The New York Herald Newspaper, June 14, 1870, Page 4

* aud “EUROPE. _ Defence of Isracl---“‘Hor Glory” and Power and Blood Against British Toryism. Spiritualism in Tl Luck in Russia and Italy. The Denham Seven Murders Investigation and the Three “Alias” Man Committed, Borrible Case of Infant Wiurder in Ireland. The steamship Manhattan, Captain Wililams, of ‘Williams & Gulon’s line, from Liverpool the Ist and Queenstown the 2d of June, arrived at this port at an early hour yesterday morning. The Manhattan delivered a European fle, tn detail of our cable news telegrams, dated to her day of sailing from England. The Cunard mat! steamshtp Scotia, Captain Jud- kins, from Liverpool the 4th and Queenstown the 6th of June, arrived at this port yesterday and de- Mvered our European fies, dated to her day of sall- ing from Engiand, at eleven o'clock last night. The Russian nobleman, Count Kouchelef, a man of enormous wealth and_a well known amateur of art, died suddenly at St. Petersburg, from the effects of an apopleciic attack. By his will uls vast proper- ties pass to his nephew and his brotherin-law; the spiritualist medium, Mr. Douglas Home, derives no benefit from the document. There was such a fight of Itatian refugees from Lugano across the frontier to the Lake of Como that the Swiss government got seriously alarmed. Notice had been given to the refugees who remained that “they must stay where they .? and orders have Deen sent for the strictest watch of the frontier. The Liverpool Post, of June 1, publishes the fol- lowing remarks on the peliticar dition existiag in Paris:— ‘The journals of the French empire draw a strange conclusion from the fact that there was no demon- stration over the grave of Victor Notts father, Wao t is ccelerated by grief and anxicty consequent upon the shooiing of his son by Prince Pierre Bonaparte, was bduried the other day, and ls funeral was attended only by tue mein- bers of his iamily. The journais, without saying why there should Gave been a demonstration over M. Sal- mon's grave, take the absence of it as au Ludication that paity passions have much subsided since the plebiscite, The Prince of Wales will lay the foundation stone of Reading (Bngiand) Grammar School on the Ist July. ‘The Stirling (Scotland) Towa Council, ata meet- ing, resolved to turow open the richiy endowed hoa- Pitals of the borough for educational purposes. ‘The British revenue roturns from the 1st of April to the 26th of May aro as foilows:~Total receipts, £9,270,428; last year, £11, Balances in the banks of England and Ireiand, £5,605,643; last year, £4,707, 2; Five fishermen were drowned at Cromane Point, Dingle Bay, west coast of Kerry, Irciand, by the up- setting of a boat. May 31 the British tron-clad frigate, the largest In the world, was Moated out at Chatham dockyard, The ceremony observed on such occasions was per- formed by the daughter ot the Turish Ambassado r to Loudon. Adiniral Milne, with seventy oifcers of the British Medlterranean squadron, arrived ona visit In Con. stantinople, May 30. ISRAEL AND BLACKWOOD, A Few Words from the Holy Sepulchre to the British Tories—What Disraeli Has Done and What He May Do. [From the London aap ccttE (Isra¢lite and Reform) une 1i. Many years have passed since the date when Blackwoou's Magazine was a power and an authority in literature. Omistopher North ani bis associates gave ita prodigious impulse, which lasted by sheer momentuin of genius long alter “Kit” and the “Shep- herd’ were no more; and even when it was declining Professor Aytoun and others deferred a little longer the inevitavie failure of “Maga,” as the chief of maga- zines. One quality alone had survived the wit and versatility of the famous days of old. ‘the Scotch periodical was still held to be before all things cou- servative—and conservative, too, in the highest sense of the word—maintaining the proud and honorable traditions of a creed which has ever becded to make up for enlightenment with good Batare, and for intellect with wvod faith. Now, how. ever, it seems that “Maga” has outlived its own raison dutre; it 18 no longer what it was, even in point of toryism; the venerable serial has reached the “last scene of all,” may be mourned over as the ‘very Pantaloon of periodicals, ‘sans grace, sans faith, sans troth, sans everytuing!” Its issue for June contains an article upon Mr, Disraeli’s book aud upon Mr. Disraetl himscti, which, all things considered, appears to us the most shameful, the Most ungiatetul and evil hearted production that ever lustrated the caprice of party men, and the fate reserved for all great natures who lend their talents to faciion, A hundred times in those same abe abillty and eloquence, the policy and labors of “the leader of the tory party” have been landed m terms Which were no doubt extravagant. But so long as the superiative tact and subtie skill of their chief could hejp them to place there was no fauit to pe found with the extraction of Mr. Disraeli nor with the tone and style of lis writings or speeches, He sold to the tories his birthright of intellect for their pot'age of Nattery and Opedience; and the bargain was a mighty good one for the tory Jacob. Times, however,. have altered—the represen- tative scribes of the dying faction have just sense enough now to see that no skill or political ing -nulty can save them from a dreary tn- terval of impotence, during Which they must all be changed and must learn new names, new beliefs, new programmes, The sen-e of that hard and un- recedented trial is bitter in their stomrchs, aud Gungs out an eruption of billous rancor against the Statesman to whom they owe such power and emolu- Tents as they have enjoyed during the past quarter of a centnry. They caunot, indeed, assail his p Mamentary conduct without condemning themselves; Dut hie has just published a book, and the word 13, therefore, g.:ven to turn upon him the tory critics—the litle parasiies which sasten upon the brain and worry mighty crea‘ures to death—a habit wel Known tn poiiticai as well as in natural history. Yes, itis in England and in conservative pages, and of Mr. Disrieil’s book, that the suljoined sentences appea: ‘Lothalr’ 18 more extravagant than the Tomances of the London Journal; more inflated in expression and false in grammar than the exercises of an aspiring schoolvoy of the fifth form; more foreign to life and reaitty than the hysteric fancies Of a convent-bred girl; and, in point of art, on a level with the drop scene of a provincial theatre.” The novelist’s pictures of high life are “gin inspired dreams of the assistant of some fash- fonabie haverdasher, Who enjoys glimpses of great houses aud great people when he goes out witb the oods;”’ aud the literary assassin hired to deal these lowsdoubtless thinks that he has poisoned his dag- ger when he @dds, “The reader, fancyTng he has seen something of ‘all this well-worn Nnery before, will perhaps mutter under his breath ‘Old clo?!’ Possiviy honest men, and people who still believe in gratitude, Joyalty, or political generosity, may think that tuts assault is, after all, @ mere literary captice. We wish 1t were, for opinion is free, and “Lothair” might fairly be judged as an unsuccessful Rovel without committing the tory Magazine to the disgrace of a persoual outrage upon the leader whom it has followed all these years with servile admiration und hungry docility. But “old clo’ is the watchword of the conspirators; aud the plot to mu:der Mr. Disraeli’s repu- tation develops itself from this dirty and Wort-out sneer. The person commissioned to write Ue paper from which we haye reluctantly quoted eae to sketch out & continuation of *Lothair,’” Which the sole points of humor and invention are the Jewish descent of Mr. Disraei and his well Known tldelity of belief in the great qualities of the **chosen people.” We need not, aud we shall not, ‘Teliow the labored steps of the writer into this part of his revulsive task; let those who have prompted or paid for tue pitiful business he alone responsibie for the Se loeisn ve of sorry jokes which, if they dis honor the Jewish peopic, must dishonor Christianity; for such sarcasimé are just as offensive to the Author of the Faith of Engiani as to those who trace their origin to the land of His birth. Aware of this peril, or sensible that coarse food must be ighly seasoned, the writer concludes his antict- sketch of the “sequel to Lothair” witha bold ‘and thorough piece of blasphemy. He says that the forthcoming book “will contain a remaikable pecu- Marity respecting the doctrines of tie Hebrews; tor, instead of treating the coming of the Jewish Messtati ‘a8 prospective, it will hivted that he is now on earth, and has been for grou Bry are years,” be we could allow ourselvés tb Canvasé this revol climax of Co eight wit, there is some- thi pat er the Mishna says that wr ‘the latter and nity men wilt ye, in dis- fit ie pecvithe itverature of 01 nated Torys, superannt 4 206 pubiic must excuse us for peproductng cven #0 NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JUNE 14, 1870.-TRIPLE SHEET, SANSA Enea en far, an emanation of spite and disappointed rood, which 13 memoravie only ag a monstrosity of spleen— & MoDUMeRt of hasoness. Below go.dee in regard of composition or ability, thus sinister article acquires its importance from the traditions of the pages in Which ft has appeared; for hitherto the Maniicstoes “wage? have Indubttably re- presented conservative opinloit. Henceforth, how- ever, all the honor, all the maniiness, all tho high and proper spirit of tho country must be interested in knowing whether, after such long and splendid service from ity olosen leader, such fatth- ful devotton of his powers to their cause, this mean and scurrilous paper speaks the feeling of the “tory party,” or impudently misrepresents the con- servatives of our own day. For ourselves, we have been, aud are, the political antagonists of Mr. Dis- raeli, and might, indecd, remark with King Henr V,, “You are assured, methinks, we love you uot.” Buk If these vile sentences select the fecling of but a seetion amoung the conserVatives—if they are netiher the walignancy od private apite, nor yet the hhyaterigal violence of & moribund tory magazine, but really the outbreak of distoyal sontiment—then all we can Say 1, that Mr, Disraeli is punished tar more BORGTON in our judgment, than his brilliant insincertttes have ever merited, Henceforward let no man of genius htre out his capacities to a faction which pays the wages of loyalty ust po long as those capacities confer place or the hope of place. Cauntig experienced the bitter aftertaste of the bread which the tortes give their leaders; Peel learned what thety “honor’’ and “devotion? were worth; and now Mr, Disraeli, who was not blame- less in the hard measure meted out to the “great Sir Robert,” ts finding, to his cost, that “authority for- gets a dying King,” in those ranks where “loyalty aud fidelity” are words yelled out ad nauseam, They discovered nothing to Liame, these time-sery- ing critics, 1u their masier’s books, or their master’s bivod, when he led them ever the ruins of Mr, Glad- stone's Reiorm bill to power and pelt. They were silent enough Wheu he ruied the country as Premier, entertaining royaity, and seated, by his own auda- cious genius, in beights from whict his splendor Warmed the ranks to Which he had lent (he use -of his brains, No vitter words were whispered of his novels then; and, had he been the Wanderlag Jew Limself, no squire or sguire'’s provider would have jeered at him on the score that his name and lineage recail a people designated on the most sacred authority as the “chosen.” Lut now, whea nothing moro can well be gained out of his tevtie and brilliant mind, When the memory of lis great achievements les heavy on that which represents the conscience of bis followers, the word is apparently given for this most base aod disgraceful attack upon his name aud fame, and, out of the statuves which they once raised to ther Sejanus, flunt uroeolt, pelves, sartago, Peres enemas jokes and dirty satie are labricated, We protest that, unless promptly aud indignantly disaysowed, thia outpurat of hatred aguinst the man to whom the conservatives owe ther lingering existence 13 among the worst signs which ever cume under our notice of the rottenness of all loftyeand nobie traditions among the “country party.” ~Toryism is even worse than doad if such can truly be tue treatment reserved for its ablest and stauchest servants in the hour of dis. comfiture, dhe pollticul atmosphere 1s abso- intely talnted by the infection of such shame- jess” basenes8 and . mean ingratitude; but we creatures which thus plague a lion that has not lost his strength may yet find tiemselves taught de- Mr. Disraeii’s career is not ended; and some c Mumbered in the ranks of his “party”? have shown lin a litue prematurely what tate ved among them for great men worn out in atien duties, He cannot alter his name and extrac- Uva, tor take back the lavish gifts of eloquence and generaiship with which he has, in past years, en- Tiched their losing cause; but he may find before his close the occasion fora “noble penttence;” and, if that occasion come, to seize 1b would be but a just and honoravie revenge, by which he might, peria teach those who stand by “Church and State litte more caution, reverence and decorum, together with that which Jew and Gentle alike understand by the “grand old name of gentleman.” ENGLAND. Tue Seven Murders at Denham—Examination of the Prisoner. A mail telegram from Aylesbury, England, dated May 31, reports the progress of the judicial investt- gation of the facts Connected with the above named care a8 follows:— John Jones, alias Jonn Jenkins, alias Reynolds, alias Owen, Who stands charged with the murders of the Marshall family at Denham, underwent a further examination this morning {n the county jail, Aylesbury. On Tuesday last, it will be remembered, Jones was taken before the magistrates at Slough, and afier the examination of several witnesses he was remanded to Aylesbury jati tilt to-day. During the examination the populace who congregated out- side the court expressed the utmost indignation against the prisoner, and threatened that if they could get the opportunity they would lynch him, The police, having diready experienced great the mens before in the safety of the prisoner, watted many hours in the hope that the peoplo would disperse. ‘They, however, increased in number, and grew loud and turious in threats, Something hike an oppor- tunity, however, offered Itsel{ to get the prisouer to the train, and the police seizing Wt succeeded in yet- ting theircharge dowa as far as the station. Here the crowd forced the doors open, and but for the ready ruse of the police and the rallway authorities, Jones would uot have reached Ayiesbury withou! feeling as well ag scelag the judiguation of the people, Ultimately the man was got off ina car- riage of oue of ihe trams and lodged safely in Ayles- bury jail. Once there, it was deemed advisable not to remove tim, and hence the examination in the jail to-day. THE PRISONER. The prisoner was brought into the magistrates’ room in the county prison in the custody of two officers. He had in his hand a roll of foolscap paper, which is said to bea written statement. He employed himself all day yesterday writing it. The depositions were then read. During the reading of them the prisoner appeared to pay marked atten- tion, but exhibited no signs whatever of emotion. ‘The magistrates present were:—Sir Robert Bateson Harvey, the Rev. H. H. Wray, Mr. E. J. Coleman, Mr, J. Bramley Moore and Mr. E. R. McConnell. The Cnairman, before opening the proceedings, Wisned to explain that the magisirates did not at- tend here because they were afraid that the prisoner Would be subject toany violeuce in the district, as they placed every reliance on the efficiency or the police, but because the Coroner had issued his war- rant for the committal of the prisoner, and thus re- moved him from their jurisdicuon, He considered the course pursued by the Coroner a most extraor- Ginary one, and cailing for some explanation, in or- der that @ recurrence of the circumstance might be prevented, difficulty preserving TESTIMONY. Superintendent Durham added to the evidence which he gave last week:—When examining the body of Emanuel Marsha}! 1 found both of his trous- ers pockets turned inside out. 1 also examined the boltoms of his stockings, and I found them quite clean, which proved that he bad not walked across the shop without his shoes. (to the prisoner)—Now, John The Magiswrate rr 3, do you wish to ask this witness any ques- Jo tio ne prisoner (In a husky tone of votce)—No, sir. The depositious of the Man Coombs were then read, after which tue prisouer, addressing the wil- ness, eaid:— 0 How long did it take you to walk from the turn- pike gate to the lodging nouse ? Witness—About ten minuics, Magisirate—Any more questions? Prisoner—No, sir; | don’t know of any other ques- tious; 1 can only say that just as I passed through ihe turnpike it Was hal!-past five, so that it must have been six o'clock before I got to the house, for 1 walked very slow. Witness (to prisoner)—Well, John, I could not tell exactly what lime it was, Henry Salter was then called, and deposed—I am @ carman; I was driving from Acton to Uxbridge, in Middlesex, on Saturday, the 21st of May, and I picked ap ‘the prisoner near Hanwell Gate; he over- took me, and asked me to give him a ride to Ux- bridge; after he got up he said that be had not got any money; 1 set him down at the Green Man, Ux- bridge, at ten minutes to 51x ia the evening; he rode about six miles with me; the prisouer said that he had not any money about him, but that he should have some money; that he had @ brother residing near Uxbridge, who had got some money, and he (the prtsoner) Would have some of it; 1 asked his brother’s e@ and wheie he lived, and he made a laugh and said, “That is a guestion; I don’t answer that; he sald, “shail not go and see my brother till after du: he then said he had been roving about the county and that he had spent a lot of money in his time; another man got up afier the prisoner had ridden about two miles, and tea he spoke chiefly to him. Do you know who he was?—Yes. Did you put hun down at the same place ’—Yes, What 1g the name of the other man?—Suney. Did the prisoner tell you he had ever been out of the country *—No, sir. cere (to the Witness)—Should you know the man again Witness—Yes. (Witness looked round, but could hot say for some time), when, ‘The prisoner, smiling—Lvok agatn and see whether Jam the man? Witness (looking at him)—Yes, you are the man. Are you bot? Prisoner—Of course I am. Witness here deacribed the man and how he was dressed, which corresponded tu every particuiar to that already deserived. A femaie witness thought the prisoner was the man she nad secu leaving the house of the Marsitalts Sie morning of the murder, but ueclined to swear to bin. : COMMITTED—A STATEMENT. The prisoner was committed for trial. He has prepared a written statement to the effect that, tough imnocent of the murder, he received clothes and Ofty shillings as hush money ror tte real perpetrator. The Medical Testimony. (From the London Lancet. The principal points of meuico-legal interest in Connection with the examination of the bodies, as detailed at tue Inquest, are to be foun in the uni- ‘mite cy character of the injuries found ust Morten Inspectiol gu the similar- ity tn the modes by Whiten {hép caused. Five out of the seven victims evidently pecelved blows from the sledge hammer on one or otha? side of the head, and exnib! on examination exten bive transverse fractures along the base of the skull rom one temporai bone to the other, including some portion of the central parts of the sphenoid. The remaining two (cnildron) exhtbited auch extreme comuinuted fractures as to defy deschption. Funeral of the Seven Victims. {From the Liverpool Mercury, May 31.) At the funeral of the ul-fated Marshail fawully on Friday, with scarcely an exception, the blinds in the houses it the principal streets were draws, and from an early hour in the afternoon numbers of the {ohabitants walked or drove to the scene of the mur- dev, from whence the funeral procession was to start at half-past four o’ciock, All along the dusty road for fully two miles from the town to the village churchyard ac Denham the throng of vehicles and people ‘on foot became more and more dense, until, at the approaches to the church, there was quite & block of traMc, It is hardly necessary to say that, among all the hundreda of country péople who at- tended the funeral, a degree of decorum witich is not always found among the mobs of large towns “fe fait pieetou Wi of a simple and une Fetouding character, As the cofins were brought ‘om the cottage door the crowd on the road made way, ®& number of, licemen formed five or six abreast and walked in front. Alter them was borne on the shoulders of several men the cofin of Mrs. Marshall the elder, covered with a black pail. Next jn order, borne and covered in like manner, came the coitins of Mr. Mar- shall, his wife and sister, aid benind these, covered ‘with white drapery, were conveyed the coffins of the three children, Then came the chief mourners, Mr. and Mrs. Sparks, the father and mother of the de- ceased Mrs, Marshall; Mr. and Mra, Sparke the oon or, her brother and sister-in-law, and Mr, and 8, Spooner. Several other relatives of the family accompanied them. Along line of humble vehicles and @ thick attendance ot people on foot continued the line far away to the rear. The plain and unos- tentatious cortege passed on its route in silence more impressive perhaps than any pompous celebration of the funeral rites could have been, On arriving at the churchyard, where the path was Kept clear by itnes of potice, the procession was met by the olfciating ears nee. the Rev. Charles Joyce and the Rev. Joseph Shepherd, and the burial service of the Church of England was read, amid evidences of deep walkie and commiseration, On moving into the churchyard a path was kept clear to a courtier of the burial ground, where four graves had been dug to receive the bodies, Three were side by side; the fourth, that of Mra. Marshall the elder, was further away, and was merely an opening of the grave of her husband, who, as the headstone told, had died in 1860, in the sixty-eighth ene of his age. A wide space was kept clear for the ‘oeral4, and there was nO more pressure on those immediately concerned in the solemmities than there might have been had the deceased been brought there singly. Mrs. Marshall was buried first. Then the clergymen and mourners went to the other graves, on the brinks of which stood the three oak- grained coffins of the adults and the three azure and white cofilns of the children, awalitng interment. Mr. Marshall and his wife were lowered into tic middie grave; Miss Marshall, the sister, and the youngest child were placed in tho resting place on One side; the two elder children in that on the other. The burial service was read and concluded; the mourners took 0 last look of the coffins as they lay deep in the carth, and when the mourners leit the general speciators were allowed to surround the graves. The Stepnoy Murder—How William Redhead Killed His Stepmother. AS we have already announced, briefly, in the HERALD, @ miurder was Goimmitted at No. 80-Sidney street, Stepney, Eugland, by Willtam Redhead, aged eighieen, & member of the Seventh Tower Hamicts rine volunteers. It appears from inquiries hasuly made by Mr. Edward Worels (superintendent of the K division), directly after the murder was committed, that the marriage of the prisoner's father toa second wife gave much offence to his children by his first wile, and they fived on very bad terms. “The pris- oner Was engaged in drill practice with his volunteer corps 80 recently as Saturdey evening. On Monday he loaded nis rifie and deliverately shot his step- mother, who almost instantly expired, He then fed from the house and was pursued by some neighbors, who did not overtal im, but on reaching Alfred strect, White Horse lane, Stepney, abouta mile from Sidney street, he met a police constable, to whom he admitted he had committed murier, and gave up the tile he was carrying. He was taken ito the station house, and the charge was read over to hin by Mr. Worels. He said that his stepmother had behaved very cruelly to him and bis sister, and he had no further statement or explanation, Heis a quiet looking lad, without any indication of ferocity in his countenance or de- meanor. He lias for some time been In the service of @ wine merchant in thecliy asa bottle or cellar. man, His father ts the oiicer of a ship, and 1s now on his way home from China. Ou bionday evening after the business of the day the prisoner was brought before Mr. Lushington at the Thames Police Court charged witb the wilful murder of Mrs, Sarth Redhead, his stepmother. The court and 11s avenues were crowded to excess, the intelligence that “another murder’? had been commiited having caused a very large nuwber of people to assembze tn and near tlie court. William Smith, @ police constable, No. 356 K, said he was on duty in Alfred street, Stepney, that alter. noon When the prisoner ran up to hun with a rite in his hand ana said, “I have done it!’ He said ae him, “Doue what? to which the prisoner repida, “Lhave snot my mother-in-law.” He asked him where he had committed the deed The prisoner answered, “At 80 Sidney street, Stepney, and after I dia the murder J set fire to the house, and now I give myself up to justice.” The prisoner ten delivered to him & revolver, which was not loaded. He took the pris- over to the station fouse and searched him. He found upon him five ball cartridges, a knife and two urses. ‘The witness then produced a rifle, aad Mr. Vorels said the constavle had made a mistake in using the word “revolver.” It Was @ rife which he received from the prisoner. Mr. Lushington—You produce some ball car- tridges; do they fit the rife? Mr, Willomott, the second usher of the court, re- plied to this question by showing that they did. Edward Diilion, police sergeant, No. 19 K, said that afew minutes previously, When the prisoner was brought into the station house, he told him he was charged with the wilful murder of his mother-in-law by shvoting her with a rifle; the prisoner said ‘‘Yes,’’ he had done so; the rifle smelt strongly of gunpow- der; there was an exploded cap on the nipple, and six other percussion caps in a box in the prisoner's pocket; he called the prisoner's attention to the rite and caps, and the prisoner said, es, they are mune; the prisoner quite sober. XCITING CAUSES OF THE CRIME, {From the Liverpool Post, June 1.) The prisoner Redhead hud for some time led a very unhappy life, owing to the tyranny of the woman whose life he has taken in a wiid spirit of revenge. lt appears that he deeply mourned the loss of a kind and affectionate mother, and that he and the sister were very com/ortable and happy unti! his father in- troduced a new guardian for his children; all was then changed, ‘The lad and his sister. who is four ye.irs his senior, were imade the victinis of an un- governable temper, and the sister, to escape it, went to service, The prisoner ojten declared to his friends that his stepmother rendered him so miserable that be was afraid he should some day or other drowa bims His stepmother pawned all his clothes ex- cept those he was wearing at the time he shot her, and spent the money to cy her propensity for strong drinks. Once she ralsed money ou his rife uniform, and put him to considerable inconvenience, On Saturday he was at arilt wita his rifie corps, and it wes arranged that his wages should be taken home by aboy. By some accident this arrangement was not carried’ out, and the deceased woman bullied film and refused to supply aim with any food on Sat- urday night, Sunday and Monday morning. While smarting under a load of $yrann; and vexa- tion, the wretched youth came to the rash and wick- ed resolution of takipg away the life of his mother. His own rifle aforded him a too ready means of accomplishing his dread resolve, and he shot her as she was ascending the stairs of her dwel- ling. Her death was instantaneous. The sister of the prisoner William Redhead, who was in a situa- tion with a respectable family In Piccadilly, Was in- formed of the sad aflair on Monday night, and isin a state bordering on distraction. Her brother was a mild and inoffensive Jad, and a great favorite with ali the children in the neighborhood for his kindness tothem. In addition to the evidence given on Mon- day, which leaves no legal or moral doubt that the prisoner wilfully murdered his stepmother, Mr, Wor- els, the superintendent of the K division, has, in or- der to complete the case against the prisoner, ob- tained other evidence against him, and it will be iven before the coroner to-day, and also before Mr. Lushington, the magistrate at the Tiiames Police court, on the next examination. The prisoner com- pleted his eighteenth year on Sunday. The Latest English Crimes. One Liverpool journal,*May 31, reporis the follow: ing criminal news:—“Alleged Murder at Croydon;’* “Suspicious Death of a Young Lady at Is!ington;” “Murder of @ Wife;" “Serious Charge Against a Prescot Tradesman for a Gross Outrage on a Liver- pool Young Man;”’ “The Charge of Personating Wo- men; “Suicide at Cariisie.”” A SUICIDE THROUGH THE SEVEN MURDERS, An inquiry has been held respecting the death of Mrs. Mary Ann Reynoldson, aged about fifty-seven years, who committed suicide through depression of mind caused by being informed of the murders at Uxbridge. She was standing at the street door, when she was suddenly informed by a neighbor of the murders, She became greatiy excited, shut the door, went up stairs and took some prussic acid, The jury returned a verdict that the deceased com- en suicide by takiug potson while of unsound mitud, STILL ANOTHER MURDER. {From the Liverpool Post, June 1.} Yesterday morning the body of a female tranip, horribly mutilated, Was found in the back yard of & house in Wakefleid. The unfortunate woman was Jast seen fu the company of a soldier, and there is n0 doubt that a brutal murder has bcen committett. : Pxtradition of Crminate Law. (From the Liverpool Mercury, June 1.}- The Attoruey General has brought in a Dill to amend the law relating to the surrender to foreign States of persons accused or convicted of the com- Mission ot certain crimes within the jurisdiction of such plates, and to the trial of criminals syrren- Yed by foreign States to this country. It provides that a fugitive shall not be surrendered who is ac- cused or convicted of any offence which is one of a olitical character, nor unless provision is made that he fugitive criminal shall not, until he has been restored or had an opportunity of returning to her Majesty's dominions, be detained or tried in that for- eiga State for any offence committed+prior to his surrender other than the extradition crime proved Inaster, by the facts on which the surronder ts grounded. A fugitive criminal shall not be surrendered natll the expiration of fifteen days from the date of his being coramitied to prison to awalt his surrender, and he 18 to be Informed thereof, with a view to his applying for a writ of habeas corpus, Tie following are the oitences for which fugttive criminals are to be surrendered:--Murder and attempt and conspiracy to murder, manslvughter, counter- feiting and altering money and uttering counterfeit or altered money, forgery, counterfeiting aud alter- ing and uttering what is forged or counterfeited or altered, embezzloment or larceny, obtaining money or Roots by false pretences, crimes by bankrupts against bankruptcy law, fraud by & bailee, banker, agent, factor, trustee or director or member or pub- Me officer of any company made criminal by any act for the time being in forces; ra abduction, child- stealing, burglary and housebres g. arson, rob- bery, with violence; threats br letters or otherwise, with tntent to extort; piracy by law of nations or ens layy, sinking or destroying a vessel at sea, or aitémpting or consplitng to do so; assauits on board a ship on the high seas with inteut to desiroy life or to do grievous bodily harm, and revolt or con- splracy to revolt by two Or more persons on boara a ship on the high seas against the authority of the IRELAND. Horrible Case of Iofaut Murder. At Glen Farm, near Enniskillen, [reland, May 28, & farmer named Dolan, in a Bt of jealousy, cut open the body of his wife and killed the child of which she was enceinte, afterwards setting fire to the house in which she lay, The flro was extinguished, but the death of the Woman was Loarly expected, ‘The mur- derer Was arrested, FRANCE. Marder tn Frauce. A. murder nas(May 31) becn perpetrated at Autun (Sadne-et-Lotre), France. A locksinith named Roy Marvied the daughter of Orban, but so lil-treated her that sne commenced an action for @ judicial separation. Roy went to her parents’ house, armed with « butcher's knife, to demand his wife, and on meeting with a refusal he rushed at his mother-in- law aud laid her dead at his fect; he next stabbed Orban with such force that the weapon could not be withdrawn until a medical man arrived. The murderer has been arrested. ITALY. Spiritualistic Swindling—The Archangel Gn- briel’s Visits to a Professor—Wants of the Great Celestial Trumpeter. ie European mail reporis of June 1 announce that a certain M. Valente, of Naples, has been con- demned by the Correeiional Court of that city to six months’ imprisonment for ‘spiritistic’’ swindling. This Valente, formerly an oficer in the service of his Bourbonic Majesty, was, says a Naples corres- pondent, te spiritual medium of a small but select Yathering. Valente, when in his state of ecstatic coma, was favored by visits from no.less a person than the Archangel Gabniel, a dignitary whose celes- tial functions do not, it seems, afford him the meaus of making both ends meet, for the burden of his song W. 8 stil that he wanted monoy, and the money ‘was always forthcoming and delivered to Valente for transaitssion to the Archangel, or to be applied as he might direct. In this way Valente became by degrees the cashier of the society, aud, incredible as. It may appear, its richest, softest, and most fervent adept, one Agiiio Braga, suffered himseif to be stripped by degrees of all his worldly possessions, being, however, duly rewarded for his. self-denial by the receipt of an.archangelic diploma, conferring upon hita the dignity of Nuntius‘or Grand Master of the little community. Valente had tie keys of the money chest and when poor Braga wanted a pocket comb or twopence to replenish nis snutf box he had to prefer his request in writing for presentation to the Archangel. : But while in the heydey of his prosperity Valente fell a victim to the passion that rules the court, the cottage and the camp. In an evil hour for hi a widow lady, one Geronimo Merici, in age somewhere upon the confines of gorgeous summer and mellow autumn, was admitted to the members of the society. She was a widow of recent date and all her thoughts were set upon one object, to be put in com- munication with the spirit of her departed Jord. The Archangel was willing to arrange the matter upon the payment of certain stipulated fees, and at last, thanks to the liberality of the widow and to the intercession of Vaiente, it was settled that the visitor irom the spirit world should appear on a certain night in the lady's clamber, borruming for the nonce the terrestrial semblance of Vaiente him-, self, Enthralled Valente, in this thou reckonedst without thy host! Tho widow hesitated, suspected and finalty declined to receive her visitor except in @ purely ghostly and immaterial shape. Valente, finding her iuflexible on tnis point, dropped upon his knees, confessed hig imposture and the intenait; Of his passion, and offered his hand and his “rich booty” to the charming widow, on condition of her helping him to make a clean sweep of what remained in the pockets of the spirttisé community, Another and a worse mistake. ‘The lady betrayed him to Braga, who, after a severe internal struggle, opened his feeble mtid to conviction and applied for a legal remedy. The trial, which occupied some days, was full of amusing itucidents. ‘rhe Court, in considera- ‘tion of the temptation aiforded to the swindier by the colossal stupidity of his dupes, took a lenient view of the case aud sent Vaicute to prison for six Months, with the addition of a fine of Oity-one francs, OLD WORLD ITEMS. Tho idea of a German empire Is becoming popular in all parts of ‘Vaterland.” Just opposite to .the famous | preten prison of Mazas, ip Paris, is an inn with this legend over the door, a8 we do it into English:—‘‘Here the inmates are more comfortable than they are across the way.” A middle aged lady named Jane Eyre, fashionably dressed and of lady-like manners, was recentiy committed to prison at Suefield, England, for three months, with hard labor, for having stolen @ sun- shade from a drapery establishment, A German inventor ts exhibiting a talking machine atBremen. It ts made of wood and caoutchouc and 1s of life size, in the form ofa woman, It chatters away like any living member of the sex. Unfortu- nate man! What the age really requires isa machine to diminish the excess of taik. The Industrial Exhibition at St. Petersburg is a fine affair; among its curiosities is a pyramid of gilt pasteboard yepresenting the volume of all the gold tound in Russia from 1754 until Jgnuary 1, 1870. The quantity was 43,935 pounds, worth 615,090,000 rubles, or nearly $500,000,000 in our money. It may be remembered tiat the Federal Post Office 1n 1467 made a considerable reduction of postage by estublishing @ uniform price of one groschen (twelve centimes) for an ordinary letter throughout the North German Contederation. The hope that the increase In the number conveyed would suffice to cover the deficit caused by the diminution of charge hag proved fallacious, as in that year the receipts did not even cover the administrative expenses. ‘The present year, however, promises better results, ag the proceeds for the iirst three months have been 600,000 thalers higher than the expenditure, ‘The honor of the German flag has lately been as- serted in the Chinese waters by the North German man of-war Hertha: A commenication dated April 4 states that about eight days be‘ore the Gazelle had been attacked, and robbed by pirates. As soon ag the commander of the Hertha was informed of the fact he gave chase and succeeded in capturing the junk and its crew. The latter were brought to Hong Kong on the 3d ult. The Consul of the North Ger- man Confederation was here tiken on board and the Hertha stood out for sea, After being duly tried the pirates were condemned and executed, and the Her tha proceeded on her way to Shanghae and Yoko- hama. The work of Bishop Héf¢lé, of Rottenburg, entitled “A Voice from the Counctl on the Personal Lofalli- bility of tbe Pope,” concluies with the folowing words:—Who so exalteth himseli shali be abased; such 1s the Jeclaration of God in His justice. After Bonifacius VIII. brought the rule of the Holy Chair to its highest point, by a solemn definition, a long external humiliation ensue®, Is there then no rea- son to fear that, if the spiritual power of the Holy Chat be exalted above its due limits, the-hidden wisdom of Gud may decree thata new humillatton shall follow, perhaps by an altenation of priests trom the Holy Chair?” The infallivitty exchtement 1s increasing throughout Germany. POLITICAL NOTES AND COMMENTS, The Cincinnatt Inquirer—democratic—raises its prophetic voice as follows:—“Let the holders of the Public debt Leware ! It will bgeither paid in paper or scaled in gold at the market value of legal tend- ers at the time the debt was created, or it will not be paid at all. Mark the prediction, Overhaul your Daboil and when found make a note.’ The Chicago Trivune—republican—states that in the Illinois fhird Judicial district the candidates most prominently mentioned for @ seat on the Su- premg Bench are Milton Hay, of Sangamon, late member of the convention, and Judge J. M. Scott, of McLeau, now Judge of the Circuit Court. Balle Peyton has authorized his friends to an- nounce his name as @ candidate for Congress from the Fifth Tennessee district. Old “Peytona’s’ days for running were supposed to Le over. A Card of Explanation from T. L. Clingman. ASHEVILLE, N. C., June 8, 1 To Tag Epiror OF THE HERALD: Thave learned that two or three papers published Out of this State have asserted thatI had gone over tg fhe radical or republican party. As my position seems to be thought of suMfctent consequence to merit public notice, I will be greatly obliged to you to say that the statement is a sheer fabrication. I have neither done or sajd anything to afford ground for the allegation, and no tolerably informed man in the State could insinuate that he believed it withgut being guilty of wtiful falsehood. The statement seems to have originated with the editor of the Sen- tinel, publiehed at Raleigh, @ paper not.more re- markable for its acurrility than for ita malice, moan- ness and aera Such papers as have giluded to the subject will 1 hope in fairness are this note, Very respecttully, &c., 1. L, OLINGMAN. WOMAN'S RIGHTS I A WLW PHASE. Aa Luteresting Domoatis Anenecnesneneenenntyine History —luterfos rence by Femnle Suifragists Betweon Man and Wife—A Rigid Mother-in-Law in tho Drama, ({#rgm the St, Louis Democrat, June 11.) The gréat woman queation was discussed before Judge Madill, of tho Cirouit Court, yesterday, in a habeas corpus cage involving the question Of whether a wife, living separate from her husband, could legally retain possession of the children. The facts of the c ase are rather interesting. A SCHOOL THACHER. Miss Lizzie J, Roundtree was several years ago engaged as a teacher in the public schools, She was well educated, of strong intellect and nervous tem- perament, A young man tn moderate clroumstances, Ezra G. Messenger, wooed and won the tntellectual teacher, and fora few weeks she was very happy. A new life dawned upon her; she nad now to per- form duties more iniportant than teaching the young WEAIESE "uth eng ne Sa a use . Pt Satis be pecaossed A eaMTe, Tt was plead. Ezra thought be possess ant to be the husband of an educated wife, and doubtless he took pride in hearing her discourse upon astronomy, botany and the double rule of three. In short time, however, a shadow fell upon the hearth aud heartof the husband, as he avers, in the shape of a It BPI ars to be inevitable that mothers-in-law are baneful to the happiness of the husbands of thetr daughters, Ezra secms to have felt himself crushed out and annihilated by this frequent destroyer of domestic peace, and he became meiancholy. To add to his misery, he failed in bus.ness, and had hard work to keep the wolf from his door, His fits of melancholy were attributed by this wife, rightiy or wrongly, to estranged affection, and she tn turn be- came cold, At {ength, in 1868, afier less than turee yeurs of wedded experience, the parties SEPARATED. Mrs. Messenger took up Ler abode at the residence of a Mr. Bliss, at Nakomis, M!. This Mr. Bliss had foneieey. been her suitor, and they were at one time engaged to be married; but learning that he had been attached to a cousin she magnanimously gave him up, and he married her cousin. Before she arted from Messepger she had a child, and during er stay at the house of Bliss she added another Iit- tle responsibility to her family, Ezra came to St. Louis and wrote to her to join him, but she refused. He then went to New Orleans, He offered to provide aseparate residence for her mother if she would consent to return to him, bot, she declined. After the birth of her second child she concluded to make her own living. Through the influence of some of the members of the Woman Suffrage Association she procured @ situation as teacher in the public schools, and holds it yet, and her mother Uves with her at No, — Franklin avenue, THE CHILDREN—A SCENE. Messenger returned to the city, and naturally sought ior his children. Tue wife permitted him to visit them and once a week to take them out riding with him. On last Sunday week he called at her home to see the children and his wife refused to allow him to take the younger one out; he then started with the other, when she took it into her head that he would not bring the child back and refused to let her go. The father, however, took the child by the band and led her away, and Mra, Mes- senger raised @ great clamor, pursued him on the street, calling for the police and creating quite a disturbance the neighborhood. Finding that he would not be allowed to gee his children Mr. Mes- senger notified his wife that unless some arrange- ment could be made he would endeavor to take tne children from her by process of luw. Her reply Was a deflance, and came through her attorneys, Krum and Decker,and Bland, 0’Neiland Devoy. He se- cured the services of'Davis, Bowman aud Smith, anda HABEAS CORPUS was Issued, commanding Mrs, Messenger to bring the children before Judge Mauill, of the Circuit Court. ‘They were brought and the case was heard at con- siderable length. The facts of the marriage, separa- tion, &c., were stated in the petitionand answer, and several members of the Wo man Suffrage Asso- ciation were witnesses on behalf of the wife. Several letters written by Mrs. Messenger to her husband during the separation were introduced. ‘They are if NOT LOVE LETTERS, but somo of them are as cold as if written with an icicle in a bank of snow on the summit of the Alps, The following, however, has some feciing, and will serve to show the state of her affections a few days after the separation:— A LOST OPPORTUNITY, Nakom18, Feb. 5, 1868. EyRa—After leaving me, as you did, Jast Thursday, de- claring positively in the presence of Mr. Bliss that you had no desire whatever to live with me any longer, and refusing at the same time to give me the only promise which I asked— Wigs 10 trent me kindly in the futuré—I was of course aston: ished at receiving # fetter from you to-day, in which you wholly ignore the whole proceeding. You understood very well that yon havo thrown away a splendid opporwunity of making tin business, auch aa rarely occurs more than once in alifetime—a nice home, a smail farm, all the as- stance from Mr. Bliss that he could possibly have gi you, my friends near, near the town, &&., Oue’ condition, that you should treat your wits as a wife Ouyht to be treated. For the sake of my baby I have borne from you everything but blows, and In juatice to I ask for a promise of better thing home fered me here until Lean make ope for myself, ceive here the kind treatment {so longed for in my own ot to be wondered at that I have accepted it. rt turns to her erty seo her. As for me, you ightly threw me aside, as if I was nothing to you, and you will dod that outraged'as I have been Lam not tobe easil won back again, of obtaining » situation in St, Louls. [hope you will be successful. Revenge is not one of my traits, and f hope you ppy as possible under the ciroumstances. {shall go to Alton or St. Louia, but do not know exactly when, but will leave word at Mr. Chamber: Iain's where the baby may be found. ‘LIZZIE. Your clothing { will send to the caro of Mr, Chamberlain, unless you otherwise direct, REJECTION OF MONEY, A few days later’the husband sent her ten dollars, with a request to join him in St. Louta, She replies as foltows:— Nakomis, Feb. 10, 1868. Ezra—Your third letter, containing ten dollars, reached MOTHER-IN-LAW, me on Saturday, too late for me to repiy on that di er that a! q has bee! say in that lett granted, I can se me any confidence, ne isa wrong You know that my whole married life has been one of misery, and that, knowing you as well as I do, ean hope for io change in the future, The only happy moments I have bad have been moments when you were abstnt, and Ido not feel that duty Tequlres such & complete sacrifice of myaelf. Enclosed you will ‘find the money spoken of. for It, and would not keep tiff had. 1 have bi St. Loula suticient for all my present, expe has been provided for me to make my living {1 you desire to make your child any present, 9 the future. do#0; but you ‘must underatand that under no circumstances willl use any of it for myself. I hope you will get the situation you speak of, Without a family to provide for ae can certainly make a good living. The child will not be hidden away from you; you can see ber whenever you desire. ‘That she is not wath you all the time, you hava no one to blame but yourself, You do not care forme; you do not wish tolive with me; you woitld be happler without me, and more successful in’ bust- ness—so you have repeatediy told me, The time has come for yout to be relieved of your great burden. My position and my future under the circumstances are of courae bumiliating; but of two evila I ind that 1 have chosen the one easiest to be borne, ‘Therafore, if you have a particle of manhoot Jeft, let mo rest—let me fod the bappiness with my friends which you have so long denied me, and still refuse to grant. LIZZIE, A CHANGE. On the 3d of November, 1899, she writes from St. Louis, teliing tim of her troubles; that her “wood pile is very low,’’ and asking a loanof sevente:n dollars to buy a load of coal. a stove und pay two montha’ rent. She adds:—-The children up stairs have asked Carrie a good many questions abont her pape and now talks about ‘my papa,’ as if she nad eon With you all her jife, She says her papa hag gone & long way off.” - ‘THE TRIAL—COLONEL BLAND ON WOMAN'S RIGHTS, A hearing of the case was commenced on Tuurs- day and concluded yesterday. Colonel Peter E. Bland, formerly an oracle among the splritualistic philosophers, and at present an advocates of woman’s rights in all their length, breadth, depth and thick- neas, made an eloquent appeal to the Judge tn benalfl of his client, He said the idea that the fatner is the only fitting custodian of the ciilldren has come to us from the harsh days of the common law, We live in ‘& different age. New ideas have sprung up aua new thoughts have been developed. It 18 only of late years Uiat we find women wiio can take care of chil- dren as well as the father. We find a great many women Who are able to take care of litte children, Women earn their own living now and are able to supporéthose who may be dependent upon them. The ve here supported herself and her mother prior to her marriage, and now that she ts separated Trom her husvand she 1s doing tt aga BOWMAN ON WOMANHOOD AND MANHOOD, On behalf of the petitioner Mr, Frank Bowman, One of the petitioncr’s counsel, addressed the Court. He ggid:—Woman’s rights” sonnds well, but here betore { 6 have a specimen of the fruit it brings forth—a man and wife separated and a legal coniest for their possession of the childven. Tie woman, counselled and atded by the advocates of the new doctrine, refuses to live with her husband, there being no goou cause shown for her conduct or rea- sonable excuse there‘or, She takes the children and starts out into the world, relytag upon her ability to maintain them, herseif aud mother. She is cheered on by the cucouragewent of the leaders of the Wo- man Suffrage Association, and, thus morally sup- ported, she refuses tie repeated and earnest en- treaties of her distressed aud deserted husband to return with their chiidren to his protection, With what success she has inet ts apparent from her ogra statement, In about eightcen months she has, as {s apparent from her own statement, contracted a devt of $450, and add to (his the $275 she admits she re- ceived Jroi her husband (not including the moneys she returned to him aud refused to accept), we lid her spending $40 66 per month more than her earn. ings. As asmart business woman she is not a suc- cess, and yet she has done her best; has tolled hard, has endured much, has suffered much, and her youngest—ihe sickly little one—has suffered more, My client has assured me that he is now ready to reecive, with open arms, his erring wife, if she will but retarn, There ts now resting upon her woman's shoulders @ far heavier weight than she can hope long to carfy. With increase of debt comes increase of temptation. Let her return, then, to her husband; and if she Wiil so do, and will exercise a litte of that self-denial and self-sacrifice of which she has shown hersclf capable while seeking to separate from Lim, ke may yet be a happy and reunited family. ir. Bowman reviewed the evidence briefly, charged the separation to have been caused by the outside influence of the wife's mother and her strong-minded Inends, whose heads were more cultivated than their hearts, urged the granting of an order restoring the eldest child Lo the fatner, a8 & matter Of justice, and as the means most likely to bring about a reconcilia- tion. . The Court reserved its decision. —— THE GREAT SCHUETZENFEST. Oot ninnn Annual Shooting Festival of the Now Yorker Schuotzen Corps—Preliminary Review by the Mayor—An Afternoon of Magnia. cout Shooting and Multifarious Bports at Jones’ Wood, Yesterday morning's darkly overcast sky and re. petition of frequent showers did not augur a very favorable day for the opening of the thirteenth ans» nual festtval of the New York Schuetzen corps, Hap- pily for the participants in these yearly recurting sports, the showers soon ceased and the clouds disappeared, giving @ most brilliant aud en- joyable day to the -military festivities, and which was made adiditionatly more pleasant by a moat delight(ul breeze, Tne festivities are to con- tinue through three days, and as thus far inaugura- tea certainly far exceed any previous festival, not only in the numoer of rife corps entered as contest. aiits for the various prizea, but in the muitiplicity of other sports and large number tn attendance, MARSHALING OF THE RIFLE CORPS, Though the anual fostival of the New York Schuetzen Corps, of which some 360 turned out under their popular commandant, Captain Gerdes, six other Schucizen corps, the New Haven Schuetzen Corps, Captain Plegger, numbering fifty men; the Brooklyn Schuetzen Corps, Captain Alsguth, num- bering the same number; the Willlamsbarg Schuet- zen Corps, Captain Dirks, numbering thirty men; the Heivetia Shooting Club, Captain Ben- necke, numbering fifty men; the New York Turners, Captain Munich, numbering fifty men, and the New Jersey Schuetzen Corps, Cap- tain Raschen, of the same number of men, accepted the invitation of the New York Schuetzen Corps to unite with them in trials of skill with the rife. All these compantes, in their neat and trim uniforms of green blouses, black pants and jaunty hats with green feathers, and nearly every one car- rying @ rifle, at half-past eight o'clock yesterday forenoon met at the corner of Canal and Chrystie streets, the headquarters of the New York Schuetzen Corps. Assembling with them were also two bands of music, Here some one hundred and fifty open barouches were in waiting for them, which they speedily entered, 1t was a brilliant as welt as unusual and enlivening turnout, and was go. ro- garded, as abundantly shown by the cheers the: every where received in the various streets throng! which, after forming in line, they subsequently passed, With banners gally flying and the bands playing stirring airs they passed SREORED. Canal street to Broadway, and thence turning down*the latter thoroughfare, turned into the City Hall Park, in front of the City Hall, where they were REVIEWED BY THE MAYOR, The various marshals—of wnom Captain John E. Meyer is chief—and oficers were introduced to the Mayor, Who expressed himself highly pleased witt the appearance of the men, the latter saluting him as they passed. The review lasted bui a few mo- ments, and then, passing through into Chatham street, tie line of carriages, with such speed as this crowded thoroughfare would admit, drove at a rat- sing. pace through (he Bowery aud ‘third avende to e SCENE OF FESTIVITIES AT JONES' WOOD. Thousands of people had preceded them, the most being Germans. They were a lively party, aud the national beverage was being drunk in lively quanti- ties and the woods resounded with lively national airs, sung with that grandly ringing melody and fervor of enthusiasm characteristic of our German population on ail holiday occasions, The liveliness rose to fever heat on the arrival of the various Schuetzen corps, The day’s sport—for it was now eleven o'clock A. M.—began in earnest, and with 1¢ SHOOTING FOR THE PRIZES, ioe Foremostly began shooting atthe “prize target’? This target is divided into eighteen equal circles, and the greatest number of poluts in these slow count, For the best shots on this target THIRTY-FIVE PRIZES, from fifty dollars, to five dollars are to be given, and $450 being the libera! sum of money set apart for this purpose. There 1s also a ‘stitch target,” the bullseye having a diameter of three inches on a false centre of six inches, hearest shot to the centre only counting, twenty pr.zes, from twenty-five dollars to three dollars, are to be disiributed to those making the best shots at this target. Besides these are what are designated as ‘targets A, B, C, D, BE,” with faiso centres of six inches and the builseyes each two and a half inches in diameter. The last in the series of targets are What are called “star targets,” And then there is the shooting, as it is gtermed in the technical languuge of the rifle corps, at the “doubie- headed Austrian eagle,” All the shooting 1s off hand, with open sight, and the distance 300 feet.’ 1t Was an auimated spectacle, aud the rapidity with which the rifles were loaded and discharged betrayed a liveliness .of activity, in nothing else, excepuing drinking lager beer, reveal- ing itself in the German character, . The continuous reports of the rities, now haifa dozen together and now following in quick, sharp sequence, Was pain- fully suggestive of rifle practice on the skirmish line so largely in Vogue in @ more southern latitude a few years ago. There was & great variety of rites, but it was expressly prohibited to use rites with spy glasses, telescopes or.diopters. We have aliuied vo the final prizes for the best shooting. There is also OTHER DISTRIBUTION OF PREMIUMS, a8, for instance, one dollar each for the first and last bullseye made each morning and aiternoon pre- viously; ten dollars in gold for the greatest number of bullseyes; five Prusstan thalers for the second Sreatest number of bullseyes, and three Prussian thalers for the third atest number of bullseyea made #ach day. Besides this are to be given twenty dollars in gold for the greatest number made in the three days, ten Prussian thalers for the second reatest number, eight for the third, five for the fourth, three for the fifth and two for the sixth greatest number of bu!lseyes made in the three days. But the shooting, absorbing as It was to the tnat- vidual participants, and large as were the numbers gathered about—and here it should be stated that the targets were so located and made secure as to preclude the possibility of danger to any one—dtd not absorb all the attention, Abundant resources for other amusements presented themselves tn VARIOUS OTHER DIVERSIONS — gotten up with special purpose of pieasing the as- semb'ed multitude.’ We will not gtop to specify them ail, but an arrangement for enticing boys to attempt to walk over a greased horizontal pole some tweive feet long, while revolving, for the reward of fractional currency at the other end, exciied the most unbounded merriment. Failing from one side of. the pole, the juvenile contestants fell into a piece of bagging containing flour, and from the other slide tumbled into some pulverized charcoal. As very few got access, the spectaci¢ the boys presented can, -as reporters stereotypely say, be better imagined than described. ‘there was auother trick called the water mill trick, through which audacious youngsters, in the hope of pecuni- ary rewards for being succeasful, got palis of water capsized over their youthful capputs, A young man-whose name was apnounced as Seigrist, but the fact. not stated whether he was any relation to the ex-alderman of that name, attempted to wheel himself on a velocipede over @ half-inch rope a dis- tance of some 210 feet from the ground, and, once fall- ing, dia so. He attempted, however, tocarry a young girl over on his back, but aiter accomplishing two- thirds of the distance met with the fate of the baby cradlea in the tree top, that 1s tosay down came young man, velocipede, girl and all. Happily no one ‘was hurt, Another outside diversion was seetag one George F. Nixon go through what was sublimely termed, and posstiiy with the idea of making him out a star, aerial coniortions. He simply (aud it is not very simpie either) put fiim- self througn a series of most surprising, supple twistings, doing the next thing-in fact to turning himseif into a bow-knot. Accompanying him was Herr Holturn, announced on the pro- gramme as the “champion cannon ball and Indian club performer of the world,’ who per- formeq moat astonisiing fea's in his way, and showed a development of brachia muscle one | woult not jike to encoymter in an_ tral state In u dark alley on & dark night. And then there was dancing in the Jarge hail and music all the while, and drinking lager ditto, There was the greatest hilarity on every side and tH] late at night the fun and frolic and everything but the shootiug— which terminated at six o'clock P. M.—continued. The following were the PRIZES ON THE AUSTRIAN EAGLE, shot down in rotation, won yesterday:— 1, Middle crown Won by Hermane Bachran. Right Mag won by Martin Staudinger, 8, Left flag won by Captain Jolin F, Gerdes. 4. Right crown won by Charies Pirovano, 6, Left crown won by John Stemme, Right ring won by Frederick Steinhom, The same kind of shooting will ba continued to-day and to-morrow, The “king” of the shovters will be crowned by fifty young ladies. ——$—=_—_—_———. THE PUBLIC HEALTH. ro ro The Scavengers=Letter from Mayor Hatle Strect Cleaning by the Board Diecou- tinued. A special meeting of the Board of Heaith was heit yesterday, present Messrs, Bosworth, Mullaly, Drs. Stuth and Ceccarinl, Manierre and Brehnan, Dr. Ceccarini, from the Sanitary Committee, re- ported dack applications for appointments as scavengers to the Sanitary Inspector tor report. The Jetter from Mayor Hall announting that Andrews, the contractor, had withdrawn his boats for the removal of night soul, was referred to coun- sel to give an opinion on the premises, It havtog been announ that the expense of cleaning the streets, under the dl: ectton of tne street- cleaning Inspector, costs $100 per day, by resolution the resolution anthorizing him to employ men and clean certatn streets wus rescinded, Se ce emiaen hho unable A complete tts taspection: e to report yesterd and Pine Boar adjourned without devising any scheme for their proper cleaning at times when they { are not cleaned by the contractor.