The New York Herald Newspaper, October 7, 1870, Page 5

“A CHASE AT SEA, Running for Lite on the Ocean | 5, Wave. Marine Hunt-The French Touche Treville After the Wi Almost a Capture—The German Saves Herself by Four Miles. eteleicie! ‘There scems to have been a regular sea chase at lust, Which to the parties on board both vesuela—the French corvette La Touche Treville and the steam- ship Westplalia—must nave been very exciting. Although within four miles of each other no damage was done, speed having triumphed over bullete—by getting away from them. The pilot boat Washington, No. 22, arrived from sea yesterday mornjug, and reported that on Wednesday, twenty- five miles east of Vire Island, she was spoken by the North German steamship Westphalia, which sated hence on that day for Hamburg. ‘The pilots state that! @ short time previous they sighted a French cruiser, about fifteen, miles. further east, and informed Captain Schwensen of the fact. The Westp! then steered south, with the French gunboat in full chase. Inquiries made at the office of the Hamburg Steamship Company yesterday fatied to result in any satisfactory information, since the oMiciais were not Cognizant of the event. ‘ney stated that they had been informed that euch a circumstance ‘was likely to have occurred, but thought that the speed.of the Westphalia was sufficient to ensure her safe passage. That steamship, they averred, was capable of going thirteen knots if pressed to It, and they believed that her capture could scarcely be effected. The intelligence was not generally known throughout the city, but the fact thal the Westphalia Nae Teen chased was subsequently proved beyond joubt, It appears that the La Touche Treville on Tuesday alternoon accompanied the Ville de Paris some «s- tance out on her ovean voyage. She continued with her until Wednesday sprain, having convoyed her forty miles from the Highland lights, east by south, when the Westphalia, bearing southwest by west, wi ted. The ‘ouche Treville at once left the Ville de Paris and steered south to cut off ihe Westphalia, keeping off to about sixty-tive miles south-south- east from Sandy Hook. From atl accounts prepara- tons were at once made on board the French gun- boat to capture the Westphalia, The men were or- dered in positions and everything was got in read ness for the event. Whether there was much uneasiness on bourd the Westphalia is not known, but the close proximity of the La Touche ‘Treville must have given rise to some apprehensions, tor in the effort to cut of the Westphalia the tormer Tailed By a distance of only tour miles. The speed of the Westphalia turned out to her advantage; for, finding that she was widening the gap, the La Touche ‘Treville abandoned the chase and returned to the city yesterday, about noon. Shortly after the ar- rival of the corvette in the pay 4 HERALD reporter inquired at the Freuch Consulate if there were any trath in the statement made by the pilot boat, that & French corvette had been in ‘full chase of the Ger- man mail steamship Westphalia on Weduesday night, and, if so, was the La ‘Touche Treville the ves- sei in pursuit. He was informed that the com- Mander of the Treville had given no information at the Consul’s office on tne subject of the Westphana, and that the Primanguet, which was ane tim the late storm and lay up for repairs at Norfolk, at the mouth of the James river, was the only other vessel which could have pursued her, ‘he reporter then proceeded on board the La Touche Treville and interviewed Captain Basset. Having stated that ne had been sent from the Nkw York« HERALD office to know if it were true that the ‘Treville had fallen in with the Westphalia and given her chase on Wednesday night, the Captuin replied, “Monsieur, I shali be very happy to give you any in- formation in my power on any other sudject, but I do not wish to reply to this question.” Our reporter then inquired if the Primanguet had been seen by him in the offing. plain Basset answered that she had been at Norfolk to refit, and that he had heard nothing of her since. The authorities at the French Consulate pretend to laugh down the idea that @ chase took place at all, bat the sudden SRponr see ofthe La Touche Treville 3n the bay yesterday afternoon just at atime when, it outrun, ‘she would be likely to have returned, Jooks very suspicious, ut ba ST VSNL LAT BROOKLYN WATZR SUPPLY. Another Official Trip to the Ponds—The Pre- posed Reservoir in Hempstead Valley, It is @ well-known fact that Mayor Kalbfeisch, who is called the economical old Dutchman, has strongly opposed the construction of the large stor- age reservoir in Hempstead valley, a plan which the Board of Water and Sewerage devised for the purpose of saving millions of galions of water now Tunping tg Waste and thereby preventing a scarcity in time of a drousii, The construction of a storage reservoir on Long Islafd was authorized by an act of the last Legisiature, Providing the Common Council deemed it advisable ani its consent to the measure. The Water Board Utue trouple in convineing the Aldermen of the necessity of having @ storage reservoir constructed, The €ommis- sioners were in @ position to kn the Fesources of supply. The consumption of water in Brooklyn di the past yeai Commission- y ers say, reached the minimum of thelr sur y 19,150,000 gallons —and that'with a~ an population it would soon increase ¢ Gitwo, juiliion gallons daily. ‘The Mayor looks upon th~, sitter present tin neath, thorizing the wy committee ‘ways K To Inspect #01 ca! Water embrace, Jey. 4, ep) eo" ered with eis aye u mat Maye, Kalbl ‘2 , OF has up to the a iat Waste’ of myer, and e oe the Legislature au- = Was yhiconstitutional. Yesterday a e Berrd of Aldermen, who are excursion of this kind, went Out pM the ponds and grounds which the Ssioners propose to take, and which out 800 acres of land in Hem) val- ble portion of this Jand is already ponds and brush wood, &nd to into @ reservoir Fut Cost, as esti- ‘was included yesterday in the InvYed guests, a8 It was hoped that his consent “iuight possibly be gained to Project by the con- vivial party when they got him on the ground. It was acknowled by all to be a huge under- taking, and they did not doubt but it might eventu- ally be necessary. The subject, however, was not el on or mathematically elucidated, the thoughts of the party being more particularly on the dinner and after that on getting home. BROTHER JOVATHAN AND THE PuARAOHS, Departure of Americans for Egypt — Uncle Saurs Sons in the Service of the Viceroy. The officers who sailed for Egypt in the early spring, findmg their reception by the gevernment there so cordial and the land of Egypt so promising, having sent for their families, quite a number sailed yesterday in the steamship Batavia. Among them were Mra, General C. P. Stone, Miss Stone and three children, Mrs. General Rhett. Miss Rhett and Master Rhett, Mrs, General Reynolds and Mrs. Colonel Fiank Reynolds and son. ‘These ladies, in order to avoid the dangers of cross- jug the Continent, will take a steamer from Liver- pool to Alexandria, und their arrtval will undoubt- edly be hailed with much delight as well by their respective husbands as by the American circle which is aiready weil established in Cairo and Alexandria, General C. P, Stone is now the Adjatant General of the army and holds a high ition im the War Oilice, while the other gentieme re all at the head of tin- portant branches of the army. The Viceroy, as a sJurther mark of his kind consideration and as an acknowledgment fer the service rendered in. select- ing gentlemen of such ability, has commissioned General T. P. Mott, the son of the late Dr. Valentine Mott, as his special aid, and the following 1s a copy of the autograph letter of the Viceroy presenied by him to General Mott on that occaston and written ia French;— RASA #3. Tor, July 2, 1870. GENEBAL—To give yous o sentiments of od ‘will and of my satisfaction, E have d : ‘my verson as an recelved my order on this subject. 1 hove, General, ‘that you will coutinue to deserve more aud more the couti- dence with which your qualities that I appreciate have iu- spirea me. ; ISMAIL. ALLEGED FELONIOUS ASSAULT. “Only Shewing Thut He Was Armed,” Francis Burvridge, a contractor, was yesterday arraigned before Justice Bixby, at the Yorkville Police Court, charged with firing a revolver at dames Brigan, a workman, residing in East Forty- fourth street, between Second and ‘third avennes, ‘The defendant denied aiming the revolver at Brigan, but adinitted firing a shot in the air, to snow Brigan, who was making toward him with h shovel, that he was armed. l{eid in $1,000 to answer. Some time ago Burbage caused the arrest of Brigan and others for assaulting him, but he claims tiat, afier the pers had been sent down to the Special Sessions, he has heard nothing of the case since. Probably they have been pigcou-holed, like many cthers from 1ue@ above court. MASONIC.—The annual conclave of the New York Grand Commandery of Kiights Templar occurs at Utica on the 11th, Wh and sth Ovlober. Utica Commandery, No. 2, propose to entertain Sir Knights Sroupabroad with an excursion to Trenton Kalis and quet at Bagg’s Hotel, on Thurs- day, Lith Lust, NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 7, 1870.—TRIPLE SHEET. AMUSEMENTS. Nilsson, Mile, Nilsson will sing, this evening, at Steinway ‘all, “Tho King of Thule,” the “Jewel Song’? from “Faust,” the andante and ‘Miserere’ from “Il Trovatore,” with Brignoli and chorus, and the Scotch ballad “Auld Gu Mme, Seebach will repeat this evening her spisudia impersonation of Jane Eyre at the Four- teenth Street theatre, To-morrow her final perform- ance of Marie Stuart will be given at the matinee, Fanny Janauschek. ‘This great artist will make her débat on the Eng- Ish stage In Deborah, on Monday, the 10th instant. After having exhausted all the honors to be won in Europe; having achieved the fairest and most brilliant laurels ever obtained by any artist in Frank- fort, Berlin, Vienna, Munich, Dresden, Si, Peters- burg, Welmar und the host of German principall- Hes, and having repeated her triumphs on this side of the Atlantic, Mme, Janauscnek has determined to tusk her genius by appearing upon the £nglish stage, where, beyon a doubt, she will take her place among the great artists by whom it has been most adorned— Siddons, Fanny Kemble and our own Charlotte Cushman. Several foreign artists of distinction have made the bold attempt of appearing upon the English stage within @ comparatively short ume, and all of them have achieved more or less. of suo- cess, Yet their performances, in every instance, have been marred by defects that would seem to be Inherent to such efforts, They have been foreigners, speaking @ foreign language with a good deal of skill and adroitness, yet always with @ strange ac- cent, with a certain embarrassmeyt and awkward. ness; never with that entire rreeqom and mastery of his instrument that alone can enable the artist to do Justice to the language of his author and to bia own ening. Peseent Leta spent we Jed to be- eve, has ist is arduous feat. She has caught tue very music of the Engiish speech as Shakespeare heard it when he penned his sublime sentences; she has made the language her own, Some explanation of this achievement may be found in the fact of Madame Janauschek's nationality. She is uot of German birth, a3 hasbeen nerally assumed, but of pure Bohemian race. Born in Prague, she belongs to a distinct people, who, for centuries, have been famous for their re- markable intetlectual endowments; and, above all, Tor their success in music, oratory and tie aps pen erally. The German language, in which Madame Janguschek made her dévat and achieved her fame as an actress, is Just as much a foreign speech io her a8 English. ‘he foreign career of this artist has been a series of triumphs. Alter stru.gling for sev- era) years with the dimiculties that always beset the aspirant to fame, and which may ve neces- sary to give the fortitude which alone can achieve trae greatness, her genius was acknowleuged and her position as an artist of the highest re secured in the very dawn of her career, Her first great success waa in Frankfert, in 1849, when she inade her débatin Gocthe’s sublime vem, “Iphigenia in Tauris,’ on the birthday ef that inmertal bard, Krom that period she has been tue first in her line npon the German stage. The unu- ‘sual integrity and nobility of this remarkabie woman have secured ber also as much disttuction in private 48 1) public life, At Dresden the King made her an honorary member of tue Royal theatre. At Weimar, Meinigen and other German principalities she was the personal friend of the reigning dukes and princes, who vied with each otuer im doing her honor, At St. Peversburg, where perhaps the urtist 4s more munificentiy rewarded than in any other city in the world, the jewels that were showered upon her during ber first visit to that city, inciading a@ diadem and coronet of diamonds presenied by the Emperor, are valued at $50,000, ere, also, as elsewhere, she had an iunmense COs 3 ao reader, eae private readings to the Emperor and his court, bes des her usual dramatic performances. But although the guest and friend of princes, who, @s society 18 organized in Euro| must always be the patrons of art and artists, lt will enttie Janaus- chek toa warmer appreciation in this country to know that her own sympathies have always been re- publican. One vf the greatest trimphs of her dife ‘was in the free city of Frankfort (the scene also of her drst débir) in 1864, during a meeting of the Schuetzenfest, an immense political organizauon, who favor @ united aud republican Germany. Jauauschek performed @ part representing mania, and at the conclusion of we pin the audience, frenzied with enthusiasm, crowded upon the stage, carried the artist from the theatre, bore her tn triumph through the streets, and, 1n short, gave way to one of the most spontaneous and en- Uhostastic popular demonstrations ever witnessed, Iinmediately after this the Schuetzenfest caused a large issue to be made of ao coin bearing for au inscription the head of the artist. This new ooin was in circulation for a long me, and was known as the Janauschek thaler, ‘Three years Madame Janauschek came to this country, bri with her an admirable company, with whom she made a succeesful tour through tie rincipal cities of the Northern States. She per- formed fortwo seasons in this city, in the Academy of Music, and those who have witnessed her wonderful representations of Iphigenia im Tauris, Phedra, lea, Deborah, Muria Stuart, &c., will realize the treat that is now befo! re them in witnessing these same rdles rendered in unrivalled in her marvellous fidelity to nature and an unexampled force and intensity of passion. Even when performing tn a foreign language, she held her audience spellbound, and filled them with an enthu- #1asm which few actresses have been capable of in- ring. Less than a year ago Madame Janaus- chem. determined to study the English language with 1 lew of appearing upon our stage. After less than a Yeas ae tuous F Bhe CO; Aiea to make tins ‘East of bey Pathe genius. She wel appear accompanieu uy {24 g Wishes of *e public and the prophesies of all WOO 1 959° “eara her of a success that will enable us to entitle her hereafter as our great American actress. THE BOARD OF FOREIGN oye ’ Third Day’s Proce itiae. The third day’s procegd of the American “ Board of Foreign ions, now in session in Brooklyn, show9d “no lack of Interest. ‘The Academy $f “Musiq was crowded yesterday morning. Af‘er reports of committees the Rev. ‘rhomas Burnell, of the Madeira Miasion, spoke of the success of work in his fleld; Rev. Dr. Shed, of Persia, urged the extenston of nussionary labor; Dr. Swetser, President of the Committee on Turkish Missions, reported @ large increase of attendants on religions observances and increase of funds. A letter was read from the Rev, Mr. Van Dyke, of Beyroot, and Dr. Fisk, of the Ceylon mis- sion, reported am eneouraging state of mission affairs on that island, Professor Dodge, of Beyroot, said that the Syrians would never forget the Ameri- can Board. Mr. Linus Child, of Boston, spoke o1 the immense effect of women in the missionary tield. Mr. Wm. E. Dodge read a series of resolutions in reference to Indian missions, expressing the opinion that Christians were responsible for the portion of the heathen world lying at thetr doors. ‘The Woman’s Board of M:ssions met at the Church of the Pilgrims, Brooklyn, yesterday morning. Afier | prayer by Dr. Storrs and reports of various kinds, Miss Hart, of VPitladelphia, spoke of the Auxiliary eifictont. ‘The president of the Albany branch of the Board exhorted women to missionary Work, She thought that the carelul reports which the secretary had read showed what woman conid do. If a woman does ber work well, she thought that her right to auch work was proved. ‘The Woman's Board for the last year are $16, | Rhea, a missiouary just reiurned from Persia, ad- dressed the meeting, was followed by Miss Vesi, Who had spent twenty years iu Turkey. In the afiernoon the Holy Communion was cele- | brated at Plymouth church and the Rafayette avenue choren. In we Plymouth church room 100 theological students met to consider matters of mutual daterest, At hall-past four the Board met in the Academy and appointed the next annual mecting at Salem, Mags., the Rev, Mr. Post, of St. Louis, to preach the aunual sermon, Heury Ward Beecher alternate, Names of niembers resigning were read and new Tuembers were elected to Ul their places. Officer: elected, the President, Dr. Hopkins, of Wil- c, and Vive President, Wm. E. Dodge, being re-elected, In the evening @ large andience listened to eto- quent addresses from the Rev. Mr, Mul of the London Board of Missions, and Dr. KR. S, Storrs, of Twooklyu. MURDER AND wale of the (ireene reet Tragedy.— Marsh’s Death im the Penitentiary Hos- pital. ‘The tragedy at No, 161 Greene street on the night of the 9th ult., resulting a few days afterwards in the death of Minnte Honstedt, keeper of the bagnio, at the hunds of William Marsh, her jealous soldier lover, by a pistol shot wound in the abdomen, must still be fresh in the minds of the readers of the HERALD, lmmediately alter shooting Minute, it will also be remembered, Maren shot himself in the head with swctdal tntent, and was removed to Bellevue Hospital for surgical treatment. AS there was a possibillly that the murderer would recover Warden Brennan transferred him to the care of Warden Fitch, of the Penitentiary Hospi- tal for future treatment and safe keeping,” Marsh fatled gradualiy till aday or two since, when ne died Jrom the eifects of the sell-inflicted wound. In- formation of the fact was yesterday despawhed to Coroner Schirmer by Warden Fitch, and the Coro- ner ordered the body to be sent down to the Morgue for post-mortein examination and Inspection by # jury. Oaptaim McDermott, of the Eighth precinct, in which the tragedy occurred, will secure the necessary Witnesses, and if they are forthcoming tn time the luquest will be held at the Curener's oftice to-day. : English. Jananschek stands 4 Board in that city, saying that it was large ani | lecvure | | arches, will be sculptures in alt wot Lestat 8T. THOMAS’ CHURCH. Opening Services Yesterday--Three Bishovs and a Hundred Clergy Take Part in the Ceremo- nies—Desoription of the New Church. ‘The opening ceremontes of the new St. Thomas’ church, at une corner of Fifty-third street and Fifth avenue, took place yesierday morning; tn the Presence of @ large and fasnionable audtence, Nearly a hundred clergymen and sishops Potter, Talbot and Littlejohn assisted in the services, which Were unusually fiapressive and striking. 6 chareh, however, has yet to be consecrated, as fee terday’s ceremonies involved merely the formal Opening of the edifice, sAt eleven o'clock the clergy formed in proces- ston, two abreast, and, entering by the imatn en- tance on Filth avenue, walked up the centre aisle of thechureh and fied all the seats in the choir, as well as a number of the ‘front pews. All this time the choir sung Hymn 2%, of the “Ancient and Modern Collection” (well known tor itc High Church tendenctes), and What with the music and the spotiess robes of the moving line of priests and the rich dresses of the ladies in the congregation the scene appealed with singular force to the imagination, As soon as the audience had fuirly settled again tn their places (for they had all risen When the procession entered) the rector of the chureh began the opening exhortation im the morning prayer of the Episcopal lturgy, and the service proceeded in the usual manner. The music was especially excellent, the chants being mostly Gregorian. Before the sermon an anthem taken from the eighty-fourty psalm and the “Old Hundreath” hymn were sung. ‘Yhe rector, Rev. William F. Morgan, then ascended the pulpit and delivered nis first discourse in his new chureh, He specially alluded to the fact that they had not come together to consecrate, but simply. to open the church, He nad hoped that Bishop Pot- ter would have occupied the pulpit, but it had been decided that he (tie speaker) should’ perform the duty. It was no derogation to the church that the consecration should be heid back in reserve, God did not limit bis acceptance of prayer to Hxed asso- ciations, “iieaven lay close to such as were heavenly—in the grandest minster or in the hum- biest room of @ roauside inn.” When first it sprung into existence Christianity had but little indeed to do with holy places, Christ himself was baptized by John in’ the niver Jordun, with the simple sky a8@ canopy, Still he did not Wish to lessen in any Way the Luportance of dedication, Mr. Morgan concluded by congratu- Jating bis hearers upon the fact that, alter live years ol unsettled existence, they once more stood within @ parochial permament ome. Wahen he left the old tempie he had prayed for a nobler, hundsomer, more coauly place of worship. That prayer had been at last auswered, aad he leit grateful Tor the goodness of God, whica hag granted it. Aiter the sermon the choir sang the anthem “Blessing and glury and wisdom,” and Mendeis- soku’s “If with atl your hearts,” Some deseriptiva’ of this church, which promises to be one of the principal architectural adornments of our city, may now be given. It is ta the style of the arly period ot decorated Gothic architecture, and is 176 feet long by 101 feet wide. Yue inaterial con- Bists of ravbie stone, faced wit Newark brown stone, of which the faside columns, caps, bases, corbels and the mutions and tracery of the windows are also cou)y ‘The uave cominences on Pitt avenue, Ing Westerly seventy-two lect opens into an irregtiur oetagon seventy feet in diumeter, Tne mala ce to he earch ts from Fifth avenne, ani ix Xtending the whole width of the nave, bewween the tower aud the chapel, aud projecting seven feet trom tt, is a triplet porch, form- Ing & most elavorate exterior. Prout reuly eius- tered colutins, With moulded bakes and carved caps, spring heavily moulkled arches, extezding from the frout of the porch to tie mside of the nave Walls, These arcies are surmounted by gobfts filed with open wacery wad cablematical carvings, ‘The whole height of the poreh ts uurty-eizht feet. From 1% and opening into w vestibule are three doorways, and over them, in the tympans of the lef, representing important epochs in the iife of Chriyt.. The chancel is a distinct seature, Impressive us a whole and rich in devau. Its apuiar end contains five three-baved windows, ha\log stone tracery of various designs. The ceiling is groined in wood, iis main ribs being supported on columns, with carved caps and moulded bases, resting on richly carved carbels, ‘The organ is iu (wo sec.ions, liaving reversed action, and 18 placed im the chambers on either side the chancel and opening into the chancel and octagon. ‘The organ screens are open traceried so ag to expose the pipes, which wall be richly iliumina- ted. The organ 18 supplied with air by a caloric engine of greai power. There are gallerics in the trausepis, in the aisle and east end of nave, over the vestibule, but they are so arranged as not to project into the main vody of the church, the nave and octagon being entirely clear, There are 450 pews, which wilt accommodate 500 ng, bub extraordinary occasions at least WMdFE CA ree Secommodaied, The stained glass windows through- They have been out are rich In design and color. carefully studied by the artist and are pronounced the best specimens of staimed glass in the country, ‘They are the production of Alphonse Fredericks, of Brooklyn, who has thus elevated himseli to the head of his profession. Standing upon the tops of the columns) frotn which spring the arches and ribs of the dg 746, arg eiah* y eee AS Cues, colossal statues, of Isatuh, eremlap, * txlel and tik ue th 25 raul Eee lit brine font Bearish’ f cle! 9S DYSphets of the Old Teotny, Barnabas and w Testament. In the pul- raceried panels, are busts clists. The stalls for the choir and foldste ols, altar eedaiia and bishop's throne bly, “wrought and ornamented with carved foilage “ine early decorative style. he Sarving and sculpture throughout, with the fon of the figure of St. Thomas in the front gable, which was executed ny Mr. Whitenouse, 38 the work of James Leggs, of this city, whose repu- tation ts well sustained thereby, The interior 18 decorated i: polychrome, and the disposition of color has been carefully studied by the architect. For the large surfaces secondary tints have been used am the detalis brought out in strong color, The ceilings are colored an atmospheric blue, with ornaments and stars in the panels. In the span. drels of the clerestory arches are ornamental cropes, and over the nave arch is an emblem of the Trinity. ‘The roof columns of the nave are diapered, and tne mouldings of caps, Clerestory arches and the ribs of the roof are picked out in various colors. ‘The dome ts more forcibly treated, the rich red color on the walls between the arches being very effective. The dome cejling 1s also colored bine, and studded with stars, the mould- ings being well brongts out in various colors. Over the main arches and uader the circular windows of the dome are scriptural texts, ‘The major and yninor transepts, organ rooms, Sunday schoo! room, Chapel and aisie are made subordinaie by cate and atmospheric tints. The chancel is so ‘ed as to give it the ctfect of great depth, the is being diapered on a buff ground. — All the Thouldings and carvings are picked ont In color, The wiiole ts omous, and nas the effect of great re- pose. The decorator ts L. H. Colm, of this city. ‘The organ, before described, was built by Messrs. Hail & Labagh. ‘The choir consists of a quariet of solo artists and a volunteer chorus, the who! the direction of Mr. George William Warr contractors ar r mason work, Mossrs bon; for stonecuiting, William Yer- varpenter and joiner work, Marshall & Riker; tor plastering, John Stevenson; for pium)- ing, Henry Goldsmith; for gag fixtures, Mitchell, & Co., #nd others whose names are heretn- mentioned, 1868, and las been buut from the designs aud under ihe supervision of the venerable architect Kichard | Upjonn. TRADERS AT MILITARY POSTS. To me EpitoRk OF THE HERALD:—~ At the end of the last session of Congress a law was passed toking the appoftatment of post traders at the mili(ary posts ont of the power of the oficers of the post where the post trader serves, have clected him heretofore, and power upon the secretary of War, now threateus to remove them ait peremptorlly the purpose of appointing new men. Of course not one can object to the Secretary's making a change if he sees Ot. But it may be stated that these post waders have on hand stocks of goods of a special class, bonght for sale to the troops stationed at re- mote places, where there are few other buyers, and tke amount of which ranges fron. $4,000 to $50,000. Some of these traders called on General Belknap a ind Who few days age, and, tn view of the above facts, re- | quested several montis’ time before removal to en- able them, at least in part, to wind up their busi- ness, a& thereby the government could suffer no wrong, while they would he saved from serious und otherwise unavoidable loas, Reasonable and Jost as such # request seems to be, the Secretary brusquely refused to grant it, observing that It was not his tut thelr look out whether they suffered toss or nok, Stich heartlessness nud want of consulerva- on Js not the rule In igh government oMicers, who generally see that they can always afford to be jast. A Wino Car ApVENTURE.—On Tuesday of last week a wildcat entered the house of Kiliott Walters, who resides at Wilson's Mill, on Toby creek, iu Knox township, about seven miles north of Clarion, and took a young child from the cradie, and was abont to commence devouring It when It was fright- ened away, potatoes from a lot and left tue babe wrapped up, sleeping In tts cradle. A Jittle girl was sent In after they had been absent a short time to see about the cid, and when she opened the door, was horrified to se large wildcat with the infant benind the ‘stove, The little thing was crying piteously, and in aghort time would doubtless have been killed and devoured by the savage beast. On the alarm being given the wildcat escaped through the window, but has since ween secn in that neighboriogd.—SiLuscule Hera, churet Was commenced on the Ist of April, ‘the parents had gone out to gather in | NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. The Sloop-of-War Brooklyn—Her Destination and List of Officers. One of the finest’ and handsomest ships in New York harbor to-day 1s the United States sloop-of-war Brooklyn, Captain John Guest, now lying off the Battery. She was built by J. A. Westervelt, in New York, before the new-tangled ideas of naval archt- tecture were adopted, and while our navy yards Were filled with choice, well seasoned timber, gath- ered irom the hive oak groves of Georgia expressly forthe navy, Ships laid down in those glorious old days were expected to last for years and to fly ir pennants in every clime, through many long ‘Wihbué Fequiring to be forn to pieces ana © rebuilt every time they went owt of commission. Times have chauged since then. sities of the war compelled the shipbuilders not only to consume the seasoned timber stored iu the varios yaras, but to make use of green and improper timber to complete the vessels needed for the service to maintain an efticient blockade of the Southern coast. The Brook- lyn was built in 1858, She rates second class and is of 2,000 tons burden, carrying a fine battery of twenty fots~aiabwen, nine-tnch Cy on the gun deck and WO cleven-inch guns on ar deck, pivoted, alt re on forward deck, ‘The battery 1s very heavy for @ ship of Ler class, but she. carries it with the great- est case. She has been fitted out as a flagship, and Possesses handsome and roomy accommodations for @ flag officer and stair and the commander of the ship and his onicers. She will probably sal in a short tme ior the EI ‘an squadron, where ashe ‘will doubtless fy the pennant of one of the commo- ere, ve oon ssa YY reuse pe squadron. she q ratory to taking anu early de- P flare for tif eughen hanna, LIST OF OFFICERS OF 'THE BROOKLYN, Captain—John Guest, commanding. _hieutenant Commanders—Wilham Whitehead, Executive; W, G. Wise, ananans W. 8. Dana, Bente iants—Charies H. Black, Kingsley, F. Tornbull, foe oat Ad eats T. A. DeBlois, wgeon—Albert C. Gergas. Passed Assistant Surgeon—Joseph Huge. Paymaster—Arthur burtis. Engineers—Chief, J. Q A. Zingler; First Assis- tant, T, A. Harris. First Lieutenant Martnes—W, 8. Muse. Midshipmen—Johu Hupbard, Walter s. Holliday, Wiliam M. Wood, Clayton S. Richuian, John P. J. Augur, John 8. Abvotl, James M. Gore, Theodoric Porter and Willie Kilburn, Caplann's Clerk—J, RK. Luminis. Paymaster’s Clerk—RK. G. Feilows. Boatswain—J. Harding. Gunner—J Ritter, Carpenter—G. W. Conover. Satimaker—Samuel Tate: ‘The urgent neces- Naval Personals. Rear Admirals Thomas 0, Selfridge and Charles U. Poor have been ordered to duty as members of the Ketiring Board. Lieutenant George M. Book has been ordered to the Swatara. First Assistant Engineer Joln B. Carpenter is ordered to the Naria- gauset. Lieutenant BE. Longnecker has been de- tached from the Swatara aud placed on waiting or- ders, Ensign I, E. Upton has resigned, THE GROUNDING OF THE GUERRIERE, Reply of Pilot Robert W. Johnson to the Statement of Mr. Dantam To THE Epiron or tis HERA! I have noticed in several New York papers an article which purports to be the statement of Mr, Dunham, who came on board the Guerriere after she bad grounded at Nantucket, and which is so apt to mislead any one as to the service rendered the slip by Dunham tat I beg the hverty of placing it na amore correct light. I was employed to pilot the ship out of New York harbor, aud at the ume of grounding was on beard a8 a passenger, Captain Stevens having kindly given me permission to go to and return from Portsmouth. Iwas on deck, and knew personally of everything done at the time, The weather, in- stead of being bright and clear, 4s was mentioned by Mr. Dunham, was extremely hazy, aad, in Dun- ham’S own words, the ship (when he first saw her) broke on him as if she bad just come out of a fog. He says the sbip was steering west-northwest wien she struck. She was and bad been heading north- west jor nearly half an hour belore, Immediately after the ship struck boats were lowered and sound- ings were taken in every direction from the ship. Dunham’s boat came alongside at two o'clock. He came on board, and, on being questioned as to the direction of the deepest water, said it laid in the direction of the buoy, Instead of this there were but sixteen feet of water at and near the buoy, every foot of ground in that vicinity having been thoroughiy sounded by the ship's boats, Dunham til doubting this, the captuim told him he could company the navigator and see for himself. If the anchor had been laid i the Cirection he showed as the deepést water the klip woutd nave gone, hard and fast on the shoalest part ofabarstieel The steamer Island flo ria Meptione: Mr. Dunr as being ally APES ai ler assistance to the 4 a and she was accordingly fh) Ign, % he had not been present, and HW hd hilcers of Og ABP Pad pot trusted wo Buch to hus Smumendauons 0; Pee hae the anshor would have been laid the tide before by thé ship's bouts, every preparation having been mide for the purpose, aud the ship would have floated the same night. ‘Tie pre- sence of these men on board the ship was, as far as I know, a det riment at the tini6, as @be ship conld have done the duty better, and qnicker herself, the only real service renderéd being the piloung of the ship to Nantucket Roads. Mr. baker was tne pilot f the ship from Nantucket through Vineyard Mr. pone belng only @ passenger at his own quest, : In addition I would state that Mr. Dunham shows entire ignorance as to the time of high water, mak- ing a statement that the water rose for wo hours after setting in of westerly tide, which was not the fact at ali; and if the captain had waited for bis time of high water the ship would have been on Point Rip shoals now. He says the sinp?a oficers and men did their share of the work we see that any one él 1 would aiso deny Mr. Dunham’s statement th the time of the ship's grounding she wax under the director, of two pilots—one # Sandy Hook pilot and the other ‘coast pilot, 1 was the plot who took the ship ont of New York harbor, and after that was only @ pas- senger, through the kindness of Captain Stevens, and had nothivg to do till she reached the pilot ground off Saudy Hook on ler return on Sunday, October 2. Respectfully, ROBERT W. JOHNSON, Branch Pilot, sandy Hook. A FIFTH AVENUE ROBBERY, , Brown Bebiad Sneak Thieves Prowling Throngh « Stone Mansion—What They Leit and What They Too% with Them. ‘The police were notified yesterday that the resi- dence of Mr. John 8. Murray, No. 127 Fifth w between Nineteenth ana Twentietn streets, robbed during Tuesday night by ove or more sneak ulleves, who were doubtless conceaied in the house, asitis NOW ascertained that the front basement door and iron gate were Jeit open by Uie servants during the afternoon, From Mr. Murray’s dressing room, which is on the second story, front, were taken several hundre by Parkinson & frodsham, Change alley, London, No, 2,582, and engraved on the case ‘Joun B. Mur ray, from his father, 1889; alsou quantity of new clothing, a revolver and some smull articles of jew- elry. A despatch box full of papers and the draw- ers of the bureau were thoroughly overiauled. ‘The outer door of the silver safe, near (be dining roou, Was forced and an attempt made t door, but abandoned, owing 4 the footsteps of nurses in atten ray, Who is illin her room room, and who were cons' three rooms adjoining the dressing room during the entire night. itis worthy of note that the entries on all the foors were well lighted aud all the bedrooms on four floors ocenvied and ali the doors of the rooms wide open ail night On the Moor of the dining room the thieves left a | short tron bar, about the length of a “dog,” but of a shape, fat a% one end, with which the ale door was forced. The house is @ four story brown stone front, ar- in the ranged inside similar to the than house ‘Twenty-third street, and tt is remarkable that ‘ame FOORS Were visited as in that house and jar valuablestaken, Probanly if any mem family had been inet-by the rubbers another mur- | der would have reaulied. ‘The Blossom Club is next door to Mr. Mu residence, in front of which one or more are standing all night, and the thieves wises by the front basement door, in the view of whoever was tn front De These facts and circ ex again prove that the principal residences of the city ace, HH anything, more assatlable than those more remote irom the thoroughfares, y's A BRUTAL Arrack.—Last Sunday Jolin Wood- ward, an old and respected ciuszen of West Troy, was attacked by his son and daughier-in-law, at his own house, and brutally beaten with clubs and then thrown into the sireet. His arin was broken ana his head cut severeiy. He was found by « friend, who took him to a justice's office, where he swore out warrants for the couple. He is a man eighty years of age and has lived in West Troy forty years, where he is universally beloved and respecied. ‘The cause assigned for Buch cruelly is said to be a desire to get him ont of the way, a8 he has by hard work secured quite au amount Of property. idid pot | pen the iuner | ie on Mrs. Mur- | ining the dressing | | dicted for burglariousi, THE COURTS. Forgery of a United States Treasury Check—The Greenwich Street Homicide—A Highway Robber Sentenced to Ten Years’ Im. UNITED STATES COMMISSIONERS’ COURT. } Kitesed Forgery of a United States Treasury Check—The Accused Held to Bail. Before Commissioner Williams, The Untted States vs, Wiliam Miller.—The «de- fendant, an ex-clerk in the Sub-Treasury depart- ment in this city, examination on 4 charge of having forged and pre- sented for payment a chack for $11,062 50, purport ing, to be issued irom the Snb-'Treasury. The check bore the forged signature of W. G. White, Assistant Cashier in the Sub-Treasury, and was made payable to the order of Vermilye(a) & Co. On presenting the check ut the office of the tirm the misspelling of the name, Vermilye, was at once detected, and led to closer scrutiny, resulting in further evidence of the spuriousness of the paper. Miller was arrested, and was yesterday brought before the Commissioner, who held him for further examination in the sum of The accused was defended by Mr. Joel rhardt, Mr. A. H. Purdy, Assistant District At- torney, appearing for the prosecution, COURT OF OYER AND TERMINER, Another Kecord of Awniting Sentence. Before Judge Ingraham. Quite & large number Of cases were cailed on in the Court of Uyer and Teriminer yesterday. Several of the accused pleaded guilty to the indictments charged, and were remanded for sentence, while a few others received the sentence of the Court. THE RETCHER-MIGGINS HOMICIDE, fe People vs. Valentine Ketcher.—The particulars of this case, from the recentness of its oceurrence, fare irean in the minds of tne readers of the HenaLp. dt will be remembered that about wwo weeks ago Christopher Higgins and a party of giris were en- joving themselves in front of a storehouse in Greenwich street In dancing on the sidewalk. It Was between ten and eleven o'clock at night, and in their frolics Higgins pushed against the door of the storehouse and shoved it In. Valentine Retcher, the watcuman belunging (Oo tue place, came out, a few words passed, aud in u second Higgins lay on the ground dead, wiih a pistol balict in his heart, inticted by Retoher. On very arraigned this morn’ mg for murder he pleaded not guilty, and was re- manded tor trial. AN ALLKGED HOMICIDE REMANDED FOR TRIAL, rge Neisen, charged with killing nis wie by beauny her, pleaded not guilty, aud Was remanded for trial. REMANDED FOR SENTENCE. H. Mainhuli, charged win stealing a plece of cas- Stmere from the store of C. Hl. Prey, of No, 46 Leon- ard street, There belug no doubl thas he was the tel, a defence of drunkenness was set up, Testl- mony of previous good character Was also given. He Was convicted of petit larceuy, however, aud re- manded for sentence. SE George Nelson, alias Georg: aboy ¢ eighiven, pleaded guilty to the larceny ol an old German Womad in a street car, State Prisou for two years. nt of Mr. ‘thomas’ Hadden, lgned for ste bout Io He Was sen- Patrick Mug that gentleman's T sureel, at Lweive Gough pleaded guuty, The he prisoner's behalf, stu nee, that he had a mother to * Gough was ar Watch last September, 1 1h clock at night, plainant. nowever, on Uhat ib Was lls first o support and ihat at the (ime of the robbery he was under the induence of injuor, Judge Ingraham, however, sentenced him to the State Prison for ein years. Lewis Cantler, on charges of grand and petit iar- ceny, pleaded gality to the ud Was seutenced to the State Prison for two y He is a voy of seventeen, and stoie thirty-eight doilars from a trunk, of which he Had obtained te key by false re- presentations. Taeve being no further business vefore the couri, it was adjourned ull this morning. COMMOR PLEAS—SPECIAL TEIM . Family Quarrels—A Mother-in-Law Agaiust Her so Law, Pefore Judge Robinson. Catharine Pfederhamer vs, Witian Haty.—Vhis ‘Was & motion to vacate an order of arrest, thy aicis being, according to the adidavits presenxed to tne Court, as follows:—Plai ntti? was arres.ed some time since on a charge of receiving steven goods, but dt charged a8 innocent, Whue onder arrest. the fendant got $400 from plsmiins husband for tt ostensible purpose of procuring her discharg Piatt wow claims that ber arrest wa a “put up jou" by defendant to “feece her out of 3800. Rnd has brought action to recover that amount, charging that it was gofhiped under false pretences. An older of aryeét was Lisued in the case, to set aside which this photon is made. Defendant and his wife swear that he arrest was nota “put up job,’ and that the money was pald for lawvers’ fees. The aMdavit of ndant Was objected to becanse he had been in Prison. ‘This was uduitted, bul @ pardon 3d. Decision r ed. COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS, The McCall Homicide—Jiathows Conyic' Viauslaughter in the Fourth Degre Before Recorder Hackett, Was yesterday brought up for | phe piaintitr obtained a te: ‘The jury in the case of Patrick Mathews, who was charged with causing the death of Hugh McCall in Cherry street, by siriking him on the head with axe, on the ith of August, ne d verdict of mansianghter in the fourth { | | an ADED ( GLARY, Andrew Koebel, a youth under sixteen years ot age, pleaded guilty toau attempt at burglary. He, m company with two other boys, entered the room otJohn A. Brooks, located over the stable of th Knickerbocker Ice Company, m West Twentiet street, on the isth of August last, A watch and te dollars in money were stolen. Mr. Howe pleaded tigating circumstance: > order, being | i | | | | vinced that Koebel v COMMISSION of the ine, modified thi to imprisonment | in the Peniteatiary for two years. Alfred Willtams, another youth, pleaded guilty io | burglary in the third degree, he having been in- entering the premises of nh street, on September nd ten dollars | Julius Lampe: pocketbooks were stole nsequence of his you Ming against him but this charg the highest sentence. He Was set ty the Sta Prison for three years, at hard labor. A DISUONEST DOMESTIC SENT TO SING § Bridget Dunn, 2% domestic m the employ of Bar. | bara Alhoffer, pleaded guilty to an attenpt at grand jareeny, Shs stole ninety doilars’ worth of ladies? ring apparal. His Honor seat her to the Sia Prison for two years and six months. ACQUITTED. George Edwards (a youth) on trial ch with sicahnig “a vuhingg with which he was entrusied (0 carry lo # scour esta lishment in Bast Tweaty-sixth Soreet. ‘Phere wax no | jega! testimony to svstain the charge and the jury were inst ed to BCqnit Hin A BRACE OF YOUN ‘Thomas Dantap w and convieted of burg 'y i the third degree, he haying on the might of LAS CAUGHT. i doilars | ; in Money, & Valuable gold chronoineter Walch, made | ' t hoof August, in convection with Pred Peck and James Dunnig produce stamd Of Willi a dozen of lead jp r. e Pr ‘They only s MuMap Was’ sent Lo tle © Rerorder s the potty lar eh sent to the Penitentiary months. Mr. Fellows stated that the bors Dunmgenand | Peck were also chaiged With burglary In New Je sey. His said that Uy n convict people of Mat crime in Jersey Whoare secu 10 pass the premise OW Jersey witst Ln Cousequence be a hard road ANOTHER BURGLAR SENTENCED. pleaded guilty to breaking into the liquor store of Francis McLaughlin, 118 Mulbe: street, on the loth of Angust, at witch time he took | two revolvers. When the oitlcer arrested hi, at thie o'cloe inorning, he attempted to shoot | the pe he Recorder deducted something from because Oavex pleaded guilly. tate Prison for four years, PLEADS GUILTY TO LARCENY—-MEAVY SENTENCE. — | Cornelius Fergasov, W th of August pleaded guilty” fle Was sent to the State Prison i aix montis, BROOKLYN COURTS. UNITED STATES COMMISSIONER'S COURT. A Retail Liquor Dealer in Trouble. Kefore Commissioner Jones, ‘Thoms Kennedy was charged with carrying on (he business of a vetatt liquor dealer at No. 135 Bolivar street without paying the special tax required by law. Commissioner Jor before whom be eb the hearmy ol the case dowy Lor 1 + and Admitted the defendant to bail. was vi SUPREME COUAT—2IRCUIT. Heavy Damages ngainst the City Railread Company. Before Judge Tappen. j at the E) | of Batlalo | some | during whien the Jon M. Schneider, by his Guardian, vs. he City Railroad Company.— the plaiutit sued to recover @ prawes in the sum of $20,000 for mjuries sustained by. pushed off a car on the 26th of December, 1868, ‘The plaintit got in the car and in consequence Of the crush of” pas ra he was pushed out to the platform. stood when he was pushed off into the street. He pot on the platform again, when he was pushed off a time. and while attem; ting to regain his place a wheel of the car over foot and causea injuries which still disable hit. ‘The answer of the defendants was a general de- nial of negligence, and they further alleged that the plaioti? was frolicking with some triends on the car, aud thay the accident therefore occured under cir cumstances over whicn they had no control. The jury rendered a verdict in favor of plaintidt and awarded $7,000 damages. SUPREME COURT—SPECIAL TERM. The Hell Gate Troable. Before Judge Pratt, John Slater vs, Jonn Newton and Another.—The defendants in this case we: employed by the gov- ernment to remove tie obstructions at Hell Gate. mporazy injunction ree straining them from continuing the work, on the fran that the blisting of tne reef endangerea the ives of his workmen and iudered the Work on his premises, Yesterday Judge Pratt granted a motion dissolv- ing the Injunction, at the same ume giving leave to Plaintuf to renew the motion for a permanent in- Junction, on further aMdavits showing facts stated im Opinion, CITY couaT. Belligerent Butchers. Before Judge McCue. Putrick Morrison vs, John and Lawrence Han- ley.—The parties to this suit are butchers. On the Bistof March last they met on a Soutu ferry boat, Crime—Sentenced = and | when “Larry” and plaintit bad a row about a con- tract for meat. Larry cailed Morrisun @ liar and a er, Whereupon the urbane Morrison replied that L as hota gentierman, This aspersion 80 ex- asperated Jonn Hanley that he struck the plainudt several times, und, as al eyed, Larry held the vietim while punishment was taflicted. Mr, Morrison deemed that he had been injured to tie tune of $5,000, and he accordingly brought suit to recover that amount, Tae jury gave him $500, DEPARTMENT OF DOCKS, Meeting of the Bourd of Commissioners = tl Viele» Plan for Docks. rd of Commissioners of Docks met yester+ day afternoon in stated session, with the President, Mr. John 'T. Agnew, tthe chair, A large amount of routine business was disposed of, after which re- ports were received trom Superintendent Roose- velt, District Superintendent Martin, and from a number of me: its doug business in the neigh- borhood of pier No, 6 wast river, noulying the Board of the fact that the onter end of the pier had been carried away by & tow. The cud of the pier was) batcered ana broken, and had been reported to the Board several tmes; but owing to the fact tiat one-half of the pier is owned by private tes yee co-operation the Board bas sougnt in makin#M@he repairs. The delay thus imourred has resuiied in doubling the cost of wie repairs, as, according to Superintendent Wester- Velt’s report, the repairs, When first mentioned by him, Would Cost avout one thousand dollars, now they will cost fuliy two thousand dodars, A stutemeni Was wide to the Board in relation to condition of pier No, 2% Hust river, now being thed, The result of the statement was the adoption of a resolution directing Ue owners of the eastern side of pier No, 24 to have the slp dredged, 80 as Lo secule twenty-three feet depth at iow water. Acouple of agents lor certain enterprises enters tained the Board fora while with statements of What they could do, after Which Geuerat Bgbert Le Viele submited ANOTHER PLAN FOR DOCKS. The plan was psetited in the form of an elano- and was sconmm panies iby wn v istive report, eneral Viele brieily explained the plan, whicn consists of extena- ing the butkbeads to Ue line fixed by law and then bulldog & series of parailel piera, sixty feet wide and 200 feet apart. The piers would be built on iron columus, the latter flied with con- crete, and the structure covered with sheds of corrugated iron; the dock heads to be build of solid stone. A second floor to be con- structed for an elevated railroad. They embraced other improvements, and ailthe most modern and useful. ‘The canai hoat trade to be removed to Hark ‘iver, Where a large basin conla be prepared for 1, ‘The market trade would aiso be re- nroved, to Some more central location, A low level seweF would be constructed Uo receive the sewage ahd deposit it at some convenient place, mstead of having it, as now, emptied into the slips. The re- port accompanying the piau contained well finished hips, showing the first soundings taken in New York harbor as well a8 the hitest. The report was replete with informatiou, founded on experience and tnvesugation. ‘the report was received aod ordered on ile, after which the Board adjourned, PERSONAL INTELLIGENCE Prominent Arrivals in This City Yesterday. General J.C. Fremont, of Tarrytown; Dr. John Davis and neral Hasbrouck Davis, of Chicago, anu Governor W, R. rsuall, of Minuesota, are at the St. Nicholas Hote Governor Bowie, of Maryland; ex-Governor Law- rance, of Rhode Island; General Biddle, of the Uaited States Army, aud Commodore LeRoy, of the United States Navy, are at the New York Hotel. General C. H. T. Collis, of Philadelphia, and F. B. MeGuire, of Washington, are at the Albemarle Motel. Colonel J, D. Smita, of Cincinnati, Ohto; Dr. J. Me Crow, of Sycucase; Dr. J. C. Pox, of Utiea; Colonet L.'t. Fox, of Scivharte; General Scarborough, of New Jersey; €, W. Southwick, of Springfield; Colonet J, W. Smith, of Geneva, and Coionei J. TH. Caldwell, | of the United states Army, are at the Metropolitan Hotel. General Wilson, of the Culted States Army; Pro- | fessor B. R. Chambers, of Chicago; Jozeph Rowe, of Augusta, Ga, are at the de and George H. Moore, of Washington, Charles Hotel. Kk, Strong, of Chieago; George Brown, New York, are ral W. | of Baltimore, and Maton Sands, of ereLt House. argu, L. A. Bigelow ALS. dB. Almy, of Boston; | Judge Hughes, of New Orleans, and Lieutenant Com. mander A. I. Wright, of the United States Navy, are { at the Fifth Avenme jtoter al A. B. Gartield, of Saratoga Springs, and ex-Congressmiain W. M. itall, of Conmecticul, are at . Kimo Hotel. Captain ¢ odin, of Boston; W, ey, of Boston, and’ 0. we at the Astor House. Fargo, sarpiess, HAL of Pliiade! pain, SHOOTING AFPRAY AT JEROME PARK. | A Negro Brought Down by a Pistol Balle ‘arence of the Perpetrator. Between five and six o’eloek yesterday morning ulicreation cusned ab Jerome Park, Westchester county, between a horse trainer, named Thomas erson, and Oscar Tayl colored Than in his employ, which tertuinated tu the iatter being shot and severely Wounded by Patterson. wre that ‘Paylor had been killed caused mach e: nent In tie nehboriood and brought the ‘Tremous polie hol hasie te the — seenc tho supposed murder, whence the wounded man Was at once conveyed Lo (he police station, Upeu a surge iMatiog Ik Was lound that the pistol bail nad e hY part of Taylor's thigh andl wags 10) hat all proving farted to dev tion. After having becn made as couformble a ctreumstunces would admit of the injured man was conveyed to Bellevne Hospital, From information obtamed by Sergeant steers it woul! appear (hat Taylor, for neglect of work, Was discharged by Patterson, — and words ensuing between the — ‘parues, gro became abusive, Pattet ew his pitol. With that wholesome ave i Jead whieh is characteristic of tus race Taylor rhed tw run, bei tad not taken mauy steps before ne was vrowgit down by the bullet of his adver+ sary. Another version of the shooting as given by “an eye witness” would tend to show that the negro was shot while approaching Pauterson in a menacivg imanner and having a large stone in his hand, Tha navare of the wound, however, precludes the bility of lis having been shot while position. Patterson disuppeared 1 iter the shooung, but it is peleved th Himselt to-day, as his friends hav bruch to the autporides, intimated AQUATIC. ‘The regatta of the Gulick Boat Club will tal to-morrow, at Pieasavt Valley. There will be three races In slugle scall boats—the first to be rowed by Deeley, Flake and Gannon, for the single scull chame plonship of the club. The second race will be con- tested by Moore, Spear, Byson, Kenny and Kobbel, and the tira by wi Norton, Geo. Michell, Kelly. ‘The distance of each s. The steame Fort Lee, "Wb tor there guests, will leave the sireet ub two o'etock mn the afler- noon, and ar AMY The boats in excl race. ‘There witl be & double seull rave in seventeen foot working boats from jae foot et Licks street, Brook- lyn, tomorrow, at three o'clock in the afternoon the contestants being W. Lombard ana c. Uh o Brooklyn, and £. MeCuteneon and & Rett Hook. The course is fro * root street to Bay Ridge and tw prize & set oF chauipiva colors. M Kobert Lindsay and foot of Christe