The New York Herald Newspaper, August 29, 1871, Page 8

" A SHANTY SLAUGHTER. Mordering MIcGauley Kicks Out the Brains of Peg Reilly. “WE HAVE A CASE OVER THERE.” ARRESTED. THE MURDERER Down in the hollow in the middle of the half built ‘Up biock bounded by Lexington and Fourth ave- pues, and Fifty-seventh and Fifcy-eighth streets, | there stands a hamble but cleanly-looking little wooden shanty that has the appearance of being the | ‘unpretending home of some industrious laborer who | constructed the simple editice there with the inten- ton of bringing up his family tn a purer alr and amid quweter surroundings than bis small means would enable him to procure in the more | IRISH CONFEDERATION. ‘The work of reorganizing the Irish national ele- ment inthe United States, undertaken by the Irish exiles, 18 progressing with marked success. In spite of the failure of so many efforts In favor of the freedom of #heir native land the Irish citizens in America are unwilling to abandon the cause of the “old land. Ane recognizing the fact that their failures have hitherto been due to the incapacity and insincerity of leaders, they look round to find men who have been TRIED IN THE FIRE before gaining their confidence. The arrival tn this country of a number of gentlemen who had given unquestionable proof of devotion to Ireland, and who had suffered many years of imprisonment for “the cause,” furnished the desired rallying point, round which men of all parties could gather on a common platform. As soon as the Irish exiles announced thetr re- slove to continue in America the work they had begun in Ireland, invitations poured in from alt parts of (he country requesting them to form them- Solve into a directory to take populous portions of the great city. The spirit of metropolitan progress, however, has invaded the neighbornood since this shanty was | erected, and it is now surrounded on all sides, but | sul at some distance of, by rows of tall and some- What pretentious dwellings of smooth-faced brick | and brown stone. Its whole appearance still | conveys to the passing beholder te idea of com- parative content and happiness, hidden away in | lowly bat decent opscurity, and the little place looks suggestive or provocative of almost anything but | the perpetration of one of those foul and hideous | Murders that now and then appear LIKE HORRID SLOTS OF BLOOD On the record of metropolitan crimes, But when ‘the stillness of the last quiet Sabbath evening came Upon that peaceful looking little abode it was found to be the theatre tn which a most horrible tragedy had just been enacted. The shanty spoken of has been | occupied for some years by aman named James MeGauley, who had, uuti! Sund: t, worked as an assistant in a blacksmith’s shop on Sixth avenue, He isa strong, able-bodied man, of about fifty years of age. Me has two grown up sons, one a blacksmith and the other a plumber and gas- Hitter, both of whom are accorded an excellent cha- racter as worthy young men and good citizens, by ull who know them; but old McGauley bears A MOST UNENVIABLE REPUTATION among his neighbors ana acquaintances. His wife, & very good and deserving woman, who alone brought up her boys in the way they should go, died about three months since at the residence of her cluidren, neither they nor she finding 1% possible to live with the unnatural husband and father for # tong time past. That worthy had the grace to attend the poor woman's funeral, and brought as much disgrace as le could on ms otherwise decent Little family by making the obsequies of his deceased wife | are coming daily. | we subjom, show | CONTROL OF THE IRISH NATIONAL MOVEMENT | in America. Alter a good deal of deliberation and consultation with the best men in the country the exiles issued their plan of organization, which was | so constiiuted as to embrace all existing orgamiza- tions and yet leave them a separate existence. Ina short Umea number of independent organizations attached themselves to the new organization, which Was appropriately called «The Irish Confederation.” From various causes an apathy had fallen on the Irish mind in America; but the advent of the exiles and the serlous events which have latterly | occurred in Ireland, showing how undying is the opposition to English rule in that unfortunate coun- uy, have ali contributed to stir up the latent na- tonal feeling of the Irish in the States. AS # result daily additions are being made to the Irish Confede- ration, and from ail points promises of assistance Away on tne far Pacttic slope and down in the mines of Nevada aud Colorado the clubs of the Confederationare springing up rapidly, and already have forwarded material prooi of their earnestness in THE CAUSE OF IRISH FREEDOM. The principal article of faith in the new organiza- Man ts that Ireland‘s freedom can be won on Irish Soll, and that as @ consequence all the money and material that can be collected are to be sent directly to Iretand to the Teaders of the Insh Republican Brotherhood, s0 that they may be enabled to carry on the work of organizing and arming the people for the struggle for independence. This common- sense programme evidently appeals to THE INTELLIGENCE OF THE IRISH PEOPLE, and we find them coming forward in considerable numbers to swell the ranks of the Coniederation. Some detalied information handed In to us by Dr, Power, the Secretary of the Contederation, which the rapid progress of the new organization. A new club, numbet members, has been organizea by Mr. St. Clairm Balumore. ‘the follow- ing geutiemen were blested oflicers:— Jonn MeCarthy—President. M. 'f, Ratlerty—Vice President. P. J. MeoDonough— Secretary ‘Thomas McPonough—freasurer. An oid erganization, calied the “United Irishmen the occasion of getting himself into a beastly state of int cation, Shortly after tis he sc da his lonely condition bv induciag a wande char: | wouan, a widow, named Agnes Reilly, maiden name Agnes Mullea, but KNOWN AS PRG" REILLY, her abode in bis shanty and serve as his ) She was a strong, s buxom out foriy years of age, a’ n the van, Ireland, and a “towny” of ignbors his bat this auley as positively demes. There Is no donbt, how ever, she was in the habit of gettin rear- fuily'and wonderiully drunk whenever ns oF her credit admitted of that induig rule, McGauley yassisted’’ power occasion, and that when both reac stage of Inebriety they always quarreile times desperately fougnt. On Sunday even: M'GAULEY AND “PE and entered upon a wi Unued at intervals unt the gr morning, when it ended with r woman. During sunday evening the fighting was ovserved by several persons living in the vicinity ‘who congregated at a short distance from the snanty to watch the proceedings, but who, regarding what | they witnessed as but a repetition of the scenes | often before gone through by the same pair, never | once thougnt of any inierference. Through the open door McGauley could be seen striking repeated biows with all the might of a strong arm and a | closed fist, and administering several! Kicks with his | heavy boot, until the woman FELL FAINTING AND EXHAUSTED ON THE FLOOR. Then he woulf cross the lot to a hydrant, return with a bucket of water and fling the contents over the prostrate body of his vicum; and when be had thus restored her partially to her senses he would proceed to repeat her dose of punishment until It came necessary to regort to the buckeLagaia, This ‘was kept up unui late at night, when saucer exhanstion or drunken stupefaction compelled McGauley to forego bis amu-ement, and qwet rergned in the shanty until after bedtime. Before daybreak on the following morning & Mrs. Bridget Hi Biding in a basement on Fifty-seven sti site McGauley’s shanty, heard SOMETHING LIKE THE SCREAM OF A WOMAN, but was persuaded by her iittie boy that it w. other noise. About seven o'clock, howeve living in the same house was cailea upon by McGau- ley, who wanted him to buy the shanty on the spot for'a trifling sum (#35) and wno was in a very ¢ cited condition at the time. The inan refused to inake the purchase, saying he hadno business with the edifice, and McGauley walked gloomily back in the irection of the shatity. In a few pimutes he re- turned and said to Uae man, “Mr, » We have a case over there; THAT WOMAN IS DEAD; 1don’t Know what happened to he auswered the otlier, “your plain busines McGauley, is to go straight up to the and report tn >to Captain Gunner; he will soon Yell you what ought to bedone.” “1 will,” said MeGauley, and he went oif slowly in tue direction | the station house; but he did not go there «i | y, for it was half-past eight o'clock betore he ched it, aliitie over tnree short blocks away. feantime, Mrs, Higgins, above men! and a Mrs. McUaun, having hear McGauley state about his paving over there,” proceeded to the Jound the door open, aud they immed as a “Then, and duty, police station | the middie aparcment, which served asa united kitchen and sitting room. A small, plain table m Me centre of the floor was covered with the plates past of the evening before, sifthe man and woman | eT; but there was no sign | and cups used at the and everything looked Had just arisen from sup Of liquor in the place exce TWO SMALL SODA WATER BOTTLES 4m an o}d cupboura, one of which smeiled of sherry and the other of gin. ‘The women next entered the | @partment on the right of the door, which they knew was used as the bedroom of * ‘They | found her clowning ail there, hanging from pexs | by the wall; w e i$ slightly aisturbed | and presented the app of having been lain upon for a snort ume by somebody | who had not un but "Mrs. Keiily herself was not there. ‘The women throngh the kitchen and into the rr cupied by MeGauiey as @ sleeping then passed om usually oC- apartment, and there a blood-curdiing sight was presented to their View. The room was enurely devoid of furnitu and In one corner of it Was spreaa out a miserable Pallet on the bare floor. Between tem and this paliet, as if rudely Kicked ont of it, lay the pody of due wretched “Peg” Reilly, STARS NAKED AND QUITE DEAD, bnt not yet entirely cold and’ sti, All over the | Ddack, yulders, sides, abdomen and limbs we the black marks Of Kicks and blows, The head was frigntfally gashed and the base of the skull, or ocet- | Put, was mashed 1 nd from this wound, and from | The nose and mouth, streams of viood flowed along | te floor, Every feature was injured and | aiscolored, and the whole face disfgnred fimost beyoud — recognition rhe — wom Higvins and McCann, stretched out the limps | and decently covered the nak d body of the mur- dered wornan with the scanty clotiing tiey found ta the room, and then leit ste ing scene to Spread the alarm throughout the neighhornood. When MeGanley reached the Nneieenth precinct Police station he ‘found Captalu Guuner on hana, Whom he intormed that M18 “HOUSEKEEPER” DIED KUDDENLY, 2nd from some to him \ hown cause, duriig the Previous night. His extraordinarily nervous and | excited conaition at the moment aroused the sus | icions Of the asinte captain, who promptly called oundeman John McArthur, formerly of the detec- tive force, and sent him 'vack with McGauley to investigate the . When th wndsman arrived at the shanty, Which was then surrounde by @ horrified crowd of men, women sud children ne, of course, saw at a giauee what Un 10 he took possession of the r, (ook the names ane r of persons who will ve usefu matter con- house, locked w 4 MoGauley back to Lhe sialon house, locked Bim up ON A CHAROK OF MURDER, and notified Coroner Herrman, who ordered the pris ner Wo be Kept In close custody and allowed t . Municate with nobody, aud who Will proceed to old au inquest to-morrow on the body of Agnes Kenly, which was removed last evening Ww the Norgue. he THE POLICE AND THE PARMBRS’ WAGONS. New Yore, Angust To Tuy Eprror or THE HERALD:— ‘The late high-handed outrage committed by Cap- tain Speight, of the Third precinet, in driving all farmers’ Wagons from between Murray and Duane streets, deserves public censure. These farmers Snterfere with no one, are obliged to pay the city suthorities for occupying their stands, are a great oumodation tw uptown grocers, aud the life of trade aown town generally. Why should they not occupy the space between Marray and Doane, or be deprived of the priviege which fs theirs by right? By publishing tus you will fer a favor ou We iixey” “#RORN ON And Tare. ies PAIR 28, 1871. AY. | some words to the audience explanatory of the | negiect were 1 | woud be | place on tuelr counell. e rough evidence of | tions of Kaltimore,”” has accepted the rules of the Irish Coniederation, and forwarded the percentage of their funds, Henceforth they will be Known as tho “Central Confederanon Club ot Baltumore.”) The otticer’s are:— Joon Norman—President, William Mansfield Harcourt—Secretary, Michael Moriavty—Treasurer, Philadelphia reports the organization of a fourth Coniederation Club lust week; oilicers elected:— M. MacWihams—Chairman., Owen C. Murpny—Secretary, Anew cluo of the Irish Confederation has been established a? PORT PERRY, Thomas U’Neil, President; W. Mar- Michael Burns, Treasurer; Daniel jore and James brown, Trustees, ion has been received from D, T. Giee- |. Puiton county, saying tuat he is or- ganizing a clu. m Mobile, Alabama, the secretary of the Fenian Brotherhood, Joseph F. Barter, as written to say that the Circle wisies to join che Confederation, and requesting mstructions. Mr, James Hyland writes from Providence, Scran- that he is organizing a ciub of the Confedera- to A communication has heen recetved from the Fe- nian Circle at Keeue, New Haven, stating their wish to Join the Confederation. The Irishmen of NEW YORK are not beliind in their efforts to push on the work, and the following meetings are angounced for the coming week:— A Manchester Martyr’s Club has been established Signth ward, and has made satisfactory pro- ‘This evening week this club will hold a pub- » meeting. This evening & meeting of the Thomas Davis Club Will be held at Fuller’s Hail, 161 avenne B. On Friday evening a public meeting of the John Mitchel Club wiil be held at 295 Third avenue, at eigut o'clock. The exiles will be present. A meeting of the Irishmen of tne Fourteenth wara, at which the Irish exiles will be present, will be held next Wednesday evening, at eignt o'clock, at the Metropolitan Rooms, 160 Hester street, near Mott. Meeting at Emmet Hali—Address by Clarke Luby—Union Among Irish Nationalities Here Effected at Last. Quite a large meeting of the Irishmen of the Six- teenth and Twentieth wards was held last night in Emmet Hail, West Thirtietn street, with the object of forming a club in connection with the Irish con- federation. Before the hour announced for the meeting the spacious hall was takea possession ot by a number of men who seemed resolved to secure a good position, and when the time for COMMENCING BUSINESS hadarrived the room was inconventently crowded. Mr, Logan was called to tne chair, and addressed object ol the meeting, concluding by inwroducing Mr. Luby, who came forward and excused himself, on che ground of ill heaith, from making a long address. He sald:—You are ail aware that the majority of my fellow prisoners op their liberation came direcily to this country, While myself and Mr. John O'Leary weut gin lor private reasons, When my Iriends arrived here, had they consulted their own desire and opinion, they would have retired into private Ife, but from all quarters calls which they could not ade on them by the people here and at (ue other side to make an EFFORT POR THE GOOD OF IRELAND. It was thought that if the exiles came forward the quarreis and bickerings that hac divided our coun- trymen in past years would be forgotten, aud the people, united tha common bond of brotherhood, bie to do sometuing for Ireland. I was urged repeatedly to come from Belgium, af 1 did Hot wish to lose.an opportunity of serving Ire- jJand when I arrived here. I at once GAVE MY ADHESION to the confederation, and they honored me with a Tam now three months in Arferica, and I aim glad to be able to inform you that I see some prospect of doing good for Ireland. Ji 18 true that there 1s a good deal of disappointment from past faliures, but the same thing has happenea with every country that has won its freedom. 1 think that the actions of my friends in establish- ing a new organization was right, because, had they joined any existing society, they would’ have displeased the members of all the others, and have deprived themselves of the power of uniting the whole peopie. There 1s one pomt which I desire especially to impres# upon you, it is that we in Vis country can only act as AN AUXILIARY BODY men in Ireland. The idea of creating an organization with presidents, senators and s laries of War and of the navy could produce no good. ‘fhe only course was to create a new simple plan, which would involve and would leave us free to accept aduesion of any body, on teir acceptance rrules. From California and the West letters ally coming informing us of the establishment to help th organization on but little expen: } th | of new clubs, and since my return to this city lam every other night engaged in addressing meetings where new clays are being organized in various wards of this city. I am giad to be able to make the gratifying announcement that we have AT LAST EFFECTED A UNION with the Fenian Brotherhood, It is not an amalga- Mation, but an alilance, in which the two organiza- tions will preserve @ distinct existence. But aa Killed counell, composed of two men from each organization and @ Mfth chosen by these four, Will | transmit all the surplas funds of the two organiza- © the men in Ireland. The two gentiemen selected by the Fenian Brotherhood to act on this | Beneral counell ave General balpin and Myr, Cauill, ot Bostou, gentieme ENJOYING THE CONPIDENCH, | Dot alone of the members of the trish Confederacy, but of the Irish people. Mr. Luby spoke at some | length of tbe fayorabie condition of Irish national | #7airs in Ireland, and exhorted those who believed that Ireland had a@ right to self-government to Practical vroof of their sympathy by aiding the Con- EL aaa in Wel efforts to help the people of Ire. and. THE SEA ISLAND Corron Cror.—Picking, on the sea islands, usually begins about the Ist of Septem. ber, The stands this season were remarkably good, and the cotion matured so early that @ planter who has the experience of three score years as a guide was confident that he would Penge before the 1st of September, more cotton than his plantation yielded for the whole of last year, The gales which swept over the sea islands played havoc with the heavily laden piants. But, in spite of this, tne planter of whom we speak will pick by the end of this month & quantity of cotton equal to two thirds of his entire crop for 1870, having three | ecemge | months left in which 10 make up nis deticiency. There ts no doubt, then, that, in spite of the late disasters, the long- cotton crop of 1871 will be jarger than that of 1970 CHAT EHON Ue Od News, AWIUE 2b, OE er ee | eS ee Ze THE PORTCHESTER POISONING. | WASTCHESTER CONVICTS. Continuation of the Coroner’s Inquest. Remarkable Coolness of the Accused—Anxious Spectators and Exciting Incidents—The Druggist’s Testimony—Who Sold the Arsenic ?—A Sensible Verdict— More Work for the Grand Jury. An adjourned session of the oMctal tnvestigation regardifg the hitherto mysterious manner by which arsenious acid was administered to Jane Ann An- thony, the colored woman whose tragic death by polsoning was depicted in the HERaLD of Sunday, was held at Portchester, Westchester county, yesterday afternoon. As the protracted in- quest. was known to be drawing near ats termination the excitement which has existed im ,the neighborhood for many weeks past became intensified, so tnat long before the hour set apart for the continuation of the inquiry before Coroner Meeks and a jury the spacious hall in which the exammation has been from time to time conducted was taken possession of by @ numerous assemblage, among them belng a cloud of colored people of various ages and a mul- tiplicity of shades. As the only important witness remaining to be examined was the drug clerk, who compoundea the prescription which was subse- quently ‘doctored” with arsenic, and which the mother of the deceased swore had been obtained at the drag store by her son-in-law, ‘ GREAT ANXIETY WAS EVINCED to know whether nis testimony would tend to still further implicate the woman, Henrietta Knapp, a3 being the murderess of her own offspring. Having noticed that the suspected female haa not presented herself in the room, the Coroner at once despatched @ constable to her house, from whence he returned after a lapse of about half an hour, with the accused party, who, with measurea tread and serene exterior, walked through the gazing throng to that portion of the apartment occupied by her friends and acquaintances of the African persua- sion. The following is, in subs tance, the additional evidence elicited:— Henry Ciay Roberts, having been sworn, deposed that he was a druggist by profession aad resided in Portehester; has had cnarge of Mrs. Snitfen’s drug store for the past eight months; every prescription compounded was num- bered and afterwards pasted in a book expressly for that purpose, This vook haying been produced the witness Was asked by the foreman of the jury to read over the prescriptions put up on the dth inst., which he did, stopping, however, at the one which had been prescrived jor the deceased, He was thea handea THE VERITABLE BOTTLE in which he had placed the mixture, and, having compared the lapel with the orginal order, pro- nounced the same which he had written and hanaed to one of two colored women who brought it to the store on the day mdicated, It will be remembered that Henrietta Knapp, mother of the deceased, swore positively that James Anthony, her son-in-law, took the prescription to the drugzist’s. On being further questioned by the foreman of the Jury the witness stated that the TWO COLORED WOMEN called for the medicine between three and five o’clock in the alternoon of the day named above, When asked to descrive the parties who obtained the remedy witness replied that one of the women Was very dark and apparently of middle age. He also corrovorated the testunony of Mrs. Sniffen, wnho deposed on Saturday that the parties drank 4 GLASS OF SODA WATER betore presenting the prescription. In answer to & question by the foreman, the witness stated that he never sold arsenic or other potson to any person ex- cept those he well Knew would make proper use of it, He also added that even under these circum- stances he had only sold arsenic twice since he came to the village eight months since. Certain he was, however, that no colored woman had ever obtained a senic in the store where he was engaged. At this stage of the examination the witness was requested by the foreman to look carefully on the colored faces in the room and say whetuer he conid recognize any which he had seen in the drug store. Alter scrutinizing intently the MANY COLORED COUNTENANCES before him the witwess paused, and, pointing to a sadale-colored female, intimated that he was not un- fami with her features. A 100K of dis- appointment was immediately visible in the faces of the spectators, since the person designated was not the suspected woman, aitnough she stood by the side ot the latter, In tue next instant, however, when the eyes of the witness vecame fixed on Henrietta Knapp, a universal sign of relief might have been heard pre- ceding the almost breathless exclamation, “HE HAS GOT HER |” In order to ald the process of tdentification the accused was ordered to stand up and take oif her shawl, which she did with the same impudent cool- ness maintatned by her throughout the trying ordeal, The witness, however, did not absolutely identify Knapp as the woman who got the meaicine, although he was certain that her Ss height and appearance corresponded wiih the party who obtained the prescription. Mrs, Snifien, the proprietress of the drug store, ‘Was again placed on the witness stand, and POSITIVELY IDENTIFED M&S. KNAPP asone of the women who drank soda water and had the prescription compounded in her store on the Sth inst. ‘This, of course, destroys the last sub- terfuge of the accused, who repeatedly swote that she had not entered =the drug store Indicated during the past four mont After a few pertinent remarks by Coroner Me the jury retired, and ma short time returned with their verdict, setting forth that deceased had died trom poisoning, ana under circumstances which warranted the holding of Heartetta Knapp, wio Was accordingly committed by ue Coroner to await the action o1 the Grand Jury. THE TEMPERANCE MOVEMENT. A temperance mass meeting will be held at Alturas, Rockland county, N. Y., om Thursday, August 51, The following gentlemen will address the meeting:—Oilver Dyer (author, editor and orator); S. B. Ransom, Rev. W. ©. Vanmeter, Rev. George H. Hick, Philadelphia; N. L. Rowe, Greenville; B. Van Riper and Professor Graham, Edinburg, Scoviand. Singing by Messrs, Thorp, Kirk, Foulsom, McAlvery, Stephens and the Cannou Brothers; music by Mana’s band. An excursion iran wu start trom Erle depot, Jersey City, at 9:15; from the foot Of Chambers street at 9, and from ‘Twenty-third street at 8:30. Tae tickets for the round trip are only fifty cents each, which can be had on tne cars, The train will return from Alturas at SLX, arriving at Jersey City at seven o'clock, P. M. PHILADELPHIA RIFLE CLUB ANNIVERSARY. PHILADELPHIA, August 28, 1871, The celebration of the twenty-fith anniversary of the Philadeiphia Rifle Club commenced to-day, with @ parade of the organization, comprising 1,800 mem- bers, elegations were present trom New York, New Jersey, Washington, Richmend, Baltimore, Delaware, New Haven and other localities, The members and participants were conveyed to Schut- zen Park by special trains on the Norristown Rail- road, every half hour durtng the day. Atnoon a banquet Was given in the spactous pavillon on the grounds, Which was presided over by Mr. Richard Mu , and at which Mayor Fox, General Meade, General Patterson and otuer celevrities responded to toasts, Phe celebration will continue four days. A DIVORCE AND A PIGHT ‘BETWEEN A JEWISH PAIR, (From the Cincmnatt Times, August 26.) In the year 1860 @ bandsome son of Israel was attracted by the charms of afar Jewess, This naturally led toa feciing of more than ordinary affection, Which resiited in a happy marriage, duly celevrated according to the forms of their relgion, Four years came, wi h their customary catalogue of family joys, Interspersed here and there with petty sorrows and terrible misunderstandings, when one night the man and husband Vanished as the spirit of & midnight dream, ving nothing to indicate Wis once real existence save the unquestionable testimony of @ son and heir, intervening years brought to the sorrowing wife no trace of his whereabouts until a few days since, when the im- formavion came to her ears that iseac was hale and he enjoyng Wiis world’s goods and the Joye of a secend wile at Coluinbus, ind. A few hours’ ride placed Rebecca in that thriving village, and, rrible with virtuous wrath, she pounce upon the domestic fold of Isaac, with Uitte regard to the usual ceremonies that regwate the coming ot strangers. A short, sharp and decisive war of words preceded attack by the wife Rebecca upon ‘the busband Isaac, which resulted in the discomfir ture of the Jatter, in being unmercifully pum- meled about the head and sent tumbiing over chairs and sofa, From the parior to a magistrate's court the scene was shifted, when the wronged woman met the charge Of assault and batiery with a counter suit for bigamy, On trial the husband testified that a divorce had been legally optatned, for proof of which the once wife made search yesterday in the records of Hamilton county. The e wus there, in the fair, round hand of @ copying clerk, and forever dis- solved the matrimonial bonds between the two in the year 1867. It appears that during an Bascern Visit of the first wite, in that year, the hasband seized the opportunity to file a bill for divorce on the charge of neglect of duty. The appearance of the woman was request through the usual adver- udement, but she saliing to answer the summons, the decree was granted, with what results the reader Cau learn, as above related, The Lest Days of Buckhout and His Poisoning Propensities—Wheeler, the Ex-Convict, Awaiting His Trial for the Sing Sing Prison Escape—The Moral Degen- eracy of Westchester County. Waite PLaIns, August 28, 1871, This sieepy, dull and drowsy town was awakened from its ordinary lassitude to-day by the assembling at tne Court House of the Grand Jury for the county. The number of indictments 1s rather lurger than usual, and the character of the offences 1s some- what heavier also, There are three murderers awaiting their trial, and one for execution, in the jail The calendar includes in its ist of offences nearly every form of crime which humanity is guilty of It is clear that the moral condition of Westchester county 1s very low, ani it is belleved that before the Grand Jury are discharged they will call the attention of the county to this very significant fact. The con- dition of the Sing Sing Prison and its present man- agement is to receive the practical attention of the jury, and on an early day it 1s their intention to visit the prison officially and present a report thereon. ‘The prisoner who excites the greatest public inter- est at THE WHITE PLAINS PRISON, just ‘now, is Buckhout, the perpetrator of the Sleepy Hollow tragedy. The prison has to-day been Placed in charge of the Sherif, ana he has taken an almost unprecedented course in reference to the admission of visitors. This oMcial told me to-day that he had good reasons for believing that the friends of Buckhout would supply him with poison if they could, and that Buckhout, to avoid the degradation of hanging, would TAKE HIS LIFE BY POISON. To prevent the possibility of Buckhout doing this the doors have been rigorously closed to all but the oficials, Its scarcely likely that this rigid rule will be enforced so as to exclude all the unhappy man’s relatives and friends from seeing him again until he is placed in the care of the hangman. The fact, however, is, that to-lay Buckhout’s brother was not allowed to see him. On Saturday I had a long conversation with Buckhout; and if any reliance is to be placed in What he said, and the apparent attitude of his mind toward his fate, he would scorn to cheat the gallows by dying like a rat In its hole from the administra- tion of potson by his own hand. I am inclined to think that this potsoniig theory 1s a delusion of the Sheriis, and that neither Bucknout nor his friends have any intention of depriving the Jaw of its victim, On Saturday Buckhout had not given up all hope of a reprieve. He attaches considerable importance to the fact that twenty-four jurymen were unabie to agree as to the character of his crime, and that the provocation he received be- fore he commuited the fatal deed should weigh with the Governor in a review of his sentence. He also thinks that an early friendship between the Gover- nor and himself and his (Buckhout’s) family will be an element in the review wiicn will weigh some- What in the mind of Governor Hoffman and direct it toward clemency. The same WONDROUS CALMNESS, the same profession of an unwavering trust in God, aud that whatever 1s done with him wil be ordered by his Creator, and therefore will be all right, 1s miantiested by Buckhout to-day, as it has beea une varyingly since his condemnation, ‘Ihe prison ofti- cialis think that at bis execution all this firmness will give way, and that he will not die so re- signedly as this talk would seem to indicate, Amoug the other criminais condned in the White Plains Prison is Wheeler, the ex-convict, who was the chiet organizer of, and an active participator in, the couspiracy at Sing Sing Prison, by which twelve of the convi escaped. Wheeler has been held here for examination, under a commitment by Justice Howe, of sing Sig, for several days past. ‘The prosecution have decided to waive any pre- limimary examination and vo prefer an Indictment beiore the Grand Jury to-morrow (Tuesday), The evidence connecting Wheeler with THE ESCAPE OF THE CONVICTS is very clear. The captain of the tug has {dentified Wheeler as the man who took charge of the tug when they reached the dock at Sing Sing, and wno gave orders to and threatened the engineer with death if he did not obey his (Wheeler's) orders, The engineer gives similar evidence. The policeman at Hackensack also testifies to seeing him in company in the woods with Kingsland when he arrested them, and has identified Wheeler as the man ne had watched for some time with Kingsland. It is known to the Sing Sing Prison omciais that Kingsland and Wat Willams, two of the captured convicts, were TUE RINGLEADERS ‘OF THE ESCAPED. Both have money, obtained by the “cracking”? of a bank. $640,000 Was stolen by a small gang of bur- giars, of which Kingsland and Williams were the directing spirits. Not one cent of that large amount has been restored or traced in any way, and there are very good reasons for supposing that Wheeler ‘was supplied with adequate tunds for the carrying out of the means to effect the escape of his convic! friends, There is no doubt that Wheeler will be convicted, and that he will return to uls familiar quarters in the State Prison, NOW YORK CITY. t The tollowing record will show the changes tn tne temperature for the past twenty-four hours in com- parison with the corresponding day of last year, as indicaied by the thermometer at Hudnat's Phar. lacy, HERALD Building, corner of Ann street;— 1870. 1sTi. 1870, 1871, -6 7% 8PM... 80-85 © OIG TT OP Mises, 19 88 70% 81 OPM. 73 81 -16 8 12 1 19 perature yestera: see 80% temperature for corresponding date ASL YOAT. cee eeee eens seveveee TAI Villlam McMallen, of 621 East Thirteenth street, got somewhat exhiiarated Sunday afternoon on bad gin, He came home about seven o'clock, and Jound his wife Mary asleep on the sofa, He danced around the room for some time, and then com- Menced to amuse himself by cutting the throat of his “cara spose” with a blunt jacknife, His hand J not being very steady he only succeeded tn gashing her chin, | M MeMullen appeared before Judge Scott, at Essex Market. yesterday morning, and preferred a complaint of ‘elon ous assault and battery against her eccentric husband, He was heid to answer. Henry Vuyse and George Ford were out on ‘a little time” Sunday afternoon, and went into the lager beer saloon of John Menhen, 175 Avenue A. ‘They called for three or four drinks, and despatched them down their capacious throttles very cieverly. When Mr, Menhen desired pecurtary remuneration for his beverage they jaughed at the gentleman, and on his persistence in insisting in being patd a whoie glass manulactory of glasses and decanters were raed about lis devoted head. Mr. Menhen calied in the assistance of Officer Byrnes, and the two hilarious gentlemen were escorted to the station house, Judge Scott committed them, under $500 ball, yesterday morning. BLASTING ACCIDENT IN WESTCHESTER. Drilling Through Packed Powdcr—Two Men Fatally Injured and a Third Shockingly Disflaured. * Three men, named respectively John Downs, Patrick Marvill and Patrick Carr, while engaged in blasting rocks at Mount Vernon, Westchester county, last Saturday afternoon, were so shockingly injured by an unexpected explosion as to place the lives of the two last named in extreme Jeopardy. It seems that a blast which had been prepured on the previous day for some inexplicable reason failed to go off, and it was at length decided upon to draw the contents of the cavity for the purpose,oi Intro- ducing a fresh charge of powder. While drilling the hole out care was taken that it snould be well wet, and to this end one of the men occasionally poured in a quantity of water. The work nad not proceeded very far, however, when a terridc explosion occurred, blowing the men several feet from the spot. When assistance aerived it was found that the unfortunate fellows had been burned, braised and mutilated ta @ frightful man- ner, while sand and pieces of rock were embeuded in the skin and flesh of Garr and Marvill, who, as above stated, are nut-expected to survive thelr In- juries. Downs wes badly burned about the head, ‘and should ke recover it 1s probanle that his sight has been permanently destroyed. NAVAL INTELLIGENOE. the Aluska— The Apiatic Fleet—Cruise of Naval Orders. Washincton, August 28, 1571. ‘The United States steamer Alaska, commanded by Captain Homer ©. Blake, Who, as commanding in chief, on the 10th and 11th June drove the Coreans from their strongholds for treacherously assaulting our gunboats, left Chefoo on the 3d of July for Cning- chefoo, about forty miles {rom Chefoo, to look after the missionaries and visit the Taotel of that place, to t Bay, in the Japan Sea, in latitude sauregreee, tongivuas 131 degrees east; thence across the Japan Sea, passing through the Straits ot Tan gor to Hakad then down the coast to Yokohama, va place they expected to reach the latter part 0s ‘commander T. 1. Eastman has been ordered to equipment duty at ip Satimaster George ©, Boorman w duty at we on Navy Yard. NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, AUGUST 29, 187L.—TRIPLE SHEET, a TITRE al Seizure of an Awfierican Vessel—The Visit of General Sickles te Queen Isabella—The New Military System—Louis Blanc’s Plav for Continuing the Power ef Thiers. Paris, August 17, 2871. An important case has Just been reported back to the Freach government involving some nice points in international law. During the war the German ship Magdaline, with a cargo of petroleam, was seized and condemned by a French court, The cargo was the property of Isaac Taylor, an American citi- zen residing at Boston, who now claims damages for the loss of her cargo, The case was brought to the notice of our government, and the decision of the Secretary or State was that the French govern- ment was responsible, and not the North German government, to whose subjects the ship belonged. The decision of our government in the case involves the rescinding of the decision of the French court, and the establishment of a precedent hitherto un- known. Foreign governments have in ail cases recognized the validity of our courts where vessels or their cargoes have been condemned, The re sult of the case, unless amicably settled, will be one of importance to the commercial world. GENERAL SICKLES’ VISIT TO EX-QUEEN ISABELLA. The Soir has attacked General Sickles, our Min- ister to Spain, for paying the ex-Queen Isabella, of that country, a visit, The Soir alleges that the visit Was of a dipiomatic nature, and that he went in full dress uniform, and wonders how he could do such @ thing without the consent of his government. The | object of the visit 1 said to have looked to the establishment of the Bourbon family. The facts in the case are, that General Sickles, who 18 on leave of absence for a few months, is at present staying in Paris, His visit was of a purely formal nature, and so it was mutuaily understood. The General went 10 his cltizen’s dress, and not, as the Soir affirms, m full dress uniform. The dipiomatic usage 1s for a minister or attache visiting a city Wnere other dipio- mais live to visit them, Ex-representatives are also included in the same category; and in this way tne General was justitied in nis visit. From a purely re- publican standpoint, however, he may be blamed, for monarchs are not recognized by republican masses, THE POLITICAL SITUATION 1s dally becoming muddled and new complications threaten to dismember the already inharmonious factions of the National Assembly. ‘The question of reorganizing the army has caused much discussion. M. Thiers, in @ three hours’ speeca, urged with great firmness the adoption of an obligatory will | tary system, but he retired from the tribune much disgusted at the opposing atuiude of the members of the commission on the reorganization of the army. The fyiure army of France is estimated at 140 Tegiments of infantry, conning an eflecuve force of 6,200 men each, making @& nomimal army of 500,000 men, For the maintenance of the arm: 450,000,000 francs are thought suilcient by ‘Thiers, but the commission found 600,000,000 francs Was the amount required, aud new taxes and im | post duties must be put upon the country to equal- | ize the deficit. An economy of 100,000,000 francs in the expenses of the different ministeries has been proposed, but for divers reasons, and notably milltary ones, the departments refuse to make the economies asked of them. This, with 200,000,900. more to be expended in rearming and | repairing the old forts and building new ones, and | putting France in a position to cope with other | Powers, makes a total 800,000,000, On Thursday | next the Assembly will vote upon a bill that Mi, Thiers be continued in power. The conservative element In the Assembiy is now divided into THREE PARTIES, the Saint Mare Girardin, Daru and reunion of the | Reservoirs, ‘The reunion of tue iteservoirs 18 tue most intolerant and monarchical. It contains many prominent legitimists and is considered the stronz- est 1n polut of numbers, ‘They urge the doctrine of im slate quo, hot wishing to te the hands of the government, M, Saint Mare Girardin and his par- sans are parliamentarians, who favor @ constitu. tional monarchy and the restoration of the Urieans family. The Daru party Is the weakest ia point of numbers, and 18 composed of conscienuous men, exempt irom prejuilice, but undecided in regard to the question of the presidency. Louis Blane has proposed the Oe bill m favor of prolongmg the official powers of ‘Thiers:— ARTIOLE]. The powers of M. Thiers are prolonged until the expiration of the powers of the National Assembly. Ant, 2. These powers will cease only when the stipulations of the Treaty of Peace have been fulliles, and all tetvitory of the republic ridden of the presence or the stranger. The higher wing, or purely monarchical party, propose to Keep things as they are, and await tie | day waen M. Thiers and the Assembly disagrees, When they hope, in the confusion, to reinstate imou- archy again. The leit wing Insist upon dednitively establishing the republic, and iuvesting the balance Of power in the hands of the Assemply. With these differences of opinion, and the number of coutend- | ing parties, I believe we shall have only an exact | repeution of the constitution of 1848. At Versaiiies | very little animation is seen. Almost everybody one meets 18 a soldier on guard over some of the public ouildings, Tue Prefecture serves a aoubie purpose. M. Tniers and family occupy the first Noor as a residence, and M. Remusat the ground oor, for the use of his Department on Foreign Atfau Many of the Deputies live in Paris, and the trains are crowded at noon and during tue early part of tie evening. M. Jules Favre, after leaving his children at Aix- | les-Bains, has returned to Versailles and occupies is seat in the House as simple Deputy; he remains very quiet, however. Gambetta never looked beiter or appeared to be 1 as good spirits us he 13 at pre- sent. Should there be new elections he will ve nominated for some of the most important positions. His energy and go-ahead spirit have not veen for- govton by the masses of the people. TWO MEN SENTENCED TO BE HANGED Li NEW ORLIANS. They Murdered a Woman Neaily Eighty Years Old and were Tricd acd Convicted by a Jury of Negroes. {Prom tne New Orleans Republican, August 24,] The principal feature in the Criminal Court yes terday was tie sentencing of Charles Earle and Joun Garvey, convicted of killing an old woman named Zolunger, on Annunctation street, on the 241 of April. Our readers must still remember the horri- ble particulars oi the case, The accused were lairiy tried and duly convicted of murder on the 22d of June, the trial lasting tnree days. Counsel for the prisoners made a motion fora new trial, but Judge Abel) refused the motion, Garvey and Earle were yesterday taken to the bar to receive sentence of death, and Judge Abell, in | suostance, made the following remarks:— John Garvey and Charles Earle, you have been charged with murder. After being Indicted by the Grand Jury you were arraigned betore this Court and pleaded not guilty. You were tried and found guilty of the crime for which you were indicted. Have you, now, elther of you, anything to say way the sentence of the iaw should not be passed upon you or or an arrest of judgment? Earle responded :—All I have to state to Your Honor {a that when I was arrested I was kept for nearly four duys ia ‘a cell at the Rousseau street station without the privilege of seeing any of my friends or counsel. By inducements offrred to me and promises of my verty I was taken vy Captain Edgeworth to the Coroner's inquest. Then the Coroner swore me, and I stated all that I knew about the case. the Coroner charged me with murder on the very evidence elicited from me by promises and inducements, Captain Edgworth, who was permitted to hear my evi- dence, gave bis evidence only after Lhad given mine in his Prevenice, I have algo, while in prison, been subpunned as & Witness for the State 1n this very cage. The trial was rushed eT ot paragraph abont the case, 80 that it was impossible to obtain ‘an impartial or intelligent jury, Twelve colored men were finally obtained, not one of them being able to read or write, id three of them not knowing what was capital pun: ishment, the Attorney General having to instruct them sev- eral times on this point. ‘This {# all have to Garvey said—-Your Honor, I am aot guilty of the charge; Tam not capable to make a statement; Iain poor man, ‘That is ali T have to say. Judge Abell then asked Judge Atocha, attorney for accused, if he had anything to say. Tue answer was in the negative. ‘the Court addressed the dcomed men about as follows: Perhaps in the whole history of crime but few paralielsean be found to that crime for which you were indicted aud brought before this bar, Both of you are young men, just verging Into full manhood, and, as Tam informed, strong, healthy and used to honest work. Forgetful of the duty you owe to yourseit, to religion, your family and the community at large, you took ft ino your mind that you would commit one of the most daring crimes known to the law, eve: double one-—plunder and murder. ‘The history of y crime bas already tound sw way ito every journal the entire counury and is fixed the mind of ry thinking person in the State of Louistana. An ott per- | m, Murgare’ Zollinger, seventy-elght years of age, unpro- tected In the dark of the night, while peacefully slieey her own domicile, undefended, and for no otuer 5 than that of plunder, you enter her house, and in the p trasion of thin act, i the perpetration of an act of rovvery, you found tt necessary to remove from the world every trace Of evidence that might be brougut agniast you. You, Karle, who had been in the house for some timo, and you, Garvey, © neighbor, knew the fact that the old people had money, aud suspected, and right, that it was deposited at their own house, When the people were sup- posed to de closed In aleep, in the stiliness of the night, you siealthiiy made your into the house of this old couple, and while yeu were ransacking every place of the house to rapacity, one of watiaty your you, if not both, seize upon ‘and, strange to death an olc feeble person, und after finishing your hellish purpose plunder, and after having found out that you bad suffocated the old lady you fed. isut the vigilants of the night were on your track: ihe crime was traced to you betore hardiy ten oure after the crime was committed. You have hada Tair jury tral. If that jury could not read or write it was pot che fant of the States Tt was your Tault plenty of white, fntelligent jurors, but you bi every one. | The jury, however, wiio tried your case were im: jartinl, and there was plenty of evidence to convict you. | at i# peedieas to nay much more, It is an unpleasant duy for me to sentence ‘dreadful doom—tho to the gallowa, I wou ext and legitimate felon's vot -eighth section of an dering the verdict of She jury, rendered on june; Teil, tnding you both juilty of murder, | sentence you, al ya, Garvey, fe hanged by the neck. wut you are, dend, [oslde the four Barrgo tb ate you shall be. taken. wad Bua dead, and may God have mercy on your sous, Let t ‘overs be removed, wien the leas awful words ee eres Garey laughed as if in a barroor over A 8! 01 seemed somewhat impressed, but when entering the dock a smile nased Over his face, 4 , at such day and hour which the wil 'sppolnt, and on that day and hour by the neok until you are @ pris. ; Tumored here that he was for V | if left A COLORED MAN INTERVIEWS THE PRES A Few Words About the Race Between Hel: Dold and Longfellow—The Cause of Longfellow’s Defeat. {Prom the Cincinnati Commercial, Angust 26.) Colonel Robert Harlan has returned to the cil end enjoying a few minutes of very enter and instructive conversation. We will have to itin the form of an interview, we suppose: — ReprorreR—Ah, Colonel, you are blooming u] us again. When did you get back from all the pl sant places abroad? CoLoxgL—This morning, sir. Rerorrer—Did you see the great race in which Helmboid beat Longiellow? COLONEL—Yes, I did, sir. REPORTER—~The resuit of the race was rather surprise, was it not? nee NEL—NO; 1 thought Helmbold would beat mn. KRECORTER—AId you bet that "a CoLONEL—NO, I did not. I did not bet at al There was a lump on Longfellow’s leg. I asked Mr. Harper about it, Sard 1, “Mr. Harper, now long bi that lump been coming there?” and he said evel since last fall, And then Lasked him if it had ever been indamed, and he said no, tt had not; and so thought maybe he could stand it, as the race w: only a dash. But he couldn't, sir. He broke dow! on the third mie. Heimbold would have beater him any bow, Helmbold must be a grea KEPORTER—Why, horse. COLONEL—NO, he 1s not, sir. He 1s a good second: rate. He could not beat a tirst class horse, sir. Th Tact 1s, Mr. Harper had allowed his horse to get 1a on him, Leaving olf the lump on bis leg he Ww: not in order. REPORTER—Were you at Fang Branch? COLONEL—Oh, yes. [ was there in July, and h: i imterview with the President, 1 talked witty) im, or, rather, he taiked,with me, for a Juli hour. ny tePoRtaR—How dia you happen to get to mn ? COLONEL—Oh, sir, I had letters from Congress<) men Perry and Stevenson and Senator Sherman an others, and [ just took # carriage, with Mvery, an drove up and saw the President at his cottage. REVORTER—Nice place? COLONEL—A Very nice placd,’and simple too, RevorTeR—Had you an appointment? Did the President receive you without, having had previ-t Ous application made? COLONEL—No, sir, I haa no appointment. Th President 18 one ot the 10st modest men I ever saw, and I say to you that if ever saw an bonest mai he 1s one. Thad veen sent out for a month t hunt up an honest man 1 would have picked bu out for the man I wanted, on sight. 1 would indeedg sir. \ PORTER—Was he smoking? pCOLONEL-No, he had not a cigar whtle I was witty tu, AEPORTER—Did he talk horse? } COLONEL—No, I wanted him to talk horse, butt could not draw him on to do that. I saw he was 8 talkative that I let him make the ranoiug, as we say. | 1 wouid rather have liked to talk horse to lim, for © a good horse head va me, and was up on twat subject. And I said to him:—"1 saw you driving line pair of bay hotses, Mr. President, and 1 hea! you have some very good stock.’ And he said yes, he had some aorses he was very fond of, put he Weut off that subject right away, and to talkin about Baglaud, where | had been aod of which had spoken to him. Revorr Did he know you were a colored man Sowe folks don’t see that, you know, CoLoNeL—Ah, I had nov been talking to him but miaute when I told him, “sir. President, i do no’ dow Whetier you have observed it, but l think 1 proper lo say to you u Tam a colored man, and Would rather you would not misunderstand thal tact.’ “Are you, indeed + said he, and he looke move interested, aad said he, “Ll should not havet nouced tuat,” and he turned his chair around a lit. Ue closer to me, Making me like Dim better than had belore, if possib KevoR‘ER—You taiked to him an hour, and no# thing avout horse? anythuig about Ohio politics ? COLONEL—Well, we tulked @ good deal about th Cincinnati Commercia’, Tie President asked me 1 I knew the editor of the Commercial, and I toid hi 4 aid Kuow bim very well, and @ very nice gentled man he was too and au able editor, And the Pres! dent sald he ‘seems to be abusing me all the tine, and Lam sureIdonotknow what 13 the matter. He abuses me so much | have quit reading his pa- per. [once saw a good deal of 1. =“Ob,”? I said t him, “Mr. President, I ttunk he don’t abuse you qmuen ex opt about your appointing your relatives) to oilice. 1 pelleve that seems to be the most of 1.74 | Then he went ou to say that after all he had not a) pointed so many relatives. As for his father, An Johnson appointed lim, and he had not turnei him out. And Andy had appointed one of hy broiners-in-law, too. ‘Taen he sald the papers hi given hin at least a dozen cousins and brothers-in4 law that he Knew nothing about, And I underst him to say he bad appoiated two or three perso upoa recommendations that he afterwards foun Oui, greatly to his surprise, were relatives so called. He went over quite a jist of persons sald to be hi reiatives that he Knew novming about. As for Gen. eral Dent, they were old classmates, as well a brothers-in-law, and Dent was an officer in th United States army. He had not appointed hun t any ollicer And then I satd to him, ‘Indeed, Mr. President, think it highly creditable to you if you do appoint your relatives. There are not any of the appointe alleged to be your relatives,” said I, “that [ havet heard of domg anything disionest. ‘Then ‘ne Good, book, you know, tells us that he Who does not pro-! vide for his owa househoid 18 worse than an in- | fael.” AEvORTER—You put it to him there, didn't your What dia His Exceilency say to that? COLONEL—Oh, he only katighed about that. ‘ NEPORTER—Did it seem to put him in a good humor . CoLONEL—He was in a good humor all the time, He mentioned, in talking, quite @ number of hi cousins, brothers-in-law and wife's relatives tha’ have been talked about, aid told about thei, an how they came to be appointed, I disremember th j particulars, 1 thongat when he was talking and teving about them that I would like to be able ta keep all that straight, and Lsort of thought of my lead pencil, but then it would have been nothing bu iinpudence to take that oat, and I could not think of doing au tinpudent tung i the presence ot the Pre sideiit, Who was treating me so kindly and cleverly { and gentlemanly, He sat there, sir, Wilking as pleas¢ antiy—just as pleasantly as you talk yourself, sir. declare I never was so surprised ‘as to see hi so communicative. I had beard so muel about his smoking all the time and nol talking at all. Now he talked all the time, and did not smoke a bit. You may depend upon it, sit, he 18 not a man who will ever do any harm. All he wants, sir, is to Kaow what 1s right to do toc his country and he will doit. Now | havet seen him, I Know that. There are two things B know. One thing 18 forses. The other thing 1s men. I know, now that I have seen the President, © that he ts an houest man and a modest man, H RevoRTER—Does he seem to be in good health ?—¢ look as if he were smoking himself to death, or anys thing ? OOLONEL—NO, sit; he looks in the best of heaith,/ He was about goimg out riding when I was tere, The servant came and told him the carriage Was wailing, and he said, “Presentiy,” aud kept right on taiking tome. And his wife came im and she sald, “Dear, are you not going out riding®” ang he said, ‘Presently, dear, i wiil,”? and kept right om talking to me; and then hus hittle boy came in, and’ climbed upon the Presideni’s knee, and put his arms about his papa’s neck, and said he, “Are you no going riding, papay” and he sai, “Presently, my, son,’? and kept right on taiking to me. \ . Kerorrer—Why did you not talk Ohio polotics ? CoLONEL—Why, we did. fe said he had got %& letter from his friend General Force, who had in formed him that it had been Wn generally ade and agains Noyes. And said the President there was nothing, of that, for, of course, said ne, 1 would not interfere in Siate politics, Ken Wade toid himself he dia now want the ofice. Now, ten Wade was a good frien of ais, but even if he wanted the office it would no! do for Lim to interfere tor him, He had not the plea~ sure, he sald, of Knowing, personally, General Noyes, but he thought, surety, & gubernatorial tich honor for a% had, as he tnderstood to the oitice of office of Ohio would not be too m soldier hike Noyes, who lost @ leg in the service. “As Governor of Ohio,’ said the President, “Il reckon it is a good deal like my ofhee; it done pay.” The salary of the President, he said, for instance, did not pay expenses. He would,; to himself, a great deal rather nave, kept his ile office of General of the Army; and, said the Colonel, that is true, too, sir, 1 haver no donbt, for the President ts one of tne most modest, men that I have ever seen. He sits aud casts down his eyes and talks as quietiy as any man in the and as pleasantly, \oo—be does, indeed. onTER—-Well, how Wid you get away? COLONEL—I went away myself. I got afraid T was staying too long. ‘the President’s little boy I saw ‘Was Impatient, soI got up and apologized Tor de~ taining him so long trom -his Rag wok my leave. Lwas greatly pleased with the President, [ tell you, sit, He ts one of the most honest ahd modest ‘or men, and he will never do any harm. [ was astonished to see a man who had commanded great armies and had been through so much blood and fire, and groans and smoke and thunder, sit and talk so simple and modest for a whole hour, just to me alone, He is all right and will never do any harm. He won't, indeed, sir. ASSISTANT ALDERMEN, The Board Resolves to Declare Vacant the Office of Comminsiover ef Decds—The Brick Church Property. At a meeting of the Board of Assistant Aldermen yesterday, President John Gaivin in the chair, the following resolution was unanimously adopted :— ‘That the oMice of Comminsioner of Deeds in and for the city and county of New York be, and the same is hereb: deciared vacant on and from the’ 20th of September next that all existing appointments thereto are hereby repeal fand annulledon and from sald date, and that all resolutions by y re bereby rescinded aud from maid date’ Ommee Councit The Board cononrred in the resolution of tha Gua to the city claims upon the Brick arene: After trangacting minor bnsiness the anand ada Journed,