The New York Herald Newspaper, August 8, 1870, Page 7

THE MURDER MANIA} ‘JMadaening Effects of Adul- ' terated Liquors. (CRIME AND GIN CONSIDERED, whe man-Siayers in the Tombs—A Score of Murderers in Their Cells, ‘A LONG CRIMINAL CALENDAR. The festival of crime which has lately held high -carnival and, like a crescendo movement in music, culminated in the Nathan murder, has given rise yo speculation on the cause of so much fiendish work in the metropolis. Every day a calendar of icrime is displayed to the public, and an ordinary murder attracts bat little attention. It seems the fholocaust of blood offered by the nation during jthe late sanguinary civil war has, to a certain ex- nt, lessened the value of human life. In fact, jone might almost say, with Carlyle, when refer- tothe French Revolution, that the country ot drunk with blood to vomit crime. An unusual recklessless and dissipation jcharacterizes the present era, and rum nd murder rollick like boon companions Ithrough our streets. The sultry weather sof the past heated term has caused an abnormal condition of the system, and most people, owiig to the fever heat of the blood or summer com- plaints, are in an irritable condition, and in this hypersensitive state, when the thermometer averages ninety in the shade, pure liquor is apt to produce undue excitement. Such being the case, yas several medical gentlemen have informed the rwriter, what effect must adulterated spirits have yon those who imbibe them in large quantities? In Hfact, pure spirits are unknown in this city of “gin and sin,’ and almost every barroom sells decoc- (tions of atrychnine, logwood, tannin and fusil oil, yand the absinthe of France or the arrack of Hin- \dostan is not more deleterious in its jeffects than our ‘Jersey lightning,” “*forty rod,’ ‘fixed bayonets,” ‘blue muin,”’ “sudden death,” or any other of the et terms used to designate the villanous com- jounds gold by rapacious liquor dealers for (enuine Bourbon whiskey, each quart of which is jan incentive to crime, and contains murder in so- lution. Yet our people are not an intemperate mation; but, on the contrary, drink much less than any other Saxon race. In Scotland, for example, immense quantities of raw spirits are consumed ; et homicide there is a rare crime, and out of the 18,000,000 in England there are fewer murders an- jaually committed than in the city of New York, vith a population of only 1,000,000. The cause, ‘then, of this criminal frenzy is not attributed to liquor, but to the adulteration of liquor; for out of the twenty-three or twenty-five murderers now ‘mprisoned at the Tombs only two—and one of these a Dane, and the other a Cuban—can swear ey had not been drinking when the dread- ful crime was perpetrated. The frightful INCREASE IN DRUNKENNESS may be attributed to the fact thatin our day there fis barely one gallon in a hundred thousand manu- ctured that is not adulterated, or what is almost s bad, if not worse, imperfectly rectified. Hence e train of appalling evils that follow the use of ulants, which have been used from time im- emorial, despite all sumptuary law, and will be jased for all time to come. The ingredients chiefly msed in poisoning the public are—first, the inor- jdinate presence of fusil oil which has a }dangerous and poisonous property in all grain Spirits, and if rectification is omitted less of this detrimental fiuid is expelled. But the pro- jceas of rectifying is costly, and cheaper spirits are pthrown on the market in a very crude state. It is ithe most intoxicating property in common liquors, and produces giddiness, accompanied with a Heeling of suffocation and a sense of falling, jand frightful headaches after a few drinks. ft is also a well known fact that strychnine fis largely used in the manufacture of all kinds, of Jiquors, especially malt. To such an extent is it mixed with beer that a retired brewer told the ‘writer that the trade has arrived at such a state of competition that the greatest amount of liquor must be obtained from every mash, and full ‘twenty per cent more can be got by adding a cer- tain amount of strychnine. All brewers use it, ‘and those whose consciences are not sufficiently accommodating are obliged to leave the busi- mess. This drug, TAKEN IN HOMOEOPATHIC DOSES, acts as a tonic, but when imbibed in larger quan- | ‘tities seriously effects the nervous system and im- pairs the mind, injuring the reasoning qualities and entirely unseating judgment so that when tthe passions are excited loose rein is given to wage. The Board of Health some time ago gave this question some passing attention, but nothing tan- Bible or beneficial was arrived at and it sank to ithe limbo of the lost ideas of thut venerable in- ‘stitution. ‘The late sultry weather, producing, as fit does, a fever heat in the blood, added to in- temperance, has been sufficient in many cases to ychange the whole current of a man’s being. We re fast approaching to the OHARAOTERISTICS OP SOUTHERN ITALY, ‘with all its impassioned impulsiveness in using on ‘the spur the knife and stiletto, although in justice jto the American people it is but proper to say that mine-tenths of the crimés lately perpetrated have been the work of foreigners, and they of the lowest classes. One in sultry weather is always more jrritable, and liable to be annoyed by trifles that would hardly cost a thought if the body was in its normal condition. The sun has a great eftect on the temper, and more people are suffering from Bn exposure to its rays than is generally imagined, although escaping a coup de soleil. In addition to ithe foregoing facts, society, like the strata of the ‘parth’s crust, seems to. have been organized in ayers, and each age has its manners, customs (and special crimes. New York, arguing from this hypothesis, now seems to be going through the MURDER MANIA, ‘and the force of example is making itself felt. For instance, in 1863 London was afflicted with the \warroting mania and cases were reported by the peter every night for nearly a year, In France, , Suicides by charcoal became quite common, pnd if to-day some one in this city were to com- mit suicide by an unusual method of poisoning, nd the number of grains were given ef the drug, any others would decline to live and hasten to ternity by the same method. There seems to be in our community a number of gentlemen with = overruling passion for the practice of murder, nd who regard ASSASSINATION AS A PASTIMT. hey go constantly armed, and are ever ready to raw the knife orrevolver on the slightest provoca- ion, ie one of the lines, “The bad on each unctilious pique of pride or gloom of humor ‘ould give rage the reign.” The practioe) also, f cal weapons of any kind should be pro- bited, for no man who touches liquor can de- end, especially during hot weather, on his ent to use such a weapon merely in self- nce, and the consciousness of being armed is to make one more domineering and gressive. The numerous roughs that frequent ooms, Dicnics and excursions imagine a good time is impossible without a fraca: on moat festive occasions AIOE the oar, ae. dl & dozen blackguards are ready Po oreate, 7a disturb ra Gna, coniently another's m. not 8 braced up, and ataightay proceeds to administer an iron tonic in the shape of afew -| inches of knife. ‘Tom suddenly acquires a great affection for Bill and fondles with a club, Bill | returns the polite attention with a leaden pill. | thinking that Tom’s nervous system wants a seda- tive. Others content themselves with such tri- 7 vial jokes as wafting bricks and tumblers through the balmy air that surrounds the excursion barge, and murder consequently becomes a mere acci- dent, for if Tom gets killed the ‘‘boys” say he had no constitution to stand their jokes and shouldn't have travelled with the party. These merry mur- derers are @ playful set when they surround a large quantity of oil. Their club house has lately been well patronized, and the MURDERERS OF THE TOMBS number more than a score, with daily additions. The reporter of the Hera visited that institu- tion on Wednesday, and through the kindness of\ Warden Stacom interviewed all those then con, ‘| fined for murder, and in every instance found that wine or women was the cause of the crime. Some of these men feel a sense of the awful position in which they are placed, while others, who only lack instinct to become perfect brutes, were suilen or indifferent. These men, until tried and condemned, are confined on the upper tiers, and on the lower one is the pall of John Real, who ied wale up and down © passage, was smoking a cigar, nervesny touching and bi it, while in hig left hand he held a pocket handkerchief with a firm hold. He occasionally stopped and exchanged a few words with those promenading the galleries of the sec- ond tier, Ser the Cuban Vasquez, who is full of vitality. ‘The following is a list of those at present awaiting trial, to which is appended a resume of their crimes and the almost inevitable cause—whiskey:— MICHAEL KEARNEY. This shooting affray occurred June 3, 1869, and had its origin in a liquor store—the usual places where murderous affrays commence. Kearney entered the barroom of Thomas Costello, whom he accused of passing counterfeit money on him. An assault commenced, and Kearney and _his friends retreated down First avenue, pursurd by Costello. Kearney fired and wounded Costello, but on repeating the shot killed Richard Gerdes, a grocer, living near Twenty-fourth street, who had been sitting quietly on a chair in his own door during the occurrence. Kearney, when questioned by the Hsraxp reporter, declined to say whether he had been drinking to any extent that night; but from other sources it is evident that the party were partially intoxicated. PHILIP COONEY. This was a Sabbath morning street fracas in which was stabbed a notorious and drunken bully named ! David O'Day, who, on the 25th of November, 1868, was in the fight at Campbell’s oyster saloon where Felix Larkin was killed. O’Day on Sunday morning, April 24, 1870, was carousing around the Eighth and Ninth wards endeavoring to pick quar- rels with pedestrians. He met a crowd at the cor- ner of King and Varick streets, and called Cooney aliar. A fight was about to ensue, but bcth men were pacified and an invitation was extended to the company to take a drink at No. 81 King street. Two rounds were drunk, after which the quarrel between Cooney and O'Day was resumed, The latter threw a glass at his opponent’s head, a free fight ensued, and O’Day received his death wound from a knife in the hands of Cooney. Henry Wachte “the proprletor of the boardi le ‘achter, the proprietor of the boardin, house No. 412° West Fairy anh street, with hie wife, returned from a funeral, where he had been drinking whiskey, that sweltering Sunday, July 24, 1870, and becamed involved in a quarrel with John Glass, one of his'boarders, who also had been in- dulging. Glass found fault because Wachter had closed up the house during his absence. Buta few words passed between them when Glass stabbed Wachter in the gro’ a e jack- knife with such force that the blade of nife was broken, one-half remaining in the wound. Wachter expired in a few moments, and Glass rushed out of the house to the foot of West Thirty- fourth street, when he plunged into the water, but was rescued. He said to the Heraxp reporter that whiskey was at the bottom of the whole affair. THOMAS JACKSON. On Sunday, October 29, 1869, Thomas Jackson, an officer of the Court of General Sessions, en- gaged in a quarrel about politics in the liquor store No. 2 Washington street, with Archibald Douglass, a noted First warder and anti-Tammany man. After exchanging a few words and a blow ortwo Jackson drew a pistol and sent a bullet seething through the brain of Douglass. The. parties, as usual, had been drinking freely, and neither of them were considered as models of Temperance, Jackson declined holding any con- versation with the Hezaup reporter, and refused to say whether he had been affected in committing the crime by the liquor taken. MORRIS KERER. This isa mere youth, who on New Year’s Eve, along with a party of companions, who had all been drinking very freely, entered the saloon No. 121 Norfolk street, and there met Conrad Os treicker. A quarrel ensued and Ostreicker drew a knife and made a lunge at Keher, who, however, was too quick for him, and wrenching the weapon away plunged it in the body of his assailant. Ke- her never saw Ostreicker before that evening. Keher and his father, who were tailors, took of- fence at a comic song relating to tailors and shoe- makers, and assaulted the musicians. The young man claims to have committed the homicide in self-defence, and thinks there was too much liquor all around that evening. GEORGE NELSON is accused of killing his wife, Mary Nelson, of No. 455 Greenwich street. She had been drunk and abusive four weeks before the catastrophe, and the prisoner broke up housekeeping on account of the quarrel. On the night ofthe 29th of June Nelson came home drunk, got a pillow and lay down on the floor. Ata later hour the deceased came home, and, seeing him lying on the floor, called him a drunken loafer. He se up and went out. She followed and entered the hall. There he beat her fovarely and next morning she was found insensible in her bed. Nelson said she was a constant drinker, and he had often tried to get her to take the pledge. He said he only got in- toxicated occasionally. JOHN SULLIVAN stabbed John O’Brien, on the 15th of June last, at No.1 Whitehall street. It was given in evi- dence/at the Coroner’s inquest, that Sullivan was in the habit of drinking. His wife, on the night in. question, called him a drunken, murdering thief, and lus mother-in-law improved the occasion by striking him on the head with a piece of wood. Sullivan then went ont on the landing and Mrs. Sweeny struck him again; he struck her back with an umbrella. O’Brien then attempted to in- terfere and took hold of Sullivan. Shortly after- wards the prisoner rushed at him with a knife and stabbed him three times. Sullivan says the whole party were intoxicated, and if it had not heen for excessive drinking he would be at liberty to-day. THOMAS SHERIDAN, On Saturday, June 25, Thomas Sheridan, who had been revelling in rum, met a German, named Daniel Michell, who lived at No. 741 Second avenue, in a saloon in Thirty-second street, be- tween First and Second avenues. The German, while there, had some dispute with Sheridan, and then left, but, on his way home, was stabbed b: some one unknown on the corner of Thirty-sevent! street and Second avenue. The accused was ar- rested, confessed his guilt, and gave as @ reason for using the knife on Michell that the latter, while in the saloon, had struck him on the head with aclub. Sheridan says the day was very hot and he was perfectly out of his mind, and, in fact, had never seen Michell before. He blames rum for bringing him to prison. JAMES M’OARROLL, On the 22d of last June Bartholomew Buckley and his wife were living in a shanty on the rocks, occupied by James McCarroll and his family. At one o’clock McCarroll was lying drunk on the bed. His wife took him a bottle of liquor, when he told her he could take what liberties he liked with Mrs. Buckley. Mrs. Carroll repeated this to Mr. Buck- ley, who called the prisoner a drunken rascal, and rushed for ashoemaker’s knife; but while in the act of taking it down Carroll jumped. out of bed and atruck him a blow with his fist. Buckley left the house, but had not proceeded more than a few feet when he was felled by &@ wood axe in the hands of the prisoner. Carroll says that Buckley was a hard drinker, and so were both the women. HENRY VASQUEZ, On the night of October 22, 1869, 8 Cuban named Henry ‘Vasquez charged his mistress Josephine Wood, living at 99 Crosby street, with intidelity, a quarrel ensued and he informed her of an intention to take her life end bis own at the same time. He then went to a bureau, drow from ita dirk and plunged it four times into the body of the unfortunate girl, whom he had seduced four yearsago. He then drew a@ revolver and fired two shots at his head, one of which passed through the fleshy part of his cheek, the other through the jaw and mouth. Vasquez is said to be a young man of excellent family, living in Havana, but since he has been in this city he has lived a life of debauchery. DR. MICHAL A. WOLF, the notorious abortionist, of 182 Seventh street, is now in the Tombs for causing the death of Miss Henrietta Ullman, of 517 East Twelfth street. The accused is also held to answer for causing the death, by abortion, of Miss Matilda Hennig- sen. The doctor waa; quite communicative, aud NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, AUGUST 8, 1870. told the Heraxp reporter there would not be nearly so much crime if drinking was free and no Excise law existed. He said he knew people on Satarday evening to lay in a store of whiske and make beasts of themselves on Sunday. oMcer Magee and a blue-coated confrére, They soon found themselves in the cells, however. Lewis threatened to knife lus captor, put he didn’t, During the afternoon, on the arrival of the steamer lo tp- Chases Poa garese myriotous trio, whe. had, x » Loto 4 s commended the introduction of ohaap places of | with others, oadbed a very ‘serious distarbance on amusement, such as crystal palaces, where ladies | board, were locked in the cells, The mate of the could gowith their husbands, and thought the | Magenta appeared Inst them, and expressed a influence of female society would eventually show | hope that they would be made an example o itself. This system, he says, has been very suc- | boat was getting a most disagreeable not cessful in Denmark. consequence of the rowdyism of such characters, On Monday night, August 30, 1869, James Wood and his wife Bridget, occupying one of the shan- The Body of the Murderer Followed to the Grave ties, drank to excess and got into a quarrel. Mrs. Wood, by her own industry, had accumu- i by Thirty-five Hundred Persons— His Coffin Adorned with the American Flag— lated several hundred dollars, which she had de- posited in @ bank. Her husband wanted to get Crowds on the Sidewalks and Societies in Line, pomeaaiin of this money, and while grossly ine- riated asgaulted her while she was lying on a bed. She ran out, he pursued, seized her by the throat and knocked her head against the timbers and otherwise beat and kicked her most brutally. He exclaimed, on hearing his wife was dead, “May the devil die with her, and may she never see the face of a paying stone again.” THOMAS SBERWAN. On the ‘6th of last February Thomas Sheridan shot his wife, Margaret Sheridan. He went to her house, in Ferty-first street, and fired two shots. He accused her of infidelity witha man named Powers, with whom he had had frequent alterca- tions. Sheridan says that he went to the war, sent his wife his es and when he returned found his wife along with Powers. Sheridan seems to have been demoralized by the war and to have an irregular sort of life, but was not at all dissipated, MICHAEL MARTIN. This was a St. Patrick’s Dey tragedy, and Pat- tick Welch, of No. 523 Second avenue, was fatally stabbed in the groin by Michael Martin. It seems the deceased had returned from his work under the influence of liquor and Martin challenged him to fight, Mrs, Welch pursued Martin after he had stabbed her husband and the assassin threatened to kill her also. The quarrel originated between the two men on account of a disturbance Martin had with his wife, who lived on the floor above Welch, and shook the floor to such an extent that the plastering fell and injured the child of Mrs. Welch. Martin declined to say whether he had been drinking on that day. JOHN PURCELL, who is now under sentence of death, and, unless he obtains a reprieve, will be hanged on the lth inst. Purcell met William Kiernan in front of a lager beer saloon, No. 103 Sheriff street, on the evening of May 2%, 1869. Arrangements were made for a prize fight between William Purcell, brother of John, and one of the gang of which Kiernan was chief. A fracas occurred, and in it John Purcell drew a revolyer and instantly killed Kiernan. When arrested he replied to the officer’s uestion if he had shot a man, ‘Yes, if I did not tried to shoot a hog thief, and’ I am willing to swing for it. hey licked me and I shot him.” The prisoner said he was “pretty well drank on the occasion.”’ The funeral of John Real, whose sad end has been 4o recently chronicled in the newspapers, and has been telegraphed probably through the length and breadth of the land, took place yesterday, ‘The re- matns of the unfortunate man, after having suftered the last indignity of the law, were handed over to his friends, and conveyed to the residence of his brother-in-law, in 105th street, near ‘Third avenue, At this point, soon after one o'clock, the various associations, political and social, with which Real had been connected, or which had determined to show their sympathy for his fate by joining in the de- monstration, began to muster, and by two o'clock, the coin having been deposited in the hearse, the Procession formed and began to move along toward ‘Thirty-tourth street. In spite of what had been predicted by certain croaking wiseacres, the demonstration was as quict and orderly, and even more so than that which took place three years ago in the obsequies of the now almost forgotten Barney Friery. The APPOINTMENTS OF THE PROCESSION, while they were not sordid or unworthy, were ex- tremely simple. The hearse, decorated with fune- rea! plumes, was drawn by four gray horses, and through tts windows the coffin, adorned with a United States fag and a wreath of immortelles, challenged the notice of the spectators. ‘The procession was nominally headed by a band which played the “Dead March tn Saul,”” “Rous- seat’s Dream” and other appropriate airs; though after the cortege had fairly formed in the avenue 1b was, in fact, led by some hundreds of gamins, some of Whom were shoeless and ragged, while none be- trayed apparently a very decorous sense of the oc- casion. Immediately behind the band came the hearse, escorted by the Tenth New York Volunteers, with which regiinent Real served quring the war. Then followed almost innumerable ‘political organt- zations and social clubs, emoracing, among others, the associations of the Twenty-first, Twenty -second, Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth wards, the Jacks Sylvau Star, Amity and Osceola Seclal Joseph M, Dunn, M. Wh wn and Mie! Associations, the Aurora Guards of Yorkville, and the United Volunieers, These societies marched four abreast, and nearly every man displayed on the collar of his coat a badge of the organization to which he belonged, with a mourning border, and as @ legend, “WE MOURN OUR LOSS.’? Altogether there wore about thirty-ve hundred persons thus following the hearse. ‘The carriages, about twenty in number, brought up the rear of tie procession, In the first were Real’s two sisters and some relatives; in the secona were his brother-in- Jaw and family. ‘Third avenue, trom Thirty-fourth street upwards, was lined with people, the crowd growing denser and denser after two o'clock, until the sidewalks be- came almost impassable. The principal corners were, of course, monopolized by their usual habitues, whose demeanor, however, betrayed some little in- terest in the waking world about them—quite a plea- RECENT CASES, There have been an alarming number of fights, murders and shooting affrays within the past few jays. On Sunday, for example, William Melledy stabbed John Wray, of No. 274 Bowery; Patrick Cusick fatally stabbed John Campbell; ‘a fight oc- curred on a ferryboat and John Mormion was! nearly drowned; August Danach, of 16 Monroe street, and Mary Clark, of No. 40 New Chambers street, cut on the head; Patrick Dooley of No. 426 East Eighteenth street, was shot by his son; a ty consisting of James Fingleton, Patrick and ‘oseph Reilley and Thomas Sands entered the ba- ker shop of Adam Langfield, No. 514 East Four- teenth street, on a drunken frolic and Fingleton was killed with a bayonet; Dominick Brennan, Peter Haley, John Reed and Mary Chunan entered the tenement house No. 592 Second avenue and fatally stabbed a man named McLaughlin; all the parties were in liquor. Ellen Trainor on Saturda stabbed Thomas Dodd, of No. 22 Batavia | sant change from the air of utter indolence and sub- street; Edward Eppler was stabbed by William | lime indifference which characterizes such gentry Erchenfeld, of No. 319 avenue A; Eusebius Martin- | on less important occasions. Here and there, on nia stabbed Martha Drake at No. 96 Bowery; George Cedell, of No. 116 Ludlow street, stabbed Jacob Schnieder, of No. 254 East Houston street; Counsellor Higginbothem on Saturday night stabbed Alderman M. Healy; two men, on Tues- day evening, named Gardiner and Sullivan had a quarrel, in which Sullivan severely stabbed Gardi- ner; Richard Holhm, of No. 352 West Thirty-sixth street, was found badly bruised and beaten. Add to this lista large number of suicides, fights and assaults and burglaries, and the fact is abundantl apparent that New York city is at present revel- ling ina carnival of crime, and rum and sultry weather is filling the prisons and keeping the coro- ners busy. such rare corners a3 are not graced with liquor saloons, ‘A CROWD OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN, the more innocent contents of the neighboring tene- ment houses, gathered togetner and chatted and laughed and talkea local scandal, patiently expect- ant of the coming spectacle. The staple of the crowa that flowed slowly along the sidewalks, how- ever, was evidently “Young New York,” the Bowery pattern of that article strongly predominating. ‘The crowd seemed but slightly sympathetic with the demonstration or with the object of it. Here and there. it 1s true, some exceptionally noisy spectator vented his spleen AGAINST GOVERNOR HOFVMAN in no measured terms, and loudly affirmed that Keal was pesrecny eeneed in what he had done, | ae pie ie eat ection pa eeu ne u ing, Prol , that “Real haa die ea man.” But OBSEQUIES OF A MURDERED CiTIZ:N. asa general the mass of the crowd was thin strangely quiet, ant it was plainly evident that they looked upon the-whole aifair as a disgraceful exhi- bition of bad taste, and had simply come to view the scene. When the hearse passed near Fortieth street @ bystander, noticing that the coMn was draped with the American flag, lost patience, and ae- nounced this particular feature of the occasion as AN INTULERABLE OUTRAGE. In fact, however, but little feeling, either one way or the other, was expressed along the lime, In Thirty-fourth street the stoops of all the houses were appropristed by the mob, and the crowd was 80 great that when tue procession arrived it could scarcely pass some portions of the et, BUC as the corners of Third and Second avenues. The road Attempted Murder During the Progress of | the Funeral. The beautiful and commodious Church of St. Vin- | cent de Paul, WilMamsburg, was deusely crowded | yesterday afternoon by the friends of the late Andrew Murphy, who was slain on Friday night last by Thomas Murphy, one of his tenants. The impressive funeral services were conducted by the Rev. David O. Mullane, the pastor of the chureh. In the course of the funeral oration Father Mullane, who knew the deceased for years, wept fre- | was, however, cleared by the kind attentions of the quently, and gave expression to his deep grief in | eiceen (who roc Hg be way, Re Ane per. language that thrilled the large congregation. He ook ne ne vacieas diate DRO te airy hts ye warned his congregation to restrain thelr passions | into Second avenue, while the hearse aud carriages and to remember that the crimes committed in their | proceeded, via the Hunter’s Point ferry, to Calvary midst were their immediate concern. He concluded | Cemetery. by saying that his heart was too full to give iurtuer i eye te i SUMMER EXCURSIONISTS. | utterance, The large funeral procession was composed in part of Father Mathew Society No. 3 and the Roman Catholic benevolent society connected with St. Vii cent de Paul’s chureh, the deceased haying been a honored member of ‘each. His remains were in- | terred in Calvary Cemeter While the funeral pros church Coney Island on Sunday—The Retgn of the Roughs Coming to an End and the People Able to Enjoy Themselves Unmoiested— Prips to Other Places. Time was when Coney Island was a grand resort was comunitted near by under the following circum. | for New Yorkers who did not care 60 much about stancea:—Two littie boys were quarreiling at the | style and fashion, a3 most people do nowadays, and Ropnac-ignen atone’ Sixth streets, and Mr. | it would be today the great seaside attraction ‘for doing so @ young man named Thomas Montross | te masses were 1t not so entirely given over to the saunter Mim We De maaan iid ugly | reiga of rowdyism and the gentry who get their wounds on his head, He also drew a revolver, would undoubtedly have shot Mr. Lynch but fer the | Pred and butter by the trickertes of three card tmely appearance of oflcer Harvey Mangam. On , Monte. Ibis 60 near this city that a two hours’ ride seeing the oficer the scoundrel fed, throwing away | brings one directly to the beach from any part of in his Might the nammer and pistol. The officer pur- r ' sued him, however, and fiually found him eaee ad \ town, and certainly the beach is as fine as any in fon was fling from the | i ANOTHER BLOODY DEED | in an outhouse in North Seventh street. On being | the country. taken to the Fourth street station house At the beginning of the present summer he pretended to be very stupid, and Sergeant | the pickpockets and other scoundrels who infest George W. Bunce locked him up to give nim an op- portunity to regain his senses. Mr. Lynch's Wounds | every place where there 1s a crowd and a prospect to are not Of a fatal character, although they are very rule without being brought into subjection, made ges | the voyage by boat to the Island a rather dangerous Stabbed by a Fellow Boarder. | pleasure; but, thanks to the Brooklyn Sueritf and Yesterday morning John Steiger, of No. 34 Chrystie | Superintendent Jourdan, the thing has been toa street, Was severely stabbed im one of bis sides by , great degree changed for the better lately. Yester- ‘Thomas Kiernan, of the same house, No provoca- | diy the boats to the beach were crowded to their ut- tion was given for the assault, The offender | most capacity on every trip, and hundreds of the escaped. poorer classes all day long enjoyed the tuxury of a good suri bath. The roaghs were out in force on the beach also, but they did not create any disturbance, probably knowing full well that if they did they would be pounced upon by the offieers in citizen’s clothes, who were apposed to be loitering An Irish Vendetta. Maurice Hanlon, of Sixty-third street und Third | avenue, was yesterday charged by James Cregan, | in the Yorkville Poltce Court, before Justice Coulter, | about seeking what scrundrel they could oficiaity with assaulting Him on Saturday night. The assault | gobble up in wrow. There were during the after- was one of the periodical ontoreaks of an old feud | noon three or four lively ‘mills between the rough between the parties., anion was held in $300 bail ; and scum on that part of the beach furthest away er, from “civilization,” and the better portion of fognaye Re | the excursionists’ who witnessed them mac Stabbing Affray in the Eighth Ward. j it an excellent practice in each case | not . . | to interfere, possibly wi he charitable hope During the course of a drunken affray tu the | that each rough would get knocked ito Eighth ward on Saturday night James McDowell | kingdom come by his antagonist, by which delignt- stabbed Terrence McKeon several times in the | fui wind-up they would ail be the gainers, and the breast with a knife. McDowell was yesterday com. | city likewise, On one of the boats coming home a mitted to await the result of uujuries by Justice Cox, | couple of the gentry, well stocked with bad whiskey, at Jeflerson Market. Made au attempt to get a peaceably inclined gentie- —_—_-— | man into a fight; but they were promptly taken care Stabbed With an Ive Pick. fn mewhere or other until the boat landed. The day, During @ quarrel in the whisky saloon of McIntyre | SOCIO basced off quietly on the island, and ty & Reynolds, corner of Forty-ilrst street and Ninth ; hundreds who went to enjoy themselves were en- avenue, yesterday morning, John Leyton, of 457 | their abled to do so without getting heads broke ‘West Forty-second street, was stabbed in the head | and to return to this clty with a whole body. Coney and sido slightly by one Willtam alkens, a weil- known resident of the Twentieth ward, who escaped. | Island stock is evidently apprectating. | OTHER EXCURSIONS. Leyton’s wounds were dressed by Surgeon Arm- | Ali the excursion boats yesterday strong. were well ome denarii To Rockaway Beach, by the steamers Pope Catlit fo Rocka pach, by eamers Pope Catlin, ‘Yesterday morning James Kelly, au express man, | <vivan Grove and Novelty. of 431 East Fourteenth street, while driving, at haif- | Harlem, High Bridge and Karl's Park, by past one o'clock, through Forty-fi{th street, at Madi- | stoamers Sylvan Stream and Syivan Glen. son avenue, was assaulte? and laid out with a| To New Rochelle, Glen Cove, College Potnt, White- stone and robbed of nine dollars by three ruMuns, | stone, City Island and Sands’ Point, by steamboat ‘Who eseaped. Neliy White. ‘Yo the Fishing Banks, Winkle. ‘To Sandy Hook, Highlands and Red Bank, N. J., by day Where a breath of cool air could be “caught on the fly.” Among others were the follow ing:— | A Skall Fractured. | John Brennan, of No. 24 Leonard sireet, yesterday | steamboat Sea Bird. morning was found, corner of Third avenue and | To Cozzens’ (West Point) and Newburg, by steam- Sixty-seventh street with a fractured skull, caused | boats Plymouth Rock and Sleepy Hollow. by @ stone in the hand of an unknown mnan. He was ‘fo Pleasant Valley, Fort Lee and Shady Side, by sent home. steamer Pleasant Valley, | _ To Keyport, Klizabethport, Union, Rossville and Amboy, by steamer General Sedgwick. » Yonkel Dobbs’ Ferry, Tarrytown, Nya Sing Sing, Haversttaw, Grassy Poiut, Verplauks aud Peekskill, by steamboat Antelope. SUNSTROKES IN. NEWARK. RUFFIANISM IN NEWARA. Daniel Farrel, a burly, brutish looking fellow, re- siding in Van Boren street, Newark, was taken into cusiody yesterday on the charge of having, in a most cruel, wanton and outrageous manner, knocked | down, Kicked and beat a woman, the mife of F. | House, on the Newark plank road, was prostrated Fitzsimmons, of No. 103 Van Burenstreect, She was | with the leat yesterday white in Newark. His case enceinte, and serious consequences are anticipated. | 1 not fatal. Hugh Riley, of No. 68 Frederick street, a laborer, Yesterday forenoon James O'Donnell ana James | married, died very suddenly yesterday alternoon, Lewia got beastly druak and undertook to wily © Dr. Dodd attributes his deai vo a cougestive chill, | St. Paul, 5934 a 50% | patronized, and thousands left town to spend the | by steamer Rip Van | Gustave Bachmeyer, proprietor of the Glendale | FINANCIAL ANO COMMERCLAL, fl ( WAL Srrerr, SUNDAY, August 7, 1870, THE WEEK IN WALL STREET. ‘The attractions of the seaside and summer resorts Proved greater than those of Wall street for the great bulk of dealers at the Stock Exchange, and hence the business of the week was sluggish and moderate tn amount, hh Despite the inactivity in @nanctal circles the tone and temper of the markets underwent a gradual change to cheerfulness and buoyancy—the | result of the reaction abroad in the prices of American securities, ‘That this reaction was sure to come in the progress of the war now exist ing in Europe was prophested emphattcally when the first signs of dificuity made themselves mant- fest, itis the inconsistency of speculators which is So often the secret of their losses. One of the most successful “men of the street” owes his good fortune to persevering im Whatever poilcy his judgment told him was correct, He was accustomed to mark out his course for a future of several months, commit his money to his brokers and give his instructions as to the purchase and sale of stocks, Whereupon he betook himself to his yacht, and, out of sight and sound of the Stock Exchange, ‘ould cruise the intermediate time away. On his return he found his ventures almost invariably suc- cessful. Now, had he remained at home, suffering his mind to be bewildered and his caleu- lations to be challenged by the numerous intermediate fluctuations arising out of the thousand and one rumors and theories con- stantly circulating and discussing in the gossipy Precincts of the Long Room, he would doubtless have frittered away his money in “buying when Stocks were high aud selling them when they were low.” The moral of the above might have been ‘“pplied in more instances than one since the out- break of the present war in Europe. Those who to- day are losers by the sharp decline which has visited every department of the Stock Exenange have their own timidity and inconsistency to blame. When it first became apparent that war in Europe was threateued there was a popular and general proclamation of the idea that such a war would redound to our benefit. How many proved thelr sincerity? That there should be at the begin- ning of such a political crisis some fluctuations and Some depression owingto the endeavor of finance to preserve its equilibrium was very natural. But that there should be the heavy decle which did take place was illogical. What has transpired as the great European wa r has progressed ? ‘To-day in London the national securities of the United | States are the firmest and most buoyant in the market. The first rush to convert everything into money has given place to a desire to convert money into the most reliable investment. Our bonds have ralited four to five per cent, although the war has now reached @ stage of severe fighting. Gold was 123% on the declaration of war, It was 120% during the terrific fighting at Wissem- bourg. Were it another season of the year the foreign influences affecting the premium would be of itttle moment. But we are on the eve of the period when, with the closing out of the cotton crop, our exporis are the highest of the year, while a fear exists that with the prostra- tion of the manufacturing interests in England the new crop will fail of the usual demand. It remains to be seen, however, Whether in place of remitting specie in the ensuing fall we shall not be in receipt of large amounts of foreign capital, sent héte for refuge in the storm that threatens all Europe. It ip well known that already orders for the realization of capital invested with us have been countermanded. How 1s it that the municipality of Boston has within @ few days negotiated a loan of $4,000,000 with the Baring Brothers, of London? On Thursday last the Bank of England raised its rate of discount to six percent, On the same day consols in London de- clined, and American five-twenties advanced, What is the reason of thist It is an old axiom of finance that high rates of interest mean bad security. The advance in the English discount rate means (hat there is a distrust of home paper. Consequently the securities of America—a country distant from the war and likely to derive benefit froth the war—enhanced in value. The higher the Bank of England puts the discount Tate the better tt will be for American credit, and the less likely are our bonds to be returned to us. This theory will explain also why gold, which on the news of the actton of the Bank of England directors rose at first to 122, declined subsequently to 1203. THE BANK STATEMENT. ‘The weekly bank statement ts unfavorable. The total loss in reserve is $6,300,000, against which the Mabilities have been decreased only about $7,000,000, ‘The loss in specie was expected, but considerable surprise was occasioned by the decrease of $2,500,000 in legal tenders. Itis accounted for, however, by the that in addition to a moderate movement of currency to the interior there were large transfers of deposits to the new German-American Bank, which is not yet in the Clearing House Association. ‘The statement contrasts with its predecessor as fol- lows:— July 30. August 6. Changes. Loans 343 $281,182,144 Dec, $767,699 Specie. 890 26,472,592 Dec. 3,79! Circulation 4,533 32,943,144 De Deposits, 227,565,701 220,819,300 Dee, Legaltenders 54,837,951 62,287,188 Di ‘The banks now hold $15,319,169 in excess of the legal reserve. CLOSING PRICES AT THE STOCK EXCHANGE, The following were the closing prices at the last session of the Stock Exchange:— Canton Company, 62 a 63%; Consolidation Coal, 2 a 3 Cumberland Iron, 40; West- ern Union, 3434 @ 34%; Quicksilver, 4% a 4%; Mariposa, 5 a 6; do., preferred, 9% a@ 10; Boston Water Power, 18; Adams Express, 671, a 68; Wells-Fargo Express, 13}, bid; do. scrip, 4 American Express, 42% @ 4314; United States Ex. press, 43% a 45; Pacific Mall, 30% a 99%; Atlan- tic Matl, 3 New York Central congoli- ated, 933; 0 93)4; do. scrip, $876 a 89%; Erle, 20% a21; Harlem, 132 13344; Reading, 954s a 9554; Michigan Central, 117 bid; Lake Shore, 90% a 90: Iitnois Central, 131 bid; Cleveland and Pittsburg, 100 bid; Chicago and Northwestern, 82% a 823; do, pre- ferred, 84% a 85; Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis, 79 a 80; New Jersey Central, 101 a 102; Rock Istand, 113g @ 11344; Milwaukee and do. preferred, 7644 a 77; To- ledo, Wabash and Western, 483¢ a 48%; do. preferred, 2 bid; Fort Wayne, 99% a 94; CNicago and Alton, 116 bid; Ohio and Mississippi, 35%, a 33)4; Delaware, Lackawanna and Western, 105 a 105'4; Morris and 8834 @ 8934; Boston, Hartford and Erie, 314 Hannibal ana St. Joseph, 106 @ 108; do. pre- ferred, 106 bid; Columbus, Chicago and Indiana Central, 17} bid. FINAL STREET QUOTATIONS. In the final street dealings after the closing of the Long Room the following quotations were made for the more active shares:—Western Union Telegraph, B34 & 343g; Pacific Mall, 39%, a 299¢; New York Central consolidated, 92% & 92%; do. scrip, 8845 a 88%; 34 a 21; Reading, 9534 0.955; Lake Shore, 90, Northwestern, 8134 @ 823g; do. preferred, 84% New Jersey Central, 101 a 102; Rock Island, 113 a 11344; St. Paul, 69% a 5914; do. preferred, 76 Wabash, 483¢ a 49; Ohio and Mississippi, 354% 4; Boston, Hartford and Erie, 3% a 3%. LATEST PRICES OF GOVERNMENTS. ‘The following were the final street quotations for government bonds:—United States currency, | sixes, 110% a 1113¢; do., 1881, registerea, 113% a 113%; do, do., coupon, 113% @ 113%; do. five-twenties, reg- istered, May and November, 110% a 11044; do. do., | 1862, cougon, do., 111% @ 111%; do. do., 1864, do, | do., 110: 110. do. do., 1865, do, do., 110% a 1109 ; do. do., 1865, January atid July, 10934 a 109%; | do, do., 1867, do. do., 100% @ 109%; do. do., | 1868, do. @o., 100% a 109%; do. ten-forties, regis- tered, 104%; & 10424; do. do., coupon, 10734 a 107%. TUR COURSE OF THE GOLD MARKET, ‘The extreme fluctuations daily in the price of gola during the week were as follows:— Highest. Lowest. Monday 121% 120 ‘Tuesday 122 Wednesday . 121% E | Thursday. 122% 121 Sy Friday... « 1s 121s Saturday . 14 120% TEST PRICE OF GOLD. The fighting in Europe stimulated dealings In @ald at the Fifth Avcoue Hotel this (Sunday) even- IRS S mene tng. Tho price opened at 121%. declined to 120i and closed at 120%, COMMERCIAL REPORT. SATURDAY, August 6-6 P.M. Corron.—The market was unusually quiet, There wagnd xeept for small lots to supply immediate wants, and prices were heavy and nominal at our quotations, The faies were only 491 bales, which were taken by spinners. ‘The business tn future deliveries was emali and prices were len were only 100 bales, basis low middling, [oe novo, for vetover, at 182, aad-40) dom aliye. We quote 1 noe Aer a ae TG lig i tJ iy 8 rib 3: for Rio was dufl, the demand being Nght, as usual on Saturdays, we ‘heard of no sales, though prices were steady at our iast quotations. The pust- eas in other kinds waa unimportant, and prices were gener~ ally nominal. We append the current quotations :~ Rio, ordi+ ni a, We. a Ls he. « 15, wemes for Laquayr aie; ts D757 bbls. four, 82,908 £30 do. onts and’ 650 id erga at previ + were about 12,000 bhis. at prices within the prices. ‘The range of our quotations appended. Southern tour was dull the sales being 600 bbis, moderately dealt in at full Ggures; sales Was dul aud nominal, We quote:— t. Louis iow exira. Bt. Louis stratght exira, St. Louis choice doubie extra. St. Loula choice family. Sou Coru meal,city. . Corn meal, Jersey. Corn meal, Brandywine. —Wheat was dull ane neatly nor spring would have been lower ridiculous canard supposed to have orl brain of # market reporter here, and telegraphed West yea- terday, to the effect that there were large sales ot wheat for shipment to France and that the British government bad probibited exports of breadstuifs, eaused a good deal of Amusement and gome little indignation on ‘Change, but bad no other effect. The sales comprised about 9),000 bushels (part last evening) at #124 for sort N Chicago, #1 34 for very dry do., ®139 for very choice No. 147 for'No.' Milwaukee, #1 90 for amber Canada, ta bod, 81 96 881 58 for small love amber Western. Corn was dutll and, deine 50.000 bushels at Me. a Béc. for new and $103 $110’¢ for white and yellow. ‘The sales were 5,000 bushels at Ste. atc. a (Bc. for Olio and State, 580. a bho. for Jersey, and dic. for choice Western. Kye was dull and nominal, “Both bariey and barley malt continued 1n- active, FReiGnts.—The market was a trifle more active, the offer- ings betng larger, but rates were lower to nome ports. The chartering business waa without activity, though there was more inquiry for petroleum vessels, which were held with more firmness. Tho engagements were:—To Liverpool, 00 bbls, Hour aé 2s, 64., and per steumer, 15,000 bushels wheat AL 10d., 6,000 boxex cheese at 5us., and 2)" hhus, tallow at dus, To Glasgow pe mer, 15,000 bushels wheat at 13d, To Lon- don, 2,000 bb tn at 38, 104¢d., 7,500 bushels wheat Ee and 2,000 bb! Bs. ‘The clartera were:—A b . our wo Cronstadt, with 2,000 bbls. petroleum, at 8. Bd.; a bark to Bilboa, with 2,006 do. and back to New York, at alump sum, and 4 bark (now in Baltimore) from Richmond to Kio Grande de Sul, with 1,700 bbls. flour, and back to # port north of Hatteras, at $2 35. GUNNIES were dull, and we heard of no sales, Prices wore steady, however, at Sle. a 2c for bags, and Sle. a Sige. ‘or cloth. Hors were dull, the demand still being for small lots, which were selling at full prices. Common to prime grades quoted at 10c. a 20c., with sales of 2 bales, Uxue ‘ahd ard of no sales. Prices were entirely nominal at the quo ‘ations published in our last re Peay was tn fair deman | ateteady prices, the market clos- ing at 85c. a Sc. tor shipping, 1 a 81 26 for retail lots, BL 10 8 BI 15 for long ry straw, anid ie. for short do, OLASSRS.—Uhe market was dull for ail kinds, the bust- ness being confined to small lots, Prices were ‘generally nominal. We quote :— Cuba—Centrifugal and mixed Clayed Muscovado, refining. Muncovado, grocery. Porto Rico English L New Ori Nay. ‘turpent market was quiet bat firm, ciosing, with no sellers below 3%, There ‘were sold 100 bbis. in lots at B8}gc. a 296, Crude turpentine: was dull and nominal. Rosin was vagal for strained but Wequote 2 MW; pale, BS 75 « $4 7; extra do, and window 87. Wilmington tar continned in demand and asica were made of 600 bbis. on private terms, but supposed at $3. Washington was quoted at #2 50, without sales. 11.8. Linseed Was dull at 96c. In casks; the demand was confined to small lots. The business in other kinds was. un- important, FROVIsIONS.—Receipts, 50 bbls. pork. The market for Western was dull, the Dusiness being conflued to jobbinj lots, and prices were without improvement, closing at abou $29'7% for wholesale lots on the spot. Extra prime was quoted at $26, and prime mess, which was still v Was strong at about 422 0, here were ales of 00 bbls. at $80 for Western mess and $22 6) for prime mesa; also 250 bbis. extra prime, in Chicago, to be delivered here, on private terms. We heard of no sales for future deilvery. Dressed hoga were quoted at 1c. & 12%. with moderate arrivals and only a moderate “demand. Live hors were quoted at 9'e. a Wc. for fair to prim with arrivain of head, Beet wan slow. ob fale, but unchanged in value. ‘The demand was contined to small lots, and sales were made of 100 bbis. at prices within the range of #13. a 816 for plain mess, and $16 5) a BLY for extra do. Tierce beef was dull and nominal at #27 « Bul for prime meas, which wasin small supply. Beef hama were duil and nominal at our last quotations. Bacon was slow of saie, but unchanged In value. The sales were 50 boxes long clear at 15\%c. Cuc meats were dull and we heard of no sales Of consequence, A few kmall lols were sold within the range of Shige. a 24g for tight terced and bagged hams. Pickled hams were quoted at l9ge, w2le, Lard was mu though the business was light. Prine Western quoted at 16; which price 25) packages w Beptember delivery. Of city #0 packages brought I 8) 'RTROLEUM.—The market for crude, in bulk, continued to rule duil and heavy, and prices were irre ing ut about 11%¢! for lots for short delivery. little demand, and that was entirely for sinall lots. On reek pricea Were again lower; 5,000 bbis, were gold om the upper road as low ax $250, wile 5,000 do. of on the lower road at $270. ‘Crude, in bbis., wi obtainable at about i6c, Naphtha was dull and nominal at Yc. ; we heard of no sales. more netivi The market for retined ofl was jor August at 22) private terms, and 3,000 market closing at 220. a Bqc. for A September. Jobbing lots were quoted at aslowdemand, The market in Phi heavy, and at al ye. for a was dull, iy in value. Smath Ci Me ' sales were made at Sc. u 9yc. Rangoon was quiet, out steady, at Bye. u 73ge. SUGAK.—Haw was quite steady, with a moderate demand, from refiners, at steady prices, the market cloning at otations subjoined. The saies were 7 bods, part at ba and Porto Rico; also $24 boxes on prix d Was moderately active and steady ab for soft white, 12%. a Lc, for Went of Sgc., cloning (00 bois. for August extra C and ili, x 12%. for yellow. We quote :— Cuba—Inferior (0 common refining, Yiyc. a 93go.; fate retiningy wood rellning, 10s.; fair to good grocery, Wye. & Wye. ; prime to choice grocery, 10%. ‘™ Ile.s centrifugal (hhda. and boxes), 9%. a Ilic.; molasses (hhda.and box melado, Sige. a Bigc. Ha- vana—Boxes Dutch standard, Nos. 7to 9, 9'4c. 2946, ;do., 10 10 do., 1B to ly lee a I13¢0. G hi 0.) 16to alasce.{ do., 19 to 2), 18e. @ 18%c.: white, 1c. = Yo jHfleo Rénuing grades, 9746. w Wye. ; do., gro- ac. mT aicutia linaeed was dull, at about $22 74s, gold, We heard of irass were dull and nomi= ver and #7 i {or timothy. 0 business Waa unimportant, being confined to small lots, at prices within the range of Lic. a Lie, for com- Crude was held at 10c., gold. No salee je demand was light, but prices were quite nd grades, Salew 25,000 Iba. at 10c. a 10:45 the latter price for prime, WHiskky.—Receipta, 453° bbis. active, but ut lower prices. s10 ‘The market was more There were sold 800 bbla. at Law mont all at $1, which was the closing price. = 23. |Nchooner..|Dock Builde b. |Steamboat| Rondout. All. All 59] All. :|Mary B. Biteh. * {|Caroline Amelia THE LATE RIOT AND THE CALEDONIAN CLUB, To THe EpiTor OF THE HERALD: In the New YoRK HERALD of Ponday, July 25, a communication was published over the name of Alexander F, Irving, relating to tpe late riot at Elm Park. At the reguiar monthly meeting of th!s club, netd August 2, its attention was culled to the fact that said letter was dated from the Caledonian ciub house, and the corresponding secretary was in- structed to make public disavowal of the club's sanction of this liberty taken, which to the casual reader might appear as having been oMcial. Doubt~ less with @ view to securing the publication of said article, the writer has used the name of the club ua~ warrautabiy for this purpose, thereby rendering, himseif amenabie to expuision from membership i. the club, nies pismen in America we have no association with any party whose constitution is based on either: political or religious creed, and both are debal irom our club, The only object of the club is to foa- tuate a remembrance of the games, literature of Scotland, and no member vespousibility to as- sume the representation of the club by word or deed, either directly or indirectly. by order of the New York Caledonian Club, GEORGE GILLULY, Vice President. 1. D. RonGRTSON, Corresponadlng Secretarke ter a cost has aright by mere personal A per} ue al