The New York Herald Newspaper, August 5, 1871, Page 6

6 THE DIRE DISASTER. Still Another Victim of the Westfield Explosion. The Death Roll Numbers Ninety-four. Continuation of the Official In- vestigation. The Captain of the Boat on the Stand. THE STEAM GAUGE OUT OF ORDER. Condition of the Wounded at Bellevue. AID FOR THE SUFFERERS. THE GREAT SLAUGHTER. A week has nearly passed since the metropo- he was overshadowed in a pall of mourning Vv i has bad no paraiie! for at least twenty years. The | external excitement which it produced in the early part of the week has passed away, and the deep and abiding grief has been transferred from the street and the hospital to the homes of the stricken mourners, The light of many 4 nouseold has been extinguished and the joy of many {| a heart turned to sadness. The rich and the poor met their fate together and ave gone to meet their reward in company. ‘The ninety odd victims of fracture which Be Yad observed tn tne dover. in repty to an 1 Sigresation be ¢ iron bad not cracked op the outetde, where there was @ of skin iron about oue-siateenth of ‘aan inch thiek. G, Jn yonr experience ag an engineer is there any test: cept hydrortatic test for ascertaining the existence of these cracks? A. No, sir, not to be safe; the seam was loogiud: nal, be.ween the upper and lower plates, and could not have been won by aman in the boiler; 1 doubt even if he could Q. At what pressure could the boiler thus mptured i bern exploded? A. It might have been exploded at a mi lower presaure than that stated in the certiieate; at twenty founcs, perhaps, if the iracture extended the whule length of the sheet; I do not know bow far it extended. Q. Are vou saiistied there was one-sixteenih of an inch on the outside? A, As near as Ican judge. 1 did not measure 14; there might be in places more and in places somewhat less. yw GOOD IRON ? A. cannot say whether it was good iron or bad iron, but it was a new fracture. my How much pressure would that one-sixteenth inch withstand 2 A, piece of ivon quarter of an inch square sbould withstand a tensile strain of 60,00) pounds; in this fase T would put it to be sure ai 15,000 pounds; I cannot say ile strain ast that the iron in this boiler would withstand a te: o a OW) pounds. i iam H, Martin, an expert, was next examined. He tes- {'am 4 practical engineer, employed by the Willlams- ‘ry Company as their chief superintendent; I have seen the remains of the exploded boiler. . State what you think wasthe cause of the explosion. mp the fort pines 1 do not thin the boiler exploded from pareity of water, my reason for thinking that being that the iron shows no indication of it; Iwas on the top of the flues ana I coula not see that the furnace had snddei ex. ploded ; 1 alxo observeda fracture on one of wenms, and, as the boat lay with ber bull out, starboard side; the 1c: inal that was on the THE FRACTURB seemed about fifteen Inches in length, but did not eo right through the Aron ; the explosion might have becun there. G, How about the iron? A. It is considered by ail the builders to be a good quality of iron; it ts medium jron and | sould bear a tensile strain of 60,000) pounds. What do you call the best quailty of iron 2, A. I sup. pose it would sand @ higher strain than thal; the best iron is heed in maxing flanges and such like. Q, Can you remember any cases of inferior iron being used to make boilers? A. I have never had any boilers ander my superintendence of an inferior quality to m; I bave heard of such fron being used, Dut that was many vears azo; this boiler has been shown to bé a good strong boiler; the iron in this boiler was at first about one-quarter Inck thick : jt wonld stand a tensile strain per square Inch of 000 pounids, 1 there were no flawe In Mts the boller was party longitudinal; the boiler would be stronger transversely than longitudinally; think the explosion broke across the sbeet in this instance, ‘. How much strain do you suppore that sheet or sheets of that kind would bear crosawise the sheet? A. 1t ongnt to stand about half as much as the tensile strain ; probably more than that; perhaps two-thirds; it is greatly weakened by being riveted, but, of course, depend tly upon the num- ber of the rivets; T should think the ri i boiler were five-elghths of an inch in diameter and about one and three- quarter inches apart; that would weaken the iron about one- t ird. Q. From the appearance of that botler in its actual cond- tion before the explosion OW MUCH PRESSURE do ron think it to have been capable of withstanding? A. T would not have been afraid to carry thirty-five pounds of steam; I would not have bad apy hesitation in putting on thirty pounds if an eméfwency had ‘called for it, but I should prefer not to have doue a0, a8 1am a cautious man, . Do you think that thirty pounds of steam would baye Toptured that boiler under those circumstances? A, No, somebody's carelessness Or penuriousness will not se missed in the busy throng or tais great city, save T The lonel? jcMes of the corrowing ¢ e: in the lonel? Nee asa: ring “sad she he wry -fye pougds might bave done it: it might have ny pai yo potinds, perhaps; it is the lust straw thas bf Esmel’s beck. You think, then, (here was all of thirty pounds when this explosion waa produced? A. Yes, sir. Q Supposing gqgett Mewes e , PF SLs ca NOR reaved, where eae gp Een © srSorth “SM herdon Camuany geass, arch asi made he TREE Brae ee cai 1 "10 bi ie Berdan ¥ Sa as Vee wiass pe VACANT 77 the Afferican Steam Gai qmpany ron (i STF eX. as thé (que and by the hearthstone. One after an- | perience found such wages We DBT it ur the way? A ce iv 1 Lasts Macced Ti we mate Bad jem et | Oe bots oth@r is being gadded still to the already Tom Ps ee ced TS ee aD eipm et oF the way, bot list, until to-day we have a record of ninetys 2) ry ‘pen the dgte-aitie that ax were Ont of the four dead and 116 injured. The totality of the | Crier ahd Were tated be the Caled Meee ee go0d latter will probably never be jully or cor- bay time ser ated ABou! tus working of the ranger and recy known. Our reporters have done their rauges are ont Mt is taade uote ar nel the sanaee utmost to obtain correct information, but there haye Deen so many-trausferred to thelr homies without Any public record being made that It is scarcely possible to arrive at the truth, But we presume no one will @eny that the list is already fearfully long and harassing, and if justice fails to reach the gulity par- ties we shall begin to think that element in our wociety is fearfully scarce. Already some of the in- jured survivors have been appealed to vy lawyers and others to unite thelr canses together and con- jointiy to bring an action for damages against the Staten Island Ferry Company. And we be- lieve some such united effort will be made, There is no other way to reach such soul Jess corporations than to dive deeply into their pockets, and in this way to teach them that human nfe cannot always be measured by dollars and cents, and that if they will entrust the livesof thousands every day to the guess Work of IGNORANT ENGINEERS AND EMPLOYES they must some day pay dearly ior the luxury. The appeal made by the HERALD to the Christian women of New York has not fatled to elicit such a response as we believed it would call forth, and qauring the past two days a large number of fodiy, sel-sacrificing ladies have given time and money toward the alleviation of the snfferings of those who remain still in the hospital Among the number named yesterday we omitted the name of Mrs, to that mstitution for the past twenty years, but on this cccasion she has excelled herself in administer. ing comforts and delicacies to the poor sufferers, There are others, too, besidesithose we have named, Whose modesty Would not allow them to tell their mames nor to let their leit hands know what the might hands accomplish. Nameless they may be in Ahese columns, but their names are registerea on high, and che “cnp of cold water’? which they have given to their suffering brethren and sisters will not unrewarded In Ue last great day of reckoning. BELLEVUE Y STERDAY. Another of the Westfleld victims succumbed to destroyer, Death, yesterday, in Bellevue Hospi- Martin Reder, agea fifty-two, a cooper by occu- jon, and a resident of Madison street, ther! his jast at tnree o'clock inthe morning, in ‘ard No. 10. His aged mother was with him to the %, but his fever of Thursday gradually heightenca til bis Vial powers were completely exhausted. Mrs. Grennette and Mrs. Holvedell, in the female vilton, Were very poorly yesterday, and it ls very btful if the former can live over the Sabbath, if long. The last named is the best of the two, and ay recover. IN TRE MALE PAVILION john Daly was very puorly yesterday. He is a large nd strong man, but his injuries, which are very were, and lus sufferings, which have been very intense, have so Weakened him that his recovery is exceedingly doubtful, Yesterday afternoon, when Ube firkaLp reporter passed througb, Daly was breathing very heavily, and had been for SOME TIME DELIRIOUS. Kind, Christian women were fanning his fevered brow and applying wet cloths to his nead. in the adjoining bed les George M. Etsasser, improving @owily, but surely. He is likely to recover. LN WARD 13. Henry Storms, aged 194; years, a clerk in Bro- kaw’s clothing store, in Fourth avenue, looked a Mttle betver yesterday, bat felt very poorly. His back and legs aud right arm are perfectly raw, and eause him intense pain, so much so that yesterday he was under the influence of drags to enable him tosieep. He is unable to take any solid food, and most be fed on hquids and stimulants through a giass tube, a number of which, together with a quantity of brandy, have been sept to tne hospital by Mr. W. 5. Corwin, tne Broadway grocer. IN WARD 10. John Watson, aged thirty, a machinist, of 108 Rapelyea street, brooklyn, Was also very poorly esterday, and said he Telit much worse than he ked. His back Js the must panini to him, and he 4s tired out with lying in one position so long. His young wife was completely exhausted with her con- stant Watchiog, aud yesterday afternoon snatched a few hours’ rest from her weary watch hours. Her brother, Joseph Myring, Was so far recovered as to take her place by the bedside of Mr. Watson. iN WARD 16, Bartholomew Mauly is getuing along nicely. He Was much improved yesterday, and was apie to sit. Jn a few days he may be able toleave mis bea. His brother and other male and female friends are un- remitting in th ttentions to him day and night, vomlorung and encouraging him, Mattie Higgins is ering, and yesterday she Was avie to be out of bed and sit Ina chair. Mary Murphy, her companion ering, appeared tw be much worse, A conval nt, who was fan- ning her at the ume the reporter cailed, sald she had a very quiet day, but, though she slumbered at the Ume, her eyes rolied wildly, as if in death, and it 1s quite likely that she Will depart this lie ere the Sabbath dawns upon ds. ALL THY OTHER PATIENTS, famely, Jonn Brows, in Ward 11; John C. Roberts, in Ward Matinew O'brien, Ward 5, and Michael Reagun and Charies W. hendort were very much improved yesterday, and were kindly eared for vy friends, ‘The bed clothing of the hospital has been so IRMETRIEVABLY RUINED hy the oft and carbolic lignids used on ana abont rhe explosion patents that a new stock was substituted yesterday on every vacant bed. The injured articles could never be washed un, Dut they would be as ty 48 new ones, ugh not so oking; and rather than have charge of Want of cleaniiness made against the Commis. gioners and we hospital officials by and by, they have deemed it beet to substitute the new for the wit THE OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION, The oMctal investigation into the causes of the Westheid disaster was resumed yesterday evening by Inspectors Leonard H. Boole and Wiliam BIL, at the United States Cireait Court, 1n Champers stre Wiliiaw A. Lighthall, who wan yesu wipers, was recalled abo again yen! day examined ae aD O regard bo she J. vhillips, a lady who has been a visitor | ! @t once repaired, or a new one substituted if ft be found ne- Segaary. Q. How far have you ever fount such ganges as you use ‘on Yotty boat to be out of the way when tested by the United States Inspector? A. Last year we found some of them seven or nine pounds ont of the way; they would show more steam than we really had; but there have been cases where they nore ore ive or six pounds less than what the test gauge we Q. How often have you discovered such errors? A. Most every yi have been told, though, that the inspection now going on bas shown (my tants have attended to it) that the gauges agree with the test gauges of the inspectors. Q. Have you any MEANS TO DETERMINE whet her your gauge does not show enough re during re: the time you are running your boat A. ‘Aflyou can judge by ts the safety vaive; that ts loaded to a particular pojat of ure; tay instractions about this to the en- fineers. ‘are the Isafety valve and to that it at twenty-five pounds pres- Mt may run up to twenty-seven pounds; that I do about so much, as we qualifytior at forty pounds, aud are allowed three-fourt pounds—by the inspectors; some of the safety valves are marked on the lever and some are rot; some I have measured myself and I have found them corect. Q. All your pressure of that—thirty BOILERS ARE TPSTED to carry thirty pounds on the certificate of the inspector? A. Yer, sir; but our practice is to carry only twenty-five pounds, or at most twenty-seven pounds; after that the main safety ive belonging to the bolier begins to blow off ; then we have other va ve—the government valve—locked ‘up to blow off at thirty-two pounds. Q. Have you ever in your experience noticed any of these government satety valves to blow! A. I bave noticed them Xo blow, aud Thave noticed them iso to stick, instead of blowing. . Why should they blow when you only allow your steam to go to twenty-seven pounds? A. As a maiter of precan- cient pressure of steam to it ;1¢o it purposely, aud T bave notoperate properly, but #ttck ; yaund that they were correctly iigured, but were occa- y liablo to stick; 1 bave given these’ people instruc: tions, that is the engineers on our boats, to attend to this valve themselves; Ihave known the main safety vaive to stick ; I had noticed yesterday that the valve in one of our boats was not workiug: Lhad that boat latd up for tnspec- morning and instructed my aasistant engineer to ut; when he took it out he found that the stem was bent consid ; it is possible that the engineer or fireman ing it up at some time; the bend was below alve in the socket ; some years ago there was # safety valve on board of a boat; it was one that was in the habit of sticking; my attention was cailed one day by two of the men that the gauge indicated fifty pounds and yet it did not blow off; we bad been away attending to something at the other end of the boat, when one of the men came to me and said, ty GOD, LOOK WHERE THE STEAM 18!" Thad to take that One out and make a new valve for it witn more taper on it aod less dearing, I] sometimes used iron nmetimes employed copper pipes to counect the gauges * boller; in thé mayority of cases copper pipes were employed; 1 consider copper best because they are not 80 Lkely to be obstructed insice. @. Do you consider it safe to use ench pipes? don't; if 1 were runving @ steamer I shou the steam gauges ever made; give me a go four good gauge cocks; we ‘had three gau; 4s, but the one d directly on to the boller tndicated had the greatest pressure, being ure always shows a little more vel; suppusing you carry a steam pipe from the boiler to the gauge and this uge is atone end of the boat and the poller at the other, ere would be slight difference, though the pressure ts gen- ally sapposed to be equai;] Know of no other reason why ere should be a difference in indication of two boiler ganges with pipes connecting with the same boiler and having the same head of steam, Q. Supposing an ‘engineer on the boat broke your tnetruc- tions after you bad told him what steam to allow? A. 1 think I wouid DISCHARGE A MAN IP BY DISOBEYED any order of that kind; | knew a case six years ago where a man broke this order on one of ovr boats and was dis- charged, but it has never been done since; if « man bad done that to me I would certainiy have discharged him; I suppose the engineer on our boats has a right to lift the saiety valves at any time to prevent them from sticking; be is respousible, aud must use bis own judgment in that mat- ter. the government aufety val found that some of them did Ihave A. No, I not care for all safety vulrey ‘# in one of our TRY. CRACK IN TNE BOILER. Q. Could the crack in the Westtield’s boiler have been ais- covered when it was tested? A. The only means that [ wot would have been to have taken a fonrt-en pound sledge hammer aud subjected itto bammering all over: there were po possible means of seeing it either from the inside or the outside, A LOCAL LNBPECTOR'S TESTIMONY. Joseph Parry, a local inspector of steamboats for the di trict of Philadeiphia was then sworn. He said:—I bave beem au inspector for three yenrs and an engineer for over thirty- two years; I have examined the boiler on boara of the steam bout Weatiield; the boiler as it ies at preseut doos not give any exact Indications if it was an ex ot steain shat caused the explosion; I could vot e: ly; the fractures made by the explosion all show good iron in every part, and of the ordivary thickness. How thick was ty A. 1 think the fron originally was No. aving become thin: on generally had the appearance of having been ot the reguiar thickness tn boilers of that kind; there was nothing to indicave the age f that boiler: there are bollers running in the «istrict I der than that; (J understand that ove at carry more steam; then there ar vider; T believe this to be ten fe ‘ourteen feet in diameter, carrying in diameter forty-five pounds of steain. Q. How much m do you generally allow? A, One with a ven-foot shell ie generally aliowea thirty pounds; the general thickness of iron put into the SHELLS OF ROTLERS POR FERBYROATS 1s five-sixteenths, and for that, or even for a quarter of an inch shell, ten feet diameter, I would allow thirty pounda; we should nave allowed thirty pounds provided the boiler was erfectiy good. re What pressure should have been allowed at the | I think, ac. cording to my judgment, the oiler sliouid have’ been allowed five powids; if the iron was of an equal thickness al d not have hesitated to have appiied forty pout one this boiler should hydrostatic pressure, but from the present appearance t over I sbould be willing to allow no more than thirty nda; Leannot say thai I did make acy observations of at part WHERT THE RUPTURE COMMENCED; I did notexamine it pomitively, rupposing it to have stood thirty-four pounds elx w ; Ido not know how mach Jess pressure of steamn id ve required to cause the rnp: v 1 do not Uke to putas mach steam on as] would by- tic pressure, for the simple reason that in case of « rupture with the latter it would be safer; I think thirty pounds pressure might have broken it at the time it biew up; there were no means of discovering that flaw in the boiler from the inside or the outside unless the fues were taken out, and then you could only have discovered tt by a very © observation ; If that oviler been submitved wo me I > SAW IT TESTED. oyee referred to in the Superin n vaday as having vee : tand assisted In the tes next examined. Q. What is your profession? A. 1 am a practical en. Tam fot a machinist; T have not served a regular chinery, though I bave c@ ia overhauling steambe mmenced to work for Commodore Vanderbil ‘are a0, at bis slip, in the forge for grinding in vaives packing the stuffing boxes, dc. ; 1 have been an engine charge about nine ¥ waa on the Middletown fir to “bre” previously; [have been to work for this company anun engineer since am one of five engineers; we take reyuiar (rips in the boats by turns; I was on the Wert- field the last time on Thursday tast; I’ took charge at one o'clock that day and landed off her’ at tweive v'clock on Savurday morning; there was vothing the matter with the water, for before t constant intervals I went down to the engi and saw the gauge, &c.; L have not read the new ecrtiticate, but the old one stated we were allowed only twenty-tive pounds of steam; we bave one Of the certifient the engine rooms T remember when che W inapected—on the 12th of June; T "t know Ner that the new certificate came; it rb ; Ihave been sow how much 0 wok of Mr. ing of the ~tweaty-live pt ; LE ABSISTRD MATTHEWS TO TROT I J was down ai the safety valve, and be toid me to shove back the ball on the safety valve lever; he was wear, and might have seen me shove It back aud alterwarde readjust it; we then went down aud looked at the steara chimneys, furnaces, &c., and, finding th right, he pronoupeed everything to he perfect; the government valve was wet to blow off at tweaty five pounds apd the main valve at twenty-six pounds; Mr. Matthews raw me secure the gato by fixing the ncrew on tbe lever; the government valve was not lockedzat that o we were not in ihe habit of baving # loeked; the lock waa ) when J left the best on butusday just; Aly, Male NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, AUGUST 5, 1871. thews was present when it was adjusted; we arrived at the Brooklyn side o. Sout ferry at about eight o’ciock on the 32th of Jane, and Mr. M ews came down at halt-past nine; we had then eighteen pounce of steam, which was blown off, but the fires were not put cut, only lowered to alow the test to be made; we tested the boiler from the by drant, ‘Mr, Hitu— NOW, S18, YOU ARF ON YOUR OATH. bey) vor = never carried over twenty-seven pounds of steam saw it over when elutituever te anf it was four or five years that; we are allowed a margin of two pow the cerliicate should read something Tike “that such boilers Sos th sees OF Averenie power to thirty-four pounds, an steam shall Creve rent ve puaaen™ Pressure allowed not . it does that language mean? A, carry tweaty-tve pounds of steam, aud not more, | means‘ OAFY Being recalled be said he had two certificates as an en- neer, the last in 1865, but understanding that he was without ld not want to carry over know that jurisdiction where 1 was allowed his subscription ot gio sient fo fail om sandhaa not since bad it renewed; he bad 01 Dir, Renwick and one from Mr. Hopper, but he had uot had one from ihe present Jocal inapector, Mr. Matihews, ME. MATTHEWS CORRECTING HI8 Ennors. Mr. Matthews then took the stand and said he wished to make ashort statemant, He stated, he said, in bie teat. mony the day before yesterday that the colored engineer was not registered. That was owing to the fact that in the index of their books his name, instead of “Robinson,” appeared as that he had had’ six renewals. Having made his application in the usual way they were bound to grant it 60 fea Xd they had recetved no complaints against bin ; but at the time of the exposion the last one had Tan out, and consequently he had none at that moment. He id not me ole et Be oI Lay eet him Saat ut the cousl at uy the u MOM mM Te ‘THE CAPTAIN OF THR WESTFIELD, Isaac M. Vreeland, the captain of the Weatteld at the time of the eaplosion thet took the sland, 1.L—Will you state at what time you left Staten Island and whatever else you know of the accident? A. We left Staten Island at half-past twelve o’ciock and arrived in New York at ten minutes past one; the explosion took place ‘at twenty-three minutes past two olclook; I was in the pllot- house at the time the explosion took viace; there was no awell running at the time; I knew of nothing wotll 1 heard the report; L cannot tell you exactly, but I do not think there were more shan 200 on board; I was not on board all the time ihe was in the slip; f was in ine pilot house until (wentr-tive minutes past one: Thad pulled the bell attached to the signal and had blown the whistle five minutes before, whick is usual; I pulied a litte longer than usual in order to hurry v the passengers, and was just about to give the signal to start when she view up; I gave the whistie three pull ave baa charge of vessels since 1851 and have in my pocket a pilot's license. (The license was shown.) THE MAN WHO MADE THE BOILER. Charles Frankiin, the foreman m the wor! Island where the Westield’s boiler was m: sire ranning on a Jersey ferry, in one ot the Erie boiler of the steamer Wes«iel Joarmaao; it was ten fest in diameter and twenty-five feet jong and was made of the best Pennsylvania iron; five-six- teenths on the fire side and furnace side, and had the best dre bars, it was the best hammered tron No.8; on the bot- tom it was tive-sixteenths; the bottom was made a little stronger than the other parts, three-eightns thick; the steam chimney was made of No, 3 iron, one-quarter inch thick ; the bottom of the steam chimney was of three-eighths iron, dou- bie riveted and flanged; 1 have not seen it since; I don't know what kind of water was used; if this is the Westtield ‘that was used in the government service tghe warl know she must have used salt water; I do not know posi- ively that she was In the government Service; T take one of the daily papers as my authority for that; Ido not know HOW LONG A BO LAST using fresh water; 1 never ten yeara old; one using salt water might n years; the gen eral caiculation is about ten or twelve years, Q. What would indicate when ler was wornout? A. It would be broken or worn out abd destroyed, and the flues and rurnaces would bave to ba¥e patches on them ; supposing “eter and the thickness of (he Dottes rhe pouud ve aale ae THHhg poWatda vat who st Aa » yvands and wi new; that boiler tested. by hydranMS Prcssure to uftyxeven pounds and alt, 7. Q. Have you ever snid to any party since the explosion that in Your opinion the boiler was wora out? A, I don't recol- lect that Fused such language; as 1 made it I natural) an interest in the matter; 1 supposed it was tweive years gis T don’t know exactly; I might have said it was made im i take I CONSIDER THE BOILER WORN OUT, though I am not positive that I have said soto any one; some one asked my opinion about it and I told him what t have staied; I have seen new boilers patched six feet along the bottom, over the seams. THE SUPERINTENDENT EXPLAINS. ‘The Superintendent then came forward and said he wished to remark as an explanation that this Weattield has nev: been in the service of the government of the United stat or ever been out of New York harbor. After the Recess. Shortly after two P. M. the examination was resumed, John 8 Smith being the first witness cailed to the stand, He gave his testimony as follows:— Tam a practical engineer; I attribute the explosion to an excessive pressure of steam; from the age of the boiler I do not think ft would have been safe to carry more than the amount allowed; read evidence ot Mr, Lituauer in the did not notice previous craek; seemed of original viz., one-quarter of an ‘inch; 1 reason to believe it (the boiler) cracked before; 1 did not notice it thicker in one place than anothers the screw staples were drawn out from the sheet; I think fifty pounds were necessary to explode tne boiler; it was not possible to do it with less; T cannot sa gard to the safety valve being overloade: the indieator or steam gauge was probably obstructed; tt is liable to be go frou rience; I base my opinions on my strength of materlal composing boilers; do not know the ten- sile strain when fifty pounds of steam ai the stays were about five or six {nches apart; I have seen exploded boilers in New Orleans aud of a city fire engine; saw the steamer New World; it was a collapse; external force did it; there were no indications of low water in the boiler. Jetferson Young, a first assistant engineer in the United States Navy, was’ next called to the stand and testified sub- stantially as follows :— Thave hat from twenty-two to twenty-three years’ experi- ence, not including my apprenticeship; served my time at the Allaire Works and with Heury R. Donovan. Inspector BELKNAP—If you were there in the forties you must remember me; I was there then as superintendent. A. I do not so remember vou, the Aiida was betug built then; 1 beer it was near the fifties. e-lirect examination continued—I made 108 trips across the Atiantic in the Franklin aud Arago; in les entered the navy; Tam still init: I thoroughly examined the boiler for {wo days, three hours the first day and five hours the next; I have no hesitation in saying that the accident was caused by low water; in examining tho boilers I found the port one sank two snd a quarter inches, the centre oue two and a half fuches; the diagonal’ brace preveniat my entering the starboard one. (The plan of the engine and bol was bere exhibited to the witness anda passage at arms ensued between him and Mr. Bel- knap in reference to his knowledge of bis profession. Mr, Belknapp eaid, “I am surprised at you, atan engineer of the reguiar nary, not knowing more than you do."") Redirect—If there was a detonation as has been proved, it aust bave been caused by low water; If caused by over pressure there would be no noise unless cansed by tearing of {fon and escape of steam into the water; I never saw @ boiler explode: they never do explode when I am around; I am entirely too careful when my life isin jeopardy; I louk after that, spent fra y; the water line in the boller 18 as distinct as draw a black line on this white wall (pointing to the wall); found the furaaces at 15 years of age L commenced (in 13)) j hada disagreement and loft; T was next Algiers works, Hudson Oily, N.J.j fin, where I was outdoor foreman: Q. What were your pursuits? A, Well, my life has been @ litte cheekered; { went South in 1550; in'1857 T fitte? out a boat and went to California, where 1 acted as a steamboat engineer and captain; in 18591 went to Texas; Loeame up South tn 1860; in 1861 { joined the Confederate army; 1 built umboats in 1862: in I fought them; in 1855 was badly whipped (angbter); in 1867 1 went to ornia, and in 1869 T came here; such is my history, aft the manner of “Plutareh's Live: (continued laughter); [think fifty pounds or more caused ti loston; do not tuiok the safety valve and gauge marked the proper amount; where it is customary to mark twenty-five or nty-seven pounds tt becomes oxidized, and it Is impossible to know how many pounds more are necessary to carry it above the mark; a8 it was oot lubri- T belleve the safety valve was open ‘bat not enough; if ‘aises on eighth of an inch there is great noise, fy & passenger or inex engiacer; the valve was not raised high enough; think the last witness (Engineer Young) 1s mit a about the plan; looked carefully at everything, as knew [had to swear'to it; if I might be allowed to mak estion I would re- commend that a gentleman from Philadelpuin be called; I met him at the wreck, and no one who hss been on the stand so far has a better theory in regard to the explosion of boilers than he bas; | may sta‘e bere thal I du not know what opinion he has formed on this accident. Mr. A.N. Williams, of Philadeiphia, being as follows :— {of a gas fixtures manufacturing’ phia ; the Keystone Townsend Engineers, d me to ere to investigate the Km led to the at my, opinion, was differential ed density, caused by nexiect e in blowing out the boiler and keeping it ny she was built of agood quality of iron; the water, if it is of ordinary density, will require 212 degrees Fanrenbeit to make it boil; if the gauges were all closed it would increse in density; if the density of the water was increased by a ‘sediment of foreign organic or inorganic matter it would require 251 degrees; if they were blowing in for a long time and not biowing the sediment, and the water consequently becoming denser, it would not boil before reaching 30) deurees ; if reduced to a vacuam you could boll the water in your hand--that fs, at Jess than the bodily heat of the body, which t# ninety-eight degrees ; this boiler was, I think, capable of sustaining forty tothe inch; I saw hiisters on sheets, but not I would’ like some of those who have testified to snow me the crack; I did not see it; I don't think the steam gatige marked more than twenty-seven pounds, though ft might have done so; [ think when s gauge je in the habit of marking a certain figure for awhile !t keeps at that; I have known one that worked at forty pounds when it was afterwards tested with a valve with weights hung on to mark but fifty pounds; the valve marked seventy pounds; @ gauge sometimes becomes 80 three weeks. Here followed a lengthy dfscnssion in reference to the re- apective merita of the different mr valves between (he witnesses and the members of tue Board, Examination contnoed--T saw dirt and grease upon the sides and bottom of the volier strongly indicated; they must have been there then or shortly afterwards; I do not think every sign would be obliterated; I did not go in the legs or furnaces, In reply to qnestion by Mr. Brown—Hydrostatic pres anre and steam pressure xt 26 degrees have different explo sive power. At the concinsion of Mr, Williams’ examination an adjournment v a announced until tea o'clock this morning. AID FOR THE SUFFERERS, A gtand matinée will be given at the Park Theatre, Brooklyn, to-day, when “Cigareti will be presented by the splendid company now playing ther The proceeds are to be devoted to the benetit of the sufferers of tne Westfield, AS Messrs, Carroll & Lamb have taken the initiative in secnring aid for the unfortu- nate persons who have been marmed by the calam- ity of ;Sunday last, It 1s to be noped that their charitable endeavors to obtain means for this object will be earnestly seconded by the people. Those who cannot make it convenient to attend the per- formance can at least purchase tickets, which are for sale at the box office and at drug stores. The New York theatres will follow suit in this matter, fo that the dramatic contribution toward Wie fund for the sufferers wail be worthy of the projession, A Pennsylvania Contribution. POTTSVILLE, Pa., August 2, 1871, To THE Eprror oF THe HERALD; — Will you please dispose of the enclosed $1 for the benefit of the suderers from the ‘Westheld crimt- maby?” A FREND THE FUNERAL OF PROBE CARY. Services at the Church of All Souls Yester- day—A Large and Serrowing Congregation of Sympathizing Friends. ‘The last tribute of respect was paid to all that was mortal of Phasbe Cary yesterday afternoon, at All Souls’ church, corner of Fourth avenue and Twen- tieth street. The hour named for the services at the chapel was two o'clock, but bejore that tme the church was well filed with a congregation for the most part of ladies, who showed by tueir chastened and saddened coun- tenances that the solemnity of the occasion was weighing heavily on their spirits, There was a hush of quietness within the church, not disturbed even by the ripple of feminine talk; the warm sun- light streamed through the windows, but was toued down by passing through the emblazoned windows of the sacred edifice. One or two of the lattices were opened for the gdmission of a currant of air, and the chirping of the sparrows and the blue birds broke upon the solemn stillness with a strangeness that made the silence even more oppressive. As the solemn procession wended its way from the street to the church the organist played an ap- propriate dirge, and the sad procession revealed a number of well known faces, incluging the follow- ing, who acted as pall-bearers:—0, J, Victor, R. R, Raymond, Oliver Johnson, E. H. James, A. J. Thompson, Thomas Knox and W. F. Colton, The comin was of rosewood, elegantly trimmed and had heavy silver mountings. It bore a silver plate, with the following inscription: eererececercosesrecerereresceeceetse recess te sere ® PHBE CARY. : Diep JULY 31, 1871. ‘Aged 46 Years. COSC LE LD SEEELELOGE STIS LGE DOEOLOLEDLOOLOD 20Gb The Rev. A. G. Lowrie, of Erie, Pa., and the Kev, Bernard Peters, of Williamsburg, ascended the pulpit, and the latter read the ninetieth psalm, and the former a poeap. of the fifteenth chapter of St. Paul's First Epistie to the Corinthians. Mr. Lowrie led the congregation in a prayer of singular appro- priateness and tenderness, atter which he took oc casion to refer 1m @ few words to the earnestness and sincerity of the belief of the deceased when living to the faith in the universal salvation of mankind, and to her conscientiousness in making Christ her example, and concluded by the expression of his earnest belief that wherever in the vast crea- tion of God her spirit was located she feit an interest in the future welfare of those who had loved her on eartn. Mr. Lowrie said he was an early friend of the Cary sisters, and was acquainted with them when they were littie girls, living with their parents on a farm near Cincinnati. He well remembered the time when Phawbe attended to her numerous farm-house duitles, and, after milking tne cows, wrote her first pdénis by candle. light in the evening, * Watenen tne he career _ Of the Cary givis with Uitorest, and was __. varuest admirer of Pheebe’s poems apd parodies. Her ‘Poems of Faith, Hope and HS Oa eent among the most natural and sympathetic he ever read, The Christian public wquld not Taree’ the im, portant aid she rendered Dr. Deems In the comn',. tion of “Hymns fer all Christians,” puDSned as late ag 1869, The buoyant faith and saany hy which ever marked her writin; made them at- ractive to all classes of reader8—both believers and LONG BRANCH, Remarkable Sensations—Foolish Sophie—Man of the Sea—Photographs of Some Literary Peo- ple—A Curious Old Gossip — What Women Do—What Constitutes Style—Fashionable Turnouts— Slaughter of the Innocents. LONG BRANCH, August 3, 1871. A marriage throws Long Branch into convulsions; ® par of fat Germans of Herculean strength jtounds it with wonder; a man in floating armor holds it entranced; a strolling pedler, with Japanese toys, fornishes entertainment for old and young; a magic lantern holds crowds in delignt of an evening. What a bit of Broadway would do here, with a stroll- ing organ-grinder thrown in, it would be dificult to predict, The murders, explosions, robberies and general horrifications of Gotham shoot above these dwellers by the sea, They despise not the day of “small things,” but continually cry out for more, So we dish ont the trifies with dainty care, as shey are the best the place affords. The CLANDESTINE MARRIAGE is at least three days old; but t’will do to talk about until somebody is good enough to turnish another. He, Mr. France, of New York, is @ “Gentile,” and she, Miss Sophie Pike, is a Jewess—or was. The two had been courting and cooing, riding, walking and indulging in sweet. nothings for many days, but the Jady’s mamma regarded the affair simply as a wa- tering place romance and “nothing more.” Buta few evenings ago, while festivities enchained the attention of their mutua! friends, they withdrew to @magistrate and were rried. Mr, France, with his bride on his arm, marched into the hotel parlor and tntroauced his wife. “Mamma’ screamed and fainted, everybody assumed the responsibility of in- terference, while friends of the bride endeavored to rescue her by force. One thoughtful old lady burst out into a paroxysin of common sense. ‘Poor foolish Sophie ! didn’t she know that he only married her for her moncy? She has $76,000 in her own right, and he’s a Christian.” But the “Christian” took his wife to his own apartments ana started next morning on a bridal tour to the White Moun- tains, Mr. France is reported to be wealtny; so money could hardly have been his object. But the girl was only seventeen, and & man who ropsa family in such a stealthy fashion gives verv. «| 7 = oe ee ; proof ox bis mumpeeae cake WEF a HApHy ‘ We do nob baigve in the free-love-divorce kystem| ne w2 “Qo deprecate a law, or the alvuse of f law, wat protects and ratifies such dishonest and dishon- orable proceedings as was illustrated by this mar riage at the United States Hotel. Yesterday afternoon the dwellers at the Mansion non-believers. The following hymn, composed by the deceased tn 852, Was then sung by the choir:— NEARER HOME, One aweetly solemn thought Comes to me o'er and o'er; I’m nearer my home to-day ‘Vhan I hav; been before; Neuro: my Father's hous, Where the many mansions be: Nearer the great white throne, Nearer the crystal sea; Nearer the bound of life, Where we lay our burdens downy er leaving the cross, Nearer gaining the crown. But the waves of that silent sea Roll dark before my sight, That brightly the other side Break on a shore of light. ©, if my mortal feet Have nimost gained the brink, If itbe 1 am nearer home Even to-day than 1 think, Father, perfect my trust, Let rit feel in death ‘That her are firmly set ‘On the Rock of a living fattn, Alter the benediction was pronounced the triends were invited to take a last farewell look at their friend, and for this purpose the lid of the casket ‘Was raised, The appearance of the deceased as she lay in the sleep of death was very peaceful; there Were no indications that the last struggic had left any permanent marks of anguish on the counte- nance. Attired as for an evening party on a sum- mer’s eve, she rested in the casket as though the repose was transitory rather than eternal, and as the long file of friends gave a last sad look the icy hand of aeath seemed to nave lost its terrors, The cortége left the church lor Greenwood at four o'clock. DELATOUR’S DEATH. The Second Avenue Car Particulars—Statements of Officer the Car Driver. ‘The death of Mr. John Delatour and the danger- ous wounding of Thomas Owens, on Tuesday night, as was alleged, by being pushed or thrown from a Second avenue railroad car, corner of Fifth street and First avenue, bya gang of rowdies, still con- tunues to excite public attention to an unusual degree, Oilicer George Litile, of the Seven- teenth precinct, yesterday morning, by request, called at the Coroner’s office and made a statement astowhat he knew in relation tothe atfair. Mr. Little states that Immediately after the occurrence he ran to the car near where the wounded man lay, and arrested Flood, the driver, whom be took to the station house. Delatour, the deceased, told him (Little) that the driver and some drunken men had been wrangling on the front platform, and not wish- ing to be mixed up in the muss he (Delatour) Jamped off, and striking his fuot against sometning, fell backwarda, with one leg before the car wheel, The driver when arrested complained of being BADLY INJURED IN THE BACK and his clothes much torn and soiled, Delatour and Owens did not complain m his (the officer's) presence that Flood had pushed them from the car, Outrage—Further tle and ‘The driver of the car was subsequently taken before @ magistrate, and, in compitance with the rules and regulations of the Police partment, Orlicer Little Made a complaint agatust him, shortly after which he was released on ball. In the course of his investigation OMicer Little foand Dante! Lee, claiming to live at 173 Eighth street, Wiliamsourg, who said he was on the jront platform of the car at the time one of the HALF DRUNKEN MEN STRUCK THE DRIVER, when he (Lee) Jumped off and saw nothing. Search has since been made for Lee, but without success. Patrick Flood, the car driver, yesterday appeared before Coroner Schirmer, at the City Hall, and made an informal statement of the occurrence. He said he was pushed or pulled trom the car by those around him, but he does not Know theirnames. He ig unable to say in what manner Delatour or Owens left the car, The search for witnesses py Captain Mount and Mr. Harvey H. Wood, Secretary of the Second Avenue Railroad Company, 18 going on. DETERMINED TO DIE, An Old Patersonian Commits Suicide by Swal- lowing Poison. Michael Canty, an elderly man, living at No. 53 Mill street, Paterson, N. J., deliberately committed suicide on Thursday evening by swallowing a dose of laudanum, It is said he had repeatedly threat- ened so to do, but no attention was paid to it. Seeing he was ill on Toursday evening, some of his folks inquired what was the matter, where- upon he cooily informed them that he had carried his threas Into execution and nis existence would soou be aban end. He refused to tell where he had purchased the drug. Dr. Van Grison was sum- moned and endeavored to relieve him by adminis- tering emetics, and at the physician's instiga- tion Mr. Canty was not allowed tw lie down, as he would thereby soon reiapse into THE SLEEP OF DEATH. He was kept walking the room for severa) hours, until at last the laudanum so overcame him that he actually went to SLEEP WHILE PACING THE FLOOR, The effort to keep him in motion at last failed en- (rely and he was placed in bed in a state of uncon- sciousness that soon ended in death, Mr. Canty was a widower and leaves eight adult children, For the past fourteen years be has worked in Dan- forti’s locomotive shop, An inquest was held at Coroner Butterworth’s office, which resulted in a verdict in accordance with te above facts, During the inquest a sb lar incident oceurred, which might atford the foundation for any amount of SUPERSTITIOUS GOSSIP, ‘The jurors were seatea in @ room in which the Plastering of tue ceiling was perfectly sound and uncracked. Neitner was there any unusual stir or jar about the house. Yet, m the midst of the inves- ugation, a large portion of the ceiling teil down upon the heads of the jurors, enveioping them in lime and dust. No harm was done, but some of the Jurors sustained rather unpleasant bruises upon the tops of their heads. A WARNING TO WOMEN, Daring Robbery in Twenty-seventh Strect. Mrs. Anderson resides at No, 142 West Twenty- seventh street. On Saturday night two men sum- moned her 10 the door by ringing the bell, and attempted a forcible entrance. One of them knocked a hat from the stand, which Mrs. Anderson stooped tw pick up. The other rufan, whose name is Stephen Gibbons, then snatched the gold watch and chain fastened to her belt, and, tearing them away, ran down the street. His companion, James Gilles- fe, stood on the doorstep and prevented the hus- Baud of Mrs. Anderson from pursuing the chief. The stolen property 18 vaiued at $150, Gillespie was arrested yesterday, brought velore Judge Oox and commited, had an entertainment given them onthe lawn. A few ladies screeched as a pair of human figures emerged from the hall and marched to the lawn. They were clac in short-sleeved tights of white cotton, and looked barbaric enough as they bran- dished their tattooed arms. They began by lifting iron weights, and proceeded to toss them about like runpber balls; to lilt barrels, chairs, each other, &c., with their teeth, and perform other remarkable feats of physical strength, Of course they bowed and were cheered and indulged ina collecuon. They were us iat and smooth looking as a pair of weil kept Chester pigs, while their arms displayed no more muscular development than those of a plump bee, The MAN IN ARMOR has been a daily attraction for some days, and his “teid” of action the sea. He hails from Europe, } and rides the bosom of the “angry deep” in perfect serenity. When the time for bathing arrives ne ) steps mto his boat, which is a complete rabber suit, enveloping him cap-d-pie, save a place for his mouth, nose and eyes, He puts it ou over his clothing, watch, pocketbook and all retained in their respect- ive piaces. Sometimes he floats on the water with a child riding astride him and another supported by his feet. He claims to be able to float for any length of ume, and has similar suits for sale, As yet no oue seems inclined to rival bimin his aquatic per- formances, LITERARY PEOPLE do not all congregate at Newport; we have a few at the Branch, whose good looks alone would entitie them to special mention tn a social way. Stopping at the Mansion House is *‘Lady” JANE GREY SEAVER, a well-known writer of romance. Where do the typical literary women abide.-ihe frowsy-headed, ink-statned, slipshod, absent-minded scribbiers who burn the midnight oll and look sallow as carrots? L have seen many of the “scribbling sisterhood,’? but never one of this *-ypical type.” If only “Iady’ Jane Grey (I call her “Lady” because she is one) were one, What a vision would she be pe my eyes and theme for my pen! Butalus! She sn't look a bit literary, unless having a happy, sparkling face, with !uminous dark eyes siteided by long eyelasnes, and pretty toilets and sparking jewels and a sunny smile ts to look literary. Yonoer, watking away with the bearing of & military priace, 1s Mr. J.J. INGRAHAM, the son of Professor Ingraham, of “The Prince of the House of Davia’ fame, He has one of the finest figures put up in broadcloth at the Branch. Then, too, be nas a dark moustache, glittering black eyes, and Wears a nat of soft gray felt, all of which har- monizes well with his literary character. At the west end 1s Mr. FRANCIS SMITH, of the New York Werk'y, spinning “yarns” and correcting proof sheets for bis soon forthcoming volume of poems. Mrs. John Russell Young is a standacd guest attne Mansion House, while the erratic journalist iimsell swings around to the Branch as business doth permit. He is the owner of @ beautiiul little curiy-neaded girl, weil worth coming to see any day, Writing of jiterary people reminds me of a very CURIOUS OLD LADY at one of the hotels, whose gossipy tongue turns With special vigor upon the literary guila. She wonders how literary foiks can afford to come to such ap expensive place, as she always has “‘heerd’? that they barely exist in garrets and feed on crusts i stale water, So upon each literary arrival sne puts herself in position to ask a few questions and get atthe “facts of the case.’’ A shore time ago she Was greatiy exercised overa bright aud vi- vacious lady, the wile of a weil kuown BROOKLYN PHYSICIAN. The lady’s beauty and wit won for her mang at- ventions, Which exercised the old woman’s curiosity to the highest pitch, When the Brooklyn lady left for her home—her husband having preceded her a few hours—and was helped in her car bya clever attaché of the hotel, the venerable gossip burst out with @ catalogue of “On’s” and “Ah’s"? and “Umphs,” interlarded between such ejacula- lions as these:—“been here five days, now; nol Knows who she 1s; too many men talkin’ to her; clerk even taken in; such creturs rannin’ around loose to these hotels; dreadful state of things; can’t tell now-a-days who will be brought to your side outside of your own house,” &c, It is intimated that about one person out of fifty comes here for comfort, and about that many get it. All of yester- day and part of to-day the sun shone flercely; but out of the sunshine it 18 always cool, and # hat and shawl are necessities for the piazza. WHAT THE WOMEN DO. Breakfast from eight to ten, sit about and read novels until dinner, which follows from two untill four; after dinner they dress for driving and for the evening. The New York trains arrive at six aud seven, and the scene on the avenue at that time is at its neignt. The display of turnouts meant to be jashionable is not remarnable for variety or show. But there 18 an odd mixture of country buggies, stages, omnibuses, express wagons, landaus, puae- tons aud equestrians, that reminds one of a cnild’s dream of the Day of Jndgment—that ts ifthe dreams of that terrible day are with other chilaren what mine were, FI TURNOUT consists of a four-in-hand of shining blacks, wearing old-piated trappings, vulgariy termed harpess, ‘wo coachmen in livery are perchea up in front and two fooimen sit up ike a pair of trussed fowls in the rumble, One of the most noticeable wurnouls is that driven by. ATTORNEY GENERAL BREWSTER, the uniqueness of the aifair centring In the driver jumself. He wears a white flannel suit, with blue stripes rugning down the pantaloons, and a tail gray bat. A uniformed and cockaded footman sits in the rumbie, THE PRESIDENT drives a rather plain carriage, but drawn by a pair of fine blooded horses. Aiter supper the ladies sit on the piazzas or in the parlora, where they listen to the music, dance or watch the dancers. There are usually more hops during the week than is good for agreeable digesuon, while a night without a hop 1s not depiored by at least all of the ladies, if the conversation | was obliged to hear between a bevy ‘Was significant, there's no hop to-night?” says one. “No, and I'm glad, too, tis hop all day, and fuss aim dress, and it don’t pay." “And did you ever see such a stupid set of young men?” put ina third, *hey have no more life than so many chairs.’” “And such short, insignificant looking fellows,” added a tali blonde, *+1tney don’t seem fond of any- thiag except to smoke and toll.” WHAT CONSTITUTES FASHION. Two things are essential to style here. Without these ull eise is naught, and with these litte else 1s requisite, Plenty of hair, boughh, borrowed or hired, and that dressed ‘to Kill.’ In the drst place it must be batit up on the top of the head, over some concealed fortification or “earthwork,” and then somersauited over the back of the head, and fashioned in knots and pots that go on in arith. metical progression, Curls, especially of tae natural sort, do not thrive weillhere, The heavy sea atr Btraite: them out very edecti 4 ‘rhe other fashionable essential lies in what a Christian gentle- man of New York calls the ‘stick-out.” I refer to the rear append that are to a woman's back what the fasiionabie hair work 18 to her head. | The Razar wouid call them “paniers—very bougant.” But such elegant phras- Ing 1s not to be compared with the Christian gen man’s definition. They are @ load om my lady's faith than any other paper now published ay ith the Old or the New World; therefore w ¢ avail ours| Selves of its generous columns, when, great issues} are pending, rather than resort to t",9 Jewish press, whose readers are generatly co” jnea to the ade herents of some particular &P gue of Jewish beliefs The New Testament, 80 ¢#'4eq, {3 so indissolubly connected with the Old ' patie we attempt to dise credit and thereby wear ‘eb our faith in the cardinal features of the Miréy, the former must fall into the same geyastating ruin and thr geide.28 Un, @ny of Velie meretore 1 Weis My pity still goes out for the little ones, wi dance at might when they ought to be asleep. little thing says to her “Are you dressed f the evening?” and holds up her hand: excitement enough rt Next week the children are to have fancy dress” ball for themselves. Great prepal Jace are being made for the ‘slaughter of the inn . The Twenty-third Regiment at Lovg Bra LONG Branca, August 4, 1871. The Twenty-third regiment, of Brooklyn, with band of music, arrived here to-day, and gave marching salute to President Grant, who returned I from the piazza of his cottage. The regiment p) ceeded to Brown’s Park for target practice. Tb regiment, after the target practice, return to the Contmental Hotel, honoring the President with a marching salute ag they passed his tage, on the piazza of which stood, besid the President, General Dent and General Ho Porter, Atter dinner the Twenty-third a “‘dress parade” on the lawn in Mine. Swann: D, Sergeant Sere wahn; D. Sergeant Duryea; EB. G F, Corporal Brockway: G, Sergeant Brownell; not decided; I, Sergeant French; K, private Vechtun. ‘These prizes were silver medals. Cor-| poral Brockway, of F company, also won tbe gold Medal for best shot in the regiment. After cheers| for the Continental Hotel the regiment marched tor nome; Sab some of tne members remained to attend| the ball. SHALL THE JEW CHANGE HIS SABBATH? To THR Eprror o¥ THE HERALD:— J Jt 18 no less true than strange that t 1 aL has a larger circulation among those of the "4eprew! Ay sor hnvorest of both Jew and Christian vo stand Dy Sha upiold the sacred record in the “book of books’which has given us all that 1s good in our YoJGrn civilization, and has marked out for us a tn which, if we would but closely follow, will lead. to that tranquil haven beyond the grave where Jew and Christian are alike Known only as men, and are judged by the great Creator for the intent and the deeds done in the fiesh. Hence there should be a unity in common and a feeling of mutual depend- ence in no manner antagonistic. Both have thesame, object and end in view, and neither have the “ine side track.” We concede this to our good Chris- tan neighbors and ciaum the same liberality of sentiment for ourselves, Each have duties imposed upon them, or it may be called a ‘mission to perform,” which will and does work out its OWn good when it does not attempt to mingle With or encroach upon the spiritual rights of the other. Socially there should not be any difference between the followers of Christ and the seed of Abranam; but religiously the mingiing should cease, and the reason therefor should be understood ag emenating from God Himself, who declared that the Jews were to be unto Him *‘a peculiar people,” and “a kingdom of priests and a holy nation,” and making obligatory upon them individually the obey- ing of a large namper of laws, among which are of a sanitary § nature, which thousands of years of experience have proved to be unexceptionable im — their hygienic effects, and the observance of numerous holidays which were intended to disconnect the reli- gion of the Jews from thatof all otners. There is the same wisdom in this as in everything ordained of God. Let us not attempl tw tear down the bar- rier with oue own feeble, Nuite hands, The Bible contains no fact more firmly esiabished than onr knowledge of the exact day upon which the Sabbath (S#avat) occurs, Tradition coming. down to our very day conirms it 80 completely, as every one knows who Is familiar with the teachings of the present inhabitants of the Orient, tat none but the most sceptical dare to doubt its correctness, The Jews holy that this Sabbath is the seventh. day of the week, commonly known as Saturday, while Christians ailirm, though do not dispute the calculation of time, that Sunday—tne first day of te week—is the proper day to be kept noly by them. We will assume that both are right, be- cause it is no part of our purpose to make couverts of non-Jews, even if we could satisfactorily prove the absence of the right assuined to enter upon “the new departure,’ therefore let the Christian keep -Sunday as his day of rest, while the Jew bas indisputable authority that Saturday 1s his Sabbath. So much for the law and the testimony; now in lation toa speck upon the religious horizon no larger now than @ man’s hand, out which may increase through ignorance, anu overcioud and perhaps tem-- porarily engalf the American of'shoot of the house of [srael; for there is little reason to believe that. Europe Will be seriously affected thereby. Part of the Jewish weekly press—which might be more properly spelled “weakly’’—is slyly and in- sidiously doling out homeopathic, sugar-coated potions, recommending their readers—you will ob- serve ther Jewish rcaders—that tt Is desirabie to hold monthly or bi-monthly gatherings jor public worship in their synagogues on Sundays, wien the usual prayers will be said in Hebrew anu in the vernacular, and the laws of Moses and tae writings of the prophets be expounded after the prescribed manner of the Jews. ‘Those who advocate this “new departure’ No, 2 are seemingly very plausible in the reasons they as- sign therefor, They say that the demands of trade in this country are such that it 1s almost impossipie fora poor Jew, or even the wealthy man actively fe 1m business, to keep his shop or warevouse closed on his Sabbath, and that if he does so close atthe municipal law in most places will not pere mit him to do business on Sunday, and he can- not uiford to lose two days out of each week. Hence many would attend these Sunday gatherings who do not come to the synagogue at all, and, therefore, just so much would be gamed. They claim that they have no 1dea whatever of changing the Sabbath to Sunday, and wax very indignant at such an outrage being thougnt of. But all this employment of tine phrases and generalizations is mere hypocritical twaddle, and means mischief; its counterpart is found im French revolutionary his- tory, when unbridied license assumed the name of liberty and licentionsness the garb of reli- gion. These reflections are not cast indis- criminately upon ail engaged in this movement; for there are, no doubt, some among the rank and file and a few of the leaders whose motives are pure and beyond reproach, but we think it sare to assume they are the exception, and not by any means the rule, If it be the purpose of these wiseacres to induce attendance m the synagogue, and so win back to the fold of Judaism those who have wandered off or are indifferent, they cannot be ignorant of the fact that many of the shrines are open for worship every day und others at least twice a week, during which time, if corresponding efforts were made, iike results might be attamed without giving rise 10 suspicious intent. Let us reverse positions and imagine Judaism to be the dominant faith and Saturday the Sabbath, what Would Christians say to attending church on that day and working all day Sunday? They would be likely to call the whole thing a fraud, and they wouid not be wide of their mark. Our new lights would begin with @ monthly, atter- waras a bi-monthly service, and then how easy the transition to @ regular weekly service, with the com- forting assurance that tne law freely translated means a seventh day to be Sabbath; and this admit- ted, with such avast saving of ries by the admission, Why not make Sunday that day ? Such seductive words and such inducements held forth to the thoughtless, or those who by inclination ‘are indifferent or have no real love of religion tn their composition, or those poor, weak-minded Jews who ape the customs and feign the belief of their Chrisuan neighbors only tv be laughed at and despised for their pains—to those such gilded in- ducements will have great weight, and tho deluded victims will see, when perhaps too late, the web whichgophistry and non-religion havé woven around them, and to their utter consternation, and per- haps’ sacrifice of soul, they will awake to the realization of the terrible fact that they are neither Jew nor Christian; ay, even worse than the heathen, for they have at least an honest purpose to cling to, While Uhat miserable anomaly, a nonde- seript Jew, has absolutely nothing worthy of the tof God or man. Consider well, then, fellow Israelites, the course which must Inevitably ead to. such unhappiness; the misery wnich wiil not only attach to you, but to your children and your chii- dren's children, and abstain from mingling with those erratic individuals who “know not what they 00? Many entertain the belief that there is no merit in any act which is unattended by sacri! . If this beso, what merit will attach to the religious, ob. servant Jew who “remembers the (mind you, not. ‘a’) Sabbath day to keep it holy ?”" |EMI-OCCASIONAL, WASHINGTON, D. C., August 3, 1871 A MYSTERY IN HOBOKBN. A few days ago an elderly lady residing in Gardente@ street, between First and Second streets, as rumot has it, sent one of her relatives to New York to make @ purchase, When the latter returned she found the old lady hanged and lifeless. The friends stated tat she was merely in a fit and sent for a vices but it subsequently transpired, as alleged, that procured the services of an undertaker to burv hi No inquest has been neld, aga t remains earavalieds ms the mystery - \ 4