The New York Herald Newspaper, February 16, 1870, Page 5

een meee THE COURTS. Proceedings in the Courts Yesterday. More Whiskey Frauds — Bank Defalca- tlone—The Oakley Case—Tho Erie- Ramsey Railroad Litigation—Wall Street Speculations—The Van Saun Casc—The Fonrteen Day Act—Just Sentenco on Burglars. CHITED STATES COMMISSIONERS’ COURT. More Whiskey Frauds, Before Commissioner Betts, The United Slates vs, Martin R. Cook,—The defend- ‘ant, @ member of the whiskey firm of Ss, H, Feliows & Co., was yesterday arrested on information fur- mished to Collector Bailey, of tho Thirty-second ais- trict, that he (defendant) had defrauded whe revenue through his ajieged connection with tac vid wolskey ring. ‘Tho case wus brought sor examination before “Commissioner Bots, Wuo held the accused 12 $3,000 The Merchantw’? Exchange National Bank Cone. Before Commissioner Shicids, The United Sates vs, E. J. Oakley.—The defenaant Was the cashier of the Merchants’ Excha.ue National ‘and Is chargea with baving embezzled over $40,000 worth Of tie funds of sald bans. ‘The ae- Tendant waived an examination, and was beid to await the acuion of the Grand Jury. —o ARERR, =~ Tho Rawvey Contempt CasemA Reference Ordered to Report Damage: Before Judge Barnard. The Erie Ratiroad Company vs. Joseph H, Ram sey.—Pursuant to adjournment the motion in this tase to punish Joseph Ramsey for contempt and to have @ reference ordered to estimate the umount of damages sustained by the company im conse- quence of the alleged contempt came up yes- terday. Tho detence set up was that tne in- Junction was tmwprovidently granted and snould Rot 0¢ continued, first, because the injunction Mself rested on information and belief, and the Tacta alleged were denied;’ that the plamut had not cause cf action to byron the injunction; that ‘the suit was in @ court equity in tis district to Featrain further proceedings in another district, aud upon a @ of facts on which no such action could be sustained; and lastly, the tmjanction shoud not be continued in & case when the general teria of smis district had deciied that such an injunction was absolutely void, and anybody might lawfuily ert i . Judge Barnard, after some discussion on the part of counse}, made 10 we effect that Jozeph H. Ram- Bey was deciared guilty of coutemst in having dis- obeyed the injunction order made on the 25th of ‘Novemper. 1009, yy proceeding further in the action, ¥Fherein Jose; . Ramsey was plaintii? and the Erie Kaitway Company and others were defendants, and that such umsconduct tended to defeat and im- pair the rights and remedies of the plant, and dia actoaily impede and preja lve the rights and reime- diesot the Erie Raiiwav Company in the cause pend- Ig 10 this court between the said company as plain- tif and Kamsey as defendant. It was turtlier ordered that a referce be appsinted to aacertain and Teport what damawes the Erle Railway Company Bad sustained by such misconduct. ‘The case wag then adjourned to March 1. Action for Forty-fve Thousand Dollars Against the Liverpool, New York and Philadelpuia Steamship Company. E. 8. Jafray et al, vs, The Liverpool, New York ana Philadelphia Steamship Company.—Thia was an action mstituted in 1866 to recover trom the defendants the sum of $45,068 tor damages to cargo shipped at Liverpool in the fail of 1865 in the steamer Cuy of Baitimore, in consequence of an accident to that vessel while at anchor in the Mersey. The defence was that the acciaent was caused by a peril excepted in the bill of lading, Mr. Buckley now Moved on behalf of the company to examine certain Witnesses residing at Liverpool by comission, aud as their names could not be given it was asked that the sald commission bo regarded as an open one; What Is, to allow witnesses to be examined without their names betug set forth. Judge Barnard granted the motion and the stay of Proceedings until the tirst Monday in May. SUPREME COUST—SPECIAL TERM, The Scward Will—The Arguments Postponed. Before Judge Cardozo. William H. Seward and George M. Grier, Execu- tors af Samuel 8, S:ward, Deceased, vs. Edwin P. Seward et al.—The testimony in this-case, which is @ suit in equity, has concluded. The sult was brought for a general setcieuicut and final disposi- Uon of the will of Samuel S. Seward. At the con- clusion of the evideace the summing up was adjourned tiil February 24, Before Judge Spencer. Van Saun @ Wheeler vs. Barr.—Vnis cage, which eased so much excitement in Wall street and the other rialtos where merchants and others most do eongregate, was set down for farther argument yes- terday. Judge Curtis, of the Marine Court, ap- wed for the defendant and moved on the case for earing. Judge Spencer concluded that he could ot give suilicient ume to tue case, and by consent ol counsel it was adjourned over tili the 24th inet. ‘The parties interested then leit the court. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Motion to Be Discharged Under the ‘Fourteen Day Act.’? Before Judge Van Brunt. In the Matter of William Bauner and Samuet Bauner, Bankrupts.—This was an application to be discharged under the Fourteen Day act. The peti- tioner set forth the debwrs had been diseharged under the Bankrupt law of the United States; that the Kegister in Bankruptcy had made an assign. iueut of all their property, and that they were im- piisoned at the suit of one John Marks, a creditor. Couusel lor tie creditors contended the Fourteen Day act did not apply, and that the petition was {wuity und defective in not having annexed wereto acbedu.es of the debtora’ property. Counsel for the petitioner repited that as the property had all been avsigned they had no property to schedule. Toe Court sustained the objections of counsel for the creditors and dismissed the petition. Runkle & ti apres for petitioner. Mr.'Compton for credi. TB. Action tor Damages—Dismissnl of the Come plaint. Before Judge Loew. John Hahn, Administrator, vs. Charles Curtts.— The son of the plaintiff’ was run over by one of the cars of tne old iine of telegraph @tages on the corner of Grand street and the Bowery, in 1864, of which the defendant was part owner. The boy, along with several Otners, jumped on one of the Hariem Rail Toad freignt cars, and on getting off was run over and kitled, Tue father now brings suit for $5,000, ‘ghe Court dismissed the complaint on the ground of entire negligence on whe part of the boy and none on ghe other side. + COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS. Decisions. Before Recoraer Hackett. At the opening of the court yesterday Gustav aurner pleaded guilty to an indictment charging him with stealing from Adolph Hank, on the 22d of January, @ gold watch and chatn, valued ai $150. There were five similar complaints against him, and the Recorder imposed the full penalty of the iaw, which was imprisonment in the State Prison for five years. Margaret Conhey was placed on trial, charged with stealing fiity-eight dollars’ worth of clottung from James O’Shea on the 12thof May. The evt- dence was insafficient to sustain the {udictment, and the jury promptly rendered a verdict of acquittal, Michael Hurley, who was indicted with three boys for burglariously entering the machine shop of Jere- iniah Welsh, Jr., in East Tenth street, on the 27th of sauuary, was tried. The only testimony against the accused was the statement of one of the thieves, and fluriey having proved his character the . Jury rendered a verdict of not guilty without leaving their seats. Wiiltaia Creedon pleaded gailty to assaulting John orney on the 14t inst., and was sent to tue Peniten- Mary for six months, A COLORED BURGLAR SENT TO THE STATE PBISON FOR TWENTY YEARS. Ceorge Smith, a colored man, was tried and con- victod of burgiary in the first degree, ‘The testi- mony for the prosecution showed that on the even- lug of the 21d of January the prisoner called at “ f house of Mrs. Butcher, No, 252 West Twelfih street, and gcked for eometing to eat. His wants were kindly supplied, but Mra. butcher, not liking iis appearance, called in an oftcer aud told him her suspicions aud requested the Policeman to look after him, While iuey Were con- NEW YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, Mi, having on his arm. Tieton sa he saw, tho ‘oaicer’ ie tan out af tno house, but wee captured alter ranaing three blocks. io Bentonoe, stated evera . black or white, was convicted Of bur. giary by clear evidence he wou.d impose the higiiest ty the law allowed. Smith was sent to the te Prison for twenty yeurs. 8 sentence muy to be severe and Injucicions, seeing that no Property was stolen, yek We nme was complete and euch prompt and severe punishment cunnot bus have a be eficial effect m deternng burgiare from entering dweiling houseg in the night time, TWO WILT BURGLAR3 BENT TO BING 8{NO FOR TEN YEARS. Joseph McRowan, who was jointly indicted with David Degnan, charged with burglary io the first degree, pleaded gulity tothe second grate of that offence. They were charged with having burgiart- ie entered the dwelling house of Garret B, Wi- Dants, 464 West I'wenty-third street, on the night of the 2ith of Jaonary. A bronze ornament, worth thirty doilars. and an album, vatued at fifteen do!- lara, were stolen. The Kecorder said that by plead- ing guilty the prisoner sayed himself ten years, He Was sentenced to the State Prison for the period of ven yeara, ARSON IN THE THIRD DEGRER, Allen G. Taylor, @ young man about twenty years of ave, pleaded gautity to arson in the third degree by advice of bis counsel, Mr, Kintzing. He was charged with having wiltuily get tire to the houge of Harris Golastein, 612 Grand street, on Lue morning Of the 27th of January. It appears that the prisoner rented the lower part of the preaises as 8 liquor 8a Joon, while the upper portion of the buiding was occupied by several families, ‘The Recorder, 11 Vareed ing sentence, observed that there were no extenu- ating clreamatances in the cage and that the prisoner endangered the lives of a number of haman bemes for pecuniary gain. The extreme sentence was metea ous to him, which was incarceration in the State Pricon for ten years. COURT OF SPECIAL SESsi0NS. Before Judge Dowling. ‘The calendar of the above court numbered twenty- nine cases, nearty atl of which were for assault aud battery, several of which were of @ very serous character, BITING A NosB Orr, William Pipes, a sailor on board the bark Fina, from Shanghac to New York, while the vessel was in dock got drunk and mage so great a disturbance on board that the cook, David Clennie, begged of bim to go to bed and not disturb all on board. Words ensued of an aggravating character, In which the nationalities of the two men (oue being Scotch and the other Irish) were freely bandied about, At length words got to blows, aad in the conflict Clen- nie’s nose was bitten off. Cleunie presented a fright fal disiigared appearance. Nr. Hummel was aeaigued by the Court to defend Pipes, but could not prevent the extiemo sentence of tag law being passed upon ite, eal be was sentenced t 8ix months imprisun- ment WHISPERING IN THE EAR OF JUSTICE. James Clancy, a young man, about nineteen years of age, was cuarged by ‘Thomas Curley, of the ‘Twen- ty-seventh precinct, with assaulting lim as he was going inco the station house on Thursuay evening Curley, having given his evidence, rose from the chair and whispered to Judge Dowling and Mr. Fel- lows, the Assistant District Attorney, who was on the bench with the Judge, ‘He 1s the biggest thief in New York; he is always loafing about to ateal.’? Judge Duwiing (very audibly spoxen)—One of the beauties of the law is that any charge made against @ prisoner shalijbe made tn bis hearing; eit down, sir, aud let us know about tals, Now, sir, has this young man been arrested for digorderiy conduct ? Oflicer—No, Judge; he isa thiet, dJudge—Ever been arrested ¢ OMicer—No; he 1g too smart for that. Judzge—Then he was too smart for you; you couldn't catch him? What was ithe stole, ana when, aud where? OMeer, after a@ considerable hesitation, said he could not recollect, and when pressed for an answer virtually admitted it was @ talse charge. Judge—Now, let us see what this young man has to say wbout it. Are you a thief, sir? Claney, the complainaut—No; I arrived in this country only @ monti ago, and am waiting for my father, who, I oxpect,twill be here soon, and then we are wolng tosettic here. Tam quite a stranger here, aud Lave friends who can prove It, Judge—So I believe. ‘Tnis young man Is evidently what he says he 1s, and I siall dismiss wis com- piavut; Tor I certainly could not believe the ofticer. ‘The defendant then left amid the evident satis- faction of the court. THE DISCORDANT PIANO. Mr. Haines, of 46 Union square, writes to ask thot @ correction may be made tn the repor. of the above case given in the HERALD of Sunday. It was stated that at the suggestion of the Judge, Mr. Haines did not wish to prosecute the cares agatnst Mr. Cantagazent. Mr. Haines says that what he told the Juage was that he did not wish to “persecute” Mr, Cantagazeul. COURT CALENDARS—THIS DAY. OVER AND TERMINER AND SUPREME OCouRT—OCIR- oUuIT.—Part 1.—Nos. 1805, 1807, |, 1877, 1767, 4247, 879, 1406, 1931, 1035, 1451, 1961, 1971, 1976, 1964, Pray ie 1931, ee Part 2,—Nos. 1596, 1603, 5 , 498, $4, 836, 1120, 1568, 032, 62, 161 1002, 1594, 1678, 1524, 1696, 1612, 1616, age gere SUPREME COURT—SPRCIAL Term. No, 29. Law and fact—Nos. 192, 64, 260, 236, 8, 125, 186, 205, 247, 248, 264, 62, 109, 130, 161, 181, 227, 28, 20,42, O1, 60, 69, 76, 79, 81, 87, 83, 92, 5, 101, 102, 114, 116, 122, 128, 131, 183, 136, 133, 143, 167, 165, 170, 177, 182, 184, 138, 209, 211, 220, ‘242, 249, 26134, 209, 270, 271. SUPREME COURT—CHAMBERS.—Nos. 223, 234, 285, 385, 341, 349. Call 243, 240, 285, 285, 287, 308, 32 350, SUPERIOR CoURT—TRIAL Tenm.—Part 1.—Nos, 1151, 803, 133, 132, 077, 134%, 1341, 1347, 1349, 1355, 1367, 1359, 1361, 1368, Part Noa. 2048, 2109, 1760, 1162, 2118, 1914, 2010, 1806, 1878, 2104, 2106, 2110, 2112, 2114, 2116, COMMON PLEAS—TRIAL TeRM.—Part 1.—Nos. 477, 714, 171, 1741, 740, 337, 691, 705, 732, 484, 769, 770, 772, 8%, S42, 701, 703, 113, 776, 777, 780; , 186, 737, 788. ARINE Ci ‘TRIAL TERM— art 1.—Nos. 65, 362, 4754, 201, 333, 334, 29844, 289, 303, 306, 915, 922, 325, 827, 828. ' Part 2—Noa. 4522, 146, 16134, 206, 207, 208, 11, 324, 284, 285, 202, 204, 297, 298, 305, 311, 314. COURT OF GENERAL BxSSIONS.—The people va. Uharies Dupell, rape; Same vs. Janies Lee, Wiliam Welsh and James McCarty, robbery; Same vs. kd- ward Welsh, Klias McKnight, Peter Scully, Thomas Lyons, James Heil, burglary; Samo vs. Jobu Rob- 1nson, felonious assault and oatiery; Same va. Fran- cis Kelley, felonious assauit aad battery; Same ve, Charies D, Bowen, John Gross, James Welsh, grand larceny; Same ve. James Martin, larceny from per- son; Same vs. Charies Parks, assault and battery; Name va. Sarah Brown, petit larceny. BROSHLIN CoURTS. UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS’ COURT, An Agrsistant Asseasor in Tronb! Pefore Commissioner Jones, United States vs. G. W. Tompkins.—The defendant, who is an assistant assessor of the Secoud district, was arrested on the charge of having obtained seven dollars irom Ferdinand Vanreuter, a liquor dealer, corner of Harrison and Fioshing avenues, under the plea that the money was lor payment of special tax. Tompkins was discharged on ils own recoguizance to appear this moruing for examination, The Post Oftice Frauds, Tnited States vs. George Judson.—The hearing of this case, in which the defendant, who was cashier in the Brooklyn Post OMice, is charged with stealing moneys collected on unpaid letters, was resumed yesterday attornoon. Several! letter carriers were exainined with reierence to the payment of moneys thus collected to the defendant, aud the twiner bearing was adjourned. COURT OF SESSIONS. The Alleged Seduction Cure. Before Judge ‘froy. ‘The trial of Victor Vanderveer, indicted on the charge of having under promise of marriage seduced Maria Joslyn, his housekeeper, was resumed yester- day torning and occupied the attention of the court the entire day. A number of letters, alleged to have been written by the complaining witness to defend- ant, in which sie stated that she knew he was a married man, and which were iu variance with her character a8 @ virtuous woman, were read in evi- deuce, ‘The defence was that the woman was notof Previous chaste character. The jury being unable, to agree, were discharged, They stood eight for con- viction and four for acquittal, Serious Charge Against a Police OMcer. James Morgan, @ boy, pleaded gutlty to having stolen $200 from the Nevy Yard. The prisoner stated that he met officer Gleason, of the Fittieth reciact, with his uniform and badge under a civi-. ian’s auit, and requested his assistance to enable him to restore the money; that Gleason told him not to do that, took $160 from him, bp him drunk aud then arrested him. The officer dented the charge, and gave the District Attorney a list of names by whom he claims he will exculpate himself, BROOKLYN COURT CALENDAR—THIS DAY, BROOKLYN City Court.—Nos. 144 to 163, In- clusive, SINGULAR Case.—On the 24 day of last Sep- tember @ lttle child of Mr. James W. Kelley, wuo resides in Congress street, in this city, swallowed @ steel beitpin neariy two inches long, with a glass head. Several physicians examined the child, some expressing the opinion that the pin remained in the stomach and others that 1t had paased through into the bowels. The child has sufferea much pain since the accident, its cece has been very capri- cious and it has at times been considerably ema- ciated. It has lately had an attack of whooping cough, and after oue of the paroxysms of the dis- case, abouts two Weeks since, vomited up the pin, which, of cow had lain in its stomach since the accident—a pi of over five mouths. The pin was considerably rusted by the action of the gastric juice, although the point Was a8 snarp ag ever and tne glass head remained mtach—Lunn (Mass) Zranser: NEW YORK CITY. A Man Shoots Himself in the Mouth— Stealing “in Fun”—Foreign Postal Servicc—Batley’s Whiskey Raic— A Valise Dodge—Customs Cart- age —Miscellancous Are rests and Incidenis, ‘The following record will show the changes in the temperature of the weather for the past twenty-four bours in comparison with the corresponding day of Jast year, as indicated by the thermometer at Hud- nut’a pharmacy, L£RALn Building, Broadway, cor- ner ofan ptreet:— 2 8AM. OA. M, 9A. M. 12M... UJ Avorage temperature yesterday... seeeseee Average temperature tor correspondiig date Joss year... Yeeterday Jobn F. Built, of No. 180 Seventh ave- nue, was knocked down by a coach in Broadway, near the Futh Avenue Hotel, and ijured, Under the order of the Board of Police Sunerm- tendent Kennedy has been compiling evidence in the case of the Prince Arthur assassination huax, with a view of ascertaining where it came from. es have becu preferred agains, Sergeaut ‘Taylor, of the Tweuty-ninth precmet, and the trial set down for next Monday. Several reporters aud others have veex subpornaed us witnesses. ‘The Arion Soctety, assisted by the New York Sing Academy and by Mme, Parepa-Rosa (Agatha) and Miss Pauline Caulasa (Aennchen), wiil repeat the grand German romantic opera of Weber, ‘Der Freiscnutz,” at the Academy of Music in thia city, on the eve of Washingion 8 Birthday. Thelr great mask bail, so popular fur (he last titwen years, takes lace to-MOrrow, ab the BXme house, Bd. tO judge rom the Programme, it promises to be the pitch of the season. Christian Richter, proprietor of a lager becr saloon At 425 West Twenty-filth street, was yesterday morn- ing arraigned before Justice Cox, at Jefferson Mar- ket, by omcer Gick, of the Sixteenth precinct, charged with violating the excise law, by selling uquor to @ boy under eighicen years of age, barca Peunts O'Connell. Thomas Casey, of 640 Wes Twenty-eighth street, testified to seeing Ricuter sell (ne boy Jour drinks of brandy, which made him 80 beastly drunk tout he was unable io walk, He @ave bouds in the sum of $400 to answer the charge. During the month of January of the current year there were sent to Europe tue following number of Jetters:—Britisi, 260,502; Bremen and Hamburg (in- cluding German mail), 126,197: North German Union, 40,174; France, 22,629; Belgium, 3.639; Newn- Jands, 6,466; Switzerland, 11,119; Italy, 6,073; mak- ig 2 total of 406,198 letters, Those received from Europe are as follows:—British, 214,421; Brewen aud Hamburg. 86,234; North German Union, 61,323; France, 24,636; Belgium, 2,609; Nevherlands, 4,651; Switzerland, 8,615; ltaly, 6,795; making a total of bo jevters, Grand total sent aud received, 875,061, The customs cartage system, as introduced by Collector Grinnell, under the superintendence of Mr. J. P. Lindsay, went into full force yesterday. By yesterday noon ali the importers, as was ascer- tained at the Custom House, haa their cartmen licensed, and not a single complaint waa maue, ‘The number of district cartmen to do the govern- ment word is not yet complete, but applications are being received hourly, aud Nr. Lindsay hopes to have a full force at work by Monday. Lue new sys- tem, it is alieged by the oMcers, works to a charm, and the longer it endures the more will importers and merchants be sutistiod with it The following 1 @ correct list of the places of busi- ness of wholesale liquor dealers—sixteen in num- ber—for wnich warrants were issued to Collector Bailey ou January 10, and whose owners have been subjected to uwccusation of fraud Upon the revenue since that date:—22 Mon- roe street, 44 Broadway, 68 anc 60 Kroad street, 17 Water street, 63 Broudwa: Front street, 374 Lleventh avenue, 12 Cedar sireet, 43 Broadway, 102 Wall and 22 Ridge streets, 728 and 732 Washington street, 77 Broad aud 27 South William streets, 229 and 230 West street, 105 Water strest, 152 and 134 Pearl street. A young man named Aaron Goldstein was charged before Judge Dowling yesterday, on the complamt of Rosa Brown, No. 41 Baxter street, with stealing from her room two dresses of the value of sixty-five doiars, She stated that sie lived im a tenement house, and thatsue met the prisoner ou the stairs, On her return she jound her rooms broken open and the dresses gone, Sie said she did not wish to press tue charge If she could get her dresses. ‘ne Judge instructed the officer to go with the prisoner and get the dresses, He did so and then revuraed to the court with the prisoner, WhO was committed to answer for the roboery, About eight o’clock yesterday morning the atten- tion of oMicezs Grennan and King, of the Eiguteenth precinct, were called to a man who lay dead on the sidewalk in Nineteenth street, near avenue B. On going to the spot the oilicera found the man blecaing from & wound io tue heart, and a pistol lying on the walk beside lin. in the crowd tuat soon gathered was ® person who recognized the body of ceased o# that of Jacob Dordelimer, a G man shoemaker, forty five years of age, who lived in Houston street, pear avenue C. Deceased had placed the muzzle of the pistol in bis mouth and discharged it, the ball passing upwards and Jodging in the brain, cawsing almost instant death, Very littie coud be learned concerning de- ceased, and no one seemed to be aware oi the motive which prompted him to take his life, The body was taken to the Morgue and Coroner Koliins notified to hold an inquest. During tue investigation It 1s expected some further light will be turown oa the matter. Yesterday Morning detectives Casey and Quinn, of the Broadway rquad, discovered two well known “sporting characters” of the Eighth ward, named Charles Wilson and Edward Hall, promenading down Broadway, baving In their possession a largo sized valise, and, surmising they had been on a thieving excursion, arrested them. Upou conveying them to the station houge in Mulberry streot ine valise waa discovered to be no more nor less than a@ cleveriy arrauged machine for ‘ilfting” goods from the counters of stores. ‘Ihe valise, instead of opening in the centre, as ig customary, Was nailed and securely strapped up, While the end had been cut open and a spring lock placed in the inaid which opened by @ string obtruding from an obscure place. In tne inside of the valise were found two Plecea of silk, valued at $140, which were subse- quently found to have been stolen from the store of Colwell, Taylor & Co. the corner of Grand ana Mercer strests. A complaint was prelerred against them by one of the members of the firm-upon the isoners being arraigned before Justice Cox, at Jer- ‘erson Market, to which tuey pleaded not gulity, but were beid for examination. IME EASYERN DISPENSARY, Aweeciing of the Medical Boara of the Eastern Dispensary, was held yesterday forenoon at eleven o'clock In the Trustees’ Hall, corner of Grand and Kasex streets. Owing to the tuclomency of the weather there were not so many persons present a9 was expected, althougn the room was, nevertheless, preuy weil iiled. Dr. B. J. O’Sullivan, President of the Board, read @ very able and inter- esting paper on “The Clinical Resources of our Hospitals and Dispensaries.” The Doctor said he did not deem a@ few brief remarks on this sub- ject oat of place in an association such as theirs, which was essentially a practical one, as most, if not all, the members have had ample opportanities to study disgase in its various phases and in a truly scientific manner, which clinical experience alone afforés. 1% 13 obvious to all, said he, that our city presents in its well arranged and, for the most part, well governed hospitals and dispensaries, abundant material for study. Thetr number and size, the con- struction of the wards, the numerous patients, the varied classes of diseases and excellent order, all fend to prove that our cit! excelled in this respect by few others in the world. How different a few ears ago? Then a person desiring to post imself thoroughly in any particular branch of the profession which he may have chosen found it necessary to go to France, Germany or Great Britain for teachers as well as subjects from whicn to obtain the desired information. He deemed it pertinent to the subject to inquire how the resources Of the institutions above referred to are developed at the present day, and what seems to be the princl- pal object of those holding responsibie positions ‘herein. He, for one, was of the opinion that bedside instruction in our hospitals and the class teaching in our dispensaries were not all that could be desired. With a few honorable exceptions he was sorry to gee that personal aggrandizement, professional pride (of @ peculiar kind) and college clique competition seemed to be the sole object for which they labor, for the alm seems to be to make the most of the ition and to extend the {ame of the er or the practitio van spoke at considerable length, and in the course of his remarks suggested several very effectual remedies for the above mentioned evil, which were wari! Sppianded by his hearera. Short addresses were also made by Drs. Rodgers, Griecom, Nichols, Loines and Garnish, after which at rie adjourned, to mest on tae frat Tuesday FEBRUARY 16, 1870.—TRIPLE SHEBT, PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. Prominent Arrivals in This City Yeutcrday. General A, J, McKay, of New Yurk; Dr. 0, W. Bassett, of Boston: G. F. Towle, of the United Grates Army; Colonel #, Urowloy, of Port Jervis; Judge G, M, Wilson, of Chicayu; Qolonel Ubaries Poulson, of Philadelphia; Colonel 2, 8. Stevona,. and Colonel Q, A. Randall, of Kansas, and Judge A. A. Sandford, of Goshen, are at the Metropolitan Hotel. Govera! Havner, of ine United States Army; James B, Andrews, of Bauimore; B. B, Morgan, of Aurora; W. G. Vargo, of Butfato; J. W. Lo Baruea, of Wash- ington; Dr. P. Earle, of Massachusetts; W. P. Walker, of Maine; W. J. MeAlpine, of Albany, aud H, McE!+ Toy of the United States Navy, are at the Astor House, General J. Anderson, of Richmond; T. Rocs- Sello, of Washington; Amara J. Varker, and J. W. Ramsay, of Albany; Elmore P, Rosy, of Aubura; E, B, Judson, of Syracuse; Colonel W. M. McKim, of Boston, aud Judge George Greene, of lowa, are at the St, Nicholas Hote, Captain A. ©. Curtis, of ner Britannic Majesty's steamer Monarch; George Peabody ivussell, of Salem, Mass; R. H, Pruyn, of Atbany; B. 0. Tufts, T, Whitridge, Colonel J. 1, Frenca, J. Selwyn and Colonel GC, O. Wright, of Boston; A, P. veabody, of Cambridge, Mass.; Colonel J. M. Vanvusker, of Pennsylvania; J. Rice of Phiiadeipma; J. 8. Libby, of Portland; C. 1. Bushnell, of New Haven; Dr. C. T. Collins, Of Groat Barrmgton, and W. Frothing- ham, of Albany, are at the Filth Avenue Hotel. Captain E. R, Bliss, of the United States Navy; Dr. 8. BR. Childs, of Saratoga, and tT. H. L. Fuiler, of Nashyile, aro ab the St. Charles Lote: T, MeFarlane, of Quebse; if. 8. McDougall, of Montreal, and Charles Chouteau, of St, Louis, are at the New York Hove. Beauvesu Boice, of Philadelphia, and B. Meltvatn, and W. McKie, of the United States Army, are at the Albemarie Hotel. Colonel Goiloff, Captain Kelderling and Captain Biremakeky, of the Russiav Ariny; Lucicn Robin- son, of Bunira; T. B. Rumril, of Springiield; Gen- cral J.T, Owens, of Philadephia, and Oummander H. ¥. Picking, of the Uuited States Navy, are at the Kioffman Houso. Edward and Thomas 8. Southworth, of West Springficit; H. 8 Humpbries, of Philadelphia, and Thomas Merrow, of Albauy, are at the Coleman Mouse, Major W. 8. Purdey, of the United States Army, and A. 8. Chauwies, of Florida, are at the Irving House. Prominent Departuices. Visoount Pazos, Manuel Sacro, W. P. Deuckla and J. F. Joy, for Wasnington; Governor Burnalde, for Rhode Isiand; Mr. summer, for Chicago; Comman: der Kellogg, for Washington; Judge J. Redmond, for Boston; O. B. Skinner, tor Cleveland; J. M. More- head and R. 8, Huvbard, for Connecticut, LITERATURE. ciam of Now Books. Ur Baoavway anD Ir3 Ss.ucu. A Lite Story. By Bleanor Kirk, New Yora: Uarltoa, publisher. ‘The autaor of this work is Known among a certaia “literary” class in this city a3 tac writer of numer- ous Magazive articles touching the questioa of wo- man’s wrou. “Up Broadway” 18, 80 far as we are aware, the frat lengthy word from her pan, and we could wisi, for the sake of trae womanhood, tnat it was anything cise than what it is. We are told that tv18 @ true story. It narrates the experiences of the author with one of that wretched class of women kuown a# “night walkers,” whom irs. Kirk aiscovers by means of her beggar chila@, and whom she reecues from degradation, visits her pe- trayer, and learns frova him that he still cherishes an ardent affection for the fallea woman and his Mlegitumate chiid. Tue wind up 18 that Mr. Blank marries Mary (sach is her n.ine), aud the pair are noW enj yiig eartaly felicity. Such, in brief, 13 “Up Broadway,” or, rather, such ia the “story.” Had it rested with we marriage of Mary we should positively have given it no notice whatever, A# @ literary production it cannot be commended, fho style 13 that of the ‘y wrashy sensational American and Eayiish novel. Mra. Kirk Writes with ovatemptuous disregard of the propric- tics of the Englisa iangaage. La endeavoring to depict low lije sie uveriy fais. If sue did not assure us Wat hers was “a true story” we should unbesitatingly refuse to believa that clergymen moving 10 tue highost society visit low dens on Mul- berry strect for unmoral purposes. Many of them probably do go astray, but they generally possess suillcient aiveliigence to ave.d such a locally as Mary’s hovel was situated in, Weaithy men and men Who hold good social positions do uot usuaily pursue ‘“nyght walkers,’ whose terrible avocaion 1s wiumost suiely piled, o¥ auy pouce report will SHOW, and 88 Vyrious Works vat we have read =abunduutly ” testify, among the more ignorant and depraved class of men, Of no social standing aud of sual means Waecewita to yrauty thew brutish appeutes. Vurthermore, however great an incentive to precovity misery day do not think that Mitte giris are given to 4 phizing, even uuder ‘he most aggravating crcum- Biunces, as Lhe daughter Of sary 13 made Lo puLloso- phize in this book. And waea Mrs, Kirk eu “nigh life” she is equaly untortun: eel, Chat Some Of thei are actually coarse, allverate persons, and that very many ure given oO the use of slang plirases whe “on ine street,” But Mrs. Kirk descrives a geuueman Wily, to a dia- logue Wila her, Speaks of baie as “oa a regular ben- der,” aud prouises to be wita her “in @ july.” He i poor unforiuuate 18 in +a, that krie has treated hia uncommonly well—“thanks to a brighceye to the wiudward.? We doepiy regret that nis broker did not explain whether 16 Was uvso.utely necessary for bright eyes to ba directed Windward i @ mortal de- sired to be “uncommonly Well” treated. As for “a regular bender,” “a jufy’ and “a tight place,” we have lvard tucse phrases used amoug men, but we tuink tacy are Beidow, sf cver, addressed by a gea- teuian 10 @ lady, save in jest between 1utimates, We think that we have gudlcientiy shown “Up Broadway” to be utterly unwortuy of lous con. sideration a8 # llterary production, There is, how: ever, a “Sequel,” Wiiich explains the opject with Whicd the story Was wristen, of so pernicious a clar- acter thas the DOOK is invesied Wit an importance it could not otkerwise have posvessed. ‘Tie moral we are asked to deduce trom the trashy story 13 to be found in our stringent iarriage laws, Mrs, Kirk believes in ‘atlinites.” Albers V. Hichardyon, Bue tes us, Was “A Ne Who, Jor love's sade, Was 10st foully murdeted.” Iie was as muca a martyr as Lincoin, She desires ‘to do away, a8 far as possi- ble, with the old eatabiishea idea tnat marriage by priest or minister 1s @ God-ordained rite.” IU is her Opinion that “the Guy that prostivution in so-culied Inarricd ie 18 avandoned, that day will siuow lewer (/) brazen feumaies on our streets aud fewer adulterers.’ In coutractiog matrunoulal alliances there is not suflicient consideration given to the questions of “fiiness, adaptability, soul fitness and sympatily.”’ Subsequeut to mar. riage, if @ man aid woman find, “after mu- tual and conscientious eifort, that Ley are unavie wo Keep that (tue Marmave) Vow; tiat instead of attracung they reper eaca other more acd more the louger they live togetuer, It is diiicult (ur any reasonavie person to undersiaund why wey should remain in pondage.” As regards the form- ing of & second Lie, “the guarantee against @ second mistake just lie with the Indiviau- als tuemsolyes.” = Mis, Kirk writes quite tippautiy avout “the benefits of experience” in contacting ‘hia new alllauce, but she does not tell us Waat tho woman is to do if proves # mistake, Shall sne form @ third, @ fourti, a Hfil, ana 40 on to the end Of the chapter? We siould judge this vo be her idea, for she telis ua directly alter that “all the business of je is experimenta!. Nothing 13 aosviutely guar- anveed; everything must be tied fur, aud ali pro- Vestantism is but wu alipping off of Lae guaranieed nose.’ We havo selected the quotations given in the foreyolug paragraph hap-lazaru frou the book. Can society couceive any doctrine, snort of Absolute icense, more meroiriclous than this? Let us imagine ils povk placed in tua Bands of youug girls and their ideas of tue Married state formed upon the theories here pro- Muigated, it not disgraceful that a puviisier Of #tunding and respectability should pe found wiil- ing to ald iu tue dissemination of @ principie that alms at the destruction of (ue most sacred plilar of Our soolal fabric? We can hardly decide whether itis more damuable to write or to pubilan such Narratives as that before us. A few years ago “Up Broadway” and its “Seque:’ could have a from no other press than ihat of the inul- Yidual who published the Day's Doings of thous tues. Unfortunately we fad the proas of the pres- ent day advocating tala doctrine of “freedom ia marriage,’ gravely <(iscussing the question of “aMpities” and defending the act of a woan ip deserting her husband ior anusier ian Whose live: Une arts had deadened her to duty, to shame, to v! tue, And it is solely because the subject has attained 80 Much prominence that we notice tis book in the HaRALD. We can no longer ignore or treat it contemptuously. As in Rome, Atneus, Sparta uad simogt every other part of the pagan world ia the Dast, 1t scems destined to convulse Christian civui- in the future, It is, therefore, our duty wo aid the virtuous in repressing it and to recommend that every moral parent piace works advocating the pernicious doctriue upon his or her tater exprr- gatorious, Certainly whilo there 1% everything in pi Broadway” to disgust we can Jad nothing In Mt that is oliver instructive or cnvertaluing—cyen to the most prarieat mind, THE SCAFFOLD. Exceution of a Murderer in Now Brunswick. History of the Case—Veritleation of the Old Adage that Murder Will Out—Story of @ Woinan’s Trust and Man’s Per- fidy—Evidence Against the Pris- oner—'fis Defence and Convic- tio: —Particnlars of the Exes eution—Vonfossion and His- tory of the Convict, Sr. Jonn, N. B., Feb. 15, 1870. On tho 14th of Seprember ius) human remains Were discovered near the Biack river road, twelve Talics from St. Jobu, On the foilowing day Coroner Earl vig.ted the spot and found the skull oi an adult, With @ bullet hoie in the leit side; also the remains ef a female and child’a clothing lying near. An in- vestigation commenced, waich lasted from Septem- ter 10 to October 2, Inqui-iea were made for five days, At length one Robert Warden, a coachmau, was found, who stated taat he remembered ariving @ Mr. Munroe and @ Mra, Ular frou Lordly’s Uruns- Wics House to the Black rivérroad tn October, 1868. ‘They profeased to be going to Colltus’, and left lim on the road, about half @ mile beyond Bunker's, to whic he returned, They, however, soon afterwards returned to Bunker's, not finding the persons they wanted at Lome, as Munroe stated, and be drove them back to town, taking Mra. Clark on ihis occasion to hr, Lake’s boarding house, Oa the following Saturday the same coachman, at the request of Munroe, drove tue same parties to the Sime place, On both occusions Mra, Clark was ac- companied by her intle girl, On the second occasion the woman and child did not return, ‘Lhe luxt that Warden saw of them togther the woman was carry- ing the child in her arms on one side of the road, Munroe was walking on the other, and ail seemed Procecding towards Collin’s, After leaving them and coming ck to Bunker's Munroe wold Warden that the woman had gone to the people whom she wanted to see and found them at home. Munroe was about three-quarters of an hour absent. Warden was ready to take dinner when Munroe came back, but he hurried him away witnout dinner, waking a glass of brandy himecif and paying the bill, Mun- roe was aweating waen he came back and remarked ‘toat it was a hard walk. ‘she coachman was taken out to the place which he had aescribed as that where he left the parties on both occas.ons, and without knowing where the re- mains were found he pointed out @ place on the Black river road, nearly opposite the spot where the Temains of the woman and child were found. John Warden subscguently identifled Jonn A. Munroe as the person he had driven to Black river road. He also testified to baving, by Munroe’s order, seen to the despatch of Mrs. Clark’s trank on Monday morning. Munrve, who was on the floats that morning, informed Lim that the lady wad come 1n and he, Warden, got Hatfield to take down the trunks, Munroe paying him for so doing, checking it and sending It off, ARREST OF MUNROE. These and other facts having led to the arrest of John A.) Munroe, the prisoner, In bis intercourse with various officials, furnished some important ad- ditional links in the chain of evidence, He ident- tied Mrs, Clark as Sarah Margaret Vail, of Car.eton. and mentioned some facts connected with bis early intumacy with her, tue gule of ner property, their inp to Boston together, their return to St. John, her taking up he quarters at LorJly's, the second trip to the Black river road. as detailed by Worden, her going to see her friends, her return on Monday and bis seeing her off, having barely time to snake hands with her alter seeing to her tickets and trunks, THE BVIDENCE. The facts of Munroe having visited the woman calied «ra, Ciark at the novels, Mra. Lordiy protest. ing strongiy against is doing so while Mrs. Clark Was staying at ner nouse, Of Munroe’s intimacy with Miss Vail, Of her having borne a child to him Knowu as Hlia May Munroe, of is peng wita her occasion- ally afver the birtu of the child, of her haviog sold her Property and getting for it the sum of $600, of Mies Vall stating that she had given the moncy to Mun- roe ant being 10 the haoit of receiving several smail sums from him, were ctestiled to by various wil- nesses In the prewminary iovestigaiions, ‘the va- rious parts of the clotaing found w.ta tue 1emains ot the woman and child were identified as those whica had belongea to Sarah M, Vatl and chiid. Her sister, Mrs. Crear, ident! ed an embroidered skirt made for Miss Vail, uuder Mrs. Crear’s inspection, aad varl- ous other articles, both ag regards materiais, trun- ming aud Worginansiup. Portions of the dress of the child were also identified by her and otaer wit- nesses; also beads given to tae child by a Htue girl when she was at Mrs. Lakes, and above all a littic truss made of lead sewed up 10 colon, which it was prov d had been used in conneXion with @ disease to which tne child was subject. ‘These several facts were considered very remarkable and very coa- plete, but they were not ail. Mrs. Crear believed herself abie to idenciy the bair of her sister by part of the remains with hair, which had been very aoundant, a3 Keveral witnesses Lestitied having been worn in @ particular mauuer, She also identined a tooth of her sister, wuich projected in @ pecaliar mauner, Meanwhile the trunk of Sarai Margaret Vail, uncalied for and with a check No. 706, was found in the oflice of the Internauonal Steamship Company, Bostoa, It was sent back to St. John in charge of the oficers of the company. Both the trunk and its contents were particulariy identificd in detail py several witnesses as that of Mrs. Clark, otherwise Miss Vail. Tne recovery of the truuk cauged quite sensation. Its contents included a photograph ot John A, Muproe. It was also proved that the trunk nad been opened by the United States Customs oificers on the voyage, no one appearing to nave charge of it when it was beimg forwaraed in tue New Engiand trom St. John. Along array of witnesses was produced to prove that no persona answering Lo tne description of Mrs. Clarke or Miss Vall aud child had been seen at or hear Back river on Savurday, the dist of Uctober (Hallowk Usp on the following Sunday or Monday taorning. Nosuch persous had been at Coiling’ or in any of the other Houses around biack river. The last that had been seen of them, so far ag auy evi- dence could be found, was when Warden saw the woman carrying her child, sue walking on the one aide of the road and Munroo on the other, on the place beyond Bunker's, already so frequently alluded to. The evidence already detaued and additional testimony were produoecd at tbe trial, ‘he prosecution dweit on the com- pietoness of the chain of evidence against the prisoner, They claimed that he nad virtually made himsell accountable for her safe keeping until the Monday that she was alleged to have been seen oif by him on the New Engiand. They dweit on the relations existing between Munroe and Sarab Mar- garet Vall and her chlid, proved to have been mur- ered beyond any doubt, and they ask tie jury, ona calm review of the facts, to find the prisoner guity of tue murder of Miss Val. MUNKOE’S DEFENCR. The defence was conducted by Mr. Thomson with extraordinary ability, particularly as rezards pis ap- peal to the jury. He produced evidence as to tue good character of Munroe, Bis ability as an arcil- tect, and the great improbability of his committing suck @ crime. A faint aitempt was also made to prove that the alleged deceased and her cniid did ac- tually leave St. Join by the New England on Monday, the 2d of November. tie tried to excite doubts as to the righteousness of capital punisi- meat; he made an onslaught on the criminal pro- cedure of England and the deceptive character of circumstan! evidence; he pointed to the good character of Munroe, his flourishing business and the absence of any motives suiticient to lead him to perpetrate such @ crime, and without once referring to the witnesses who professed to prove that Miss Vall and her child went away by the New England. He concluded with au appeal to mercy, during the delivery of which members of the jury and many persons of all ranks were uoabic to restrain (acm. selves from weeping. SENTENCED TO DUATH. ‘The trial lastea tea days. Tue prisoner was found guilty and seatenced to be hanged on February 15. ‘foe jury recommended him 1 the mercy of the Crown, chied@y because several of them were op- posed to capital punisament; but tue Crown would not interfere even on the petition of @ large number of the people of the proviuce. BEHAVIOR OF THE CONVICT. Though apparently penitent 1t was not untll two days before execution that the clergy were con- vinced of ats sincerity. He admonished his father nd brother on taking a 1a8¥fareweil, and was per- lectly composed during the night previous to the execution. He joined in prayer, took sacrament aud retired at twelve o’clock midnight; rose at four A. M., prayed aud dressed himself and was engaged in devotional exercise until the hour of execuuon, THR EXECUTION, Atseven o'clock the witnesses to the execution to arrive at the jail. Alter admitting repre- sentatives of the press the Sheriff closed the door und ae a ae neues of the condudct of tie pemones ring the night for each paper represented. He alao iuformed them that the confession of the con: demned had been amended by hirnseif sinve the evening before and copres of It had been made by himselt (the Sherit) tor each of tie nowspapers. ‘The door Was wzain opened and aii were made to pass at Ouce into the jan y: ‘The rain poured down aad the scene was, Derlaps, the most due comfortable that can be conceived, |) and boys catheret upon sheds in the rear of the yard from 5 Letnster street, were howevor, and hi evileutly come no ito dy etal morold curiosity, witch the rain and cold could Testrauy, Hennes: wacriffs of four countirs, trates and citizens, about ftty in number, ness the execution, were the Coroner's jury hous of the police forces of this ¢ity aad Jaad, Under the command of thelr respecuve were preseni, ENTRANCE OF THE CONDEMNED, At Oftcen minutes before eight o'clock the first peal of the gong from the bell tower on King ane sounded, and @ sight and solemn mucmar coui heard among those present. Then tac iv appeared aud hoisted the black Mag. n he had one inv the jail again there was slinost & ReRices sLence, The evident and palo expectation Qt hist ceased, a4, accompanied clergymen, Suerifl and other officers, Join A, Munroe p> peared coming from the hall of the jati ouc upom the payer froin Which he Was soon tu be lau forth “into the ine‘fable mysteries of tae world, He wore a white sbirt, and Congress boots. His head was ‘covered by @ white knitted cotton cap, On one ae the platiorm he cast a look at the beam above Producing the impression upon thuse present that 16 Was Lo satisfy himself thatit Was suiMicient for ite «read purpose. His manner was that of a man who had nerved nimse'f for his fate, AT T8 BRINK OF DRATI, Fi His step was steady, and white depaty Rankin was’ adjusting the rope ne maintained bis composure ap- perenere bhout tie moving Of a muscle, Sherif jarding nooked it to, the eye in the beam and stepped within the jail to await the iatal signal, Munroe’s arms were pinioned beuind from the elbows, and tie Kev. Mir Latwera, Roid- img whe prigones by the haad, offered up a fervent prayer, invoking the merey of Heaven through the all-suiiiclens atonement of the Saviour, Kev, Mr. Stewart tuea tous the hand trom Mr, Latuern, and in & voice scarcely as 1a a3 tat of Mr. Lathera in prayer, directed the joughis of Wwe prisoner to the worid whose realie lies were about to be opened to bho. Mr. Latnera was considerably aifected while slr, Stewart was. speakiny id when those tase words were ended eigut o’clovk lad come. SOLVING THE M The Deputy Sherif dre er’s eyes and raised hits head. went quickiv upward ana the body danged Jor & momeat back and forth and then huby stil, with the exception of a few muscular contractions and slight crossing of the jeg’ in one motion, The hanos, which were open, graduaily closed, and then aii mos wave puldiion, ceased. daay covered the rjaces whea the awiul moment came and could not jook for @ Lime ab tbe suspended body. DLeoctora tesied toe pulse and av the end of nfien minutes Dr. Earle examined the body and foani tiat the heart had ceased to veat, As tue rope ughtoned whe Knov shipped to the back’of the neck, wiicu Was die locuted, but not broken, causiag deatu vy strangulae thon, witu ute apparent pain. About twenty-five minutes from the time the exe. cution LOOK piace the body was cut dowa aod placed in {ts coffin in tae Deputy saertii’s ofice. An inquest was held halt ao hour after the exe nies bY Coro ner Karle, in accordince with the Dominion act, luis being te fret eXcoutloa sluce 1 came mto operation. ERIES OF INFINITY, CONFESSION OF MUNRO. Yesterday Munroe made the tollowing confession to sherlt Harding, in the presence of Liev. alesers. Stewart and Lathern:— The tret tine I went out with Miss Vail it was only for =, ride, We had no quarre., and our going ou; was at wish, When we got out of the coach, at oF described 1n the trial, she bad @ saccuel, along the rad, I can't aay how far, when we rat down and had # lithe to eat, We bots fired abn mars, she using a pie tol Thad given her, one of pair. ecb-iouder, tie same asimy own, Tbe mate of itl gaveto airiend. 1 had learned her to use it. ‘Ther was no intention on my part to harm her at that time, We cane back and 1 .e:b her at Lake's was to have gone to Mostun on tht ‘Thursday efter the first going out, but i was too rmy und | went with my wive to Frederickton un that day, aud came down agaio om Friday night. It was during thal wip to Frederickton I first thought thac tne spot I had with Miss Vail on the Monday previous was a snitable spot to commit badact. I went out again with Ailes Vall on ihe Saturday tollowing. We went the same road as before aud at abou the same place. ‘The morning was frosty, the moss Was crisp and ba: ‘here was no wet on ihe barren, al- though the rond was a littie muddy. We weut olf the road = Het tat down. I went inio tie bushes; the out again. 1 was augry and I strane . Ido not know that it was actually vead. AS ‘all, was rising up Eehot her im the uead; fda Bot Wik on the sane side as shown in the court. Lthrew a brush over her iucc and some over her aands. 1 found ber | Istol in her pocket or just fallen out of it, a com- ion haudkerehiet anda wallet with ony a few do lars init I threw the wallet and handkerchief away ani lect at once, and have never been back since, 1 had previously had some of her moncy, but cannot say how much; perhaps half ora Mite more, ft cannot say that money was not ove of the motives for this act committed, I do not say i: was in sel nce I kilied Miss Vail. It waa the money, my anger with at the time and iny bad thougbiv on anu acer the trip to ruderickton working together caused me 19 do this bad no The letter written to Mra. Crear was written by me au mailed in Boston by @ fricnd of mine living iu or near Bos- ton. Ipever kilied auy other person or ebii JOHN A, MUNROE. Some tme during this morning’s exercises Mun- Toe expressed a wish ty state a furcher fack oearin; on the deed for which he was about to die, whic! was that he was avle to remember that it was ot Moant Auburn Cemetery, near Boston, that the dieadful thought first occurred to him o1 committing ‘Une crime out near the Biack River road, waich he subsequently Derpetrated in that spot, thouga he aguin deciared that he did not drive Miss Vail out Ue first ume for the purpose of Kiliiny her, DISPOSITION OF THR BODY. Atabout two o'clock the body was buried to the cemetery, I & spot selecied by M*. Munroe, Sr., aud approved of by the Sher.ff, the necessary per- mission ae, | been obtained Irom the Lieutenant Governor. A few friends were present, MUNKOE’S HISTORY. John A. Munroe was born in St.John. After he left scaool he went into his father’s ofice connected with his jumber yard. His taste for arciecture, mre | and drawing at that time began to develop icself, though he excelicd chieily in oll palusing, and tuere are BUil Many Of his pictures in the possession of his tormer friends in this city, He seemed to take special delight to this branch of art, and speut nearly all his leisure moments in ite pursuit. Alter a time he began ty acquire a taste for architecture, and at the time of his arrest he was the leat ing man in that rofession in the city, witl an income said to exceed $3,000 As & young man he was considered very siudious, not given Uo fast company, and was seldom known to be away from his father’s house ata late hour, His tormer companions remember him as one whose temper was not easily crossed, but when once he wave way to it he was feared by those who anew him best. Ashe advanced im years (ae was but twenty-eight) he seemed to give the resp to bis pas S108, although but jew of his acquaintances seem to have been aware of the fact. His conneciton with the murdered woman commenced aoout taree years ago, Ie was marricd when barely twenty-one yours: Of age, and leaves a wife and three childten, THE STEAM BOILER EXPLOSION, Death of One of the Victima—An Investigation to be Held. About two o’clock yesterday morning William 8 Wright, the young man who was go feariuily scalded at the steam boller explosion in the paper nanging manufuctory of Mr, Decker, No. 615 West ‘fnirty- third street, on Munday afternoon, died in Mount Sinal hospital, Twenty-elght street, When removed from the ruins, a few minutes after the expioston, young Wright was found to have b:cn barned, scalded and crushed beneath the Jali tmbera. He was inrensible and remained in that condition up to the tine of his death, ced, Who was bookkeeper ior Mr. Decker, was @ son of Sergeant Wright, of the Nineteenth precinct, and lived with big parents, at 21% East Thirvy-sixti surect. By permission of Coroner Keenan Sergeant Wright yes- lerday morning removed the remams of nis son from the hospital to his residence, and after the funeral ceremonies the body wil be taken to Nor walk, Conn., for interment, The untortunate youth ‘was only eighteen years of age. Coroner Flynn has taken charge of the case; but it was announced (in the absence of the Coroner) that nothing would be done in the matter for a day or two, except to cmpannel @ jury wo view the re- inains In order that they may be buried in accorte ance with the wishes of tue reiatives and frenda. Experts will be called to examine the fragments of the exploded boiler, for the purpose, if pussibie, of ascertaining its condition at the time of the explo sion. ‘The investigation may last for several days. THE PENNSYLVAN'A COAL TRADE. Lower Prices and Smail Profits Predicted, {From the Philadelphia Ledger, Feb. 14.) Tie anchracite coal trade the past week has been quite dull in the Scouy!kil region, showing a con- siderable falling off in the supply Of coal, while in alrost every region the supply has been increased over that of last year. The Reading road brought down of all kinds for the week 34,965 tous, agrinst 45,870 tuns the previous weck, and for the fiscal year 603,845 tons, againat 458,693 tons to gag pm date last year—an Increase of 65,240 tons. = ‘The product of coal from ali the regions for the week so far as wo have the reports of the carryimy covipantes, is 175,194 tons, against 204,151 tons the preceed! week—a@ decrease of $2,957 tons—and for tae ¢ year, beginning with December, 1,447,096 tons, against 1,257,848 tons to the same dates last year— showing an increase of 169,245 tons. ‘This trade ig still unsettied, no definite pasis having been adjusted by which to fix prices at the mines, Toere is con. tinued apprehension of a ‘strike’ on the Ist of March, on the eight nour law; but a8 these th are the less likely when Jong talked of in advance, there {s reason to hope and believe thi there will be no “strike” at the time apd for the cause mentioned. There is no aoubt that operators in most ofthe coal regions, who would willingly see @ six weeks’ suspension of mining with the opening of spring, that the suplus coalon hand might be run off at paying prices, and the market thus be freed of overstock, er, Rae ae hn oe thg depress prices (0 @ point that many of the unfayor- ably situaced mines will be virtually ruled out of the trade, mot being able to produced coal at the low prices threatened in competition with mines thas can be more cheaply worked. The fi tone all round point to low prices and smali profits the cure rent year, in all departments of the anthracite coal trade, The lowest point inthe basis for higy = in the Schuyikill region last year was three dollars r ton for coal at a gbrell ey gi ‘i ir whet the marke Hise oe eee es “gti point at which the miners Wouid consent to adjust wages at. This figure still stands the same taus far this year, thougd it is well known, from movements mad and inaking in tho Lenigh and Wyoming regions, that it must be reduced, or Scbuyl€ul coal will be ghuc out of we market, The other regions will uys deisel Mt, *