The New York Herald Newspaper, November 26, 1871, Page 5

MAGNIFICENT MANSFIELD. Tho Falstaffian Fisk Routed, Morse, Foot and Dragoons, by the Late Partner of His Joys, JOHN MKEON GETS HIS BACK UP. The Dirty Linen of a Lifetime Washed Publiely in a Police Court. 4 ROW AMONG THE LAWYERS. | The Cleopatra of the Eric Railroad Stands a Three-Hours Cross-Examination Without a Flaw Being Found in Her Character. Two great forces met yesterday at half-past nine @clock in the Yorkville Police Court, These two | colliding forces were Maro Antony Fisk, Jr., wnO eas offered up an eutire railroad, with all its rolling foek, and aa opera house, together with a feet of Bound steamboats, at the tect of a woman who once wyed with his weil-waxed mustache, and Cleopatra Helen Josepnine Mansfield, the beau- taful and gorgeous heroine of Jersey City and the ewner of the palace in Twenty-third strect now the foe vi et armis of this Dugald Daigetty of colonels, ‘Phe court room of the Yorkville Police Court is in Fifty-seventh street, near Third avenue, and hither | went many an Erie Railroad employé yesterday, prepared to cheer for the agonized risk, providing Skat this was necessary to be done. The court rogm | ‘will hold about three hundred people when crowded, ‘and it was full yesterday to repletion, lt was a gala day for the lawyers, who fought and squapbied ‘and tore each other to pieces so ravenously that one Would have thought that they really were.in ear- nest, William A. Beach, the senior counsel for Fisk, an eld, precise and tormal gray-heaved lawyer, sat on ‘the front bench, and by his side were.nis associates, | Charley Spencer, whose eloquence fe = fmghtiul order, and the Bhearman, partner of David Dudiey Field, whose particular line it was yesterday to Mugh suspiciously, lean back aud shake his head @oubtingly, and tin a.general way to get up an ap- pearance of sadness whenever Mrs, Mansfield made a@strong pointin her testimony. For Mrs, Manstieid appeared the fearless, trritabie @nd white-headed John McKeon and the little aggressive bantam Colonel Fellows, who also ap- peared for the people of the city of New York. On the bench sat Judge Bixby, # very solid-l0ok- Ing magistrate, who wore a red necktie and a @osely shaven face, yellow as saffron. Beside the Judge sat the beautt!fal and interesting blonde Jonn B. McGowan, who is noted from the First Assumbly district to Harlem bridge for the Sxquisite Mt of his lavender trousers and the trank- @ess of his disposition. Two or three policemen ran around in an excited state, opening gatcs and bring- img visitors to reserved seats. The back part of the Gourt was well crowded with a hard looking set of fellows as ever Were seen in a nail of justice. At a iittle after ten o'clock Helen Josephine Mans- Geld entered the court room, followed ny ner coustn, Mrs. Lyddy Williams, Soon after Mr. Edward s, is of Biokes, who has filled the rdle of Octavius Ceasar | tm this most wonderful case, which threatens to be a8 long winded as that of Jarndyce vs, Jarndyce. Mrs. Manstlell louked so lovely that she created qalte a futter in Couri by her appearance, This lady meriis some brief description, as she is now Well known from Maine to Oregon [rom her connec- dons with Mark Anthony Fisk and Octavins Casar Btokes. She is much above the medium height, ~aving a pearly white skin, dark ana very Jarge } Justrous eyes, which, when directed at a judge, jury or witness have a terrible fect. Her delicate white Bands were cnvased in fauitiess lavender kid gloves, and over her magnificent tournure of dark hair was perched a jaunty little Aipme hat, with a dainty green feather percued therein. Her robe was of the heaviest black silk, cut @ Ia Impera- trice, and having acep fonnces of the heaviest black lace over Milanaixe bands of white satin, At her snowy throat the only articie of jewelry on her person a small gold pin glistened and beight- ened the effect. Ller hair was worn @ /a Cleopa/re, and a superb black velvet mantle covered ner shoul- ders. Sitting there this supero woman was the im- personification of coolness and proud disdain as she looked every now and then with flery glances of gontempt at the agonized Fisk and his cross-ex- aminer, Uhariey Spencer, who made eycry endea- vor to badger the fair witness dumng a jong three hours’ examination, whicn would Rave tested the patience of a saint, but which Qever ruMed or discomposed the serenity of Mrs. Mansticld. When Mrs. Mansfield wok the witness’ box, which placed heron an elevation in the court, her cousin, Mrs. Willlams, who is a medium-sized = and coquettish litle beauty, wat immediately benind Helen Josephine. Mra. Williams is about twenty-two years of age, having a nose of the retroussé order, and a fatr, white, pink and rather innocent face, in which there is a apice of rognery. Mrs, Williams looks as tumid and as shy as a dove, and yesterday wore a @ealskin jacket, @ plush velvet hat, pink-colored kia gloves, and a wine-colored silk dress, made in an exquisite fashion. ‘The exquisite Stokes was all glorions in anew Alexis overcoat of a dull cream color, An elegant @amond ring glowed on his littie finger like a glow Worm in a swamp, and a cane was swung carelessly 0 and fro between his manly legs. Stokes looked eo handsome that Mrs, Mansfield found it quite Impossible to take her eves off his face, while she directed only withering glances of contempt at the egonized Fisk. The tailer gentleman came into court after Mrs, Mansfeld in a strange kind of a Blue naval uutrorm that ftied him wretchedly, with @oubie rows of brass buttons. His mustaches bristled ferociously, in the fashion Boum, and a big diamond pin shone ont of bis fat | chest like the danger light at the Sandy Hook bar. uring the examination, when even Mrs, Mansflela looked directly at Fisk, hts glance wavered and his eyes turned away partiaily, and, in fact, he was so | much discomposed that he left early, Dur mg one of the scyerest cross-examinations ever undergone in New York and of three hours’ duration Mrs. Mansfiela never wavered 4 bit, and one of the counsel for Fisk stated that she was the most perfect witness that ever sat in a witness box, She was cross questioned and badgered and yet mever betrayed the shghtest temper, but was throughout perfeclly weil bred, courteous and lady- like in ber demeanor. THE PRUCELDINGS. ‘The Court having been regularly cailed to order Assistant District Attorney Fellows arose, amid great silence, and said that a notice had been served on the defence to produce certain documents which | There baa | Were believed to be in their porsession, been, among other papers, an aM«lavit by a party in the employ of tne ‘iefendant, and he calied the at- tention of the Court to the fact tat the orginal was ‘Stil! in his possession. Mr. BEacn observed that the counsel for the pro- Secution called upon the «efendant to furnish evi- dence against himseif, which, he sabmitied, wasjin direct opposition yo all principles of Jaw, There was no evidence that the papers were possession of the aefeniiant, and even ff were the prosecution had no right to demand tmem from the counsel to whom they had been entrusted, They were not calied upon tu aid the District Attorney in making out the accusation. The confidential reiations existing between counsel | and client must not be sacrificed, It struck him (counsel) With astonishment wat they should be called upon to prouce papers placed in ino posses siop of counsel, It wasa matter to be argued whether tae citizens of tne community should ve | NEW YUKK, HERALD SUNDAY, NUVKEMBER 26, 1871—TRIPLE SHEET. persecuted by being Gompelied to produce papers handed to counsel tn confidence. Mr. Joun McCKEON warmly denied that there was any persecution in this case. He did not consider aaa persecuted man one who had hired another to Swear a libel and then got that person out of the way. Mr. BEAcH characterized the charge and imputa- tion as falsehoods, and contended that counsel had no right to wander from the path of professional duty to make ap accusation Lelore the Court with- out proving it. Mr. MCKEON replied that if ne wandered out of his professional path Mr. Fellows could have & chance at him. He knew the risk of opposing James Fisk. The man’s life was in danger. Coun- positively the most dangerous man in the city. The day would come that revelations would be made that would cause his downfall. At all events he (counsel) would not be intimidated, Judge Bixny intimated tat counsel were wander- ing frum the case. Mr, Beacn humorously suggested the propriety of the Court furnishing a body guard to protect him- nnn rman irom the anger of the opposing counsel Mr. FELLOWS asked what was a person of his slen- der proportuons todo, He had no idea that any dis- cordant elements would have been introduced, Notice had been served on the other side requiring | the production ol certain papers. Tbe original instra- ment was demanded, but was not forthcoming, and the complainant was entitled to give parole evidence as to its contents, Counsel then alluded to the fact that Mr. P. B, Sweeny had been appointed receiver tn the suit to which Mr. Stokes was a party. A Beet papers was handedto Mr. Sweeny in 8 Gapacity as receiver, and that package was re- turned by Mr. Sweeuy to the proper person. A brief discussion ensued as to whether Mr. Sweeny should be examined, but it having been conceded that his evidence would not be material to the issue of the | A question thea ar: Mr. McKeon’s appearance to assist the Assistant | Digwict Aitorney, Mr. McKxon, in reply to Mr. Beach, who sub- } Mutted that Mr, McKeon’s absence would conduco | to the peace of the examination, coniended he had | aperiect right to appear, The prosecution were | dealing with men who thought they owned New | York—that they owned Judges, and who had dis- graced not only the city, but the whole State. incredulous | of General | in the | they | Mr. SPENCER asked what all this amounted to? He would suggest that ali the *biowing” be done at once und have done wiin it, Mr. FELLOWS explained that it had been the prac- | tice of the District Attorney to employ assistant \ Counsel tn certain cases. Judge BrxBy, sfter listening peeony to @ con- siderabie amount of sparring, finally suggested the propriety of sang} the witness, havin; intimation from Mr. Fellows that assistance was desired, EXAMINATION OF MRS, MANSFIELD. Mrs. Helen Josephine Mansfield took a seat on the received an it McKeon’s | Fra ting Feuows, very composedly testified as fol- \oWws:— Q Mrs, Mansfield, have you heretofore made an aMdavit in this Court against the defendant, James Fisk’ A. Ihave. wil Pi! please examine this paper and see if he affidavit you have made? The witness toox the document and repiied 10 the aMirmative. Q. Will you please siate whetier you ever had in { ha ewploy a person named Richard E. King. A, |, SU C. Q. In what capacity? A, AS @ man servant in the | | house. He actea in the city of a waiter. | yy, How long was he in youremploy? A. From September till March. Q. At what time—in March of this year do you mean? A. Yes, sir. : | Q What timein March did heleave? A, About | the 20th. | Q. Do you know where he wenito? A. He went into the employment of str. Fisk. Q. Please state the clreumstances under which he left your employ. Mr. SPENCKE objected to the question, contend- ing that the only ones that could pe passed | upon were, first, Whether the defenaant published the alleged libel referred to in the complaint? ‘that must be shown absoluiely; secondly, if he did pubitsh it were its contents true, and were they published with good motives and with justifiavie ends, 20d, thirdly, was the publication privileged ? Those were all the guestions that are to ve aeter- mimed belore the Court upon this traverse, and he, for one, was unwilling to gu ito the private his- wry of the household of. the complainant. They had nothing to do with the map except in connection with whether he made the amidavit. further remarks counsel claimed that there might be a thousand reasons assigned for discharging a seTvant, such @8 spliling a glass of wine on a lady’s j dress or breaking atureen, Tue question, at all evenss, was hot material tv the issue, and he tuere- fore objected to it. Mr. FELLOWS said he could well understand the objections on the other side to the tnuroduction of certain 1estmony which we prosecuuon proposed to pul before the Court io the imterests of justice. He was not going tu be guided by Mr. Spencer’s de- sires 1n Lis matter, but refer the question to the al bitration of the Cour. Nor wouid he be governed by them wishes a8 to the order in which the vestumony would be presented, The gerne proposed to show, first, that the affidavit was published; second, ‘thal it was nottrue, and, third, tbat it was not @ privileged publication, Aiter some further depate on sides the objection was overruled. Q. Under what circumstance: did Kiag leave your employment’ A. He left without any notice or intt- mation whatever; while I was out driving one day | he went off 10 a clarence and took his baggage with | hum; 1 owed hisn a mouth’s wages; I had no fault to | fina’with him; be did my work’ perfectly satis- tactorily. . ‘Tiere bad been no previous notice given him | toleave? A. None in the world ; I had no idea of tt Q. He went from your employ to that of the de- fendant? A. Yes, Q. hrs, Mansfeld, since King left your employ have you seen an anidavit purporting to have been made by him reflecting upon yourseli? Mr. SPENCER Objected, Objection overruled. A. The afidavit, I believe, was served upon my counsel. Mr. BEAcH—What counsel? A. Mr. Courtney. Mr. Fe.i.ows—Did you read that aMdavit? (Am- davit produced). A. did; yes. Q. Do you remember its contents? A. Some por- tions of il. Counsel said he nag to read and submit to the wituess the afidavit incorporated in the origt- nal complaint, and ask Mf that were the affidavit referred to, ‘the counsci for the aeience had cour- teously furnished @ cupy of the original afMdavit aud admitted that it was & copy of the aifluavit made by King, and that it was served by Mr. Courtney upon the witness. Counsel read the foliowing portion of the uflidavit:—‘“The principal subject of conversation between Mrs, Mansfield, Mr. Stokes and Mra, Williams, who, I belicve, is a cousin of Mra, Mansfield and resides with her, from the ume 1 went there until I left, was the manner iu which they proposed to make money out or Mr. Fisk by means of letters from him to said Maunsiield which she said she had, siatements by said Mansfield between | { i | i | | and Mr. Fisk and herself, by selling the same ‘to the newspapers and compelling him to pay them money to prevent the same being made paiiic, and iney said they could geta very iarge amount of mooey out of Mr. Fisk In that way. I Waited upon thein at table at dinner and after din- , Mer im their rooms, and heard much of tue! | conversation upon the subject stated in this | aflidavit; and, among other matiers, said Mans- flcld sald to the said Stokes, in my hearing:— | ‘1 nave the ietters, and I wilt give them to yoa ; aud let you use them to your best advantage, | and make ail you can out of Mr. Fisk, so you take | care of me and stick to me through Ife, and I will | do all T can to assist you in this matter. All Twish | Js to just get satisfaction of that fellow. Now the ‘ ‘ | dogs won't look at me. Lhave todepend on ail you can make, and It worries me to death.” A STOUT DENTAL. Q. Now, Mrs. Mansfield, wiil you please tell us whether that conversation ever took place? A, Never in the world. Q. Is there any part tn It, from first to last, in so ) far as refers to the deiendaut and the possipility of exiracting money from bim, true or false? A. Fase | m every parucuwar, | Q. are | King lived tn your 1ouse no such conversation took | place between yourself, Mr. Stokes and Mrs. Wile liams alluded toin the aM@uavit? A. Never, Q. What relation is Mrs, Williams to your A. She is my cousin. ‘This brought the direct examtnation to a close. THE CROSS+RXAMINATION. Mr. SPENCER then proceeded with the cross-eXxain- | mation, previous to waich we affidavit whs read, of wiuch the following ts the remaining portion:— One nyght, about Nau-past eleven o’ciock, | was cated up irom sleep ia We kitchen by Mrs. Wil- liams, Who said she wanted me w sign some papers 1 said I did not want to sign any paper unless 1 knew what it Was; she said it would not do me any harm, “and Mrs, Mansfeld wishes you to sign it; but L don’t Know what it 1s, @ Xcept that | said it had some reference to Mr. Fisk coming there; | never would have signed 1% without reading it, except from the Way Mrs. Mansfield talked; was sure [ wonld be discharged tf 1 dy not; one night Mr. Stokes ‘said tw me at the table, in presence of Mrs. Mansield, and Mrs, Williams, “Richard, have you ever been in court on iny accounsr’? T said, “No, gir? He then said, “low much money Would you take to swear to aie? Would you take $309 J sald No, sir? Thea he said, “Would you cake $3,001 sir; L would not take anytuing.’’ Ho found he could not get ive to tue point, not get me to sweario a he, aad said, betieve you.” A. dil at is your age, Mrs, Mansfeld? Q. How long bave Fou resided im the chy of New he Twenty-four on the vath of December. York? A. Since 1567, q. Where dil you reside tmmediately before you | came to New York? A. | don’t understand you, You s#y you have resided 0 the city since 1897; cad You res.de immediately bejore that? A. elphia a short ume, TAKES WS DRPARTURE the proceedings, on the plea of rie Ratiroad ofice, belig auowew jeft the Court. examunacon continued—Q. Are you a mar- a. | have been married; yes, sir. re You married? A. | was married | | | Q When | in San Francisco, In September, 1864, Q To whom? A. Frank Lalor, q. Is he now livingt A. He is, sir. q. Had you been married before that? A. Never, Q. ow wong did you reside in San Franctsco ? A, Only a few montis When 1 was married: 1 was witness stand, and, in reply to Assistant District { | Placed at a man’s head im your presence? a, 1 can- sei might sneer at it; bat he asserted that tisk was | { | | a. There was no escape about it; you certain that during the whole ume | z married in September and left on the 11th of Janu- ary following. A STRANGE STOR’ ¥, Q. Have you any recollection, Mrs, Mansfield, | While you were in San Francisco, of Mr. Lalor pre igus ata man’s head? A. Never, © my 10 “ige. Q. Have you any récollection of a pistol being Roviell. Ido not remember his name, Q. Are you of opinion that you cannot recollect & Distol having been placed ata man’s nead umess you were to—— Mr. FELLOws here interposed, and in the course of @ very carnest appeal contended that these ques- Uons were not relevant to the case, When. | ever where was any testimony introduced | tat could throw any light upon the ques- ton at issue be was more than willing it should be set forth, He submitted that it was not material to the issue now being triea whether any Pistol had been presented. ‘That had notugg what | ever to do with the fact of Fisk pubtsning a libel against the witne-s. He would like to ascertain the purpose of the counsel in thus going beyond the mits of the cave. Was it to impeach the credi- bility of the witness? If they were wandering out- side the case for any other purpose he would stren- uously object to it. Mr. SPENCER admitted that he had propounded the question to the witness witha view of attacking | her credibility. He contended he had a right wo cross-examine the witness and sie had @ rigat to vindicate her-elf, He would ask his questions with every courtesy, but he had a duty to perform and he | would carry it out fearies-ly. Mr. FELLOWS replied that the question was utterly | immaterial. What they must proceed upon tbe | facts set forth in the aiidavit whicn the defence admitted nad been made. They acknowiedgea the | afidavit was made by the boy King. ‘The only | question 10 be preseuted was whether the ail- avit having been’ made was maliciously ubdlished by James Fisk, and whether the mate r3 contained werein were libellous, Those were the only two questions, how then could , the credibility of the witness effect the issae at all? She had sworn that the conversation stated by King | never occurred, For the purpose of attacking her credivility in that particular they made the proposition that she was @ Dbiack- | mailer. She simply said that the statement made by King aod Cae oy Fisk was Nbeilous, and that was the issue before the Court. He was willing that Mra. Mausfield, from the mo- ment the boy entered her employment until he left, | should set forth every single act and every single word, Beyond that every other question was Imuma- terial. He did not know the MYSTERIOUS COMPLICATIONS of the lady’s life, nor did he care to know 80 long as they were immaterial to the case. But he object to the attempt to having the whole life of the wo- man unveiled when anything concerning it was nos germain to the issue, He certainly would interpose | is objection to questions that did not affect the | case, Mr. McKeon also submitted that the witness might decline to answer questions the replies to winch might tend to degrade her. Mr. BEACH said that the exigency which he an- ticipated had arisen, No gentieman of ordinary { intelligence would fall to perceive that the com- Plainant, who had presented herself as the accuser | of Mr. F.sk for libel, had placed herseif 1a an un- Pleasant and disagreeable predicament, It was quite possible ber sense of INJURY AND WRONG might have dictated the proceedings, That it was greviously unwise and injudictous he. had no doubt, and he personally deeply regretted that a | lady of her appearance and demeanor placed in | the position she occupied. she came guided by her protector and surrounded by her counsel. She came deliberately and made an accusation agatust | a gentleman with whom she had maintained rela- Uons of the closest intimacy and regard. Sle must have known when she did that and assumed a Position on the stand asa public prosecutor, that she would have to take all the hazards and contingencies of her action. Now it was not denied that the man King made the affidavit and that it was obtained by the lawyer of Mr. Fisk and served upon Mrs. Mansfield ja due course. Counsel then proceeded at couside. rable length to dilate upon the fact of the boy’s Making the affidavit, arguing that altnough an humble negro ne was entitied to be believed, as , against the testimony of the witness, taking into consideration the entire surroundings of the case, He therefore insisted that in the cross-examiuation the credibility shouid be tested, Mr, FELLOWS said the question was whether her | veracity was to be confounded with her chastity. Counsel then, in the course of a very vigorous and eloquent address, laid down the principles of tie King | law and proceeded to give the negro “py a terrible excoriation,'denouncing him in severe terms for the | part he had enacied. He dwelt severely | upon the fact that after having accepted | the price of his iniquity he fled to parts j unknown, not daring to show himself in order to | undergo un examination. He (counsel) sincerely | wished that. King could be produced in Court, and ; then 1t would be scen what would become of the Statement in his affidavit, The boy had fied to avoid the responsibility of his crime, and dared not | appeasin Court, If he were present he would prove out of his own lipsthat he swore w lie, and he (counsel) would prove before the case closed that | Fisk wus the only person to be benetitea by the | afidavit In question, He appealed to the discre- tion of the Court not to allow the private life of the _ witness to be brought before the Court #0 long as | the facts connected with it were not pertinent to the case. He objected strongly to having A DISH OF SCANDAL served up to gratify the voracious clamors of the public with matters witich could not by any possi- { bility offect the issue of the proceed'ngs, Judge bixby finally ruled that questions not reic. vant Uo the case should be asked. MORE ABOUT THE PISTOL. Cross-examimation resumed by Mr. Spencer.— ; Can you tell me whetner, while you were in San | rancisco, a pistol Was presented ata man’s bead | in your presence? A. Tnere was a circumstance of ; that kind happened, I don’t deny, Q. 1 have not sald you did. A. I know tt. Q. Was it pomted at a man named Perley? A, Yes; D. B. Perley. oe Mt pointed by a person named Warren? w as. Q. Where was Mr. Periey at the time the pistol was presented at nim? A. In the parlor of my mother's house. Q. Did_he sign a check before he left? A. I be- eve he did, but I did not see it. Q. Do you know tor what amount the check was signed? A. J do not know, not having secn it. . it for $30,0007' 1 have not heard the | amount at all. a Q. Did you have the amount demanded? A. No. Q. Was there a@ relationship existing between yourself and Mr. warren? A. He was my stepfatier; ‘the difficulty was one between Warren ana Perley, in wich I was not concerned. Q. Where was he when the pistol was fired? Was he standing up or lying down? A. I suppose he was standing; there was nothing to lle upon but two or three chairs, Q. Were you and Mr. Perley in the room before Warren came in? A. Yes, he called upon me. | into the | room? A, [don’t remember what passed. | | | \ nm Q. What did Warren say when he came Q. Do you recollect, madam, Mr. Warren coming into the room charging Mr. Perley with having criminal intercourse with you and saying, “YOU MUST BE SHOT or pay: A. Nothing of that Kind passed at all. Q. Where did the check come from? A. I dou’t know that there was a check. j Q Did Mr. Warren shoot? A+ No. Q. Did Mr. Periey escape from the room finally ? he went out through the door. Q. At the time he went out of the door did he have sarinine, on him except his shirt? (Laugtiter.) A, je had, Q. Didn't he ron through the street im his shirt? A. No, he waa dressed im the usual manner; [ think he had pis overcoat on, q, Can you tell us Why that pistol was pointed at Perley’s head? A. I don’t understand what 1t was | about. Q. Have you any recollection what you neard sail m your presence? A. Idon’t recollect any- | fang about it except Woat some person may have | told me, Q. Did Warren say anyching at the ume? A. [ don’t recollect, Q. Did Mr. Perley say anything at the time? A. I | don't recollect: what he sald. i Q. Did you learn afterwards that the check was | stopped? A. 1 don’t know anything about it, 1 HISTORY OF THE HEROINE. | . What was your maiden namer A. Heien Mans- field. q. Your name was the same as itisnow? A, Yes, ! Ir. Q. You have already said that Mr. Warren was } your steprather? A. Yes, sir. Q. Have you ever gone by any other name than that of Mangficid or Laior? A, No, never; I have my husband’s name and | have my own, ‘ | Q You got a divorce irom Mr. Lalor’ A, Yes, In New York city. @ What was the name of the lawyer’ A. Mr. Howes, I tuns. { Q. You saw an advertisement in the paper’? A. No; Laid now ', f . Q. You got the divorce in New York? A, Yes; Judge Barnara signed the divorce. Q. What was the naine of the referee? A, Tracy, | T think. au | Q Were you present at the hearing? A, What do you ca!) a hearing Q. Were you present on any occasion when the refereo tous testimony? A, Yes, | Was (here, { ten? A, I don’t know. Q. Did you r any wWitaesses give their testi- Tony? A. Cerwiniy | aid. 1 Q. What Witness gave bis testimony against your husband: A. fae lady that Kept tle house, Mrs | | Motuan. Q. Was your husbaud In the city? A, He may | have veen. Louly saw is counsel, Mr, J. H. Cole- j wan. «. Were yon born in this counuy? A. In Boston, Massaclinseits. : Qe How old were you when you left Boston’ A. Sixiven, ' Q. Then where did you go? A. To San Francisco, % join wy wotner, ‘v . ong did you remain in San Francisco? yhere the day beiore Cturistinas, 163, January, 1964. Q you Nave any intimacy with Mr. Perley? A. None whatever, ps ! q And when you le(t 5an Francisco who accom- | aiiedyour A. Leame to this city with my nos hu WD the steamer, @ Where «ia you go to from New York? A. I visiied Albany. How Jong was it after that that vour husband abt Joureeit ceased uving together? A. In 1806, Q ‘Thea where did you go? A. I went to my rela- tives in Boston and tied to obtain a divorce, but because I iid not live in we State} was obliged to | , served going tn and out of i ; | much under the influence of tt come to New Yorks I returned to my nusand im March, but finaily parted from him tn July, beer act did you fo totnen? A, I remaii hem elphia; my husband went away with another Q. "Where ait you live tn Philaderphia? A. Tived iy Chestuut street, at No, 1,312; we had rooms there, Q. Who kept those rooms? A. My nusband and myself, Q Aiter he lett? A, No one but myself. Q How long did you live there alone? A. don't , think Twas there over a week alone; I went to the country in July and in tue latter part of August caine to New York, Q. Where did you go? A. I resided with @ lady there, Sirs, Rynders, who is now dead; the house was No. 27 Amity stroet. Q. How long «iid you live there? A, Lhived there until I got iny divorce; I believe 1 got my divorce in November. Q. Was there nobody living there except you and thislady’ A. She kept a lodging house for South- ern gentlemen, Q. Any other ladies there? A, No; Hyved together and slept together, Q. Then where did you go-did you go to @ house owned by a woman called Bell Adams? A. No; in the latter part of becember I went to No, 42 Lexing- ton avenue: the house was kept by # lady called Mrs. Bishop; I took a suit of rooma Chere. Q. Where were you between November and the midille part of December? A. 1 remained with Mrs. Rynders, Q. How long did you remain at Lexington ave- nue? A. Until the sd of November of the next year, Q Then where did yougot A. To the American Clab Honse corner of Broadway and Seventeenti: street; I never knew sach a person as Bell Adams In ail my, lite. Q. Did Mr. Fisk meet you the first time at Adams’ house? A, I never heard of such a person. WHERE THEIR RYBS FIRST MET. Q. Where were yon the first time you saw Mr. Fisk to your knowledge’ A. I met nim at the house of Miss Annie Wood, in Thirty-fourth street. Q. Did the lady have furnished rooms? she didn’t have anything of the kind, Q. Were there any other ladies in the house? she and I A. No; A. actress and a friend of mine. in rep'y to further questions the witness proceed sd to state that she iived in Jersey City nine weeks, sub- sequently went to Koston and afterwards returned to the Clarendon Hotel and No. 18 West 1'wenty- fourth street; her present residence is No. 359 West ‘Lwenty-third street; she became quainted with Mr. Stokes in Philadelphia; receivea letters from Mr. Fisk during that time. | The witness was then interrogated at great length avou’ her property, and how she had become pos- sessed of funds, to which she replied that she speculated in stocks and had in that manner accu- mialated funds. Fisk, she supposed, furnished the f oony Hoe te operations, as it did not come directly 1m him. Counsel on the other side objected to going into this subject as the examination tended to develop matters pertinent to another suit agatast Fisk, now | ending, The witness stated ihat she had invested 15,000 in governinent bonds, Fisk, she claimed, bor- rowed that sum for further speculation, [f was sub. sequently invested in the purchase ofa honse in West ‘Twenty-third street. Sne then went on to explain thac she had used her x Tweed to use his influence with Mr. Fisk to put an end to the litigation then pending, and to which Mr, Stokes was @ party, In reply to further interrogations the witness Stated she had given up sume she received from. isk, but not all, Sne desired to put anend to any exposures until Fisk began to persecute; then she showed fight, After some further questions a postponement was suggested and agreed to, and the case was accord- ingly adjourned 1ill the ytn of December. BROOKLYN IMMORALITY. tion—Descont Be Scenes in a Mouse of Assign by VolivemThe inmates Pray To Let OM, . The vity of Churches has always been looked upon as @ place of model moraltiy, yet disclosures are occasionally made which do not reflect creditavly upon it. It has re- cently been discovered houses of assignation in the city which are fre- quented by men and women who move in fashiona- bie circles and are considered highly respected. ' Married women, who live in brown stone fronts on Jashionabie streets and avenues, have been followed to these dens of assigaatiou, aud their names are in the hands of the police. A house of this description has existed for some time past under the shaaow of the Fleet street Methodist Episcopal Church, and has been the source of annoyance to the respectatile residents of that street. The men and women who have been ob- this house aro | considered = respectavie, aud the fact of their having proved iaise to thelr marriage vows are unknown to thelr familtes. it ; has been the habit of some women, while their hus- bands have been absent in New York on business, to spenA two or turee hours a day in the house above meilioued. Last week the house was complained of by Mr, Harris, sexton of the Fleet street church, and on Friday night Detectives Van Waguer, Folk, Corwin, Finehout and Vidito made a descent on the house and arrested Mrs. Sinclair, the propric- uress, and some half dozen men and womén who happened to be in the place at the time. One of the ladies who was fasmonanly attired, and who dreaded the exposure j Which would follow an arrest, nearly weat into hyateries, and offered the oiticers her set of diamond jewelry to let her go. There were also two or | three weil of the police. The parties were takeu before Justice Walsh, aud all with the exception of Mrs, Sinclair were discharged on their own recognoizances. HORRIBLE CASE OF CiHLD MURDER. An Infant Found with its Thront Cut—Coro- ners Investization. For some time past the city secms to have been comparatively free from infanticide cases, which induced the belief that murder of the innocents had ceased, Yesterday morning, however, a horrible case of Infanticide was brought to the attention of Coroner Herrman, at half-past seven o'clock A, M. As officer Flannery, of the Twenty-seventh precinct, was on duty, his attention was callea by two strangers to @ parcel lying im the gutier in the rear of Trimty church. On making an examination officer Flannery discovered the dead body of a well developed male child, apparently of recent birth, envelopen in a woman’s calico dress, and partially covered over with leaves which had been thrown from the church-yard. of the body revealed the horrible iact tnat the infant’s throat bad been cut, besides which it had a deep gash on the ieft side of the face, thug leaving no doubt that the child had been brutally mardered. ‘The remains were taken to the station house, and immediate efforts made to obtain information 'con- cerning the parentage of the child, by whom it had been murdered, &c., but without success, The body was sent to the Morgue to await the result of an imvestigation, and in the meantime Captain Cherry, of the Twenty-seventh precinct, will make vigilant eifor:s to tina tie murderer, although at present he seems to have no ciue upon which to work. A post-mortem examination to be inade on the body by Dr. Joha Beach will de- pps the probable age of the child and the cause of death. ANOTHER DEAD INFANT FOUND IN THE STREET. At eight o'clock jast night OMcer Handy, of the Eighteenth precinct, fonnd tne dead body of a female cnild in front of 313 East Fourteenth street, wrapped | in fine linen underclothing. The child apparently had been born but a snort time, The body was re- moved to the Morgue and the Coroner notified. THE DEATH OF THE INEBRIATH SULLIVAN. Coroner Schirmer yesterday morning investigated the case of John Suthvan, late of Newark, who was found intoxicated in the street with a irac- tured skull, Whose death has already been published the grap. Officers Pierce and Oates, of the Twenty-seventh precinct, deposed that they found deceased lying on the pavement in’ front of the Western flotel, West street, on Wedaesday evening, last week, or, and assisted him to the station house, The officers say there had been no quarrel with any one bear where Geceasea was found, and could not have been without their Knowledge, 4 Sullivan made no complaint about bemng injured, and on admission to the station was | aid on ‘the floor outside the cell and a pliiow placed under his head. Doorman Peabody saw de ceaxed about twenty times during the night, and at six o'clock the next morning he arose, entered a cell, the door of which was opened, and jay down onabench. He afterwards comp!aines to we aoor- man of feeling vad, owing to being on a drank. Two hours later deceased complained of having a head- ache, and on making an examination doorman Pea. | borly found @ small cut on the top of his head, which he sat’ he received on election day. rgeant Moloney, of the twenty-seventh pre- ' cmet, on duty when the deceased was admitted, | mucii under the Induence of liquor, said he had been on @ spree; visited Lim three times before midnight, when be made no complaint of being sick, but we Next morning, Sullivan appeaging to be sick, a sur- geon was called, the hospital. It coutd not be jearned how deceased had been | injured, and Hie Jury found “ihas le died jrovm frac- ture of the skull trom injuries received In some Toannher to them unknown, but beheved by 4 fall on ihe pavement while intoxicated.” ATTEMPTED MATRICIDE. Francis Gollen, twenty-six years of age, visited his mother’s residence, 188 North Seventh street, Williamsburg, yesterday, for the purpose of taking away some furniture that he claimed as his prop- erty. His mother resisted him, unt he seized a large knife and Siren pied to kill her, exclaiming as he approacned her, “] will cu; your heart out if you interiere with me.” The rauMan’s arm was stayed before he consummated his sanguinary threat and he was arrested. Justice Voorhees committed lim W awall tho action of the Grand Jarys ons with Mr, | of the letters | that there are several ; known city officials present, and | they were greatly astouished at the appearance | A more minute inspection | Who recomended hia reioval to , THE GAS QUESTION. } | The Consumers Still Unsatisfied | and the Gias Still Unimproved. What an Expert Has to Say—A Goneral Opinim | of Gas, Burners, and Gas Companies’ Trick- H eries—The Remedy for the Evil. ‘The fact that the gus companies now express a willingness to tell ail they Know about the manage- ment of their gas manufactories aad the means they employ to make the gas they supply the city with ts a pretty good evidence that they are at tast beginning tosmart under the.Jashing they have beca subjected to by the HexaLp during the pasc iew days, At least such willingness seems to be a fact, inasmuch as a HERALD reporter, who yesterday went ou a tour of information, found no difficulty whatever in obtaining reasonable auswers to questions lie saw Ht to ask conceraing the manufgcture of the gas, the coals used and the appliances had to make the article of the best quality. But few of the ofl. clais, however, were come-at-able, and those who were simply staved in a general Way what Uley have all along claimed-—itiat the companies used the best of coals, and consequently made the best kind of gas, In his wravels about town to gather all the ad- ditional mformation possivie concerning tne gas question, and to tind the real UNDERLYING CAUSE OF THE DARKNESS | I think not; she was a lady with a large family, an | which prevails where light suould shine, the re- porter came across a geutleman—a gas expert he might be called—who (or the past wenty-five years aud more has made the manufacture of gas ais study. “What do you think,” inqutred the reportei the real cause of the bad gas people are com; ing about so much?” “In the first place,” was his reply, ‘1 do not admit that the gas 1s 80 very bad as compared witit other coal gas manufactured in other cities in Eu rope. Ibis, in my opinion, better than the gas | general use in Londen. ut ict’ me give you a few facts about the way the companies ere manage lo | SWINDLE THELR PATRONS."’ | “Do you mean they swindle with | swindle or unwittingly: | “With tutent, most assuredly. I once had a con- | versation with Joseph Nason, the president of ihe | Battumore Gas Company, He spoke to me about the | quaiity of the gas manufactured at the time In ihe intent to \ district. of the Manhattan Gas Company. I told him J lived tu that districh and used their gas, as also toate ot the New York Company as he also dtd. ut I also ) told nim when he complaiaed about tue quality | the gus that my views ol the subject were not en. | tirely identical with tus, for 1} beeved that the gas manulactured 1s good, and that between the quali es of the gas furnished by the various companies there is but little if any difference.” “You certainly have not exammed vie coal they use at present 1”? “Weil, that may be; but the time | allude to as having had this conversauon with Mir. Nason was* , nO’ 80 very long ago. Ttold jum [could show him } why the gas ut his house of which he complained was better than he thought, I went to the house and simply pnt aifferent burners on than he had in use, and he had abundance of light where before he had barely IVs really the burners that are | “Well, they burners he jeta, Burners but of some material taat will not corrode frum heat or the action of the gas itself.” “What kKmd of burners are in general use tn tots ty “really do not know. Many are the ordinary | fron or brass Kind, but they should be earthen or : clay, or what 1s calied lava.” “Well, then, if {t be a fact that the lava burners | are the best material to use, how is it that some , of them give good light while others do nowy? | “There is a dilference in the quailty of tne gas, ! very often owing to the weather.” “iow can such weather as we are now having ; have any effect, good or bad, on the gas’? | “erhe weather does affect the pressure, | remedy for the evii of the ‘bad gas,’ as the imiser: ble show We have of tt is called, 1s to secure e gas to supply the demand; that 2s, supply ry | gas burner ap to the 7,10 pressure. in order to insure @ good light to a ourner that supphes a | Quarter (phey say thatthe tubes are now moatiy of | three-cigtitus) Capacity ts to have at least a six foot } long abe to it from the pipe.” “iow do you account tor ihe fact that in one | block you find a jamp burning well aad in another ) the light ts dim? | . “Let me explain by tiling you how the Man- | hattan Company managed to pull tae wool over the eyes of the Legislature, and then you can judge of | how it may be that ome lamps give good light and others do not. When it was learned that cle Logis- Jawure was going to investigate the doings of tne companies @ iew years ago. the Manhattan and the New York put six [oor The burners. burner, You see they were required by coutract to give at least Uuree feet an nour, but they knew their dida’t come up the investization was committee found out ; that there was: good light from the lamps, but the fact was that there was less ‘ gas, althongi there was more light. | vestigation, of course, the slop cock business was made to do its Work, and the three-foot burners acted the part of plugs, and the companies lost no on the lamps, placing them over a plug or turee {oot | foot burners mark. When the Legislative three the } made to thing and lose nothing by apparently giving more gas | i than, they are required to give—in iact, they give less. “I can’t see where the advantage of that was.” the six-foot burner acts as @ sort of check on the other. When there isa full pressare of gas it gives three feet, but when at half pressttre It doesn’t give half the quantity.” “ow can such tricks be done away with?!” ! ere ought to be an official, whose auty it would be to i INSPRCT THE GAS AND THE BURNERS | every week. He shouid be not only an honest man, , but a mau of common sense and a ecientfle man.” “In your Opmion the great remedy, thtn, is-——" | «A uniform supply of gas to the ‘burners in the houses and the strects, Tnis would’ save the con- sumers a great deal Of money; but of course the companies make More money when taere ts au un- equal pressure on sone burners of a dweliing.’’ WSO the waste which results The consumer wonders how his bill is 80 large when he apparently | uses but little gas, The secret is the unequal pres- sure, or rather tne waste which results to certain ' burners. This can be prevented by having a rell- cocking faucet on each floor, or each pipe that leads to a burner, lor that mutter. Let me give you au | eXample. A large establishinent in tis city sent ior | me to give them more light, ing Digner and higher, and they did not use as much gas as asual during the montu that their bill were the nighest.”’ “Well, how dia you account for it”? “The whole thing was the result of the sheer | WEAKNESS OF THE SUPPLY, and notin the quality of the gas ‘They told me { the gas did not give as mucn light as usual, aud | that some of the burners would not iight at ali. £ found that the gas was too strong ta some burners | and that others that were detective had very littie. | The companies thing. are to blame for avoid it mily of pressure and adapuny , tsoas tO give an abundance of | ‘) f the premises, and not @ strong ligit in one part and ajeebie one m another, The fact Is, We system of supplying the gas by the com. | Pauies is @ bad one. They aim to deliver tt at ine | one mch pressure ali over the city, put they lake no means 10 insure Uhls result obher | than by putting certain sized pipes in the street and recommending burners that must neces- sarily receive te gas and discharge i at an im- mensely varied pressure. This was demonstrated betore We Legisiauve Committee by whe companies themselves, General Koome himseit testified | before tue Board of Aldermen that the pressure varied from two-tenths of an iach to three inches, giving scarcely any light by the first, and an exces. sive Waste of gas being the result of the other.” “Will putting up new burners supply the defects of the present Lad gas?” | “No, not altogether by auy means, I see soma peopic make a mistake when they think the gas Will give sight enough if they get Jarger burners. we'll say two-thirds of an inch. That kind of a thing Wouid Jn a iarge esiablisnment Where twere are very Many burners take up more gas than the | pipes supply. ‘The consequence would be iney’a | ave, If tiey hav any, more gas on the upper floors | 61 the Duflding than déioW, or rather, m nine cases | ‘ont of ten, they'd have noue below at all.” } | “Are the pipes in the streets asa general thing large enought’? “Not by any means." ‘The genveman thea denonnced the nze of naphiia, as 1b 18 Deng Used by Some large extavlishinents CO feud greater oriliancy to the gas, on tne ground inat itis very dang-rous His kiea as to the quality ot the gas being almost nnexcep'ionadle will not hold good in te tace of palpable facts. His views as to burners are yery good in thei Way, bat he | certainly bas outgrown the subject of the gas sup. tits kind of | pies lately to consusners, (hat attention ne might | nave, elae he would be more accurate in his esc. mate as to what the quauty really is, A Cousumer’s Ideas. No, 205 East SIXTEENTH Sraywe, | New Yor, Nov. veTh { To THe EDItOR OF THR HeRaLp:— Foremost in the exposure of every publte griev- ance, 1 is a source of Aatisiaction to ail | 1 minds to Gnd vow again at work at thet mom After the in- | “lt was just this:—The small burver underneath | manent | ‘Their buls were grow: | \ much about merous intquity, the gas monopoly, Your article im this morning’s paper calls for legisiation. It is well to have good laws in regard to the supply of gas, and a4 necessary, too, as it is for the supply of water or air or any other essential for the preser- | vation or enjoyment of life. Let us be careful, | however, in altering or adapting our laws to learn | what we have @ right to expect and to demand | from our next Legialatare. | In order to realize the enormons losses sustained by the present barbarous system of gas monopoly | the pubile stould ve made to understand something of the benefit that science, with generous hand, ia , Now realy to confer on all who are guided by her wise direction in ts matter. Your reporter has lone well to co Works as rey our x whieh is supplied, Bot excellent as this source =omay be, and) =naeful ae May be the facts elicited, let him not stop here, Leb fim seek wWorkinen vad scientists of the highest characier—men whs are consulted, and necessarily 80, by the gas companies themselves for guidance as to the nature aud quality of the coal to be used and every ocher commodity and method of treating: the same for the resuit required. a cheap, whole~ some, excellent incht or an equally cneap and effece tive method of healing as well as of Henne. Reience vays, as ine voice of God of old sak “Let there be lught,” and obey my bevests an you shall have cheap light, abundant neat as well as light in every part of every city or town, and free as water or air at ail umes, and at all places, under the most pertect contro, ‘There are workmen apd scientists im this city whe ean already, even irom the gas of the imfenor qualities now supplied by the gas com)anies, tornish all the hear required by families, aud a sue pertor light toto the bargain, at less cost and with every benefit increased, than the same ta:aies are now paying for the inferior light they now tolerate, simply and only because they do not understand how Lo use their gas, while the gas companies con- sider themseives interested in preserving that bitss- (ut state of ignorance of the means of eliminating irom the coimmodtty they supply to their customers the only desiterata the gas consumer requires, Your reporter's remarks appear wo bear more especially upon the defects and mal ractices in the Metropolitan Gus Company's district, or apove fhir- ty-fourth sty And not without reason, for this E siobe managed with as little cols omnpanies. corre. spondent ould take your = reporter to private dwellings where the families are {fe quently left wihour light, where they dave to return i rest Your to our * print the dips,” to cuable them , to eseap an darkness that uighe ve felt, 4 be felt’? most Be verely but sesaid fuiiin, wad well tried old, friends, ‘These shortcomings ou the pari of the new and more daz’ Mable Iriend «hoo fre» ' quently talse) ay nly the inevitabie effects. ot Lhe grossest blunders on the part of the officers of (his company. | Your reporter's informant is at iault in some very important particulars—the most important of all particulars, especiatly as regards tae reasons why some gas consumers are satisfied, and why others are so supplied as that to be satisfied would be eriminal—-tor no man shoud be satisied with @ paipanile cheat, a private and pubilc robbery. Your reporter, if he wiil apply atthe private reste dence of the writer, may, during apy evel or | atany hour of the night see such & street gi be From the windows of the apartment in which your correspondent is now writing, as, you say, the gad company receive $53 (ility-tnree doliars) per year’ for. Yet so ittile gas issues trom this checi , burner that only about one-hali of a 100} of gas ie sues through the burner in one hour. The light is about equal, on the average tiroughout the night, ta that of au ordinary old-fashioned rashlight or wax , taper, at a cost to the company of about half @ cent for the entire night. This 1s submitted as @ test, @ fact illustraung au important prinviple, The mext nearest light is opposite a church and gives @ toler- able iight, consuining, on the average per night, probably two or nearly three feet per hour. Your reporter’s questions were not fully answered. Workmen at gas factories, ike gastitiers, are not the most suitable or the best calculated to give j sons for such facta or queries as your reporter demanded from them. Nevertheless, every ques- tou can be answered by any competent seicatist or exper( in the practical aud sctentific exercise of his | Dusiness, ‘Have not we Ame those of the £ rt his own country ¢ can citizens rights equal to sh, the French or the German in And if we have, cannot laws, a6 least equal to tnose that protect the foreigner, be devised to secure to us Americans the fair value for our hard cash, that we may start fair in the race for cheap light, cncap heat and happy extstence tn this | beautiful worid OLTIZEN. National Gas Company, which promiscs—as well as all the other companies | promised wien they began operations—to furnisix | gas to consumers at a fair price, wil commencé business next month, Itremains to be seen what kind of gas they will give and how long bejore they | Wali fail into the ways of the older companies. | COLLECTOR ARTHUR. ‘he Numen of His ondsmen—Lverything | Made at Washington—Geners! Arthur { Will Relieve Honest Tom op the Ist of j December. { A HeRALD reporter, after @ vigorous search, found General Chester A, Arthur, the newly appointed follecwor of whe Port, at his omce in Nassau street yesterday, aad had a short interview with him, The General is a map of flue appearance, tali and weil formed, and cher- Ishes a weil-cultivated mustache and a pairof exe quisite whiskers of deep auburn nue. Hes fat io the face, peruy in body and stylish in dress, Io manner and deportment he is faultiess. No more urbane and courteous lim) of the law ever tickled @ witness. Mis lady chents mast find it a real pleas. nve In banding in their checks to General Cnester Ay Arthur, | The General offered the reporter a seat with thag ease and grace which so astonished the Imperial Russian ov the Mary Powell when, as is well known, non but right and left “bowers” in the game of society were played in THR RECEPTION COMMITTEE PACK. Agraceiul movement of the head and a bland suile disposed of a pertinactous office-seeker who * | was trying to wheedie the new Collector into prom- ising a fat place in the Custom House, and then the enerul suid he was ready. “You are, | suppose,” began the reporter, “greatly annoyed by applicants for odice, like the patriot who ins Just leit 7?” “No, Lam uot much, But all who do come here with the object io view of obtainihg places in the Custom House are given to understand that notoing can be done just now. I have a week to spare be- Jore entering on my dulles as Collector of the Port, and Lt want every imute of wt to Gx up matiers here”? | Your law business?” “Yea Linust get some person to take my places but berore thai 4 shail Nave to close up my Lusiness, » Ldon’t intend to abandon my law oifice altwgether though, Political positions, you see, are VERY UNCERTAIN. Of course, while } am Coilector I cannot practica law; but there is no necessity | know of for giving: up my ofice.’? “You don’t think it safe to break up an established ' Dosiness, General’? “No, indeed, I do not. A business built up by years of labor when neglected or abandoned ig | to re-establish.” “are your bonds 3 | “Yes; to-day. Yesterday here and sent to Washington. proved yet, General ?”” they were executed T have this momeus | received informauoa that they have been approved by Wie proper auinoriiies.” Quick Work that? “Oh, yea. Everything was arranged beforehand in Washington. bondsmen, “May TL ask General?” “Ldon’t see why I should remse to give them, Bat you will have them when they are made Koowp % ta the usual Way.” “The Hf L» prefers the unrsaal way, General; It inust bi la everything; it can’t walt.” THE NBW C TOWS BONDSMEN. “Well, Uren, my are Edwin D. Morgan, Levi P, Morton, Charles Tiffany aud James We Ob —CsCl IL F100, 9905" hat matier Is seitied. When do you take the names of your on yn the Ist of December,” “Wilt, you make many changes in the Oustow flouse “As to that I have little to say ac present. It would be obviously rmproper for me to remark je Custom House unt T enter w y daties there may say, however, that I sl muke no appoint t¥or remove anyoody, except the good of the pudie service renders changes ne cessary."? 50 Saying, General Arthar rose, anu while de ciaring that he would ve glad w ge, the reporter Iniormation at any time, said “By by,” and dowed himself tate his inner office, OBILUARY, The Peinve of Four and Taxis. On the i0tn of November died, at Katisbonna, Prince Maximilian, of Four and Taxis, the Poste master General of Bavaria, The deceased was whe head of the eider branch of this family, which wae once a sovereign house, He was born in 1802 and was twice married. fis first wife was Princes# Matuild of Gertinge 1-Spielbergt his second, Princes® Helen, daughter of the Duke of Bavaria. He leaved | by bis first wife a daughter, the Princess Ther | marries B and ashore time Chey a | trom the Duke Beaulorl-SpoutiL | wie be had four children, of whow the third, Prince Maximuiian (vorn im 186z), sacceeds as the head Of tne /amuly, K. Smart, not tong since a leading demoe crates polltchla of Maine, WHO has served the State In Congress aid bas deen a candidate for Governor, was last week taken to te State Asylum of the Insane, aMicter with softenme of the brains is