The New York Herald Newspaper, August 7, 1869, Page 6

6 TE SOLAR BCLS. What It Is and Where fit Will be Seen. Scieutifie Expeditions for Tis Tho- rough Observatio The Eclipses of 1806 and #842, as Deseribed by Fenimore Cooper and Ar Correct Time Table for New York and Vi- cinity and AN Principat Cities of the Country. Whe Velocity of Its WEarch Across the Goutinent. This day there will occur one of the great plieno- mena of nature—a solar eclipse. There was one, an annular eclipse of the sun, on the 11th of February last, but visible only in the southern parts of South America and Africa, The one occurring to-day and visible over the whole United States, on 2 belt line, the centre of which runs from Alaska to the coast of North Carolina, is a total eclipse, the second and last for this year, and the last of this character viséble in this country during the remainder of the present century. The last total eclipse of the san occurred on the 18th of August, 1868, visible from points in Australia, South Africa and Southern Asia, and it will be recollected that a number of European governments sent out scientific expeditions to ob- serve the phenomenon at places touched by the cen- trai line of the passing uimbra, as the astronomers ave named the shadow of the moon’s disk thrown upon theearth’s surface, It was om the. occasion of the solar eclipse in 1860 that the modern Invention of the process of aimost instantaneous photograph was first applied with success by Mr. Warren de la Rue, to perpetuate the appearance of tne sun in his various stages as the moon passed be- tween him and the earth. Agatn, in 1806, the pro- cess of photography having been much improved, rolar eclipses and their varyimg phases were suc- cessfully transferred to sensitive plates and pre- rerved. Buta new and still greater invention had been added to the means of science in the course of time. This was the spectroscope, a plain litte in- irument, constructed by Professors Bunsen and Kirchhoff, to analyze light, dissect it, as it were, nto its component p and discover the mate- rial character of tie source from whence tt proceeds. This litte yet highly important tastrament was for the first time used, in the year last named, in connection with Improved telescope and photo- graphic apparatus in the scientific observations of tue solar eclipse. The results then obtained were greatly surpassed, however, by those gamed by the Feveral expeditions to Asia and Africa, at Aden and other points, iu 1883, where not ouly correct views were made of the physical appearance of the Eclipse, but aiso the outlines of the sun gnd moon partially determined and by means of the irregular zpeciroscope even the nature of tt heavenly bodies arrived atvo a certain deg The great discovery which the spectroscope thus enabled the men of science to make was that the component sua and the moon were the same as th, and nothing has beea found in reflection or dissection of the rays of Vight which has not alsoa corresponding ingredient ip the earth’s composition. And as the spectroscope has been brought to such perfection that the one hundred and eighty millionth part of a gran—a yuantity the smaliness of which 1s beyond human comprehension—of any substance can be detected and easily discerned in its reflection of light, it is certainly a good assurance for our belief, The votal eclipse of this day, being visible over such a lar; Delt of land as stretches irom the northwest of the North American Coatineat to the shores of North Carolina, furnishes an extraordinary opportunity for thorough scientific observations, the results of which are jooked forward to by men of science all over the Worul With Unusual interest, Since, in the present utilitarian age, science ts uo longer Lhe ex- Cusive property of the few, but enters largely, as the Most progressive and propetiing element, into tue civilization of kind, bone can doubt that Tfom these y made use Ol, practicai not only in our eniarged ywiedge of asironomical geogra- phy—it term, like Maury’s “Geography lowed. ut also 1a Our better com- elements of the heavenly bodies. LU will ‘ent to ali that such know- ledge and comp 1 Cabot fall to exert their use(ul iufiuence In many ways, and the nearer we pring the starry heavens tous the ligher we raise the digutty and nobility of mankind, IMPORTANT SCIENTIPIC EXPEDITIONS have been organized by the chief observatories, by whe Nautical Almanac oitice, by the United states coust survey and by wealthy and pubile-spirited private parties, With all Wie facilities tor accurate in- Vestigation. The sus, in various stages of eclipse, will be photographed aud the time of the pheno- mena noted, whue the spectroscopic puenomena will be made the subject of speviai and exhaustive analysis, The astronomical party trom the Dear- born Observatory in Chicago will joln forces with the party from the Washington Observatory, and are raid to have selected for their pout of observation a Professor of the Sea, prehension of tl epot near Burlington, lowa. Hall, from the Washington Observatory, has started in time for Alaska, with an experienced porps of aseistants, “and he will there, so it 1s reported, be joined by a scientitic expedition from Russia, Professor Henry, of the Smithsonian Insitute, aided by experienced photographers and nizo by experts with spectro cope, wit be in North Carolina and ail along the central line of ecupse, or rather of the umbra or shadow of the moon, which 38 the line of total obscuration of the sun’s disk; ob- fervations will be made at various points, some more, some less extensive. Even Europe has not opportunity pass and has sent out several tions from various countries to enrich the four knowledge of what fy tmmedtately above and around us. Ggeat expectations are based upon the observations to be made by Professor Henry Morton, of the Franklin Lnstituie, of Philadelphia, accompanied by Mr. J. H. Cofin, of the Nautical Almanac ofice, who are in lowa to-day. Professor Morton has secured for thts purpose the equatorial of the Philadelphia High School and that of the Gettysburg University, both of six inch aperture. Mr. Warren de la Kue recommends that refractors of BIX inch aperture and ten feet 1ocal length sould be used, Mounted on equatorial stands with clock- work drivers. Hach instrument has a portable ob- gervatory with photographic appliances, including Tour plaie-olders and five baths, with fused nitrate of silver, Which gives a more sensitive surface than the crystalized galt, Four operators accompany each telescope, two being expert photograpiers, and All well practised with the fustrameut In making lunar photograpns. THE BCLIPSE IN NEW YORK crry. In this city and its vicinity tt will present (he ap- (pearance of the accompanying figure at the moment iaf greatest obscuration:— ia The reader xnoula turn towards the sun in the est and hold the paper in a vertical plane, with ‘Ybat mem of the figure highest which is marked by ‘the letter A immediately over tt, The following particulars of the eclipse have been carefully com- | oad for thi latitude and Jongitade of the ew York City Hail, They will aiso bef ound accurate ie for places within a few mile of the city. The computations were made at the eee th the city of New York, by members wf the juntor claes, ae part of their ‘astronomical course. But the resuits obtained by the class have bee: recuse by the separate computations of the pro! astronomy, using first the same process ght to the class, and secondly the formule and @ontentg published in the American Nautical Alma- mac. je two different methods gave results agree- ing within four apd a half secondy of time, which is fat within the limits of accuracy with which it (practicable to predict an eclipse .on account of ta NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 1869. —_—_— ~-- unavoidable errors of the solat and lunar tables employed in the prediction, The results are:— ees of eclipse, Sh. 12m. 398. 7. M., City Hall, ean time. Greatest obscuration, 6h. Sm. 398. P. My City Hall, mean time. End of ectipse, 7h. Om. 463. P, M., City Hall, mean time, The sun's diameter being divided into twelve digits, 10 0-10 digits wil be covered at greatest ob- scuration, Where the observer's position 1s elevated suf- fictenuy to overcome the obstractions ef the sur- rounding buildings, and of the Palisade Heights in the West, te may see the sun entirely free from the moon’s disk, about five minutes before the setting of that potut on the sun's limb, ab which the last con- tact with the moon's lim» takes place, WHAT 18 THE ECLIPSE OF THE SUN? ‘The shortest definition of this natural phenomenon is that if is the passage of the ineon between Lhe sun and the carth. Astronomers have ciassitled eciipses into three distinct degrees—partial, annular and total, A partial eclipse is when the moon's disk covers but a part of the sun; an annular eclipse occurs When the moon's disk covers the sun, leaving au annulus or ring of the latter visible around him, and ata total eclipse the entire disk of the sun is covered ont of sight. An eclipse assumes either one of the dirst or iast of the above phases in proportion as the observer may be nearer or farther from the focal line. Thus, While the eclipse to-day will be total on the ime already mentioned above, it will be but partial at certain distances to the north and soutn of it. An annular eclipse occurs under the iollowmg eireumstances:—The smaliest value of the length of the moon’s shadow is 57.76 serat-diameters of the earth, and the greatest distance of the moon from the earth ts 63,82 semi-diameters, Should the moon iaterpose between the earth and the sun when these values oceur it is plain that the moon's shadow will fall short of the earth. In this case the sun Will not be fotaily obscured from any point of the earth, but will present the phenomenon of a ring of light or an annular eclipse, A total eclipse such as will be witnessed to-day along the focal line already described, occurs when & conjunction of the sin add moon happens at a tine when the length of the shadow and the distance of the moon trom the earth are identical, or nearly so, if, mnder these cirenmstances, the shadow fail dpon. the earth, thete will be a total eclipse of the sun ib all places with it, or over which it moves, TUE WIDTH OF THE SHADOW. The breadth of the belt traversed by the umbra or shadow, When the sun’s distance 1s greatest and the moon’s the least, is estimated at about 180 miles, In this case the penumbra or sem}-shadow Covers a circular space of 4,900 miles in diameter, the ectipse happening exactly at the node. When the ectlpse does not happen exactly at the node the axis of the stiadow 18 inclined to the plane of the etliptic, the shadow will be cut obliquely, and that pact of the earth in shade will be oval, Such a chart as the spectator would observe from outside of the earth the astronomer compiles by calculation. INCIDENTS OF SOLAR ECLIPSES. There are sume very thrilling and strange appear- ances connected with solar eclipses, It is not mere- ly, in the case of a total eclipse such as that of to- day will be, that the darkness {5 almost Instantane- ous, but it is sul more impressive from the strange- ness of it, resembling neither the darkness of night nor the gloom of twilight. Tnis peculiar tint of shade, if Such an expression can be used, comes of the following fact:—Tie cone of the moon’s shadow, though it envelopes the spectator, does not inclose the whole atmosphere above his horizon. The mass of unenyeloped air catches the sunlight and retects it into the region of the total eclipse, making a pecu- iiarly solemn twilignt, which bas no analogy in all the appextrance of nature. FENIMORE COOPER'S DESCRIPTION OF AN ECLIPSE. Fentmore Cooper, the great American romancist, left a description, never yet published, of the great eclipse of 1306, which lie viewed, in conn pan with his father, at’ Cooperstown, N. ¥., which will be given to the reading world for the first time in Put- nus Magazine for September. In his beautiful Janguage he describes the surroundings of nature and his owa emotion at the moment, when the sun Was totally obacured and darkness reigned:— I was recalled by a famfliar and insignificant incident, the dull tramp of hoofs on the village bridge. A few cows, be- heving that night had overtaken them, were coming home- ward from the wild oped pastur at ir faces homeward; the dew was falling perceptibiy, a8 much 0 as at any hour of the previous night, and the coolness was fo great that the thermometer must have fallen many degrees from the great heat of the morning. The lake, the hills and the buildings of the Nttle town were swallowed up in the darkness. ‘The absence of the usual lighte in the dwellings rendered the obscurity still more impressive. AU lavor had ceased,and the bushed voices of the people only broke the al solute btHiuess by subdued whispering tones. “Whisk! The whippowill! whispered a friend near me, and at the same moment, as we listened in profound silence, we distinctly beard (rom the eastern bank of the river the wild, plaintive note of that solitary bird of night slowly repeated at inter- vais, ‘The song of the summer birds, go full in June, bad en- Urely ceased for the last balf hour. ‘A bat came ditting about y stars were now visible, though not in asen the darkness. At’ one point only, hern horizon, sometning of the bright ness of dawn appeared to linger. At twelve miuutes past eleven the moon stood revealed tn ite greatest distinctness—a vast black orb, so nearly ob- ng the sun that the face of the great luminary was e y and absolutely darkened, though a corona of light ap- peared beyond, The gloom of night was upon us. A Breath. by ‘ess intensity of interest was felt by all. * * * In looking to that impressive hour, such now seem to me the feel- ings of the youth making one of that family group, all ap- essed With a sensation of the deepest awe, I stainty. A clearer view than I had ever yet had of the majesty of the Almighty, accompanted with a bamili- nting and, I trust, a profitable sense of ny own utter insigni- flea ‘That movement of the moon, that eublime voy of the worlds, often ce and even at ra 10 my imaginatt tlds distant day, as disiinctiy, a8 majestically, nearly as fearfully, as it was then beheld. A group of silent, dusky forms stood near me. One emo- {ion appeared to govern ail, My father stoud immovable, some fifteen feet from me, but T could uot discern his fea tures, Three minutes of darkness, all but abso They appeared strangely lengthened by the inte ing and the-flood of overpowering thought wi 0 Tuus far the sensation created by this tacie had been one of bumiliation and awe. ajestic spec: It seemed ng if the great Father of the Universe had visibly and almost pal- ably welled bis face in wrath. | But appalling as the with- drawal of the lignf had been, most glorious, most sublime, restoration. The corona of light above the moon ddeniy brighter, the heavens beyond were tlumi- nated, the stars retired, and light began to play along the Fidges of the distant mountaina And then a flowd of grate ful, cheering, consoling brightness [eli into the valley with sweetness and a power inconceivable to the mind unless 1 eye has actually bebeld it. Tcan liken this audden, joyor return of light, after the eclipse, to nothing of the kind that je familiarly known. [i waa certainly nearest to the change d by the swift passage of the shadow of a very dark wut it was the elfect of thia instantaneous transition, multiplied more than a thousand fold. It seemed to speak directly to our spirits, with full urance of protection, of gracious mercy, and of that d All the giorlous ‘combinatio r It was not ip the least like the gradual dawning of day, or the actual rising of the sun. ‘There was no gradation in the change. Itwas sudden, amazing, like what the imagination would teach us to expect of the advent ot a heavenly visivn. “L know that philosophically Tam wrong; bat to me { seemed that the rays might actually be seen flowing throazh the darkness in torrents, till they iad again Mluminated the forest, the mountains, the valley and the lake with their genial touch. ‘as another grand movement as the crescent of the sun reappeared, and the moon was actaally scen steering her course tarough the void. Venus was still shining brit liantly. * * * Men who witness any extraordinary spectac together are apt, in after times, to find a pleasure in convers- ing on its im ns, But I'do n to have ever heard a xi (reery communicative on the subject of his individual feelings at the most solemn moment of the eclipse. It would teem as If sensations were arowsed too closely connected with the constitution of the spirit to be irreverently and familiarly discussed, I shall only say that 1 have passed a varied and eventtul life, that it lias been my fortune to see earth, heavens, ocean and man in most of but never have I beheld any speciacie which aniferted the majesty of the Creator or xo for nght the lesson of humility to man as a total eclipse of an. ARAGO ON THE ECLIPSE OF 1812, In the year 1842 a total eclipse occurred in Europe. It was carefully observed and beauufuily described by Arago, the great Frencn astronomer. Lis point of observation was n of France. The following tte is Worthy of perasal:— Between the commencement of the eclipse and the time which closely preceded the total disappearance of the sun we remarred nothing worthy of record sn the numerous spectators. But when the mere line, began to throw o an anxiety spread through t 4; each impelled to commuuteate his impressions to his ti Then began «dull roar, like that of w distant sea tempest. The nolso ‘beeame louder in proportion to the thinning of the slender solar crescent. Finally the crescent vanished. Darkness succeeded —gud- denty to the Ught,” and an absolute silence marked this phase of the eclipse as sharp! lum of our astronomicn he magnificence, had triurn over the frivolity which ority, and over the noisy indiierer ordinarily make their boust, A profound calm reigned, too, in the air; even the birds ceased their songs. ‘ter a wolemt watting of about two minutes’ deration transporte of j frantic applause saluted, with the same accord, the same spontaneity, the reappearance of tue tirst solar rays, THB ECLIPSE TU-DAY—THE VELOCITY OF THR SHADOW, ‘The effect of the eclipse to-day and the velocity of the shadow as it will sweep over the surface of the earth 18 thus described :— The rays of light coming from the extreme borders of the 's sperical body in xr ng, to the 0 orm a cone with {ts vortex pointed toward the earth— ou the occasion of an eclipse like that which will witnessed to-day, of course, the opaque body of the moon eats out all the light from this cone between her own sphere and the vortex. ‘This cone reacher to the nearest surface of fhe earth; andl f it were a caterial, solid body, It would plerce down towards the earth's centre #o far that the section of the cone by the earth's surface forms nearly a circle of about 140 fn diameter, Ail persons and places within the limite f this circular ection of the moon's conical shadow in the blackness of night, 8 and planets near the regton of the sun and birds and beasts, in great ter adden approach of darknens, meek Hearest places of xhelter and repose. iut this cireuint vedow, of 140 miles fn diameter, does not remain long on the me part of the earth's surface; for the moon Is flying {20 earth in ber orbit from west to east with the loctty of about forty miles per minute, and the shadow passes over the earth's curved surface with an increased Yelocity of about forty-four ilies per minute, of neurly three quarters of @ mile wecond of time. Hence the whale cironlar ah f 140 m meter, ew pS over the garth, tne general direction, from the west {award 4 forming a bolt of its own wlth, more than GW ines long, th the abort time of about two hbura and a bale, THE COUNSE OF THE FCLIVSR IN THE UNITED Statns Mr. A. N. Skinner, of the Dearborn Ob «A. 0 baervatory of Chicago, has prepared the following exact state- ment of the course of the ecilpse acros \ American Continent, the wie a wate we tthe track of the shadowy cone of the moon, and also a time-table, giving te hours and minutes of its bee inning and end at the principal cities touched. fhe following are his caiculations:— The partial shadow of the moon first touches longitu went fry ingion 138 degrees ‘aust north fot tude le umira, ut the total siadow, tou the earth Tn longitude 165 degrees went t 9 Hpk. oats from Washington, ct 9. Tn other word hese localities the dark body of the moon Ienhen (ete the san eariier than a¢ avy place, just an the aun is rising. the second locality the durk body’ of th Gbecare te wap Whes thet 28 cable fala whe anita At hou uns centre fa in the uorizou Shy umbra of the moon travels at Oretin a toward Bobriitg Straits, where {t bends and from Bebring Straits it easterly direction, which 3 Hritish America and the United States, To speak definitely, the central line of the path of the umbra enters the territory of the United States abont 200 miles northwest of Fort ( which is situated xt the junction of the Yellowstone amt the Missouri rivers. rrs DIRECTION, Tt sweeps southeast across the territory of Dacotah and enters the State of lowa near ite ni boundary, and passes near the following places :— In fowa—Cherokee, Cherokee county; New Munich, Sac county; Calhoun, Calhoun Cryo county Boonsboro, Boone county; Belle Point, Boone county ; Mo roe, Jasper county; Oakalogsn. Mahaska county : Abr) illey Wapell county 5 ‘airdeld, Jetierson county ; ‘Heary “ty, Lee coudty, Fort Madison, Lee eouinty. bas Lee Tn Itlinois--Tn the State of Difnolw the 1s paces are near the central lin Colchester, Fogo county; As- torla, Fulton couuty; Bath, Mason county; New Salem, b we Me. nard county; Springéeld, Sangamon county; rr Shelhy county ; Shelbyville, Shelby county ; Mesum Cuber land county; Rose Hit, Jasper county, In dndiond—The central line passes near the following Washington, Daviess county, Corydon, Harrison Kentucky The following places are near the central Fairdeldy Nelwon county; Danville, Boyle county; Ulay county. In Ving The following places are near the central line :— Estiilvitle, Seott county ; Bristol, shington county. n TewneemeTaslorevili, Jouingon couaty, te near the cen- tral line. Jn North Carolina—The central line passes near the follow- ing places:—Boone, Wautanga county; Carthage, Moore gounty; Fayettevilié, Cumberland county; Leesburg, New Hanover county. it of the Umbra—Or total shadow, passes nebago The Northern of near the following places in lowa:—Forrest City, Wim county, just outside; Mason City, Cerro Gordo county, just outside; Clear Lake City, quite near the line; Clarksville, ‘utler county, just outside; Cedar Falts, Binck Hawk county, inside; Lndependence, Buel oy quay outside ; 8%, Jones, county, outside; Woleott, Scott county, inside; Dav: <P Tluinote The northern edge of the umbra passes near th invis—The no} um! 1 following placea:-—Wock Teland, Rock, Inland sonny imide Hampton, Kock Island county, near the iue; Colons, Henry county, inside; Neponset, Bureau county, ‘near the line} Lncony Marshall county, Snsides Chenoa,’ McLean county; fasts Pasione Ford county, inside; Danville, Vermillion county, inside, Intiina.-The following places tm Indians are near the f northern edge of the umbsa:—Bainbridge, Putnam county, inside; Franklin, Johnson county, inside; Versailles, Ripley county, inside {Minto Sun, Ohio county, near the line. A abichy.— Tho following places in Kentucky are near the northern of the umbra:—Warsaw, Gallatin county, {u- | side; Grant connty, inside; Caslisle, Bourbo: i 7 county, Inside? Triplet, Rowan county, hear the line; Paint ville, Younson Gounty, In Virginia—The following places are near the northern Arrocoina. Logan county, near the line; Mechauics- Biand county, inside; Newburn, Pulaski county, ine Danville, Pittsy!vania county, inside, In North Carolina: following places are near the north- eo limit of the umbra:—Roxboro, Person county, Inside; nrg, alas e, Pitt county, inside; Hatteras Inlet near the line. ern Limit of the Cutira—Pasags near the follow! laces in lowa:--Council Blaffs, near the line; Frankf Montgomery county, inside; Mt Ayr Ringgold ‘county, in- aide, In Missouri—The southern line of total eclipse passes near the following places:—Princeton, Mercer county, near the ne; Shelbgvilie, Shelby county, fnside; Bowling Green, Pike county, inside, Tn Titinoie~The following places are near the southei limit of the umbra:—Alton, Madison county, inside; wardaville, Madison gounty, inside; Covington, Washington county, inside; Mt. Vernon, Jeiferson county, inside; Me- Leanstoro, Hamliton county, inside; New Haven, Gaitatin county. he State of Iudiana—Barely extends, at its southwestern point, to the southern limit of the umbra. Ke The following places {n Kentucky are near the rn line of the umbra:—Smithville, Henderson county, ‘Morgantown, Buller county, inside; Burksvilie, Cum: berland county, inside. In Tennesaee—The following aro near the southern edge of thas umbra:—Huntsvilie, Scott county, inside; Knoxville, Knox county, near the lint ierville, Sevier county, inside, In North Carolina—Ashevilie, Buncombe county, ia within, and Columbus, Polk county, is near the line. InSouth Cn ‘The following places are near the southern orkyille, York county, inside; Marion, ar the line; Cherry Grove, Horry county, south insid near the line, Places which are within the northern and gouthern limite as above described, will be within the total shadow, and at these places the ecllpso will be total, Places outaide of thee Uines will bave a partial eclipse of greater or lesa magnitude, according ns it is near dr far from these Limits. TIME TABLE. The following table displays the times of begin- ning and ending at tne places mentioned:— Edlipse Eel r begins, ends Eastport, Me. 3a sunset Bangor, Mi sunset Portianl, Me Concord, N. H. Montpeiler, 13 Boston, Mase. 24 Northampton, 15 Providence, i. f 2 Hartford, Conn, New Haven, Co! Butialo, N. ¥.. Ogdensburg, N. Y. Albany, N. ¥. Utica, N.Y. Trenton, N. Philade'ph Wilmington, Cleveland, Ohi Columbns) Obie Cincinnati, Obio. Detroit, Mich. « Grand Haven, Mic} Fort Wayne, ind Evansville, Ind. polis, Ind Chiengoy I a8 aie eer 2 Seesees BSLESE Duvuque, 10 Milwankee, W La Crosse, Wis Superior City, Wis. Janeavitie, Wis Santa Fe, New Wheeling, W. Va. Washington, ‘D. Baitimore, Md. Lexington, Ky. Louisville, Ky. Hickman, Ky. St, Louis, Mo St. Joseph, Mo. Denver, Col. 258 ‘The places which are nearest the central line have the total phase of longer duration than those which are more diataut Trou "he centre. REWARKABLE CASE OF DROWNING, A Row on Board a Steamship—One of the Combatants Falis Overboard and Is Drowned. Coroner Rollins held an inquest yesterday over the remains of Richard Backhouse, a seaman belonging ‘on board the steamship City of Limerick, ne having Met his death through drowning in a rather remark- able manner, The deceased quarrelied about some trifling matter, at half-past twelve o'clock yesterday morning, with one of his mates, named Daniel Brown, as they were going on board the steamer. Back- house strack Brown at the gangway, and followed him to the forward gangplank, where he again as- saulted Brown, the recoil making him tumble over- board, when he struck heavily on @ fender floating in the water, sustaining @ severe injury in the head, and was drowned before he could be aided. ‘The following evidence was elicited nefore the jury:— _James MeGiven, @ seaman on board the steamship Nevada, testified that at the time of the disturbance he Was on the dock in company with tue deceased, the prisoner and one or two otiers of the crew of the City of Limerick, they having left a drinking sa- loon in Chariton street a few minutes before; while in the saloon the party had sometuing to drink, none of them being intoxicated, though a little noisy and turbulent; Woen midnight arrived they all left the saloon, and there was no quarrel except a dispute about the payment ior drinks between Lawrence Cammings and Robert Martow; as tue deceased and Drown started to go up the after gangway they had sharp words in relation to the dispute, Backhouse Nhatiy running back on the dock where he took off bis coat and chalienged Brown to fight; Brown de- cithed the challenge by advice of the witness and went on board the steamer; the deceased then fol- lowed Mim, deciaring that he would have it out with Brown ou board; Brown was overtaken on the forward deck, when the deceased struck: him; both men clinched and struggled until they reached the forward gaugway, when they fell, hen soon ailer separated; the deceased then stepped ack 4 pace or two and iell down the gangway; the prison- er only struck the deceased once and did not knock lita overboard; Wituess saw two men jump im after deceased. Curamings, a fireman on board of the 2ESES scbeees BESRSESS, Lawren Steatnstip Limerick, testifled that the deceased aud the prisoner began quarreling all of a sudden as they started to go over the gangplank; witness at- fetpted to stop them fighting, the deceased havin taken Oi his coat and vegi for the purpose; Bacl house tien struck the witness and ran alter Brown} the next Uiing Cummings aeard, as he was calking to giueer, Was that the deceased had fallen over- Robert Marlow, another of the steamer’s ¢ t rifled that he saw the beginning of the quarrel, and preceded the two isea We forecastie; he saw the deceased strike Grown at the gangplank as he turoed around (0 see What the troable was; Brown remarked, “f did not think you would do that, aniaiye wen on replie eta and will do again;’ n thoy reached the forward ga Dackhouse aga'n struck brown, the blow vine ts eifect 10 make both men stagger, the deceased {alle ing over the gangway into the river; Brown ald NOt strike the deceased as far as witness’ could see. Rage ee hae f of the shipmates of be was also examined an corroborate aiteady elite, wd the evidence Charles Russell, second ofilcer on boare . ship City of Limerick, testified that ho knew noting about the disturbance which led to the death of de ceased, as he was in ped at the tine; when the de- ceased fell overboard, there was a long fender float ing in the water to keep the ship from the dock; he imuist have received Injuries by the fait. ‘i - Dr. John Beach tevtitled that he nad examined the remains of deceased, and found a severe cut or fracture on the head; In hls opinion the deceased had been rendered purtiaily insensivie by this ine Jury, else he would not have been drowned, Tue jury rendered a verdict that the deceased came to his deatu by @ fall over the gangway of the steamer City of Limerick, and they fully exonerated the prigoner, Daniel Brown, from ail participation io ioe rece which id ie. fall. rownh wag accordiugly discharged from custody, The steamer City of Limerick then received Ser me ny and endeavored to make up for the two hours! a My oaused by the investigation by at once depart ing [rom the dock for Kurove, NEW YORK CITY. THE COURTS, UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS’ COUAT. Hleged Presentation of False Pay MRolls-Ex- The United States vs, Thomas W. Bagcn.—Defen- dant, a Custom House weigher, was arrested a few days ago on & charge of defrauding the government by the presentation of fraudulent pay rolls, His ¢x- anination was commenced this yesterday morning and tue following evidence was takea:— THE TRETIMONY, James 8. Fuller, an auditor in the office of the Surveyor of the Custom House, testifiea~The pay rolls of the weigher’s department were presented to myself to audit and examine; they were sworn to be fore me; the oath made to the pay -rolis was the only evidence of their correctness; that pay roi, July 1, 1869 (paper shown itness), Was presented to me and sworn to by ‘homas W. Eagan before me as a notary public; the pay rolis of July sworn to before = ts custom the weigher js the the pay rolls; 1 audited the pay rolls shown Fey Tauditea the pay rolla 1 mn. thé had never discovered that the pay lent; the rolis were sworn to belore me and | ex- ee them simply to see if they were carried out correctly. Re-direct—After the rolls are approved in the Sur- veyor’s Uiice they are sent to the Auditor of the Collector's Once, “Clarence M. Buel testifled—Have been in the em- ploy of Mr. Eagan in various capacities in his weigh- ing at; Was so employed in Jdly last, and knew the men he employed during that month; { Ai con know avy such man tn hia employ as Joseph ie To the vommussioner—There were sometimes fil- teen and sometimes twenty men in lisemploy; I knew the name of every man in his employ from week to Wook To the District Attorney—1 did not know L. Mor- rissey; I knew J. H. Jenkins; saw bim with letters in Mr. Eagan’s private office; never saw him do any other work; saw him with letters on two or three different days; I workea up to the 22d of July; I did not know P, Menta; | know Kdward Costetto; { never saw him do any work; Costello is a liquor dealer on Eighta avenue; (showing witness pay roil of July 1, 1869) the following persons whose names are on this pay roll [ did nut see work:—J. D. Har- rington, Joseph Natre; these are all I tind upon this pay. roll; (rol wre shown witness) did not see joseph aire, J. . Jenkins or P. Mentz work; (roll July 16) did not see Jenkins or Naire work; (roll july 22) did not see Edward Costello or C. lovey work; I made particular efforts to tind out who were employed by Mr. Eagan from thé 1st ta 22d of Tuiy: Teanvassed the district from Thirty- fourth street to Gouvernear slip and inquired the names of all the men tn Eagan’s employ; 1 took notes of what I learned; there were no men that I on employed in that district whose names I dido’t earn. Cross Examined—My business while in Eagan’s employ was tailying coal; 1 was classed us a laborer and was paid forty cents an hour; | was employed two days and a half in Eagan’s district in the month of June before Eagan was appointed; was not con- nected with @ particular gang of men; I weighed various kinds of merchandise while ta Kagan’s employ; Mr. Eagan’s district is from pier 51 a8 far up as New York extends; while I was engaged tn tallying coal nobody was engaged with me; nearly all the men of the district worked with me at diser- ent times; from June to Joly I was not engaged four or five week days and all the Sundays; there were several hours on days that I had no duties to perform in the district; while I was engaged ail the men were not engaged with me at any time; J know from the pay-roil that ail the men whose names are on It did not work and could not work without my knowledge; I was relieved from duty the 22 and 1 hung around the office for eight or nine days and Was not called upon to go to work; Mr. Wilkes, the assistant foreman, employed me; sometimes Mr. Wukes paid me aod sometimes Frank Webb, the Pt 3 3 J receipted for my money iu blank before I it was the rule in that district while was employed there for the men to sign their re- gprs im biank; one Saturday after the receipts had om ed in blank I signed another receipt, in which the amount was carried out; it was by the in- struction of Mr. Eagan that this was done; at the same time he ordered that the pay rolls should no longer be signed in biank; they were afterwards signed in blank, ag usual; 1 never had any dealings directly with Mr. Eagan; | reported the observations ITmade concerning the number of men in Bagan’s district to Mr. Brash, aspecial agent of the Treasury during Mf. Carr’s time; 1 communicated with Mr. Boutwell, and Colonel Howe seat for me; | was never paid anything for my services except as a la- bover; Colonel Howe sent me to Colonel Eagan to get employment; 1 reported my time to Mr. Wilkes, and never saw epee report to anybody else; Jagau’s office was in Grand stveet; he was not much about the office; may have seen hua ten or filteen times during the time I waa employed, To the Commissioner—On Mouday, the 5th of July, Joseph Naire is put down as working ten hours; no work was done on that day;.there were no vessels discharging; [ went over the district wat day, be- tween the Lours Of seven and eleven A, M., and saw no men at work; the men commence working at seven o’clock in the morning and work ti 81x P. M.; J. H. B. Jenkins is put down as working fifty-three hours on the pay roll of July 15; I cannot specify any particular day put down on this pay roll (the 15tn) when he did not work; I went over the discrict every day from the 8ta to the 16th of Juiy aud uever saw Nuire or Jenkins at work. Andrew M. Benedict, the chfef clerk of the cashier 1p the Custom House, testified—I paid the five pay rolis shown me; one of them IJ paid to Mr. Eagan himself, and I am not positive that I did not pay ail of them. Charles E. Booth testifled—I am employed as bookkeeper and clerk of General Eagan; have been in the employ of Eagan from the time Fagan came; as bookkeeper I knew the men employed tn that dis- trict; Joseph Natre was not to my knowledge em- ployed during the month of July last; James McGee Was employed there; he was employed, as near as | can recollect, during the past tree or four weeks; L, Morriseey, J. H. B. Jenkins, P. Menta and Ed- ward Costeilo were not employed, 80 far as I know; T have seen J. H. B. Jeukins at our ofice in Grand street; 1 do not know what he was doing; he was up in the General's private office; I don’t know any such men as Naire, Morrissey and Mentz; | kuow Costello, but don’t know what lis businesw is; 1 know ail the men employed m that district, Cross-examined—t was first employed in this dis- trict last fall under Mr. Carr; the books I kept per- Vained to weighing merchandise; they had nothing to do With the names of the lavorers; I did not keep the time of the men and had nothing to do with the Diring or the paying of them; the forenien usually paid the men o17; never saw General an pay off the men; so far aa my observation went Mr, Wilkes, the assistant foreman, kept the time; the time was re- ported to him by the foreman of eaca ; the fore- Man or assistant foreinan handed me the list of each man’s tune for me to sign; I never knew of anew man belug employed that f dia not know of 1t within twenty-Jour or forty-eight hours; a new man could Not possibly be employed and mingle with the men without my knowing it; it was no part of my dut} to know the pame and face of every mun employed; 1 waa on duty every day at the office ail this time; I never signed the roll but in blank; I once heard General Kagan say that the proper way wus to vot sign the roll antl the tine Was entered, and that Was the way it must be done after that time; the pay rolls were notin the heaaw riting of Mr, Ragan; they were made out by ebb. Adjourned to ten o’clock to-day. Arrest of an Alleged Murderer. The United States vs. J. H, Platt,—Detendant was & major in the rebel army, and was arrested Thurs- day night on a charge of having on the 4th of Octo- ber last, white a prisoner at Jefferson, Texas, in com- pany {th several others who were under guard of ‘ed States soldiers, killed three of the guard and made his escape. He was also charged with treason in the affidavit upon which the warrant was issued Jor hig arrest. Four of his confederates are now in custody in Texas. Platt, it ts alleged, was the Jeader of the movement lor escape. At. the time of hts arrest he was im this city, and was found in Fourth street, near Washington square, He was A before the Commissioner yesterday, and was held for examination on Monday next, Refilling Barrels on which were Old Stampa, Bejore Commissioner Shields. The United States v8. D. K. Lecher ana 0, L. Lecher, Defendants, who have a rectifying establishment at No. 161 Washington street, were examined yester- day ona charge of refilling barrels on which there were revenue stamps with distilled spirits. Robert Huat, an assistant assessor, testified to going there on (he 260 of July and Anding forty or fifty barrels of spirits; he found two ewpty barrels on which were stamps and near by ®& tub contiaiaing spirits with which to fil them. | Thomas Hood, an employe of Ure defendants, testified that the spirits found by Mr. Hunt tn the tab had been poured ont of the bar+ reisfor the purpose of gauging tiem. Defendants were heid to await the action of the Grand Jary, Refilling Stamped Cigar Boxes. The United States vs. Louis Frey.—Defendant keops & clear store at No, 589 First avenue, He was arrested on @ charge of refilling @ cigar box on which was a revenue stamp, brought to his establish. ment for that purpose by a boy employed in a saloon im second avenue, Rudolph an Assistant asaeagor, upon whose complaint lendant was arrested, states in te compiaint that he has repeat. edly seen deiendant filling cigar boxes brought in to him from a large box that he kept under the counter, ‘Two of { boxes the complamant marked, and he afterwards saw them im he daloon in second avenue, irom whieh cigars were being sold at retail, Deleudant held wus for examination on Tucadey next. Brenking Open a Letter. The United States va, Annie Clancy.—Defendant ‘Was arrested on a charge of opening a letter sent to a +4 the address of Ellen Berry, Her examination was | number of new names were proposed for members. set down for Monday next, SUPREME COURT—CHAMBERS. Application for Alimony. Before Judge Ingraham. Victorine Stemhaueser vs. John A, Steinhaueser.— This was & Motion to discharge the defendant from imprisonment on an attachment against him issued for non-payment of alimony to his wife. It appears that he has gone over to New Jersey since he ob- tained @ decree of divorce from tne plaintitt and married another woman, with whom he is now liv- ing in two States—na: , that of matrimony and that of Timols. His di is asked for on the ons that Me 24s, BO. Renna, Bnd. ie. resisted “C8 e ground that, having married another wife, whom he 18 presumed to suppert, and having entered into sneh ma: contract in violation of the decree, which forbids such marriage, he is able and ought to support his first wife, ‘Phe Judge took the papers and reserved decision. For planta, Charles Wehle; for defendanc, Wm. E, Smith. Decisions. By Judge Ingraham, Beach vs. The Mayor of New York et at,—Motion granted. Herchbach et at, vs, Kelsburg et al,—Motion denied, costs to abide event. In the Matter of the Application of Duff et al. Sor Order, &c,—Reference orders. Marshal et al, vs. Hewell.—Motion denied with ten dollars costs, Watton et al. vs, Williams et al.—Motion a uae ne “rg of the Petition of Lydia Beebe.—Mo- jon granted. National Citizens’ Bank of New York vs. Badek.-- Motion granted. Greyer vs, Sheehan.—Motion granted. Murphy MeMullen.—Motion granted. Williams vs, Mc Williams.—Motion grapted. Schoeman etal. vs, The Same,—Motion granted. The Same ve, The Same,—Motion granted, Leonard vs. Sykes.—Motion granted on payment of costs. Motion to be heard at September tern. Wakeman vs. Williaa et al.—Motlon grauted. SUPERIOR COURT—SPECIAL TERM. The Fenian Fund Case in a New Form—The Lawyers Looking Out for Their Fees. Before Judge McCunn. Mr. ‘Guernsey, counsel for some of the bondholders in this case, appeared before Judge McCunn yes- terday morning and presented an order to show cause why he should not be paid hig counsel fees out of the Fenian money in the hands of the receiver, Judge MeCunn—I do not want to do uy thing in this matter too hastily. I will see about it, and see how much you ought to have, Application for a Habeas Corpus Under Pe- caliar Circumstances. Mr, James D. McClellan appeared before the court and asked for the Issuance of & wnt of habeas corpus on the following statement of facts:—On the night of the 2d of this month one Michael Brady was as- saulted by one William Higgins in the cigar store of aaid Higgins, corner of Broome and Sullvan streets, and dangerously shot through the chin and jaw. Both parties were arrested and on the tollowing mornin, hoi od before Justice Ledwith, at the Jef- ferson Market Police Court, when, for some reason, Brady refused to make a complaint, and the Justuce committed both parties on a charge of disorderly conduct, requiring them to find bail in $1,000 each. On Wednesday last Higgs fornishea the required ball, while Brady was sent to Biackweli’s Island, suffering from his wounds. Judge McCunn said he would hear the case to-morrow morning. y The Charges by the Sheri@’ upon Attach- ments. Before Judge McCunn. Wooster vs, Weld and Others.—This case, heretofore Teported in the HERALD, Was an application to settle the amount of legal fees due to the Sheriff for exe- cuting two writs of attachment upon the goods of the defendants. The plaintiff objected to the chi made by the Sheriff, as illegal and exorbitant, and appealed to the Court, under the provisions of the Code, to adjust the amount. ‘be Sheriff now abandoned the claim against the plainttst, BATION pie from the defendants in the sult the legal charges, COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS. Before Recorder Hackett. The only case disposed of yesterday was a charge of larceny, preferred against Elizabeth Begley, who on the 284 of July stole a set of curtains from Mrs, Sarah Monell. She was convicted of petty larceny and sent to the Penitenyary for three months. ‘The jury was discharged for the term, the Grand Jury of the Oyer and Terminer failing to bring in bills for this court to act upon. CITY INTELLIGENCE, CHE WEATHER YESTERDAY.—The following record will show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours in comparison with the cor- responding day of last year, as indicated by the ther- mometer at Hudnut’s pharmacy, HERALD Building, Broadway, comer of Ann street;— 1869, 1868, 1869. + 81 “4 63 «SP. M. co P.M i “ 6 P.M. 60 12M.. + 81 70 12P.M. 67 Average temperature yesterday. 7 Average temperature for corresponding date yea Music IN THE PaRK.—The Park Commissioners announce that if the weather be fine there will be music on the Mall at the Park this afternoon, com- meneing at four o'clock. ACCIDENT ON THE HUDSON RIVER RATLROAD.— Charles Morgan, of No. 254 West Thirty-second street, was yesterday thrown under a car of the Hudson River Railroad, at the corner of Eleventh avenue and Fifty-tirat street, and had a leg fright- Ae muttlated. He was removed to Bellevue Hos- pital. THe ALLEGED ENGLISH ForGERSs.—Superintendent Kennedy yesterday received a cable despatca from England announcing the departure of an oMcer with the necessary papers to secure the extradition of the alleged forgers, Harwood and Hutcher, held at the Central Omce. No further detatis as to the Gasnse alleged to have beea committed were re- ceived. SERIOUS CASUALTIES YESTERDAY.—John Graham, of No, 541 West Fortieth street, was run over and very seriously injured by a truck. John G. Bggies- ton, of No. 4 Marcy street, Brooklyn, while crossing Reosevelt street ferry, was struck by a whifttetree and sustained severe injuries. Owen McDermot was sent to hospital from Harlem bridge, where he bad a leg badly crushed in the ‘draw,’ THE WRONG PASSENGER AROUSED.—About half- past nine o’clock yesterday morning the Superin- tendent of Police was @ passenger on a Third ave- pae car, At the corner of Canal street and the Bowery car No. 16 of the Canai and Kast Broadway line attempted to cross, when boti drivers whipped ‘up their horses to make the crossing. There came very near being & serious collision. Ihe Suaperin- tendent sprang from the Tiird avenue car to the other, when the conductor of the latter got into an altercation with him. Mr. Kennedy seized him by the neck and turned lim over to officer Dolan, of the Fourteenth precinct, with orders to take him to headquarters, On the Superintendenv’s arrival there, between eleven and tweive, he roundly lec- tured the man and ordered him about his business, MINOR INQUESTS.—The body of an unknown man was recovered yesterday from the East river, near pier 26, peing subsequently removed to the Morgue for inquest by Coroner Rollins. Margaret Killalece, of No. 10 Downing street, died yesterday very sud- denly from unknown causes, roner Rollins wis notified. The remains of an unknown woman wero found yesterday in the Kast river, near Twenty-first street, and taken to the Morgue. Mra. Ann O'Con- ner, aged sixty, a native of Ireland, and residing at 71 Washington street, drop dead yesterday in Rector street from heart disease. Coroner Keenan heid an ee An unknown woman died sud- denly at 510 West T'wenty-cighth street yesterd: from unknown causes, Coroner Rollins was dul notified. SUICIDE BY A FEMALE DRUNKARD.—Coroner Rol- ins held an inquest yetterday over the remaina of ‘Mra, Mary O'Neill, aged twenty-nine, who committed suicide at 223 Third avenue by swallowing Paris green. The deceased had been of intemperate habits and often threatened to seek @ suicidal death when in her cups. When her husband returned home on Thursday he found his wife intoxicated, 80 he put ber to bed in one room, while he retired in an- other, During the night he awoke by the noise of some one falling out of bed, and discovered the de- ceased on the floor of her room in a dying condition. A saucer containing & spoon and some ‘is green Was found on the table, and Mary admitted she had swallowed the poison. A bottle of laudanum was also found in the room, The jury rendered a Verdict of suicidal death, as was shown by the evi« dence adduced. Tae PusLic Heartn.—The reports made to the Sanitary Superintendents oMce show that the mor- tality from contagious diseases 1s om the decrease, Cholera and smallpox cases are of rare occurrence, Yesterday there was one case of the latter reported at No. 13 Sullivan street, Ur. Harris on Thursday night made an unexpected visit to the various cA tablishmenis between Thirtieth and Fortieth streets, and found the stench worse than at any time this summer, The Board will noe @ special meetin at ten ovclock this morning, when it ts expected it Will give all the establishments sudden and igno- mintous burial. ‘The President and the Chairman of the Sanitary Committee made an extensive inspec- Hon of the streets yesterday, bat have not reported the resulta of their mide, It ia, however, understood that they found plenty of room for improvement, New York Atuteric Ouvn,—A well attended Meeting of tits club was held on the evening of August 4, at Wood's Gymnasium, No, 6 East Twenty- eighth street, Colonel William E. Van Wyck in the chair, ‘TIwelve'new members were received and @ reenter ship, ‘The Committee om Gymnasiums reported, through air, J. Lawrence Hatton, that favorable ar- rangements could be made for the permanent toca- tion of the clup at Lonis W. Maires’, No, 20 St. Mark’® lace, and at John Wood's, the place of the meeting. y w vote the latter place was chosen, aud there the club will speedily get to work to be in readiness for the “fall games and exhtbitions,”? such as it will be remembered were given on the 1th of last Novem- ber dt the skating rink on Third avenue and Sixty. fourth street. By the Ist of next month the club wil be fuily domiciled in its new locality, The coumit- tee to inquire into the quatifications of applicants for mMemberslitp, consisting of Messrs. John HA. Van Wyck and P, A, Curtis, Jr., was increased by the ad- dition of Mr, Charles A, Watson. Mr, Francis Kin~ hey, on behaif of the Committee on Outdoor Grounds and Waters, reported favorably on grounds at Nine~ ty-second street and East river, and also at 120th street and East river, but no deeision was reached. Messrs, W. E. Van Wyck, George Boahr, F. Kinney, J. R. Babcock, David'G. Dorrian, C. A, Watson and H. E. Buermeyer weve appointed a conmmittee to re- vise the constitution and by laws of the club to meet its present requirements. The club then adjourned. POLICE INTEDLISENCE. ALLEGED FALSE PRETENCES.—Jacob Smith, lately in the employ of Mr. Horade J. Farrington, was yea terday arrested on a charge of false pretences in ob- taint upholstery goods of the value of $220 75 from the establishment of Charies M. Foster, No. 200 Canal street, under pretence of having been sent for the same by Mr. Farrington. Upou an affidavit setting forth the above facts the accused was held by Judge Kelly, at the Tombs, to answer the charge. ACCUSED OF STEALING GLASSWARE.—A man give ing his name subsequently as Henry T. Rooney yea terday employed Howard E, Smith, a cartman, to convey three packages of glassware from No, 49 Murray street to No. 35 New Bowery. After starting with the load Smith suspected the goods might have been stolen, and, returning to 49 Murray street, found his suspicions to be correct, aud thereupon Rooney was arrested. The prisoner was taken be~ fore Judge Kelly, at the Tombs, and committed for examination. ALLEGED SWINDIING.—Ludwig Levine, a German Jew, who was arrested some time since on a charge of being concerned in a confidence transaction, was. yesterday brought before Justice Sbandiey, charged. With an offence of a similar character. The com plainant, Moses Barnot, of No. 47 East Broadway, stated that on the 29th of June the prisoner, in com- pany with one Harry Beck, entered the store and offered for sale a ape of linen which they they had received from Europe, and for which they asked $100, at the same time stating that its real value Was very much more. Barnot declined to purcbase, but he waa asked to smell of tue gooda, and after placing fis nose to the linen he became so dixzy and coufused that he was persaaded to pay the money asmed. The goods were found to be almost worthless, Levine gave bail to answer. DaRING THEFT OY MONEY.—A well dressed and genteel looking young man, giving his name as Joseph Wood, was yesterday arraigned before Jus- tice Shandley, at Essex Market Police Court, ona eharge of stealing a large sum of money in a very daring manner, Mr, Barratts who does: business as a provision dealer at Nos. 49 and 51 Pirst street, stated that during his absence from his place of busi- ness at dinner hour three young men entered hia store and commenced a conversation with the man who had been left in charge of the premises. One of the trio brought a note addreased to a Mr. Cleves land (who is a son-in-law to Hayward), and while talking with the other two visitors the young man Wood went. towards the desk. When the clerk looked round he noticed W opening the desk, and on looking into it he saw quantity of parcels of fractional He aid hola that [eet 2 had been removed therefrom. of Wi 4 took from his pockets several bundles oft rsetigg 9 and a check, of the total value of $372, Just at this time Mr. Hayward entered, and boing informed of the circumstance Lad to the prisoner, when, as alleged. he admutted the theft, pleaded fur mercy, and produced the key wita which he had opened the desk. The other two men had by this tume disappeared. Wood wag detained until officer Petut, of the Seventeenth precinct, came in and ar rested him. The envelope addressed to Mr. Uleve- jand was opened and found to contain only a blank sheet of paper. When brought before Ju. tice Shand- ley the young man professed entire igaorance of the affair. “He was locked up until this morning, whem the clerk who detected the theft will be examined, QUARANTINE. Another Death from Yellow Fever—The Ver sels from Rio Janeiro, St. Domingo and Key West Ominous. ‘There have been ne new arrivals of vessels with yeltloW fever on board since Monday Jast. Dr. Reid, the Deputy Heaith Oficer, 1s, however, in pos- segsion of certain ominous information relative to the departure of several vessels for tis port from various Southern ports where Yellow Jack is having everything his own way, and it is quite likely under the circumstances that before the month of August has come to a close the health officers will have their hands full. The reports from Key West, St. Domingo and all along the Kio Grande are very bad, and indl- cate that yellow fever and cholera are prevailing ip those parts to almost au unprecedented extent, Ot course Vessels Coming from ports in those vicinities are to undergo more than usual inspection on their arrival here, Information has aiso been received to the effect that the United States Consuls at Cape Catbarien, Cuba, ruse to give bills of heuith to vessels leaving there for the United States, owing to the epidemics which prevall In the neighborhood Of the ports of de- ature, Pine arrivals from Rio Janeiro still indicate the pre- valence of yeliow fever in that guarter. The brig winp-ZU-Lulle, sixty-four days from there, just rived, reports that she had to leave one of her crew In hospital at Rio. The vark Nyborge, also at quaraptine, ieft her mate #n hospital at the same piace. [tis beieved that the meu left behind were Ul of yellow fever, Jolin Noyes, the second mate of the bark Gertrude, Wich arrived from Matanzas on the 30 inst, died yesterday morning in the hospital ship of tie fever. Captain Atherton, of tite same vessel, who was also prostrated by the disease when the bark arrived here, 18 BOW Convalescent. COMMISSIONERS OF EM: RATION. Special Meeting of the Commission—Investic gation ef the Hogan-Van Ness Affair=sharp Criticism by Mr. O?Gorman. A special meeting of the Commissioners of Emi- gration was held yesterday afternoon, Messrs, Hail and Kalbdeisch, the Mayors of New York and Brouk- lyn, and ex agicio members of the Commission, were also present, The chief object of the meeting was to investigate the late fisticuthan performances in which Judge Hogan and Mr. Van Ness, both agents of rival railroad lines, lately engaged on Broad way, near Bowling Green, the great delight of the spectators. Mr, Loutrel was for a thorough and fats invesugation, hoping that each party would be afforded anu opportunity to clear himself, Mr. Kichard O'Gorman said that he thought the only question before the Board was the confirmation of Mr, Van Ness a8 a recognized agent in Castie Garden of his railway gompeer, As to Lhe diniculty between him and Judge Hogan Mr. O'Gorman said the Board had no lscheip = to raise an investigation, since it was a personal ir only between them and had no con- nection with their quties at Castile Garden. He was: opposed to the contirmation of Mr. Van Ness, at that geuticman bad formerly been suspended becausé he bad sold railway ticke%s in Europe, which prace tice is detrimental to the best interests of the emi- grants. Mr. Smith was of adifferent opinion, The two persons concerned represented two great com- panies which transport Yory many emigrants to the West, and he believed it the duty of tie Board, in order to protect these le, LO investigate the affair in order to judge of the character orthe two. Mayor Hali dented the jurisdiction of the Board to fo into Wud investigation, and alter some furthel lebate he moved tat ihe revious resolution for an investigation be rescinded, The motion was seconded by Mr. O'Gorman and unanimously car- nied. A motion of Mr. O'Gorman that che two Mayors be added to the committee to investigate tne abuses at Castie Garden was aferwards withdrawn, and the Board SINGULAR WITRO-GLYCERINE EXPLOSION. (From the Titusville (Pa.) Herald, August 4.) One of the most extraordinary accidents which it has been our province to chronicle occurred at the “Salt Weil, Sern 000, and resulted iu the death of George W. Fetterman, which was briefly alluded to in Saturday’s issue, and the serious wounding of two other persona. ¥rom the reports of the aifair which we have heard the unfortunate man above named procured on Mon last, for the purpose of oiling engihes, S quantity of thick fluid, which, from the or, to be lard oll, but Which, as the Sequel pro ed, Was really that dangerous explosive, nitro-giycerine. He it a8 @ lubricator on the engine at the ‘Sait Well," and also on another en- give, from Monday until Friday afternoon. Strange ag it may ged the nature of the fluid was not suspected during all the time, although it was remarked by some one, who was Curious enough to taste it, that it was singularly sweet for lard oll. However, about three o'clock on Friday afternoon, as the man named was oiling the gudgeon of the sand ee pulley, Which was revolving With great. rapid! ty, cerriile explosion occurred, Fetterman was blown some distance and instantly Killed, He was mulated almost peyond recognition, The flesh Was literally torn from hts limbs, and one-half of his head was blown off, His brother James and ¢ man named P, MeNally, Who were standing near by, were thrown violently 10 the earth, ‘They were bout much braised, The former was wounded in the chest raed and groin by Cyied of the can in whic ycerine had been kept, and other splinters, an@ was strnok in U the the z he tace by love of tim leces Of and ol eee of tip. & the engine house. One piece Waa driven entirely throught @ four-inch post : 7 eS © ——