for the year 1869, electing the following named officers:—President, John herty; Secretary, Dominick H. Roche; Clerks, Charies W. Cheshire, Robert Jourdan aud Philip Dougterty. Svrcipr.—Yesterday morning Thomas P. Walters, seventy-four years of age, wie was most respect- ably connected, was found dead, suspended by the neck from a beam in the cellar of his late residence in Hewson piace, near Flatbush avenue. Coroner Jones held an inquest on the body of the deceased during the day, when @ verdict of suicide was found; but the Corozer declined to give the name of the unfortunate man. Free wy Prixom Srreet.—Shortly after midnight of Sunday a fire broke out in the oilcloth factory in Prince atreet, near Tillary, aad the structure was consumed in @ short space of time. The batlding, which was frame and three stories in height, has not been occupied for several months past, and as there was no fire used on the ate the confla- gration was doubtless of incendiary origin. It was owned by Mr. White, of No, 25 Mercer street, New York, who sustains a loas of $4,000 in its destruction: Tne Foo on THe East River—Ferrysoat Cow Lyst0N.—The dense fog which hung over the East river yesterday afternoon and evening caused a par- tial suspension of travel on the different ferry lines and consequently much annoyance to travellers. But fortunately there was but one collision, so far as known, and that was not of a serious character. At about six o’clock last evening the ferryboata Martha aud Soughside—the former plying between Green- Se and Twenty-third street, New York, and the ter between Greenpoint and Tenth street—coillded and each sustained sight damage, but none of the assengers were injured and the boats continued Their trips. News IN Barev.—The ladies of the congregation of St. Mary’s (Star of Sea) opened their fair last even- mg inthe dine hall of the new parochial school, Court street, near Nelson. The fair is weil worthy of BY and will remain open during the entire we Police Sergeant ‘Croft's Fesidenoe, No. 111 Jay street, was entered by @ sneak thief on Sunda: morning and robbed of @ coat valued at forty dol- lars, Mr. and Mra. John Smith while riding along Broadway to a sletcn on Sunday last were upset and were set fujared apout the head and body. fT areas ‘Was occasioned by the horse taking ree inquests have been held by the Coroner of the Western district since January 1, whose united ages at the time of their decease was rs, ‘Over 700,000 warrants were signed yesterday at the Mayor's ofice va account of expenditures for the new year. Sa.utina Tne New Year.—A party consisting of four young men were engaged In making New Year's calls in the quiet village of New Utrecht and vicinity on Friday evening last, and despite the unfavorable condition of the weather, menaged to keep their spirita up toa pretty high pitch. In the course of their perigrinations they paid their respecis to the household of Mr. James Brown, of New Utrecht, where, not being received as they deemed tn accord- ance with the usages of the day they celebrated, they withdrew in high dndyeon. The quartet, which consisted of Martin Bennett, Cyril and Forrest War- dell and William Van orn, had not taken thelr de- parture from the house of their host Farge A minutes ere the family of the latter were atartied by the expio- sion of a gun and (he whistling of a charge of buck- shot through the window of tie apartuaent in which they were seated. Ongof the missiles passed in close proximity tothe head of @ Miss Brown, and the ex- civement occasioned @t such a dastardiy act was, as might be imagined, reaily intense, Suspicion having rested upon the above named men as being the perpetrators of tue outrage, warrants were procured jor their arrest by Mr. Brown, on the charge of feio- nions assault, and they were taken tanto custody yesterday aud heid for examination, Sad SHOOTING ACCIDENT.—Coroner Jones held an inquest yesterday upon the body of a boy named Clarence Darling, eleven years of age, who resited with his parents, at the corner of Ann sirect and Broadway, Eastera district, and came to bis death wader circumstances of a peculiarly patnfal natur It appears that the deceased, in conjunction wit younger brother, had some tine previous to Christ juas, out of thelr united savings, contrived to pur- chase & pistol, with which they agreeably surprised Noir father on Christmas morning by presenting hit with the weapen. They had heard their father, Whose dutics detained him from home util a Jate hour each might, xomark that he had been assauiiod upon certain oecasione while oat Bt Bight, ant copeeived the idea that the presen! ofa of to fim would bea usefal article § i to Carty wider the ctr y That w ® find iniomded as ty ot thelr alr abet proved wlttuiately, ‘we of norrow and deal, On New ever, tlt Day Me. D Whe iy convergation With a friend at his house, rererroa to the etreuntstance of Las yirt whicd he Wad received, aud. in Coimg 8% sent Cla Fence (the dec ‘) Up Slalrs to get the pAstol. Shortly afterwarls the report of firearms was hoard by the iniuatos of t NEW JERSEY INTELLIGENCE, Jersey City, Fat Prom 4 SCAFFOLD.—A man named Herman Fireman fell from the second story of the new build- ing at the corner of Grove street and Pavonia ave- nue, yesterday, and was seriously injured, Fava ACCIDENT ON THE Exte RAILROAD.—Yester- day afiernoon a number of young boys were engaged atthe Long Dock in picking the scattered pieces of coal around the tracks, when one of them, a youth about ten old stooped under the wheels of an empty coal car attached toa locomotive, when he pT eo between them and crushed to a jeily, the will hold an inquest, 4 Boy EIL.ep ON THE ERIE RAILROAD.—Yester- day afternoon a boy named James Good, eleven years old, was trying to jump on the platform of an Erie train at North Fourth street, when he slipped off and was run over by the cars. His leg was hor- ribly mashed, but though severely crushed ral parts of the body he lingered for one hour alter the occurrence. His parents reside in North Fifth street, An inquest be held by Coroner Warren Hudson City. MONTHLY RePorRT OF THE CHIEF OF Porice.—Dur- ing the month of December, 1868, there were 36 arrests incde by the police of Hudson City, as foi- lows:—Violation of city ordimance, 6; drunk and disorderly, 8; dr mess, 10; vagrancy, 4; theft, 6; wife desertion, 1; wife beat 1; committed to jall, 5; fined, 10; discharged, 16; itted to bail, 6. amis oF lodgers admitted—Males, 95; females, 10, Bergen City. Ta® Lats BURGLARIFS—FURTHER ARRESTS.— Three colored men, named Charles Wesley Allen, Wm. ‘Johnson and Wm. Henry Thomas, who were arrested ini New York by oMicers Quinn and McGlynn, of the Eighth precinct, on suspicion of being con- cerned in the late burglaries, were taken to and committed for trial by Recorder Mathews, It appears that Johnson sent Allen to pawn soine of the stolen clothes, and the latter was so covetous that he desired to pocket the proceeds. To this the others objected, so Allen gave intormation of his accom- plices to the police, hoping..to be accepted as a wit- ness and thus be free from jeopardy. ‘is little ar- rangement miscarri however, and the whole squad were sent to Hi county jail to keep com- pany with a fourth confederate, hamed Mcknight, ‘who was arrested on the morning of the robbery at Mr, McKay’s house. THE HOBOKEN MURDER. Continuation of the Coroner’s Inquest. ‘The inquest on the body of John Passelil, who was Murdered in Grand street a week ago, was con- tinued at seven o’clock yesterday afternoon. Henry Breier was re-calied and sworn. He further deposed:—On the morning of the murder I did not sec any weapon in the hands of Emil or Gustave Hausmann; I cannot eay what persons were quar- Telling that morning; at the time of the fight Gus- tave and Emil Hausmana left the room, but I can- not say why. The next witness was John Goade, who merely corroborated the evidence of the preceding. wit- nesses. Anton Wuidorg asl then aes ih aur as hs lows:—I live in the house of Henry Rieglema, was in bed at the time of the Sisturbancer Yas Gloede got out of bed and left the room; I arose also to see what was the matter; I did not see deceased on that morping. Auguat Schreyer was the next witness, who said:— T live in the house next to that in which the fight occurred; I heard the disturbance and looked out of the window; I saw a man falling on the baicony of the stairs leading to the yard; 1 don’t know how tong he remained there; three men carried him away. Jacob Schmidt was then sworn and deciared:—! live in the rear of the house where the quarrel took place; on that morning I heard a female voice ex- claim that a man was stabbed; I saw the deceased running out of the house; he was stopped by some building and he then returned, when a man wearlug @ blue shirt struck him in the breast and deceased fell on his face; the man then kicked him to the ead, and I then heard him running up stairs. (Gustave Hausmann was here’asked to speak, and witness then exclaimed:—I identify Gustave riaus- mann as the one who said “I'iI kill you.”?) I then saw the deceased attempting to rise, but he was unable; l identify Fritz Gloede as the man who went to lift up the deceased; I cannot say with what weapon the deceased was struck; 1 saw Mary Gerold in the yard at the time, Anna Hausmann was then sworn. She deposed:— Tam the wite of Emil Hausmann; on the morning of the murder I heard Emil to Louis Hausmann, “They are beating the dog;”’ husband and his father then went down stairs; { weat out of the room and saw that my husband and my brothe in-law had been terribly beaten; my m r-in-li held a lamp in her hand, which Emil wanted to take; his mother biew it out, whereupon he said, “You would rather see me killed than let me see who tt was that struck me;’’ he then came into the room, had hts wounds dressed and went to bed; he did not go down siairs again; the prisonors had no weapons with them; Gustave Hausmann did not go down stairs at any time. (Witness sfierwards said that Gustave was fighting with the boarders down stairs.) ‘The next witness was Louisa Matits, who deposed— I live in Hudson City; I was in the house of my son on the morning of the disturbance; when the dog yeiped in the hallway Emil ismann went down stairs; Ithen went out and stood upon tie stairs, when 1 saw three mon with clubs ating. (Witness then corroborated the testimony of the pre- ceding witness.) Gustave returned to the room, and seemed to be crazy; Euul went down stairs a second time and returned in & moment; [ did not kaow de l. Mary Gerold was recalled, and she declared:—I Identify Gustave Hausmann as the person who struck deceased; Gustave cried out, “You must die,” the deceased exclaimed, “Dear br r, let me alone; I don’t want to fight;” 1do not knOW what Weapon Was used; when deceased fell he was struck yd oe head and breast; Fritz Gloede was also in the yard. Louis Ma‘tis, on being sworn, depesed:—I was in the house of son-in-law ou that morning; I heard a quarrel below stairs, whereupon I weat to the yard and saw Fritz Gloede standing there; i} was then ap stairs; neither Emil nor Gust down stairs a second time; I did not see deceased; I cannot identify the man who was standing |p the yard with Fritz Gloede. Hereupon the inquest was adjourned tik this after- noon. FATAL AFFRAY IN TRENTON, W. J. Despernte Firht Between Negroes—A Child . Kifled—Arrest of the Priucipals. Yesterday morning the vicinity of the City Hall and the Mayor’s office, Trenton, was crowded hy an irrepressible arnt boisterous concourse of the colored jon, attracted thither by the fact that one of their dusky brethren was about neing charged with the murder of a child and four others of the fra- ternity with assault and battery. At eight o'clock the Mayor, took bis seat and ordered the accused to be brought before,iim. In a few minutes five muscular, repulsive looking. darkies were escorted to the office by the police. Wililarma Smyth, accused by a colored woman nomed Anne lice, with the murder of her child, was called up, He seemed quite composed and listened totently to the testimony of his acenser, who deposed tiat on New Year's night Witiata Sinyth broke in the door of complainant's fuer and commenced slapping him in tue face, teok her child in her arms and hurried tot dence of her colored friend, Mr. Thompson remaining there a sitort time, Simi) i alleged, forcibly entered Thomps aod while complainant was ehleavoring escape with her child) the accused struck her on the back, causing tue child to fail from her arms down astone stoop, followed by the :auther, who fell upon the child, The mother was not dangerously injured, but the child received such bruises that convulsions ensned and ti digd May woruihy about five oc. Blizaverh Maakon, Tati colored witness, corroborated the previons fst. Moay, adding that the accused also assaulted another womai fi Bane house al the sm time, wrow- ing anoti id from heraras, Dr. Vodiae deposed that he mad. it poriem examination on Sunday afternoon; found no indica ox nai suriace of the body; sie oj and abdéminal cavittey were and pand brain and covering much injected with blood: on top of the brain there was evidence of indan tion; Buck @ condition of the brata Mlgh® Five Fi convulsions and terminate (tay, yne M asked Smyth What he had t7.gy, admonssh |e ein 4 AGVO ina buat yin ke yaya 1D gvidone ib Feply, eatd that 6 had been drin ral cotapaniou® on New Year's night, when one of the portly suggested that they all should go over to Goosetown, A siurt distance from the city. They Jest Guyeravitle and repaired to the above inen- toned place, entered ‘Thompson's house, when tie latter stuck oné of Sinytu's comra Smyit Was about returning the compliment put fer the interference of the others, who ted him away, He says he was drunk at the time and saw wotnan orebild at prisoner without dury. Bosley J. ston and Atgusct all. ‘ihe Mayor commit ii to await the action of tie G soward, wore next ch raving committed fan Assault and bat colored brother named Edward Thompec | Yeats’ wight, The complainant hat o over the left eye, inuidtert by of the accuse der the meice in Which the child got biter Coward gave vail; the reat wer Of bau to await the action of tie committed tm de "9.alt irand sury. PASIONARLE WEDDING ALA Mintramr.--Th ding of General Wager Swayne and Miss Eilon hiner ria, of Louisvilie, recently, was a fine affair, ave to reside at 2 hotee, @at the poor bay was | bridesmanls were Mise Eugoom Farris, found stawling by the yuntsters, Weeding froma te | kon, dagekior oF the, sxtoveror et | hand. Tt was foul! on Moser exauvnation thatthe | Swayne, sister of the bridemroon, and Mise Kon, uli from the weapon, which latwor was acéMentally , Coturyus, Obto: while Ge Wovne's suite coo. scharKed, p Hroawa the right Band and en | sisted of is former ¢ in araa, Colome! Cn Wered [uel abuse te stauach, causing Ineruat hem. | Whar'on, Colonol Frodenoceg. Colonel aad | age and terminating fa the death of the poor | Mr. H wayne, Chief Justice Swayne, of Niabuine, Which ocearred on Setucday afvernoon. Aver- | father of (16 bridagre was preseut, Khe newiy | scordauce will the sa¢ls abuve staled was | married, A ae happy couple, Columbus, RECORD OF CRIME. ‘The Alarming Frequency of Murders—The Necessity for the Appointment of a “Murder Detective.” [From the Philadelphia velopments in the Twitchell case ling that we are induced to recur to the subject again. A brutal murder has occurred, and police- man arrives, but he does not anderstand his busi- neas, and not until a citizen drives him to the per- formance of his duty does he take the marderer in custody. The prisoner is lodged at the station but tue lieutenant does not see him until the ne: wornie. ‘Now here is the absence of the head of one department, A citizen goes to the Central station and ontdis- tancing the telegraph gives notice of the murder, Mr, Warnock, who is not @ detective, but a night watchman and recelving tle pay of an o1 ary policeman, instantly visiis the scene of murder. and, considering he does not receive ihe eee of a detective, he acquits himself in a very 89 manner. The chiet of the detective force does not reach the scene of murder until ten o’clock the next morning. , and here is the head of another de; ment Policemen are left in the house during the fatal night, aud consider, no doubt, that as women are therein it would be {ndelicate for tem to be in the same room with them, so they permit one of the principal witnesses for the Commonwealth, one of the supposed murderers, and the father of the other supposed murderer, to pass the night in a room by themseives, fire ana gas being at hand to destroy anything they might please to do. The father of the p mer is per! to take his departure, unmo- jeated. at spy moment he pleases, and selects the hour of five A. M. to leave. Now, while we do not attribute any improper ac- tions to this father, nevertheless cases may arise where another purty allowed tie run of a house un- der such circumatances might commit great harm. ‘The most extraord:n: der by the Coroner of bloody premises to the prisoner's representatives, and when tae Common- wealth’s officers desire to visit them they must ob- tain the leave of the prisoner so to do. ‘The next ex! -y movement of law officers is the furnishing to the prisoner @ policeman to ard the premises, he being paid rie prisoner to oso. This same policeman practises a deception upon his brother officer and hastens into court to make believe that the latter told a deliberate lie. It is most extraordinary how a conviction occurred in this cage, with so much of the machinery of the Jaw against the Commonwealth. Again after college emptied their professors in the court room, the Jefferson faculty for the first time the Philadelphia University, which appeared to be the centre of ersion of medical ev! When Anton sat in the dock policemen brought in hammers and axes as the tools with which he com- mitted the murder. When George 8. Twitcnell, Jr. sat in the dock eminent professors of surgery brought in pokers of all kinds and sizes to show that Twitchell did not commit the murder. So earnest and excited did one of these young. at become that at one time we thoughthe woul Court to take alive sui bay to corroborate the theory of a skull readily bending @ poker, Surgeons are said to be void of feeling; but so wedded to their profession were some of these ntiemen that a ical demonstration would ave been made, no doubt, had not the doctors of the law known the prisoner would have had to place the subject in the same position Mrs. Hi)l was in when she received her wounds. This would all have been good for the doctors, no doubt, but very bad for the prisoner had he offered his practical know- ledge against mere theory. ‘The Commonwealth asked John F. Starr, of Cam- dat, J. togiye some joformation he possessed, bat the officer bear! ng é says Mt. Starr told him “he thought it a piece of exdqujsite im) - nence in the Distriet Attorney of Philadolphia to agk him any question, as he did not recognize the aath ity of the Pennsylvania court to command him.” On the other hand, Gloucester county Solana fey forth tts citizens In behalf of the prisoner. Vol trom Philade:phia were found by the prisoner to do any littie work required, but the Commonweaith had toresort to subpoena and attachment. Kid gloved young gentlemen endeavored to make the purheus of the dock respectable by their presence, and the pris- oner Was the most wonderful compound of hu- manly that ever occupied the place. Probst laughed once during his trial, and that was when a brazen woman gave in her testimony. Twitcheil had a laugh and smile every mowent for his young friends, but the moment a woman bat gee him to shake ands his face became as solema looking as an un- Gertaxer’s. He smoked his cigar after his meals with all the coolness of @ philosopher, and on one occasion wiille sitting in the dock smoking before the opening of the court, turned to an officer and 1d: --*This looks cool, don’t It?” Carriages were provided for the conveyance of the prisoner to court, and in some tustences a = omicer bro' him up in @ passenger car. 16 Sherif’ fii , awakened to a sense of his responsi- bility, neodgee the van into requisition, oe. ‘the precaution to guard it with the officers re- aponsibie to him. y ‘The prisoner's counsel were faithful to him, and nothjng more than was done could possibly have been ex in bis behalf. Ever ‘that hu- man ingenuity could devise was brought into prac- tical use, and a book of hypotheses might be ten on the defence, A striking feature of this case is the evidence of two of the servant girls, who seemed to be of the in- telligence office breed and lived not long at one . MW statements of other girls who have heard one, at least, of these women talk of the Hilla and ‘Twitchelis could have been given by the Common- wealth a strange contradiction would have — ther result. So iong as our citizens employ servant Intelligence pl ey take all the risks of swearing. In tus case they swear for the prisoner and directly against she who paid them and assoctated with them at nights. In the next case they may re- vorse their atyle of swearing. Wheo the Jaw sball Pompe inte! offices to keep a record of the ences of servant girls both prosecution and defence may be benetited. As it is now the namo and residence of the em- jloyer is taken, bat the employe isa blank to the ntelligence agent after he gets hera place. A record ofher residence might be advantageous in testing ood her veracity honesty, but no such record is ep! ke As Mrs, Twitchell said, the day after her arrest, that she apprehended great fears of her husband’s committing suicide, rhaps the oficiais of the County Prison had look after a very fine knife eae ~ [i nongend sported in — in conclusion, We may suggest to Chief Detective Eneu that he be on the alert in murder cases and not be shirked out of the execution of his duties be- cause & woman figures in it. Detectives do not fancy giving time to murder cases when other things pay ‘better, aud in ali administrations withia our ce ng J have been stirred to energy, general and not stepped forth yavel s murder case. Tne prompt appointment an officer whose duty shall be the investigation of murder cases will undoubtedly meet tho eee. being th ous! tion of Se a icede an ing most required, it will MP the jealousies whic! for many years have between leutenants and their men towards the detective branch. , pecs: Heavy Highway Robbery in Norfolk, Va— Ten Thousand Dollars Stoien frem an Ex- press Agent—The Suspected Parties. the Norfolk Jan. 1.) Yesterday (Thursday, Morning our city was thrown mto @ state of conaid excitement by the aunouncement that Mr. Kdward H. king, agent of the Virginia Express Congany ts, this city. while on his way to the depot of the Norfolk and Peters- burg Ratiroad, at four o'clock in the morning, had beea knocked down and roblied of a large sum of money—stated to be between $10,000 and $11,000, My. King states that he had the money in an account boo in lis breast pocket, aod while walking swiftiy to the depot, and just in the act of passing the mouth of King’s lane, he was sssaulted by two men, one of whow siruck him a severe blow on the back of the ead, knockiag hits senseless, While in this condition he was robbed of the money, and hia assatiants, whom he could not recognize, mae thetr escape. As soon as he recovered suMclentiy he gave the alarm, and was assisted by ene of the police to the National Hetgj. By this time the robbers had dis- appeared, leeV¥ing no trace of their whereabouts, 4 King ws attorwards taken to his room, on the corner of Maine street nud Pepper's lane, where lia uries were attended to by Dr. eo wiid de- Fetibed them asa contused wound on the back of fie bes? vy breaking the skim, out not frac- ein by) af curt tht ahi, ST AyMBtoms <x Plows, tn tho pit of the stomach,'aa from kicks. WI eo tly delirious, but under mec eal treatimenc he goon revived aud eae wble, (2 a © Ley lar. The money sawn Sates National Tank 9 da) vious ouacheck drawu by HH. VY. Tompkins th favorot Vdwerd H. King, f Of the Virginia Bxpross Company. He took it My? bit ofiee, and yesterday, morning Was oa ue Why to the @»pot to transmis to its destination When the fh conn itiet. It will be Temoubered thas Mr. King was avaaulted weeks siice near the corer of Oumber ond Chacette strecua hy two men, one and the ove kK, about tea ovviock at on bis roa the vepo% At Laat time | ‘a8 Fi ab in defend Nimeelf, aad drove Of NS assvilonts. le Was constantly armed, and says thet if he bad hed che slightest warning he aiid have prevented the robbery So inch far one side of this raiber strange affair; now for the olher. Daring tae day euspictona be- me aronved that the mn'ter was not aa clear as it id Ue, aul at the instance of parties that, to the west of their belief, rpetratons of the robbery were none oer toaa King avd some of fis iriemia, warrants were igsued, , bie strength of ’ in the sane youth of bad re an iatim ace Delaroe, jaw white to have in jal to ca fo the 26," gach, which Hecesved in giving, A © orvest of King as ao ing to Lis condition roi ite Taom, and twe p Lover bin, ty se¢ that anied. Search warrants w {overs snapected houses, whan the search but with what res pos that ta the tcak of Maud Delarte was foud eo amount of $100, bub Wheimer thes wore potted of toe money etyleu We are unable state. It @ not improper to state that Mr King ts of a issted fo notes ob learned, except | higpiyeonpentabio family and in the city a Qe ee the the , in Richi . directed to the chief of police of this city, telling the officers to. i ateps in the uiatter. The above news will astonish the senders of the despatch, who can have no idea what active steps have been Mississippi. {From the Vicksburg Republican, Dec. 27.) Hon. George 0. McKee, member of Co from this C distric! Mon‘ at Nat Lee land a Ni coh General McK hi Pian iat ene! lcKee, ha finished his offlctal business, came on board of her to return to this city. Hat the stove in the cabin gang of armed rumans, im @ blow with an iron poker, breaking collar bone. He drew his pistol and shot one of the ts mm the hip, srennaing, him only were fired at him by the the whole ly the boat, Itis said Piet she peece who was wounded 4s no other than the Wwett, Who, only short time since, was tried and sentenced to the tarring and feathering the teacher of a co} ‘ schoo! near Natchez, and who was released by Jud; Hil on habeas corpus, since which time he and hi comrade, Mclivaine, have received tie most nause- al TARRenee woehet Fron We learn also, by private despaten, that Hewett was afterward ar- rested by the mi authorities, and is now & prisoner in the fort and that General McKee is out of danger. Alleged Heavy Defalcation in Virginie— Arrest of the Suspected Party—Bail Re- quired in $30,000, [From the Richmond Enquirer, Jan. 4.) It has been suspected for several months past that Rawly W. Hobson, late uty collector of inter? revenue in the Danville ict, Was a dofaulter to the government for a amount of moncy, but these suspicions had assumed a definite form until a few days since, On Thursday last D strict At- torney Beach was put in possession of su‘icient facts to enable him to make application to United States Commiasioner Chahoon fora warrant for Hobson's Pad bs werent ae Seaned at Rae 0 clock Ce) ureday night last, and c! while deputy collector of the Danville district, he converted to his to the government the hands. istrict,Jonn W. McKinney, who executed it on Sat- urday morning by arrest Hobson. He was brought to this city on the Danville train and taken before Commissioner Chahoon at his pri al- dence, between eight and nine o'clock on Saturd: ‘ht. The circumstances of the case were bi and the Col mer decided to yelease lim on bail in the sum of $10,000 for his appearance before him this morning at eleven o’clock tor examination, Mr. N. M. Wilson, of this city, a relative of the ac- cused, became his bondsman. Hobson is a native of Virginia and served as deputy collector from the time of his appointment ‘until the month of June, 1868, when he was removed and James Waterman Hnted in his place. He is re- spectably connected and stood well in the community at the time of his arrest. It is to be hoped that he will be able to account for the prot he is charged with embezzling and relieve himself from the very unpleasant situation in which he ia now pl it was rumored on Saturday night that there had been a series anneny frauds on the government in that district, #ad that this arrest was but the begin- ning of the developments by which they would be brought to light. More Lynch Law in Indiann—Another Story of Crime and Bloodshed, {From the New Albany Commercial, Dec. 30.) It seems that Jackson county is not alone the re- sort and beadquarters of gangs of robbers aud mur- derers. Benton county 1s equally notorious for the crimes committed of late years by o gang of cut- throats oe gy headquarters in Pine township, near Rainesville. A gentleman writing from Raines- Monee | December 24, gives the following account of the doings and tragic death of the chief of this gang of robbers and murderers and his family and some other items of interest. He says:— A few days before we got Ridge some men went to she hi & man named Shafer and shot htm, killing him in- thieves and. Sealing for his Tivings Several veers for g vel irs ‘nen. tracked @ horse thief to his. cabin. ief had been caugl and his wife then took their little daughter out into @ huckieberry Se and cut her for tell- ing about thief. Shortly after this it was found out that Shafer was sheltering murderers and he was sent to the State prison for te yent. While there his wife took sick with fever. invg her delirium she would say, “Oh, how the litile thing screams!” The murder of her little daughter was working on her mind. She never recovered, but passed to her final and terrible account. After her death her hus- band came lived alone and carried on the same as be three men concluded to put him out of the way. They went to the cabin one even- ing with a well loaded shot gan. The old fellow was getting, his supper, when one of them shot him in back with twenty-two swan shot. The next day &@ man went to his cabin and found him dead. Since thia three more of the same stripe have left for fear they would be served in the same way. An Indiana Woman Shoots Her Husband. {From the Columbus (Onlo) Bulletin, Jan. 1.) Louts, Bartholo! At St. ts, mew county, Ind., some time since, a gentleman named William oe ae age, but and marriagable, had fo1 years gay ‘his attentions to Miss Mattie Nading,@ young after living with her as his a to have peye adi- marr! er younger Maddened = with chagtin and been frequently heard even colng: so far v and, exhibiting it, boasting fearful'use she a first favorable Aa apeee These threats, how- ever, were un! and thought little of, until the Martiung report of it was heard on Tut night. ‘The two were conversing with each other, and Dean, thinking it was concorning and he slapped his former ot her revolver tng hrough the fleshy fn the right breast, but no serious wound. Dean iistantly set out , when the two women departed for the station at tne crossing aud went to terday }, Dut at the outset a tech- juestion was reatlon, =] Walch will pomsser axe several days the argument upon the objec that were decided last month by the Court of Queen’s Bench. The question was whether the case should come’ before the court upon & writ of error or 4 writ of appeal, and this inary point was deemed 80 important as to demand considerable argument on the part of counsel and a delay of foor days on the part of the bench before an- nouncing @ decision. It is, no doubt, weli to observe all proper forms in the adininistration of the law and. to give each case due deliberation; but we must con- fess there 1s some danger, judging trom the manner in which this case has dragged—of proceedings at Jaw lapsing into dry and cumbrous for in the mazes of which the essence of justice will lost. Reluctant as we are to treat of a matter which is still the. subject of Judicial inquiry, we cannut but feel that it is discouraging when our tribunals move 80 tardily in deciding juestions involved In this case—queations, too, Which ft la not pretended to affect the material polat as to the guilt or Iagoceaco of the accused. ‘ in Double Marder in Louisiana. m the Natehitoches 71, 1 alt THpes, Dec. 104b One of a per Phi BL SUs ees Tere ever rhy c ke eed i cae kit rwiedge was committed in + yar Jast week, lial Frazier, an industriows and honest colored man, who Dis energy suc- ceeded in buying his own freedom In early manhoo was the owner of @ saw’ mill, One day last week two men, both of whom were strangers in the Hegbborhood called to fee him, one of them saying that he wished to purchase © bill of lamber to build a house, Frasier went with this man a few yarde irom the mill, and was in the act of marking of the suggested plan of the house on the ground, and calentating the ainount of lumber required, when the stranger drew a pistol and shot fin tn the back, killing hii instantly. Hts companion, who remained m the mill wits a young colore! man, employed there, at the same moment fired aud kuled bim also, Both the agsasems escaped. Jt ty stated vo ug that these men Were probably hited to cominit this fon! murdet by parties whose interest it was to get Frazter and his son out of the way Fortunately for the son, however, ho was absent, and another was shot by mistake. An nitempt was made during the summer to gesassinate Frazier, but failed of success, The Mardered Mr. Rogers. {From the Troy Times, . All of our older ettizens will remember Charles M. in the yeare i845-6-7, the genial Coleman tu the proprietorship of the roy Ho ase, the iirm belng Coleman & Rogers. On ‘Thursday morning while sweeping the sidewalk ju fron® of lis residence in Tweilta street, New York, he Was assailed by two unkaown ruMmans, who first rubled sad tuen mortally stabbed him, Aftor leaving the Troy House Mr. Rogers removed to New York aud entered @ hotel there, subsequently con acting a summer hotel at Coney isiand. paring the iast dozen years he was the superintendent of the St. Nicholas Hotel, and last summer was Later. ested with Me. Nucung in the management of the Monat Anthooy Moure at Beauington. ie known and recorutzed a4 one of the mostsnocesaful ca'erers in the country, and his gerlal mannere aud delicate attention to bie gueate peculiarly fitted him for the Wusiness of hotel Aegpmg. Lis death will ve si i cerely mourned *xtended :ircle of sequatht ince’ all over the sousiry. A Horrible Crime tn Columbia County, Ga. On Christmas night a house situsted five miles from and its three occupants consaiied in The neighbors arrived two iate Lo save from the fire; but it is generaily beheved that house was first enterea by nerroes, the three per- sons murdered and the pretuises set on fire to stroy all evidences of the criuc. Mr, Martin wae supposed to have had a goiwi deal of money con- ceaicd on the place, and this furnishes the trae to the whole transaction. [t is al that three grown persons wouil sicep 6o soundly as to be burned alive in the honse without a single one escaping.—Macon (Ga.) Telegraph, Dee. 30. Homicide in North Carolina. Mr. Sidney Partin, of this county, was arrested the day before yesterday, near Nilburaie, with the killing of Washington scawell, a negro, two or three daya before. Upon tie trial, it ap) m evidence that Mr. Partin kilied the negro attempt to arrest him on a charge of felony, he admit to bail and bount over to the next of the Supertor Court of Wake, to answer the ac cusation, in the sum of $2,59).—Raleigh (N. C.) Sen- tinel, Jan, 1, The Alleged Poisoning Case In New Hamp- shire. A despatch from Concord, N. H., January 1, states that the preliminary triai of Mra. Isapella Farrar, charged with ap aticupt topoison her hus - band, was resumed at Laconia that morning Justice Lane. William N. county A and Thomas J. Whipple popcarel for the Si and George W. Stevens for the respondent, nurse, Mrs. Rowe, who aticnded Mr. Farrar in his sicknéss, was the only Wiincss examined le A great interest is manuested in the case by the people of Belknap county. Diabolical Murder of a Wife by her Husband. A diabolical murder was com:uitted in the town of Moniery, about seven miles irow Ailegan, on Chris¢~ masevening. The victim wa, a German woman named Isenberg and the murderer her bhusban She had been a severe suifercr tor some from a cancer, which had at length eaten a her left breast and exposed some of the organs. THE ELEVATED AND UNDERGROUND RAlL- ROADS. The frightful condition of the streets and the con- sequent impediment to travel for the last week na- turally suggests the inquiry what progress has been made by the two companies organized last year for the purpose of constructing railroads, one over ground and the other—in the true spirit of opposi- tion—under ground, for the purpose of relieving our streets of the heavy traMic by which they are now obstructed, and providing for up town and Westches- ter realdents a means of speedy access to tholr homes: from the centre of business in the city. It ig neither flattering to our pride as a go-ahead people nor encouraging to those who suffer most by the absence of any means of exit from the city, like the underground railway in London, constructed yeargago and now in full operation, through the spirit and enterprise of a people we sometimes stig- matize as effete, to have to confeas that one of the schemes for which a charter was granted by the Legislature of iast year has been abandoned, and that the other is making but slow progress. Vorhaps this unsatisfactor y condition of affairs ia bots companies may be soon uiteced; but ® perusal of the following brief account of the present condition of the elevated railroad and the underground railroad will establish the {acts above stated :— TAE ELEVATED RAILROAD, the commencement, construction and plan of which were fully described im the HekaLp when the com- pany comimenced operations last summer, has been completed for one half mile—tnat is, from the Battery to the corner of Greenwich it streets, Owing, however, to ths haste with which the com- fet nbh ier saa to build this section of the road ‘or the inspection of the authorities appointed by the ure aud for the trial of the strength the work (which was held with the most favorabie and encou! results) several improvements in py which si themselves to the neers of the road during the progress of the work were not applied. The company ha' since the trial of the cars on the bent their energies to the tmprovement and completion of the section, in order that another trial Lows jis had before money is asked for to finish the ta ite entire length. All the stock issued yet bas Pef'new engine, of twenty. horse power, is ew ne, wenty horse power, is now Placed under ground at the corner of Gortianat street, In Greenwich street, and several alterations been made in the machinery of the work. A Very important alteration nas taken place m the sition and directiomof the chains by which the ‘will be propelied since the former trial. the chain was under ground and moved direction, but now it road and runs in both directions. A few other altera- tions have also been made in the checks and cog- wheels, on which the safety ‘of the cars oy or Which are thought to be improvements of an impor- tant character. It is expected tnat all the altera- tions and improvements which the engineers deem advisabic to nake will be completed in a few when the car, which ts now lying on the track, be ran again on the half-mile section, and » better test of the scheme will be aifurded tue pubilc as weil as the inspectors appointed to examine the road. THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD is for all present purposes a failure. Ths company decided last Wednesday to abandon the atiempt to meniorialize the Legislature, returuing the trast, and setiing forth all the diMicuities they encoun- tered and what obstacies tuey overcame since took the matierin hand. The oilicers of the pany say thatall the engineering dificulties wi seemed so formidable at nrst have been #1 met, and that the only ovatace which could not be surmounted was @ tuancial one. Tie ‘who composed ae of pg the com- pany protest suggest optaining the of the bil through the ture, wuich authorized it, and in endeavoring to m- aod gapltalists to subscribe to the stock they were act «d solely With @ desire to benefit the city. ‘They were eagh w: torik ones or Se eaentee sv undertaking, provi other capil would give them proper support. Collectively they were ready to Tortish twe ‘oF tine tnree potion revmee the Legisiature to be subscrived before the uni Sp eat ep yaa oy Oa ay posit with Compuelior of testa as presorives, the Trom the general public, but in of the Seeaorainary ‘coadiuous imposed on my the money ot people wh Could, parnaps e money ple who |, perna) the sacrifice. From @ tof the act ing the coupany, waich was on April, 1868, 10 will be seen ‘m view tmeutloned by the directors, no other amas up could be a@uticipated. Section the act says:— 3 8 Bésec 1k is hereby made @ condition of thie grant that sald any shail, vsfore iho ist day oi Jaquary next deposit he oiler of this Stave the stim of $3 in bonds o| the Ganed ae States, or oi the Btate of New that they wil cominence the construction of Falway, and compiaie the sane witnig, the . u 3 ‘act, and Gpon complesion of the ‘aauer berein proviced, the sald id bonis, "with the to Woe mid oo OF couplets said Failway within the time wad ta net herein the maid sam of $500,000 in by feited to the « Now York i 3 i} Tt ty further provided, that before , shall commence the construction Of sald raliway, and oD or before the I ty waid company aball ‘their stock, mate pau to deponit the eni be iting of maid certiianteof vefore the let day of January pext ae provided in this s vacd in ceiver of said events this act suai) conse, determing sad hecotne void, rs ‘Tm company found on applying to the different corporatioas and banks {or sapp det baa’ the condi~ tions contained in the foregoing were rather tog much for men capital LO diomlen, and the result fs fuilnre, They will, however, memorialize the Leg- inlature to give them aaosher chance by extending tue ume for (he comumenceéiasat of the work six months aad in strtking out tue 490,000 clause. In the meantime nothing cao be done to forward the taterest of the undertaking. Jhe Gaps and surveys faxen Of ue proposed route of i rail road bave been very carefaliy 6 to Who Lue Daas have be the opinion the practionbi fully proved. The frat estimare @ cust of Cot BUCUON WAS $1,000,000 per Lille, but cue directors now believe, ines all the Maps and plags have been sULMitted, Chat it Would Be cattel lesa, Revovan ov Pourmeat Disanintrres.— Among aptuties Were re- A by Congross we nd Wi. Hil, of ns whose politica event oat of Barn Well: tt; Gdorge Bnist, of McPadiea, ar 0r5 Charies PB. Parmer, J. 3. Kiela’ and John W Burbidge, of Coile . A, Romy of Faieleli; Wiltam A, McDaniel, John i. Goodvwitt, M. Sith and Willam F. I. Langston, of Lararenss nator Shanklin, o ) daly . Oconee; Thompson Oae, George Bollyer mn Villa N, Mount, of Ovangebiary; Spartan 0. Good- lett, R. E. Holcombe, Johny W. singicton, In Ne | Roving and games b. lingood, of Pickeus; John, ‘of Richland; P. Quinn | Heart and William A. Taitey, Canip cad A. KB Smith, of Spartanburg; Re L. Heriot, | and = J, Knox, of Sumtver.—Charleston Courter,