The New York Herald Newspaper, March 11, 1871, Page 4

4 rior and pluokicst of all the negro racea, for did not the truest poet in America sing of them:— "| and blossoms arrowy, sun- LEX tom's hour ts close Execution of John Thomas, the Mulatto Murdever. nd ooks ler hark upoa the waters, reste the boat upon the strand | Thave eecn the Magtien Captain; I have acon bis awarthy - ‘crew, si | ra of the pallid faces, to their race and color tus. History of His Crime and Its | Ty taro nvorn to wat oar coming ti tho night bas passed and darkening waters roil above the sunken Expiation. Let the gu)'ows stand there, it wil do its work ere anotier Gay b Y ~ ' Now we en! r1son, me fom ae ee | ‘ a fear omned | t00r of a ban and as it + H Tho Eve of Deoth—A Night With the Condemned | heavily to 1 eaunot ry that it ls Wurderer i th q ce tt padded with = brick sage lesd Murdercr in the To: An Antc-Mortem pain Se i the Gravo- for at the Gallows. repaving ts end both skies, are iron-grai other doors of tae bank-saf Pailern, Uke Iai just i, Scones | lett behind. Padlocks vane from these cell at | doors grimy; — galleries pproaching others, , tiers of celis above, hang irom the wally a A Wide gate of opea iron work barred the way to | tremendous cock hangs i ifs wooden case, Wuich has to be weund up every Ball hour; the sheet irou pipe which carries the @ases from the great tubular stove in the go hangs from the rei; ap dp aur, designed for the clerk ‘of prisoners, hangs Wrerdly Lve feet irom the floor, and, in fact, everything | in Uus gicomy, HOt prison has a hanging 190k to | me ¥ H & POOR FFLLOW WI0 13 TO HANG the prison, Which held the life of 1 human being tast as the en- loss pit. the tuner cou @ poor cotiee-col trance two the bot The ceiling was low and the walls were massive and adamant, A gas jet blazed fercely through the iron bat {the light from it fell in fanetal eddies on the weil pohshed pme floor and shone ft- moramg sits pelund the hot stove, nis brain | fully on the heads e@f half a dozen men g wit thoughis that came never tere be.ore, who sat in chair Ked back, their heels and knees ght is so dim and hangs 80 high wp, leaving | around the stove 1m shadow, eavy unier lip on which a ight be thrown Gomes with an immense | poker which uught be used to stoi a redan; ii is | out five ice! tong and the negro With the double SIX ander Nip rashes at tue stove, thrusts ihe crow. | bar in, ‘ears the heart out of the cia | ders and ashes with a dusty guip, | and puling back for u moment seizes scutile after scuttle of coal and empties them into the inaw | ot the red hot furnace. Deputy Sheris Hanbary 5 ers.tnear the condemned man Kosei | | behind a ed boy with well elevated, after The Outer door of we as the light burned unsteadtly and rose ay the ovlors of the come. aud mingled with deputy sher- breezes of au eve ing spring odors of th at who were nearly all dr: stp ran nigh au tion, A mul, tot Oye angled fron y vagrant dog, bout the come | a brief period | Joba Thomas, | inner court of f the door of cell No. 2 in murderers’ | is seated ie girl of srelye \ pee aes | s of age. Her slender igure is, rte break Of | Wrapped upin a faded shawl and her litte | are placed on the lower rim of the hot sto | room is Very het, but the child shivers all over ber body with was to be ou, HAE a ihe next cay, yo you think le is a pa sueriT ef corpulent habits, irom over the , Who held a hnyge tron key 10 his fst. . I don’t think so,” auswered another tat s. ere’s a woman fn tt? asked a ned his transta- AN UNKNOWN DREAD, rave men and wise mea for six thousand years iuddered at the thought ef the mystery of a it “on to another world, and this feeble chud, | with ike petite, pretty face, lumeinous eyes aud Gim- | pled, ollve jace, May weil shrink and shiver, for the | Inga who sits behind the stove smoking a cigar, and | Wil be strangled after break ot day, 18 her 1 er, aud her heartstrings are bound up With his. * sald the “How do you feel, Thomas,” asked Deputy Sherif » prisou, la a wey taat admatiea | Hanbury of the condemned man, as he walked ve- meets soa at are As iufnd the stove aud shook hands with Taomas ? Lie, | “On, 1 feel very well, thunk y Isay. I told you added the nswered “home ‘om over the Rhi Ui blonde of no >; Very well, in- |. _Lusten to ihe yoice whi | body bebisd the stove, ; from patols or dia h comes from the opaque | aud 2 find it clear and iree | A with a very slight Frenen | cont, ace Of a sallow complexion, | nostrils well defned and not exces Ly broad at me base, his face to hts auditors. to look at and quite intelligent, and hit | asked the | 3 he at frst? the 4 29 nter's, by large, tender eyes. hs - : ae x ye sa } he takes his cigar from bis eh t gat Germa ent, | the ociling, 3a Cook, and a square cook too,” | cE iif auswered the blonde, asks a dep la er that I do not notice auy sign of condemned, “Weaxening ! No, sir,’’ says the other deputy, | “He, wont begin to wesken until about midmight. | They 3 Weaken then.” ow tue Condemned parts With his little girl, He s from the stove and stands up a powerful, erect aud braway fellow of tive feet eleven inches | io his carpet slippers. He bears an undaunted | Yook. Tor thirty years he has, like Othello, enccune tered peril by 2.¢ and dood, aud cven im the immi- pent deadly breach, and now, “nigger” as he ts, inches Like a coward as he clasps his child, ly, for the prison strikes a chill to her ‘They are parted, bott with glistening ; the chitd, suil cumging, 13 taken away, and ng back, by the anotner-in-lcw of Thomas, aud gute clangs behind taem both. There is sileac> in ia the cerridor, and the condemned falls to th asstduity. Os und the reperter take their seats, and | nd hour atter hour passes away in D, he ticking of the great clock above us iz tue wotcber: 2 yy another from one of the open ce! height, clad In rusty bla eu shoes, He 1s All of us, inclading the HeraLp writer, who wes present, tock a {vest pulf at our cigars, and the vionde threw oxe leg over the other in a first class From without, in the t, balmy odor and the hum of voices, and the jingle of the bells around the necks ora horses dragging the street cars, as We is Story-teller, Who had speut a good part of his side prison walls as an assistant | lailor or keeper. | “You sce,” said he, witha fresh whit of his cigar, | “Joln Thomas is a pretty square Lian. Why, every y thats been to see | SUPPOSE HF IS A NIGGER? | He went to the uiher side frow ‘¥risco He was in every | worla—in fidia, in Darope, and hos ts of ilfe.’? is betier than book learning,” said a What then? to Aspiuwall on the stoamers, THA nght save th dist! part of th seen all k XP fourth person. “That's y true, Knowledge of books is very Good so far as It goes; but it does not leara you the M realities of fe,” sald a keeper, with gray hair and | Viriues, tw ‘whlekers | @yes amd'in the humble black garb that seems to “Did you ever ge fishing with Billy Beard down to | tell me that Uns @ priest of that grand, Staten Island ked the deputy from Rhiseland. 1 aud my us brhechood, the Order of And thts wovihy to be of and in that “He's a pretty hard erowd. if you go with bim a Soe ilia day then Beans 3. figure emerges on the scene | itis a man of middle » Wearing & pai of com- stout and stooped in the a3 a iacs which is wonderfully Lof piety aud that bighest of eariniy ‘ sister 10 Mercy—Chartty. There 1s in the aseeiic face and the large, kind aud iy a-fishing you've got to go for iwo Weeks, that’s all.” ¥ stepped fr bark that Byes pin from “Wei as sayin’,” repeated blond Europe on tie burning sands of Goa, tn the ladies, 1a, Welly as T was sayin’,” repeated the blonde, | ig pirdied the eit, Among the snows nobody knows Thomas a3 weil asIdo. Lord! you or the Iroquois, i. the Laud of Fire, oughiter see him walkin’ up and dowa the Xow, followlag the tye es, = gee oa , fe » 1 . Mitstad he throne ol ne Vatican, im the Lage nice ibeatio : And they say | air e Czar, everywhere alike, m ighab as st naa re be ice ora camp ond council, or ted to the stake, witn the fire Why, tat’s all non: Tietl you that there was lit by ge hands, the power and daring of these DROTUERS OF TUE BLACK BAND AND CASSOC: a woman in it, boy. | Shust what I said; I told youso,” added the deputy from over the Rhine, “Why, it's cl away so lon liviag with anot Ido in such a casey “Pula head oa have been ict, Ard the game zeal aud Ciristion epergy Which tired Loyola in the breach at | Pampeluna fires the benevolent old maa Father ‘s Thomas peen | DUranqet to-ntznt, as he sits, with bowed A heed aud clasped hands, comiorting the poor and fiuds his wife | wretch whom the world has deserted and left in the What would youor . tron fangs of the law, and who has now no hope ; bur from the Church, whose dociries he learned at his mother’s knee under waving palms aud a burn- ing Sun, Priest Duranquet for twenty years has been an inmate of hospiiais and prisons; he has leaned over the bed of the leprous smellpox paticnt, and has siood at the foot of the gallows scores of times, With words of cheer and a wooden crucitx, | and now this poor, condemned muiatto outcast | | listens to the BROKEN, TREMULOUS SENTENCZS of ihe simple old Kreton priest, with eyes that glis- ten and a slight color comes into his face. Yes, father; I have sinned and in the heat or passion, | am resigned to die. Lam ready when | come for me,” he waispers. iat's right, my cluld; be of good courage and j alls 1 w.th you,’’ says the priest cheeringly. And now the night passes swiftly without, and 1m," suggested a friendly deputy. all, boys, a man’s gol his fine in tne face.’ L always said so,” repeated Ruinish deputy “Then f could tell trom the way that the man be- haved tor the last three weeks that he didn’t like ius wife. Why, when he bid her goodby this after. noon about e o'clock he was just a8 cold as ice; he says “goo quite cool uke, but when he parted wit! v8, that was just enough; nea t her up with love, be was so fond of her.” the meon fatis apace; poeeeene anda Lecerielke tid “1 asT si 6 said over the city. It will be a fittiag morn for strangu- es ee Ae eee ey : lation—this which is about to break over the Tembs. there Was a nan in the case, | alvays said so, A keeper asks Thomas if he will have an orange soine viler Frult to eat? 1 will, thank you, sir,” answers Thomas. “T wold like an orange, if It ain’t too much trouule,’? added the KP nd vicpuly. 01 “Ivs a putty nard thing to see a man hanged, | @ia't it, boys?” said aires deputy. He takes the orange and peels it slowly, throwing “never seed wun wonst that it didut make me | the skin a eee a ~ tchearted.” adde ; | the morseis in his mou ste F Aick. Pun natoorally soft-hearted.” added a visiter, | USO 2 es oy ot, ain't its -Joun Y asked “Oh, cheese that, won't ye! that’s no good,” | the Kindly keeper. mughipgly said one. “Lind it so; iv’s a little too hot for me,” replied “is that the way that you talk to me?" said the | the ceudemnes man, with a hearty langh, peison who had been asked to ‘cheese it.” “f thought it Was roasting you a little, old fellow, so I guess Ili open one door tora few minutes,” said “Why, don’t you know that Billy brushes against | the Coburn every day?” ingulred another man, | ex. 1, it Won't matter much in a few hours, that’s le. “So I've heard tell, Seventy-five to a hundred (hat Joe wins the fight.’ V sure,” replies Thomas, with a fatat smile. He has caten his orange now, and he iakes a Iresh “Ob, that’s no good. Jem Mace is a nice man, I teil you,” chimod another of ihe watchers. cigar. The HsKALD reporter jolus the condemned “fle ig a g ” Ste i deputy sherifs at this juncture. The condemned Th: a think he'll soon waken?" asks one of the | Ia sweet apple, which is offered him by Deputy | eepac T, abd there 18 A Sociabie half hour in the aor “And he fights game.” ses Father apruptly and walks down the corridor “And theve’s no use of talking about Joe geiting | quick a eee step, He is iim ork this epee . ¥ oe outcast, but he has a nervons organization an the money, whether he wins or not,’ replied a i 1 HB THINKS OF 218 LICTLE GIRL, fourth person, so devoted to him, And the night passes and we all “Yhavs played out. I rise to explain,” addeda =. by the hot a pee — aad then wake up wan Who kept a Jarge liquor store, shortly, rather ashamed at being found dozing by ‘iere’s a big dog tn the yard, I’m told."* | each other, when the low voice of Father Daranquet “Yes; I nad to lead Lim all round to get bim to | | saya to the prisoner:— geen speak Spanish, at pate a ‘ | 7 2 > nd Thomas auswers, ‘A little, father.’ Regen Yesterday, and when he nosed the rat ‘Thien come into the cell for a litte while,” replies he yelled for mere, the father, And they both enter the eli, and Deputy “Fine dog, that,” spoke up the Miiesian deputy, | Sherif! Hanbury closes the door, and we all retire with a deep grin, | for some distance aewn the corridor, for we knuw oP i | that they are about to pray. After half an hour And thus gves ihe cheerfal gossip and conversa. , they come out Jn the corrilor again, and ‘Thomas tion during this sits in his chatr and smokes and dozea, and we ail is ANTE-MORTEM WAKE, as I must call it. } abides - bw hich i ee TEND OF RECOLLECTION, there i for an instant a harsh grating of boits | Which wili not let him ever sieep on tins earth again, tigate eee: (| Finally, he tells the priest tat he wiligo into his and bars, und as ihe huge key 19 turned tn the lock j call ana # ep a whi, if possible, and he steps in ead is protruded trom a cavity in the wall, and ; and thre tus body wearily on the bed. Bat he w voice say: | cannot sicep. The faces of the man he slew in hot “You cut) ail come tn now, If you want to see the | blood aud of his cllid rise up before hun, prisoner, Father Duranquet is through with him | in vain; le will never sleep but one sieep in, for @ littie while, and he is alone.” | Deputies Seebaeher and Haubury are refieved at We all rise from yur chairs anda sndden bush | one o’elo: ‘K by Deputics Masson and Schmitz, and seemns to Tail upon tue party who lad just veen in- | thefr wafeh wil! be until seven o'clock in the morn- du‘ging iu their pleasaniries. A few slops turougi | ing, whem Deputies Reilly and Dunphy will, in their 4 MAITOW passage. a groplig ara ‘3 tun. reiteve them ovtil Sheri? Brennan com ‘Walls that make mie shudder as | his etad to take possession of the budy which has tu single Mle we enkr the qua iy beon declared forfeit by the iaw. Prison. The ioon shines down pu} onthe naked | Aftera futtle attempt to sleep Thomas comes ont stone blocks yard and all | of bis ceil to take tits seat by the stove, where ne , Tewmains vntii a quarter before six o'clock, dozing aud geiting up to pace the corridor restlesely, ALE COULD NOT SLEEP, So, like @ brave mun, he aceepied the situation and | faced Lis dooui, After six o'eloek ie wen ingly of Sighs, as 1t has been calle, and fu ek | her bai looms up tlic iresh piue barriers of the scatold; the gallows beam, standing forth like ane. homed | + into his cell and changed orpse, Mule ad doom tiself, yot witlwi it has slain | bis clouing fora biack broadcloth suit, but leit his many sipong and healthy men in iis bricl fifteen | carpet suppera’oa hte 1 Brew was oltered years of extsience, since first the carpent Ui and , Nit, but ne would not fie took a cup of tea, planed its rough joints. THAT GALLOW The tree rom wh | bul Would not touch s nis. la what He did not believe was hewn, J cannot help uiluking, must have hada | The ele through the Mui-slon aswigued I. Pernaps it grew in te mo: pting -neve | talns of North lina, periiaps i came from the swagon | aus of Best Sautee or Ouschils,and was hown e erly morning. There frord 118 roots by te bla Auurished like the f orm as Srican ya Pwo feiniic Seures The” Av gate 1 Ra felt HONES? HEARTS, the mother-in-law and the Lttic danghier of the prisoner, Tuey begged 2 jast look at tue kindred, and they were permiticd to see him, Jatl- ers have hee AS they cuterea four nobie and beantial women, Whose decds ave recorded daily in the Look which shall not be erased when Heaven { tie prigon & is of Ui tside OF oh Wats bi se ANCESLONS ne ted into boy f the bayoucrs ef 1 Consul. ie Jon Thomas Rusenville, wuo now walks the wairidor of the luner prison ana who shall bang if \uere We daW in te lags, is y Bayticn, the most | and hel | climbed th ; made he | two | $8 as follow: doze, and he starts up again, for in bis prain there | nil all is | with | and Darth shall bo yolled Up. also sought entrances ss JO. These ladies were Mra, O'Reilly, anotler, whose na 1 do rot know, and the Hon. firs, iaest vile of the ex-faytie Mivister, In Whooe service Thomas was iormerty, employed. They entored the prisou yard just at the moment that & mourniul procession emerged from the inuer prisou. This procession consisted of five persons—Father Duraneuet, Depu- ties Hasson and Schmitz, the condemned man and Mark Liale, = sesper pad ier They were ‘on their way to the } phapel Where ; SurAne suvioas for those about to die ou the gallows in the popper part of ine prison. ‘Phe four ladies and tie motherm-law and daughter of Thomas joined in the procession, They all crossed the yard and sto the chapel the little girl, ina mu, heimg held up by her aged fainting con kuswoman. In the chapel they all assembted, ~ #4 THR CONNUMNEDS MAN Was Fino and kneit down Bi, tet Waid presens, No battle. fie: ever presented & More poleuin sceue than that Uttie chapel as the treiabilug women knelt and the priest ascended the ailart ia ols purple vestment, with the sign of redemption embroidered on iis rich surtac ‘Thomas knelt bowed in prayer, and Mark Finley the responses. for the dass which said for vlog man, ‘dhe yolce of the venerable priest rose and fell tn solevin cadence. “In Manus (uaa, Domeme, commento spirium meum. Dominia Jesu Chrisite susctpe spiritum meum. Senola Marta, Oranrome, Maria, water gia te, mater mtserccoraia, tu me Qt hosie proteg ra MmOrits suscipe. into thy hands, O Lord, I commend my © Lord Jesus Christ, vemy spirit, Ho vay jor me. Holy Mother of Grace, Mother of erey, do thou deiond me from the enemy and re- celve mo at te hour of death.) Threo of tie ladies received the holy sacrament, and John Thomas Rosenville the Viaticum wm arii- cwla moras. ‘Tue service Was ended, aud all passed ont of the httle chapel. Ail who were there wiil remember it as long a3 they live. He who was to be STRANGLED LIKE A DOG bade a last farewe lio his child. Why describe that scene? ‘ihose who have children, anv may at somo time have to leave themat the potnt of death, will understand it. The joner went to his cell to be prayed with and ultimately beand with repe. Father Durenguet was wiih him. Shevif’ Rrenaan came fa the pouring ratn with (weaty deputy sheritly, all in Diack garments, wearing biack gloves and carry. ing their staves, At the gute to the Murderer’s Row Shecur Brennan held tue gate. Like a sensible man he did not Wear a cocked hat or strap or sword by luis rive. The deputies ranged themselves in the corridor and ihe prisoner caine out, led by Father Duranquet, pimoned in the aris, and having the biack cap drawn over his head and reaching his eyebrows. In his right hand was a cruclii Sherul Brennan led the way, Under Sheritt Joel Stevens following, lather Duran- quet and the prisover behind and tue deputies coi lng afer, aud the Heap reporter lasi of ail, cou- templadhg tie sad procession, Out he went tuto the pouring rain, and as soon as he emerged from the imner prison 1 was confronted by Captain Kennedy, with his mired policemen, ranged ta the form of an “L,” wile back of the biue coats and brass but+ tans ‘stood Judge Dowling and Warden Sta- 2 “L, com, — witit iealis and a host of oer physicians. rain fell in bucketfuly as we marched to the gallows, and a fearful reporter, with a siouch hat, took out a notebook and began TO DISTURB THE SOLEMNITY by scratching violently wilh his peucil. John Thowias Roserville stepped on the scaffold, which was level almost with the pavement, and knelt down to pray with the good priest, Pri were said that were inaudible to the and then he kissed the emblem of the tree oa wite: the Son ef God diced for mankind. Then a letter was handed to Sheriff Brennan, and his Land tremble! as he took it, for he has a valiant nature and he did not Itke his task. He hoped it was a reprieve, but it was not. A hanudker- chief was itfted, a signal was ;iven, the rope having been fixed by @ man with a slouch hat and blue monkey jacket, there was a movement forward of every neck of the three hundred necks in that violent raia storia. Every lip was compressed and many turned their heads away, faint at heart. A live, stroug man went up cna rope and fell like a dead dog. He was taken down dead in twenty-four minutes, some of the doctors disagree- ing about the vertabre and the pulsotus of the heart. His name was Joun Thomas Rosewelle, aud he Was aged thirty-ilve years. This is the story of the last hanging. THE STORY OF THE CRIME At the end of last September Walier Jonnston, a colured cook, employed by the Americus Ciub at their headquaricis, Greenwich, Coun., had @ quarre! with Join Tuomas, whe expiated his crtine yesterday. The grounds of the misunder- standing appeur to bave not been of a very serious nature; bui fnomas, Who was also a cook and had passed an adventurous life at sea in that capacity, was aman of deep passion and threatencd several times tu the conrse or a few days previous to the perpetration of tie deed that HE WOULD KILL JOHNSTON, On the night of Friday. the cota of September, 1870, the paities metin front of Lynch's liqnor sa- loon, 511 Broome street, and had some words on the subject of their difference. A colered woman named Grace Azn Thompson, of No. 41 Hudson street, who was present a lew maimenis before the murder, heard Johnston say to Thomas, “1 hear you are in the habit of gomg round and reporting that you in- tend to killme At this point Johnston said, “if twuere is auy trouble LET Us GO AND SETTLE 17,” and turning to another colored man named “ohurchy* asked him to act for nim. Tnomas re- plied, *f will knock your damned head off." At this instant she saw him ptt his nand in his pocket and Withdraw it again; the next a report rang out on the still air, and Johnston STAGGERED AND FELL DEAD. The report of the pistel was heard by ofice: ward Harnett, who was on th epost, He hurried the scene of the shooting and observed Thomus ran- ning away. lle pursued iim, and, SEEING HIM THROW AWAY A PISTOL in @ vacant lol, arrested hun and secured the weapon. He was biovgnt to the EKigatn precinct station house, whither the — life- jess body of his victim was also carried. ‘che murdered man bore a very good character as a peaceable, respectabie person, aud naturally hig Shooting created the greatest excitement among tie colored population, ‘The prisoner was little Known among them beyond the fact that he had just rrived from Canadas by sea in the capacily of ship cook. ‘The deceased was iound to have a bullet wound in the leitbreast. Among THE PAINFUL SURROUNDINGS of the case, it was discovered that on the evening of the jatal Friday a daughter of Johnston was to have been inarried, and at the time of the murder lis family were anxiously awaiting his presence that the ceremony might be proccodcd with. The dreadful news of the murder being announced, those friends and relatives of Johnston who had ASSEMULED FOR THE MARRIAGE CEREMONY were thrown inio a paroxysm of grief which any one not conversant with the psychological cousiruction of the colored race capnot easily picture, Itneed hardly be added that under the deplorabie curcum- stances THE CLOUDED NUYTIALS WFR POSTPONED. ‘The trial took place in the Court of Oyer and ‘Ler- miner, before Judge Cardozo, on the 29th of last December, and aiter ail the circumstances had been detatled a verdict of “Gutity’’ was rendered. Judge Cardozo, ia sentencing him to be hanged on yester- pay, told him that he bad been justly tried, that his oe Mr. Goodiet, Lad dene his duty by him and to THROW AWAY ALL HOPE OF A REPRIEVE. CORRECTION, In the Herat of yesterday an error occurred which needs correction. By mistake it was stated that John Thomas, who was exccuted In the Tombs, | a @ relative a ae ta el th this city. is errgy arose from the fact tha’ in Thomas had bash vehaplo fed te & servant ‘th the family of the Hon. George Racster, iormerly Minister from the republic of Haytl to Washington, He grow up in the family, wio esteemed Thomas very highly, but was not in any sense a relative of Mr. Racster, the ex-Minister, or of the present one, Mr, Stephen Preston, now at ‘Waslingtoh, or even of Mr, Charlies Van Loklen, the present Haytien Consul in New York—ail of those gentlemen being ¢f pure white bicod and of undoubted respectability. WHO WAS SOLD? Holding an Inquest over a “Live Corpse.” Quite an amusing circumstance occurred yester- day afternoon, in which more than one person was sold, A miserable looking German woman, named Christine Stein, evidently not of sound mind, who had been In the House of Detention for two or three weeks past for avandoning her cuild, was brought into the Coroners’ ofice by an officer attached to the Court of General Sessions, who said she had in her arms a dead infant. In order to speedily dispose ef the case Deputy Coroner Marsh ‘proceeded to take the motner'’s testimony, and, in doing so, askea her when she last saw the child alive. ‘Mrs. Sten replied, “Not since eleven o'clock in the morning;? but just at that time Dr, Marsh observed a nervous twitching of the parcel in the woman’s lap, removed the shawl covering it, anda there to his astonisiment found a live and ap- parently healthy child. An effort was made to keep he mutter quiet, but it was too good a joke to keep, and a hearty laugh was engaged in all round, whereupoy the woman with the Ive corpse was shown the door in double quick time. THE COOPER UNION. According to the report of Fitzgerald Tisdall, Jr., director of the free night classes in Cooper Union, the following synopsis has been made:— Averare attendance in school of science Average atiendance tn school of art. Average attendance in school of telegraph: Average audiences to scientific lectures... Total.. The aver 276 rere theeeeerens «+ 1,469 attendance in the oratory class was 3 The average attendance in the lately formed classes in English literature and the French lan- guage has been from 1sv to 200, and 100 vo 120 re- spegiively, making a tolal of over 1,800 persons histiuefed daring February. The average a iance of the French school of design, under the management of Victor Nehlig and Miss Childe, has been over cighty dauy; that of the engraving school for women twenty-six. + The number of visitors to the free reading room gon” Febraary was 29.983. Number of books used a Personal Intelligence. Smith M, Weed, of Plattsbarg, N. Y., 18 among the arrivals at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, General Banks has arrived from Washington, and is now stayiug at the Brevoort House, General G. M. Dodge, President of the Busfalo Central Railroad, fs occupying apartments at the Metropolican Hotel. Ex-Governor Dennison, of Onio, ts sojourning at the St. Nicholas Hotel, Mr. J, F, Asper, ex-member of Congress Sonrl, 13 at the Grand Central Hotel, Jute &. G, Kottell, Of Binghamton, N. ¥., bas at rived at tle Astor Louse, Colonel B. Pultum, of Nuoue Island, is quartered at the Fifth Avenue i1olel. General Fremont, of Tarrytown, is at tac Breyoort Tlouse on a brict visit. Ten, B. FP. Rice, from Arkansas, has put up at the St. Nicholas Hotel. General James S. Wilson, & rallroad president, of Towa, and Colonel James ©. Savory, of tne same State, are at (he Metropolitan Hoek Mi. FG, Stevenson, a gentioman from England, whois “doing” the States for the benefit of his health, bas apartments at (ue Fifth Avenue Hotel. Coiouel S. C. Lyford, of the United States Army, is quaitere] at the Grand Central Hotel. Judge A. J. Parker, of Albauy, !s among the ar- rivals at the Breyoort House, from Mis- THE PACIFIC COAST. Voleano in Washington Terriiory—The San Francisco and Anstralia Steamship Lise= Archbishop Alomany aud the Irish Catho- lies. San FRANCISCO, March 10, 1871, Mount Ratnier, ia Washington Territory, appears to be firing up for a voicunic eruption, The heat at the summit has become so great as to melt the snow. Heretofore during the hotiest summer Weather the meliing of (ne snow was but partial. There is a constant emission of steam, and some persons living in the viciuity report smoke iroméhe mountain, The new line of mail steamers between San Franoisco and Australia ts advertised, The steam- so1p Nevada will sail April 8, touching at Honolctu, for Australian ports and Auckiand. Freight oaly will be taken to Auckland. The committee for tuc German peace celebration in tus city have ordered 1,000 sliver and 4,000 bronze commemorative meda's. Father Foley Clayne, of ireland, in deflance of the Prohibition of Archbishop Alemany, of thts diocese, delivered his iecture on Irish oraters at Platt’s Hi yesterday evemmg to an immense andience, four- {ths of them Irish Catholics, aud was warily ap- plauded, The action of the Archbishop 1s bitterly denounced by Catholics aud has created a very strong feeling in the Chureh, THE TORMADO KN ILLIVOIs. Losses by che Tornado at Enst St. Louls 3260,000—Eiect of the Sterm in Morgan County. Sr. Louis, March 10, 1871. The losses in East St. Louis by the tornado of Wednesday were much exaggerated. A more care- ful estimate places them at about the following figures:—Elevator, $15,000; ferry company, $10,000; St. Louls and Vandaila Railroad, between $39,000 and $40,000: Southeastern road, $15,000; Chicago and Alton Railroad, $50,000; Ohio and Mississippi Rail- road, $30,000; Toledo and Wabash Railroad, between $75,000 and $100,000; the steamer Molite Abie, much more serlously injured than first reported, beimg almost stripped of her upper woiks, will require repairs to the amount oF $39,600. ‘The losses to citizens cannot be accurately given, but as some sixty dweiling houses of more or 1ps3 Vaiue were either destroyed or damaged the loss can hardly fall short of $100,000, ‘The railroad com- panies are busy repairing damages, and citizens are busy endeavqring to gather up the remains of their houses and collecting together their furniture. Reports trom the countyy are coming In. In some localities the damage 1s censicerabic. In Morgan county, Il, houses, fences and forests were blown away and severat persons badly mjured. At Helena, Ark., the same afternoon, a hurricane passed over the city, unroofing a Dumber ol houses and doing other damoge to property. ENGLISH CLAIMS AGAINST THE STATES, UNITED We publish the following correspondence on the subject of claims held by Englishinen against the United States, which has passed betweea Mr, Ed- win James, of this city, aad Sir Edward Thornton, the English Ambassador at Washington. The cor- respondence, a3 will be seen, indicates that tne English members ei the Joint High Commission are preparing to admit clains against our government, with which to offset the Alabama and other Ameri- can claims against G: To Sir EDWARD THORNTON, &c., Hor British Majesty's Minister to the United States, Washingten, D. C.:— in the United States government are anx- ia SION RCW IM session at Washingwon, Having been retained as counsel fer some of these gentlemen in the preparation of their papers and documents for submission, I have the honor to apply to you for information upon the following points:— Fir t'y—Whether any reguiations or orders wit! be promul- gated specifying the time when such claims may ve pre- ferred. Second'y—Wheter any form in which such documents ard their accompanying proofs and authentications .avc to be submitted, will be preserib Thi diy--Whether such claims are to be transmitted to the Court of Commission through the medium of the British Minister, or directly to the Secretary of the Commission. Ihaye the honor to be yours, very reapectful EDWIN JAMES, 229 Broapway, New York, March 7, 1871. Brivisa LEGATIO: 1 WasninGton March 8, 1871. Srr—in reply to your letter of yesterday's date I have to inform you that I hope the Commission whick has met at Washington, will agree upon some everal mode of settiement of all te claims be- tween the two countries; but until that be done IT cannot «ive you any information as to the proceed- ings which claimants wili have to take, You may, however, rest assured that due notice of the forms to be observed will be given, and ia good time, [ win, sir, your obeaent servant, EDWARD THORNTON. To Evwin James, Esq. NEWARK BAY BRIDGE AGAIN, Almost a Kepetition of the New Hamburg = Disastor—A Vigilant Eogineer. ‘The propelier Seth Foster ran against the draw- bridge of the New Jersey ventral Railroad, on Newark bay, yesterday morning, and dislodged one Of the columns supporting the bridge, The Fleming- ton express train was due, and the employ‘s of the railroad, in their excitement, forgot to give the ne- cessary Warning. While the boatmen and the bridge+ men were engaged in a war of words the train made its entry on the bridge, but before the men on the draw perceived it the engineer, though he saw no Signal of danger, suspected, by the unnsual gathering, that something was wrong, and he whtstied dewn brakes, His action was most season- able, for had he gone one hundred yaras further ho youd have been too late. His vigilance alone averted A terrivic disaster, gang of mén was Sent to the piace and thé damage was repatred after afew hours, A similar collision o¢cpixed not long go at this same bridge. Pe THe LATE SENATOR LYONS. red Population Preparing to Hurer His Remains. The foilowing notice has been Issued by tie com- mittee in charge of the fugeral of Senator Lyons:— The funeral obsequies of the Hon. Isaiah 1. Lyons, late member of the Senate of Virginia, who died on February 21, 1871, while in the discharge of his Sena- torial duties, will take place on Sunday, March 1 1871, from Washington Hall, corner Fourth street and Broadway, Brooklyn. His body will lay in state frem ten o'clock A. M. until two o'clock P. M., when the procession of military and civic orgauizations will form and proceed up Broadway to Myrtle avenue, up Myrtie avenue to Union Cemetery, where the Stone Square Lodge, No. 6, F. and A. M., of which he was a member, will perform the burial service, Oraer of exercises at the Hall, at twelve o’cloc! First, prayer by Rev. A. R. davis; second, musi third, eulogy, by Louts H. Putnam; fourth, musi fifth, benediction; sixty, formation of procession. THE KNIFE IN NEWARK. In Newark, on Thursday night, a disgraceful row took place between one Uwen Manning and Barney McGirgan, in the course of which the former was terribiy beaten and cut up with a knife. It appears the cause was fully as disgraceful aa the row—a notorious bawd named Kate Conness, once a very pretty, amiable girl, but now and for years past the vilest of “3oclat evils.’ She gained much notoriety three or four years ago in connection with the un- fortunate Welch, who was hung for murder. Kate loved him, not wisely but too weil: she was his mis- ed ta Connection with the row ed, but Manpuine’s case 1s not not been arrested The € ‘as supsequenUy discharged, dangerous, is assailant has Yacur (ive iy rae West.—Tiie Milwaukee Yacht Clab las been meorporated by the Legislature of Wisconsin “grand dam Corinne, by Glenco NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, MARCH 1, 1871.—1KIPLE SHEET, SARATOGA ASSOCIATION. Entries tor Eventa Closod March 1, 1871. SWEEPSTAKES, Yor Aut Agus; $59 entrance, Pp. Pp. $750 added. Closed biarci 1; the race to be run on the frst day of (he Jaly meeting, 1871, One mile and a quarter. 1. Stringfleld & stanhope’s b, c. Frogtown, 3 years, by Bounio Scotiand, out of Catina’s dam, by Lexmyton. 2% D. J. Crouse'a br. b. cou ipethey-4 years, by Lexington, dam Liila, by Yorkshi ‘aylor Page's boc. Hamburg, 4 years, by Lex- a ion, dam by Alexander Churchill. M. A. Littell’s ch. f. Rattan, 4 years, by Lexing- , i tight, aay Holton, by Lexington. » Curroil & Coar’s br, c. Ortolan, 4 years, by Doneraile, dain Canary bird. 7. F. Morris’ ch. f, Remorseless, 4 years, by Eclipse, dam Barbarity. Wel Sheetin’ 3 8. John O'Donnell’s ch. h, Judge Curtis (late Gen, Duke), 6 years, by Lexingtou, dum Lilla. 4yeara, by % August Bolweuts ch. £ Finesse, Léxington, cant free. i0, August Belmout’y imp, ch, f Nellie James, 4 years, by Dollar, dam Fleur de Champs. 1, August Leimont’s ». ¢, Lord Byron, 8 yeara, by Kentucky, dam Lady Blessington, 12. M. H. Sanford’s b. m. Niagara, Sycars, by Lex- Ingtun, dam Buy Leal Ti. John Coilve’s b. e, 8 years, by Bonny Scot- land, dam Bonnet, sister 10 Lancaster. 14. Oden Bowie's ch. f. My Maryland, 4 years, by Browa Dick, data Panny McAlister, 1s. A. Buiord’s b. . Versutiles, 6 years, by Vanda), dam by Mareraye, 16, George IL, Rice’s ch. c, Gen. Von Moltke (late Dr. Buckner), by War Dance, dam Blonde. » W. Cortriil’s ch, bh. Colirill, 6 years, by Daniel Voone, dum Magic G., by Brown Dick, FLASH 8TARES, FOR Two-YFAR-01.D8; $50 entrance, p. p., $500 added, Ciosed March 1, and the race to be rua on the urst day of the July meeting, 1871, Hall a mile, 1, D, J. Crouse’s b, 1, Little Ann, by Revolver, dam Gentle Anna, by Ringgold. 2 Joha O’Donneit’s gr. c. by Lightning, dam by Keyenue, out of Minnow, 8. Joh O'Donneli’s b. ¢ by Lightning, dam by Glencoe, out of Laura Webster. 4. M. A. Liiteii’s cli. ¢ Citizen, by Bourbon, dam Emma Jobnston, 5, Moran & Kelly’s b,c, Gilmore, by Ansel, dam Jenny P., by Star Davia. 6, Moran & Kelly’s b. ¢. Molle McIntire, by Star Davis, dam Zara, by Yorkshire, 7. Ilunter & ‘iravers! ox. c, Challenge, by Eclipse, dem Columbia, by Glencoe, 8. Hunter & ‘Travers’ b. f, Emily Fuller, by Eclipse, dam Ollata, by Lexington, % Homer & Travers’ b. ¢. Glamour, by Edgar daa the Gloamin’, by Glencoo, 10, Stringiicid & Ciay’s ur. f Nema, by Lightning, dam Cicily Jopson, by Weatherbit, 11. F, Morris’ b. ¢ Devastation, by Eclipse, dam a ty. Morris’ b. ¢. Blucher, by Eclipse, dam by Slasher, out of Fidelity. 13. RK. W. Cameron's ch. c. Botucration, by Leam- ington, dam Genista. 14. D. McDamel & Co.'s ch. f. by Julius, dam by Arlington, grand dam by Margrave. 15, August Lelmont’s ch. & Victoria, by Censor, dam Cautila. 16. August Belmont’s imp. ch, Polenta, by Mac- caroni, dam sister to Donna det Lago, 17, August Beimon’s ca. f, Woodbine, by Censor or Kentucky, dam Fleur de Chanips, 8. A. ord’s ch. f, Malita, by Marion, dam Susan Harris, by Revenue, 9. BG. Thomas’ b, c. War Jig, by War Dance, dam Dixie (Herzog’s dam), by Sovereiga. 20, Ham Scoti’s b. I by Australian, dam Helress, by Scythian. Parks’ b, ¢, Nathan Oaks, by 20, C. & Rew Bonnie Scotland, dam by Lexington. THE SARATOGA CUP, For Att AGRrs; $60 entrance, p. p., $1,000 added, Closed Margh 1, 1871, aud the race to be run on the third day or the July meeting, 1571, ‘wo and @ quarter miles, 1, D. J. Crouse’s ». f. Regards, 4 years, by Austra- Han, dam Ann Henly. 2. Taylor Page's b. c. Hamburg, 4 years, by Lex- ington, dam by alex, Churchiil. 3. John Harper’s br. h. Longfellow, 4 years, by Leamington, dam Nanturah, by Brawner’s Eclipse, 4, F. Mt. Hall’s ch. c. Mayor, 4 years, by Eugene, dam by Claude Melnot! 5. W. RK, Babeock’s ca. bh, Helmbold, 5 years, by Australian, dum Lavender, 6& W.R. Bavcock’s b. b. Conductor, 4 years, by Australian, dam Nettie Viley. 7. August Belment’s b. h. Glenelg, 5 years, by Cita- dei, dam Bapta. 8. August Belimont’s b. c. Kingfisher, 4 years, by Lexington, dam Eltham Lass. 9 M. H. Sautord’s b. l. Preakness, 4 years, by Lexington, dau Bay Leaf. 10, A, Littell’s gr. £. Mary Clark, 3 years, by Lexington, dam Eagless, by Glencoe, Lu. John Coliee’s ch. c. Judge Durell (late McClosky), by Lexington, dam Laura, by Leviathan. 12, Thomas Buiord’s b, m., 4 years, by Lexington, dam by Glencoe, out of tmp. Heads or Tats, THE SEQUE! STAKS, FOR TAREF-YEAR-OLDS; $50 entrauce, p. p.; $750 added; winner of Belmont or Travers stakes, 7 lbs. extra; Ol both, 10 Ips, exira. Closed March 1, and the race to be run on the iifth day of the July meeting, 1871. Two mites, 4, Stringieid & Butler’gb. ¢ Quintard, by Ulvur- sion, da: Bluzilla, by Omera. 2, James B. Clay’s ch.c, War Whoop, by War Dance, dam Victoire, by Margrave. 8. D. J, Crouse’s ch, f Lilia Harness, by Revolver, out of Luxembourg’s dam. 4 M, A. Littell’s ch. f. Rattan, by Lexington, dam Lizzie Morgan, by Glencoe. M. A. Litiell’s gr. f, Mary Clark, by Lexington, ziess, by Glencoe. na Harper’ach. c. Express, by Endorser, dam Nanturah, by Brawner’s Eclipse. 7. F. M, Hails. ¢. John Merryman, by Eugene, dam La Rose, by Lexington. 8, W. R. Babcock’s ch. f. Neliie Ransom, by Jack Maione, dam Vesperlight. Bente is’ b. c. Garbarian, by Eclipse, dam Bar- rity, 10, John F. Purdy’s b. ¢c. by Australian, out of Mattie Gross, by Lexington, 11, John O'Donneil’s gr. f. Mary Louise, by Light- ning, dam by Sovereign. 12. John O’Donnell’s ch. f. Fanchon, by Australian, dam Idleweid, 48, James Thompson's b, c, Nickajack, by Rogers, dam Capitola. 14. Atigust Belmont’s ch, c. Bythesea, by Thor- eae august Heltmont’s b. & The Earl, by T ‘5. August Belmont’s b. c, The Ear! ne Mare quis, dam Fieur de Chemps. tee 16. Mi. H. Sanford’sb. ¢. Bingaman, by Asterold, ware Nohn Coitee’s b, ¢, Joe E! 17. John Coslee’s b, ¢. Joe Elliott, by Asteroid, da: Tattle Mies, by Sovereaga, vine Sais 18 A, Buford’s b, f Rapidity, by Asteroid, dam imp. Hi-eting Moments, ere 19, Jas. A. Winstead’s Fulminace, b; ‘hining, out ef Segnin, by ed a te! i. 20, Geo. Cadwailader’s ch. f. Nellie R., by Light- ning, ts =n Se by Mahomet. 21. W. Cottrill’s ch. f. Saucebox, by Star D, aan Skedaddic, by Horksnire, Ms eg 22 0. C. & R. H. Parks’ b,c. Nathan. Oaks, b; Bowne Scovland. dara by Lexington, age . UC . Parks’ ch. c Waukegan, by Bon- nie Scotland, dam by Cripple. a scsi THE SUMMER HANDICAP, For Att AGE3; $10) entrance, h. f.; only $29 if de- clared; $1,000 added. Closed March 1; weights to appear July 20; declarations to be made on or be- fore August 1; and the race to be run on the fir ey, one August meeting, 1871, Two and a quar- er miles, |. Taylor Page's b. c. Hamburg, 4 years, by Lex- Ington, dam by alexande Grail John Harper's ch. h. Exchange, 5 years, by En- dorser, dam Nanturah, by Brawners’ Eclipse. 8. Hunter & Travers’ ch. h. Scathelock, 4 years, by Eclipse, dam Fanny Washington, 4. Uunter & ‘travers’ ch. c. Callogram, 2 years, by Censor, dam Maud, by Stockwell. 6 W. R. Gabcock’s ch, c. Doctor, 4 years, by Second Albion, dam by Omera, 6, W. R. Babcock's b, nh. Conductor, 4 years, by Australian, dam Nettie Viley. fF. Morris’ ch. f. Remorseless, 4 years, by Eclipse, dam Barvarity, 8. F. ‘clicity, 4 years, by Eclipse, . Morris’ gr. f, dam Fidelity, by Glencoe. 9. John O'Donnell’s b, h, Harle, 4 years, by Aus- tralian, dam Breana, by Knight of St. George. 10, John G’Donnell’s b. h. Edenton, 6 years, by UI a dgm Amanda, by Giencoe. |. R, W. Cameron's br. m. Invercauld, 5 years, by St. Albans, dam Eleanor, by Voitigeur. & f pgiist pelmont’s ch f. Finesse, 4 years, by ud (Oh, data Pilate, ~~. ae ta eae 18, Oden Bowie's ch. f. My Varylund, 4years, Brown Dick, dam Fanny McAuster. 14. A. Buford’s b. b. Versailies, 6 years, by Vandal, dam by Margrave. 15. Jas. A. Grinsteal’s b.,m. Flash of Lightning, 4 years, by Letras dam Cicily Jopson. 16, B. G. Tuomas’ b. 1 Talavia, 4 years, by imp, Australian, dam Lady Taylor, by Glencoe. 17. G. W. Stewart's ch. b. Barney Williams, Yeurs, by Lexington, dam Voiga, by Giencoe, 18. George H. Rice's ch. c, General Von Molike (are DF Buckner), 4 years, by War Dance, dam lone, 19. W. Cottrili’s ch. h. Cottrill, 5 years, by Daniel Boone, dam Maggie G., by Brown Dick. ¢ AMERICAN JOCKEY CLU! Since the publication of the entries for the several stakes to be run for at Jerome Park, which closed on March J, several others have been recelved which were made at the time announced, but have been detained on thelr way hither. We therefore give the new entries to make the list complete: ANNUAL SWEEPSTAKES, 1872. 34, George Treat’s ch. c, by Norfolk, dam Virgiata, ye, 35. George Treat’s ch. £ by Shion, dam Belle Dale, by Owen Dale. STAKES, 1872 . 1, by Suiloh, dam Belle Dale, Hog Farr.- zo has made arrangements for a grand hog fatr,~with prizes for boars, sows, shoats, pigs ani voasters. to pe heid ia that city in Septom- ber nox 7 Ls kn id. tim $ $ jad M i m ———ewenes THE COAL STRIKE Carrying Companies Charged With | Violating Thoir Charters, Suffering Among the Miners—The Workmen Or. derly but Determined—Attempt of the Road- ing Railroad Company to “Monopolize tho Trade— No Danger of a Coal Fa- mine—Excessive Production the Canes of the Disturbance. te ae es nt MAHANOY Orry, Pa,, March 9, 18}. The miners finding their hopes of success from every quarter frustrated, turned, a3 @ last resort, to Goverhor Geary. They waited until the carry. ing companies had imereaset thetr tolls to such @ fearful and unheard of rate that they violated their charters (in the estimation of the miuers) and thea preferred format charges against these compaules and induced Geary to institute an oficial inquiry. That mvestl Gation 13 now in progress at Harrisburg. Liney and other oMicers, on the part of the W. B, A., and Packer, President, of the Lehigh Valley Railroad, and otier leading railroad oiicers, have been sub- poenaed to appear before the Judiciary Committee. The operators, as well in this as other counties, find @ great deal of fault with Geary for noticing the de- mands of the miners for an investigation, They say Geary is after the miners’ vote; that he will truckle to any party or clique for the sake of gaining a few votes, They do not feel inclined to grant the miners the rights enjoyed by other citizens, Docs it look right that these miners, aside from their political Induence, should be ignored because of thelr lick of funds to ‘ix’? lobbyists ? Geaiy could not act aluere ently and fuitt! the obligations of his oilice. Whether the carrying companies have violated thelr charters remaius to be seen. The investigation now in progress will determine that. It can do n@ harm to decide this question; tt will be a precedent for future action. ‘hero -13 much suffering among the miners? families, many of them in want for the common necessaries of life, and, What 1s worse,’ the Workingmen’s Benevolent Association aASUry is nearly depleted. With all these gathering ils the miners still remain firm. Some out- rages have uadoubtediy becn committed, and otners, it 1s feared, will follow. ‘The only wonder ts that the miners have remained so passive under the grave troubles that encompass them on eveiy side. No member of the Workingmen’s Benevolent as- sociation, 80 far as can be determined, hag been concerned in the recent outrages, and to express their sense of those who committed the outrage at Mount Carmel, one county— Northumberiand—has_ offered, through its oii. cers, @ reward of $600 for their arrest and conviction. Could anything be done that would have a tendency to more emphatically stamp &s false the asseruon made by tne operators organ that these outrages were planned and con- cocted at the secret meetings of the Workiagmeu’s Benevolent Association. THB READING RAILROAD COMPANY have reccatly lit upop a@ new pian to control the whole coal region—they are now n-gotiating for the pucchase of the principal coal lands tu Schuylkitk and Carbon counties. Already two bilis are before the Legislature incorporating t.e Frankins and American Coal Compautes, These bilis are being put throug! by the Read. ing Company (under the rose) and they propose ina short tume to control the majority of the coat interesig in Pennsylvania, and what seems rathor strange, the operaiors are disposed to favor the Reading read in its endeavors to monopolize the business. Whether it arises from the fact that the operators are Ured of these periodical, strikes and luink thgy Low have @ chance to dispose of their cole leries at a good igure and get out o: a business that is attended With much anxiety and at times creat loss; or whether, on the contrary, they believe the “oid thing works” better when controiled py the Tew, 1 know not. Yet the fact remains, these mem are willing, even anxious, to see the whole thing merged in two or three gigantic corporations, who shall control the price of coal and enabled to land it at tidewater at a uniform price the year roun The Reading Rallroad is very ambitious com- pany. ‘They now own a perfect network of roads extending in all directions throughout the coal regions, aad they are consiantly periecting new ans for other roads. In fine, they aim to monopo- ize the coa! business, and they have enough money to carry out thelr schemes. it 13 only a question of 2, IN SCHUYLKILL COUNTY there are something over two hundred collieries, with an invested capital of avout twelve millions of dollars. Some operators have $200,000 invested in @ Slagle colliery, others less; the grand total 1s about 12,000, as stated above. The average loss per col- Htery whlle lying idle is at least — $1,000 per month, making in all over $200,000 per mont, or $2,400,000 per year, dead loss, watch; taken with the loss to the ratlroad companies during suspension, will aggregate a grand total of 300,000 per month, or $3,600,000 per year. This, tt must be understood, 13 the loss entailed by suspen- sion alone, without regard to the suiorings of miners. It is therefore evident that any combinations that will submit to these losses so long as they have doze will submit to further losses to gain theirends. On the part of the Reading Rau. road Mr. Gowen remarked to a Mr. Patterson, of Norristown, ‘We wil! fignt this thing to the end If we spend $5,000,000! ‘The miners, on the other fiand, can only grin and bear their suiferings. ‘They Nave no $6,000,000 to spend—nor $5,000, Their treasury has pretty nearly run dry. in conversation with John Parker, editor of the Anthravite Monitor, last evening, he said:—“The best method { know of to guard against over- stocking the market with coal tu future, and thereby inducing suspension, is to have the men work but five days in a week; this will keep the market just about {nll enough to keop the price at a fair figure. In fact,’ said Pare ker, “there are too many miners in the reglom. When they get to work they work so hard for the sake of making money that they soon overstock the market, prices fall, @ reduction ensues and sus- peg follows as naturally as the nigtt follows he day.’ ‘rhere have been rumors ofa resumption in the Luzerne region, but the rumor needs contirmation. Schuylkill miners express the conviction that the Luzerne men will stick to them to the last; they say the miners throughout the whole extent of the ming districts are in the same boat, anda due regard for thetr interests will cause them to keep up the combination. “We are Working for our rights,” said one of these men to e a lew days ago, ‘and we will hang together tilt ths crack of doom.” Some little coal 1s being mined at Shamokin, but this is mainly for local consump- tion, One hundred and forty cars passed through Mahanoy yesterday; about 200 cars passed down the ics Toad yesterday for Philadelphia and way jog, ‘the Reading Company 1s stocking some coal at their Richmond wharves, So soon as navigation Opens they promixe to Mill the New York market ‘There is no danger of a coal famine. The public can alford to let the giants fight, J F} Waiting for the Legislative Iuvestigntion—Ia- dications of a General Resumption of Work atthe Mines. MAHANOY Ciry, March 10, 1871. The miners are very anxiously awaiting the re- sult of the Legislative investigations at Harrisburg. The general impression is that they will continue to hold out if the result is favorable to their side of tho question. If not they will generally resume on the best terms they can get. = 4 meeting of the General Council of the Working- men’s Benevolent Association will be callea for Mauch Chunk next week to take action on the Har- risburg investigation. ‘There are about seven hundred minors at work in the Schuylkill region at present on the three dollar basis, Tney are Not working by contract, but ree celve fourteen dollars per week; for special work Hifteen dollars is paid. Indications of a ocr resumption throughout We, Wyele region an early day are becoming ré And more apparent. ~The miners are generally quiet, “THE SLIME OF POLITICS.” nd Noiergytisnn Police Agitne tion in Newark. 5S Ts Tho sentiment of the masses of the pcople of New- ark In favor of the Ititing of the police force entirely out of the rotien pool of politics has frequendy been echoed in the HeRaLp. Now more than ever are the people agitated on the subject, owing to tha shameful tricks that have been perpetrated by a few leading ‘ring’ politicians in the matter of appointments, the characters of a few of which, as before stated in these colitis, are | dis- raceful in the extreme, appears these lew “ring” leaders have tins far whipped ta tie balance of the republican city oficers, including lis Honor the Mayor. ‘There is one repub.- ican, however, wiio wili not be hushed up, and thas is Alderman Armstrong, who yesterday published # communication, in Which ho pays @ just tribute tw the late commission and says tat “it grew In favor and retired with the public contidence and respect’? He also siates the pian of dividing the force bewween the two parties ‘met all the requirements, that it Was simple, entirely practicable and perfectly jast to all parties.” Through it, he declar should have within a year probabiy.a poli e ment taken compietely out of the sume of poliues. ‘Tals measure is now before the Legislature and is approved by ninety-nine out of every hundred per- sous in Newark, DOUBLE OR} G GSUALTY. On Wednesday last two men were drowned in & well near the tort now being erected at Willetts Point. One of them fell into the weil by tie earth caving, and the ovher fell in while trying to reseue Coroner Watts, of Fiushing, held an mquest.