The New York Herald Newspaper, March 27, 1869, Page 5

NEW YORK CITY. ” "THE couRTs. SEVENTH DISTRICT GVIL COURT. Interesting Landlord and Tenant Case, Before Judge Stemmler. James B. Johnston, Landlord, vs. Jeremiah Donovan, Tenant.—The landiord presented an af- davit by John Zeoman, his agent, setting forth that he had let certain premises situated on the north- east corner of 1234 street and Second avenue to Jeremiah Donovan at twenty-five dollars a month, payable monthly, in advance, and that there was due to said 1andiord the sum of twenty-five dollars for rent of said premises from January 5, 1869, to February 5, 1869; that said rent was personally de- manaed of said tenant, who made default, and now holds over and continues in possession. On this affidavit a summons was issued by Judge Stemmiler, but Jeremiah Donovan did not appear, and instead o him, Mr. Wm, Austin appe: ag the attorney and ent of Cornelia Austin, and filed a counter afida- to be the owner, and as such, entitled to the jon of the premises in question, and giso denying each and every allegation of James B. Johnston. He also set forth {n this counter aifi- @avit that Cornelia Austin, in the month of Septem- ber, 1868, commenced proceedings before Stemmler inst John and beget Mann, tenants, and Jeremiah Donovan, under tenants to dispossess them from a portion of the premises, on the ground that they were holding over after their term had red, and that the said tenant and under tenant iy appear, judgment was rendered favor of Corneha Austin, and a warrant to issued by the Judge, which war- rant was duly executed. The Cornelia Austin now claims, as a to the present proceeding that the for- mer proceedings constitute an adjudication . ‘The counsel Akewise presented an under- taking adit service of & summons and complaint in the Supreme Court for the same cause of action, and applied tor a dismissal of the proceedings on the ground that it appeared that whe title to real pro- came in question. ‘Vhis application was denied, the Judge holding that these summary pr ings were reguiated by special statute and were merely possessory in their mature, and thathe was acting in respect of them, Rot as a justice of the peace, but as a magistrate with plenary powers conferred by said statute, Judge Stemmler, in deciding the case, renders the follo’ opinion:—The facts proven on the trial before me established clearly the coven- tional relation of landlord and tenant be- tween Johnston and Donavan and that the tt owed his landlord twenty-five dollars for one month’s rent in advance, which he did not pay on demand, but continued in ion of the remises aiter default, without the permission of the Fandiora. ‘The principal contest herein 1s whether the matter was res adjudicate, and the counsel on both sides submitted elaborate briefs on the ques- tions involved. I am not entirely satistied, on a care- ful examination of the statute and authorities, that @ special plea in bar can be inte! im summary proceedings to recover possession of land. Aecord- Ing to the provision of the statute, “any person in on of demised premises, or claiming oases: ee JEN, on the return of the summons, file an affidavit denying any of the facts, the matters controyerted shall pe tried.” oy De O14. is question came before the Court of Appoms incidentally in Geisler Viegand vs. Ac N. Y. P. 22%), and Judge Willard, in delive the N00 uaee th it jage:—1 seg Of Opinion st joes nos contenipiaté pleading in ese proceedings.” But, independent o! this ques- tion, neither the plea nor proofs oifered on behalf of Cornelia Austin amount to former adjudication. ‘These summary proceedings are not in relation to the same subject matter. The former proceedings were instituted for holding over afver the expiration of the term, April 1, 1868, while the present proceed- ings are brought for the non-payment of rent ane the 5th of January, 1869. Again, the two summary proceedings are not between thé same parties. .The Fecord in the former proceedings does not mention the name of Johnston, tne present landlord. He was, therefore, in no way before the court at that time. He was not a party ora “privy.” .Mr. John- ston could not have detended the former proceed- ing. hts are in direct antagonism to the claim of Cornelia Austin, His right to the posses- of the premises has, therefore. been clearly Ps erga and judgment must be rendered for the counsel for defence CITY INTELLIGENCE, THE WEATHER YESTERDAY.—The following record ‘Will show the changes in the temperature for the twenty-four hours, as indicated by the ther- mometer at Hudnut’s pharmacy, HERALD Building, Broadway, corner of Ann street:— SA. M. 48° 3P.M..... 47 OPM. oP. M. 52 12P.M... ARTISTS’ RECEPTION.—The last artists’ reception of the present season, at the Studio Building in ‘Tenth street, will be held to-day. SuppEN DEATH.—Willlam Robinson, late of No. 488 Second avenue, died suddenly yesterday, and Pater’ Flynn was called to hold an inquest on Crusnep By A Rock.—Coroner Flynn was yester- day notified to hold an inquest on the body of Thomas Lawley, an Irish laborer thirty years of age, whose death was the result of injuries received by @ heavy rock falling upon him near the corner of Fifth avenue and Seventy-second street. The occur- rence is thought to have been quite accidental. CoNDITION OF EX-MAYOR HARrEeR.—Ex-Mayor James Harper, who was thrown from his carriage while driving through Fifth avenue, accompanied by his daughter, on Thursday evening, and carried to St. Luke’s Hospital, is still in @ precarious state from the effects o/ his injuries, though his suierim; bed considerably abated yesterday morning. His | me oye) nce are not of a character to confine ir wo. ‘Tar Poutrry Farr.—At ten o’clock to-night the exhibition of poultry at the fair now being held by the New York State Poultry Society will ciose, after having been visited by a very large number of spec- tors. At ten o’clock this morning the imported fowls will be dis) of, and the awards of -pre- mitums will be made at two o'clock P.M. The pro- cess of artificial incubation, by which one chicken hour is hatched, wil continue throughout the fay and it is oxpegtea tat ‘@ Rumerous attendance ‘will witnegs the ©; FataL ACcIDENT To & COTTON SAMPLER.—Mr. James Elliott, a cotton sampler, while engaged at bis business, corner of Beaver and South William streets, yesterday morning, fell through the hatchway from ‘one of the upper floors of the building to the ground injured, He was itimediasely Te: there, Coroner Flyno — notified it for he removal of the remains to the Of deceased, No. 3 Pike street, where ‘ap inquest was held. Deceased was about sixty years of age. TUE GERMANS AND THE ScHOOIS.—At the last meeting of the Democratic General Committee, at Schwenger’s Hall, on Third avenue, near Eighteenth street, on Thursday evening, the German republi- the German introduced in the achoois as an obj teaching. The tendency of the request was fully weighed, executive committee was instructed to pre- @ measure as Meet with the approval ‘au of NewYork. They expect to their point, and if they do it will be to the advantage of the whole community. POLICE INTELLIGENCE, Bono.any In Forty-NintH STREET.—At half-past two o'clock yesterday morning a fireman, on the Corner of Forty-ninth street and Madison avenue, surprised two burglars, who dropped four bundles, cont $150 worth of damask curtains, which, it ‘was subsequently ascertained by the Nineteenth pre- cinct police, had been stolen from the residence of ‘Thomas Cochrane, No. 48 East Forty-ninth street some time during the night, ‘Tr. TaPPing.—John Hess, clerk in the store of John Fink, at 180 Division street, on the afternoon of the 26th inst., aw aman named William Finley take some money out of the drawer and bad him ar- rested. On his being searched by the oficer seven- Veen dotiars were found in his hat, which John swears was part of the moneys of bis employer. Yes- terday afternoon the prisoner was taken before Jus tice Mansfieid, at tl x Market Police Court, and yy, him committed to answer at the Court of Ses- COMPLAINT Dismissep.—Mr. Henry Hanlein, a merchant, doing business at Dansville, Livingston county, N. ¥., who was arrested a week ago Friday and brought to this city on a warrant issued by Police aenm me on the complaint of Hays & Co., of Py 28 White street, in this city, charging Hanlein with Ly | in September lat contend by false nses, $1,478 worth of Reras from Hays & Co., &n examination before Justice Hogan on Thurs- day at tho Tombs. After @ full hearing Justice Began dismissed the proceedings and discharged Hanlein, fully exonerating him from the chai ge. it did not appear that Mr. Hanlein had made any re- proseatadions wrbatever, but that the goods Were reco! ation with whom Mr. Haniein had no relations.” Per CHanar or BiGAMY.—A man named John Anthon ‘wna yesterday afternoon taken before Justice Mane Meld, at the Eegex Market Police Court, on acharge of NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, MARCH 27, 1869.—TRIPLE SHEET. bigamy. The complainant was his wife, Mary Anny Anthon, Who deposed that on the 16th of September she was married to Anthon by the pastor of the Filth street church, and subsequently on the 24th of November in the same year was again married to him at St. Teresa’s Roman Catholic church, in Rut- about three she em att Seaeiet cue formed that on the 11th of this month Anthon was again married to a jeune lady named Annie Stewart the Rev. Levi 8. of the Methodist Episcopal church. In addition to the affidavit of Mrs. Anthon the marriage iter from St. Teresa’s church Was produced, and the Rev. Mr. Weed, of Allen street, de, that he had married the man to Miss Stew- art. Anthon was committed to answer. A QUARTETTE OF RoBuERS—“REDDY, THE BLACK- SMITH,” AMONG THEM—ROBBING & JERSEYMAN.— About half-past one o'clock yesterday morning Law- rence Graham, living in Hudson City, N. J., entered @ drinking place at the corner of Catharine street and East Broadway, when a man named Thomas Brennan accosted and entered into conversation with him, ° Brennan invited Grahain out to supper, for which the latter paid, afver which Brennan took the Jerseyman im charge and conducted him into the disreputable resort in the basement of premises No, 7 Chatham square, kept by the notorious William Varley, alias “Reddy, the Biacksmith.’’ Several drinks were indulged in by Graham, and when those aground him found that he had $500 in Treasury notes in his pockets they plied him with liquor til! he was very mnuch under its induence. At length Varley charged that Graham owed him eighty cents, and in pare the bili the latter very imprudently exposed ‘money and re] itt his pocket again. Varley then struck at Graham, when John Howard thrust his arms around Gra- haw’s body and held him while a st! forcibly took the money from his (Graham’s) pantaloous pocket. During this operation Jacob Smith guarded the door leading to the street, which he had locked, to prevent the egress of their victim or the entrance of unwelcome Visitors from without, The money bell secured the robbers held a council of twenty minutes’ Surntion, and Howard, Varley, Smith and Brennan concluded they had better put Graham out of the way, r the very ft reason that “dead men tell no tales.” ‘This fact jay communicated to Graham, when the latter, not being ready for so sudden a “shutting off of this mortal coil” proposed if they would let him go he would not interfere with them, after which he was permitted to depart. On ri the street, how- ever, Graham violated his promise made when under intimidation, and lustily cried ‘watch’ and “police.” Officer Waterman, of the Fourth pre- cinct, quickly responded to the call, and learning the condition of affairs procare: tance, ald making a descent upon Keddy’s Gen arrested him and the other men named on the charge of robbery. Captain Thorne, of the Oak street police station, committed the prisoners to the cells and yesterday afternoon they were arraigned before Justice nome atthe Tombs. Mr. Graham, who was then not fully sobered ap) before the magistrate and made a complaint embodying the foregoing facts, w which the prisoners were locked up for examination, ‘The place of Reddy, the Blacksmith, where this rob- bee occurred, is the resort of the most desperate and daugerous criminals in the city. THE STEAMSHIP COLUMBIA. Prosentation to Captain Carnaghan. Yesterday one of the most gallant acts of self-de- votion in the history of seamanship and the esteem in which @ worthy officer is held by his personal friends was recognized by the presentation of a testimonial to Captain Carnaghan, of the Glasgow steamship Columbia. During the voyage last De- cember the propeller of the Columbia broke loose in the shaft-pipe while in mid ocean. This was a most perilous position; for the, sharp and heavy metal blades thus loosened were liable to be banged and beaten about the sternpost of the vessel, and the plates 01 the counter stove in or the stern- post to be torn away. In this emergency the Columbia was saved by the sheer skili and pluck of the commander. The only hope of safety rested tn lashing the broken screw somehow, 80 as to keep it from battering the stern of the vessel, but the heavy sea which was rolling rendered this apparent- ly impossible. Captain Carnaghan, however, made the men lower him over the taffrail by a rope around his waist, while he directed and guided with nis own hands the necessary operations. The object was w have the lashings made fast upon the blades on both sides. The difficulty was to [sa the bignts of the chains over each upper blade. Thirteen times his crew had to snatch the captain from the waves, which threatened to choke hi dash him lifeless against the Fourteen times he bade them “lower away” again, and at last the cables were drawn around the screw on both sides, “bowsed taut” with purchase blocks to ringbolts on the deck, and the Columbia was safe from the injury with which she had been threatened by her broken gear. Ap- preciating his daring in this feat, accomplisned amid the flerce, cold billows of the North Atlantic, and his courtesy and attention to the ngers, some friends of Capiain Carnaghan had manufac- tured, by Kirkpatrick, of Broadway, a valuable silver wine set, bearing the lollowing inscription:— Qreeneseneee terest RE LOOTOLODOTETE ROLE OELE LEE DD I 3 TO CAPTAIN GEORGE CARNAGHAN, 3 OF THE STEAMSHIP COLUMBIA, 3¥rqm a few friends, for gallant conduct in saving 3__ his disabled vessel during the winter of 1868. {New York, March 27, 1869. G-sevrcescnrsracaeerss ee In the formal presentation which took place on board the Columbia, in the presence of a number of the Captain's friends, the Rev. Dr. Street said:— “Those who have crossed the ocean know the value of having as captain one who Is at once a gentle- man and an abie seaman. He spoke the experience of all passengers by that vessel when he said that they appreciated highly the zeal, ability and effi- ciency of Captain Carnaghan. When the accident took place he was iully equal to the emergency, and while full of anxiety for the fate of the ship, they learned with satisfaction that she had survived the perils of the sea and arrived safely at port. In order to show their esteem for his gift of head and heart, his friends had decided to present some tangible token of their regard.” Captain Carnaghan said that be thanked them for this expression of their good wishes, which con veyed their approval of his conduct in the late emergency and was the first acknowledgment he had received of it. He did expect a letter of acknowledgment from the underwriters, but was satisfied to find that he had boa i pa his duty to the satisfaction of the public. He not claim any reward for discharging his duty, but would ever ap- preciate the kindness of his friends on this occasion. After some brief addresses, in which the other omicers were mentioned in Commendatory terms, the assemblage separated. The Employers and the “Peaployed—The Eight Hours Mevement—Importani Resolu- tions. A meeting of the master builders was held yester- day afternoon at No. 52 Liberty street. The chair was occupied by Mr. J. Hennewy, The secretary read the minutes of the previoes meeting, setting forth the appointment of a committee to draft cer- tain resolutions which should be submitted for dis- cussion. The foliowing is the REPORT OF THE COMMITTER. ‘Your committee having taken into consideration the for which they were appointed preset: the following pream- bie and resolutions Whereas matters at iesne. And whereas, ws as citizens of the Em- Etisenn, ore an imporznt tveren, at stake, names the an nt int w natlooslike » corporation or priveis hdtritasl osa never pay , Hike w or M can never fis, debia by leer industrious or energetic means, and that & eduction of the working hours fron, the rates once fnitiated 1m this city, will become geteral ‘throughout the die ferent States, and t reduce the productive labor of the nation ove-tfth, or in other words, ake twenty per cent of the means trom the nation to pay Vw debt Theretore, be i Resolved, That at present we deem t inexpedient to reduce the number of working hours constitxting a day's work; the consequences of such reduction we consider would be fatal to business generally, eahance the vilue of all commodities ‘of life and fall heaviest upon the nechanic and workmen seeking such reduction. ‘That the system of trades unions is tncalled for on this con- tinent and the principles by which they are demoraitaing atid” da republican, ing to industrious and energetic, depriving Of earning all they are worth apd enduraging the and Idle, Oy only merit oftimes cotist in being a cas in ofa anding. We deiy the 088 who are skilled in their tradi; on the contrary the unions prevent the apprentice and thir members becoming experts as mechanics by dividing onofind the same trade into three or four distinct branches, pived, That we will pay the industrious a full remune- ration for their services, whether they je members of a union oF not, and will not submit to any wbitrary rales or Hons ato the mauner in which we, w employers a duct our business of whom we atallempioy. T employ na many apprentices as our jusiness may warrant, an tnd it our duty to have them wel provided for, serve a regular prentiorslip with one maser, and seek employ Pp ment with others to able to death or othetvise. Be it further 4. That we will «igi no coriract limiting the time for completion of the work whhout ailing, the following Clause ak pansed upon by the Master Mason's Association, Fiz: The time lost by strikes causedty any unreasonable demands of tne ‘Unions shall bedded t0 the time given to furninh thin work. Resolved, That this body, an now convened, select x Atand- ing Commlttee, consisting of two npreseniatives of each branch of the trade represented, whid shail organize iteelt Sn appolut a regular time of meeting hat they be empowered toad ir Humber, call meouiie of may One oF all branches of the building trade, and the the necessary ate} to act upon any questions ariing wd conflicting with t resolutions paved; algo collect the neessary funde to defray ir expenses. ‘And Wt in further resolved, that inudopting these resoin- tions we harhor no til feeling againt the mechanicn and Workingmen in our employ ly on the contrary we think we are advocating therr cause nore than our own by dng our views wo them and to the fable at large, and by trying if poralbie to prevent strikes # detrimental to busl- Dee generally and most fatal to th employee and their families. ‘Phere appeared to be several desenting volves to | the rosolutions being passed similtancously, ‘The Chawman said that it Washot by suy means master Uirement from busin Resolved, 1 Brpecet that all the resolutions should be disposed without a discussion. In tact he thought it would be highly improper that the reso- lutions should be put forward without their merits Under all the circumstances were fully discussed. e he thought that those present would express tneir ideas ive to the questions at issue. Several gentlemen present then spoke upon the first resolution, and a differing upon some technical point substantially agreed with the senti- ments expressed in the resolutions, Mr. Ross and Mr. Tostevan and others addressed the meeting, contending against uvion trades asso- ciations as being detrimental, not only to the em- ployers but to we employes themselves. A discussion then ensued relative to the eight hour system, when the Chairman announced that the resolutions put forward by the Supoinied comunitiee conveyed the feelings of master builders generally. After some debate The Chairman put the resolutions, which were carried unanimously, and after transacting some rouiiue business the meeting adjourned. THE FEVER SHIP. Continuation of the Inquest at Staten island—Death of Another Seaman—Strange Somersault of the Doctors as to the Cause ef the Deaths of Petersen, Robinson and Mooney. ‘The inquest in the cases of Robinson and Petersen, the two seamen of the James Foster, Jr., who are alleged to nave died from 111 treatment, received at ‘the hands of the officers of the ship during her late voyage from Liverpool to this port, was resumed at Staten Island yesterday before Coroner Harcourt. ‘The case of James Mooney, another seaman of the same , who died on Monday, was also considered during the inquisition, The great bulk of the evi- dence elicited was a mere repetition of that given on the spqest, of Southard, The witness called was Dr. Moffatt, who tes- tifled that he had made the post mortem examina- ton on the body of Mooney and had found the struc- ture of the ig ged mucl 5 the disease of the kidneys, which was the cause of death, he be- lieved would not have occurred had not the deceased been in a very impoverished condition, produced by hardship and insufficiency of suitable food, Dr. Feeney, house FF ao lpagred of the Seamen’s Re- treat, testified that frog’ had told him that he had often been beaten by the third mate, Murphy; that the latter was in the same room with Mooney when the accusation was made, and on being asked. if it was true did not give any answer; the immediate cause of death, his opinion, was parenchymitis and nephritis of the kidneys, and the remote cause typhus fever; at the last juest 1 said T was unable to give the cause of the deaths of Peter- sen and Robinson, but I have since come to the con- ciyaion that typhus fever, modified by scorbutis, was e cause. C. H. Marshall sworn—I ama shipping and com- mission merchant; I am one of the owners of the ship James Foster, Jr.—one of the firm constituting the agency; she was out at sea about seventy-seven days on her late voyage; she had between 140 and 150 passengers and a crew of about forty-two or forty. three, exclusive, I think, of the officers; she had captain, first, second and third officers, boatswain and a carpenter; there wasa@ doctor on board; his name, as near as ican judge from the log book, is Marnent; I do not know distinctly how none of the crew died at sea; three Densonaere, tied neo think; the vessel was at quarantine @ Sunday after- noon tii Thursday; the captain and mate came ashore on Monday; Charlies Lampson and Wm. H, Webb are part owners of the vessel; some of the ship’s provisions for her homeward voyage were purchased in New York and some mm Live M5 bread and beef were bought here; 1 understood that the captain had said that neither the crew nor passengers had been placed on @ short allowance of provisions; water was dealt out sparingly, he said, for the reason thac some of the crew had bored holes in the tanks; | went on board the ship after she had come up to the city; on her arrival at quarantine we sent down men to put her in a cleanly condition and to take provisions to the passengers, but the Health Omticer refused to let them go on board at first; he afterwards consented that they should goon board; the provisions were inspected by @ government commissioner; by law we are compelled to provision our ships for a voyage for eighty days from the 15th of October to the 17U1 of January, and seventy days from the 18th of Jan- uary to the 14th of October; the usual time for a passage to the westward 1s forty days; we have been unable to find among the captain’s papers the cer- uficate of provisions; these consisted of beef, pork, peas, sugar, rice and bread; Captain Armstrong had been in our orgs about two years; I never during that time heard any com- plaints against him for inhumanity; he was recom- mended to us by Spofford, Tileston & Co., in whose employ he had been; the doctor was shipped in Liverpool; I know nothing about him; he must be a graduate from some reguiar coliege vefore he cap leave Liverpool—that 1s, he has got to show a diploma to that effect; the captain made a requisition on us for provisions, and the articles were furnished by me sariyenes of whom we buy ——- generally; the log books are kept on board the ships, aud are not brought to the office unless in special instances when they are called for; 1 do not know how | could lay my hands on a log book five years old of any certain ship if | wanted 1t; the corisignees of the dames Fosier, Jr., were C, H. Marshall & Co.; the firm members are ries Lampson and Charies H. Marshali; the carpenter, | understand, deait out the provisions to the passengers of the James Foster, Jr., On her late voyage; she had 15,000 gallons of water when she leit Liverpool; | understood from the first mate that the voyage had been the roughest he had ever seen; that tue suffering hud beeu ver: great among the crew; that he had at times to wor! almost like an ordinary seaman, and that the cap- tain had not had nis clothes off during the voyage for a month; I never heard anything about brutal treat- ment from thé officers; he told me the crew were worn out, many of them frostbitten; that he and the captain had given away some of their own clothes, but im spite of all they could do the men suifered severely. thomas H. Bryan, a seaman of the James Foster, Jr., testitied that ne had frequently seen the third mate, Murphy, the carpenter and boatswain beat Mooney unmercifully, and that, after he had received certain injuries, the doctor made him sit naked on the chain cables; the doctor was drunk nearly all the time; the latter part of the voyage, because he could not work, he was allowed no food, but we saliors used to give him some on the sly. CLOSE OF THE INVESTIGATION—VERDICT OF THE JURY. About half-past nine o’clock |: night the jury rendered the following verdicts: We find that Al- fred Robinson and James Petersen came to their death by brutal and inhuman treatment inficted upon them by the carpenter, boatswain and third mate (Murphy) of the ship James Foster, Jr., while on her late voyage from Liverpool w this port. We find also that James Mooney came to his death from brutal and inhuman treatment inflicted upow him by the carpenter, boatewain, third mate (Mur- jon of the py), and the surgeon of the James Foster, Jr., on iW late voyage irom Liverpool to this port.” Views of Correspondents. ‘Yo THE Epitor or THe HERALD:— 1 was a passenger on board the ship James Foster, Jr., on the voyage in July, 1863, alluded to by your correspondent who signs his name P. Gallaher, in the Heap of Friday last, and I can testify that his statements are false in every particular. The tary act. Corner Lawton street and Broadway, Brooklyn. New York, March 24, 1869, To THE Epitor or Tak HeRaLy:— Thave read an account of the sufferings experi- enced by the passengers and crew of the James Fos- ter, Jr., during her late voyage from Liverpool to New York. Jam not surprised, as | was a passen ger On board of her ov her previous voyage, and the treatment we received was similar to that described in the columns of your paper. To go into a detatied Account of the brutal treatment of the passengers by the officers, and the sufferings experienced from the short allowance of provisions and water, would take up too much of your valuable space; but there were four fellow core | sad who we across at the same time, who would like to add their testimony to the frightful state Of things on board the James Fuster, dr. We tried to get redress when we landed; but were referred from one to another till we got sick of it. And now that there is a chance of the offenders being brought to jastiog we would like to get a hear- log. WILLIAM PLKB, 824 Ninth avenue. MURDER ON THE PACIFIC RAILROAD. We have received a letter from Bryan, one of the terminal agencies of the Union Pacific Railroad, announcing the killing in cold plood, by James Cai yon, of Thomas Ryan, aged about twenty-four years, and late of Company I, Thirtieth United States in- fantry. The deceased is either from New York or Brooklyn, and this notice may inform his friends of his sad fate. ANOTHER MURDER IN East TRNNESSEF widow Bales, =F In_ Sevier county, Bast T see, Was murde by ast rT last Thursday and robbed of $250, which she recently received at Knoxville pension and back ‘The assassin sot fire to the cabin and then escape. The far was alone, her children being abeent at SUBURBAN INTELLIGENCE. Jersey City. DEMOCRATIC PRIMARIES. —The democrats of Jersey City have commenced the work for the ensuing charter election. The primary election in the Fourth ward was held on Thursday night. ANOTHER RouBERY.—Yesterday afternoon a young man named Koy entered the stable in the rear of 297 Newark avenue, and stole therefrom @ horse worth $250. Koy was caught shortly afterwards and locked up in the police station to await trial. THE POLICE COMMISSION—COMMITTEE OF IN- QUIRY.—On the motion of N.{D. Taylor, in the Senate on Thursday evening, a joint committee of the Legis- iature Was appointed to investigate the affairs of the Police Commission in Jersey city, The committee are Senators Taylor and Hayes and Assembiymen Doremus, Hawkins and Van Voorhees, The bill onmng the new commission, which has passed the Assembly, will be brought up in the Senate during the ensuing week. Newark. STOLEN Goons IDENTIFIED.—Last evening Mrs. Wil- Mam Tuttle, of No, 37 Commerce street, appeared at police headquarters and identified part of a quantity of wearing apparel that had been stolen on the pre- ceding evening. It seems that on the latter occasion @ suspicious character, carrying @ bundle through Nesbitt street, was spoken to by a citizen, where- upon he dropped the bundie like @ hot coal and ,darted off at full , and was soon out of sight. ‘An officer was not but when he went to look for the bundle it, too, had vanished. Yesterday morn- ing, however, another member of the force was more successful in’ discovering its whereabouts, All the recovered goods remain at the stationhouse. East Orange. BuroLaRy.—Between the hours of seven and nine o’clock on Thursday evening, while the family of Mr. John P. Davis were attending church, their house, on Main street, was entered by thieves and robbed of about $300 worth of property, consisting of jewelry, silverware, wearing apparel and other valuable articles. Ten yards of valuable velvet were dropped in the yard by the miscreants in their haste to get away. They escaped, Trenton. NOMINATIONS BY THE GOVERNOR.—The Governor has sent to the Senate the following nominations:— Major General of Militia, Theodore F. Runyon, of Essex; Prosecutor of the Pleas for Sussex, Lewis Van Biarcum: Prosecutor of the Pleas for Atlantic, Alex. 9. Sharp, 1 LEGIsi.ATURE.—The Legisiature held an extra session till noon yesterday. A great many unim- portant bills were pagsed and noticed. A bill was introduced making the cases pen the Mer- Sa oa eT toe ore al lisher Haid van a] for the improvement of Soldiers’ children's Home passed the House, JoInT MEETING OF THF LEGISLATURE.—The joint meeting of both houses of the Legislature was held in the Assembly Chamber on Thursday evening, when the following oMcers were elected:—State Prison Keeper, David B. Hennion, of Passaic; State Director of the Camden and Amboy Railroad, Daniel Budd, of Morris; State Director of the Delaware and Raritan Canal, William Paterson, of Middlesex; State Librarian, Jeremiah Dally, of Middlesex;’ State Prison Inspectors, John W. Markley, of Cumberland, Ivans Davis, of Burlington; James Biche, Union; Peter Smyth, of Sussex; and Michael Kilcauley, of Hudson. State Prison ‘Appraisers, wil- liam Bryant, of Monmouth, Joseph Rice, of Mercer, and William’T. Henry, of Warren. The judges elect- ed to officiate in the various counties are as fol- lows:—Burlington, Mormons Lippincott; Bergen, law judge, Ashbel Green—Common Pleas judge, John R. Post; Camden, Asa B. Homes; Cape May, Richard D. Edmonds; Cumberland, ug! ; Essex, residing judge, Frederick H. Teese—Common Pleas judge, Herman Ise; Gloucester, Simeon Warrin: rj Judson, John White; Hunterdon, Peter E. Voor! H Mercer, Enoch H. Drake—law judge, Alfred Reid; Middlesex, Hendrick H. Brown—law judge, Charies Coenboven; Monmouth, Charles H. Conover—law judge, George C. Beekman; Morris, Davia W. Del- licker; Ocean, Thomas Jobes; Passaic, Perrifine San- ford; Salem, Alpheus Bilderback; Union, William Gibbe, Sr.; Warren, Philip H. Hann. Commissioners of Deeds were also elected, after which the joimt meeting adjourned till nex t Wednesday afternoon. A Woman DruGcEeD, BEATEN AND ROBBED.— Early yesterday morning Marshal Hawk and two police officers were attracted to the corner of Wash- ington and Warren streets by the groans of some rson evidently in pain. They found a woman ying on the sidewalk, daubed with mud, bleeding prot ly from the head, and quite unconscious. The unfortunate woman was conveyed to the police station, Where by medical assistance she revived about three o’clock. She then stated that her name was Rachel Churchwood, of New Brunswick; that she came to this city to make some pw but meeting some ac- quaintances she was invited by them to take some refreshment. They entered a saloon, and after tak- ing “drinks all round” they left, but she imme- diately felt her head grow dizzy, and after the aforesaid corner she was stunned by a blow of stone from the bands, as alleged, of a woman named Kate Downes. Two men who were also of the par named Phineas Sheppard and nm Wyn oop, She also accuses of kicking aud robbing her. She swore she had a hundred doliars on her person when she met the , and on being searched in ‘the police station only twenty dollars were found. ‘The officers immediately went in search of her al- leged assailants, who were arrested and committed to the county jail in default of bail. ‘They deny the robbery, but admit the assault. Yesterday the woman was in a weak state, aad was still under the protection of the Mayor. Paterson. Masons’ STRIKE.—The masons give public notice that five dollars will be demanded per day after the lst of April. They are now receiving four dollars a half, itis thought the demand will be ac- to. RaILRoaD ACCIDENT.—The mail express train due at Paterson at two minutes of nine narrowly es- caped a serious accident yesterday morning between Rutherfurd Park and Passaic bridge. When near the latter statiop one of the trucks of @ passenger car jumped of track, bouncing the car around quite lively. Fortunately tie train was stopped soon enough to prevent any damage of a serious nature and no one was iujured, although the passengers were badly frightened. The car was replaced upon the track in about an hour and brought to Paterson for repairs. WESTCHESTER . COUNTY. MINISTERIAL SUCCRSSION.—At St. John’s church, Yonkers, to-morrow, Rev. Thomas A. Jaggar, rector elect, late of Anthon Memorial church, New York, will take charge of tue parish, assuming the pas- torate made vacant some months since by the resig- nation of Rev. Dr. Carter. YONKERS FREE READING Room.—This institution, which has expanded into fair proportions since the sudden collapse of the village library, still continues to attract the interest of the working classes in a manner which must prove gratifying to Ite founders, The trustees are being constantly donations of magazines and other ierary productions from various portions country. Tas Fa.LEen CHURCH TOWER.—A number of archi- tects have recently visited the ruins of the Methodist church at Morrigania, the tower of which fell to the ground on Sunday, February 21, and after examina- \on have submitted a very w be ” in whi they criticize severely the Pa es meal tion of the building and give it as their that whatever the cause of fall of the tower it was not owing to the patent brick of wbith it was con- Fine ON THE HARLEM RAILROAD.—While officer McLaughlin, of the Yonkers police, was out on mounted patrol last Thursday evening, he discov- ered in the neighborhood of Bronxville, on the Har- Jem Railroad, a large board fence on fire in sveral laces, He at ‘once informed the owner, Mr. Edward Ae Witt, who, with the anssistance of his neighvors, succeeded Tr some difficulty in quenching the fire. It is sup) 1 that sparks from a passing loco- motive ig the grass, which communicated with the fence. THE REVOLT AT SING SING, Death of One of tht Convicte—His Body Brought to this City—Coroner’s Investiga- tion Ordered. Yesterday morning information reached the Coro- ners’ office that Charles H. Lockwood, alias Henry O'Neill, one of the convicts who escaped from Sing ‘Sing Prison on the afternoon of the 18th instant and Was subsequently captured, was lying dead at No, 214 Chrystie street. It appeared that after escaping from State Prison Lockwood, with several other convicts, struck the track of the Hudson River Ratt- road Company, which they followed to Tarrytown snd there secreted themselves in the barn of Mr, Jacob Storms. They were subsequently seen near the barn by George Storms, Who, with bis brother, captured Lockwood and two or three of his con{cderates. The authorities of Sing Sing lrison followed in pur sult, and Charies Sullivan, one of the deputy keep- ers, subsequently striking their trail, came upon them. Lockwood and the other convicts with him being in custody, it 1s said, Made no resistance, and expressed a willingness to return to Sing Sing. If the information received be true, Sullivan drew his revolyer and shot Lockwood in the abdomen, beat him badly and then compelied nim to walk all the way back to Sing Si where he was placed in the hospital and treated Dr, Isaac G. Volling, The uent, however, continued fail, and died on nursday. After death Dr. Collins gave & certificate of death, of which the following ts a copy’— a SING, Mareb %, 1°69. This ie to oertify that | To Wuom it May Conon Charles H. wool died at eleven o'clock A.M. of this date from the effects of a pistol shot wound in the abdomen. JAMES G. COLLINS, M. D. ‘day from Copy of certificate received this Sing 8 the Superintendent, James H. Fy ey eatery TCH, on the yy hence body the darted ered brother end peonent interment. The Board of Health refused to recog nize and accept the certificate of Dr. Collins, and Dr. Harris referred the matter vo Coroner ) With a written request that he shouid hold an inquest on the body of deceased, In a posteript to his jester Dr. Harris says:—“If any question of jurisdiction arises to prevent you from holding an inquest please to inform tis office. Public order and the rights of human life are put in jeopardy by such men certify- wi in cases that require a magisterial record.”? fter receiving the communication from the Board of Health Coroner Flynn waited upon District Attorney Garvin, to whom he made known the main facts of the case connected with Lockwood’s death, and asked for advice in the matter. The District Attorney advised the Coroner to proceed with the investigation, and to-day Sullivan, who 1t 1s alleged shot the deceased after his surrender, and all others in Sing Sing and Tarrytown knowing to the facts connected with the convict’s death will be sum- moned to appear before the Coroner and give their testimony. Tue Coroner was to empanel a jury yesterday afternoon to view tne remains of deceased, and then he would adjourn the investigation tl] the necessary witnesses can be procured. The State Prison Inspector and a Legislative Committee to Investigate the Recent Out- breaks at Sing Sing. Yesterday morning Mr. Scheu, Inspector of State Prisons, arrived at Sing, accompanied by the stand- ing Committee on State Prisons from the Legisiature. They will proceed at once to investigate the origin and causes of the recent revolts of convicts at the State Prison, THE TAX COMMISSIONERS MUDDLE. To THE EpiToR OF THE HERALD:— ‘There is great excitement in the Tax Comma.:on- ers’ office on account of the apprehended passage by the Assembly of the Senate bill giving Comp trolier Connolly the appointment of four commis- sioners. This bill passed the Senate almost unani- mously, receiving the votes of all the democratic and all the republican Senators with the exception of four. The urgent necessity for the prompt passage of the bill is required by the decisions of the Court of Appeals in two cases, As this bill is exciting great interest among the republican office-holders and the taxpayers, we give a brief history of the Tax Com- missioners’ office and the reasons Which seem to dey 4 jature passed a bill taking away from the Supervisors the appointment of tax com- missioners, and transferred the appointment to Comptroller Hawes. He appointed Jonathan W. Allen, Josiah Brown and Amor J. Williamson. ‘Their term of office of five yeara terminated in 1863, under the administration of Comptroller Brennan. He appointed George H. Purse, Jonathan W. Alien and Cl B. Woodruff. The old incumbents re- fused to vacate their tions, claiming that the power of the Comptrolier was exhausted by one exercise of appointment, as the law did not state expressly that at the expiration of the first term new appointments shoud be made for a similar term. e Court of Appeals sustained the old Commissioners, and they,were reinstated in their positions. In 1867 the ture gave to Gov- ernor Fenton, with the consent of the Senate, power to appoint three tax commissioners. The Governor appointed Jonathan W. Allen, James M. in the of Josiah Brown, and Ira 0. Miller in lace of Amor J. Williamson, deceased, The consti- jutionality of this law was tested, and the Court of Appeals decided that the law was unconstitutional, a8 it conflicted with the provision of the constitution which requires all city oMcers to be appointed by some local authority, or to be elected by the people, and that the office of tax commussioner was a ‘‘city Office.” This decision of the court was in January, mond, 1868. The necessity for legislation providing for the vesting of the appointment of tax com- ssioners im some local officer became mis immediately apparent. Governor Fenton and his friends favorea the pi of a bill restoring to the Comptroller the appointment of tax commissioners. ‘The bill passed without opposition. ‘The understanding was that the Comptroller should appoint two democrats and two republicans as com- missioners; but the difficulty arose among the repub- lican politicians as to who should be their commis- sioners, Suddenly, while all were expecting the signing of the bill last June, Messrs. Allen and Brown made a wholesale decapitation of those who did not bow to the leadership of certain radical leaders. Many new bg mn of subordinates were made, and then Governor appointed Chauncey M. Depew as atax commissioner to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Amor J. Williamson. Mr. he ad may call himself a tax commissioner, but he is not recognized by the Mayor and Comp- troller, as the Court of Appeals decided in 1868 that the Governor bad no authority to appoint tax com- missioners. Mr. Depew will be obil to apply for & Mandamus on the Mayor and Comptrolier to sign the warrant for his salary. It is courts will be obliged to decide that the Governor had no authority to appoint him and that he isa respasser in office. If, however, the courts should decide, which 1s tmprobable, that the Goy- ernor had the right to appoint, then it could be o1 an appointment “at pleasure,” and Governor Hi man can appoint in the place of Depew, and algo in lace of Allen and Brown, thetr terms of office hav- lng expired and who claim their tenure of office to be by “holding over.” ‘Tiien the democratic party will have the three commissioners and all the pa- tronage of the office. Senator Richard Crowley, a republican, who is chairman of the Committee on Municipal Affairs in the Senate, and a sound jurist, in his report in favor of the bill which passed the Senate does not refer to the appointment of Depew, but ignores it as though it were a nullity, and asks the question, what would become of the State and mere! tax if afver re should journ, having made no power of appointment for the Bureau of Taxes and Assessments, either Ailen or Brown should die or resign? The ount of the State tax imposed on the county of New York was, in 1868, over five and one half millions of dollars, Certainly a tax could not be levied and by one tax commisstoner, for the law requires the votes of two commissioners to make a valid assessment, and the courts have de- cided there is no power anywhere to appoint. Now the proj ition im favor of the oe oe this bill is under the decision of the Judges of the Court of Ap- vals to vest and restore to the Comptroller, as a ‘Jocal officer,” the appointment of four tax com- missioners. it is understood that the board is to be com! of two republicans and two democrats. ‘The republicans are to be such men as will be satis- factory to the “solid men” of their party. The sub- ordinates in the Tax Commissioners’ office are — ing Inst the passage by the Assembly of the Sen- ate not because they are in favor of Messrs. Alien and Brow but to mduce the Comp- troller to appoint two commisssioners who will be acceptable to them. The contest fg between the plaintive of a few clerks as against the interests of State and city, ‘and the requirements of the law as decided by the Court Senator Crowley tn his report states that i in reference to the office and the paying of the salaries of the two sets of clerks has coat the city over ts what the di these fe’ passed litigation must necessarily comme! may not arise only by the contest which may come from conflicting appointments, but from taxpayers pd retuciog te Pay coete caren, on the ground that there is no lawfu! of Comimission- ers to levy taxes; or in the case of the death or re- signation of either of the two commissioners ihe Governor will be compelled to call an extra session i gam houses new town. ‘State will probably derive a revenue of nearly half a million dollars from licenses to gam- bling te—but somebody must lose. We are say’ othing of the morality or immorality of the , but are only stating as to the in crease of gambling houses, Just oF Sa dally matinees ae ia, attended, atertally interfere with e shall report the experiment trom time to time, concealing nothing. A CANDIDATE FOR AN INSANE ASYLUM. (From the Macon ox 4") March 20, Ny larch 19, 1 R. B, HALL: ‘Sim—T understand that you are to be in Macon at half-past one o'clock to-morrow. I see from the pers that you voted for the fifteenth amendment othe itution. With the feet of the radical Congress u your neck you have, with obedience and humility, voted for a jaw that will degrade you and yours forever. graced both your grandfathers’ names, whose bones now lie in their graves, have Glegraced yourself and bronght shame upon your father and mother. 1 hope you will not presume to visit my house again as long as | live, T have two infant boys, thirteen monthe old, they may act as hensibiy as you have; but rather than see them do 80 1 would follow them to their graves. M. M. HALL, ‘The above was addressed to a democratic member of the Georgia Legisiature by his father, 5 BROOKLYN CITY. THE COURTS. UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS’ COURT. The Alleged Drawback Frauds—Decision m the Case—Laidlaw and Dickenson Dis charged~Korn, Theriot, Whimster and Wil- son Held, Before Commissioner Jones, id Korn, Whimster, Laidlaw and others, who have been under examination for several weeks past on & charge of defrauding the revenue by means of fraudulent claims for drawback, were up before the Commissioner yesterday morning to learn Ww! position of the case had been determined a aye ‘The Commissioner, when all the rties answered to their names, said;—! have unable to examine all the testimony carefully, particularly the lange number of exhibits offered, but as the Grand Jury are now in session I am disposed to act as promptly as the matter of the case will admit. Astothe defendants, Whimster and Theriot, they have already waived further examination, which 18 a virtual concession on their part that the evidence ig suMicient to hold them to awuit the action of the Grand Jury, leaving only the question of ball, and they must, as @ matter of course, be held. As to the defendants, Korn ana Wilson, evidence was offered against them, and witnesses examined at great length, and at the conclusion of the testimony on the part of the United States they announced, through their coun- sel that they had the evidence on thelr behaif. 1 re- gard that they reserve their defence for another time and are content that the matter should go before the Grand Jury, and it isso ordered. The remaining defendants are Dickenson and Laidlaw. First as to Dickevson. | have had very great difficulty in com- 4g tu the conclusion as to What should be done in tals case, Tue testimony against him is that given vo, Riesenberger, Arnold and Grinkerhoff. be. ger seems to tell a straight story, as far as he was ty of tea against Dickenson or against anybody, bi sithe same time bis evidence was given in such |= Manner as to entitle him to consideral ; creait. However, a8 to the papers alleged to have been signed by him, I am inclined to think, by the testimony of his witnesses, that they are notin his handwriting. His original connection with parties Was In employment by Riesenberger as clerk at @ small salary, and from Riesenberger he was transferred to the office of Korn & Wellwood, It is conceded that he did nothing there but what it was his duty to do as a clerk up to @ certain period, Then he was sent over to Brooklyn to see if he could find a map whom they couid corrupt, That testi- mony is given by Kiesenberger; but Riesenberger was not present at any of the interviews and he only reports him as having come to Brooklyn. § have concluded in regard to this to bear in mind the fact that when Dickenson ascertained that there were charges against him he voluntarily came to court, offered bail, and asked for an examination; that he 1s a young man of prepossessing appearance, and the wit- nesses called in his behalt give Lim @ good name. ‘The witness called against him to corroborate Riesenberger is a@ man iterested in securing his conviction, in order that he himself may not only be discharged by the authorities of the United States, but also that he may secure himself from prosecution under the statutes of the State of New York. It has occurred to me that as to that case and in all cases where Riesenberger is not corroborated by other testimony, that Lshould hold bis evidence as entitled to no more credit than that given by the witnesses on the part of Dickenson. Arnold proves conclu- sively that Riesenvberger was surrounded by men guilty and willing to do whatever might be neces- sary without any help from Dickenson. [ have come to the conciusion that Arnold, with such aman as the Spaniard alluded to, would not make such @ man as Dickenson necessary to carry out any fraud against the United States, [ have tiierefore concluded to discharge Dickenson. With regard to Laidlaw it ts possible that I may have somewhat misunderstood the evidence. There 18 no positive evidence that Laidlaw was Cg sae approached by Dickenson to carry out these forger- jes. Riesenberger said he was sent over for the pur- of seeing him, but he don’s know that he did see him, and Dickenson cannot be a witness in the matter. In to the certificates which he was giving as to the paymentof the tax, I do not ander- stand that there is — evidence those certifi- cates, ty ? to the time of signing in La Fiura’s, were false. Asto the certificates given on the filing of the bonds, I do not understand that any of these were false. On the contrary, the ofice was full of bonds, and Russell was on hand signing them from day to day as was requ ume that the certificates that bon were filed were true certificates. The fact that most of the bonds were worthless is the most difficult matter to pens with, It looks as if Laidlaw had been bonds there which he haa no reason to belteve were worth a dollar, right straight along. The witnesses say that the business was done there in a loose man- ner, and it was customary to take anything that looked like a-bond; but 1 don’t think that, according to the evidence, it looks like a conspiracy with others: todefraud. When we come down, therefore, to the certificates which the witness Riesenberger swears were signed in La Fiura’s saloon, it is evident that they were signed at a Ume when Laidlaw had nocon- nection with the office. It is clear, also, that they the question of getting up a col- was discussed, and tn and the others agreed that if they only had a forged seal it would save Prepon | signatures, because the latter could easily be traced. Witnesses are called to prove the signatures were a forgery. Among others is the cashier, John L. Spader, who swears that they are so like a forgery that they would not be accepted as his signature. 1 hold that the testimony in behaif of Laidlaw 4s proving conclusively that they are, be- youd al! question, forgery. I have no dimficalty in coming to that conclusion. Riesenberger himself states tha: there was no difficulty in forying signa- tures, provided they had the seal. As to how the seal was obtained 1s a matter I cannot account for, but when a man whose apj ince before me shows that he is not entitled to hold any position of trust or honor, nor entitled to credence as a Le testifies that up to January last—though his of connection with the oifice ceased in August—he had the keys to the safe in the Collector's office, and ac- cess to the safe at all times, had contro! of the bonds, {00k them - semanas or without saying & spp anybody and thence jome, | can very understand that there could have been no git in procuring aseal. Assuming, therefore, that - law’s signature is @ forgery, it brings with it the presumption that Laidlaw’ nature could not be readily obtained for these papers, and the contrary would be the case if he were a party. The case as just hin is one where he 1s entitied to the benefit a doubt, andi have concluded that there is no probabie cause to believe him guilty of the offence charged. But as to the receiving of those bonds there 1s no doubt but that he was guilty of culpable negligence, amounting almost to an ofence. And there should be some statute upoo which officials could then be prosecuted. But that is a matter for the District Attorney. Laldiaw aud Dickenson will be discharged and the other held. The Commissioner stated he thought both the Southern and the Eastern District had jurisdiction in the case, and it was for the Pistrict At to decide in which district he would have brought before the Grand Jury. Application was made for the reduction of bail demanded for Whimster, who has been in confine- ment ever since his arrest. His counsel stated that $40,000 could not be given, and, furthermore, that the amount of eee eee & had been very much exaggerated. He that bis pi was all in asafe in New York under seal, and heen attached by the authorities of the Southern District. The Fever Ship—The Carpenter and Boat- swain Held to Await the Action of the Grand Jury. James Glynn, William Cruthers and Joseph Mur- phy, Officers of the ship James Foster, Jr., were brought up yesterday morning on the charge of mur- der. They had nocounsel. Assistant District At- torney Parris said he bad informed C. H. Marsnail & Co,, the cons! ‘of the ship, of the fact, and that ie had received no repiy. prisoners were held to appear before the Grand Jury, which mw now n session. Accipsxt.—The carriage of Dr. Murphy was strock by one of the Greenwood care as he was driving across the track at the corner of Third avenue and Twenty-first street on Thursday night and smashed. The doctor and Mr. Curtis were slightly injured, River Taimves.—OMcer Quinn, of the Forty- second precinct, shot at some river thieves, in a small boat tn the river, opposite the foot of Gold street, The officer first discovered one of the fellows on the deck of the bark Morancey, but on seeing the oficer be jumped overboard, and was picked up by his companions, who ro’ Off with him. Desperat® AFFRAY.—Charies Askoff and John Ferris, residing at No. 44 Gold street, got into an altercation yesterday morning and came near mak- ing @ case for the Coroner to investigate. Askoif used-a knife and succeeded in disfiguring his oppo- nent to @ considerable extent. He was a1 in ‘erris havin, club. Both men were badiy cut and bruised. Ask- off was locked up to await examination. ROMAN CaTHoLic ORPHAN ASYLUM.—The Roman Catholic Orphan Asyium Society Have elected the following officers for the ensuing year:—President, Right Rev. John Loughtin; First Vice President, Kiernan Egan; Second Vice President, W. H. Gar, diner; Secretary, Cornelins Kelly; Assistant Secre- » J. ON ; Treasurer, tary, Bs J, Cconn or ee Fafreli, Hugh Gaynor: 4. V. Whelan, F. TRIAL OF ANGELINE Brown.—The ‘trial of Angeline Brown, née Fox, wife of J Brown, the Canaan child mardorer, bas been times postponed because witnesses woul! not to go to Hudson N. Y., and bear their own ° A letter received in this caty from attorney tn opr it prov: _ be m made to Witnesses A geascualir © tion, in suavance if required, and thas the trim wall commence April 12.—/daryurd Quurant, Maron I, THE