The New York Herald Newspaper, January 12, 1871, Page 8

THE WASHINGTON STREET HOMICIDE. he Shooting of Christopher Higgins by Valentine Reckel. ‘Trial, Conviction and Sentence of the Accused: Found Guilty of Manslaughter in the Third Degree—Able Defence by Prisoner's Counsel—Sentenced to Four Years’ In prisonment, with Hard Labor— Affecting Scene in Court ‘The trial of Valentine Reckel, charged with the | murder of Christopher Higgins, by shooting, in Sep- | tember last, In front of Babbitt’s soap factory, in | Washington street, was commenced yesterday in the Court of Oyer and Terminer, before Judge Car. | Gozo, and concluded in the cenviction ot the ac- | cused of mansianghter In ihe third degree, All the | ¢roumstances are still fresi in the pablic mina, it | ‘will be remembered that ou the 5th of September, 1870, the deceased and a few male and female com- Ppanions assembled in front of Babbitt's warehouse, | Where the unfortunate shooting occurred, and were skylarking or enjoying themselves in some frolics. The defendant, night watchman on the premises, came out and ordered them Ww leave, but, before many words could have passed, ® pistol in the hands of the prisoner was discharged, Which took fatal effect in the person of tne de- ceased, For this homicide Recke!, who was ‘most ably defended by his counsel, Mr. William F. Howe, ‘Was yesterday put upon his trial. THE OPENING FOR THE PROSECUTION. | District Attorney Garvin opened the case for the | prosecution by stating the facis of we homicide, and dwelt upon the necessity of putting a stop to | this spectes of crime. He spoke of the sympathy | generaily felt for the living man, but asked we jury | to think of she dead man, who was sent before his God withont a moment's warning. RE TESTIMONY—MARY A, MARSHALL ON THE STAND. | Mary Marshall (a girl of about sixteen years of | @ge) testined—Op the 5th of September, 1870, I lived at No. 73 Washingion street, and was acquainted with Christopher Hlggtus, whom I met about nine | o'clock that night under the awning at Babbitts eoap factory: Higgins ran up and took hold of me and we began to waltz; shortly afterwards the pris- Oner came out of the factory aud asked “Christy”? What he was doing; “Christy” replied he wasn’t | doing anything, wien the prisoner took out of his | pocket a revoiver and shot “Christy” dead on the | Bpot, the shot entering the throat. | Cross-examined by Mr. Howe—Riggins ana 1 | pushed accidentally against the door of the factory, and almost directly the prisoner came out; Hicgins was not my beau, he was only a friend of mine; the | Prisoner took the pistol from his pocket aud fired the fatal shot without a word of provocation; 1 was | Standing close at Higgins’ side when he was shor. JOHN BLDER'S TESTIMONY John Elder testi‘ied—I live at No. 67 Washington street; about noe o'clock on the night of the Stn of September I was walking down Weshington sireet | nd Leaw the prisoner come out of the soap factory | and shoot Higgins and then return to the factory, | cking the door afterhim; almost immediately atter | the shot Eiggins died; I did not see the pistol, butt | saw the prisoner's nand extended towaras Migging | and then saw ihe Mash, | MARY HAYES’ TESTIMONY. | Mary Hayes, a one-eyed youug lady, testitiea— | On the night in question I was near Bablitt’s tory, about pine ck, when Jane Shr after me, aud we were standing about twenty yards | Trom the door of tue factory when I heard tue report | of & pistol and found that Higgins was shot dead. TESTIMONY OF JANE SHIELDS. Jane Shields, sworn, testuiled—I itve in Washing: | ton sireet; on the night of the oth September I saw Mary Marsha! and Higgins waltzing under the awn- ing of Babbitt's soap factory; the prisoner came out, | some words ensued between him and Higgins, and | the prisoner, putting his hand itv bis pecket be. hind, drew forth a pistol and shot Higgins, who ied almost jvstantancously, Cross-examined by Mr, Howe—There was an inter- val of about a miavic between the prisoner's coming out and the shooting; 1% was guite dark at use fume; I was siauding of the opposite side of tie | atrect, JOHN CROGAN'S TESTIMONY. John Crogan testiiied—I was near by when the shot was fred; | saw the prsoner and “Christ; standing opposite each other, about @ foot apal “Obristy” said semething and thiew away a shawl which he was holding, when the prisoner drew his pistol and alot Christy, who died almost tne. | aiately; iwas standing eigut or nive feet of av the | me, OFFICER RAMBRY'S TESTIMONY. i Robert Kamsey testified—I am a policeman, Jonging to the Twenty-seventh precinet; on the oth O! Sepiemper, about nine o'clock im the evening, a | boy came and told ne & man was shot, and on going | to the spor indicated I saw the deceased lying on the | sidewalk; 1 got ussisiance and ten rapped at tue | door of Babvitt’s factory; tue prisoner opened the @oor, and I suid to bim, ‘Do you know you have | killed ihe man \"* he said, ‘4 couidn’t help it; i Knew i something Was going to happen, fur 1 dreaait that 1 Was @ Prussian seldier aud that the Iyreuch were | alter me;”’ he Lieu gave we the pistol and i arrested | him; laskea fim again why he did i; he said ibe | deceased was always troubilig Dito ; Cross-examined—The prisoner 15 & German, but | he spoke so that J could understand him disunetiy; [+ sure that he said the deceased was always | abling him. } MARTIN COONEY’S TESTIMONY. Martin Cooney testified that aiver shooting Higgins he prisoner stood over the body of 2COuped ier | over three minutes, o a DR. NES TESTIMONY. Dr, Shine deposed that the day after the death of | the deceased he made a post mortem examinalios od found that the ball pa 4 Uikough tie turoat . and severed the spinal cord; he also testified that + Vhe prisoner's shirt collar was scorched by the fash | from the pistol; the wound was suilictent to ¢ { use | pinediate deuth. it he prosecution here closed. : THE DEFENCE—MR. HOWE OPENS. . Hiowe, on Of the witnesses wath his ac no long experienc ruminal ea ed Lo open Wie case on bela of The unlortunote prisoner at the bar. Couwu Rot, as be premised in his opening rewurks, dw at any leugth upon the circw aces Su i the shooting. Jt was a cuance shot Irom Ue pist ip the bauds of @ an anxious fc his employer's property, entrost wiucli, a8 a iaiifut servant, he was bound io pro- | weet, even at the hazard of tis own life, fhis zeal, | or sacrifice io duty, 4s, nmfortunately, rave, and, | e1 re, if the prisoner at the bar, in the discharge of thas sueved Guty, under ike uiea that, in pro’ } tivn of his master’s property, bis own ile Was in danger, had fired the fatal shot, he miwst be held | pulitices, Counsel, however, in conciusiou, con- ded that ihe pistol was discie: threagh tic , sot Of the deceased hunseit jo the aceused while he lieid the we: VE PRL through the interpreter, teatidied What he was Wat mad in Babbiti's soap facturys lived m Wiliiams- burg; had a wife aud seven cuildrea; was very MUCH Biratd of robbers m the Lactory, night of September 5, having heard a notse at the door, Went oni, aud two men were comin: rds him; shoved one of them back; one of then sald, “i don’t care for yon,” and thea shoved vi against bim, wheii the pistol went om of its ¢ accord; 1 ad no intention of shootuig the ‘To Judge Garvin—Ky the interpreiei in thas country twenty-turee yeain; and lish pretty well, but ever liaving bee} fore am afraid thatT could nov Le metimes speak English be’ ad the piste) in my Hand Woon} came knew whether } or Higgi factory ail night; there we time; they did ‘no go out wi Working at the time aud did not ale SESTIMONY FOR THR DEFENUE—MENRY Hen MON'S TESTIMONY. Bepry Hermon tesiited:~) am foreman at Babbiw's soap laciory, ch is situa ington sireet, between Kecior and I knew the prisoner; be was vt everything wae under lus charg pilgoner bar been cuipioyed at ie [actor seven years; the sliudiion lield hy | trust; his charac reason he got the sitaatio: CHARLES H, KETUMAM’S TESTUMONY. Charics H. Ketcham testuied that he was for Messrs, Babbitt Jor twe years which Ume he knew the prison¢ good character, 3 HENRY LUDWIOK'S CesT Henry Ludwick deposea—t{ reside 4 factory, and have Known the pr geven years; so long as | have piwars been f& guict, steady a8 #@ Wife aud seven chitidy Wing about the hontetds JOHN KLINPIS TESTIMONY. Joun Kline testified) am a wie 4 it 19 Chrystie street; I hive known , during witeheume I hay herd working’ma., ON oL respectable 1 71g not knw SKBOLDIS TLS Jobn Purvoldt testified Mat Bapitt’s faciory and nad koown We priscuer asa Quid, KOWer WAN for seven or eight years, | SUMMING LF POR THE DRERNCK Mr WF. Mowe ten wadvossed tie jury om behalf | | Blauginver in (he third degree insiead of the big | crime ‘of murder, w hich Uley amigas very well juve Who conducted Uie cross. y The prisoner was then called to the stand and, | and onthe | ° i 8 ofthe prisoner. He snid:—' Ht please opm ag) of the Jury, the responsivity of «tee. ont case is now jast Closing upon you. if you wi ag Saar is seeaee ret ont. Toma w e 4 Or asafetedd In the selection of, the jury, you, will re- Member that 1 studted to have twelve genlemen Who would try this case upon its merits without judice of avionality, without considering the oe which gave Dirin to the deveased, or that of wi coused is a nai the jive, end twelve honest citizens who would approach th consideration of a case in Which the life of @ baman being 1s iy your hands, fairly, dmparually, Gispassionately aud without prejudice, The learn District Attoraey in his opeuing addressed you aud stated that you are conservators of the public peace, and that to you twelve gentiemen wouid be confided this case on behalf of the community, that you Might protect the lives of citizens, and that when murder was commitied by your verdict you should enable the law to be carried out and tus prevent the shedding of human blood. J agree with the District Aiorney most cordially, but while 80 log with aim J Dave (he uimost confidence that you will gay (his is not @ case In Waich tue biowd of this man is to he upon your souls, I agree with the District Attorney tat it 18 proper that sympathy should exusi jor the living who are presented lo you clothed, as, said the District Attorney, in living flesh and blood, aud when he ade a@ feeling Allnsion to tue sympathy which should exist for the departed, Legreed with him also; but, goutemen, be curoctui baat the sympathy with the dead does not work a Wyte 9 to the iving, Let us, Wien, approaci the case in all solemnity; jet Us review tae cvideuce, and when tt 13 cased, uf You tweive gentlemen feel that premedtiaiion and maitce existed In this poor German’s heart when tuat pistol was discharged, and that be intended, by preincdie tatton, to kil Christopier Higglas, thea, without hesitation, flud the man guilty and make these little children (the prisoner's) orphans for life for whe ertine of their lather. But, thank God, this 18 not a, case in Which such @ resuit can by any possibility follow. Counsel, after reviewing the testimony at some Jength, concluded bis appeal to the jury iu the \ol- Jowing pathetic manner:—"Tne evidence demands an acquittal. Your oaths demand it, Justice de- mands it, Make not Unis man @ victim. Become Hot His executioners, lest, alter you have pluced bim on to scaiold. guiltless as he 18 in the eye of God, his avenging iorm shall rise in gbastly terror | ever to remai with, to torture and reprehend you jor so cruci aud irreparable a wrong, Which may God in bis goodness, Wisdom and meicy sveri.”? SUMMING UP FOR THE PROSECUTION, District Atiorney Garvin, m sumuuing up for the “people, said:—May it please tae Court, genuiciwen of We jury, this is a Case Which of course you under- Stand as welt as | do, and (he iaw requires you Blould Know nothing except Buch facts as Dave “been brought before you by the evidence, i bave no Lower of eoquence to urge upon you im any Case of this description, and 1 only ask Lust you sail BO de. mean yourselves as to satisy your cOusciences inre- gard to What you have tedo, iud to so perform your d a uly With a View to the Lalerests of the community veil as tue rights and prop: ‘ts o: Lhe priso- ner. Ibis conceded by tule 0. that the ive of Miggius was ald that ihe prisoner was the cause of 1s dean, It 13 also shown that atthe ume of the act there was mo attack on the property the prisoner was guarding, no attack Ou the prisoner personaly. Now, gevticmea, these are the herd facts In the ‘case wien the prisoner at the bar must answer. ror if Ltake tue lile Of & ian mM tuts Sudien.e by drawing a pis tol and shooting 21m down, aud he (ies on the spot, con I say I ch id ode it? Now, when this meu came fron aclory, afer Bearag the noise on the ontsid da aay dangery Was UU ? N Aud yet he walks denberate, atils pistol al ne expense of a bn: sive, You wre two judge of the | facia as aeitvered to you by Ue wit » and af | t You are saus: $@ 13 voi rect, then, ge you can ren- der this county nuder your ewths and your con- sciences, Silly hire as tWeive mea consuining & Jury to try the prisoner,is to fad tim guilty of mar der in the frst degree, aud if tuere 18 any iwercy to Le extended to bila wader the circumstauces go to the fountain of mercy—the Gevergor oi the Stale— aud jet lim exe nat power, THY CHARGE TO TUR JURY, Judge Cardozo teu Charged Lie Jury m substance as foliows:— fis case, gentlemen, prevents itself within a very Harrow compass and ny duty lu respect to it can be Very easily disctivrged. 1 peed hardly say to you thal you i the pfisuver gullly mereiy beeause Higa ad, bat Bimply ana solely if you 80 couciade because he ts brought within the Mt Iny theory | Mules of baw f give you; bat if you beteve that tho i$ Tuiy uader the rales | give you, wen, however nivel sympathy With wie unfortuuae family May cry Out W you to Go otherwise, you must not hesitate to eay So, for your oaths forbid i. Before you can convict ine prisouer of Wuraer in the first degree you must be siutistied on the evi- dence of two principal fac.s. First, tawt ine prisoner ai tue bar killed (he deceased, Which 15 Dot disputed, and cannot be dened on tie evidence, and second, Which is the Miportapt question for you to deter- mine, that when he shot the deceased he did so Wihh & premeditated miention to take the iife of higgins, ou MUST de satis ig was with a premeditated intent io take life, Uist invent need not to have ex- isted for any particciar length of time, and if you believe upod the evidence tat when the prisoner firea the jot }e enteriaincd that Jesign, then, aithough you inay beileve that he formed it- only on the moment before he Bred the fatal shot, that will bo sutiiclent to enstain the charge of preneditation, Tae general theory of the prosecution is Uiet the prisoues hears ing some noise came to the door, having a can Ins hand, opened it, and on golug out some offensive words p: i between bim aud the deceased; that the prisoner ihen drew a@ pistul from benina bin, raised the pistol towards the neck of the deceased and fired, and that by the wound the deceased died. Now, gentiemen, if you believe that #heory, aud that in isoner fired the siiot he intended (0 Bs, then tie kiliBs Was taurder ta the first degree, Aud you are bound to fee ga by your Verdict, T bave not aid shall not go ti ue evidence in de- tail lind clreumst oi corroboration which have pb’ side in ihe review and © reterred vo U o arge of thei duty. udider the evi se! on eliner it is for you to upen these sub- proper, however, I should say that ag ia the testimony trom which you ve the right to infer that there was any provo- cation by ihe deceased or tht the Kuling Was in seif-ae The j} Afier i about 2 quarter pa { about an hour the ‘ce O'CLOCK. arhed to nt aud rendered a verdict of gully of nm the third degr reply to the clerk of the court the prisoner said he had nothing to say Why sentence should not be passed npon hi, 1 to the Court, tended towards he prisoner. SENTENCE, ug tie prisoner, sald:—The most merciful view of your verdict of guity of quan. TH ‘The Couri, addre; y have taken a case in finding @ returned, Everythin, has been done, and sirong appeat Mr. me in your b 1 througnout t tbat mgeauity could edect feel it diticuit to resist the Howe, your abie counsel, makes aif, aud which was so ably exer- trial, But in vi riainly @ fearful der is rife y to dim Sisnould hnpose, and that js four years’ lmprisonment im the Stace 1 bard labor, ing parting then took place between @ ony W Pr A ad his Ww jer Was Temoy ad chikdrea, after which from the court, sobving ThE W, 4 SAGINAW. nb irom Ker Former Conmean- der. Epirox oF THE HEeRaLo:— Ido not feel that degree of apprehension in regard to ue safety of the crow of my old vessel, the » Ulat seems to have obtained In certain qua: Alviough the position of tie survivors of the |, it 48 not, by any means, as hopeless as sume alarinists would have us betic’ iuander Sicurd ia, my judgment, the man fotuers ior yust such an emergency. Of great couite-s apd indomitable courage aud perse- olye satety from disaster, if it be W usualy carried four months? res a4 had a very handy appara- Commun: heey ; as for disa ling water, casily removed in case of i As ihe v ber ol tuok ‘Irom 29th October to kK up, much must have been k; and knowing Commander » I Wii not believe any report to the ve have more information, The put- crew Ou quurter rations Was a wise piece of igi. A imap ynay suffer, yet can live, on one-clglili oF @ tavy ration, and thus even a slender 8 Of provtsions ve made to hold out @ long tie, i , ¢ is the chance of taking fish and sea birds, which frequent sach talands as tie one they are on. 1 feel gr hoves that Jong ere the store of Provisions is exhausted the rescuing vessels will he In sigut. The Saginaw carried three boata besides the gig and dingy. Respectuully y yours, NICHARD W. MEADE JAN. 10, 1871. Commander, U. HAVAL INTELLIGENCE. s steamer Nipsic, iately ftted out ving ar Key West, ta detailed to nd take on board civil engineers vil expedition under Mr, Which she will proceed 3 a and report to Commander Sel- fruige for duty in che survey of the latter tstnaaa, if the Tennessee does pot take the to the The t Hired Sta ance duty M. botles to Asalstant dges is orde Navy Yard and awaiis order 1 Slates steamer Resaca sailed from Valpa- syeniver 2) Lor Callao WHAT WILL BE DONE WITH HIM? The Trial by Court Martial of the Colored Cadet. Ho is Presumptively Proved to be a Lier—His Personal Appearance, Character and- Academic History—His Accuser ®@ Black Republican. West Pornt, Jan. 11, 1871. After a court martial trial of five days’ duration, four of which have been devoted to the taking ofev1- dence, all the testimony in the case of the colored cadet, Mr. James’ W, Smith, has been taken, and it ia therefore pracucally, though not for mally closed, To-morrow smith will read a written statement, summing up the evidence, en- jarging on the points of his defence and generally doing the best he can to WRIGGLE AWAY FROM THE CHARGE against him. And then the court will find @ verdict, to be forwarded for approval to Washington, together with a copy of tho testimony ‘and all the papers, Their verdict, alter military usage, will carefully be kept secret; but there can be little doubt in the mind of any oue who has watched the progress of ‘the trial wat Caact Smith will be returned guilty of the offence of which he 18 accused—lying—one of ‘the gravest among military crimes, and involving a disgraceful expulsion from the Academy, Stripped of the thousand and one formalities with which it has been surroundea, THE OasE 4s extremely shople, Ga the 13th of December Smith was reported for a breach of discipline in gazing to the right and leit, inattention, &., while in the Tavks on morning parade. In explanation be charged that Anderson, hits right hand comrade, had, in obeying-the order, “Left backward dress,’ wil- fully trod on his feet, and, on being expostulated With, had aggravated the olfeuce by saying, “ p Your d-—¢ toes out of ine way, then.” He further stated that another cadet, Mr Birney, who was not in the ranks, but was stand- ing near by, interposed with the words, “Don’t compromise your dignity by noticing hha, Mr, Anderson,” Mr. Anderson denies posi- tively having etter trod on Swith’s toes or used the language attributed to lim, end Mr. Birney, with equal decision, refuses to father the words put into bis month, To vindicate himself Anderson has charged Smich with falsefiood, and a court martial has been held in consequence, pursuant to orders irom Washington, Here, then, is (be whole case, and if a similar afar uad eccurred in a school the schoolmaster Would have arransed tt m five minutes, and it would have been consigned to the oblivion into Which the foliies and scrapes of boyhood ure gen. erally allowed te sink. But ae West Point things are | the cing differently managed. PRES FROM SCHOOL, and at an age long prior to the cutting of their wis- dom teeth, the unhappy cadets are expected to dis- play the matared diguity aad tha ripoaed disere- ton of full grown men, and to preserve even in their squaboles the decorous demeanor and sirict integrity of oficers of the United States, No doubt it i @ very bad thing for a voy to tell a lie, and be deserves for such a fault ap- propriately severe punishmeut, But at West Pomt the slightest deviation from the strict line of abso- lure truth is revarded as a capital offence, tobe visited with wiict rum, No gliowance whatever is nade for the natarai weakness of mature years. ‘This question of whelter Siuiith fas oc lus uot told a lie has Cost THE GOVERNMENT some $5,000 or 36,500, and has occupied a court Martial, Composed of eigat oliccrs of ie United States, for tive days, One day, however, was engaged in arranglug the ‘preliminaries of the maj, and in the consideration o: the charge and specitications—a rearre iegally-worded docunent, During the remaining four duys seven Witnesses have been examined, each question ana answer being taken down in jong band by the secre- tary of the court. ‘That is, it neéd scarcely be 6 pretiy slow work. Indeed, 60 Vedious las been the trial that a spectator has been irvesistibly remind@d of Sydney Smith's criticism upon a certam loug-winded author—tat he would have ap agreeabie companion in the days before the food, when 1oen, secare in the prospect ofathonsand years of lite, could pleasantiy tritie away ten years ol existence Over a hovel 0¢ & LOOK of poem: Hinman hife, in its present abridged con- dition, 1s too short for the Interminabie formalities of a court warual, THE EVIDENCE, too, has been allowed w wander wide and far Unrougu barren aad irrelevant realms, with the sole parpoes apparently of pretonging the case. To give reven in an abstract iorm would be insuferably tedions. Only this much has reaily been achleved— that Anderson and Birney have agai and again, on cain, positively denied wu the ianguage laid to their charge, wile Anderson says that | he is certain he did not tread ov Smiti’s toes, Some corroborative testimony tn iavor of those statements has also been elscited from ovuer wiinesses, Dut too shght to have any weight, or even, probably, to be adtsitted at ail in @ nou-mulitary court of justice, ‘The whole atlatr practically resis where it did at the beginning, Js Smith a liar? or are Anderson and Birney both guury sehood? All the officer int are bah indignant at fe nade i certain quarters that Smtth has aa treated With upusnal severity op account of Nt) I coLoR, andthatif he had not been a negro he would not. have becn reported for inatteatton, and would no: Mherefere have been tempted to explain away ils fauit by tciing a maticions falsehoed. There can be no douvt that this charge 13 grossly untrue and aitogether without foundation, And an examination of the complaint pook bas brought to light a curious proof of its injusiics. On the very day 1uat Smith was reported, THE SON OF TRH PRESIDENT Was piso reporied for a very similar oflence. Cadet Grant, tuo, by yay, secins to be very frequently im trouble, a a wish that he were @ good standing excuse, In for iis miscon- than that of ¢ period, and he only escaped expulsion by eight marks, naving success fully acnt W192 out of the fatal 200, Smich, since he came ny, six months ago, has been treated exac same ag the rest of the b and ail his trou Lave been of bis ns Sai IN APPEARANCE, « wien looked at from a litie Ace, he seems & He Is of good ‘ii @ faint Hush in his a —~, be 1, in spite te hi white, cheeks, and hair tat cay of tts decided kinkhy rs it Ol features, however, 1s Mongoiizn rather thaa African, He has the almond-shaped eves, with the outward corners turned up towards the temples, the arched — eyebro’ the small mouth and the high cheek boues of one of The pigtailed heathen. The most singniar fact in re- gard to his personal appearance, however, is that he lently undergoing at tie hands of nature some f bleaching, 1 paicies on his che @ are large, cks Where ap- larly Outiin parently the OLD SKIN OF THR ETHIOPIAN ed of (Gu a manner that would Tangely suggestive Im the Wast of jucipient ce to something approacuing a Caucasian complexion, Viewed closely, there- fore, Smith 1s not the most prepos: ing of negroes, and hs phy Wirmity places one grand obsta- cle In the way of his being appreciated by nis fellow cadets us a desirable friend and companion. INCBLLECTUALLY, trial has plainly shown, failings of his. ra as the Worst he has the —inordiate seif-con- ceit, and Mat ever present sense of dis- trust and suspicion, which springs from an ignoble and Ignorant nature. In a certain way, no doubt, he has shown faint gieams of intelligence, and jn his class, thanks to the cramming which rushed aim through his tirst exatmnation, he has contrived to fait only an {nappreciaple distance below the average standard. Perhaps, indeed, he will ultimately pass ail his examinations, and be en- Ulled to wear shoulder straps and sit at mess with winlte oficers and give the word of COMMAND TO WIUITE SOLDIERS, unless he be expelled fromthe Academy, Bnt at present his writing and his attempted questioning witnesses show that his education 1s very nn perfect, Mithe be not deficicnt in capacity. As | printed his mterrogations mixat, porlaps, suggest a contrary opinion; put tt stiould be understood that they have nearly ail been dectored by the corres- poudents of ile hegropinlist press or turned into intelligibie Pnglish by the military secretary of the court marital. Such & boy on coming to We K, coud. searcely count on’ bei ed with open arms. Only today 1 officer of big rank told me that when be the Acadeniy he Was convinced, tor the Orst wweeks, that all his new comrades and all the aged tie UL CONSPIR dismissal, st Point, whether Y Th is the eral hha gains inends and experlen But In soaiti’s case ls sense of in- jusuce wreng has onfy deepened with time. Une of jus first exploit Zeneral charge Goa Vowards his fetlow ea been Buu provooa Thas all ation; vl Weunie, NO dou) NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, JANUARY 12, 1871.—TRIPLE: SHMET. ‘his color has isolated him from anything lke social Intercourse with his comrades, But, ins.ead of sen- sibly living down the prejudice against him, he has taken every ge S he courtesy and quie’ demonstrat with which he has been treated, with open and flagrant uct. On one occasion he miscond got up a fight with a cadet, and subsequently, while on @, be wiliully kickea another, The authorities ave, of course, been puzzled to know how to pun- ish him. He hag always made the same defence— ‘that he is a boy of color and belongs to an oppressed race—and this has secured him the strongest pos- ible Kunde POLITICAL INFLUENCE at Washington, Anderson, who has accused him of lying, bears a singularly good reputation among his comrades for truthfulness and integrity, He comes from one of the ery of the black Fopublioes Coney hat cae consin, @ representative of republican family, and holds, as __ strongl: as a boy of sixteen can, the republican of the Spa of races, rsonally, therefore, he ‘Was inclined to be one of Smith's bes friends at the Py had the colored boy given bim a chance e 80. But to-morrow, with the winding up of the court martla), the whole case will be tranferred to Wash. ington. Its final result will, doubtless, be expected from that quarter with the greatest interest. TRE JERSEY DROUTH. How the Water Famine is Regarded. Scenes, Incidents and Incidental Conversations— Mrs, Muleahy on jhe Situation— Plenty of Water on Friday. Arcporter of the HERALD yesterday made bls ap- pearance at the Jersey City ferry, and, acter a care- ful reconnolssance, asked the splendid looking man who deals in checks and rolis of pennies what the fare was to Jersey City. «The fare 1s the same asitever was—hurry up and Pass on—three cents.” “How are you off for water on this side? asked the reporter. “Plenty of water here, but they are very dry on the other side of the river, Iam told.” In the cabin of the ferryboat twenty men were chewing tobacco and six ladies chewing gum. “What do you tulok of the water famine in Jersey #’ asked the reporter of a fat gentleman. “What do I think of the water famine? I don’t know nothing about the water famine, andI care less, Water 18 a thing thatI never use, Ie hasn’t got the ’ops in it, ye Know. {don’t look likea Jerseyman, do I, about the feet, do 177? The deck hands on ule ferry boat stated that they had more water than they stood ta need of, and oitered to TARE A DRINK With the reporter, wileb was respectfully declined, In fact, not one person “interviewed upon the subject seemed to veaiize the horror of his or her sitnation were they to be deprived of water but for twenty-four hours. AS a general thing the people of Jersey City seemed to regard the water famine af a huge and excellent joke, The reporter having landed in Jersey City afver great tribulation stepped into Taylor's Hote! and politely asked the bartender for a drink of water. “4 drink of water? -There is no water. We don’t kuow of any such commodity. We don’t sell it, and we don’t give tt away. Ourale Is ten cen's a glass, and our gin cocktails are the wonder of the world.”? Ata grocery anid provision store in Montgomery street three ladies were making purchases and chat- ting with the preprictor of the shop outside of the establishment, on the sidewalk. One lady was ex- amining the ankles of a very lean turkey, which, from its appearance, might have belenged at some former stage of its existence to a surveying party on the plains, This lady examining the tur- key wore @ biuc shawl and was named Mrs, Mulcahy, @ decent woman and the mother of five children, The other two ladies were named respectively Mrs. McGinnis and Mrs, Peggy Flyno, and all threo were evidently compatriors. Mrs. Mul- cahy being spoken to on the subject of tue scarcity of Water, said:— “iin shure | don’t know what's comin’ over people oe Tuuink the ind of the world’s near. I RY A QUARE DHRAMB ABOUT THR WATHER last nigni.”” Mrs. FLYNN—A dhrame, did ye, Mrs. Mulcahy? And fhat was it, mam, it I might ax? Mrs. MOGLSNiS—ay, teil us, Airs, Mulcahy, There's grave signs in drames, 1 Know meself. Mrs. MuLCAUY—Well, ye see, 1 thought I was home in Ireland, in the county Roscommon, be the ould turi tire, and me father, God rest his soul, had Just been putting the pig in his bed, whin all at onst mae eyes got suieepy, and | tonght I was walking in a wood, fuli of grate big threes and wild flowers, The birds were siugiug and the cows were bieatin’, and it was just like the ould spot ior ail the world, whin, in a init, the wood was Led with grave big black shnakes. _ MoGinnis—The Lord save us, what a dhrame ye bad | Mrs, FLYNN—Black sbnakes! Did ye iver hear the like? Mrs. MuLcany—Can’t yes whist a minit. Well, as J woz saying, I thougit taat the SHNAKES DHROPPED FROM TIE SHKY, they wor so plentitui, and they wor all hissin’ and sphitiiog and schramin like divils, All at enst the head shuake, @ rousin big feller with a pair uf eyes in his head like two furrei holes ma bDlauket, spoke out and sald to her other shnakes:— “Lev’s go and drink up all the wather and busht.’? “and wud that they all began to crowd through the threes to a hole in the wood where there was a frog pond, and they jumpei over one anotier in a hurry to see Who'd be (usht to dhrink. Aud now said the big red eyed shnake, “Let’s us all drink our fijl aud thev we'll burst and this we'll do, because it be ior a sigu to the people of Jersey Clty.” ‘The sinakes are the Aldermin that’s diry for openin® Streets and for contracts ia Jersey, and when we've got all we can we buict, just like the Aldermin, And no sooner were they ail doue dnrinkin’ than all the shakes burst open on tie grass and around the threes in the wood and I wos up to me knee 1a blood, and fwhin I woke up, Mixe, me husband, was puiiin’ te ve the Nair to bring me to me sins Mrs. J’ixnws—That’s a quare dhrame, Mrs, Mal- cahy. What was iia sign of, I dou’t know? Mrs. Moc s—Ay, that’s the point, I can't make head por tail ou of it, God’s good anyhow. But dy the wather, be the sane tox irs Faix, tuav’s beyant me to tell, @ good many uilugs that we are not allowed to look inio, or we might be a good dale wiscr than we are. I don’t know fwhat tie Aldertnin ‘nd put a siitop to tie Wather for, duke, me hasvand, voted for RLEY O'NALE, and it’s ashame for him to Keep our washia’ back Tor three days* Mrs. FLYSN—D'ye wash ou Monday, mum? Mrs. MULCAHY—Aiways, uniess the children are teeihin’ or sick insome way, and thin I keep it over unni Chewsda, and thatiaves me time just to get me clane duds ready for Suaday morning, Mrs, McGinnis—They say that we'll have to do our wasiin’ with sand and sawdust if the watuer doesn’t come. 1 paid TWINTY-FIVE CINTS FOR A PAIL OF WATHER on Monday, and James Fan.gan, the litte blind shoemaker that lives undher us, says that I had better paid twinty-five cints for a pail of beer, Mrs, MULCANY (to the groceryman)—I'll give yo eighteen cints « powad tor the turkey, and | don’t care for It at that; it’s so jane and seraggy. GaoceRYwAN—I (can’t sell 1t at any such price, madam; those birds are worth twenty-four cents in Washington Market now, Mrs. Mulcahy would not bay, and the three ladies dispersed to their homes, in earnest confabulation about the scarcity of water. At a barber's shop in Greene street all who applied for assistance in the tonsorial art had to put up with A DRY SHAVE and a dey rub of the barber's towel. The engineers on the New Jersey Central road had no water to get up steam with, aud the various milk- men in the city for the first time were driven to desperation by the fact that they could not get auy water to couateract the intoxicating malities Of their milk, Consequently for the last four days the milk delivered to customers in Jersey City has lost its usual sky-blue color and 1s now quite thick aud luscious in appearance. The HERALD reporter having visited various places to ascertain if water could be had, at last called at the Mayor's oflice, believing that water is always best at the fountain head. The Mayor's office, in Newark avenue, is a very imposing looking buildtag of brick, with brown stone trimmings. Up stairs in thus bailding is a aoer with the sign MAYOR'S OFFLOR. ‘The HERALD reporter turned the handle of we door, and on epening it he ontronted by another With a plece of wiite paper attached between In thavs jit a stivo, to ¢ Clerk is Down Stairs in t P Nenreeeelinneedstoade adi chr esters hr Some wae had chalkod on the inner door, why, Want of water—in his whiskey.” Finding it necessary to see some one acquainted with the v stoppage our reporter went down stairs and sailed in at tie oMee of the Water Com- ssioners, Having staved his business toa man in vk clothes, with a smooth face, the latter halloocd into a back room =~ Nathan, look here; wants to see you.” nuieman reierred to, @ tall, slender man, with Wack. glosay wolskers and » cap like tat here's a . ‘which Hiram Woodraf used to wear wnen drivin; foot up. ponition for faterviowing. hy up a 2 jewing. “Mr, Comumissiouer,”” said the reporter, “I have calfed upon you to gain some information in regard to the water famine. HOW DOES THE OLD THING WORK?!” missioner NaTHaN—Everything is working rihfagton pum pe ber three, t0 Work. eB, ryt 4s work- ing smooth! i ht Bien or water on Friday oun ial 2 “How much water will these engines farnish ?? Commissioner NarHaN—Four million gallons an hour, sir, Bvorvehing 1s Working smooinly, sir. To» have the steam pipe raised and 0 Friday all will be right, SMoora-FackED MaN—Yes, sir, on Friday all will be right, THE FRIDAY FISH RATERS, bars necd not de afraid of drought; no, indeed, sir. men have you at work at tue Water Works at Bellevilie?? Commissioner NaTHaN—Seventy strong and pow- erful men, sit, under the chief engineer, John A, Ford. The Belleville and Hudson Water Works have supplied the cities of Jersey, Bergen, Hoboken and Hudson, with their Repeats of 120,000 peopie, perfeouy until now, ere are men at all the gates of the reservoi who stand ready to tum tho Water on at any time on a district where a fro may take place, There are four gaies at Hudson, “What ia the cause of the disaster, Mr. Nathan?” “That is impossible to tell, I don't thmk any one isto blame, The stop) may have resulted from @ flaw in the iron of the pipes. It may have occur: red when tho ice was being driven out of the pipes by hot air.” “What is the real CAPACITY OF THE TWO RESERVOIRS 2”? “About forty million gallons, sir, per day. Wo have two steam fire engines, under charge of the Chief Engineer of the Fire Department, stattoned at the well corner of Wayne and Monmouth sireety, and these Rup up 750 gallons @ minute”? On the Hoboken ferryboat the Henatp reporter met Mr. Patrick J. Meehan, the editor of the Jrish American, who was deeply immersed in @ corner Of the boat, in a volume of Irish history, with the leaf turned down at the place referring vo the battle of Fontenoy, A. D. 1745. The reporter questioned this gentieman, who is well known in Hudgon City, @s to the supply in bis olty of water. Mr, MEriaN—So I am. to be intefyiewed, am I? Very well. I've got plenty of water, and I will lend anybody in New York a# much asthey went, If raise my own water im my own yard, an famume doesn’t bother me, Did you ever battle of Fontenoy? No? Everyman. should read that poem, for it’s a noble one. I sincerely hopa there will be pienty of water on the day that the ‘Tallant Fenian martyrs and riots laud from the Cuba on free American soll, THE COAL MINERS. Suspension—What It Means aud What It Wii) AccomplishGoneral Dulvess Throughout the Coal Regions—Grim Truths to be Ua- folded, MAvon Crvnx, Jan. 10, 1871, The aphorism that “one half of the world docs not know how the other half lives’ ts in course of un- Pleasant but graphic illustration in this quarter. Just now, while everybody everywhere else ts anxiously ionging for cheap fuel, a very large and respectable class of people tn the coal regions are a3 earnestly devising hew they can most surely raise the price of the great winter staple, To-day in- augurates the contemplated “suspension of tho miners throughout the antnracite coal fleld, and the masterly inactivity of ihe producers wili, un- doubiedly, continue until the price of coal reaches what is termed among them a paying basis, Itis claimed that over production of coal has oc- casioned a depression in the market, and suspen- sion 13 regarded as the only panicea fora disorder in business so undesirable to operators, especially in coal, Suspenston does: not mean a “strike” in the general acceptance of the tatter word, There is no struggle between the cimployed and the em- Ployers about wages, but the men voluntarily ab- stain from Jabor until the surplus product 1s worked off and prices enhance correspondingly. The only question which can arise between the miners and the coal mine owners comes up when the men claim & “basis” upon which they will go to work. “Basis” sluply means a share m the ad- vanced price of coal when it begins to go to market upon the conciusion of @ suspension, and in time past there has been a little higall to what wouid be about the right figure in tie eieentage = of the profit for the miner. ‘The Aimers? Association has fixed the rate heretofore, and the men have obtained what they demanded. It is fair to presume that @ similar result will follow the present moveuient of the miners, But, in the meantime, it may not be out of place te there must be much suficring among the toliers, whe will be placed in unwonted straits by the genera! stagnation of busiuess and the rigors of the scason. When “suspension” was inaugurated, nigh en to two years ago, the weather was baliny and the land was in condition for the husvandman. hands were in demand everywhere, and the idie miners, while waiting for the “basis,” which might be near or remote, found occupation in tilling the soll for others or in cultivating little Plots of ground for themselves. Now winter locks ‘up the earth irom tiliage, and the eager frot nips those who needlessly tarry at the corners, It cannot be denied that abstinence from work just now Liust bring a multitude of ills to those who are forced to labor and who feel that the day has consumed what the day bas earaed. may get better wages now, vut it seems to me- that the old adage, “While the grass grows the horse starves,” applies with t aetrge force to the approaching condition of things the coal 1eg.ons, It is too early to predict results, and I must apply patient investigation before I can send you fuler facts about the pressui movement. It is falr to Judge of the future by the past, and [ hazard novhlag nm saying that the miners will manage “suspension” ag they did pefore—in peacefuiness and good order, No act of violence has heretofore characterized their Procecdings, and we may safely trust that this will uot inar their record, There are two sides to this story, and I hope to be able to give that of tie op ators and miners in such 2 manner as that there can be no complaint that either is Lucorveet or exagger- ated. ‘hose who are hoping for cheap fuel this Wii- ter or in ume to come ate destined to be sadly dis- appointed, | greatly fear, AN IMPORTANT COAL gb {From the Missourl Democrat, Jan. 6.) We observe that a suit for 600 has been en- tered by Phillips & St. John against the Grand Tower Mining, Manulacturing and Transportation Com- pany, la the United States Cireuit Court, at Spring- Heid, Il, Tio plaintifis are the well known coal deal- ers at Mempnis, and we are informed by steamboat mnen that the suit is for breach of contract to deliver the Big Muddy coal this (all, which, it is alleged, the company faicd todo, The fathire of a supply ef this coul at Memjhis, which river men lad cond- dently relied on, has been the canse of great incon- venience and expense to steamboats. This company is composed, we » entirely of New York capl- talisia and inan: Hastera men, who do not seem to appreciate or understand the requirements of our river tale, as every year at this season, when the business is most brisk, it 1s alleged, they have failed to keep up their supply at Mempiis, ‘This has caused much complaint, it would seem that the proxtinity of these 1aines to the river, navi pa at almost all times, would insure a steady and ull supply, aud that, at s0 conyenlent a point as Memphis, there shouid never be cause fora “coal famine,” of which we have heard so mucn lately. THE NATIONAL GUARD. Annual Report of the Adjutant General—The Present Strength of the Guard—Brecch- Londers—Have We a National Guard ¢ ‘The annual report of the Adjutant General of the State is just published. itis adocument deserving perosal, not so much for its facts as for what It suggests. Tne report states that It will take $200,000 annual appropriation to Keep the State militia in a proper condition. No doubt it would; but it would require @ hundred millions to make an effective and avalla- ble army ont of the disorganized mass of incapables in gorgeous uniforms for whose amusement the State is taxed. STRENGTH OF THE NATIONAL GUARD. It appéars that the following changes have been made during the past year:— One brigade and one regiment of cavalry, five re- ments of iniantry and one battalion of artillery ave been disbanded; seven regiments of infantry ave been reduced to battallons, wd one regiment of infantry and one battery of artillery have been organized. And new the National Guard consists of eight divisions, twenty-four brigades, two regl- ments, one battalion and seven separate troopa of cavalry, two battaitons and cleven separate batte- ries of artillery, thirty-nine regiments and seven battalions of infantry, and the grand aggregate of the force is 24,285; ollcers, non-commissioned. oitl- cers, musicians and privates, Relerring to THE QUESTION OF BREKCH-LOADERS, the Adjutant General says:— Now that the supertority of breech-loaders has been so fully demonstrated to actual warfare, It seemF to me that there should be no further delay In exchanging the muzzle-loading rifled muskets, with which the infantry of the National Guard ts armed, for the most approved arm of the kind og at the breech. Reverring to what is contamed mS my last anuual report relating to this matter, T would now remark that, although 1 still hope that there may be recovered from the United States, on ac- count of the war claims, a suficicnt sum, in excess of tue special tax due from this Siate, to pay the ex- pense of the proposed exchaneo of arms, tere 1s 80 Inuch unavoidable deiay in geiting those accounts settled, that 1 would recommend (hat an appropria- en be asked Jor to accomplish the object at once gaged, that the whole damning proof of the inadequas EMIGRANT SWINDLERS, Pa Another of the Pat McDonald Gang. Gone to Grief. A Brief Review of Emigrant Runners and Swindlers — Bolice Proclivitios Therewith—- Trial, Conviction ond Sentence of Samuel Whitten for Emigrant Swin- dling, and What Judge Bedfora Says as a Wind Up. One of the most common, most atrocious and leav® thought of, and ugain the most pernicious species of crime existing in ulls city 1s that which comes un der the category of emigrant runners and emigrang swindlers, The brood of “runners” have been al lowed to run rampant for years and years uny checked, ana it has been only when some more th: ordinary case of turpitude—of robbery, of actuay’ violence and violation of the person—in which Cape tains and mates of vessels, emigrant house rannerq: and keepers of emigrant boarding houses were ene cy, or, perhaps, the subversion, ef the law relating to. emigrants in this port used to come to light, Oongres@ from tlie to time passed laws to protect the emily grants coming to our shores from the dangers an evils that beset them on the passage from oa] officers and the crews of vessels, To a certain e: tent these were preventive of the evil, bat it wad here in the city of New York where the newly are rived emigrants,‘mate and female alike, were ex» posed to ail the dangers of seduction, robbery an® violence, A Lrood of harpies known as “runners’} had this game all to themselves, and most effecw tually, and oftentimes futally, did they drive their! perniclous anil detestable caiting. . THE EMIGRANT SWINDLER 1 is an offshoot of the “runner,” the latter through. the action of the Commissioners of Emigration being almosé an extiuct animal, or so kept within bounds that his natural propensities have no room for full display. The ‘emigrant swindter” goes on another tack, thouwzh ready vo ply his gama as the chance offers. Ils pecultar prey bowever,|s, to be found in the persoa taking his or her de¢ parture frosa, instead of coming to, these shoresg > Some atrocious acts of this specles have lately come to light, In which, sad to fay, Members of the Metropolitan forco of our city were actors! aud = disgraceful participants, Witness — tin facta that came ont on the trial of the notorious Pat McDonald, who 1s now serving ont his term in Sing Sing Jor his swindling achieves ments, Lhe lmmuniiy whica these scoandrela res ceive frein the “biessed cunservaiors of the kaw Le tobe loub in the fact that luc chances are ninetyé nine to @ hundred (iat tie victim will ever “turd, up to squeak."’ A voyage homo and tts dangers,’ home’s aliuresacnts to keep lim neve, & Voyage —s ahd die Jangers, and the (ou tuousand chances the! the victim will ever reco,nize the man who ag’ treacherously aud paseiy tweated him, give almost, perfect jMpunity to tue swindler aad his accomplice. policeman, H So auxions sre the Commissioners.of Emigration: to secure wns Of Luese Swindlers and “run oficu—as ia Lie case brought Delon City Judge yesierday, whicn ts given below- the victiins of these sharpers a free passage tof Jurope on coudition wat tney walt im the city. ta, prosecute the rovbers—tiat is, Whore the swindle ef Geteeted before they leave. SAM WAITTEN SENTENCED TO FIVR YEARS, The case of the Feovia vs. Samuel Whuten waa called up yesterday in tue Court of Generai Sessions,: The accused was chai Dales, a decreyit o:1 twenty-one sovereig: ' tue accused pleaied gulliy Waen arraigned at ti bar. Tue statement made by ine compiainant be. foro the Magistrate was that on ihe 47 inst, he was ab pler No 45 North river, just going to take passage upon tie steam: City of Brussels, woen Wiittea approached and tol hin that he would be one of his fellow passe! ide Jnvited the unsuspeciiug oid inan to accompan: hin to the market to purchase oulens aud for their use ducing the voyage, and while the; were golng strauger came up.and asked Whitten pay bm tor carrying his iavee raoks on board steamsnp, He asked Daley lor some money, mising to return it when they got on tae vessel, Having Obtained possession of Daley's gola, Whitte! cleared out, The eee! muan discovering that he w. swindicd out of all his money went to the statlor house aad told his story. Captain McDonald an One of his oficers went !mmediately in pursuit .o! Waitten, aud beiag eget conversant with bid; Movements captured him within an hour, and apom searcl Rim found all the sovere gus, which were produ in court, and which by order of the Judge were returned to Daley. ‘Ihe Captain was in court aud gave the City Judge Q& mentul photograph of Whitten. He sald hls repo. tation was very bad, and for years he was continual prowling around the pers “laying” ior emigran' to plunder them. {lis Honor baving-learned these, facts, and of course accepting the plea of guilty, Pray, nounced sentence 48 fuliows:— 1s. Judge Bedford, in passing sentence, said:—Whitw ten, you have pleaded guiity tv a dastardly erime—+ robbing @ Loor ok! e.uigrant of twenty sovereigns) every cent the Olt man had ia the world, If ther be any set of yagabonus in the city Who deserve un full penaity 26 is about seeking inireductivas to the newly arnve rant, wid hts confidence, an aud friendiess ex cen siTip nin of ail ihe iitte property that he may have, adding destitution to his friendiess conditiony Every cnugrant ine taat comes before shail have the same penaity that tat Novonald and yours seif receive, wiuch is hurd labor lor five years Inu State Priso. ‘There was a perceptibie buzz of approbation frony Ee and spectators as these words fell irom the euch and Whittea was removed from the bar. THE £EXPXNCTLD EXILES. t Whut is Being Done in the City—The Exiteg’ Entitled to American Sympathy—Vie Lrisis, Societies. The ag.tation—first begun, aud handsomely, too,, by the leaders of Tamuiany Hali—for a proper re« ception to the Aistinguisied Irish patriots, Dow or their way to Wiis cily, Lucreases day by day; and the indications are that such & reception whl bi accorded to them as wil go far to obliterate trong. their minds the terrible revoliections of tne last four. years of torture in the Kugilsh prisons, Not alone th Irish and Irish Americans of tho elty, but the entir people evince & disposition to contribute and aid b the Intended demonstration of admiration for the brave men who, through tria! and swtermng withoug parallel in Eagiish annals, upheld the doctrines of true republicanism un‘inchingly, with tonor to, themselves and CREDIT. TO THEIR COUNTRY. ) Having achieved much they deserve much, The half-and-haif patriots whose abusive tongues wage ge:l tn Ireland a 1848, succeeded im nothing except fi smaking political capttal ior themselves in this coun: try; but these genitemen now on the sea, succeeded tn abolishing the Estai'isheu Cnurch, gave a death blow to class legisiation, humbled prond and ime: } perious England, and paved the way for the leginine tive Indcpendeuce of their country. ‘The reception to be givea to them by the leaders: of the democratic party will undoubtedly be magni+ ficent, as the amount of money subscribed and pai for thelr relief 13 large and mantficent, What the republicans will ao remains to be seen, but there ie @ well grounded belief that they will be equally gen- crous a8 their polincal opponents fa their receptio! of the exiles of Kirin, At least, this Was the talk all! over town yesterday. In meantime all the Irish: societies are actively engaged preparing for the great event, and a vast multitude will surely greek the martyrs on their arrival. ' The following despatch, received by Colonel Wil- liam R. Roberts, setties tue question ay to the nuns ber ot the Irish patriots which may be expected to arrive ta New York noxt week:— DUBLIN, Jan. 10, 1871. WItutam R. Ronrrrs-—Sixteen of the linerated prisunces. left on Saturday on board the steamer Cuba. ALEXANDER M. SULLIVAN, “AQUATIC. ; ‘Twenty-third Annual Mecting of the Atay lanta Boat Club. eit ‘The annaal meeting of the Atalanta Boat Club of New York was heid at thelr boat honse, foot of Christopher street, Nori river, on Tuesday evenngs ‘This was the club's tweuty-third annual meeting, their organization dating trom the winter of 1847-8! and they now enjoy the proud distination of beng the oldest boat club in America, Nearly fifty mem-~ bers were in attendance, and the annual reports broved the club to be in the most prosperous oondi- tion, The fallowing gentiemen were elected with great unanimity, the ballot being unanimous in every instance:—Presktent, Rau- som Parker, J: Vice President, William H, Webster; Secretary, James W, Kéwards; Treasurer, John King; Financial Secretary, William ©, Main- land; Captain, Russel Withers, M. D.; Lieutenant, Leander Waterbury; Board of Trustees, W. EH. V ster, George F. Buszeile, Seth H, Noyes, J. King and L. Waterbury; Cormittee on Repaira, George T. Ackerson, Janies Watson and M. B. Oox, it may be giatiying lo the Ataianta’s mapy friends, especially to those who take a pride ia the elth’s established: rowing reputation, to be told that they will proba- biy place & racing crew upon the waters in every Way qualiiied to susiatn, and, If possibie. add: ui thelr jong lst of crewatable victories: