The New York Herald Newspaper, June 5, 1870, Page 4

Saree THE FASHIONS. Politics, Art, Aristocracy and Song. Joyous and Brilliant Reunions—Imperial Per- plexities as to What is to be ‘“Worn’—Lacos, Underskirts, Ribbons and Rustic Hats—The Nile, Baltic, Ophelia, Green and Other Colors of Material—Living Beau- ties at the Art Exhibition—An American Belle—Eugenie'’s Promenade Toilet and Everyday Charity. + Paris, May 20, 1870. The past week has been a very lively one, and what lackadaisical damseis in high life call the “monotonous days of their existence’? has been very agreeably diversifled by all sorts of distracting entertainments. We have had pilebdiscitary dances and bonfires; the contemplation of the fair at the salon, looking at their own portraits, as those of their bosom friends there exhibited; a splendid house Warming at tae new residence of the Comtesse de Castellano; a party to ail the élite at the dwelling of the Duchess de Frias, a magnificent concert at the “hotel” of the Minister of the Fine Arts; sylvan joys at the Bois, in full bloom at this season; the final performance of the theatrical year at the Italian Opera, and, what is more, we have im perspective a (fete for to-mor- row such as no one alive may ever behold until the next plebiscite, To-morrow it ts that the Emperor, Empress and all the court will repair from the private apartments in the Tuileries to the Salle des Etats, all through the galleries ‘which join the new Louvre to the palace, in order to be told in great pomp that tis government has met with the approbation of seven millions of French- men, Ihave a dozen letters before me inquiring what the Empress will wear on this gala occasion, and whether the result of the pleviscttum will not simply be nanded to Napoleon ona strip of paper presented on a silver salver. I cannot really say. I can only fancy how hard a part it will be for the Emperor to feign astonishment if the communication is made to hin in this theatrical manner, Of course your read- ers, aud the Emperor and all the world know that he knows the result already; but we may not know what he Knows about other things that are not ready. As to the queries concerning attire, this is not yet settled; it is a perplexing question now under debate atthe palace. There is a vote in large majority for state robes and all the state regalla, while on the other hand reformed ministerial simplicity is being advocated % considerable minority. Ever since eight o’cluck this morning a messenger has been riding backwards and forwards between the Tuil- eries and the residence of Fashion, Regina of 1870. It is but twelve now and the estafette has changed horses twic The last despatch from one of Regina’s chamberliins to an aide-de-camp on service at the palace was as follows:— “The Councillops of State want to know where they Are to sit to-morrow; nearly all old men, they cannot stand, now belug cleared off the steps of the throne. Regina much embarrassed,”* Answer from the Talleries:— “Councillors of State and thetr 100,000 francs done away with. Councillors kept oniy for form and miust sit behind oid Senators; plenty of benches.’ From Fastuon’s chamberlam again:— “Regina’s uphoisterers want to be told if Empress’ tribune is to be hung with mperial purple or oaly mo.ia:chical scarlet. Auswer from Tuileries: — “No purpie, no red, no Empress’ tribune at all. Empress sit on throne by side of Emperor."’ Fiom Fastuon instanth “Then where is Uttle Prince to go? What 1s to be done with him?” From the Tuileries:— 5 “Imperial Prince will sit on footstool at Empress’ feet, After this and while the messenger was drinking deep irom a bottle of Burgundy smuggled out by one of Regina’s handimaids, her mistress penned the fol- lowing: “We trust our daughters at the palace will avail Lhemselves Of this occasion for the display of our new siyies, plenty of lace and the émigré or Wat- wean hat, which is proper rusticity for the ple- biscitum celebration, ur daughters will not forget they owe this triumph to the provinces and agricu'tural disuricts, and glory in acknowledging te fact by very narrow underskirts and tucked up over-petticoats, the peasant tichu over the bosom, their mothers’ crosses round their throats and the Hogarth expression of feature so innocently know- ing. Am ready to modify and meet with objections on this solemn occasion,” The reply to iis was from the Aide-de-Camp him- self:—‘‘Court ladies beg to express thanks, and wil }n all the new shades of Nile, Baltic, Ophelia a green; in allthe new Alexandra, Leman and milky biues; In all the ripe wheat and straw yellows; in ali the nuts and browns; in all the new plumes and double diadems; 1n all the scarfs; in all the new net, lace and muslin bosom pieces. But, as they object to nothing, 1 wish to Know why ladies Walk as if their knees were tied together? {s it a want id fulness? Should like to see.’? N er Was sent to this. ig ere the pretty scenes witnessed by myself at the Fine Arts Exhibition the day before yesterday. y, pretty Mme, Canrobert, the wile of the hal, admiring her husband’s portrait. Secondly, blonde Mile. Pierson, all in rich, wavy Diack, contemplating a picture of Marguerite in prison, with the nue of death already on her face, and Mephistopheles peering through the iron, bars of her den. A sigu from Pierson was the tribute paid vo the artist, Mr, T. Berirand. The same has sent in tue death of Manon Lescaut—death in ribbons and flounces Thirdly, the Juvenile Baroness H. de Courval, a painter herself, stood in a rich biack and white cos- tume, with her full gaze upturned to Emile de Girar- nost striking protrait. ne garden stood the Comte de Nieuwerkerke, complimenting the Duchess Colonna for the piece of sculpture sie las signed “Marcello.” The Duchess Was im brown silk, with overtunic of brown holland shade, in¢répe de chéne, and a branch of acacia dtung over her hair. zirls were in black silk underpetticoats, urépe de chene lavender tunics looped in nehes behind, Thelr neckues were china ink € Je chGne, with fringe aad large bows; their wats black lace, very Ligh, and ornamented with a pink and tea rose. The Comtesse de P—— was in a Diue silk underpetticoat and blue silk sleeves, with Jawn (écru) over tunic richly trimmed with old Uluny tion of the same. e universal remark that never were dress styles so tasteful and fanciful as this spring; the ex- agwerationt hereof is naturally hideous, but 1t is at Jengih very possible to compose a most tempting costume with litue outlay. I lately heard a queen in high lite relate that the tunic her friend much ad- mured had cost one frauc and a few centimes per metre, and that she would undertake to wear it three different ways, to make it look 4 new tunic each time. Since the house warming I have mentioned at the commencement of this letter, descripuions have been made of the beautiful ornamentation of the Comtesse de Casteliane’s reception rooms. They are really over Wit elegant. very tasieful and costly; but I prefer her daughters room to any of the more ela- borate. Tho room of a young lady is such a study of her character! A_ peep into the bedroom of a Britannic belle generally con- veys a very unpleasant souvenir of dresses hanging Mifelessly up on pegs, nails and hooks; of slippers lying about, of trunks in a corner very often, of nice dressing tabics but in disorder. iS 13 ab least p result of my experience when | have been stop- Ping at places belonging to friends and opened the wrong doors sometimes. Now, in Paris no one need be ashamed of opening a wrong bedroom door. Here it is the tastes are displayed and kept private. ‘The salon in France is awfully stiff as a rule, but the boudoir, or the chambre a coucher, is artistically delightful. Mile. de Castellane’s bedroom 12 ali lined with white satin, worked with black jet (lily pat- te bed and aim chairs are the same; the e and everything on it are of alabaster. ct of this rich giossy white can be fancied. @ ta sation all over, The black lilies come flashing 1 elegant branches all round. ‘There is no giitin any of the private apartments; it is, at as at the dwelling Phave descrived of Mme. de Fur- tado, all tapestry. ateriais, objects of art and old 5) furniture, The fashion is now to have rooms communicate one with the other by means of arches, not doors. These are covered with portieres, Which ave looped aside in the day time. it is rumored that the beautiful American girl, Miss Jerome, Is engaged to the Marquis de Tamisier. Mme. Ollivier has aiready worn over her white tar- Jatan robe the order and grand cordon of Maria Louisa; it is a white ribbon, with violet edges. She and Princess Clotilde are evar faith{ul to waite pearis and mauve. WHAT IT 13, As the words Louis XV. and the style Louis XV. are so often repeated in ali descriptions given of tine attire, I will hore forward a detati of what tits atyle impltes, as to adopt half one cut of a Louis and half the curt of another is considered an anachronism, pure Louis XV. would be @ plain petticoat, le Say blue for the sake of simplicity. ‘the tront ts can and fat, or, if trimmed, with lace flounces and ack or brown velvet between. ounces are confined to the bottom part of the front width, Behind comes the train, which is looped and wimmed round with lace and velvet, hke the front wicib, Where there 1s no lace to be had Uoaarrehing muslin are just as tasteful. Flounces on ‘he train are often preferred to the looped up folds; if so, these founces are worn high up beuind, and a fritl 1s placed round the edges. ‘The bodice is square in front and has points; the back 1s high and has a | NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, JUNE 5, 1870.—TRIPLE SHEET. Dae BD ak Sak PhP i MRS SE NE ARE AR A Sc itp full basque, tke an Amazon’s riding habit; velvet and lace border the bodice, and three veivet bows f° down the front, the last on the extreme peak of the points. ‘The sleeves & savot mean half open to the elbow and trimmed with a flounce of lace; velvet bows are put on the sleeve scams down to the bend of the arm; on the bosom, to the left, comes a bou- net of pinks, roses or jasmine; the same in the hair, is si He can be as well made in muslin, linen or holland; but then the velvet 18 put aside for cerise, blue or green ribbon. dresses a ro mad of white jaconet ely morning dre: are made ‘0! Fae i Tana they have two flounces round the bottom, are cut in one piece from the neck and bang loosely on the waist, without band, but bows are placed here and there dowa the front or sides or among the founces, Coral, nymphia and mauve are the favorite shades just now, THE EMPRESS’ OUTDOOR TOILET. After posting your readers in ull this detail I will couciude witha description of the totlet worn by the Empress at the promenade the last time I had the pleasure of bowing to her on the drive. A petti- coat of dove-colored gray, with over tunic of the same, deeply fringed, and rather a voluminous ee ae vee ae pi rice straw hat, pensive shap (I have already dese eral times), over which a blue crépe de cheno sehit wi A Mite, a white silk parasol lined with blue and having a turtoise shell handle, turquoise and gold ornaments. 4 pce of the Maereers and blue was: ORacny ie under part 0! el’s wings as seen in cathedral Seuadawe Wie oe By the way,\her Majesty glided out of the Tuileries one Laue d to sit by a poor child, afflicted with smallpox, I think this illustrative of that kind of fortitude ever shown by Napoleon III. himself, who {s sure to appear where there has been or is to be @ not; but 1 do not think wives should blindly leave their homes for the sake of a stoic example, It might be called foolhardy in women who are not rulers, sree or Corl mane for mothers nave chil- dren at home, unto whom infection can be brought. Every man’s wife should feel no repugnance for such duty, and be ready to lend a gentile hand on every pillow; but where there is risk—where the nearest and dearest are exposed—let this be a lesson of mercy, not an example set to enthusiatic minds by fashion, Can any one say why, of late, ladies? veils have been pinned on their chignons by means of dag- ers? Has this anything to do with the Grecian orraudst If so, why do we call this the year of grace 1870? THE PARK YESTERDAY. Unprecedented Crowding of Pedestrians and Carriages—A Brilliant Day—Splendid Music and a Joyous Muititude. The almost midsummer warmth of yesterday. though happily redeemed from its otherwise enervat- ing and prostrating effects by a comfortably cooling breeze, attracted an immense number of people to the Park, while diverging crowds betook themselves to the “Arsenal to see the mu- seum of animate and toanimate curiosities on exhibition there, to the shady nooks of the Ramble, to boat riding on the Lake, to St. Vincent's Hospital to take a view of the statuary, and to exploit the old fort and magazine and camping ground and other reminiscences of the Revolutionary struggle of our forefathers to secure our na‘tonal independence, The great mass of visitors converged at the Mall so as to hear the splendid music of Gratfulla’s incompar- able band. From the time the concert began, at half-past throe o’clock,\till nearly six o'clock, when it ended, there was a perfect Jam here, Every seat under the various marquees surround the music stand was filled and crowds were seated on the grass, and the Spacious gravelied walks were afsolid inass of moy- ing people. As for the cafriages there seemed no end to them, The roadways were lined with them, including the most notable and finest turnouts in the city. It is easy to account for the ‘pronance of so many of our fashionable people. early everybody is in town yet, The grand sum- mer hegira to the country has not yet begun: and it is, therefore, no disgrace to the airy birds of fashion, who take wing and fly away with the advent of the summer solstice, to be seen in the Park. For the great mass of the peopte the Park and its pure air, and glassy lakes and nobie shade trees, and shady groves and its open air Saturday afternoon concerts are an incalculable plessing—the biessing that takes from poverty its sting and lifts from hearts great shadows and gives to lives brightness and beauty. Overworked men and women, many bringing thelr troops of littie ones with them, went to the Park yesterday; put there were representatives of all classes there, from the mewling, puling Infant to the antique individual, the last of the Shakspearian ages, sans everything making up the happiness of human life, It was a gay time for the children who had the,free- dom of the soft ana newly mown emeraid turf. All enjoyed themseives, As for the music, no words can describe the fine execution of the band or the pieasure of listening to its magnificent playing. The programme was as follows, and, as will be seen, embraced a select and pleasing variety:— PART I. 1. Gulckstey, “Rendezvous” 2. Overture, ‘Banditenatr: B. Serenade, Aria. 4. Waltz, “Mari Wiegand Suppe 5. Galop, “Brader Lustig 6. Grand selection, from 7. Romanza from “Don Sel 8. Overture, “Oberon”, 9. Waltz, “Publicisten” 10. Selections trom * LL. Galop, “Catherine: 18, “Lohengrin”... Long after the last notes of the band had dted away most of the crowd lingered to enjoy the beau- tues of the Park, and night’s shadows creeping on found but little diminution in the number of vehi- cles, THE PRINCESS EDITHA.” ™ Norton Protests in Behalf of Women’s Rights Workers Against Steinway Hall Exhibition. New York, June 3, 1570. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— In addition to my ciaim for woman generally I demand specifically her right to be truthfully represented by those of her sex who assume to represent her at all, ana also the right of both men and women to be fairly and honestly treated in all relations of life; and this more particularly when called together for the purpose of listening to an address advertised as treating of that move- ment which is of such deep and vital in- terest to me that every blow it receives by word or act seems like @® personal excoriation. It would scarcely be worth while to refer to the exhibition of Thursday evening last at Steinway Hall were it not for the following facts:— First, those who, for the first time, heard a woman on women, imbibed such a disgust of the whole movement as wili probably prevent any further tn- vestigation or toleration on their part forever more, Second, it provides another morsel to be rolled unctuously under the tongue of those opposed to the woman’s movement—a large class, who have neither rhyme nor reason in their opposition. Lastly, it af- fords an opportunity—if any were needed—for the ‘baying of things which are always seasonable if sen- sible; for the expression of a few ideas on the duties and responsibilities of lecturing, which so many aspirants to tne platform fall to appreciate, To the first fact I would reply that, from the crucifixion of Christ down to the present day, every reform has had its parasites and impostors, and to condemn or judge a movement by the acts of those inevitable excrescences amounts, in my opinion, to nothing more nor less than @ confession on the part of those who do so to an inferior judgment or a pre- judice that rises superior to all reason. As Well tn- dulge in a wholesale denunciation of Christianity because of clergymen who «lisgrace the name, and itinerants generally, who tind therein a convenient cover for disreputable practices or a stepping stone to some Wholly selfish and dishonorable purpose. The second fact is to be regretted because it 13 made to serve the purpose of influencing those who are content to accept things second hand, and also because the woman’s movement is not yet strong enough to stand unshaken against the assaults of avowed enemies, notwithstanding the fact that open enmity carrics its own antidote. Lastly, no person has the right to go before an audience wholly unprepared, trusting entirely to the inspiration of the hour for thoughts and fitting phrases wherewith to clothe them; and especially is this true of a first attempt. It isa deep insult to any audience. It is an insult and injury added wihien done under the auspices of a reform whose every inch of prozress must be marked by sacrifice at best. It doubly both when done by @ woman who can so far presume upon her sex as to suppose that the worst rendering of old ideas even may be given by her and forgiven by the people be- cause she isa woman and assumes to defend the wo- man’s cause. The fact that any women so does is at once an evidence that she nether appreciates that cause nor cares for its success any farther than it may serve some undeserved end. But as everything under the skies bas tts modicum of good, so in the conduct of these monstrosities of women (and men, too); the good exists and does its work by shocking a certain class of people into mental activity; and still farther by serving as a check to impetuous advocates, whose zeal and earnestness might betray them into a the the reprehensible extreme but for this _never- to-be-forgotten spectacle of a woman ranting up and down beiore a crowd of peuple in shameless and flaunting attire, gesticulating With fists and feet, beating tne air, and expressing by spasmodic and inconsecutive effort ideas whose intrinsic worth is absolutely destroyed for the time peng by the slang phrases in which they are ut- ered, Tt is not possible that any woman wno pities the wretched and honestly desires to add her little effort toward the emancipation of the race from its mulu- form evils could be induced to do these things. Ss THE MASONIC FESTIVAL. Laying of the Corner Stone of the Now Ma- sonic Temple—The Programme of Cere- monlesOpening of the Grand Lodge=Tho Great Procession. On Tuesday next the annual communication of the Grand Lodge of Anctent Free and Accepted Masons will be commenced, the Grand Lodge being Opened in ample form at two o'clock P. M. at Apollo Hall, Twenty-eighth street and Broadway. Nothing will be done on the first day except the de- livery of the Grand Master’s annual address by the M. W. James Gibson, of Salem, Grand Master of Masons of New York. On Wednesday the great event of the year will take place, when the corner stone of the proposed Masonic Temple, at Twenty-third street and Sixth avenue, will be laid with the impressive and beautiful ceremonies belonging to the craft, The various subordinate lodges will meet in their several lodge rooms at seven o’clock A. M., and after opening in due form will proceed to Fourteenth street, right resting on Fifth avenue, where they “fall in’ accord- ing to their numbers, theGrand Lodge on the right. The members will be dressed in high black hats, dark clothes, white aprons, white gloves and white Satin badges with the number (not the name) of the lodge within a parallelogram in the centre. ‘ None of a higher rank than a Master Mason will be permitted to join the procession, for the reason that there was nothing higher employed in the build- ing of King Solomon’s temple. ‘This 1s to be re- gretted, so far as display 1s concerned, as it is usual for the Knights Templars to act as an escort to the Grand Lodge, and their splendid regatia would add an interest to the scene, Nevertheless, the Grand Lodge in its wisdom has thought proper to order otherwise, and its behests must be obeyed. It 13 safe to say that there will be 40,000 men in the procession. From this city alone there will be about 160 lodges, from Brooklyn 40, from Newark 4, from Philadelphia 38, from Troy, N. Y., 1, and from Wap- pinger’s Fal's 1, making a total of 209, which, allow- ing 150 to each lodge (some have much more and some ae) Will make ind Lod and olf lodges iuetanicatacd fie diate will be 1,000 more, and there will, besides, be representa- tives from all hed of the Union and the Canadas. There will also be several bands of music in the pro- cession, together with Mozart Lodge of Philadelphia and St. Cecil’s Lodge of New York, both musical lodges. Positions in line will be given to tho foreign lodges asfollows:—Lodge No. 2 of Philadoiphia, with St. John’s Lodge, No. 1; Wappinger, of Wappinger’s Falls, and Oriental of Newark, with Constitution Lodge, New York; Apollo, No. 15, from Troy, with John D. Willard; Vaux Lodge, Philadelphia, with Manhattan, No. 2, New York, and Mozart Lodge (musical), Philadelphia, witn St. Nicholas Lodge, of New York. In the evening the lodges above named will enter- tain their bretnren from abroad, St. Nicholas will ‘ive a grand banquet to the Philadelphia musical ozart) Lodge, and to those who know the kK. W. Srother Jerome Buck, Master of the former. Itis unnceessary to say that the entertainment will be princely. Raymond Lodge will give a grand theatri- cal and musical entercainment at the Academy of Music at night, at which several of the first jadies and gentlemen of the profession will assist. Little James Speight, the infant violinist, uot yet three years: old, will appear at this entertainment, the entire pyprenan' a! which wiil go to the Hall and Asylum ‘und. ‘At nine o'clock A. M. precisely the procession will countermarch in the lollowing order, under the Grand Marshalship of R. W. Heary Clay Preston and eignt aids, odges (juniors first) as follows:— Band (if not Masons), Tiler with Drawn Sword, Band (if Masons), Stowa with Rods. Master Masons. Secretary and Treasurer. Past Wardens. Senior and, Junior Wardens. a asters. Holy Bible, Square ‘aod Compass Carried by the Oldest Member. MASTER. Music. Grand Tiler with Drawn Sword, Grand Stewards with White Rods. Grand Pursuivant. Principal Architect with Square, Level and Plumb, Grand Secretary and Grand Treasurer. Holy Bible, Square and Compass, Carried by » Master of a Lodge, Supported by iwo Stewards, Grend Chaplains. The Five Orders of Architecture. Past Grand Wardens. Past Deputy Grand Masters. The Mayor, Common Council and Civil Officers, Junior Grand Warden carrying ver veasel with oll. Senior Grand Warden carrying a rer veasel with wine. Deputy Grand Master John H. Anthon, carrying a golden vessel with coro. Master of St. John’s Lodge, No. 1, carrying the Book of Con- stitutions, GRAND MASTER JAMES GIBSON, supported by two Deacons with rods. Grand Standard Bearer. Grand Sword Bearer, with drawn sword. On the ground a triumphal arch will be erected, and the musicai lodges of ts city and Philadelphia, with several eminent vocalists, will take part in the exercises. The following will be the line of march:— From Fourteenth street up Fifth avenue, to Twenty- third street, cross to Madison avenue, up to Forty- second street, then to Fifth avenue and up to Fiftieth street, down Sixth avenue to Thirty-fourth street, then into Firth avenue and down to Twenty-third street, where they wiil cross to the ground and the exercises will commence. THE RETURNED FENIANS. Who Paid for Their Transportation Hither ?— @ An Attempt to Stenl “Boss? Tweed’s Creilit. The opera boufe sensation journal published yes- terday morning, with editorial comments, a letier signed hy a person named David Conroy, in which it is asserted that the portion of the Fenian army which arrived in this city a few days since was not transported hither at the expense of Mr. Tweed, as had been previously reported, but at the expense of one Mr. John Logan, of the Twentieth ward, Under ordinary circumstances it would scarcely be worth noticing such a letzer and the comments of such a journal; but as Mr. Conroy evidentiy aims to make capital for Mr. Logan, and to detract from the credit which should go to Mr. Tweed for is Deacon, Deacon. PROMPT AND CONSIDERATE ACTION in the premises, it is well to note the facts and con- tradict flatly the assertions contained in the com- munication referred to. Mr, Twee@, on learning that numbers of the de- luded and impecumious patriots were anxious to get home, and were actually suffering from hunger and exposure, despatched his agent. Colonel John B. Leverich, to the front, acting, of course, on his motto, “3OLID MEN TO THE FRONT,” and commissioned him to provide transportation for all members of the army of invasion who might desire to return to their homes, Colonel Leverich went, and carried out the orders of the ‘*Boss," rur- nishing transportation (it is positively atated) for Mr. Conroy among others. The Colonel had A CARTE BLANCHE, and he sent home all who wanted to come this way and who were willing to take advantage of the offer. ‘hey were properly cared for, and arrived here safely and proud as a lot of peacocks. Yester- day Mr. Leverich’s bill was presentea to Mr. Tweed, and a check for the full amount—$5,750—imme- diately drawn. It may be stated that Mr. Logan had paid for the transportation of several of the Fenlans to Rome before the arrival of Mr. Tweed’s agent, and thus the account may have become mixed in Mr. Conroy’s mind. If any honor attaches to the friend in need in this pecular instance, it is certainly but fair that ‘*honor should go to whom honor Is due,”’ THE GREATEST FRAUD OF THE AGE. It will be remembered by the readers of the HERALD that about four weeks since an article appeared in these columns entitled “A Mod- ern King Henry.” That sketch gave par- ticulars of the decidedly racy career of a thrice-dyed scoundrel, perjurer, thief, bigamist, forger and swindler, named Jay Howard Livingston; the most startling fact, however, in connection therewith being the proof that he had left six wives to mourn his escape from the clutches of the law, Since that time the public have been led to believe that Livingston was the victim of a murder on the 24m of May last, on the Utica street bridge, at O3- wego, and that his body had been thrown into the river, The impression was that some ot the relatives of his marital victims had thus avenged their dis- honor and misfortune. His acquaintance is anxiously sought by detectives all over the land, and he knows it, and there ts now no doubt whatever that the blood on the bridge, the documents and letters found at the time and other facts were a scheme devised by Livingston to “pull wool’ over the eyes of the detec- tives, and that wherever he may be he unfortunately is not at present tenaniing any grave or dozing on any river bed. His last hymeneal sacrifice, a young and beautiful Southern lady, is still in this city, directing with all her energies measures and means for his capture. If the maximum punishment for each of the oftences for which Livingston ts liable to conviction were one month he could safely be sent to Sing Sing prison for about twenty years. MARINE TRANSFERS, The following 1s a complete Uist of marine trans- fers from May 31 to June 1:— Date. | Class. | Name. | Tonnage.) Share.) Price. May 31|Sloop....|Susan Leach 2 8 May 31)Canalb't. | +1 118,92 a 1,800 May 31)Brig......\F' «| 878.97) 1-82 BL | 40.60 0 eet 28) June 1|Schooner| Alga. 0 June )Canalb’t.|C. B 1,500 June 1[Schooner|Ucean Wave. % I 3,30 HUNICIPAL AFFAIRS. The Dying Kick of the Late Common Coun- ¢cil—The Unfinished Work of the Board of Aldermen. The old Board of Aldermen, which, during tts brtef career, has so astonished the taxpayers of the city by the number ana size of its ‘Joba,’ is now & thing of the past, Yesterday morning it ADJOURNED, SIGNED AND DIED. After giving a petty “kick back” at Mayor Hall, and after receiving from the Mayor several vetoes on “Stafford wooden pavement” jobs, the Board adopted resolutions to construct @ crosswalk opposite No. 1,160 Broadway; to erect gas lamps in front of No. 235 East Broadway and in front of United Brethren church, in West Fifty-first street; to pave witn Belgian pavement Se- cond avenue, fromgTwenty-sixth to Fortieth strect, Thirtyvninth street,{from Madison to Fifth avenue, and Thirty-fourth street.[from Ninth to Tenth avenue, and that the laws passed at the last session of tho Legislature affecting this city and the result of the canvass of the recent election bo printed a3 docu- ments of this Board, ‘VETOES were recelved from the Mayor on the resolutions directing the paving of Sixty-second, Fiftieth, Fifty- third and Seventy-eighth streets with the Stafford avement, and Kighty-third street wittthe Nicolson Pavement The oaanos were referred to the Com- mittee on Street Pavements. The resolation direct- ing the compilation of certain law cases in which te ig engaged was adopted over tue Mayor’s ve COMMITTERS were appointed to wait on the Mayor and on the Board of Assistant Aldermen, respectively, to notify them that the Board of Aldermen stood ready to ad- journ sine die. The committee returned and re. ported that they had Schengen the duties assigned hem, and that neither the Mayor nor the Board of Assistant Aldermen had any communication to make. The ordinary resolutions of THANKS to the president, clerk and assistants, and to the re- porters, were iad nee It was decided that at eleven o'clock A.M, the Board adjourn sine die, The closing minutes waving been read, the ba aes Alderman Coman, addressing the Board, GENTLEMEN OF THE BOARD OF ALDERMEN :— Tam deoply moved by thia expression of friendabip. I re- jofce that "py comet ne been auch as to merit your ApDFO~ ation, and beg of you to receive my most grateful acknow- ledgment for ‘hile ‘and the many other expressions ot your partiality. Isball forever treasure them jn my recollection, and each asa refreshing oasis in the great desert of political life to which I can alw resort with pleasure when wearied with cares and responsibilities and public mortifications rably conn with active par- ticipation in the pasy spengs of every day iife in this great city. Thanking you ty for your expressions of esteem ‘and hoping that each of you may be the recipient of tnose blessings certain to be the reward of a life weil spent, [ now proclaim this Board of Aldermen adjourned sine die. Board of Assistant Aldermen. The Board met this morning, the President, Mr. Reilly, presiding. A resolution previously adopted by both Boards and vetoed by his Honor the Mayor was called up and passed over his objections. It directed the Clerk of the Common Council to employ a counseller at law to collate, compile and prepare for publica- tion the leading cases in which the Mayor‘ and Com- monalty of this city nave been concerned as plaintiff? and defendant. They also adopted over the Mayor's veto a resolution directing the Clerk to compile the opinions of the Corporation Counsel since 1866. ‘The Comptroller was directed to lease the upper portion of the building Nos, 234 and 255 Broadway, including second, third, fourth and fifth floors, for the use of the Department of Public Works, at a rent not to exceed $20,000 per annum. Committees were appointed to wait upon the Mayor and the Board of Aldermen to inform them that the Board was about adjourning sine die. A resolution was unanimously adopted, thanking the President, Mr. Reilly, for the ability and urbanity he displayed as thetr presiding oflicer, to which he responded in fitting terms, ° Resolutions of thanks to the clerk and attachés, and members of the press were also passed, after which the minutes of the meeting were read and the President of the Board declared the meeting ad- journed sine dte. THE WORK LEFT UNFINISHED by the Board of Aldermen comprises some very neat Nttle “jobs"' and a number of other matters of no very great importance, The resolutions at present remaining on the calendar are as follows:—To pay E. Van Raust, for carriage hire, $2,225; authorizing the police justices to appoint each @ police court clerk at the same salary as now paid the court clerks, and to date from January 1, 1870, (Reso- lution introduced March 7, salary $3,000 per annum.) Authorizing and directing the Department of Public Works to have the rooms now occupied by the Clerk of the Common Council refitted and refurnished throughout, a stairway constructed to connect room No. 2in the basement with room No. 8, and to make “such other repairs and alterations as may be re- quired by the said clerk of the Common Council.” Appointing the Irish People a Corporation news- paper. *Discontinuing dumping ground at foot of Beach street, North river. Directing the laying of Croton mains in Worth street, from Chatham square to Baxter street. Directing the layitig of CROSSWALKS from the northeast to the southeast corner of Forty- second street and Second avenue; *both sides of Seventy-cighth, Eignty-ninth, Ninetieth, Ninety-first and Ninety-second streets and Fourth avenue, and ‘across Duane street, corner of Hudson street. Directing’the laying of CURB, GUTTER, &0., *on both sides of Thirty-sixth street, Tenth to Bleventh avenue; *Clinton square; both sides of Forty-sixth street, from Eleventh avenue to Hudson river; *giving permission to Duncan 8. Campbell; *east side First avenue, Thirty-third to Thirty-fourth street, Granting DONATIONS to the Cosmopolitan Eye and Ear Hospital, $2,000; Ladies’ Union Aid Society, $10,000; John McGloin, extra services in Bureau ‘er of Taxes, $1,000; Duane street Methodist Episcopal church, $444; Madison avenue Baptist church, $781; John White, for loss of horse, $250; Charles H. Pierson and George M. lis, for expenses incurred in reception of General George B. McCiellan ia this city tn October, 1868, $2,074; Columbus Stigeler, for loss of horse, $350; Church of the Holy Light, $210; James Con- nell, for expenses incurred in vuilding and maintain- ing a well for public use on Kingsbridge road, at 184th street, $289. In relation to GAS LAMPS AND MAINS, Directing the *removai of lamp front of 446 Broome street, and the erection of lamps opposite No. 456 Sixth avenue; opposite private Swimming Academy, Thiriieth street; * front of Colored Home, Sixty-tifth street; opposite No, 12 Greenwich ave- nue; opposite No. 461 West Twenty-first street; *“northwes rner Thirteenth street and avenue ©; *in front of No, 311 West Forty-eighth street and the laying of mains in *Nineteenth street, from avenue Ato East river; Eleventh avenue, Twenty-third to ‘Twenty-sixih street; *Fifty-fourth stregt, fenth to Eleventh avenue; *115th street, Third ayenue to avenue A; *Forty-fifth street, Eleventh avenue to North river; *Second avenue, Sixty-tifth to Seventy- ninth street. , HYDRANTS, To remove hydrant in Kighty-fourth street 200 feet east of Tenth aveiiue; *to place a tree drinking hy- drant at northwest coruer of Second avenue and Ninety-third street. PAVEMENTS, On Eleventh avenue, Thirth-tourth to Forty-second Street, Belgian; S t street, Lexington to Fourth avenue, Nicolson; aunulling order for pavin, ‘Twenty-fifth street, Belgian; Essex street, from Divi- sion to Stanton street, Belgian; repair pavement in front of Nos. 189 and 147 Nassau street; *Thirty-third street, from Lexington avenue to East river, Robbins; Madison street, from Grand to Catharine street, Bel- gian; Market street, from Division to Cherry strect, Bel- gian; *Filty-third street, from Eighth to Ninth ave- nue, Belgian; *Warren street. Broadway to Green- wich street, Belgian; Twenty-fourth sireet, Tenth to Eleventh avenue, Belgian; *Twenty-first street, Eigith to Eleventh avenue, Belgian, Annulling re- solution for paving and flagging 125th street from Eighth avenue to Harlem river, with Fisk pavement, passed Maren 16, 1869, PIERS. *To build piers at foot of Eighticth street, East river, and at foot of Fighty-sixth street, East river, SIDEWALKS. *Fiag south side Broome street, from Sherif to Columbia; *fag in front of Nos, 426 to 444 East Twentieth street; “flag opposite Nos. 647, 649 and 651 Second avenue; widen, &¢., Canal street, be- tween Mott and Mulberry; open Fifty-third and Fifty-fourth streets, from Eleventh avenue to North wiver; *to regulate, &c., Ninety-first street, from ‘Third to Fifth avenue; *to flag north side Forty-tirst street, Broadway to Seventh avenue. STREETS. To extend term of contract for Ht Late os and grading Seventy-first street trom Fifth avenue to Hast river; to permit the Empire lire Extingwshing Company to lay pipes, and to *correct ceriain cleri- cal errors in contract for reguiating, grading, &c., Sixty-third street, from Ninth to Lenthyavente; to feuce VACANT LOTS on botn sides of Sixticth street from Fourth to Fifth avenue, at Ni and 380 Tenth avenue and 456 West Thirty-second street, No, 142 West Forty-ffth street, and to remove tence on west side of Ninth avenue, between Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth streets, and for the construciion of a SEWER in *avenue B, between Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets, and to *construct receiving basin and cul- vert at avenue A and Ninety-second sireet. Those marked with the asterisk (*) have been passed by the Board of Assistant Aldermen, PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE. Promivent Arrivals in This City Yesterday. General John B. Frisbie, of California; 0. E. Irving, of Hamt!ton, Canada, and Sol. A. Sharp, of San Francisco, are at the Brevoort House. Colonel Samuel K. George, of Baltimore; Governor Bowie, of Maryland, and T. R. Russell, of England, are at the New York Hotel, Judge R. B. Carpenter, of Charleston, S.C.; Dr. Esterbour, of Cambridge, and 0. H. Sherrill, of Washington, are at the St, Nicholas Hotel, John Tucker, of Philadelphia; D. A. Jewell, of Georgia; Senator A. H. Cragin, of New Hampshire; E. A. Buck, of Washington, and J, 8. Borland, of Massachusetts, are at the Astor House, Judge Houghton, of St, Albans, Vt.; Dr. C. O'Leary, of Providence, and Colonel Leffingwell, of New Haven, are at the Irving House. Judge D. R. Martin, and Colonel C. Stevenson, of New York; Colonel J. Moore, and George W. Stevens, of San Francisco; Colonel Charles R. Bates, of Michi- gan, and Colonel T. Little, of North Varolina, are at the Metropolitan Hotel. J.P, Willis, of Cincinnatt; J. B, Grimth, of Buf- falo; Thomas G. Hall, of Westchester, and N. W. , Of Taya, are at the Irving House, “Colonel B. Gage, of the United States Army; Gen- eral W. W. Averill, of New York; J. Q, Denning, of Norfolk, Va.; Captain Farquharson, of Bermuda, and Dr. Condier, of British Columbia, are at the Everett House. General Burnside, of Rhode Island; J. B. Edgar, and Alonzo Childs, of St. Louls; Carl Rosa and Mine. Parapa.Rosa,‘are at the Fifth Avenue Hotel. GeneraljA. P. Meyers, of the United States Army; L. D. Allen, W. Ward, and W, H. Patterzon, of Cali- fornia, are at the Hoffman House. George Gillum, of Portland, Conn.;L. P. Hulbert, of New Jersey, and C. H. Thomson, of Corning, are at the Coleman House. G. F, Sharp and T. 8. Beach, of San Francisco; A. P. Merrill, Jr., and Mrs. Carpenter, of Nutchez, are at the Grand Hotel. Captain George Malcom, of Toronto; Sefior P. Alveres, of Cuba, and Dr, C. Tucker, of Cambridge, are at the St Charles Hotel. Prominent Departures. General Pitcher, for West Point; Colonel Munroe, for Utica; Major H. H. Newhouse, for Philadelphia; 8. Pinkerton, for California; John McDonough, for England; Evan Thomas, for Staten Island; Robert Nooman, and John Fowler, for Albany; General Casement, for Washington; Dr. Lampert, for Spring- field, and Representative Mercur, for Pennsylvania. Personal Notes. Dr. Seeger, chief of the Hommopathic Hospital, has been elected an honorary member by the Im- perial Society of Homeopathic Physicians of St. Petersburg. Chick Sten Hong fs the first Chinese convert to Methodism in San Francisco. Chick will probably become in time a lay memper, People of Wyonting don’t know whether to call their female judge a justicess of the peace or a jus- tice of the peacess, How would itdo to call her a Piece of a justice ? Mr. Thomas W. Spence, son of A, Spence, of Fond du Lac, Wis., has won the golden prize at Cornell University, N. Y., offered by Goldwin Sinttn for the best essay on English literature, A pretty girl in Utah has had the nerve to refuse the hand of Brigham Young. A Western exchange thinks that Brother Brigham will find his matri- monial infallibility among the Satntesses departung with bis increasing age, Miss Mary F. Hovey, Professor of German Lan- goages and Literature in the maples neal College, ansas, 1s mastering the Swedish, with the inten- tion of vringing into the instttutton and imparting its benefits to the Swedish eiement in the State, The Montgomery Adverttser says:—“Ladtes are wearing small Swiss muslin aprons, richly embrotd- ered and. trimmed with lace, for full house dress.” The Rome (Ga.) Datiy thinks that they are rather ped clad, but then the weather is so very hot, you now. YACHTIN An Opportunity for the Tidal Wave and Mad. eleine to Test Their Prowess—The Voorhis Brothers “Taking the Wind” Out of Each Other’s Sails—William ChaYenged, The following letter, it will be seen, 13 rather in- teresting in its tone, and peculiar in its form, and is published with a view to bring about a test of speed and sailing qualities of the new yacht Tidal Wave with the Madeleine. The latter vessel is a splendid craft, and, as the Tidai Wave has many new features of build, it will be interesting to watch the result of the contest which is here invited, if it should ever take place :— New Yorx, Juno 4, 1870. To My Brorner, WrurtaM Vooruts, or’ Nyaco, Rook- LAND COUNTY, AND TO THE YACHTING COMMUNITY ;— GextieMeN—it is an acknowledged fact that the efforts of yachimen in producing models have revolutionized the entire shipbuilding of the world, and that the gracetul and fieet clipper is but the full grown’ yacht, We still tall short of pertection, and although {ar_in advance of other nations have much to learn and to-do, Impelled by that same prido and desire which has Induced 60 many gentiemen to add their quota to the building of the fastest yacht, I sought the ad- vice of friends, and devoted much of my time in the construc- tion of the Madeleine, while you, my brother, with a similar intention, lent your best energies and skill in the building of the Tidal Wave. Our models are entirely different, althoush the eapacity and size of each yacht are very similar—so much a0 that I venture to say we both believe that it would be next to impossible to produce two yachts of different models go nearalike. Qur friends are divided in their opin- ions as to which is the champion. Since our yachts were launched we have never had but ono trial over a racing course. With the result of it { was not satisfied. I have urged you privately to renew the trial, and £ now do fo publicly. I fnsist that we do not know which is the speedier craft, and I am anxious to gratify my friends and be convinced that my judgment has not been warped by my desire or anticipstions. Will you gratity me? ‘The trlal Tre- fer to was the Atlantle Yacht Club regatta on the 2d of June. ‘The Vidal Wave led the Madeleine to the home siake boat. Various unpleasant rumors are noised abroad as to infringements of club rales. I protested upon one point, and I do not now desire to dwell upon irregulurt- ties or errors; therefore it is that I appeal to you, asa lover of sport and fair play, to name your day, hour’and place where we can testto our mutual ‘satisfaction the great ques- tion between us, who owne the fastest yacht. ‘This Lam the more anxious to do because of the approaching international contests in American waters, and hope that zou will not long delay the ailirmative ankwer Tanucipaie, Very traly youts, JACOB VOORHIS, Ji, Yacht Madeleine, The great James Smith, champion pedestrian of America, 1s, to all intents and purposes, defunct, and Weston remains master of the situation. For the past week the aforesaid James Smith has been advertised freely to walk 100 miles in twenty-one hours and thirty minutes, in or- der to entirely eclipse the really wonderfal performance of Mr, Edward Payson Weston. Yester- day morning, at one o’cicck, Mr. Smith commenced his task, and at 1:28 P. M., having walked fifty-tive miles and one circutt, he stopped. How the mighty are fallen! Mr. Smith took about half an hour making his last circuit, and upon arrtying at the judges’ stand made a short speech, to the effect that though the nerve was willing the feet were not, and he was obliged to give up. The man is not to be pitied, as he made the most arrogant boasts ot whut a wondertul feat he was Fong, to perform. The ci-devant pedestrian, ccle- vated ih history for running three miles in incred- ible time, must be delighted with the performance of his champion. When Smith caved ina man named Adams came on the track and started walking at a frantic rate, so as not to disappoint the public. We lett him walking. THE LAST OF THE ATALANTA Letters of Administration on Sidney Onke smith’s Estate Granted by Surrogate Hutch- ings to Mrs, Fanny Oaksmith. It will be remembered by the readers of the HERALD that some time ago particulars were given of the departure of the ram Atalanta. It will also be Temembered that during the late war she was a rebel ram and that she was captured by the govern- ment, who sold her to Mr. Sidney Oaksmith, Subsequently she was sold by Mr. Oaksmith to the Haytien government for $150,000, gold, who paid on account of the purenase to Mr. Oaksmith about $49,000, the balance to be paid according to agreement at subsequent periods. On the 19th of December last the Atalanta, with a crew on board and Sidney Oaksmith as a passenger, sailed from Philadelphia to Hayti for the purpose of completing the sale with tie Haytien EM aren From that time@o the present day no. di of the Atalanta have been received. All that is actually known is that she was seen at Delaware Breakwater, and she was then laboring in a heavy sea, The last words heard from the Atalanta were published in the form of a ietter in the HERALD ite three months ago, written by Mr. Oaksmith to a lady. It 1s now deemed a hopeless expectation that the Atalanta will be heard of, and the last declaratory actin that direction occurred yesterday, when the wife ot Mr. Oaksinith, Mrs, Fanny Oaksmith, ap- plied to Surrogate Hutchings for letters of adimiais- (ation on the estate of her late husband. ‘The application was granted, and these letters will entiile the administratix to wind up the estate and to apply with a legal standing to the Hayticn gov- ernment for the payment of the balance ot $100,000, gold, duc to her on the gale of the Atalanta. THE FOURTH WARD TRAGEDY. Subduing the “Thugs” of the Fourth Ward—The Late Police Shooting Affray—Are Honest Witnesses Terrified by Roughst—The Coroner’s Inquest—Testimony of Eye ‘Witnesses—Officer Burke Promoted. At one o'clock yesterday afternoon the court room of the Coroners’ Office was crowded to excess with a promiscuous crowd, composed mostly, however, of Fourth ward roughs, to listen to the proceedings before Coroner Rollins in the case of officer William Burke, charged with fatally shooting Patrick Her- nan last Thursday night in front of premises 367 Peari street, Noticeable among the crowd were William Yarley, atias “REDDY THE BLACKSMITH," Mark Lanigan, a woll known Fourth ward politician, and others not strangers to the police force. Oficer Burke, who 18 neorly disabled, made his appearance looking much the worse for wear, exhibiting a severe cut over the left eye, He took a seat in one corner of the room and had not a word to say, pres ferring to leave the case as far as he was concerned to the mangement of his counsel, Mr. William F. Howe. Several witnesses were called, whose testimony was deemed important, but they proved to be know Nothings in every sense of the word. It was appa- rent to several members of the jury that some of the persons called to testify were unwilling, through fear, to disclose all the facts within their knowledge test by so doing they should place their lives in Jeopardy. The eyes of the FOURTH WARD BANDITTL were upon them and intimidated them to an alarm. ingextent. This deplorable state of things, doubt- less, will result in keeping in the background re- Putable witnesses in possession of all the facts con- nected with the shooting of Hernan. They cannot tell the plain, unvarnished truth and live and do business in the Fourth ward. Below will be found a copy of the testimony elicited before the Coroner and the jury:— . TESTIMONY OF DR. WATERMAN, Sigismund Waterman, police surgeon, was called and testified that he had been called to see officer William Burke, of the Fourth precinct, and found him suffering from pain on the right side of the thorax; examined him and found a considerable amount of congestion on that side, which.he thought ‘was the result of external violence; found a wound on his forehead, over the left eye; cannot now say what will be the result of the injuries; the officer is now wholly unable todo duty, . . ' TESTIMONY OF QHARLES MARTIN. Charles Martin, ifving at 19 Vandewater street, tes- tifed:—On Thursday night shortly before twelve o’clock, the witness was going from his place of pusi- ness, 355 Pearl street; saw three men standing ina doorway opposite 367 Pearl street and a policeman facing them; on passing them he heard one of the men say “Suppose a man was kept out late on business; witness passed on and when a few yards from them heard a@ scuffle behind and looking back saw one man down and the others in commotion; cannot say which one was down; heard the club as if striking some one on the body, and in @ minute or £0 heard a shot fired; in a few moments heard another shot; witness ran in the other direc- tion from them, shouting ‘*Watch” severai times; met roundsman Croker, and toid him some MEN WERE KILLING EACH OTHER = - down the street; went with him and some other officers to the place where the men were; saw a man lying on the sidewalk; officer Burke was standing close by him; think the cap was off his head; sup- posed the man lying down was dead; then went home and saw no more, Jonn Winebet, of No. 369 Pearl street, testified thaton Thursday night, while sitting in his place, he heard some conversation outside, and then heard two shots fired in close succession. i WHAT A LIQUOR DEALER HEARD. Martin H. Kearney, who keeps a liquor store at No. 367 Pearl street, deposed that about twenty min- utes to twelve o'clock he heard some conversation outside, in front of his store, but did not hear what was said; then followed a commotion, and in three or four minutes heard the report of a pistol, and in a few moments another report; heard ruuning, and went outside and found three or four officers in front of his place; also a man lying on the sidewalk, who, they said, was dead; the police endeavored to fet into the house, but could not as the door was ‘fastened; when the door was opened the policemen went in and the witness followed; after the police had gone up stairs the witness met a young man at the head of the firsi fight of stairs, who proved to be Michael Varley; he said he had been in to see Mr. Hernan, SOME POLICEMEN ARRESTED VARLEY and took him away; the police also brought another young man down stairs; Mrs. Hernan recognized the dead man as that of her son; after the police had gone the witness found the policeman’s club behind the door, and gave 1t to Captain Allaire; the witness tried to open the door for the police, be- canse they said they wanted to arrest two young men that were inside and who had been connected with the affray. A WOMAN'S VERSION OF THE FRAY. Ellen Kearney, of No. 367 Peari street, testified that on Thursday night last she heard a scuiille; opened the window and looking out saw one man on the pavement and two men on top of him; cannot say what they were doing; in a couple of minutes the man on top ran to the hall door of witness’ house; the man who was down then got up, without anything on his head, ran some three or four yards and lired; a minute or so later there was anotaer report, and then I heard one of the men say “I am dying;” the man who fired tried to make an alarm by his feet and calling, but, seeing 0 club with him, the witness did not suppose he was a po- liceman; a number of officers came up and wanted to get in, but witness being afraid refused to admit them; one of them came in the window; heard that the man shot was Mrs, Hernan’s son, and thet the man who shot him was a policeman; some one said THE MAN WAS DYING, and the man without a cap said, “No wonder at it;’” there is but one key to the large lock, and that wit- ness had in @ drawer in her room; the hall door was fastened with a night latch; had the hali door been pen the men could have got in before the shot was tired. WHAT “A BOY? KNOWS ABOUT IT. Thomas J. Brosman, a boy living at &6 Frankfort street, testivied that on Thursday night, while sitting on the stoop of his house, he heard the report of & pistol and directly heard another pistol discharged; ran around the corner and heard a boy say that a man had been sot by a policeman; went down to the Place where the man was shot; saw a policeman standing without his cap and the man who had been shot lying on the pavement; the officer’s coat was open; saw a woman ina window; some policemen then came up and endeavored to get into the house; the woman was afraid to open the door and one of the officers entered the house through a window; the policeman without @ cap was bleeding from a wound on his forehead, TESTIMONY OF JAMES W. LEDWITH. James W. Ledwith, of No. 307 Pearl street, testi- fled that, lale on last Thursday night, he was passing opposite No, 367 Pearl street; saw three men, talk- mg loud in the doorway, wien ofMicer Burke stepped up and said to them, ‘There, you have been growl- ing long enough, now g0 away; one of the men replied that he lived there; the witness passed on and soon heard the repoit ot a pistol, and turning round heard another report and saw the flash of a pistol from the direction of No, 367 Pearl street; 16 Was @ dark night, the stars were not shining; heard some one calling “Watch!’ returned to No. 367 and saw several policemen there, endeavoring to burst in the door; saw deceased lying on the sidewalk; the witness heard no quarreling between the parties in front of No, 367 Peari strect. STATEMENT OF COUNSEL. Mr. William F. Howe then arose and said that he appeared in behalf of officer Burke, and that al- though it was an act of courtesy on the part of the Coroner to permit counsel to appear at an inquisi- tion, yet a precedent had been established in prior cases. Mr, Howe said that officer Burke desired to be placed on the witness’ stand and give his version of the affray, when he had no doubt that the Coro- ner's jury would sustain Burke, like the peace-loving community and the Police Commissioners, the latter of whom this day promotod him to the rank of roundsman. Coroner Roilins remarked that as they had had a long session, and inasmuch as it was pretty late, they would adjourn the further investigation of the case until next Tuesday afternoon, at one o'clock, at which time the officer cau be heard in bis own de- fence and other witnesses examined. Officer Burke Promoted. The Board of Police met yesterday afternoon in secret session, and made & number of promotions and transfers, Sergeant James Lonsdale was trans- ferred from the First to the Second precinct, where he is relieved from Garland’s airs. The following roundsmen were made acting sergeants:—George W. Gastlin, First to First; William H. Clinchey, Sixth to Sixth; William T, McComb, Twenty-first to Twelfth, and Joseph H. Nicholson, one of the Abdailahs of the Eighteenth, to the Third. Mr. Nicholson has full, atoned for the “Abdallah irregularities,” and will make an efticient officer. Tne most pratseworthy act of the Board, howeyer, was the promotion of officer Willlam Burke, of the Fourth precinct, who on Thursday night killed Pat Hernan, the ruftian, to roundsman of the Second precinct. Since Captain Jourdan has assumed the chair of the Superiaten- dent of Police it is gratifying to see tnat the Com- missioners of both political complexions sustain him and act upon his recommendations, as do also the press. A West Virginta paper declares that within a ctr- cuit of 126 miles around the White sulphur Springs of West Virginia there is more tron ore than In tue whole of Great Briain, "e