The New York Herald Newspaper, September 15, 1871, Page 8

THE DABPIE MURDER IN KENTUCKY. ABrother and Sister of John Harper, the Tsee Horse Owner, Slavghicred Oe in Their [From the Louisville Journal, Sept. 19.) ‘The brother aud sister of old Mr. John B-per, the ‘owner of Longicllow, were mardered " tnetr beds, ‘us thelr residence, in Woodford ¢Santy, just pefore Sayligut yesterday morning, ‘Who did tue terrible Seed 1s not known. Mr. Jotun Harper and his old pechelor brother au* maiden sister were the only white persons WO lived op theplace, They were bora there and had lived there together until the youngest was over seventy years of age, It was an immense estate, one of the largest, and the owners the most wealthy farmers in Kentucky. It is aboat three miles irom Midway and fifteen miles trom Lexin g- ton, adjoms the great Aipxander stock farm and 13 m the heart of the Blue Grass region. Mr. Joho arper was not at home on the fatal night. He had ie to the Lexington races, at which the famous ngfellow and several other of his horses were to ron. Mr. Jacob Harper and Miss Betsy Harper were the only ones at home, except about twenty or shirly negroes Who are employed upon the planta. won, peur DISCOVERY OF THE MURDER. Judging [rom appearances tue bloody Work must have been coiimitted about threc o’ciock in the morning. Mr. Jacob slept in a room adjolmiag that of ms sister, upon the frst Moor. About hall-past tive w'clock the housekeeper, a negro woman, went Into the room of iiss Betsy, but noticed noting wrong, Put she remembers of hearing the oid lady groan once or twice; but as she was very feeble and bad een almost bedridden fora long lime no particular Attention was pald to it A hall Hour alter this servant went in Ww wake him, Mr. Harper's man He fitsr caliel, and. then’ took hold of the | old man’s shoulder; but stilt noticed nothing } except he wos "onsually hard to wake. tie Wen tose the room. The first discovery was made | by the woman servant, who, having gone In | wo waken “Miss Betsy, noticed blood upon the | | vedclothes, and, upon looking closer, found taat tie old lady’s head aud lace were horriviy gashed, aud Shat she was lying ina pool of biood. “The bed was Uteraily besmeared with gore. The woman ran ont screaming and the alari was given. Word of tho verrible tragedy was sent through the neighboruood, aud soon excited people begau to Nock in trom all directions. Mr. Harper was found with his head almost beaten to a jelly and dead. ie was cold and rk ond stlif, Miss Betsy was unconscious, but Ul living. She was not dead at noon yesterday. ANRIVAL OF JOBN HARPER, A messenger was sent to Lexington for Mr, donn Har and he arcived avout nine o'clock, to Cod his beautiful home in an uproar and his aged brother and aged and feevie sister the vic- tims of a crime so horrid and brutal and bloody Wat the suock of it almost overcame him. ‘The whole neignboraucod had assembied aud waed the rooms and the haiis im mute norror. ‘The ne $ Stood wround Ine Goors Weeping, aud the old | jouse servant, the DuUTse Of Miss Betsy, kueit ab the beside of her old mistress, crying as uf her Reart Woukl break, Wuat @ recepiiou for the man of seventy years, bis grief, it is said, was indis- cribabie. He cried iike a child, It wasa terrivie moment, and many had feared the couse quences of His arrival now believe Wat he would Got survive the soc THE INVESTIGATION, No time was to be lost, however, and an tnvesti- gation was immediately’ undertaken. ‘the Coroner arrived about cleven o clock and procecded to hold an inquest, A number of the negroes on the place Were exauine), ant, thougt ® evidence bad not ali been heard at last accounts, there was enough to fasten tue gulli upon several of the colored em- ploycs. OBJECT OF THE ASSASSINS. Itseems that ou Saturday last Mr. Jaco Harper went down to Frankfort, and, it is thougnt, drew ve hundred or a thousand doilars out oi bank. Upon ois return Ww Midway he offered to bet large amounts on the Longseliow race and exhibited Money, and this came to the Knowicdge of tne as- Bassin, It was not the hatut of tae family to keep money about the house. Money was undoubtedly the object of Ute murder, but whether the murderers obtamed any or not is not known. A pocketbook that air. Harper generally carried was missing from his body, though notuing else about ine Louse was | @isturbed, BLOOD ON HIS SUIRT. Upon heariny of the tragedy Mr. Harper set out immediately from Lexington, aud was driven home by bis trainer, Rolla, a colored boy whom he raised, and who 1s devoted to Lim. Avout four mules from town they met a negro man wno bad been hired upon the piace ouly a few days beiore. They imquired about the trouvle at home, when be replied that there was nothing the matter; that he bad jest only an hour beivre, and thatevery- Shing Was all right. He then passed on, wuen to! remarked that he saw “blood on that fellow’ abirt.”” ‘This negro, Whose name 18 uot learned, was afierwards sent alter and arrested in Lexington. Furtner deveiopments go to prove undoubtediy ihat he took a leading part in the murder, HEARD SOMETHING FALL, A boy named William, who was raised by Mr. Harper, and who ts about twenty-two years of age, ty aiso suspected. Tis mother testified oeiore the Coroner's jury that he siept in wie 0 irs of her faviu, and that he could not get out without coming shrough her :cow, uuless he clunbed out tie Window Bnd over a shed al the side of tlic cabin. Someinne during the night she says she heard a log or somett ing at the Side of the cabin fall. Upon examination yes terday 1t was found that one of the raiters or jong , Which laid upon the shed to hold the boards bo their piaces had rolied of the shed to the ground. The rovl gave unmustukabie evidence of svine one having passed over it. Several other negroes are missing and are suspected of haviag had band in | the afiair, Three to all had been arrested at last accouits, Biood was fouud on the clothes of the gcgro Whom Mr, Harper met coming from Lexing- ton, and lie failed utterly before tue Coroner's jury 0 wecouut for it. HOW THEY WENT ABOUT IT, ‘The window shutters of the room in which Mr. Barper siept are (astened on the iside wita smail @rop volts. On the window si!l yesterday was found ® common case-kulfe, aud it 18 Supposed thus was ased to raise te bolts, There was no means of Selung bow many entered tie room. They mscd & smal) hatchet which bad been lying around the woolpile for a long time 0 that ft was rusty and badly battered. Mr. Har- per’s room was entered {irst, and from the ap’ m@uee Of the bed it is probatvie Laut be wee, ‘by the poise and made some r md 80 terribly cut upthat it ~ to tell how many umes they sirue@ him. “It may be that be sprung up in the > 4 waen hit the first time and made 2 5! ah the assassins, but the repeated aud rapid [= of the hatcuet soon put an end to hun. 3 ‘@ noiseless work, however, and they taig Pack carelully in the bed and replaced the With the greatest precision, showing that ‘ork was delermined, deliverate and coid- ed, ‘Then they went through the door opposite the bed into Miss Betsy’s room. Here their hearts must have failed them, for they jeit their work un- Mnwhed, There were seven fmghtful gashes over her head and face. Tic first blow evidently stlied her, ana she laid unconscious while they plied the bloody hatctet. They le.t by the front door and dropped the hatchet in the yard. it was found soon alter the tragedy was discovered, but every Legro on the place denied baving ever seen ib before. Koila avd Mr. Harper recognized it imme @Miateiy upon their arrival, MISS BETSY'S CONDITION, Miss Betsy’s wounds were dressed and she re- turned to consciousness yesterday morning. sie a@ppears perfectly rational in all except one thing. She was unaware that anything bad happened. Upon vemg asked who had been in (he uouse during ‘the night she replied, Nobody. Who struck her. Nobody. Who killed Jake—Nobody. She was con- scious of everything except the terrible deed which Rad been s0 iatal to her. Piysicians say that she may live lor eight or ten days yet, bat @id and feeble that can hardly recover. Aer skail is brokeD and crushed in upon tue brain in several places. It was rumored ip Lexington last Bigat that sue bad died, but it t3 unitkely. OMINOUS EXCITEMENT. The whole Blue Grass region was in a terribie state of excliement yesterday, About ididway and in Lex Angton peovle quit work, so greatly was the waole community appailed by tue horror of (he thing. © 1t 48 hoped that there wiil be no lynching or Ku Klux- Ang, but the people are excited, aud there 4s no Will- What may come of it a! ir, Harper has telegraphed for several of the shrewdest detect inthe country, aad the matier will be sifted to tue bottom. It is as appalling as whe famous Nathan murder, 1 more bloody. ‘ihe vice ‘tims are among the most wealtiy people in the St of Kentucky, aud the murder, aside trom ils crue! will attract atiention from the close counection of she murdered with # man whose name las so re- eenuly been in the mouths of everybody in the country. Another Acconat of Tragedy, A despatch to the Cincinnati Commerc tains the following particulars: — The people of Lexington, ana, in fact, of Favette sud Woodiord counties, were stared (is morning by the reception of the intelligence of & most cruel deed of blood that had been perpetrated during the @aork hours of We night The old and feeble bio ther of Jobu Harper, the owner of Lopgteilow, was murdered iu his bed, and his scarcely leas Infirm and Sged sister was cut and hacked with a hatchet until there ts uo hope of her recove: The two Lrothers Joun and Jacob, and the sister Flizabeth, have lived in Wie samme house together al- most since infancy. hey are ail between seventy- five and eighty years of age, and as none of them er wartied or formed lasing Iriendships, or cultl- ted their jess tunity kimstoik in their youth, they have been consixned to a sort of social iso'ation i their old age, and clung tenderly and adlecuunately to cach other for that reason, Their home ts about tour i Miles from Lexing- of some fourveen or Miieen hundred acres of the richest land in Ken- ducky, enjoy we repuiation of being worth over hall a imiiion, and jive to the piainest and most economical manner ip an old Weatier-beaten house that cannot be said to be much more than a shetier, Here it was that the murder was commuted; here it waa that Jacob aud his sister retired at their Meually carly hour last evening and here it was tbat the vid man was tis morning found cold and su 18 death, and his sisier bloody and inseumpie frou) cruel wounds Jobe Darver was at Lexington, jouking afer twas not discovered nnti alter sunup. | gece norete, or Ne, to, probaviy, would nave been a vicam. a people were the only occupants of the house—tbe servants m a litte frame A rg Sy dere lige K of the main oNiie murder was not discovered until these ser- vants went to the house, about half-past five o'clock, to get breaksast. The Snes eee a ee i abe and no one answering the lou \f simmons. one people became alarmed and burst into on x8, BEHONEEISNE mae, tate mans — eooe within, In one | room jay the boay of the oid man, Mung diagonal Across the bed, besmeared with dark, coagulate Diood, his head beaten to a jelly. His right hand Was clenched as if he had made a struggle for life, And one floot nearly touching the floor showed that he was trying to rise whea he was flung back to dle, ‘The bedclothes were saturated with blood, aud on the pillow, that had hardly been pressed, was the crimson outlines of a hatchet, The sister was found by the terrified colored peo- ple lyiag straight in bed, covered with biood, and still bleeding from five horrible Wounds in the neat. ‘These wounds had evidently beeu made with the same instrument that had been used on Mr, Jacob; but in tis case, however, only the butt end of tho hatchet was used. On Miss Elizabcth’s anuprotected head the sharp edge had descended several times, ‘The old tady was cold ana unconscious, but snowed signs of some remaining Viiailty. ‘The neighborhood was immediately aroused, and it was not long before the whole country around was apprised of the dreadful occurrence. A score of men stood ready to go to almost any length to apprehend the perpetrators of the foul deed, but the mysterious and singular circumstances of the affair prevented the adoption of anytuing like a scttied theory as to the plan of the murder or the object of the murderers, and nobody knowing where to look for the criminals. i¢ was @ long time before anybody looked. Some thought the object was plunder; others revenge. The economical—almost penurious—habits of the Harpers were well known. They were known to have boarded up great wealth in bonds and money. Some said they fad accumulated as much as $200,000, And the nnpression was general that they Kept vhetr treasure concealed about the honse, Agaiust the theory of rovoery it was urged that the house bad not been ransacked, as robbers in quest of hidden treasure would have rausacked tt, 4 Some of the clo.hes presses aud bureau drawers had been opened and searched, bat the places where the family really kept their valuables were overlooked, which could not have been the case with thieves working upon a premeditated plan. The only money taken was abstracted from Mr. Rarper’s waich fob, which, though seldom contain- ing more than a ltUe loose change, be carefully pinned at the top after depositing there. It is not known whether the old man had any Toney on him at the time, but from the fact that the never-before-nussing pin was gone, it Was sup- osed that he had, and that it was stolen, Besiaes if plunder alone had been the object, what was the necessity Of aespatching the old lady who had none about her and was too mueh wasted with consump- tion to have given any alarm, or in any way inter. fered with the robbery or murder of her brother it she had become aware of It ? ‘The rovbers could not have feared identification, for vhe.e were no candies im either of the rooms, and no lights were seen from outside, Against the theory of revenge or spite it was urged that the old people, though very close tn all their dealings, were thoroughly fair gnd bonest and too infirm and | Inoffensive to engénder hatred. So the good people who docked to the old house were puzzled, ‘hey could make nowling of the case whatever. The coroner of tne county came and held an in- quest, bat neither he nor his jury could clear up the mystery, ‘Ihe testimony proved next to nothing. oi the witnesses, @ young negro by the name of William Pryor, got bimself iuco trouble by contra- dicting himself @ couple of times in the course of a rigid and rather brow-beating cross-examtnation, as to what clotues he had worn the day betote, and some other insiguiicant points, and one of the ju- rors, basing @ suspicion that he was in the secret, on these diverse statements, had him sent to the Ver- sailles jail for further examination. Suspicion also attached to another colored boy by the uame of Tom Scott, whom old Joun engaged to work on the place for his board and clothes the pre- ceding Saturday, and who left tne farm early this morning. Scott was seutto jail also. Neliver of the boys had bad reputations, and really apj 100 young, duil-brained, and inexperienced to have made the showing of innocence they made to-day. with fresh blood on tueir hands and a mangled corpse sUil unburied and almost in their sight, A further search for the criminais will have to be made, and it wiil probably result in the arrest of the men emploved about the place, or something more — than appears against the two boys now in Jail. The fact that the batenet used was one that had becn lying about the Kitchen and woodhouse for some time would seem to indicate that somebody employed on the premises did the deed. “Lf the murder had been plotted by outside and expert Banter they would have been apt to use thelr own tools. ‘Mr. Harper was buried in the iittle burying ground on the piace at Ove o'clock. The interment was made by the farm hands under the superintendenc6 of ola Joun, and without religious exercises or any nd Tne old Jady is castor to-night, but still uncon. scious. Sue has four fractures of the skull and can- not possibly survive, WIFE POISO.INS AT FORT AN}, N.Y. Death of the Mother of Seven Little Children from Poison—Her Husband Accused of the Crime, 4 (From the Sandy Hill Herald.) One of tne most horrible cases of conjugal in- selicity came to @ suddeu and lamentable termina- tion upon Saturday of last week, at Griswold’s Mills, tn the town of Fort Aun. It appears that for some time past a man by the name of James B. Smith has beea living unhappily with his wife, and that Smitn, for the last five years, has been Keeping company with a young girl by tne ; name of Bradiey, of dissolute habits and bad char- acter, who has veen disowned Uy her parents for a long time, About two years ago Smith brought this gir to his house to live with, him, tw ‘is wife's abhorcence anise” sur- prise of the whole commanity,.af@ lived with her in open adultery, Hé\a@canal boatman, and this woman won'..,.go With him during his trips, leaving his ‘wife and seven little children at home, h has been represented to our reporter visited the scene of the tragedy) as a hard- Working, patient suffering creature, providing her- seif, almost unaided, for the maintenance of her littie ones, by working aroun’ and laboring on their small farm. With a different husband aud under more favorable circumstances she wouid have made any home happy. pon Saturday nignt a child of Mrs, Smith's came ranning into the house of Mrs. Conant, a near neigh- bor, and said to her, “Mamma is dying; come quick? Mra Conant hurried over to tne house and found Mrs. Smith im great pain from cramps and spasms. She was perfectly rational and told Mrs. Conant that about an hour before she had been feeling unwell, and her husband had given her some of “Perry's Vain Killer,” which she was in the habit of taking for sickness. Then she straightened up in agonizing cramps and cried, “Ob, I ain poisoned! Jim, you done it! Jim, you kuled me!’ fe asked hi “How, may’ 5ne id, “You have done it some way |’ He made no but, ‘Don’t say it ma,’’ and tried to quiet her talking. “Oh, my poor obiidren |’ she cried. “What does this mean? Why am Iso thirsty? she kept on drinking water, and died in abont three-quarters of an hour from the ume she had taken the medi- cine. Airs. Smith was in the Babit of going out to | Wasa for the neighbors, and on the Thursday before she nad been at hrs. Conant’s house, where she told her that her husband had been more kind to her that week than ever before, but that he had told lier the fore part of the week that he did uot tunk she would live long. Every syiaptom of polsoning being so prominent the Corouer, who lives in Whivehall, was seat for; but he being wowell Esquire Peck was direcived to act in that capacity, and early on Monday morain a 4 post-mortem examination was made by Drs. Ax- | tell and Gibbs, of Fort Ann, who fonnd evident signs of poisoning, and removed the stomach aod sent it to Prolessor Porter, of Albany, for chemical analysis. After the examination Smith was asked what should be done with the body. The said he “didn’t Care, only he didn’t want it sunking up the house.” He objected to having ihe examination made, and wanted (he body gotten out of the way a8 soon as possible, A Coroner's jury was called at the house of Mi. Ossian Conant, of which Lyman Mall ; Was foreman. The jury found, upon the tes- juny of the neighvors present and the us that Mary Smith came to her death from poison adminstered by her husvand, James B. Smith, Suith was immediately arrested, and the | preliminary examination begun at eleven A. M. yes. verday, 1m ‘the village of Fort Ann, before Justices Peck and Skinner, Mr. Charles Hughes, of Sandy Bill, is retained in benall of Smith; S. G. Pike, of Port Aun, conducted te examination for the peo pie. Pith exammation wou't have been finished in @ few lioars’ tic.e bat tor the parieying of Pike, who jmpeded the exauunation at every step with useless objections. Mr. Hughes finally got exasperated, and, turning to Pike, said:—"1 am bere tn the m- terest of my client and am bouod to defend him at ai hazards, If you think you can bully me and deter tue in the Jeast you lave got the wrong man. Why, 1 can te one hand behind lay back and thrasia two such men a3 you.’ Alter Uuis tuere Was uo Turther interruption. Smith is @ inan of about five fect six Inches high, forty-two years of age, wears a beard aud no mus- tache. His hair is cured upon the top of his head aud his fa.¢ bears Lhe appearance of tne most cares Jess indigerence, At the trial ae, he sat by the side of his counsel (Mr. Hughes) smoking & cigar. He Was dressed in a brown coat, wears black necktie atriped with white, dirty slurt and & pair of checkered pantaioons, From his sido coat pocket hung a@ dirty handkerchief, Smith has uot Only abUseu bis Wife, but also his mistress—wio isa young girl about twenty-iiree years of age, ww bly good looking—and sWears profusely. From the Jact ihat she Was at smiti's nouse on Friday she is suspected of being an accomplice to the crime, The Fort Ann oflicera have acted disgrace- Tully in regard to the examiuation of the stomach. Up to the Uwe OF our going to press it has not been touched, owing to the Fort Aun ofMmictais bickerin; ‘The idea o! with Professor Porter avout the price. @ lich county ike Washi @ case like this ts dit ¥o on sntnedt } and unhes)! THE COURTS. MARINE COURT—PAAT IL. Alleged Malicious Prosecut Before Judge Joachimsen. Nixon vs. Brickcwedel,—This was an action for ma- licions prosecution. The plain says that ho was ~tatnm om the atang leading to his frant door, on New etasas va vate oe Pes Fifth avenue; that Wioundland dog ran up, and, attempting to enter the houze, ne, in endeavoring to prevent him, was bitten on the right wrist; that the dog made @ second attempt to enter and bit Laer on the leit wrist, whereupon he stabbed he dog with a penknife; that he then went across to adrug store and cautcrized his wrisw, and from there to defendant’s grocery, who was the owner of the dog and asked to have it shot, when a police. Man present said he (piainttit) was mtoxicated, and defendant said to the policeman ‘Take him out of Uus," when be was immediately carried to the sta- tion house and locked up, and, upon defendant's affidavit of cruelty to animais, was bound over for trial at the Special Sessions, where, no evidence being offered against him, he was discharged. A motion tO Gismiss the complaint on the grounds that the arrest was not made at plaintiii’s instance and no malice being proved was denied. The defend- ant dentod having caused the arrest, testifying that the way he knew of plaintif’s having stabbed the oo ‘was his appearance in the store, avowing the fact and demanding “the live of the dog or the Dutcn- man;” and that thereupon a policeman arrestéd plaintiff, compelling the defendant to go also to the station house; that he was there presented with a paper to sign, witicia proved to be the charge re- ferred to, tat at he did not press the case at the §) Sessions only because plaintif’s wife desought him with tears not todo so. Further tes- timony ior defence by several witnesses was to the effect that plaintul was intoxicated and induced the dog to come up the steps, pulled his ears, and when these liberties were resented on the part of the aui- mal stabbed him, ‘The case was submitted to the jury, who rendered @ verdict for $300 in favor of plaintid. MARINE COURT—PART 3. Decisions. By Judge Joachimsen. Netler vs, Foster.—Judgment for plaintif for $171, costs, and $28 allowea. Burke vs. RKooney.—Judgment $483 92, costs, and $25 allowea. Nerenht vs, Buciwel!.—Verdict for plaintif; dam- —_ $300, Stay of proceedings for motion for new wial. Erwin v3. Rothnewill.—Jndgment for plaintift for $321 50, costs, and $28 allowed, COURT OF GENERAL SESSIONS, Policy Dealers Again in Court—Argument of Couusel for an Adjourpmert—Judge Bedford Sets the Case Down for Next ‘ibursday—A Sneak Thicf Sent to Siog Sing— Professional © A Shooting Case in Sixth Avenue, Before Judge Bedford. Tho conrt room was well filled yesterday by per- sons interested in the lottery policy business, the trial of Frederick E. Luthy, charged with selling a Policy ticket, having been put on the calendar. Counsel for the defendant called for the reading of the ret urn of the oficer of the Court to the at- tachwer 8 issued on Ttesday compeiling the at- tenda ce of absent material witnesses. It ap- peared that two of the witnesses were present and two absent, the report being that one could not be found and the other was in Pennsylvania. The counsel addressed the Court at length for an adjournment, ciammung that they had used all dill- gence in endeavoring to procure the attendance of these witnesses, who were hostile to the defendant aud who had disobeyed the process of the Court, They claimed. that Zachariah Simmons was the head and front of the prosecution and a material ‘witness to show their client’s tunocence, Assistant District Attorney FELLOws vigorously opposed the persistent esforts of counsel to preveut the trial going on. At the last term of the Court a verdict of not guilty, on the ground of variance between the proof and the indictment, was ren- dered, the original indictment alleging that the Joulery was a public one, while the proof showed that it was private. That defect being remedied by @ new indictment the counsel interposed a special lea, Which, after argument, was overruled. Upto hat time the deience had said novning about nese persons, whom they now claimed were im- portant and necessary witnesses, Alter a protracted and discursive argument Judge Bedford decided that the case would have to proceed unless the defence could by afildavit show the materiality of the tesumony of the two absent witnesses, and tt would be for the Court to decide, after hearing the amMdavit, whether there were legal grounds fora Postponement of the trial. Aan pe erent was given to the counsel to pre- are the required aMdavits, and in the afternoon he case Of Luthy was again taken vu) Two affidavits sworn to by the acct which set jorth that he expected to prove his inno- cence by the testimony of Zachariah E. Simmons, Wiham L. Simmons and Josiah Howard Adams, without whose testimony he could not safely pro- ceed to trial. a ‘Mr, FELLOWS said he wished to bring the counsel for the defence down to the point of stating when they would be reacty io try the case; for if an ad- Jouroment were granted upon those affidavits they would spring auother ingenious excuse upon the prosecution, and the case would never be tried. Judge BEDFORD brought the discussion to a close by directing that the case be placed on the calendar upon the Zist inst., and in the event of the absent witnesses not being present counsel must apply for @ commission to take their testimony in another State, Inthe meantime the attachments would liyc¢ and the Court officers could arrest these swsses wherever they found them, eon A BIBULOUS Lésensy, Jonn i tye ge bape om@ 17th of August, stole $45 worth of Por* Wine, the property of Van Arnin & McCarthy, piéaded guilty to petiy larceny. Asthat Was lus first offeice and he had witnesses ‘prove his good charac! Judge Bediord, as he always does, suspended judgment and gave tne Youth an opportunity to reform, AN OLD SNEAK THIEP, Charles Henry, alias Thomas Hamilton, who pleaded guilty on Wednesday to steaung $50 worth of clothing from Janius Smith on the 9th of August, was arraigned for sentence. Jadge Bedford said:— Hamilton, tue officer informs me that you are an o!d professional thief, Four years in the State Prison is your sentence, * AN ALLEGED SHOOTING AFFRAY. John Fogarty was tried upon a charge of felonious assault and battery, the complainant, John i. Stetson, claiming thaton the 26th of January last the prisoner fired a pistol at him. The testimony for the prosecution showed that John LU, Stetson was bay cared in @ quarrel With a man named Lyons a the Knickeroocker Cottage, in Sixth avenue, when Wogarty, Eaton and Wax, who were im the barroom, took partin the assault, Fogarty got away from ‘Stetson, and while running into an adjoining room accused fred a pistol, the ball lodging in the panel of the door, The evidence of Thomas Lyons, John Eaton and Fogarty-was in direct opposition to the statements of the witnesses for the people. The accused said that in the ight he was struck in the mouth with a bottle; that tue complainant ran at him with an tce ge and tbat Cnaries Stetgon (his brother) put nig aod into his pocket for the purpose, as he thought, of drawing a pistol, whereupon he (Fogar- y) bie Pistol in self-defence gud siiot himself in he hand. The jury rendered a verdict of guilty of an assanit with @ dangerous weapon, with intent to do bodily harm. Fogarty was remanded for sentence. AN ACQUITTAL Henry Wiley, who was jointly indicted with John Moore and George Foster, was tried upon a charge of burglary. On the 13th of April last the premises of Maurice Prowler, 160 Spring street, were broken into and $450 worth of cigars stolen. A portion of for plaints for the property was traced to @ restaurant near by, which a police officer supposed he saw Wiley enter. The accused proved @ goo character aud testified that he was not in the sajoon at the time. ‘The jury promptly rendered a verdict of not guilty. COURT OF SPECIAL SESSIONS. The Bludgeon Thief in Linbo—The “She is My Wife, Sir? Game as Played in the Bowery—Cruelty to Animals—Seventy-five Passengers in a Car Drawn by Disabled Horses—“Going For” an Officer and the Penalty—Picvic Apparel. Before Judge Dowling. The calendar yesterday at the Court of Special Sessions was a long, but, withal, not a very interest- ing one, with the exception of three or four cases, Jadge Dowling disposed of the cases that came be- fore him with his customaty rapidity and tinpartial justice, “Miss’’ Lizzie Kelly, & GENTBEL*LOOKING DAMSEL, of about twenty-two years, atfired in a rather jaunty etyle, and tossing her cranium with an air Uiat might be indaery captivaung outside of a police court, Was chargea by one James Ahearn with the theft of a silver watch aud chain attached, valued at $24. It appeared that James came Across We magollicent Lizzie ou Sunday evening last in ihe Bowery, near Bayard street—a vad neighbor. hood alter the sua bas gone down, and even during the daytume. AN ACQUAINTANCE seemed to be mutuaily desirable and was speedily efecied. A promenade was proposed wo James vy his seductive companion, aud agreed upon, 80 together they commenced to perambulate up’ the Bowery, When they had proceeded avout te dise tance of half a block Liatie, ever considerate, observed tat the necktie of her newly-acquiret friend was carelessly ted, or not tied at all, and Wilh true womanly thoughtfuness aie volunteered to adjust the arvicie into proper sha; While per forming this little act of kindness James opserved that the prisover approached his person rather closer Wat Was at all hecessary for tue purpose of ARRANGING HIS NECRTIR, but attributed the circumstance at tke time to Lizzie’s being infatuated with lis manly form. Supsequently the pair proceeded o litte farther, when they encountered a burly-looking man, who no sooner perceived the two than he shouted ont indignantly that the complainant Was Walkibg WILD Dis wile, and be wanted to know Ne ee NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 187—TRIPLE SHES. ‘What business he had to so do, James replied that ‘was not aware that the young lady be- Tonge to tueirave stranger, Dus auch bellig the case i he dia not ‘wish to waik with her any er, Con- sequentiy he offered to resign his charge insténter. ‘The offer was as quickly pocapted, and woman: TROTTED OFF with her “legal py Bow, nator Sen Lizzic’s peace of mi soon as he begail to suszg¢! Mat possibly the réle he had st seen enacted was oyiy A bilnd to Gover some- thing more deep behind. he éxamtied his ets, when lo ! his timexeever waa pot in its acct Place—nay, more, 1t Was not to be found 4M any OL the spacious pockets which perforate the clothing of the complainant, A terribie time was kicked up by the victimized unforwinate, which finally culminated in the mearceration of Lizzie in one of the adjacent station houses, Judge Dowling yesterday found her GUILTY OF THE CHARGE, and remarked, in passing sentence, that she an- donbdiedly belonged to a class of female thieves known to the perme ees are ane, ee thal (re gerous crew junderers, Who pre - suspecting withthe aid of male builles, sho was sent to the Penitentiary for six months. John Kennedy, a tali youth of not very herculean build, Was charged with beating oficer Desmond, of the Fourth precinct, at half past eight o'clock on Saturday morning last. Kenuedy took the penalty of his rash act and murmured not, which was two Months in the Penitentiary. It will thus be per- ceived that for the luxury of pounding au oilicer, & very meritorious one in some cases, one has only to sufer @ two months’ term of DEPRIVATION OF LIBERTY. Two men, named Thomas Boyle and Peter Ne- Laughin, were arraigned on comptaint of Mr. Henry Bergh for cruelty to animals, inasmuch as they were the driver and conductor of a car ou the Forty-sec- ond street line, that was overcrowded aud drawn by two disabled horses, One of the animals had & running sore on his back, which was ob- served by Mr. Hergh by the merest acct. dent. Considerable argument was indulged tn by the counsel for Lhe prisoners and the prosecutor on behalf of Mr. Bergh, named Garry. The car, at the time it wis stopped by the complainant, had on board seventy-iive pussenvers, and Mr. Garry cited a case somewhat siitlar to this one, tried in 1868, before Recorder Hackett, where the offender was sentence! to two years in the State Prison. Tue cnarge being of @ grave nature, Judze Dowling re- served his decision until Tnesday next. ‘Tae accused was remanded until that time, James Cook, a slender youth, was charged with assauit and battery, counmitted with a slait of some kind, upon a Mr, Jolin Passon, of 122 Cedar street, He was sent to the House of Reluge. arah Llovd was sent to the Penitentiary for four montis for an attempt to steal a quantity of cloth- ing from No. & Mouroe street. Sie aduitted her guilt. Mary Kelly, a shy looking damsel, was charred With taking an amouut of clothing owned by some- body else, She stated she took the apparel for the purpose of bedecking herself out to attend a poe but intended restitution immediately after her re- turn from the festive excursion. ‘wo months in the Penitentiary was her portion, Tue Court ad- journed after finishing the unimportant cases re mauuing on the calendar, COURT CALENDARS—THIS DAY. Marine CourT—TriaL ‘TERM—Part 1—Held by Judge Tracey.—Nos. 5948, 6239, 6315, 6418, 6440, Gi41, Gi42, 6443, 6444, G1d5, 6440, G4I9, 6451, 6443, Part 2—Lield by Judge siea.—Nos. 624, 6371, 6230, 244, 6261, 6273, 6303, 6263, 6379, 5993, 6374, 6343, 6407, 6361, Part 3—Held by Judge Joachim. Nos, 6525, 609, 690914, 7000, 7204, 7203, 7205, 7340, 6835, Supremé Coury Caayners—ueld by Judge Bar- nard.—No. 21. COURT OF APPEALS CALENDAR, ‘ ALBANY, Sept, 14, 1871, The following 13 the Court of Appeats day dar for September 15:—Nos. 347, 519, 455, 860, 861, 362. od r 7 PROSPECT PARK FAIR GROUSBS. Two Trotting Contests Yesterday—Prepara- tions ‘or tho Agricultural and Horticultural Fair. ‘Three trotting contests were announced to come off at the Prospect Vark fair Grounds yesterday aiternoon, the first bemg a sweepstakes for $300, Maile heats, best three 1a five, in harness, between Hiram Howe's bay geiding Harry, Mr. Sammis’ bay gelding Slim Dan, and Mr. McGoldrick’s gray geid- ing Mac. The second event was a match between Joan Murphy's black gelding John Kase, Jr., and Hiram Howe’s road gelding Dandy, Tue third trot on the card was @ match for $1,000 between Big Judge and General Sherman. The latter, however, did not take piace. The two mile race was started first, and the bet- ting was decidedly in favor of Johu Kase, Jr., three to one being current before the horses began to score. When the scoring commenced it was evident that the horse Dandy aid not intend to trot, as he com- menced breakig aud dancing when brought up alongside of his adversary, aud Hiram Howe, nis driver, thought 1t prudeat to ask for the word behind, This was given him, but the horse woula not wot then, and, aiter @ succession of breaks tu the heats, he was beaten tn the race easily oy Joun Kase, Jr., in & short rubber, ‘Tne second trot, Wich was between Harry, Slim Dan and Mac was a more interesuny aifair, aud the betting Was quite lively on the resuit, Slim Dan at jirst belug the fayorme at nearly even mouey over the others, Hatry, however, weut away at the Starland was never headed in the heat, i'nen bet- ting changed, and Larry was the iavorite a slignt odds over fleld. He won the race very easily in three straight heats; and the match race being postponed, the peopie got away from the track at an eariy hour, Walle ivoking about the Fair grounds before leaving We were Impressed with the great preparas lous that are being made for the coming Agricul- tural aad Morucuitaral Pair which 1s to be beid at 1uis place on the 17th, 1th, 19tn and 20th of October. lnnmiense sheds are Leing erected for tne accomino- dation of cattle of ail kinds, while large buildings will be erected and appropriated ior agricaltural aod borticuliural displays, ‘Tue Club House wil be put ia order to coniain the fancy articles brougot for exniviuon, The managers anticipate a grand cob lection of the various curlosiuies Ouered on such occasions; and are making every provision tor them, The great aitracuon, however, at tne Fair, which 18 aways Ue case, will be the coutests for the trotulng premiums which will ve onered, and Curing the four days of the (au thece will be at least eight trong races by the best horses on ine turf, The programuine ot the purses ofered aad the time of the closing ot the entries will be decided oa in a few days and will be pubiic! upouuced, But to the details Of (he trotting yesterday THE Fits? TRUT. Prospect PARK FAiR GKUUNDS ASSOCIATION, Sept. 1i—Mateb $400; two mule heats, tn haruess, Johu Murphy named bik, g. John Kase, sr 1 A. W. Howe bamed b, g. Dandy....00 a THLE. Quart”, Hah Mile, Two Miles, First heat. . or} piaed 6 : Second heat... M2349 5 aL 1 7 First Heat.—Joun Kase, Jr, Was the favorite at about three to one ;revious to the start. Dandy commenced lis vreaking and dancing as soon as the horses began scorimy, and his driver took the Word several iengins bebind to Keep him quiet, Kase Was tour lengtis ahead at the quarter pole, in forty-one seconds, aud avout the same distauce wuead atthe naui-inue pole, in 1:22 ‘There was no change ol place or posiuon ail the Way around until Near tho nish of We first mils, when Panay broke bauiy, and Kase ied past the stand wx lengths ahead, in 2:44. Dandy broke several ttmes in the second mile, aud Kase won the heat by about ten Jengths on a jog, making te beat in 5:41)¢. Second Hvut,—Danady took the word four lengths behind and broke on the tura, which gave Kase a lead of ten lengths to the quarter poie, which he passed im forty-one seconds, Kase wag about the edistauce in front at the half mile pole, m He kept lus advantage around the lower m, but Coming up whe homesiretch Dandy shut up some of une daj light, Kase passed under the string at the end Ol the first mie six lengths m front, maklig the distaoce im 2:4%. Dandy closed graduaiiy around the turn, and ou the Lackstreich Was going Well, but then he made one of uis an- noying breaks a ol winning the heat was lost. Kase alterwards bad hothing Wo do bat Win, aud he did 60 by 81x Jengtis, making Ue heat in 6:37, 8. DaY,—Sweepstakes $200, mile heats, best in five, in harness. Hi, W. Howe éutered br. g. Harry. el. L, 8. Samuils entered br. g. Shiu Da 22 W. ieGul cred g. g. Gray Ma F TIME. First heat, Second heat —..,, 41 ‘Third heat, 41 M4 zB First Heat.—'The horees had an even send of, but Mac and Shin Dan voth broke up on the turn, and Harry Look @ commanding lead, which be carried to the end, He passed the quarter pole ten lengths in front of Slim Van, who was two lengths ahead of Mac, The two latter broke on the backstretc, aud Harry Was f(teen lengths abead cf them at the hal mile pole in 1:2% Harry came on leastirely alter- inte Won the leat by luif a dozea leaguis 1D 2:51.54. Second Heat,—The horses had avery goo start, and Harry soon took the lead, golug .o the quarter- pole six lengtis tn front of siim Van, who Was jour ee head of Mac. Hany kept this advantage to the hall-mile pole, going easily, in L:2254. There was no change to the end, Harry winning the heat by two lengths, in 2:43, Sim Dan second, two Jemgths ahead of Mas 7nd Heal.—Mav wad the best of the send-off this time, but before he bad gone thirty yards he broke all to pieces, and Harry went to the front, Sim Dan second. At the quarter for, waich Was passed 1 forty-one seconds, Harry lel ten lengiis, ava made the beat of his way tor ihe race, Sim Van second, ine le; pee ay herald Harry bb aa hie lead of ten le ie to the half-mue pole, passi that point In 1:44, out it was evident that’ he had Nad enough of such work, and he was inclined to take matters more easily. Hiram Howe, ts driver, however, Would nol nave it, and he forved we old horse slong as best le could. others began to Close up, byt wiki considerable perseverance and rsuasiow Hiram succeed in geti Harry ome {i Dgths ahead of Sum Dan, Who was half * wivance of Mac, The time of the beat FLEETWOOD PARK. Description, Pcdisrees and Records of the Trotters fer the Various Purses at the Ap- Pronching Meeting. On Saturday next, September 16, the fall meeting Of the Fleetwood Park Association commences. | Almost all the horses that are to contend for the 1 veyan purees offered are on thé ground. ‘Weer, have Seem veeve re me Come irom all points of me compass, uuu are of every degree of speed, ranging from those who are entered in the three-minute purse, and, conse. quently, have no record, to those who have acquired fame and distinction on the turf for years, and whose performances have often been witnessed by the pub- lic. We append a description of the various horses who will appear-at the call of the bell, premising by saying that in the “green purses” are a number that no information of interest could be obtained avout:— THE THRER MINUTE PURE. ‘The contestants iu this race have no record, | Sorrel geldimy Joe—sometinies called the Caltfor- bid fr Speedy, He 18 also entered in the 348 pul Bay mare Bright Fyes, is the property of W. 0. Dewey, formerly driven on the road, She ts also entered in tue 2:60 purse. She is a very speedy mare. Bay gelding Westchester is a fine-looking, Well-bred horse; pedigree unknown; iie is also entered in the 2:38 purse, Bay geiding Castle Boy ts a young, fne-looking cole, by Champion, He ts also ‘entered in ghe 2:60 purse. Gray gelding Ed Eaton ts a er et horse, by Old Ghost. He trutted at Boston this season. He has a strain of the old Messenger blood tn his velas, Black gelding Camora. No information of interest could Le obiamed avout this horse, except that he is a fast trotter, Sorrel mare Ida May, a very good mare, FOR THE 2:25 PULSE. Chestnut gelding Judge Fullerton, six years old, the property of Wiliam Humphreys. Futicrton was sired by Mr. Bonuer’s horse Edward Everett, and bas a record ol 2:2544, made at Builalo this season, Where he also won the 2:34 purse, trottlug in that race In 2:20.44. Say gelding J, J. Bradley, by a son of Long Island Black Hawk, the property of Messrs. Nesbitt & O'Donnell, ‘tis Lorse trotted a dead heat with None- such this season at Prospect Park in 2:253;. Ae is a an horse and hard to beat when the heats are “gplit.' Black stallion Thomas Jefferson, by Toronto Chiel, dam Gypsy Queen, owned by Mr. Smi of Hartiord, haa a record, made this season, Of 2:2034. Thomas Jefferson 1s considered a very [ast an Valuable horse, but has been Jame behind lately. He was beaten by American Girl at Troy last week. FOR THE 2:34 PURSR, Black mare Tempest, the property of William Humphreys, has a record of 2:35 at Prospect Park last season, She bas not trotted this year. Black gelding Eight Bells, the property of a nautl- oa! wan (hence the name), Was sired by Smith Burr, the sire of General Butler. Eight Belis has a record Ol 2:35 34, made at Fieetwood Park this season. Bay mare Lotta, by a secona stedoc, She bas no record, Was bred in Kentucky, She is entered in the 2:31 and 2:88 purses. Black mare Ellen Tree 1s a very good trotter. Bay mare Brown Kitty, by Vie Bull, has a record Of 233434 at five old, Bay mare Bachus has a record of 2:34. Brown mare Hartford Belie has a record of 2:3533. Bay mare Fanny Lambert, by Daniel Lambert, has a record Of 2:34, and is cousidered along liver in a race. ay mare Young Thorne, by Hambietontan, has a bead of 2:37 at Rochester, and is @ promising ‘otter, brown gelding Bismarck, bred In Kentucky, came to Macon, Ga., witn a drove of horses. He trotied in a race again-t Anthony Wayne and Hickory Jack last fall, wining three heats out of five, It is cur- rently reported that the time was 2:29, 2:30% and 233334; Dut no time, it is alleged, was given out by the judges. Bismarck, it is said, has been sold lately to Mr. Smith for $17,000. He 1s a very promi ising horse, and known to be very fast. Black mare Belle Morrill, bred in Kentucky, and has a record of 2:34, Sorret gelding Joe Hooker and chestnut gelding Frank are both fine norses, FOR THE 2:28 PURSE, Brown mare Lady Augusta, by Patchen; trotted a great many races, and has 8 record of Brown gelding Dresden, the property of Alexander Thompson, 18 4 very fine horse. He goes in good style, and has a record of 2:30. Brown gelding Young Bruno, by Hambletonian, isatull brother to Bruno and Brunette, and wa stout, fast little horse, the property of Joseph Harker. Bruno has a record of 2:3)};, and can slay out a race in good style. Brown gelding James H. Coleman, by Hambie- tonian, the property of Mr, Thomas P. Wallace, 1s a Bae | fet horse, and haga record of 2:3134 at Pros pect Park, White gelding Medoc, the property ot Mr. Green, @ pole horse of note 1n the West, where he troteed many 1aces with bis mate, the black green Ne- bocklish, Medoc does a ee deal of breaking, and requires considerable skill in driving. He is a splendid bottomed horse, and generally wius the Tace when the heats are split up, He has a record Of 2:20, rel mare Susie, a neat little mare; very fast, and has shown great endurance in her races this season, She has a record of 2:30, Bay mare Lady Koss, by Clay; a large, slashiug mare, With a record of 2:2944, Bay gelding Chariey Green, the property of Mr. Ferrigan, formerly owned by the tate County Audi- tor, Jas, Watson. He is a second Hambietoniaa, aud has a record of Bay gelding Kea Starr, formerly N. B. Palmer, the property of Mr. Carroli. Le was sired by Lexington and has a record of 2:30, Gray mare Sea Foam, by Columbus, 1s a fine, large Mare, She has trotted @ number of races aud can Piay the game out, She has a record of 2:30, Bay mare Mary, by George M. Patchen, is a large animal, good gaited and has trotted many races, Sue has # record of 232539. Chestnut geldiag Dreadnaught 18 the property of Alexander Patterson; his pedigree 1s unknowa, but he is @ fine bred one. He cau trot two miles or more, and has a record of 2:29. FOR THK 2:50 PURSE. Ray gelding Heathen Chinee, py Mercer Patchen, isa a good horse, and very prouising lor a sLx- yea-old. Bay mare Loulsa Moore is a very good mare. Bay mare May Kee, the property of Mr, Sinith, of “Martford, 18 a nice looking and speedy creavure, Gray geldmy Safe is a well bred one, und is thought weil of by her trainer, Brown gelding Jack Pocr, by Draco Prince, is con- sidered a good one. Sorrel mare lda May 1s a good mare. Brown gelding P, tlaskias can trot well, POR THE 2:33 PURSE, Gray gelding Thomas Jeiferson, from New Lon- don, Conn., 18 @ horse that is well thought of. Bay mare Netto Morv.s is a Boston mare, Bay qading Bodine is the property of Alden Gola- muth, by Voiunteer, Chestnut mare Belle of Oneida, the pronerty of J. E. Ming | is @ young, fast mare by Kentucky with @ two mile record at Fleetwood in the :20; she bids fair to ve w first class one; 1s fine size aud is good roadster. Brown mare Vonstance (formerly Laay Salspangnt by a sop of Long Island Black Hawk, bas a recui of 2:40, She ts 4 very fast animal, CONTESTANTS IN THE “FREE FOR ALL” PURSE, Brown geiding George Pulmer, by Lame Bogus, r, has 339, sometimes calied Bogus Messinger, is ten years old, owned by Erastus Corning, Jr., who pard $16,000 for him. Palmer beat George Wilkes and Myron Perry at Watertown, N, Y., last week in 2:24'4, He has a Tecord of 2:19}4 and 18 well known to turfmen. Bay xelding Heary, the property of Mr. Thos. P. Wallace. This horse is celebrated for being the handsumest animal on the turf. “lle was sired by Magna Charta, he by Morgan Eagle, who was a son of Sherman Morgan, dam thoroughbred. tlenry 13 always a favorite when he starts in a race, and has @ record of 2:20, made at Boston this season. Bay mare American Gir), the property of Mr. Wm. Lovell, by Cassius M. Clay, Jr., is well known to all tarfmen; she has been ou the tur! since she was three years old and has a record of 2:19. She trotted a heat at Prospect Park this season in 2:20, beating Goldsmith Maid, Americaa Girl is now nine years old. FOR THE 2:31 PURSE. Sorrel gelding Climax, by Green’s Hambietoutan, a very speedy horse and nas a record of 2:31 44, Chestnut goa Clarence, by Kthan Alten, the property of J. H. Whitsou, 18 @ nice little horse and has a record of 2:31 54. Sorrel gelding Fleetwood 1s a very promising young horse, the property of Mr. Willian Bird. He ‘was sired by Winthrop Morrill, out of a Withereil mare, and trotted last week at Troy, on o haif-mile track, In 2:29, Ci &® large fleid of goou horses. He Is considered by all turfmen to be one of the best secona class horses on the turl. Brown stallion Vantel Boone, by Hambpletonian, dam the dam of Bruno and Brunette, is a very fast horse, and has @ record of 2:314,. Gray gelding Lottery, vy fambletontan, is anne young horse, the property of Mr. Samuel Truesdell, gad has @ record of 2:333, Bay mare Lopsy, by George M. Patchen, the pro- po of William Loveil, is a very large animal, and as & record Of 2:31}. She is matcued against Lady ‘Thorn, play or pay, jor $500. Gray gelding Gray Jack is a fast horse, and has a Tecord Of 2:31 5%. Brown stallion Dauntless Is quite a well brea one and good gaited; said io be fast, kvery arrangement has been made for the com- fort of the people who visit Fieetwoou during the coming meeting. ‘the pulice arrangements are under the charge of Captain Wilson, a thorough disciplinartan, and tt oaly remains for the weather to be pleasant and for Vid Sol to simile benignantly Tor a jew days, and we may well predict a succcssiul meeting, equalling, if not eclipsing, the one held in ue spring. NLW DEPARTURE IN TENNESSRE, Fair of the Tennessee Colored Apric and Mechnuical Association. NASHVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 14, 1971. ‘The first annual fair of the Middle Tennessee Colored Agricultural and Mechanical Association 1s Dow in progress at the Fair Grounds, near Nashville, ‘The display of planta, strawberries, fruits, paintings end textile fabriog is very creditable, The exhivition of Wo sheep, hogs, and mules Capote horses mi atenuon, The whole aifuir is ttrely by colored men, and 14 interesting aa showing We Drogress of the rave 1p Tenmessee A Wide Entrance for the Fulton Ferry B ‘Wanted—The Oyster Bargo Mon and Screw Dock Owners Don’t Want To Be Re- moved—Obstructions in the War- hor—Miseellanecus Mattoriy * FER mare eres * A a a ee ererany ‘The Board of Dock Commissioners met y: afternoon in stated session, with Mr. Wilson Hunt tn the chair, and Commisstoners Henry, W. and Smith present, After the usual routine been disposed of Commissioner Wood, for the Auditing Committee, presented two special reports} on bills which had been referred to them. One was} or $1,862, presented by Warren Gates’ son, { stone, which had becn procured with the customary, authority from the Board, The stone, it appeared, was for use on the rip-rap wall at the southerly end of the Hudson River. It was necessary to use stone immmediately, the price was fair and just,' and tne Commissioners recommended, therefore, that the bill be paid. The other bill was a balance! due to Gilbert IL Ferris for the construction of si: mud scows and amounted to 1,160, This bill, well as the other above mentioned, was ordered te. be paid. 1 Among the many communications was, one fro! Mr, Cyras P. Smith, Director of the Union Ferrg, Company, asking for permission to make A BIGGER MOUTH ; forthe Fulton ferry. From the communication 1® appears that the ferry rack and dock adjoluiug pter: 22, at the outer end of the slip, are broken, and thereby dangerous to the boats entering ond leav- ing the silp. Mr. Smith complains that the ferry 1s Not now as wide as it should be to allow the free en- trance of the boats, He proffers, on the part of the’ Ferry Company, to fix up the rack and dock and keep them In proper repair if the company be per- mitved to cut off a por.ion of the outer end of th dock, so as to widen the mouth of the ferry slip The communication was, on motion of Commist sioner Smith, referred to the Execative Committee. Communications were recelved from Mr, Smith ty reierence to obstructions on pier 22, adjoining the Fulton ferry house. In these he states that the Ferry Company authorized certain parties to erec! FISH AND POULTRY STANDS , against the side of the ferry house, so as to avoid the Possibility of a greater nuisance, The owners of the stands paid no rental, The communications were in reply to an order of the departmeut directing the, Temoval of the ovstructions on the pliers along the East River. The communications were referred t@ the Executive Committee, af A communication was received from Mr. J. Ey Jones, Captain of the Port, enclosing a petition: from a number of merchants and others living oF doing business in the nelghborhood of the oyster boats, ou the East River, The petition asks that, THE BIVALVE VENDERS be allowed to retain possession of the slips which! they now encumber. The department had ordered the removal of the boats, as they were permanent obstructions, and the business done tn ihem could. they thought, be done just as well on land, and thd: slips now occupied could be atilized for the purpose’ of commerce, THR SCREW DOCK ) came also under the head of permanent obstruce tions, and in reply to the order, as regards the dock, a communication was received from tue company* owning the structure, and also another signed b: many business people of the vicinity, The formei communication” shows that the dock was bull not exactly before the flood—but before South street was open, and it had been moved to its present location to accommodate rk on South street; MMOL Council in 1839 had granted rmit for its continu. ance; that the company nad done the dredging anc repairing around the dock, and that reid now want the department to dredge the slip again. perty owners in the ueighborhood assured the Commissioners that the location of the dock is of gieat advantage and accommodation to their bust- hess, and prayed that it may not be removed. The communications were relerred to the Executive Commuttce, DANGEROUS OBSTRUCTIONS, * Acommunicauon from the Manhattan Gaslight. Company notified the department that me lignte: Victor, with aload of stone, sunk on Friday nigh! last at tue pier foot of Etyhtcenth street, Kast River,, and remained a dangerous ovstruction to naviga- ton. On motion the Superintendent was directed to have the obstruction removed forthwith, ) Another obstruction was reported by General McClellan, Engineer-in-Chief, as existing near the pier foot of Fifty-ninth sireet, North River. It wag found by survey that a portion of the crib of the old pier grill remained, about flity ieet westward from the new pler, and that lt was covered by only five f of water at inean low fide, and should be at once moved. Keierred tothe Executuve Committee, A number of the SUPERINTENDENTS’ RETORTS: ; Were read showing, among other things, that the Battery rip rap was progressing favoraviy; that the brick men need close watching to prevent them leaving bricks oe on the docks; that on Forty. seventh street dock for several days past there had been a pile of some 10,000 BRICKS WITHOUT AN OWNER, ; or rather the district superintendent could not find: an owner for them; that the Secund Avenue Raii- road Company had driven piles and erected a shed at. the junction of Second avenue and 129th street, en- croaching on the navigable waters, and that no per~ mit had been given them to do so. This last mater was referred to the Executive Committee to inquire- into immediately, and the others were orde! on fle, afver which the Board adjourned, SUPERINTENDENT MACGREGOR’S REPORT. Improvements in the Architecture of City—Unsate and Altered Buildings, From the report below it will be seen that twenty five new houses have been completed during the week ending Thursday, September 14, 1871. Ten buildings have been alvered and eight reported ag. in an unsafe condition. It will be read with tuterest by ali who are interested in real estate matters:— NEW BUILDING8—BROWN STONE, 2 stores and tenements, northwest corner 3d and 104th. st, 4 sturies, 22x24.8x50; Haw & Hofman, own Y venewent, 227 Mast 67th sty 4 stories, 30255; Mrs,. MM any, owner, BRICK, lL fret clans dwelling, west side Lexington ay mu north of lst st, 4 orien, 23.8155; Bernard Maloney, owner. 1 Gras cl dw al Sth street, W265 f. ©, Irving: place, Saturiey, MxGi8; HN. Woodworth abd J. B, ‘Young, 2aecond class dweilings, 68 and 70 University vl ries, 8.3u40; Jouu BL Muller, awaem, CUTCTINY vince, Aato~ ‘enement, n. 8, 44th at., 90 fl. Sd ay, 4 atorien, 25x66;, Charles Murray, owner. Lien 1D. 8, lat at, 175 ft. w. Sin ay., d stories, MxSS, ¢ Ty prores 28 ts, Willet st., 63 ft. s. Rivingt res wn’ w. 8. 7 aR % a tories, Mh 85 serene. vooe be, bow 4,5 oy lores and tenements, au Cherry at., 5 stori w6x81x52; Claus Droge, owner. ‘ahh Bstores and tenements, bs. IUSth at,, 825 ft. Ww. Tat ay stories, 25248; Michael O'Connor, owner. ‘2 stores and tenements, w. 6. 2d av., ¥5 ft, m. 88d ah, Astor E.C. & P. preent, Cwash ft ¢ ou i Ww. o1 ba stories, 26185; He Merkel, owner.” 1 utore ana'tenement, No, # Hamilton st., 6 stories, 25x62 Nicholas Kane, owner. Laccond class store, n. 8. 2th at, 75 ft. weet of lth av., 1 story, 13)4x46; Mitchell, Vance & Co., own 1 boller house, w. s, South Sth 27. of Canal ai Tear, | story, 24x14x18 5 Redemptorist Fathers, owners. ancien: ‘No, 283 West 12th et, 9 slories, 28.6117; Lowe nother, owners, 1 factory, Nos. 9,98 and 100 Norfolk st, 9 stories, 75x50; J. H. Swift, owner, FRAME, sieee dwelling, n. s. 119th et, 965 tt. w, dd av., 2 9x28; David J. Pilaworth, owner. ALTERATIONS, 1 brick factory, 210, 212 and #14 Eldridge st, 6 stories, 17x88,. | atory to ve added; J, B. Hoyt & Co.. ownern. 1 brick second class dweiting, & ant 6? Chathatn st, 3 stories, 30x47, store iront altered; John Koster, owaer. 1 brick second class store, 231 West at., 4 stories, 12.9x50, ex- tended 16.6230 27 ft high; Wiliam Harrison, owner. 1 $id Gun av. 3. stories, 17x02, ex- 1 second wories, yD, ®. 25th wt, 20 tories, 36x60, to be added; Scharch Schweizer, owners. ‘West Houston’ at,, #3 [i. west of Bedford at.,4 stories, 2x40, extension built 43x41, and 16 ft. high; W, O; 2 W. S. Starr, owners. forte store and dwellings Now 14 Essex at, 23 stories, tile, alory raingd 0 a full story, and extension built, Ngh ; Adolp Sohn 4 siteree Cee etceeee’ i oni new store front; E. N. Taller, i dwelling, 8. alde Sist st., 195 ft. qqut ot Butta aie Sans ated Soa high ;,Jaues Bussell, Ow The following are the buildings reported as un-. safe for the weck ending September 14, 1371:— ‘OHIMNEYS, RTO. 29 Stanton o.. unea‘e front cbianey on frat story of weet ol a Jaegg, owner. an ‘Broadway, uisare third story celling; Darid Selling, own adi Sullivan st., unsafe chimney above roof; estate of Susan Ler. ‘Norihweat corner Laight and Washington ats,, unsafe rear obimney on w. side; Moller Chg) owners, Ww. FTC, Southwest corner 24 av. and Sth st, unsafe west gable Elizabeth Orr, executrix, mi 12 Sullivan at, unsafe timbers in cellar; Susan Saiter es- ‘eS/and'3 Marion at,, unsafe party wail; Jacob A. Hatzel, eer Walker st., unsafe tron outuma and brick pler or front; 8. J. M, Bextouy owner. STATE HOSPITAL AT POUGHKEEPSIE. PouGuKERraIR, N, Y., Sept. 14, 1871. The Board of Managers of the Hudson Rivet State Hospital heid a quarterly meeting to-day, ot which It was resolved to open a portion of the instt- tution on oF about the lat of October for the admin ston of patients, The nfimber will be limited to 120. No fenale pationts will b@ received until tue s#rac- ture is completed, ‘The ,baitding ts 1b one-bals Gulghed, it was bewun in ‘otal, heats ms latory 2 brick workshops, n. side