The New York Herald Newspaper, January 5, 1870, Page 10

8 THE BAUMAN-ALMEJO TRAGEDY, No Light Upon the Cause of the Crime. Whe Coroncr’s Investigation at the Morgue—Heartrending Soenes—The Mother and Sisters of the Un- fortunate Woman Present — The Grief-Strieken Parent Swoons — Interesting Testimony. ‘The inquest on the bodies of George Bauman, the murderer and suicide, and his unioriunate victim, Annie Almejo, was held yesterday by Coroner Flynn, @t Bellevue Hospital. Long belore the hour fixed for the commencement of the proceedings quite a rowa of men and women had gathered about the wateway of the bospita, im the vain hope that Wardep Brennan would afford them an opportunity to look upon the bodies of the victims of the tragedy. A great many persons who were privileged charac- ters, or who at least thought they were, and acted a@coording!y, Managed to make telr way through the bospitai grounds to the entrance of the Morgue, where wey crowded anout the suaky wooden gate and regaicd one another with what each was able to see through the chinks and breaks in the fence. THE ABODE OF THE DEAD. Ip & #Mal! apartment, scurcely cight feet square, Which is used as a sort of half-way house for the un- Koown dead bejore they are either consigned to a @og’s fate in Potter's Held or rescued from the igno- miny of an obscure grave through the charity of the living, there were yesterday a dozen or more rude coftins, one piled upon anottier, almost every one containing some remnant of what had once been life and vigor. There is but a single win- dow to the room, and through the dit tained panes the daylight bas to struggle Jor an entrance, and when it does force its ‘Way in it only partially succeeds in making the objects tn the place visible, The door is for obvious reasons always kept tightiy closed, and the conse- quence ts that when a person enters from the fresh air be Js for a second half etifed with a thick, close atmosphere, rendered nauseating by the slow cor- rupting bodies in the coins. Oa the top of the prin- cipal pile of stained boxes were two that were placed side by side, and on each, written on @ small piece of white paper, which was fastened to cach lid with ‘& pin, Was the Morgue’s favorite term, “Unknow: Underneath this word was written, in the same handwriting, “Supposed to be Geo. Bauman,” und OB the other, apposed to be Annie Aimejo.”” THE DEAD HODIFS. The lida were not screwed down lo the sides of the boxes, and all one had to do to obtain a glimpse of the bodies within was to sliae the Jids to oue side, Upon one of the adjoining cation The woman was Jaid outina simple night dress, and her wealth ot black hair lay in thick tresses upon the fatr k Which the delicate lace of the white night dress could not fully cover. The face was that of a hand- some woman; the features were regular and the head well shaped, and althoagh the imprint of the hand of death had caused me eyes w sink somewhat in their sockets and the checks to lose some of wheir natural fulness, there was a something about the whole face that attracted one even as it lay on the nard plank in the rude box, with ‘Me Jie blood stains matting the hair under the ear, where the fatal shot had entered. The wretch who had brought about the whole deed of horror by his ust and disregard for all that is considered sacred aba might in the eyes ef the really viriuous lay stretched out im his slroud in the sd- jotoing box, with the teeth firmly set ana 4n appearance of most intense agony resting about tite mouth, which was rendered al the more repulsive by the straggling moustache and ‘the neglected beard that covered the long, pointed chin, The eyes were noi fairly closed, and scemed, at firet biush, as though endeavoring to peer out trom beneath the heavy brows, which were drawa together in afrown that gave to the whole intel- jectuai face a look that was by no means atisactive. AN AFFECTING SCBNE. Into this room, with tis atmosphere of death, where the coflins lay, piled like logs of wood in regular order, just before the Coroner had arrived, caine the mother and three sisters of the dead woman, The mother—she who bad nursed @ear dead one wen @ iittie pratiing child, she wio had brought her up in the kno’ jJedge of the right, end who had rejoiced to Know that her teachings had not been Wasted upon her ciild until that fatal night when the 1tel- Jigence of tue terrible death in an imlamous house came to her, with all the c# Of &@ hope Jost forever — stasgeret into the abode of the dead, clinging the Waiie to the arm of a young daugh- ter who tried In vain te quiet the beart that gave vent to its anguish in sobs that made the most hardened present icel as they had probably never felt before. Siowly she crayged herself into tie room, ana guided by the girl at her side on whose shoulders her head leaned heavily, sue snade her way to the cofin in whica the corpse of her daughter Jay shrouded. she did. not lust her head, but as ber hand vouched the cori, she sarank bac With aa involantary shudder, a of dgony, excap ciosed and the hand at her A few words of encouragement from Ui woman on whom she jeaved, and we b . @gain liited to (he coin, and the motuer raised her head to look upon the face of her lost oue. Her eyes stared wildly aud saw not, for the outstretched hand wandered about tue collin top for along we before it wucned the pale, vpturued Jace which 1b sought; but when i did come in contact with the tce-coid forehead, 1 toyed in @ Mechanical sort way with the straggling locks of hair that nur Gown on doin sides of tne Lace of tue dead, t heart, bowed down with its awiul weight of woe, g: {alow moan, full lips, side, hitiy Vent to its feeling: id the mother, i ii nes ot her sorrow, soobed aloud and lied again and again upon the one who heard not “Annie, ol, Annie, speak Wo me!” she cried; “if you could ouiy teli ie aii; and the only response was the echo of the questioning Voice aud the splash of the waves that broke upon tie stone fronting beside the Morgue. Again aud agaim was the nawe oi tne dead ove calied and again aid the same response come back; ald at lagt, ia the midst of byrief, the poor moiner was ied rout Lao sia taken to an adjoming roow, where deathbke swoon. THE IN ‘The arrival of the Coron rush of the crowd for the room wir as lo De eid, and it was soou LL ‘The trat ‘Whines called Was Josepuime MoNamara, one of sisters of te dead Wom: She was abured in ¢ mourning, and durmg te whole ime she Was in the rooii sie kept her heavy biack veil closely about her face, ‘The aulicted qother, with her eyes star. ing atspace and her head feauing upou ene of her youug ga shoulders, sab ja one of whe inoue and cl to her Mrs. Keck, the keeper \be house where Anne Alaejo ivet her deat, \\ hile tue one Bevmed 6 be Goat to every Word utiered oy the Witnesses and was ouly @ ned from a sad and dreamy lethargy Wien One of the witnesses Wold of the AWsul s1ZOL tut bau met the eyes o: those Who iret entered the room alver al show Had besa ‘red, the ober looked beniguiy about ter her jeweiled, coarse land in a Way tw agenwion, and seemed as perfectly unconc had pot, jor Ler indirect conaecuo edy, someting Lo auswer lor Leior to Whom all, good and vad, Will onc render a strict account, ‘Phe following 1s the lestimony tak Josephine MeNamara sworu—1 Fourth street, Wullamsburg; 1 a ceased, Annie Aimejo, ne MCN sie Was en- gaged im teacmiag at tie Turners’ schoul, Mesoiole sireet, Brookiyn; she had been engaged there aovut Uiree Years; BAUMAN, With Whom Fe Was acquainted, ‘was principal of (he School; I knew nothing of th bemg paruicularly intimate togeviier; 1 last saw my sister alive, | tuak,ou the Thursday aiervoon pre- vious to the murder; the next I heard of her Was what I saw 1 te paper yesterday. ‘The witiess here stared that the published state. Ment that her sister had been expeiled irom v school Was a Wistuke. ‘The only trnty soout the mac ver was that Hauman had been requester Lo resign. Pauline Beck sworn—I reside im blizabevh street; I1keep an assignation house; I never saw the face of the deceased womad Until Sunday last: 1 was not acqusinted with Mr. baumaa strictly speaking; aboat ive montis ago lie came to my house and said he belonged to Kucwester, N. Y and asved me Wf he could have a roou (uy have to side at 116 South rof the de- alone aud went to the room alverwards a womau, Closely veiled, rang t bell; Bauman answered the call, and she at once re- paired to the room; they stayed until abont seven e’ciock; since that time Bauman called about ive or six times, and every time he was followed by tue lady, whom he let in himsel; the jast time they came was last Sunday, about five o’ciock jn the evening; be called and asked me if he could have # room; J hired one to him, and aboat five minutes afterwards the woman came in; they then both weut up stairs vo the room, which was Jn the back of the house, on the top floor; about ten sninotes atter six, When we were at supper in the Dasement, iny servant calied t© me, saying there ‘Was shooting on after the nereane tala & pistol; | at once ram up ‘was informed of ya ki “pen the door;” 1 ‘a man to Bauman; I received no answer, and then lran down stairs © look for a police officer; 1 met liceman Minnie, WhO Was allied him in; he and 1 went and he rapped at the door, deinan in a second or so the Woman inside pushed back the bolt and opened it; when we entered she was sitting on the floor and he was iying close by her with a pistol Ughtly clutched in his right hand; the minute we entered she exclaimed, “Kor God’s sake help me; Vm dying; where is Bauman?” the man was iusensibie; I do not know whether or not the woman was the same who alwavs came along with Bauman to the house, but I should judge she was the same {from her general appearance and figure. Jobn D, Minnie sworn—1 am an oilicer of the Mc- tropolitan police, attached to the Fourteenth procinct; on Sunday evening about naif-past six o'clock { was passing Mrs, Beck’s house, when she rusned out and old me there was shooting inside; I the third iloor, followed by her; and got no answer, but on the bolt on the inside was slid $ door gud 1ound the woman leaning, or rather pai tly BILLINZ, against a stand Close to the door; I looked at her and she exctaimed, ‘For God’s sake do some- ‘thing for me or I sali die,” or someting like that; those were the only woras 1 heard her speak; the man was lying on the floor on his right side with his head agameat the bedpowt; his head was lying on the opposite side of the room from her, hia feet ug near her; in his rigit hand was @ seven-barrelied revolver; 1 out of his hand and examined it; he was at tne ume, to all appearances, dead; I ran down stairs ana rapped, for assistance, and then at once gob a coach; T tuen went back, aud, taking the woman in my arms, with the assistance of a citizen, I placed her 1n a coach; someone then came out of the house and tojd me that the mau was not dead; with the ald of two citizens I carried nim down also and Diacea hom ina coach, and was at once driven to the station house; Captain Walsh, on coming out and seving the condition of the parties, ordered me to take them at once to Bellevue Hospital, and told Sergeant Christie to go along with me; we at once drove to the hospital, and the woman died about ven minutes alter our arrival. By a Juror—I saw blood on both parties; my opimon was on seeing them that Bauman had shot the woman and then shot himself; they were both fully dressed, she having her shawl and hat on a ar oer, her; the bed was not in any wise dis- ur bed. ‘The jury at the close of the testimony rendered the following verdicts:— of ‘That Anna Almejo came to her death from a pis- tol shot wound at the hands of George Bauman, now deceased, at No. 69 Siizaveth street, on the 2d day of January, 1870, That George Bauman came to his death from a pistol shot wound of the head, tufitcted with suicidal intent, at No. 69 Elizabeth street, January 2, 1870, At the close of the inquest the trends of the dead women had the body placed in an elegant codin, which bore on the lid a sliver piate with the inscrip- noa:— Qeecerecesecenvceseresrence se rasesese tite seteeotene® ANNIE ALMEJO, DIED JANUARY 2, 1870, 3 3 AGED 26 YEARS. Qeecece rece eengcesnre reset sere tebe went se Ob s01Oer te She body was, by permission of the Coroner, taken to 4 relative’s house, trom which the funeral will take place, Up to a late hour nobody had called at the Morgue to claim the ha of Bauman, Tne Coro- ner asked at the inquest if there were any friends of the dead man present, and a solemn sience was the culy answer he received, THE POPE AND HIS CLERGY. Interesting Correspondence Between the Sov- ereign Ponti! andthe Clergy of tue Diocese ot New York. The following highly inveresting correspondence has recently passed between lls iioliuess Pope Pius and the clergy of this diocese, and will be iound of deep significance and importance:— LEITER OF THE CLERGY OF THE D100! OF NEW YORK TO HIS HOLINESS POPE P1US 1X. Tory KarHer—As, our reverend and beloved Archvishop, 1a Obedience bo your convocation of a general conncti, is about to journey to tie tombs of the Apostics, We, priests Of this diocese of New York, uave eageriy Seized the Occasion of sending, by Dis hand, @ lever, to tell you ol the reverence and affection wick we cherish for the See of Biessed Peter, and you, who hold his place. For in the authority of Your See we acknowledge tue bulwark of our laith; to tt we look as to the venerabie teacner of Catholic trath; and our hearts are drawn aod bound vo it, as to the very centre of unity and Chrisuian clarity. And in ail this we know that we are putiultiling what Curist himseit foreordaiaed, when, alter St. Peter hud coniessed the true Jai, He made him the foundauon of iis church, and the holder of tue Keys of the heavenly kingdom; when, again; after requiring of hima love greater uaa that of the other Aposties, He appoiuted him suep- herd aud ruier of His whole flock; when, tinally, He commanded fim, alter be should have Tisch supe- rior to nis own human weakness, to confirm even ing breturen the Apostles. « Norshould we omit, Holy Father, what isso pleasant for us to avow, Wat we are drawn wilh great and special reverence and atfection towards your own person on account of that conspicuous piety aud charity which certainly must bave been Lhe cause for wich Christ chose You, among 50 many of your brethren, to be elevated to this sublime dignity of the chief apostlesuip. We reoice uiso, Holy Father, with tae whole Church of Ocrist, Qt tue mitvy signal devedts and triumphs of your pontificate; the propagation of the true faith among many distaut nauions, which has been 60 Jargely mereased aud promoted by your zeal; Wie great increase Of piety und cnarity, which you have ever stimulated by word aud vy exampie; the unprecedented number of servants of od whose naines youhave been permitted to tuscrive on the roil of the blessed and of the saints; the ulus: trious gatherings of bishops in great number, which you have several umes Ccouvoked, ana, particuiarly, the calling of @ general Council, for Whose happy issue we pray ulceasingly, in the hope tat God Wio knows Wie learts o1 men, may eniigiien Ue minds of the iathers with His ught and strenginen them With iis Btreogth, What they may enact woat- ever may be most necessary or useful lor tie weilare of the worid. specially do we rejoice, Holy Father, at the peca- liar glory Wiica God reserved to you of delining, as ol Catholic faith, the tuamucaiate Conception oi the Virgin mowuer Of God, who is also our mocher. We grivve with you, Holy rather, au your aiite- tious, Witch have been neither few nor light, and we (erveully pray God to vindicate and preserve un- uupalred the ivee Cxercise Of all your rights aud those of your See, paruculariy the possession of the lioly City and the other territones of st. Peter which, in Lue pre: coudiuon of things, We velieve to ve most Useiul 2B iN Foe KEOSE EVEN necessary bo the dignity aiid sili more to tue laberiy Of your sacred o give thanks to God, Holy Father, for baving preserved you lo us for £0 mally years, and sor bay- ing permilred you recently vo celebrate, amid the cougratuiations of the world, the fiitiech anuiversury OL your priesthood, and we pray that yet for mu years, and une to preserve aud p your Holiness to peruut us to mingle our poor gut, Waich will be presented by the Land of our archbisiop, among the many sigual meujentoes of thal great lestavit, ibis ‘y pleasant for us to be able to pear witness, Holy Mather, vo tue Universal reverence and aitecti jor sour person aud for We Holy See, wie! wnohg the Uathoiics of this coultry, aud to cherish the bope that if faith or charity should grow less or die oul among wuy Of the people of Hurope you may have granted to you the consolation and compensa- lion o7 seeing renewed the giorles of other Gays in a wore thank proportionate increase of faith aud charity u Us aud otner distant lands, Vinaily, prostrate at the feet of your Holiness, we devoutly and nambly beg for ourseives and for the faliuiul, for Whose wellate We are lavoring, your Apostolic biesstag, Naw York, July 7, 1869, THE POPE'S REPLY. ‘To is Beloved Cuudren, the Vicar General and the Ciergy Secwar and Regular of tue Drucese of New Yorks beiwvED CHILDREN—Health and the Apostolic benediction. Your letter to us, beloved children, indeed of that nature to assuage, as you hoped, the grief witu. Which Wwe defectiod Of 80 many clildren bas op- pressed our heart. For therein is made mauilest your affection towards this sacied See of Peter, that your heats aye saddened by tue injuries broughs upon it, tat you are filled with joy at the acts whica have iiustrated it with new spleddor; that you pre- dict tue success of the Council about vo open, and with fervor supplicate vais from God for us, and cherish towards us those feelmgs of ardent devo- tion and tial pleiy which abundantly show tar the love of God is shed sbroad in your hearts, in- ceed, we aad learned this irom conversation with your esteemed prelate, Whom joyfully we have em- ud we have seen your affection stili furs rined by your splendid gift watch we have i at his hands, To your offering you nave been pleased to add no slight ornament im the beau. Uiul sysabol of a dish, formeriy most familar to the facutul. Gor unis skiliul work, made of the richest vold, and oearing the purest of gems in its mouth, ms tO us graphically, and with evident vropriatencss to te caming Council of the wuole irca, vo signify the words of eternal lire which Now from the mouth of Onrist. But although these gusts han suiiclently wade manifest the sentiments of your juuods towards us, Sull Were we fliled with neW joy on reading the words of your letter, There 1s DOTHiNg left to us bo desire, but that the number or Catholics who are of one heart with you may ve so lucveased that the same consolation may ili your souls with which uke holy Gregory Thaumaturgus went oxultiig to his reward, when It was anuounced to tii that only seventeen unbelievers remained in Neocwsares, wiere at tis first com! he found but seventega converied to Christ, We know not how tw predict for you @ more excellent reward, nor one more worthy of the nobility of your sentiments towards us. This thereicre, with all our heart, zeal and jabor,we beseech of God for you, wile as a mark of the Divine iavor, and a pledge of our paternal benevolence and grateful miud, we lovingly uapart to you and all the people comuinitted to your care the Apostohe benediction. Given at Rome, at St. Peter’s, the 20th of Novem- ber, A. D, 18, the twenty-fourth year of our uubcate, ViUS PP. Lx. 5. NEW YORK CITY. Requiem at St. Stephen’s—Sacrilege—Tho “Monte” Man—The Gold Ring Hoax— The Fereign Mails—Felonious As- saults, Burglaries, Forgeries, Miscellancous Items and Violent Deaths. ‘The foliowing record will show the changes in the temperature of the weather for tne past twenty-four hours in comparison with the corresponding day of last year, as indicated by the thermometer at Hud- nut’s pharmacy, flekaLp Building, Broadway, cor- ner of Anu street oh Average temperatare yesterday.. wens B32 Average temperature for corresponding ‘The Rev. W, H. Milburn ‘will-leoture this evening at Cooper Institute for the benefit of the Working Women's Protective Association. An examination was ne)d yesterday afternoon by Justice Dowling in the case of Jonn Leo, who 1a charged with hav: cheated Joseph Bowermann, of Cincinnati, out of $401 60 on Monday, at three card mon! ut no decision has yet been rendered. Cornelius Harrigan yesterday died in Bellevue Hospital from the effects of injuries received a few nights ago by being run over by one of the Third avenue railcars. ‘The circumstances attending the accident resulting in Harrigan’s dean will be inves Ugated to-day Coroner Flynn. William Lawless died yesterday from injuries re- ceived by a boiler falling on lim at No. 413 Tenth avenue, Deceased was engaged, with others, in re- moving the botler at the time of the acciaent. He lived in South Eighth street, Jersey City, ‘The re- mains of Mr, Lawless wece removed to tue Morgue, and Coroner Flynn nottied. The Post Office Department has made a perma- nent arrangement with the Breman line to carry an English mail to Southampton and a German mull to Bremen on Saturday. The Hamburg line will con- tinue for the present to carry the Freach mails every Tuesday, while the Willams & Gnion line will carry the mails to Queensvown every Weduesday. On Sunday night the Church of the Dominican Fathers, at Sixty-fifth street end Lexington avenue, was broken open by burgiars, who robbed the altar of three silver mounted crucifixes, four gilt branch candiesticks and two solid silver candlesticks, ‘the latter were greatly prized, as a Bihan recently given to tbe church by @ Protestant ay. There is no clue to the sucriiegious thieves who committed this outrage. At ten o’clock yesterday morning there was a solemn requiem mass sung at St. Stephen's church, ‘Twenty-eigath street, im commemoration of the death of the Rev. Dr. Cummings, the former pastor. A large number of the clergy assisted, in tho roves of the occasion, and the choir sang the music of the mass witi adimirable effect. ‘The church was draped in mourmug. Key, Dr. McGlynn oliclad as celebranw Captain Allaire, of the Fourth precinct, yesterday informed Coroner Flynn of the death of Mrs. Julia Fenton, ® woman thirty-two years of age and born tm Philadelphia, at No. 24 Madison street. It 18 charged that the deceased, who was in a@ delicate state of health, was kicked in the back by her hus- band on Saturday Jast. Death eneued at hail-past two- o’ciock P.M. Tbe husband of ueceased Las been arresied, and is wetained to await the result of ain investigation. On New Year’s Day the proprietor of the Rurai New Yorker, Mr. D. D, T. Moore, presented twenty of lls employés, including mail and business clerks, pressmen, printers, artists and editors, with patd-up ansarance policies in the Farmers’ and Mechanics’ Life iasuranee Comp? ty in amounts of $500, $1,000 and $2,000 respectively, aggregating $18,000 insur- ance, at a cost to the employer of nearly $5,590. All others im his service received handsome compli- ment In cosh, 4A Bohemian report to the effect that the Gold Ring Congressionai Investigaung Commitice arrived in thls city on Monday was pubiisiied in one of the morning papers yesterday. But it was very weak; first, because two members of the commmittee— Messrs, tox aud Cox—ieft for Washington on that same day; and secondly, because, if the committee was Ip the city, Assistant ‘treasurer Folger would know of it. But he does not, The committee may, pernaps, commence an investigation this week; but Ubey will liave to assemble im this city first. Rev. Stephen Merritt, Jr., Grand Wortby Patriarch of the Sons of Temperance of tuis State, deliverd a lecture last eveningjon temperance, in the Mariners’ chureh, corner of Catuarine and Madison streets, ‘The church was weil tiled, and ainong the audieuce were a number of seamen. ‘The lecturer was very interesumg and was listened to attenively from bé ginning to end. Mr. Merritt reiaved many incitents that pad come under his own observation, and, tn conclusion, appeaied to the andieuce to com ward and sign the pledge, Some thirty pe availed themselves of the opportunity. Coroner Flynn yesterday took charge of the case of George heuiberger, the man who was Killed av Nos. 67 and 59 Ann street, on Monday last, by the faliing of an elevator, a3 heretofore reported in the HEtaLD. Ab luspection of the premises ye: showed that the eevator was very insecure, Mable to tali if disturbed in the least trom the side. It was stated that a rowly escaped withia a shor p of this same elevator Watch Killed nesses have been sumindued vo a Coroner to-morrow, When vie mation Wil be tho- rougtily investigated, Coroner Flynn yesterday hekl ap tnquest at the Morgue on the body of Patsick Brady, a man who was run over and kiiled, Shortly before twelve o'clock on Sunday night deceased, who was Intox)- cated, stumibicu and tell on the t ge biguth Avenue Kauroad, near 102d stree: i fo recover hitmself, Soon afterwards car.) came alopg and run over Krady, 1m then pelug so dark that the driver could not discover the body on the track. ‘Che jury reudered a verdict of “Acci- dental death.” Devea: lived pear the corner of Kighty-lirst street aud Highin avenue, At the annua meeting of the New York Histori- cal Socery, held at their rooms, corner of Second avenue and Bieventh street, last evening—Dr. De Witt in the chair—oflicers were clected for the ¢n- sung year. ‘The following are the ollicers elected :— Presideat, Thomas Ve Witt, VD. D.; Vice President, Gulian C. Verplanck, LL.v.; Second Vice President, Joln A. Dix, LL.D; Foreign Correspouding Sec: vary, John Komeyn Brodhead, LL.9.; Domestic Cor- responding Secretary, Wiliam J. soppm; Kecoraing Secretary, Andrew Warner; Treasurer, Beajamin HH, Field; Librarian, George H. Moore, LL.D. After the reading of the annual reports James W. Beck. man read uw paper on “ine Founders of New York,” The reception held on the evening of “Ladies? Day” by the Knickerbocker Club at the ciub house Was a very pleasant and enjoyavie affair, the far quests merrily exchanging the compliments of the season with the happy bachelors who had enjoyed hospitality on New Years Day and we now acting a8 osts, During severai hours “the lignt jantasuc’ was tripped to the measure of soft, sweet musi, whie flashing eyes kept time to the “laughing of the belies.” ‘The scene was giaddened by the presence of Miss Flecket, Miss Swartow, Miss Kirby, Miss McDermott, Mrs. Barry, Mrs. Arlington, Mra. Alief, Mrs, Waiters and others. resident Wyngent, assisted by the elegant Frank Vail, Treasurer Mc- Murray and others of the reception committee, grucefaily extended the honors of the Knickerbock- ers until the guests departed. Judge Lane, of the Sixth District Civil Court, corner of Fighteenth sireet und Fourth avenue, has found himself im the unpieasantnecessity of aajourn- ing his court from day to-day for want of fuei. the proper authorities have failed to provide one pound of coal or one stick of wood for that court room during this winter. It is certainly wrong to squander the people's properiy, but such miserly conduct on the part of some ove whose duty it 18 to act, and ina case where the taxpayers provide liberally the means, is a misdemeanor beyond all measure. This court room is, at any rate, the meanest in the whole city. ‘The odors that arise and fill the hats from tie stable below are enougu to sicken any person compelled to remain there any length of time; and to be, furthermore, exposed to the cold of the season and bave no justice after all is ten. sifled meanness. Who bas tue matter in charge? Wao is burning the coal which ougat to be in Judge Lane's court room? POLICE INTELLIGENCE. John B. Dunster, of Boskin Ridge, N. J., yesterday caused the arrest of a stable man named Samuel McCarty, residing at 231 East Twenty-fourth strect, by detective La Rue, of the Eighteenth precinct, charged with forcibly taking a sorrel horse from him on the 24th day of December last, vaiued at $60, wale In Twenty-third street, between Lexington 4nd Third avenues, which he refuses to before The arraigned the m: ‘trate ab dterson jarket, denied tne chores ta default of $1,000 ball to answer William Krowe, a printer, nineteen years of age, ‘was arratgned before Justice Ledwith at Jefferson Market yesterday morning, upon complaint of Daniel Early, of No, 125 Eighth avenue, charged with at- tempting to burglarioasly enter hia premises at the tug open the fanfight aud atvempelig to al clare 1ug 0} @ fan! attempting aud quae valued at fourteen dollars. Officer Sin- clair, of the Sixteenth precinct, testified to seelng the prisoner leaving the place after making an at- twmpt to enter and causing bis arrest. Krowe pleaded not guilty to the charge, but was locked up a Cia of 92 bail to auswer at tne General ions. Matthew Ritchie, of No. 427 Seventh avenue, who ‘Was arrested by officer Osborne, of the Twentieth precint, on Monday night, charged with throwing his wife from tbe second 4 window of the above try fp arse of typed have previously ap- oe Justice Ledwith at wererson Darker, and was Cr, to Jump froi the officer, hun was also precipitated irom the window. ‘I’ woman Was removed to Bellevue Hospital, where ene Is af present condned in a critical condition, 0 eee OMcer Crow, of the Second District Court squad, yesterday afternoon arraigned before the presiding magistrate at Jefferson Market Police Court @ fashionabiy attired, gentlemanly Ly n= aga re ayer ¥, Cleary, of No, 342 Bast ith atreet, @ mem- ber of the firm of W. P, Cleary & Co., book pub- lisners, charged with defrauding them out of $12 60 on the 24th of Decemper last. The prisoner had been employed by the complainants to collect adver- tisementa for a business directory on commission, and @p the above date presented an order from Brewster & Co., authorizing them to advertise to the extent of $100, on which he received bis com. mission, amounting to $12 50, 1t was subsequently ascertained the order was forged, which was sub- stantiated under oath by Air. James B. Brewster, whose name was purported to have been signed to the order. He dented the charge, but was ueld jor exammation. Cleary & Co, ciaim they have lost heavily by sumilar transactions of tis individual. THE TONNAGE DUES. Meeting of the Vessel Owners and Captainw Association—Opinion of the Counsel to the Association—Action of the Bourd of Direce tors—New Lighthousee—The Kepeal of Come pulsory Pilot Laws. Aregular meeting of the board of directors of the Vessel Owners and Captains’ Co-operative Associa tion was held yesterday afternoon at No. 62 Pine street, J. A. Van Brant in the chair. Ordinary busi- ness having been disposed of, the secretary pro- ceeded to read an opiuion of Mr. D. McMahon, the counsel to the association, ‘on the conatitutionality ofa charge imposed on vessels by the harbor mas- ters of the port of New York, clatmung to act under the authority of an act of the Legislature of the state of New York, amounting toone and # half cents per ton.” This enacuon is under the fourth section of the act of March 16, 1850, which was affirmed in the case of Benedict vs. Vanderbilt in June, 1863. In continuation he says that the narbor masters’ fees ave local port charges for services rendered, Tae power of Congress to collect duties and rega- late commerce was held in Cooley vs. The Port Wardens of Philadelphia not to imterfere with any right of the States to levy duties or regulate naviga- tion as a part of commerce for locai purposes if known and praciival at tie ume of the adoption of ihe federal con stitution as distinet from levying duties Jor genera! purposes of reveyue. ‘This, however, arose under the pilot law of Penvsylvaula, The harvor jaw in question was uot known and practi. cal ut the adoption of tke federal constitution, and 1s, therefore, practically foriidden. The Superior Court hold that the sarbor masters? fees are exacted not for entering or anchoring in the arbor, but for using the territory of the state for loading or un- loading, or making fast to wharves, Judges Curus aud Daniels confirm the conclusion arrived at in tae case of Benedict vs. Vanderbilt, ‘The levy, however, 18 nade on every vessel, whether moored or not, and the exaction practically amounts toa duty on ton- nage. In the late case of the Steamsiup Company vs. The Port Wardens the Superior Court aeciares: that a statute ol @ State enacung that the masters and wardens of a port wituin it should be entitied to demand and receive, Ip addition to other fees, the sua of five doliars, whether called on to perform any service or not, for every vessel arriving in chat port, as @ regulation of commerce within tbe mean- ing of the constitution, and also a duty on tonnage, is unconstitutional and void. In conciusion, Mr. MeMaton regarus the Harbor Master law of i450 as unconstilational and void, and that the whole spirit and effect of the iaw of te Stace 1s av variance wita ine fundameutal principles of the federal coustavu- tion in the contro: of navigation and comme: ‘The folowing resolution was then auopted: ‘Whereas the counsel of the association bas given an opin- fon that the collection of a tonnage due of one and a half ceuts per ton by the harbor masters is at varlaoce with the Jaw, “Resolved, That captatas of vessels belonging to the Vessel Owiers and Cuptains’ Association of New York are advised and requested not to pay the charge of one and a haif cents per ton exacted by the ligroor mumers of the port of New York under the autuority of the foarta section of the wet of March 18, 1860. ‘The Chair remarked aifec followiag letter was tue Lightbguee Boar r, HOUSE BOAR ‘O2ON, Dec. 23, 1859.5 letter oc the 2hst" inst. you are in- 1Ws not the legal muthority to retain Kk of the at r sirictiog 44 removed, and can give the wutuority by act or joint resolution. Very respecttully, vy. B. Seubert ‘K, Chxirman. |. SANDFORD, Secretary V. O. and ©. O. A., New York. wate the following petition to Con- In reply to you ed ui ESEMATE AND Housr or Rrvre- UNITED BYATYS IN ConGREsS represent that the If of the steamship S Mlidle,"’ at the entrance ot and benelit to the Hook,” or *Outer port of New York, is of great servic serv oc ail veeseis entering tue said port. Ae it is under J tit the term of the contract for the removal of the ent wreck wil have been fn a sort timo fuldlied, and it ta feared that the said light vonsel may then be removed, your positioners 1 Wy but earnestiy request that the Light- onge Board inay be datuorized by uct or joint resolation to retain the sald light vessel in ber present position perma- uenuly. And asin duty pound, &e., & ‘Two other petitions were alterwards drawn up for presentation —oue for the establishinent of uwo tight- houses on Fiody Istand and another for the erection of one on Winter yuarters Sho, Virginia. Mr. cenzel thea reported progress tor ihe Cormmiuttec the Jersey Pilot Laws, alter which he olfered Toliowing resolution:— Ona motion Mr. Wate name was inserted fustead of taat of Mr. and the resolution passed, when, aiter some debate on the progresa jade py the association during the past year, the meeting adjourned. AL TRAVELLERS. COMME Formation of a Permazent Organizution— Hilection of Ofticers for 1870. A number of “commercial traveliers” met yester- day afternoon at the Astor House for the purpose of compieting the organization of an association for, the protection of what they consider thelr rights. ‘They ciaun that they should not be obliged to pay a special license fee in every city and town in which they attempt to carry on thelr trade, and that, mas- Much as wey do not locate perwanentiy in any State or city, they should be governed only by the Univea States Congress. The ‘“traveliers’? formed what might be termed a temporary organization early in 1869, and by subscription raised a fund to prosecute a test case iu Baitimore, They met yesterday for the purpose of hear- ing @ report from a committee on perimaneut orvanizauon, wita Mr. S. A. Haines, Vice President, in the chair, After the usual routine business had been transacted tue Committee on Permanent Or- ‘anization reported progress. A motion was made ‘0 discharge the committee and to go at once into permaneat organization. A very lengthy and some- What remarkable debate sprung up on this motion, in which the chairman took part against tae project of organizing permanently. It was dectied, however, that the organization should goon. On motion of Mr. Hurd (of the firm of Hurd & Houghton) a committee was appointed to pominate officers for the ensuing year, the officers to be a president, two vice presidents, @ secretary, ® treasurer and an executive commitiece of five. The cominittee retired, and in a few minutes returned and presented the following ligt of nominees:—President, C. W. Russell, of the firm of J, Russell & Co.; First Vice President, S. A. Haines, of the frm of Graham & Hates; Second Vice President, James Burke, with Pinchot, Warren & Co.; Secretary, W. G. Smythe, with Russell & Ir- win Manufacturin, Company; Treasurer, M. M. Hurd, of the firm of Hurd & Houghton. Tue executive committee chosen com the following gentlemen:—Henry Levy: L, H. Day, M, J. Fogarty, R. W. Cbampion, J. C. Milligan. On motion of Mr. Hurd tne oiticers were empow- ered to wake such bylaws as may be deemed peces- sary for the Teeter of the association, and also to appoint, 1f deemed expeatent, an_nssiatant secre- tary and to pay him such salary as his services may arrant After the adoption of resolutions of thanks to the retiring officers and to the press the meeting ad- sonrned subject 00 call, HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 5, 1870.—TRIPLE SHSET. JUDGE DOWLING'S AFTERNOON WALK. The Ex-Detoctive, as a Judge, Taking a Little Side Practice in His Old Pro- fession—Ihe’ Bestraddled Nese, or the Old Lady’s Delusion. ‘The Court of Special Sessions convened yesterday morning at the usual hour, the day being, however, @ “red letter day” in che legal calendar of Judge Bixby’s history. He saton the bench for the first time yesterday morning as judge, and in his maiden case he had hia associate, Judge Dowling, as the Only witness in the first case he was called upon to deal with tn his oficial capacity. Broadway was very crowded on Monday; it was the ladies’ day for the New Year's calls, and they thronged the sidewalks in a gay and orilliant fut- tering crowd, some of them, wé regret to state, with @ very wine bibling sparkle in their eyes. A keen Observer of this throng was Judge Dowling, aud mong the gayly dressed throng he with his ‘wandering eye fixed an old ocquaintance, Mary Ann Taylor, a professional pickpocket, in the act of diving mo an elderly iady’s pocket, This outrage upon the peopie was speedliy sane by the active action of Judge Dowling, wao took steps in reference thereto detatled in the fol- lowing report:— THE PECULIAR DANGERS OF BROADWAY. Mary Ann Taylor, who hag for years been before the courts, again and again, for picking pockets, was charged with following this profession of hers: on Monday afternoon in Broadway. Mr. Howe de- the prisoner, Judge Dowling somewhat astonistied the auditory by announcing nimself as a witness in the case, and having taken the stand said that on Monday evening pout half-past four o’clock he was at the corner of Broadway and Tenth street, There was @ great crowd of people, aud he no- ticed the defendant walking beside a very elderly lady, and the defendant had her hand im the p of the lady, within the folds of her dress; he spoke to the lady and asked her if she bad lost anything; she told him she had lost her specta- cles. He then told the defendant to give him ail sie had in her hand. She wok from her muff her pocket- book, which she said was hers, aud which no party present made any ciaim for. He then hundea ner over to the custody of a police oilicer. Cross-examined by Mr. Howe:— Q. Whatis your occupation? A. I am Police Jus- Uce of the Second district, sir. Q. You have another occupation, I believe. You have the honor of being Poitce Justice tn anotaer court, by tne election or the people, I believe, aud a very handsome election it was? A, Yes, | am olive Justice of the District Court also. Q. Was pot Broadway very much crowded on this Occasion? A. Yes, as 1auch crowded as I have seen it at any time, I believe. Could anybody have intervened between the defendant and the eloeriy lady? A. No, sit; the de- fendant was walking very close to her; 1 pointed out to the elderly Jady that she bad her spectacies on lier nose, and therefore those could not be stulen; | suw the defendant’s hands pasa into the lady's pocket. In big 4 to other questions Judge Dowiing said It was bis knowledge of the character of tue wowan tnat caused him to have his attention airectea to her; he certainly should not otherwise have dis- covered the theft, iur. How said that it must be a matter of gratifica- tion to all who had heard the evidence Laat It bad been given so kindly and so fairly. It was an ex- ample worthy of lnitation by some of the police officers, He (Mr. Howe) would not so far stuttity himself as to claim innocence where there was s0 Clear a proof of gut. ‘The Court would pardon nim if he rawed a technical objection to constitution of the court in uns ‘Tne people of this judicial district had the good fortune, in which Judge Bixdy Shared, to have nad elected tor the judge of wus court the gentleman who had just given evidence. ‘There was @ law which stated that no prisoner could be tried by one judge unless the other was sick. Lie hoped that no contingency of that kind would hap- pen, and he was glad to see that Judge Dowling was not sick, Upon that statement of facts he did not wish to make any further comments wan simply vhat of asking Whether a conviction would be maue in tis case. Judge sixby told Mr, Howe that he should have all the advantage of his objection. The Court be- Heved the prisoner to be guilty, and sue would be sent Wo tue Penivenuary for six months. A DISH OF HASH. Troubles of Country Boarders=Scene in the Marine Court—In the Namo of the Prophet, “Hash 2? Intelligent newspaper correspondents from Eng- jand, seut over here to describe the “blursted Yan. kee,” never fail to notice the fact that most of the evils and much of the fan characteristic of our middle class society is the result of the boarding. house system, The café iife of the Parisian or the selishly-cold home of the self-sufficient Britisher offers no comparison to this mode of living. It 1s productive of evil and is demoralizing to famines and individuals. The fruits of ill-assorted compan- jonship in dismal boarding houses is frequentiy scen in namberless divorce suits and in the records of the potice; but it does not often happen that the modus operandi of running these gloomy domestic ma- chines is shown to the world im a ridiculous ligut through Judicial action. BEFORE JUDGE CURTIS. When the brignt-eyed and smiling Judge Curtis took his seat on the bench of the Marsme Court yes- terday morning @ case was brought before him of such @ nature as would have made a less nervous man wince. Forty women, more or less, of certain and uncertain ages, ‘lat, fair and forty,” siim and gentec!, tall and angular, chubby and chapfaien, ruatied into seats; half a dozen timid but muscular men crept éhto places behind and around them, and the entire procession was marshalted by a number of parchment-eating lawyers of determined mien and savage aspect. The ofticers of the court shaf- fled about the doors and the Judge glanced abour inquiringly. At Jast the murder was out. A iearned counsel got up and read the complaint of his client. Yhe etory was plain, but it was nign being spoiled through the voluntary assistance of at least twenty-flve of the dear ladies, who almost choked themselves in their desperate attempts to tell every- thing they kuew, pertinent and impertinent, ali ata tine and ali in @ breath. The learned counsel genily murmured anatiemas on all the daughters of uve; the good-natured court oflcers signatized turiously with thelr eyebrows and Judge Curtis let a sigi ‘These demonstrations in favor of law and order hay- lug succeeded in preventing a feminine explosion of wrata and @ premature argament pro aud con, the counsel for the complainant was allowed (o proceed. Legal phraseology 18, doubiess, indispensabie in a brief, but itis racker Uresome in @ newspaper re- port. It will not, therefore, be adopted in this state- ment Of fact. THE COMPLAINT. Matilda V. Packard found Moses Goodkind one of the worst kind of men, and complained that Mrs, Goodkind and all the young Goodkinds were very un- kindly. If they were not Maulda told a pig fib. She said thatim tae mooth of May last Moses and iis Jamily went to coard with her at the Clu House as ‘Varrytowa; that the agreement was that Moses was to pay sixty doliars per week for board and touging, but that be Folded bis tent like the Aralis, ‘And silently stole away on the 1st of July, leaving the disgusted Matilda to mourn his loss and $677 unpaid board. The state- ment of the injuries sustained by Maulda from the ‘unlecling attack of Moses had its proper effect oa the Court, aud some impatience Was manifested to hear THE OTHER SIDE inexplanation. It came roiling from ths tongue of an eloyuent and perspiring counsellor. N the whole course of his professional exverience had such @ case of eruelty come wader tis legal nose, Here was Moses, Moses’ wife and Moscs! chudren living in @ first class boardiug house ior sixty dollars a wees. Think of it! Hash two cies aday, beets every time, and no napkins at tabie. Would the gentlemen of the jury beileve it? Mr. Stiner had his hash served up Coid; and one beauti- ful day in blooming June Mrs. Stiuer fainied in who arms of &@ sympatnizing friend immediately after lunch, Sach was tle condition of the has no laly of seusibility could eat it without sinking into un- consciousne:s, and no man could touch it without experiencing the most violent emotions. Belly tiga and blue fish gaped at the nondescript compound known to the uninitiated as hash, on the meagre table on Tuesdays and Fridays, and the wretcied boarders howled dismally over potatoes and greens served sparingly in houi@opathic doses. Whispers were heard in the halis and whistled Girough the hungry keyholes 0. these days that the cou, were expected Lo iast vo free their souls from eg cares. Bui ‘The starving crowd With a murmur loud Cried fasts can't rave us, you must allow; ‘Could fasts bring freedom ‘We shouldn't need ‘em, For wo cau’t fast faster tha we're fasting now. So the mouths of the boarders watered and their souls hungered for savory meat. Butcuer boys wil joints of meat on their shoulders jeered av them from the road; wandering cows, feeding off the grateful rail fence, tbwitted them ali the Gay long; and ‘even # vagabond jackass, conscious of his toughness, Kicked up his heels before tueir eyes ana brayed unceasingly; high-stepping roosters und petulent hens crowed and cackled in praise of eggs, anda lame goose, tie property of the iandlaly, in- sultingly displayed the Pope's nose to the agonized or of the famished boarders every day when the lunch gong sounded the assembly. Never was there uch @ famine; never was there such paticnce; never had @ jury such a splendid opportunity to vindicate outraged justice. However eloquent and damaging the above may be cougidered, te evidence in the case, Which 1s not —~- yet concluded, does not show.that the Cif Ronse was badly conductéd oF that tae Goodkinds have suiticient grounds ol complaint to warrant the dis missal of Mrs. Packard's suit for the recovery of ber money. ‘ BROOKLYN CITY. The Weekly Mortality—Loeal Appoint- ments—Republican General Commit- tee—The East River Bridge—Pick- pockets Attending Fanerals— A Flag-rant Theit—Acci- dents and Incidents. ‘The United States sloop-of-war Albany, lately re- turned from Samana Bay, 18 unloading her stores, &c., preparatory to her being placed out of com- lniasion, at tue Navy Yard. Henry Snediker has been appointed deputy sheriff in the City Court, and Jonn Malley, Jonn Whitfora, Jeremiah Law, Christian Vieth Godfrey A. Brewer aud F. 1’, Smith constavies in the same court, At the republican Sixtm ward primary election, held on Monday night, Messrs. E. D. Webster, J. 5. Ludden, George W. Clarke, H. 8. Christian and C. Pp. Wiiey were chosen us delegates to the General Commitwe of Kings county for the year 1870, Coroner Whitehill was, last evening notified that Join Hogan died a few days ago in the tenement house corner of Dupont and Franklin streets, Green- point, and toat his remaius are still unburied, owing: to the destitute condition oO! his family. William D. Morray was arraigned in the Untted Staies Court yesterday, before Judge Benedict, on charge of stealing twenty-seven yards of bunting from tue Brookiyn Navy Yau. le pleaded gwity, aad Was Uiecreiore fned lilty dollars, Which be paid and went ou his way rejoicing. Shortly after two o'clock yesterday morning 8 fro broke outin the store of Joseph J. Powell, No, 104 Fulton street, and a damuge of $11,600 was sus- tained. ‘the loss on stock 18 $9,000, on building, $2,000, The property was insured in the Germania, Continental, City of Hariiord aud ditna (of Hartford) Insurance companies, A iarge number of the members and ministem® of the various Presbyterian churches assembied in the Rey. Mr. Cariife’s churca, Williamsburg, last even- ing, with the object of further promoting unity and tove M the deuvwination, Addresses Were deliv- ered on the subject by ue Kev. lr. Carlile, the Rev. » Wells, the isev. Air, Maucock, the Kev. Mr. ‘ayior aud owners. A German taborer, George Garschen, was crushed fatally avout the head and chest between rollers at the Woollen Mills in William sireet yesterday mor- ing. He was taken to the Long Island College Hos- pital by ollicer Irwin, oi the burty-tuird sub-preeinet, where he wed within aa how’ alter his admission. Deceased resided in Partition street, near Conover. the occurrence was pureiy accidental. There were 168 deaths in Brooklyn during the week ending Monday, January 3, The principal diseases resulting fatally were cofisumption, which carrted of! 20; pueumouia, 22; disease of the brain, 11; broncnitis, disease of the kidneys and measies, 4 ach; scarlet fever, 6; canver, 5; diarrinea, dtopsy and reinitteut lever 2 eacu., The deceased were of the following nationaliu Ireland, 86; America, 99; Eugiana, Germauy, 14; Svotland, 3; Persia, Cuba, Sweden, British America: and Norway 1 each. There was not asingle fatal case ol smallpox reported last week. Workmen tn the employ ef the East River Bridge Company were engaged yesterday in tearing up the wood work of the uock al the upper glip of the Ful- ton jerry, where the iower fouddation will be laid. ‘The bea of the river, which consists Of heavy boul- ders ac this point, wili requive blasting, and the caisson caunot be lowered beiore the ist of April, owing to the nature of Che deposits which will have tbe removed. Mr, W. O. Kingsiey 13 sapermtend- ing tae work. Funerai services which were held at.the Centenary (4ethodist Episcopal) cuurch, corner of Jay and Johnson street, yesterday, were desécrate@ by the presence of pickpockets, who plyed their vocation righ and left, Six lad es werejreleved of their porte- Mounaies, among whom were Mrs. Oliver, $11 50; Mrs. McCoon, $175; Mrs. Hoogiand, $1 803 Mrs. ‘Allen, $1; Mrs. Hatchinson, $8; Mrs. Warner. $2 50- Une of the rogues was detecied, but rau away. He Was caugut by a party Of citizens and taken to vlice headquarters, where forty-three dollars were found Im i138 possession. ‘The prisoner has a de- cidedly clerical appearance, gives his name eg Ben- jamin Smith, and 18 avout thirty-three years of age. He Was eld to await the action of the Grand Jury by Judge Welsh. THe FU MAN S2REKT TRAGZDY, Arraignment of Edwin Perry, the Alleged Murderer of Private Watchman Thom: Hayes—The Trial to Take Place on Tues- day Next. In the Court of Oyer and Terminer, Brooklyn, be- fore Judge Pratt, yesterday afternoon, Edwin Perry was arraigaed ou the iadicument found against bua by the Grand Jury charglag him with the murder of Thowas Hayes, the private watchman at Harbeck stores, Furman street, There was a very Jarge con- course of spectators preseat. The wife o: the pn- soner appeared in the court room shortly afver he was brought in by the oiicers and conversed with him for suine tune. ‘yhe Grand Jury having presented the indictment to the Court, 1¢ Was read to tim by the Clerk, who tugutred if he demanded @ trial, Perry replied that hedid. ‘the Court inquired if he had engaged coun- sel, when he replied toat be had retained Messrs. Cnorles L. Spencer and John Bergen to defend him. Both gentiewen were present. District Attorney Morris asked the Court to appoint a day for the trial, whereupon Mr. Bergen arose and suld that the deience wouid not be ready tu proceed anit Monday or ‘Tuesday next. The Court asked the District Attorney If Taesday Would be convenient sor lim. Mr. Mortis said that he was ready any day. The Court then set ihe case down for Tuesday next at ten o'clock, aud ordered au additional panel of 160 jurors. ‘Tue prisoner was remanded to jail, ALIN LIZERARY SOCIETY OF BROOK- LYN. Address on the Subject of the Neutrality Laws-ihe Caban Question, ‘This society gave avery enjoyabie entertaiment to their numerous frieuds tu the chapel of the Polytecia- nic Institute iast Monday evening. The exercisea were opened with an able and compreuensive ad- dress by the President, Mr. John A, Wright, in which he reviewed tuose events of the pastten years which have contrinuted most to the advance of civ- Hization and art. The orator of the evening, Mr. C, S. Van Wagoner, deltvered 2 carefully prepared aa- dress eatilled “Unrightcous Neuirality.” Hemaia- tained tuat our goverument, tn its relauons with Cuba, sould nut be bound by those neutrality laws Wiich ioreign Wowers are so ready and willing to break when we are in trouble, but should be goy- erned by the higher laws of sympathy with tue «oppressed, and consistency with our profeasiuas of liberty and the progress of Fi ue race towards a higher development. Hus arguinent was based upon bigh moral grounds aud Was eloquently vresented, Messrs. H. H. Shook and F, M, sdgerton discussed the qneston, “Oug! the Libie to be read in our Common schools??? In an interesting aud spirited mauner, the former taking the ailirmative aud the latter the negative. Their arguments enlisted the closest atiention of the audenuce and were Ireyuentiy interrupted by appiause, ‘The President decided in favor of the negative, aithouga, as 13 generally the case, the audience Was divided a3 to the justness of his de- cision, ‘The most agreeable features of the enve: taimment were the recitations of Miss Gertrade Ki logy and Ue soaxs Of Misses Hattie &. and Anna RL buthiey. Miss Kellogg's gifts as an elocutioaist are rare, aud the public ought not to be deprived of hearing ner more frequently. All of ber pieces were excelent mm the highest degree, paruculariy “The Face Against the Pane,”’ which Was rendered With an appreciation of senttnent and feeling that geaius alone can inspire. The Misses Bukiey creaved considerabie enthusiasm by their exquisite rendering of several choice solos and ducts, We have rarely lieard voices that biena more beautiuily wan theirs do. Mise flattie hae an B. edingly sWeet soprano voice, which was ex- hibited wiih pleasant edect in her solo *Waiting.’? Miss Ania sug “Katy’s Letter’? most charmingly and Won a iearty @ncore. She has a contralto voice of reuarkawe riciiess and purity, The piano emg sadly out Of tune, Mr. Powe could not do hiwesell jasiice as an accompanist. None but au excelicnt musiclen, as le Is, could have done so weil With a wretched lostrament. Tbe affair wos. however, @ decided success, the efforis of the meu bers of the society beime greatly enhanced by the very picasing personal appearance of the ladies aud the whole cect heigutened by the presentatious of flowers aud tue general satisiaction of the audience, ex THe Rerorr Dirgcr.—The telegraph reports the fatai stavbing yesterday ic New York of Patrick Monday by a ieiow poittician. ‘The politicians have pretty muca done away with Sunday, now they’ve killed Monday, For yooduess sake, are they guing through Ue week tat way?—Harlfurd Poss, Sate 4