The New York Herald Newspaper, August 25, 1869, Page 5

ee FASHIONABLE INTELLIGENCE. The Marriage of the Rail- read King. GENIAL § COMMENTS —— The Commodore and Bride Sojourn at the Central Cisy (Syracuse) the Kirst Night of Their Wedded Life—Sea-Side Gossip About tbe Affnir. ‘ferom the Syracuse (N. Y.) Journal, August 23.) ‘he gossip that has been current in the newspa- rs foY several months, tat the venerable Corne- ius Vanderbilt, the world-wide known mitltonuaire And railroad king, was seriously contemplating mat- rimony, bas been verilied, He was married at eight ociock on Saturday morning last, at London, Ca- nada, to Miss Frank Crawford, dangiter of a widow lady, Mrs, M. Crawiord, of Mobile, Ala, Mr, Augus- fus bchell, of New York, and Superintendent sit Mnghast, of the Central Ratirond, were the only guests present at the wedding ceremony, The Com- modore is in the seventy-fourth year or his age, and has been a widower about a year. The bride is about thirty years of age, and quite a good looking, thougn by Bo means beanuful, W Sue Was very ex- ely aud elegantly dressed, Immediately aiier (he inairiage ceremony was Performed the bridai party, consisting of the Com- modore, his wife anda dug maid, Messrs. Schell and Tillinghast, came east 1 the Commodore's ', Wich was whed to the Pacille Ex- reaching this cily ut a quarter past eight uday evening. ‘The special car was stopped in front of tue Vancerblit House, woen te Commodore aud ted and hastened to the most elcgi the hotel contains, This , ad it is called, was paid its having been ‘The same pe this p Ore, thes were gust June last, when Falls. Misa Cra Was then acco Bojourn of tie by Commoxtore when he got shave tanate barber a feo ot sipped that itty doil water's of the hotel by Was the purveyor of the } arrangements for their y all the bills, Curious groups hung avout the hot Saturday evening and punlay morning, A tow 4 sous Witnessed tie arrival of the party, aud quite a Jarge crowd of curiosity-© ‘3 Saw the departure. ‘The Commodore was Very lively, indeed, aad quite [ eget and conrieons in his attentions to his wife. He 13 in a8 good a slate Of prescrvation, despite his added, pai It is further go ‘allows outside Work done at @ reasonable seventy and turee fs, a8 Most nien at tility, The Cominodore’s spectat car was drawa before the main entrance of the Vanderbilt afew minutes before nine o'clock Sunday morning, the bridal party moved speedily frou Uie hotel to their places in the car and away sped the locomotive for Sche- nectady and Saratoga Springs, With a clear track and no incumbrances the tine to the Springs was made in about four hours, At one o'el tue happy pair were comfortabiy ensconced in their qaarters at Congress Hall. The sojourners at the springs were taken by surprise Ly the unexpected arrival of the Commodore and bride; for though the current gossip had foreshadowed the marriage, the event ‘Was suddeniy precipitated upon the gossip-mongers, who tor once were lorestalled in their prophecies, Iu this connection, we call attention to a singular story of Commodore Vanderbilt's reported marriage at Long Branch, which is detanled by our New York correspondent ip his letter on the sebond page tu- day. 4t ts vouched for ay being considered ‘reil- abie” in a private note trom the correspondent, Who considered his authority tiratr ‘fue following ts the seaside g: p above referred DECEMBER AND MAY. You doubtiess have heard taat Commodore Van- @erbilt, the veteran, te white-haired patriarchal Tailroaa king, was engaged some wee beautiful young gi’. 1 can tell you more, Modore 18 married to a beautiful young girl “they say” aud tie “they” that ought to Know. 1 bave it in a straightforward way, ‘the man who was told by the maa who knew the man wno was a wit- hess at the ceremony told me! 14 not this direct enough to suit the most particular as regards the truth of his correspondenvs sta:ements? Tie wed- ding was a private aifair, 1 wnderstand, at Long Branch. The lady—and here's some romance. Listen, Notmany months ago the Vommodore’s son fei desperately in iove with the charming Gaughter of one of the city’s oficers, But tor some reason or otler the father was unwilling that the young man should wed the charming young lady, and there was sorrow and tears and Goldness a8 a result, At length the young man sick- ened and died, Tho young lady then, ior the first tine, became known to the firm old tainer. ‘the Jatter in splie of himse:f was pleased, then Gharmed, tosa tn Jove as sreome muse UCCPY i tt ye ftwenty. By presents at Brat, then atten- ona, then the offer of hus hand, bis heart and ‘tue keys of his chest’ was tuls love shown. Kaci was accepted, aud so the chariamg young lady became aiter ail the wile of a Vauderolll. As go01 As Bue 18 beauthal, the world says of her. And a gatiant knight ia the Liale oid Commodore, {#rom the Utica (N. Y.) Observer, August 28.) Miss Frank Crawford, daugiter of Robert L. Craw- ford, of Mobile, Ala., and deserived as & youny, ac- complished and handsome woman, married Commo- dore Vanderbilt at London, Ontario, Saturday morn. ing. Augustus Schell, of New York (Hard), and Superintendent Tilhnguast, of the New York Central Railroad, were the ouly persons present at the cere mony. ‘The hay ppy pair left London during the day and proceeded by way of te Great Western apd New York Central railroads, in oa won train, with all the accoutrements, to syracuse, Where the spent Saturday night. Yester- day they were whisked forward to Saratoga, which place they reached at one P, M, 'fo-day the measure of the Commodore's happiness will be full if his pet horse Mountain Boy wins the trot wih that lgnt and quick svpper Lady Thorn. [tle won.—kKp. HERALD.) According to previous arrangement this event is to be decided on tue Saratoga course at noon today, The Commodore is a man of many years, Dut sult of noble mien ant powerful phyrsiyue. 31 be continues to excroiwe reasonable prudeuce in @riving fast horses and in being driven over railroads here and there ia fasier special traius, he may hope to live many years more in the enjoyment of his Bundred millions aud married Lite. {From the Troy Da:ly Titnes, Angus! 23.) Vanderbilt's last und most notabie consoidation occurred on Saturday last, wheu he united himself dn marriage with Miss Frank Armstrong, daugiter ‘of the late Robert L. Crawiord, of: Mobile, Ala With the staunch old Cominodore's well-known procuvity for heavy dividenaa, tais conjunction of imteresis cannot be barren of satisiactory resulis, Arnis stock (of years) is quoted to-day below t Vanderbilt's 18 tirm at seveuty-iive. rangement contmue iv ful force unui Jatter can be quoted regularly at ‘par? {From the Elmira Gazette, August 2: MATRIMOWIAL “CORNER.” Commodore Vanderbile Las been engaged in an- other speculation—inat of © it will carn ott as Advaniag modore’s stock operations ¢cremony took place ab Lone @ay morning. Miss Robert L. Crawtord, rong’s while May the wr al least the 8 as SOU Canada, oF rd, danghter of a, 8 the lady To THE EpiToR OF THE t Allow me to make th have not found in the pa new Byron scandal. First.—Mrs. Stowe’s expreseeu reason for publish- Ing her ‘‘revelations” js that Countess Guicciolt has mlandered Lady Byron; but |. have failed to fine any wanders in her own resumé of the Countess’ ecbarges. ‘There is nothing new in them. Lord Byron's memoirs were suppressed with the know- N and consent not only oi Lady Byron, but of some of the best friends of the pow. Second.—Lora Byron's letter to Lady Byron, dated November 17, 1821, was addressed to “Lady Byron, care of the Hon. Mra. Leigh, London," and in the same lever Augusta's naine appeats agalu, Can it be imagined that Lord Byron wonid dare to adareas @ letter to his.wile under the care of the accomplice of big crime, known to the formcr,.or even to write Mt 20 if the letter was not intended to be sent to her? Does Mra. Stowe mean that thie was a potft of his “\10Ule dramatic performance!” Third.—A large part of Mrs, Stowe’s article ts made up of quotations from the poc!, forced into ar- guments iv defence of his crime oF insuiis to lis vie Um. How can all that stand together with her remark that “this damuing secret became the rating force of nis life, holding hin with & imarbid fascina- tion, yet Mliing him with remorse and anguish and ingane dread of detection?” ‘There were in what everybody knows and nobody contradicts reasons enough for a separation. 1 do not see the necessity of jooking for apy other, and of such @ nature. It 19 exceedingly painful to see Mrs, Stowe's nane raising this scandal. If do some good entered into her intentions she .bhe certainly misiaken the Way and underestimated the power of Lord Byron's genius over youth. | would dare say that for many ersones her article nught prove tu he @ sermon in favor of incest, inakiig it appear as elegant and fashionable. Chateaubriand’s most perfect and impressive work Je his “René,” where the hero, heving Kis own Curis: ‘tian Name, Appears exiied py himself and constantiy tortared in consequence of nis love for his own Bis- fer, J aby peisons shonid believe Mra. Stowe's recital, some May end by sayi est Modern poets of Frahce an 2 slight remarks which 1 pexe Im connection with the England were voth ® fatal prey to the same pasgion. Let us pity the Jeas virtuous and most unfortunate of the two,’ “IPA, To THE Epiron or Tre Size, Your admirable article upon the inte indecent publication of the *Ayron Scanday? has uggesi@d a shonght that might be practically usetui, vfeacherp haye, with commendable DyF pensation seat, attacked neatly alt the grént abuses, iaproner feet ci a ceca eee artful to @ moral sense than is the influence of such publications over the signatore pectable authoress a9 the ‘Byron Scandal.” Asa Correct man of family I must ob- ject to any more of Mra. Stowe’s books about the te until assored of her return to respectable literatare, Is there any minister of the Gospel bold enough to aiminister @ gentle and wholesome re- buke to her as asister? PATER FAMILIAS. IME PERUVIAN MONITORS. Voyage to the Salut Islands=Geography of the Istands=French Convicts at Ganaymes= Reformatery DisciplineParnguayan Af> PERUVIAN MonITOR FLEET, fairs. MARANHAM, Brazil, July 12, 1569, \ The fieet sailed from Demerara on the 18th ult. and arrived at Salut Islands, near Cayenne, on the 21st, all well. The transport Marranon, formerly the Havana, was there tound to be so badly broken down, and her boilers leaking so freely, that 1t was declared she could do no more towing for the pres- ent, or until after undergoing extensive repairs. So, after coaling, the Pachitea, formerly arago, with her Monitor, the Mansa Copac, came on to Maranham, leaving the Marranon to repair boilers and the Ata- hualpa to await the return of the Pacbitea to tow her to this place. Our two vessels left Salut Islands on the 27tn ult, and arrived here on the 3d inst, Of the mouth of the Amazon river we found 100 miles current in twenty-four hours, setting northwest. The Pachitea starts to-day aiter the Atahualpa at Sa- Jut Islands. For the information of your readers I woald state that the Salut are tree small islands on the coast of French Guiana, avout thirty miles from Cayenne. ‘They are used as a prison for French convicts, Doth from the old country and Guiana. They are fresb, green, pretty looking islands, and lie from each other in tue Jorm of @ triangle, about 300 yards apart, forming a good harloy On the west side. Very little ig Kuown of these islinds among shipmasters, and the information might be valuabie to the captain of any vessel distressed or disabled on this coast, that here he can have a good harbor with four fathoms water, where he cal procure from the goverment store Coal and all other supplies needed. There i also here a good machine stop, and the overfithen: rice. ‘There is now about 1,000 prisoners on the islands, ait mien, guarded by about 30) French soldiers, The prisoners are healthy looking and seem to be ad- miraviy managed. There are but three ladies on the islands, wives of the principal oflicers. Many of the prisoners, aiter serving a time on the islauds, are (for good conduct) allowed to go to the main land and start farming on a small scale. The French overnment 1s also providing them with wives irom the houses of correction and reform schools of France, sending over about a thousand a year of those womeu who Wish to come, either to yun away from their characters at home or avoid further imprisonment. Some of the descendants of these queerly aftianced people will no doubt tigare io tue future history of this country, perhaps as presidents of the future grand republic of Guiana. ‘The port of Maranham looxs almost deserted at preseat, and everybody 1s complaining of hard times. ‘Tie paper money has depreciated greatly, and gold goes up and down, as at home, Noone seems to take any interest in the Para- guayan war or care for 1ts results, though al! agree in thinking Lopez a very smart man, So many siaves have been taken from this part or Brazil and sent as soldiers to the war that the crops have falien otf, aud all kinds of trade with it, There is no Americad ves- sel here at present. On our arrival here we found three Peruvian o%!- cers—Captain Arietes and two lieatenants—wio nad been sent out from Peru via St. Thomas to join tie feet. Eexpect we shall have some more new ones in Kuo Janeiro if we are ever lucky enough to reach that port. Another towing steamer or transport 18 to meet us there, called the Chailaco, from Peru. The old Havana has proved bad property for this expedi- tion; her bouers were burned out before she left New York, All the tubes were taken out and replaced by new ones at New Orleans, and now the bottoms of her boilers are burned as thin as brown paper. Her engine, too, is terribly out of order. The report in the fleet bere is that the good people of Peru are much dissatisded with Mr. Garcia, the late Minister to the United States, and others who managed the buying and fitting out of these monitors and trans- ports. They have expended large sums of money, and the monitors and transports, badly out of order, are still far from Peru. Tuey are salisied witn the present senior officer, Captain Carrelio, and his assistanis in the fleet, and lay the cntire biame on tue buyers and managers in the United States, GRIME IN CONNECTICUT, Murderous Assault ef a Husband Upon His Wite—Kevolting Sceucs. {From the Hertiord Evening Times, August 23.) v A Ld of ae aR URE OLA bray Met eRe! fat PHS city yesterday (Sunday) morning. Marta “McGuire, residing at No. 1 Retreat avenue, deliberately cub vis Wile’s. throat, aimost Hrerally fro: car to ear, with a pocket knife. Below we give the particulars of the horrible asfair as near as we could learn them:— MARTIN M’GUIRE has been employed by Sharpe's itife Company for some time past, and worked at case-hardening. He is about thirty-live years old, and his wile 1s tiventy- five years old, ‘they have four childrea, all boys, the Oldest belug about ten years and the youngest only two years old, He has been a steady, hard- working Man, and until recently has borne a good reputauon for sobriety and good conduct generally. But some two or three montis since he began, it is said, to show symptoms of bad temper and quar- relled with his wife, and she made complaint against him to the police, but he was dischanged because his wile reused to — and testify against tum, ‘fhe origmal cause of the quarrel, it is said, grew out of his wife’s refusal to give him the bank pook, contaming an account of deposits in the savings bank, where he had laid away some $700 or $80U. McGuiie wanted the money to pay for a lot which he hua purchased on Baker street, peroee to tue eatate of Patrick Dugan. His wife refused to give him the bank book unless he would have the deed of the property made in her name, and he finally consented te do so, but on getting possession of the book and the money he refused to Keep his promise. ibe matter was finally compromised by making the aged jointiy 1p the name of the wife and husband, and isis.it was thought would end the quarrel, but ib seenis th did not. THE ATTACK—SAVAGE WORK, McGuire, is is said, was paid off on Saturday. He went howe and showed his wife the money (forty dollars) and asked her if she wanted it, and ver: soon vegan a quarrel about the inevitable ‘ban! Hook,” which his wife had again got into her pos- session and refused to give up. Daring the evening he Was So abusive that his wife left the children in ved aud weat to her father’s house on West street, McGuire followed her, making repeated threats of violence, ana only left the house of Mr. Garrity on being warned off. Mrs, McGuire rematned in her father’s house over night, and in the morning McGuire went down and asked her to go home, say- ing the youugest child was sick. She went home, her mother accompanying her to prevent violence to her dausiiter at the hands of McGuire. At the meet- ing in the morning they had some words about the quarrel the night vefore; but nothing of a serious nature Was.auticipated. While breaklast was being prepared, however, McGuire walked quietly over to a heighbor’s an ‘sharpened his pocket knife on the grindstone. At the breakfast table he asked his wile if she would stay at home during the day with the children while he went to Wethersfield. She asked him “what .business he had in Wethersfeld 7’ lie made no reply, but springing upon his wife and seizing her by the hair of the head, dealt her ® powerful blow with his pocket knife, making a terribie gash in the throat, severing the smaller arteries, and cutting through the winupipe. ‘The exterior artery barely escaped the edge of the Knife, Which entered the fesh under the leit ear and passed around to the right side of (he throat, making a ghastly wound of about sx and ouc-half inches long and two inches deep. ‘The wounded women shrieked and siraggied in vain to release herseif from the murderous grasp of her husvand, and the mother rushed to ber rescue, and 1m her efforts to defend her daughter had three of her fingers cut clean to the bones. ‘The iiuriated husband still maintained his grasp on his wife's hair, holdiug her down, and continued to cut and stab her in the neck until Der ontcries brought out the occu- pants of the other part of the house; and then, in the presence of the assembling neighvors, he de- liberately» walked. off in a westerly direction down Verpon street. After receiving these terrible wounds the woman had strength sufficient to walk a few steps to the open door, where she gauk upon the sieps. THE SCENE At the house was one that beggaxed all description, ‘rhe wounded woman was prostrate in frout of the door, the blood literally pouring from the wouud in her vhrogt, sacurating her clothing and lowing out and spreading over the walk where she had fallen. It was a ghastly wound and the sight was sickening to. behold, Mrs, McGuire, alshouga very weak from the 1os4 Of blood, will, 1 18 thought, recover, pro- Vidiug some new or internal difticulty does not de- veiop itself. She was somewhat better this noon, and sae doctors feel encouraged in regard to her coudition. INVENTION FOR SUPPLYING A OiTy with Hi Ain.—Experiments are being made by a ities man who has worked for many years in the United States armory fo1 applying @ city with heated air, It ts proposed force air rapidly through @ coil or series of iron pipes heaved in a furnace, and then through a greater length of pipe outside, made of fire clay, which 1s claimed to be about Wie best uon-conductor that can be had, ‘The first trial will be a pump of eight-inch diameter and eight-Juch stroke, and the clay pipes, now making in New York, will be 300 feet in length and of a four-inch bore, With # thermometer at each ena, Which will indicate 600 degrees. The projector e: pects to heat the air in the iron pipe to that temper. ature and force it to the further end with little loss. If jaid in the streets it will be necessary nortay made of fire clay, It 18 contended, if the ere My g et pul will be ‘or all hea h will be & it ‘these or igh brjooe of tueL—springrerd Ulm aucwss NEW YORK CITY. THE COURTS. UNITED STATES DISTRICT cOUaT. Condemnations, Before Judge Blatchford, On the return of process yesterday no claimant appearing four cases of glass bottons seized by Col lector Grinnell, from the ship Cimbria, from Ham- burg, were condemned. There were several other condemnattons of whiskey, Claara, tobacco, &c., but for some mysterious reason better known to itself the government refused to iurnish them to the press. UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS’ COURT. Selling Cigars Not from Boxes. Before Commissioner Snields, The United States vs, J. Deutchieyer, Julian Gold- smith, M. Meyer, Peter Raferty and F, Watlen- karf.—The defendants were arrested on a charge of keeping cigars for sale loose in their show cases, ‘They are all Going business inavenne ©. It appear ing that they were ingorant of the law, with the exception of Rafferty, they were discharged on pay- ment of costs, $2275 each, Ratlerty was discharged ‘without payment of costs. Alleged Failure to Keep Proper Books. The United States vs. Strous & Strous.—Defend- ante do business at No, 74 William street, under the firm name of Strons Brothers. They were arrested @ few days ago for not keeping proper books for the entry of their sales of tobacco. They were brought up for exa nination yesterday, and Isi Sarva an essistant assessor, testified that iney showe bim aday book in which thetr sales were entered and said that that was the only record of sales kept by them, ‘rhe law required the keeping of a “leaf book”? for the entry of sales. They were held to await the action of the Grand Jury. The Alleged Fraudulent Pay Roll Case—Con- tinuation of the Examiuntion of General Thomas W. Eagan Before Commissioner Osborn. ‘ The United States vs. Thomas W. Eagan.—The ex- amination. of this case was resumed yesterday morning aud two witnesses were called for the de- fence. James Hogan testifled—I worked ten days steadily during July in Eagan’s district; know Wilk a Buell; dla vnot, work every day.'bal wad avd cml the time; heard Buell speak with regard to thé ar- rest of Eagan; he.was treating all the hands, and said he was going to Jersey City and bad drawn seventy dollars. Cros&-examination—H¢ said he got seventy-five dollars to go to Jersey City; he said when he went to Jersey City it was tor somethingiconcerning this arrest; this was at the same time thus treating took place; am sure it was after the arrest, Timothy J. Busch testified that he had had snb-- poenas for several days for important witnesses tor the defence, but had not yet been able to' find them. Mr. Allen, counsel for General Eagan, moved an adjournment in consequence of lis inaSility to secure the attendance of important witnesses. General Jackson, the Assistant District Att having the case in cllarge and making no objections, the case was adjourned to Thursday, at two o'clock. SUPREME COURT—SPECIAL TERM, Tho Susquehanna Railrend War—The Dee fendants Examined on the Question of Contempt. Before Judge Barnard. ‘The case of Chase vs, Van Valkenburgh et al, was yesterday before Jndge Barnard on an examination to punish the defendants for contempt. Mr. Van Vaikenburgh was oraily examined and testified as follows:—Previous to August 6 I was superintendent of the Albany and Susquehanna Rollroad; neard of the appointment of a receiver on August 7; Fisk appeared at the office of the com- pany at a quarter pan eight o’clock tnat morning, ‘and said he and Mr. Courter had been appointed re- celvers; be was then in possession of the road under direction of Mr, Pruyn, who had been appointed recelver by Jndge Peckham; ordered Mr. Fisk out of the ofice; took him by the arm and asked him to go out; then helped to push him out and ordered others to push him out; they were persons in our employ; they were bought in for the parpose; Fisk wes arrested by an officer em- ployed in the building; he had been sworn in by the Sheriff as deputy to give him the power of ar- rests; J did not order the officer to arrest him; I don’t know whether Courter went out with Fisk or “not; I turned bim out be feos on Monday evening; told him if he didn’t go out I would have to put him out; | probably had twenty-five men in the building with Te then; Mr. Proyn told me to use the force I did; I gave orders on Monday to take up the ralls on the Toad; wld WE Bae mechanic, R. C. Blackwell, to GO 80 Bt MATPeTSVNe; SENT the urder by telograptj a wold the ordor was not to allow th . party on us to proceed any further east and to eit the rails to prevent it; no bridges were set on my knowledge, but one trestie work was taken down by my order; Isent up men on a train to aid in driving back the raiders and to protect our prop- erty; } don't know that any of these men were armed; pare no directions for arming them; 1 didnt leave Albany myself; I went to Chatham Four Cor- ners afterwards and left the State for a time, Q. You went away because you heard there was a writ against you? “A. I don’t know why I should answer that question; I was first told that Pruyn was appointed a receiver at about ten o'clock on the night of the 6th, and he wanted me to go down to take charge of the property of the road; went down that night and again in the morning; Fisk, alter coming in, Swung @ little cane, and said he would take the road if it cost him $1,000,000; I said I claimed possessfon under Prayn; Fisk didn’t ask if he had any papers; 1 was advised and belleved that I acted properly and in the proper discharge of my duty according to 1aw, with no disrespect to any branch of the court; there was quite a number of men with Fisk; athictic appearing persons, whom Fisk calied his boys, push open that door and take possession. Q. Did they come? A, They did. ha Did they afterwards go? (Laughter.) A. They did, hastily down stairs (laughter); Fisk's manner was very excitable, boisterous and abasive; the Bow- ery style I would cali It; he came tn red.hot, arg this is the twenty-sixth or twenty-seventh raid have made and | propose to take you tn this raid, Q. Did you cause the aberiff of Broome county to be opposed? A. We believed at that time the sheriff ‘was restrained by order of Judge Peckbam. Mr. Van Valkenburgnh teatstied that when the frogs were placed on the track, the Erie engines were not running upon his thufe table; they were trying to break-into the depot and run in we face and eyes of his trains, Mr. Ramsey testified that he first heard of the re- straint on August 4; heard that Fisk and Comter had been appointed receivers; has caused no entries to be made in the books since the injunction, as he ’ was apprehensive that if be meddied with them he would be violating the injunction; the books were placed in the hands of Mr. Smith, as they were ap- rehensive tlie safe would be broken open; does not ‘hink they have been moved out of the State by Mr, Pruyn; advised Van Valkenburg to take measures to resist the Fisk party. At this potot the examination was adjourned until to-day at ten A. M. SURROGATES COURT. The Kinaman Wil! Case. Before Surrogate Tucker, Surrogate Tucker, aftersmore than a year’s consid- eration, has rendered a decision sustaining the will of Mr. Kinsman, a wealthy carpenter, who divided his property among the relatives of bis wife. Colonel J. B. Kinsman, 2 nephew of the testator, fled allega- tlons to overthrow the will, partly on the ground that the devisees had exerted an undue influence on the mind of the uncle. After the formal proof was tn, counsel for the contestant showed by Dr. Nell that the testator, at the time of making his last will, was afflicted with a valvular diMeculty of the heart, sonie congestion of the lungs and dropay of the lower ex- tremities. The counsel sought to show by this that the testator was weak in body and that his mind was, therefore, necessarily weak and coulda eamly be in- fluenced by-othera, Dr. Neti testified that he had known the testator for years, and had been his family physician, aud that he Wasa man of sound judgment and had o firm, strong will, and that notwithstanding his heart disease and other troubles his mind seemed to be unimpaired, his judgment sound and his will a3 strong as ever, There were two medical witnesses called on be- half of Colonel Kinsman, the contestant, neither of whom had ever seen the testator, one of whom seemed to be inclined to tho opinion that the disease of the heart and the dropsy, as described, would affect the mind of the testator to such an extent as to destroy the soundness of his testamen- tary capacity. A large number of witnesses who wore well ac- quainted with the testator testified that he ap- peared to be of sound mind and memory up to the ime of bis death. ‘The Surrogate dismissed the allegations, with costa, and sustained the will. COUNT OF SPECIAL SESSIONS. The Proud Glory of » Name No Barrier to Inglorious Crime—A Buyer of Lottery Poli+ cles Makes Hits, but of the Wrong Kind=— Kit Burns iu a New RolemMedley of Cascs. Before Judge Kelly, The calendar yesterday showed fifty-two cases. Of j these thirty-one were charges of assault and bat- | tery, sixteen of petty larceny, two of violation of | the health laws, two of malicious mischief and one | of gambling, With bis usual patience of research the Justice occupted four hours nearly tn listening to the evidence and passing upon tne cases, WHAT'S IN 4 NAME? ‘The distinguished bard of Avon has answered this interrogatory to the general satiafaction of “the ‘World and the rest of mankind,” An ihystration | to answer, » of the sound philosophy of his mode of reasoning occurred in tue arraignment of oue Jenn Dowllug, accused of stealing four dollars in fractional cur rency, belonging Frederick O'Neill. The com- peinens ig the proprietor of a barroom, and missing he stamps from his money charged the lar upon Dowling. “Why do you pappoas that Dowling took the money i" asked the Judge. “Thad counted over the money,” explained the complainant, “and feeling weary, took @ doze.” “Perhaps some one else stole the money while you were dozing,” suggested the Judge. “I took precaution against that by placing @ chalr in front o! the door, and my feet on the chair.”? “Well, how long did you sleep ”” “Not jong; but when! woke up I found Dowling gone, and the money also.” “How did he get out without your knowing it?” “There was another door, a side door,” interrupted Is the on & invell is your explanation of the case?’ the Jndge asked the accused, “| don’t Know nothing about it,” was his ungram- Matical way of giving a negative response. “1 went out of the place to go and take a swim, and the first mine I knew a policeman arrestea me,”” “Was any money found on you”? “Not a cent; I tell you I did not take the money.’? “Well, Dowling, Idon’t know but you are inno- cent. I can hardly believe that one Cpe | the name of Dowling could steal; though my confidence in panes, and the high integrity associated with them, was greatly shaken in this court lately by a person of the name of Kelly being brought before me on a charge of larceny. There 1s a doubt in your favor, and your name 18 Dowling. You can go; but you can find this money do so, and remove the obloquy on your honorable name,” A DOUBTFUL DEVENDANT. James Walsh was arraigned on a charge of prac- tiging the art of pugilism upon Frederick Miller, “Guilty or not guilty?’ asked Mr, Johnson, the clerk, after the usual preliminary formula, “Tcan’tsay whether [ am guilty till 1 hear the evidence,” answered the prisouer. “Well, let us hear the evidence,” said the Judge, “ag quickly as possible, 80 a8 to relieve the prisoner ‘of his doubt.” “He struck me four times in my room,” said the complainant, “Why did he strike you’ asxed the Judge. ‘or no reason,” answered tie complainant, ‘There was areason,” spoke up ti used; “he owed me money; I had been vo him several times for it, and he wonid not pay me.’? “What did he owe you money for ?’? “That was between ourselves,”’ “Between yourselves, how?’? “If you must know the (rath I bought lottery polt- cies of him,’? more explicitly began the accused. “I drew a prize of six dollars and fifty cents and he only paid me two dollars, and 1 went for the balance,’? “It was bad policy your beating him,’ saia the Judge; “the worst hits you coutd possiy’y have made. You have saddied yourself with a tine of ten dollars.” “go you make me out guilty?” “Yes, sir.’ ss weil, 80 be it. I took my chance on being inno- cent.” “And drew a blink,” interrupted the Jadge. “Exactly 80." The man paid the ten dollars and left, the doubt as to his guilt being evidently wholly removed trom his mind, KIT BURNS IN COURT, Among the prisoners, not then in the prisoners’ box, but on batl, was Kit Burns, the distinguished connoissear in dogs and rat bating. A little unplea- santness had. occurred between him and his wife Catharine, She charged him with diverging from ine ordinary business of rat baiting, and “bating” her, “Kit Burns—Catharine Burns,” called out Mr. Johnson, Kit answered promptly, but Catharine failed to put in an appearance. “You can go,” said the Judge to him. Kit went. MISCELLANEOUS CASES. James Donnegan drank two dozen glasses of lager, and not being a Dutchman and accustomed to the beverage he went to marring with lis knife a piea- gure wagon. He was fined ten dollars, as a memento of the expensiveness of lagor taken by the wholesale, William Kelly seeing Michael McDonald going through James street, assaulted him without provo- cation or even the honor of a prior acquaintance, He was sent two montlis to Biack well’s Isiand to ex- FREE BATHS. Appropriation of the Legislature for Their Erection—Shameful Neglect of City Ofticere— Interesting Interview with the Powers ‘That Be. There 1s no subject. which possesses more vital secular importance and worth in a large city like New York than the matter of bodily cleanliness, and the steps which should be taken to render the means of cleaniiness accessible to all. It 1s a fact acknowledged on all hands that one of the main causes Of disease in our large and overcrowded cltieg is the lack—~which in New York is especially felt—of commodious free baths, in which all per- sons, at all times, may be free to enter and perform their Javations. he importance of this subject has received @ due amount of consideration from the authorities im all the Jarge cities snd towns of England and in the principal cities of the United States, Public free baths have been erected, and have proved a source of great benefit to the thousands of persons who daily take advantage of the privilege. in Liverpool, Haul, and most of the large seaports in England, free baths have been opened in nearly every ward, into which those cities are divided for election purposes, In Boston, Philadelphia, Albany and other of our cities too numerous to Menton, the same thing has been done, and they ali continue, after a fair trial, to be decidedly successful. During the month of July the free pubic baths of Boston were used by 407,467 persons, being an increase of 75,190 of those who availed themselves of the privilege over the corre- sponding month last year. In New York alone no provision is made to supply this pressing want, Nature nag provided us with the finest location It is possible to conceive, whercon to build our tanks or to float enclosed baths like those of Albany. Our city authorities alone are the persons who are de- priving the people of what they so much require; on them alone the blume and disgrace should /all. ‘The urgent necessity of establishing public baths in the var.ous wards of this crowded city for suai- tary reasons is indisputable, But, irrespective of this indispensable disideratum on the mere groands of sanitary expediency, there exists a moral obliga- tion which we owe to a progressive, enlightened commanity, by the immediate provision of enclosea tanks where the po or of both sexes, ana thrifty bat economical wor ker may resort for bathing purposes. ‘ihe scenes On both the North and Bast rivers should couvince our authorities O1 this fact. Dally, pay hour- ly. the decencles and propricties of common life are dutraged aud the conventionalities of society set at aeliauce by the nude spectacles which can be wit- nessed on our shores, on our plers and among our shipping on both sides of Manhattan, where men, youths and children practise theirgaquatic sports in the face of day and before the involuntary gaze of the passengers of both sexes on our Jerryooats and river steamers, and not unfrequently are these scenes so disgusting as to be perfectly revolting and to cause the blush of shame to rise upon the face of the most hardened among us. Who can negative tis pleture? Who can say it is overdrawn? ‘hat free public baths if erected would be appre- ciaved and extensively used is shown from the tact that the floating batns round the Battery and on various parts of both the North and East rivers are very extensively patronized, The baths near the Baitery, on the East river, which are of a very in- ferior class, have ap average of 150 bathers a day cach, and this at the rate of twenty-five cents for the single bath or one dollar for six tickets, proving that If iree baths were erected the mass of our pop- ulation would not be slow to take advantage of tue privilege. At the commencement ot last year our city and State authorities seemed to wake up to this state of facts, and on the 22d of July, 1863, an act was passed by the Legislature “to provide ioaung baths in the city of New York’? Section s of tie act enacts:— ‘Tbe Mayor, Aldermen and Commonalty of New York are end his belltcose superfuity in breaking stone. Toho lamp threw salt in the eyes of oficer Zaga. The salient point was @ fine of ten doliars imposed on Kiamp. Ferdinand Schenck was sentenced four months to the Penitentiary for beating his mother, and then ofticer Joyce for interfering. Edward Gal- Jagher stole some carpenter's tools. He was ordered two months’ confinement in the same institution, Aaron Schneider stole a coil of rope from one of the North river piers. He was fined fifty dollars. Thomas Burns pleaded gutity to an assault on Joseph. Zagis, a boy. He was fined thirty dollars, Jobn hifier was sent two months to the Penitentiary for sleGiiug nine bagatelle balls. William Taylor, for an assault on Thomas Low, was fined twenty dollars and sent ten days to the City Prison. Matthew Hig- ing was sent four months to the Penitentiary for ating his wife. COURT CALENDAR—TitiS DAY. SUPREME Cotmn—Ciaenuns.—Nos_12, 7% 107, 110, 147 CITY INTELLIGES OE. Tus WEATHER YESTERDAY.—The follo wing record will show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours in comparison with the cor- responding day of Jast year, as indicated by the ther- mometer at Hudnut’s plarmacy, HERALD Building, Broadway, Saeae of Aun streeti— 8 M. 1868, 1869, » 82 4 Average temperature yesterday. Average temperature for correspon YOarensese. Music IN THE PaRK.—The Commissioners an- nounce that if the weather be fino there will be music by the Park Band at the north end of the Green, hear the “Springs,” to-day, commencing at four P. M. Tur City MORTALITY.—The mortuary statistics of the Board of Health give the following as the num- ber of deaths for the week:—Total deaths, 592; of these were, of zymotic diseases, 283; constitution: 12; local, 136; developmental, 82; violence, 21, Farat Hatonway Casvatry.—Coroner Rollins was yesterday noufled to hold an inquest on the body of Conrad Hoffman, seventeen years of age and a na- tive of Germany, whose death resulted from a com- pound fracture of the skull, received by falling from the first floor to the sub-cellar of Sommer’s Brewery, 225 West Eighteenth streot. After the accident Hotiman was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where death subsequently ensued, PETER COOPER AND THE LABOR CONGRESS.—A delegation from the congress of the National Labor Unton waited upon the venerable Peter Cooper yesterday afternoon at his mansion in Lex- iugton avenue. Speeches were made by the cnair- man, General West, of Mississippi; Mr. Pratt, of Massachusetts, and other members of the com- mittes, to whlch Mr, Cooper responded, endorsing the platform and principles. Mr. Cooper has long been known to favor the financial and co-operative lans of Uie labor unions, and his generous aid, to he cause has called out this conspicuous compli- ment from the entire body. POLICE INTELLISENUE. LARCENY OF HOUSEHOLD ARTICLES.—Mary O’Brien, a domestic, was arraigned before Justice Ledwith yesterday afternoon, charged by Mrs, Martha G. Brown, her empioyer, with stealing a quantity of household articles valned at $103, Ene pieaded guilty and was committed, BURGLARY IN Houston SrregT.—Some ume be- tween midnight and six o’clock yesterday morning burglars effected an entrance to the liquor store of A, A. Frank, corner of Mercer and West Houston streets, by wrenching off the locks and bolts of aside door, and siole thirty-five dollars in money, six or eight boxes or be i! and liquors. The total value of the property stolen is about $125, ALLEGED EMBEZZLEMENT.—Maximilian Weil, a bookkeeper in the employ of Funk & Mass, was ar- raigned at Jefferson Market yesterday by officer Crowe on complaint of Philips & Funk, chargea with embezzling the sum of $810 12 from them at various umes, from the Ist of April last to the 16th of Juiy, by means of making false entries and erasures while in their employ. fie admitted the charge, and was committed In default of bail to answer. LARCENY OF WATCHES.—A man named Frank Delamar was accused at the Jefferson Market Poiice Court yesterday with having entered the jewelry store of P. Manhemmer, No. 306 Seventh avenue, yes- terday morning, while the latter was temporarily absent, and, helping himself to nine watches, Valued at $302. Le was in the act of leaving the store when discovered by Manheimer’s wife, who raised the alarm. The prisoner ran as sar as Seventh ave- nue and Twenty-sixth street, shouting “Fire, when he was captured by detecuve Butcher with the property in his possession. He was committed BOA20 OF POLICE COMMsSiONERS, After considerable dificuity President Bosworth secured the attendance of a quorum yesterday at hal-past three P, M., although the meeting had been called for nine o'clock A. M. A resolution was passed defining the boundaries of the Forty-third sub-precinet, as follows:—Ali that territory bounded by Hamilton avenue, Kapelyea street, Third place, Fourth street and the Gowanus canal. ‘The station house is to be locaved corner of Van Brant and Kin; streets. Sergeant Woodward, of the Twenty-eight! ad directe{ to erect two free tloating river and one on the Ht don river, at fe accommodation of the people of said the requisite attendance therefor, All mitted to use the same without saree hereby wuthorized baths, one on the suitavle points, for city, and to provide @ pert Rider such regulations as the Common Council of sald may prescribe and direct. ‘And section 4 of the same act enacts that “this act shail take effect immediately.”” The next step taken was an apportionment by the Common Council of the sum of $60,000 for the pur- pose of carrying the work authorized by tho act lato effect, and which was ordered to be done under the direction of the Street Commissioner. And this was the last that the public have heard of tbe mat- ter. A year has slipped away and the baths—where are they? Ww rn view of enlightening the public on the sub- ject & HERALD reporter called on ‘Thursday at the oilce of the Steet Commissigness: Ot whose dives Fete eet” weal done, oud UregHOR AM eile rect” Commissioner, George W, AicLean, Was out of town, managed to introduce himself to Mr, Clifford, the gentlemanly chief clerk ol that establishment. Mr, Clifford, in answer to a questloa, stated that the Commissioners were very anxious to proceed with the erection of the batus, bat that they were unable to do so until they re- ceived a reply from the Commissioners of the Sink- ing Fund, t0 whom tuey had written, asking what piers could be used for the pury ‘They were ‘waiting for that reply, and could not go on without it. REPORTER—HOW long is it slace you wrote to the Commissioners? Ouiz? CLERK—About six weeks or two months ago. eceronren—Bat the Jaw authorizing the constrac- tion of the baths was passed in 1868, How Is it there has been so much delay ¢ Cutke CLERK—Shat i can’t tell you; we can’t go on until we know wiuch sips the Commissioners Wi allow us to use, REPORTER—But are you prepared to go on when you get their answer; have you the plans ready ? CHIEF CLERK—Well, [ don’t know; the Commission- er may have them, but I don’t think be iias; I have not beard anytuing avout any plans; that 1s ali I can teil you, sit. ieronren—Very well; good morning, sir. Caer CLERK—Good morning. é The reporter then wended his way to the Com p troller’s office, climbed the stairs, and introduced himself to Mr. Dikeman, the well Known clerk to the Commissioners of the Stuking Fund, and politely asked to be informed if the Commfsstoners had taken any action in reference to the communication re- ceived from the Street Commissioner on the subject of free baths, fe ‘Mr. Dikeman listened to the question of the repor ter witha polite sinile, and diving into nis desk, pro- duced the minute. book of the Board, and turning toa page covered with a neat, legible handwitng, said— “Here 18 the record, sr." He then proceeded to yead, at racing speed, to the following effect:— __, “Meeting of Commissioners, July 1, cousmfnfea- tion réad fromeStree; Commissioner, asking Uns Board to appoint suitable places for the erection of free floating baths on the Hast river and the Huson river, as authorized by chapter 879, laws of 1803, $50,000, On motion, communication referred to the Mayor and Comptrolier, to select such places and report taereon.”” RePoRTeR—Thank you, sir. Now, can yon tell me if the: Mayor aud Compuoller have come to any de- of cision’ Here Mr, Dikeman happened to catch a glimp: the reporter’s notebook, and sala, sbarpiy, “W do you Want thisitort You must not publish av thing I have wld you. I kuow nothing whatever about the matter; you nad better see the Mayor. don’t Know anything. RerorTER—Thank you, sir, (Hxewnt.) ‘The reporter now fels that he was on the right track, and proceeded at once to the Mayor's Uilice, 1 was fortunate enough to find that dignitary in ofice, and through the kindness of Major floey Was at once admitted into the reception clamber, Mayor received tie reporter very Kindly, looked up good-naturedly, and ejaculated, “Well, eur?” Rerorten—I am informed, Mr, Mayor, that you and the Comptrolier were appointed at tho last Ineeting of the Comunssioners of the Sinking Fund for the purpose of selecting a location for the free ablic baths, Can you veil ine if any decision hae en arrived at and When the baths are likely to be completed Mayor—Yea, we certainly were appointed; but you see it is so iate in the year that I am afraid they must necessarity siand over until next spring. Tam very anxious indeed tisat the matter shoaid be sided, We should have had public baths long ag) by rights; but I thik you may safely say they will ve ready for opening by next May. 4 REPoRTER—Have you selected tne piers at which you will place them, Mayor—Well, ni May actly, We have severa placds ia yiew, but have'nt quite decided yet, t ihtnk the HeraLp suggested some locations which L thought at the time to bo lghly desirapie. I made anote of that the time, | remember. We shall en- deavor to place them a3 central as possible. ReronrkR—Can you tell me anything about the plans, sir; are they reauy? MAYOR—NO, | beliove not; they will easily be got, I suppose the batis will be buut like all the rest of the great river baths; like those at Albany, for in- stance, The money 1s appropriated, butit has got to be raised yet; the bonds are not issued, but I ex- pect that will be easily managed, Rerorrer.~-Can you explain to me, sir, the rea- son of ail the delay that has occurred? 1 see the iaw authorizing their erection was passed in July, last year. Mayor—Well, they should have been up last year, but there was an unfortunate difference ve- tween the Board of Health and the Common Council. Like the two editors in “Pickwick,” they couldn’t ogre @ bit, and the thing unfortunately slipped over. 1 have given @ great deal of personal attention to the matter, and went up to Albany last winter to see their system of hot water baths, and I thought we should have something of the kind here, and | shali try and arrange it and have them open this winter; but at any rate 1 think they are sure to be finisned Next apring. ‘The reporter now felt that he had got all the in- formation that could be obtained and sufficient to precinct, was transferred 5 roundsman Thomas Doran,. 1 eee irteent of tne recinct, Who was promoted for gallantry in firing Si pen Boye, the ‘butcher curt ties, in the oF Bowery last ry wi Kk post, what offeuce has not been made pubilo. inform the public thoroughly how the matter stands, . id re ig the Mayor for his kind courtesy, harow. And go the case stands at the present time. Sydney tan fond to tell yd of a ig i Wao bag tig cen! reat waa found on . teniy over ‘ne bes of ber husband, On er friend trying to comfort het imust have my ery out, then 1 shall have with it.” We think It Will be no libel on onF# gent public” to that they folio! widow's example. When the aubject of free publi baths was firat mooted the public Were all in favor thelr establishment and out for them to their earta’ content. Now they have got their cry over and have done with it. When will they wake up again to @ sense of their responsibilities Sud wan! and Insist upon the matter remaiving in abeyan no longer? MORE ABOUT THE LATEST SWINDLE. Fresh Complaints Against G. M. Lawrence An Organized Gang at Work—The Bogue Bank Memorandum Explained. The full account of the doings of one of the gat of swindlers who have been operating for some time past under the name of Serviss, Lawrence & Co., published in yesterday’s HeRaLp, has brought out further facts and fresh complaints. From present indications it would seem that still more of the doings of the gang remains to be disclosed, The business community will be grateful to Sergeant McDermott and officer Brennan, of the Jefferson Market Court squad, for the untiring energy and ad- dress they displayed tn breaking through this dan- gerous conspiracy and bringing the priacipals in tt to Justice, Application was made yesterday at the Jeffer- son Market Court by a representative of the Ninth National Bank to have G. M. Lawrence, who waa committed on Monday on the charge of defrauding & St. Louis firm, brought up again for identification, other affidavits having since been made against him. ‘This was accordingly done, and Mr. Edwin Samneis, aclerk in the Ninth National Bank, identified Law- rence as a former employe of that institution, an? stated that his name then was Lawrence. Att aMdavit was then made by the cashier of the Harlem Bank that on the 10th instant, Lawrence presented acheck for $200 on the Eighth Nationa! Bank, and for it paid, being introduced by a stockholder of the ank, and’ a responsible citizen of Harlem. Hegave hig own check for the amount, but when) im the regular course of business, it was send to the Eighth National, it was found that Lawrence’s account, originally opened fora small amount, bad been closed. ir. P. M. Kipp, paying teller of tia latter institution, made an affidavit that at the time the check was presented to him there wes no money to the credit of Lawrence on the books. Quite a number of gentiemen connected wit! banking stitutions Were present in court, inte ested witnesses in the proceedings, ant them, an agent of a mercantile agency, and the police oificors, some interesting informa tion was obtained. It appears there are ten oF More persons engagea with Lawrence & Co. ttt swindling merchants, The conspiracy was hatched mm the off @ of Charies W. Clarke & Co., 18 William _ street, where Lawreace then was, in January last, and operations were begun in May, at No. (9 South street, to which Lawrence and his coniederates move. ‘They assumed the name of Mot6 Bedell, & much respected and weaithy merchant, who retired from business ia Juue, im consequence, it 15 said, of the use made of hig name, and immediately sent out circulars requestiny consignments of produce, &c. A man named Samuel Gammadge was despatched as drummer ont West, Serviss, who, 1t 13 aileged, ts the brain of the con- spiracy, attended to outside business, and Law- Tence, alias Bedell, undertook the management of the home office. A man named Clarke acted as bro~ ker and disposed of,the goods obtained by the drum- mer, No small partof the Income of the tirm Was Ob- tained by financial operations in the city. One of them went to Culter, Tower & Co., stationers, Cham- bers sireet and Broadway, on Saturaay aiternoon, some time since, and on the strength of a former ac- quaintance got a check, drawn on an 1 manufacturing yjowelier in Maiden ry cashed, and succeeded in escapit consequences of the act. It also ‘appears ti memorandum jound in Lawrence's When arrested, which contained the opRtSh th the ‘was not much of ae Lawrence perceive: from the West, ‘and at once began to anew deld of industry. Witn seventy-five dollars to his credit in the Eighth National Bank, he wens to Harlem and offered to subscribe $50,000 as pare of $100,020 capital {f certaln substantial citizens of that rising localtty would join him im starting @ bank, and, im @ spirit of self sacrifice, de- clared that he himself would consent to act aa cashier. As there was an opening in Harlem for a banking institution Mr. Lawrence's offer was em- braced, and a good deal of the required stock was subscribed by the citizens. But unfortunately for Mr. Lawrence and tommy for the public, one of the officers of the Harlem River Bank, then In pro- cess of formation, heard something of the character of Mr. Lawrence and his associates, and accordin: the scheme went up in a balloon. It then ap) that the honse of Serosis, Lawrence & Oo. at. tempted a simitar enterprise in Yorkville some time before, with similar results, THES TWELY EN SUREET RAILROAD ACCIDENT. The Coroner’s Inquest—Important Testimeny Elicited=T'wo Verdicts Rendered. Coroner Flynn yesterday held an inquest at hig office, in the City ilall, on the body of Samuel G, Morrow, the lad eleven years of age, late of 649 Hud- son street, whose death resulted from injuries re- ceived in West Twelfth street, near Abingdon square, on Wednesday evening last, by being run over by car No. 1of the Bleecker street line. The accident occurred at the point where the Bleecker street cara croas the track of the Eighth Avenue Kailroad Com-~ pany. It was while deceased was endeavoring to @void acar of the Eighth avenue company that he — was caught by the horses attached to one of the Bleecker street cars, knocked by the horaes on to the track, and one of the wheels passed over one of his legs, crushing tt most terribly. Mr, Israel Bower, of 209 West Twelfth street, who gaw the deccased at the time of the accident, deposed to removing and conveying him to & drug store, where the fractured limb wae bound ‘up. AS the doctor m = aiter™ Pe Y for the poy, * . could do nothing fol iv; ie Dawei cauged him to be removed to ther parents, As soon as possible 9” aagiitence Lear. river of the Bleecker“. vet the occurrence the ide nt _. «Pet car stopped his horses. It habe ght", pXove that the drivers of the re- ope *, unes of cars were m the habit of driving ad at the junction, near which the accident. oc- Curred, with the view of getting ahead of each other, but tis did mot cleatly appear, * Mr. John Crowe. of West Twelith and Audson streets, testified to seeing the doy, run against the horses aitacned to the ca, and he was knockel down by, the dashboard; did not see the car passover him, but after he was removed saw the leg dangling aud blood streaming Leben it; = pond of the hein up”? a3 soon a8 possible; the dece; was attempting to Gross the tack ahend of theherdes, ene eS Peter A. Norris, driver of Bleecker street car No. f at the'time of the occurrence, testilied that the de- ceased jumped on the front step of the car (right side), und on being told to leave jumped off and, raising his flagers to his nose, laughed at the wit- ness; the driver again told him to go away, when he started to ran and rau under the forward legs of the horses; the driver applied the brake with all his power and stopped quickly, but not in tine to save; the boy was taken out injured and carried away; we are allowed forty-two minutes to make half a trip, the distance from one depot to the other being about three miles; if the brakes of a car are in good order we - usually stop in ten oF twelve feet on a down grade. William Angel, conductor of car No. 1 of the Bieecker street iine, ae es that on Wednesday evening, When about twenty-live or thirty feet across Eighth avenue, heard the driver cali out to some one In front, and at the same time the witn Who stood on the rear piatform, was thrown forward by the violent application of the forward brake; he ran forward and saw deveased lying between’ the horses on the track; the car was stopped and the boy removed; in the opinion of the wiiness the Wiel did not rau over deceased, After the introduction of the medical tostrmony, which showed that the injuries received were the cause of death, the case was submitted to the jury, under the gharge of the Coroner; bul, after a leugthy deliborauioh, ‘Were unable to a and two verdicls were rendered. MAJORITY VERDICT, That said Samuel G. Morrow came to bis death from injuries accidentally received vy being injured by car No. 1 of the Bleecker street line, oa the 18th day of August, and we exonerate the driver from Ail blame in the matter, and we consider that he en- deavored to lis utmost exertion to prevent the oc- currence. * The above was signed by Dennis O'Nell, P. J, Me Kenna, Francis Ciemeuts and Richard Wiliams, ‘The two dissenters, John J. Regan and John Me- Carthy, rendered the following-— MINORITY VERDICT. ‘That the said Samuel G. Morrow came to his death from injuries received on the 18th day of on 1869, and we consider sald company deserving o} censure jor not having some means on the front platforms to prevent persons Va 3 on the car; and we ilixewise censure the driver for not stopping ‘ine driver, ‘Peter A, Norris, an intett iriver, Pet 5 ‘an inte! it and ated young man, ig much distressed i the 06 having used ever, ie life of deceased, a currence, but feels conscious Will give bathin $600 effort in his power to save to answer any complaint brought against him. Norris was allowed to go, but It ts strange what a joke sometimes do. In @ New Englan } me the of the Maine law was ted i, oor tare ing to a weil ty pel Mate Ly ber, white the final vote was heaven's sake don’t vote for the taxen—" with a face like that! While laughi his map etion = name Was oat ane in reconsider, aad. ss pro the member Would have carried she measure. ‘ ‘