The New York Herald Newspaper, January 14, 1872, Page 5

—E MRS. WHARTON. Commencing Another Act in the Balti- more Poisoning Drama. AS A WIFE, MOTHER AND FRIEND. Great Number of Witnesses Speak- ing in Behalf of the Accused. THE DEFENCE CLOSED. The “Emperor,” Professor Smith, Adding to the State’s Testimony—Cerebro Spinal Meningitis Little Known to Him. A LEGAL TOURNAMENT. ANNAPOLIS, Md., Jan. 13, 1872, ‘The second act in the fearful tragedy now being enacted in this city clozcd at haif-past cleven o'clock to-day, and the eurtain has arisen upon the third, When the end will be reached it is not sate to predict. Physicians and chemists have been sum- moned by the State to refute the theories of the defence and bolster up the patchwork of Aiken and Toury, and if, percnance, new matter should be developed in the rebutting testimony, it ‘Whi be within the discretion of tne Court to give the defence a further hearing, A sense of relief ‘was experienced on ali sides when Mr. Stecle made the formal announcement that the case on the part of the defence was closed, and the Court, in con- sideration thereof and to give the.counsel for the Btate an opportunity for consultation, gave the jury ® recess of ten minutes, just double the time uswally allotted’ them, The jury seized with avidity upon the proffered holiday, and made for the court yard ‘with the eagerness of sciool children at play time. ‘The court room was crowded to-day as usual, and the ladies came not as single spies but in bat- taitons, Very pretty batialions they were— the neatest and jauntiest of uniforms—and the idea ever and anon suggested itself that the Court Mouse would always be the better ior the pre- sence and influence of the gentler sex. What will they do when the Wharton trial is over and ‘they are compelled to resume the humdrum, une- Ventiul life which they have herevoiore led in tis old, ola town, with its very old ways and stereo- typed traditions. Jt is to be hoped that no smoul- ering uspirations will be aroused in their young bosoms to emulate upon their future husbands te act of which Mrs. Wharton is accused. ‘The event of the day was the arrival of Professor H.R, Smith, the “Old Emperor,” as his svudents loved to call him. Hecame down by the train, and entered the court room at hal{-past ten o’clock. He ‘Was waraily received by all who knew him, and there was few in that large assemblage but knew amd greeted nis features as those of an old acquaintance and friend. Dr. Smith was sum- Moned by the State to testify with refer- ence to the hypothetical case, embracing the symptoms of Generai Ketchum, which has so often been menuoned during the progress of the trial. Though @ man nt ouly of nauonal but world-wide , Feputation as a surgeon, and deservedly go, 1t must be borue in mind that for many years ne was we head and front of the Maryland Univer- Mty, since which time it has sadiy degen- trated, and was for a long time considered by many its only strength; and out of this unl- versity have sprung the prosecutors of the untortu- mate lady now on triai, ‘hey appeared in force to- @ay in the Court room, Dra Wifliaums and Chew sitting together and manilesting great interest and scarcely suppressed excitement, particularly when the discussion was in progress as to the admis- siollity of Dr, Smiti’s testimony. ‘The Mary- land University has always been a pet of the doctors, and many of bis greatest iumphs were achieved while occupying a clair as one of that faculty. The public must therefore remember the tnfuences at work with nim and the likenuhood of his auxiety to siieid the memoers of that faculty, though nobody who knows Professor smith would ever jor @ moment imagine that he would knowingly allow himseli to be swayed by either side in the controversy. By the testumony of Dr. Smith, Dr. Williams still appears 8 Uke ever active aud Vigtiaat prosecutor of tins Umioriunute ludy. AX he uccompalmed tue state Atturney of Balimore city wo nis odice on last Mon- day, one or the olucr ol them, we Proiessor dives uot know waich, handed tum the hy. pocnetical case to examine. He cann jt but think this ap exaggerated interest tor a physician to display in @ case Wiere @ poor woman is Charged With murder opou tue flimsiest Of circum- Shauliai evidence, 1b Savors rather muck of per- sonal walice. Another :eature of We trial to-day Was the offer by the delence of two jetvers—oue from General Harry Heth, tormeriy of we United Btaces army, bul subsequently of the Coutederate Ary, au the other irom O. A. Finiey, formerly Surgeon Generai vi the Uaited Staves Army. se Jeviers Wil appear in tueir proper place. ‘The Court mei as usual at ten o’ciock, with all the Judges on the beuca, irs, Wharton drove up ia her state coach, (0 Which an improvement has veen muude by ine miroduction of & White driver at the box. She proveedeu to the seat aliotted her in ie rear Of her couasel, @ud Was soo surrounded by ber triends, TESTIMONY OF H. MORE WHARTON, ‘The testimony ag to her character ior amicabilty, Kindness and numanity was resumed, tH. More Wharton, of rhilade:pila, Was swora, He said ue was relaved to Mrs. Wharton, but not very neariy; he tirst met her in tue summer of 1850, and atier- wards in Khove Island: he stayed at ner house very Olfen during Liat time; Ler reputation Was bey und Feproacn, COLONEL MAYER’S STATEMENT. Colonel Brancz Mayer was swora. ‘1his witness 4s @ pay master in the army, and Is stationed io san Fraucisco; but suca unbouuded couidence did he have in Mrs. Wiarton, and such an appreciation @id he feel tor her many youu quaauves, that he, with the permission o: tne War Depariment, inmedt- ately jeft his post upon receiving tue summons, and came all ihe way to Maryiand io iesiuly in her favor, He and his whole family have displayed te most considerate kinduess and sympatay for Mrs. §=Whariom duriug her sufierings, He said he had kuown Mrs. Wharion quite mmumately ior eight years, during which time be resided at baltimore, tus native was a vrotner of Unaries F. Mayer; mis ‘amuy and Mrs, Wharton’s had been very iuumaie; lis rela- Mons wita Ler had been of a very ciose and friendly nature, and he had nad good opportunities tor knowing her reputauion for aimtabiltty, kindness and uty ;1b Was excelient—ia Lact, uuiinpeachaole. STAIRMENT OF J. OC, KEIGHLER, J. U. Keighier, a Baltimorean, said he uad known Mra. \harion sluce September, isiv; he haa been to her house repeatedly, and kuew those Wie visited ‘Were; her repuration Was uuquestioned, COMMANVER KERKATE'S TESTIMONY, J. DS. Kerrelt, a commande. iu the navy, sta- Uoned wt the Unived Sues Naval Academy, said he was ben ag TA With Mra Wharton; te met aer in bepwinber, 185y, aud had exceueni opportunities of argh J her reputauon; amoug tivse wav knew her weil her reputation Was as good as tne vest, DR. JAMKS O, WELLING, formerly President of St John’s College, An- napoils, and at present President of Colum. bia College, Washington, sai he had known she ptisouer five ur six years; he met her im Westiogton; he bad irieuds and relatives who resided in baltimore uear Mrs. Wharton's, his fatner-in-iaw, Coloue: Henry T. Garnett, formerly of Virguna, also his sisieril-law, mother-in-law and sivicr; Luey lived near Ars. Wharton’s #ad Were in- tumate with Ler; her reputation was very ign, he Would state why this repuiauion was Lupressed on theul, but Was sLoppe by tne diate. AN EMULOYE OF THE TREASURY DEPARTMENT. W. W. Wilson, an employé ia the Treasuary De- fees at Wastingtou, said he had keown the risouer for six or seven years; le had visived her Irequentiiy aud nad heard jer irienis—votn wit- nesses for the State and for the asienge—speak of her in the highest terns; he had heara Mrs. Coubb Speak Oi her; she stuod very bizh tor te qualues Of @uladility, kindness and humanity, THOMAS B. COLE'S KViDENCR, Thomas E. Cole, of Baltimore county. said ne fore @eriy .ived next door to Mrs, Wiarton and bad known her ior five or six years; her reputauion tor Mie BOOVE qualities Was very good, ‘The defeuce here offered ie letters alluded to above, The starements of General teth were ad- mitted, subject to tue agreement of counsel, which ts appended thereto, but the letter of U. A. Fiuley ‘was ruled out, and in tts slead 1t Was agreed that it he Were present he woud susiain the repuiaion page te by the other Witnesses. Tne letiers are 1” lace; ne TEN TESTIMONY OF GENERAL HETH. in Raleigh, North rly it tue year 14s | Was assigned to ‘egiment United States iniantry; the late Solone, shen captaun, Whagson veyed. Ve je Apu NYW YURK HERALD, SUNDAY, JANUARY 14, 1872.-TRIPLE SHEET. regiment; in 1854 I was to Captain ‘Wharton's com) ; his company was then sta- Moned at Fort Vv, Nevada Ferettory; satan Captain Wharton’s company in May, 164; Mrs, Wharton at Fort Kearney, on May 18, 1854; was @ guest in her house tor some time; I knew her general reputation in the Sixth regiment of infan- try; algo in the army; Mrs, Wharton was one of, if not the most, popular lady io hes regiment, and as jar a8 my knowledge govs, there was DO in the army more admired and esteemed by her friends and I do not know rhat she nad an enemy. Mrs. Wharton's general reputation was that of highly refined, mild and kind-hearted lady; @ lov. ing and affectionate wile aud mother; a warm and sincere iriend, and generally possessing those good qualities of head and heart which would have re- Delled the idea of her being capable of injuring & fellow being; and from my knowledge of her general reputation I would velieve her incapable of committing the crime for which she stands charged; Iwill ada that J knew Mrs. Wharton in Battimore, in 1863; knew her geueral reputation in Baltimore, which was unexceptionaole in every way for we quauties of kindness, gentieness and humanity, to tue tull exteat of what I have above Mentioned; have knowa Mrs. Wharton lor seven- teen years; I was a Major General in the Conied- erate army; beiore that a captain in the United States Army; whenI knew Mrs. Wharton in Balt more I was residing there with my family, up to January, 1870. H, HETH, ‘The undersigned agree that so much of the fore- going as the Court shall admit as evidence aney be read to the jury as tne testimony of General tieth on behalt of the defence, in the same manner and to the same extent as if tne same had been taken under commission tn @ civil case, reserving the right to except to such parts thereof as we deem inadmissible, Tms argument not to conclude the State against ollering rebutting evidence as to the general coaracter oF es . SYESTER, TAMES REVELL} fF State, ©. Be PONLEY'E STATRMEN TS on "ALL ’iny Nov. |. To A. B, HAGNT! a ie . SIR—Your communication of the 20th inst. has been re- ceived. Owing to de.ective memory I am unable to date the cement of iny acquaintance with Mrs, Waarioa and the family of Major Wharton, They were boarders at the Washington House in thls city, where I_ visited them ‘as the family physician, Mrs. Wharton and Mrs. Finley exchanging ‘vimta_ also. M opinion, founded on the acquaintance afforded by my pro- feasional relation to Mrs. Wharton, was entirely and decid ely tavi he was apparentiy, and I believe truly, an amiabie, kind and devoted mother and wife and an estima bie acquaintance. Lcouid not have been more shocked, hor- rined and incredulous the same charge bveo brougut against auy lady of my wcqualatance. Iam in my seventy- Sith year, an inva.id physically, aud unable to attend Court ‘ens. wcwly, yor Sa Take Lop jek ss ©. A. FINGEY. Mr. Steele at this point announced that the defence Tesied its case, Me-srs. Syester and Revells asked for time to re- tire and consult, which was granted by the Court, TESTIMONY OF “OLD ENYEROR” SMITH. Alter @ short interval they (vox their seas at the trial tabie, and Professor Smit was calied to we stand. He said he lived in Baltimore, and had practised medicine there tor — forty-tnree or forty-four years; during that tme he had been connected with tue Maryiaud Univer+ sity, but dissolved bis conneciion with tuat institue von some time ago; he hud practised medicine filty-two years; he was for four years a Projessor of Anatomy in the University of Vermont; also a Pro- Jessor in Jefierson College, Philadelphia, two years, and three years in the University of ‘Lransyl- vania, Kentucky; he lived at yang in Saratoga; in Batumore heh a large active aud consulting practice; had oiten encoun- tered the sporadic 10rm Oi Cerebro spinai meuin- gitts among children; it had never prevaticd a3 an epidemic to his Knowledge; in Kallimore he bad not seen one single Case of it during the last lew years; he meaut, of course, the epidemic form of the disease; his practice was nov confined to apy particular jocality, bul embraced the eatire limits of the city. LEGAL TOURNAMENT OVER THE PROFESSOK’S TESTI- xO. Y. The prosecution here rol osed to question the witness upon tie hypothetical case, which contained ail the symptoms which the illness of General Ketchum ts alleged to Nave manilested, Tue Jelence ovjected, and the point was argued beiore the Court for wo hours and a hall, Mr. THoMas said the burden of proof was on the State, and the rule of law was tuat the plainu should exhaust the evidence on al pots upon which he relies in his examination in chief; that in rebuttal the State was not allowed to introduce testimony upon any points save new matter brought vat by the defence, and ne contended that in tnis case the testimony on the suyject Ol cerebro-spiual meniugitis was brought out in the testimony vo! Dr, Donaldson; that they, Vhe State, were compelled to remove ali provu- bility of the ueceased having died irom natural causes vefore they closed tais case, and that Low they were stopped irom offering any such test- mony. Mr, ‘Thomas cited several cases {rom tue Stare trials in support ot his position. Mr. REVELL, ou the part of the state, said Dr, Donaldsoo merely made the slignt passiug aliasion to tne disease, aud that the evidence with Teference to tne disease was: properly brougut out by the defence, That after their ex- awinauon tue colored wowan Susan, one of the witnesses for the deience, had vested to severa: clicumsiances and symp.oms which were notin tue hypothetical case put by the Stace, aud that these Qud veen incorporated 1a Wwe hypovhettcal case put by the defence. ‘Attoruey General SYESTER folluwed Mr. Revell, and insisted that the evidence in regard to cerebro- spina: Menligitis Was GEW mutter, Which the Siate Was at liberty to rebut; that the investigauons of writers tbrew but little iizni upon the questioa they were discussing; DUt 1b Wis absurd to suppose thal the State could be prepared for t.¢ influite number the deience might get up in their de- tence. a8 asklug 100 Much tu say thal sould remove ail poss3.DUuky Ol the deceased having cied by any disease by taking them up seriaten and ¢6xumining thirty witnesses upon each disease, ‘Ihe State says his death was from wunatural Causes. ‘Ine deience gets up the plea that he died irom cerebro-spinal meningitis, To rebut Luis Lhe Slate proposes to shuw that ne did not dic of wus disease. Mr. Syesier’s argument was weil considered and poweriul. Mr, SiKELE Clused for the deence in a very able aad cioquent appeal to tue Court vo rule the testimony Out, aud Not break in upon the estav- lished practice in every Court im Maryland, since the Une ‘whereo! the memory of mao run neta not to the contrary.’ 1t might ve of liitie prac- tical imporiauce in this Case, bur it would estabvish @ precedent which would upset the whole syste of crimiual jurisprudeuce ag now éstabilshed tu wis State. THE COURT ADMITS THE STATEMENTS. The Court then put their heads together and con- suited for some moments, after which the Chief Jus- tice sald that no Court in the State ‘had ever consirued more strictly the ruies as applicabie to revutting testimony taan the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel county, and tnat they did not intend to depart trom them # nai’s breadth at this ume, ‘The rule of the Old common law, as expressed by Greenleaf, in regard to rebutting testimony wus the one followed here—ihat the State should exhaust 1ts evidence on the examination in chief, and were preciuded irom offering evidence in rebuttal save upou some Lew mater vrought out by the de- fence, Has there been a new pout made by the dvience? ‘The Chief Justice then reviewed the evi- dence, and said that though tuls subject had origl- naily been vrought out by tne derence, yet the wit- ness Susan, a witness for the defence, had testified vo some circumstances which were incorporated in this Lypotuetical case, and whico had been put toa namber ol experts, and, thereiore, the State could question the physicians upon that disease, ‘The decision was eXtraordinary aud contradic- tory in its terms. It amouated to this:—That though the State had developed this matter in its examipa- tion in chiel tue deience had also barred the hypo- thetical questiin aad redeveloped, and therefore the dvor must be thrown open lor a perfect avalanche of testimony, to which the defence would be un- able to reply, or, as Mr. Steele said, necause the de- fence did not choose to ask the same question in exactly the same language With tue’ State 1t was to be thrown apon its mercy. THE i ROFESSOR PROOREDS. The testimony ol Protessor Smith was then re sumed. He said to the best of his judgment Gen- eral Ketchum died from non-natural causes; he ‘Was not acquaintes with the disease cerebro-sninal meningitis in epidemic form; endemic disease was confined to particular districts; it never revaiied in Baltimore in tne epiuemic form; it prevailed in New England under the appeiiation of ‘spotted fever; it was regarded there as typhus fever; he had no know. ledge of the disease from his own experience; he thougnt Ketchum did not die of cerepro spinal meningitis, Qn cross-examination the witness sald he had neard of and seen cases, but not of the expedemic form; they were not uncommon: the; always have prevailed to a certain exteut; he met With perhaps four or five cases in the course of a year, xenerally childven; he heard tt existed in Baltimore in the endemic form, but had not seen It; he Was not aware that it ex- sted 10 an endemic form during tuis year unill the trial Commenced; he read the tiypotnetical case on the Monday preceding iu Baitimore; it Was Nanded to him by the State Attorney, aud Dr. Williams was present; Indeed, he forgot whic of tae two handed bim the payer; le had seen it before; the medi- cines given to Ketchum by Dr. Williams were not such as he would have prescribéa; they were depressing agents, and in his opinion Inap- propriate, ne did nut think they nad any imfuence in determining the result, asthe patient was in a dying coudivion when he took the doses; he chought chiorai a very dangerous remedy to employ; ne had seen very Ae results from lta sadaninise ; e «d witnessed @ case cerevro spinal meningitis, ye ssitedonase 9 EVIDENCE OF DR. BENSON, Dr. Benson was theo called and testified that he Was @ practicing physician w the city of Baltimore; had been since he graduated in 1552; his iriends Said 1s practice was jarge, and comiortable support; ne ‘fat ease Oo: cerebro 8) iy gtd hag th Hi ast summer, in the same square where occurred the case which Dr. Baltzell testified to in bis evi- dence; he did not think General Ketchum died of cerebro spinal Meningits; he died from unnatural CHUB. Upon the conclusion of this U the Court adjourned uatil Mond; Neeser ogee me & If tne exarsivauion of the remaining witnesses for the State be conducted with the same expedition which characterized the proceedings to- the case will be given to the jury early in the w ‘The remains of an infant were yesterday morning found lying in the culvert corner of Forty-eighth Btreet and Tenth avenue by a news) named Ward, and, by order A Deputy Osrodee fone, Beach, was sent to the Morgue, man WANG AD AV GAUL ON — WEATHER REPORT. War DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THR Ci SIGNAL OFFICER, Wasuineton, D. C., Jan. 13—7 P, Mi. Synopsis for the Past Twenty-four Hours, The barometer, which was low Friday evening over New England and the Lakes, developed into a small central area, which has this afternoon passed southeastwara over New York, and the pressure has now increased decidedly from New England to Arkansas and northward, the highest pressure being in Minnesota. ‘Ihe temperature has fallen over this region, especially from Lake Michigan to the Hudson, Cloudy weather, with snow, is now reported from Lakes Erie and Ontarlo, with fresh northwest winds. The rivers have falien shghtly at Nashville and risen at Memphis and Cairo, Probabilities, The barometer will probably continue to rise north and west 0! the Ohio Valley, with diminished north and northwesterly winds and falling temper- ature; rising barometer and failing temperature, with cloudy weather, prevail in New Engiand; partially cloudy and clearing weather prevail in the Southern and Gul! States, with winds veering to the northwest, The highest barometer moves southeast into Michigan. Brisk but not dangerous Winds are anticipated for to-night from Michigan to the Atlantic coast, Fresh and light winds elsewhere, The Weather tn Vais City Yesterday. The following record will show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours, in com. parison with the corresponding dav of last year, as indicated by the thermumeter at Hudnuat’s Pharmacy, HEKALD Bulding, corner of Ann street: — 1871, 1872, 38 38 1871, 1872, 55 43 60 Average temperature for correspond! dust year GEORGIA. Campbell’s Negro Gang Arming in McIntosh County and Causing Great Excitement— The Varien Colored Councillorse—Overriding the Legislature and Threatening the Crimi- nal Judges. SAVANNAH, Ga., Jan. 13, 1872, Accounts received in this city state that the ne- groes of McIntosh county, headed by one Tunis G, Campbell, a negro oficial, are in a most excited cou. dition, and owing to their threatening attitude the whites are arming and organizing themselves for the purpose of peace and protection, Last year Darien, the county seat of Mcintosh, bad a white Mayor and a negro board of eight Councillors, who not only ruled Darien but at- tempted to exercise control over a large portion of Mcintosb county. Among other illegal acts re- sorted to by this board to perpetuate their Influence was the passage by them of an order Imposing an inordinate tax on the owners of property, oy which they partially succeeded tn rats- ing the sum of $8,000, and would have raised the Whole amount had not the white people, some of them Northern men, obtained an injunction re- rig the Board in the iiegal exercise of au- jority. Since that time Campbell has had no friendly feclugs tor the “white trash” of Mcintosh couuty, aud has endeavored, by assembling armed negroes, to inumidate the judges of the inlerior courts in that vicinliy, On one occasivn, woen he was ar- rested and brought beiore one of the judges, he had summoned three hundred blacks, who, with guas, pistols and clubs, surrounded t.e Court House. ‘Ine Judge, however, gave a decision ad- verse to Campbell, and stated that the pris- oner might apply for a writ of habeas corpus. Ihe armed negroes then advanced with their weapons toward the Judge, who would have been killed, but Camppell waived them back and said, “Not yet, not yet. ‘rnis jg not-the time.” Campbell obtained a writ of habeas corpus, and the case was finally disposed Of by a wulatto oricial and tool of Campbell. At the recent meeting of the Georgia Legislature a law was passed appointing sevea white Commis- sloners irom Mcintosh county to take Charge ol the official books and papers heid by Campbell and his Sano and to exercise tne functions of tuterior judye, Last week and the week previous Campbell held Mass Meetings of negroes throughout Mcintosh county, and he counseiied them to resist, by force of arms, the authority of the Commissioners. ‘Tae law appoinung the white Commissioners was not signed by Conley, the Acting Governor of the State, who at the time was refusing to recoznize to action of the Legislature, with a@ view to keep bh executive seat. ‘The excitement 1s on the increase, but no violence has so far been attempted. VIRGINIA. The Joint Committee ot the Legislature on the Financial Affairs of the State—!reparing a New Funding Act to Extend over Ninety Years—The Interest Proposed ou Bonds. Ricumonp, Va, Jan. 13, 1872, 1 learn to-uight that the Joint Committee of Thirty-two, appointed to take into consideration the entire question of the State debt and all pending propositions in relation to tae Funding bill, have agreed upon a scheme which, it is believed, will pass both branches of the Legis- lavure. The bill repeals the present Funding act, and substitutes therefor a new funding system. It provides for the funding of the entire qebt over again into bonds running ninety years, with coupons attached, and it proposes wo pay for tne first thirty years three per cent interest; for the second thirtyesix per cent, and, for the remaining thirty, Tine per ceat, ‘Ihis is virtually the substance of the bill, and the supporters of the present Funding bill in the Legislature are said to favor the new measure of the majority. A proposition is also pending before the commit- tee to formally repudiace all that third, or portion, ol the debt supposed to be due by West Virginia, and to declare that if that State does nov as- sume it and pay the creditors Virginia will no longer hold herself responstole for it, The cost of the present Fuuding law, lor printing, lithograph. ing and clerical services was over seventy \uousand dollars; but the proposed law, being more cumber- some, the coupons being 80 muck larger and running such a length of years, wiil-probably cost the State the snug litue suin of about one hundred thousand doliara, BROOKLYN AFFAIRS, Crime. Last week the police arrested 299 persons. Last year they arrested 22,311, During 1870 they arrested 20,200, Surrenders Himself, Yesterday Charles Johnson, the Brooklyn Fire Warden, who, in the course of a drunken brawl in Plymouth street on New Year’s morning, shot Robert Henry iu the back, appeared before Justice ‘Waish and gave himself up. He had previously aacertained that Henry’s wouads were not mortal. Annual Meeting of the Stockholders of the Academy of Music. The annual meeting of the stockholders of the Brooklyn Academy of Music was heid on Friday night, The sum of $12,966, it was reported, had been expended during the past year. A quantity of new furniture and new scenery had been pur- chased, ‘The Treasurer submitted the 1ollowing report:— Incidentai expenditures, including new furniture, scenery, &c. os oe 524 By Building Commitiee. ¥ Total Receipia—Balance on band first of ye For rent. ierrepont, Luther B, Isaac HH. Fr im, Marcellus Massey, A. Townsend were re-elected as directors, The Reform Movement. The Rink Reform Committee have been looking over the figures in order to ascertain how much Brooklyn owes, They think the following ts a true exhibit of the indebtedness of the city of Brooklyn and county of Kings:— 82,496,963 1,710,874 7°8,019 bart} Net balance of city debt... County devt .. Total... Chargeable upon the cit; Chargeable to the Brat twel Zwenty-tret and Twenty-second wards, Park a, nde 8,238,000 Chargeabie to iocal VOU. wee vee Chargeabie to city and county at large. Total. These figures do not differ materially from those a bie Maaangy of Mayor Pp Wel “stroyed. But this expectation has not been realized, LITERARY CHIT-CHAT. Tus Ervgcrs of the Chicago fire upon the book Market are still felt, and espectaliy in that city it self. It was at first expected that a great demand for books would spring up to replace tne stocks de- the peopie of Unicago having littie time or money to expend upon any class of literature save school books, Mks. MARY CLEMMER AMEs is about to publish a new Work on the inexhaustible woman question, under the title of ‘Caste and Sex.” G, W. CaRLETON & Co., those prolific publishers of light reading, have just ready ‘Heart Hungry,” & new novel, by Mrs. Westmoreland, of Georgia, and “Fernando de Lemos,” a novel by Charles Gayarré, of Louisiana, CHARLES DESILVER, of Philadelphia, is about to add an interlinear transiation of Livy to bis editions of the “Latin Classics,” with interlinear text. Dr. CHARLES JEWETT has written a book which the Natioual Temperance Society are about to bring out, Under the sensational title of ‘A Forty \ears’ Fight with the Drink Demon.” ROBERTS BROTHERS Will publish Figuler’s remark- able book, ‘The To-morrow of Death; or The Future Lilie According to Science,” translated by S. R. Crocker, of Boston. JULIUS PLATZMAN, & learned German ethnolo- gist, has in press in London a book on the vexed question of the relation between the populations of the Old World and the New. It is entitled “Americano-Asiatic Ethnologies, via Behring Strait, from the East to the West.” ‘Tus Lisr of feminine writers belonging to the nobility has veen enlarged by the accession of Selina, Viscountess Milton, who publishes “Short Lectures on the Four Gospels,"’ for the use of families, THB QUARTERLY New Englander and the Con- gregational Review have been merged into one Journal. Many PEOPLE will regret to hear that Hans Chris. tian Andersen will wrive ny more bovks, So he Bays, at least. “A Party by the pame of? Jones has written a book to prove that “the United States ia the King- dom of Heavea.”” Forster's “Life of Dickens” has reacned a fifth ediuon in London alinougn the first volume only 1s published. More taan two thousand copies were at one taken by the trade, which, for so expensive a book, is an extraordinary sale. A New Evition of “Meister Karl’s Sketcn Book,” @ very entertaining musvel’auy from the pen of C, G. Leland, is in the press of T. B. Peterson & Brothers, A CERTAIN HERR HOFFMANN hae printed at Basel his “Wanderungen nach Caiifornten, Nevada and Mexico.” He ts a ilvely traveller, but his occagonual English quotations are open wo criticism. Thus, thetavorite American restorative, sherry cobbler, becomes “Jerry gobbler,’’ and the customary oath in # court of justice is rendered thus by Herr Hoif- mann:—“You must speak the truto and nothing else, and if you don’t, God help you.”” Dr. JouN Henry NEWMAN has in press a third volume of “Misceilanies,’? Mr. D, VAN NostTranD will bring outa new book on tne manufacture of steel, translated irom the French of M, G. Grunner, with an appendix on the Bessemer process in the United States, Dr. A. K. GARDNER’S new book on ‘Our Chil- dren; their Physical and Mental Development," has been brought out by Belknap & Bilss, of Hartford. A WEEKLY ORGAN of tne American publishing trade is to be commenced tnis month in New York, under the title of The Trade Circular and Publish- ers’ Bulletin, It will be under the editorial charge of Mr. F, Leypoldt, loag known as an experienced publisher and editor. It will aim to bring up lite. rary information of all Kinds more nearly to te ‘Wants of the trade by @ weekly issue than has ever yet been done, It will also give, besides {ull lists of all newly published or forthcoming books, a catg- logue of new music, photographs, chromos, litho- graphs and engravings. Also lists of all periodi- cals and a complete directory of the trade. THE “LECTYRES ON THE POSITIVE PAILosorHy” which Professor John Fiske, of Harvard College, has recently delivered will soon appear in pook form irom the press of J. R, Osgood & Co, THE NEW UNION PRAYER BOOK, adopted by the Episcopal Church ts of doubtful acceptance by the denounation generally, So thinks the Christian Intelligencer. Mr. Durr GREEN’s book entitied ‘How to Pay Off the National Debt,” will be brought out shortly by Claxton, kemsen & Hafleltinger, Philadelphia, Dr. Isaac I, Hayes’ new work on Greenland, in the press of Harper & Brothers, is entitled “fhe Land of Desolauon,” Wuat Is CLAimep to be an original unpublished work by Oilver Goldsmith 1s offered for sale in London, Its title 13 “Political View of the Present War with America upon Great Britain, France, Prussia, Germany and Holland.” It embraces forty pages of manuscript, COLBURN’S NEW MONTHLY MAGazing, which has been published for the last filty years at tnree shil- lings ana sixpence, has yielded to the spirit of the age, and will be hereaiter sold at one shilling, like tne Cornhill, Temple Bar, St. Paul's, The Argosy, Belgravia, Macmillan’s and The Gentleman's Mag- azine, The only ilterary monthlies now kept at the old high price are Blackwood’s, Fraser's and the Dublin University Magazine, THE AMERICAN BOOKSELLERS’ GUIDE thus ac- counts for the enormous influx of Euglish juveniie and gift books, which have recently flooded tue counters of American booksellers:— It 18 now establishea that we cannot compete with the English publishers in the manulfacwure of ulustrated books for the young, in which the quality of illustrations, paper and binding, are the first requisites of success. The growing taste for arustic illustrations, in which we are far beaind, Will be ound in many cases to determine the pre- ference tor the imported books, Whether tt is well for us to seek @ remedy for tats state of things in an jucreased tarift ia 4 question with our publishers, Boo. sellers are certainly doing as well with the English books, and the compeution may exercise a heaithy influence im improving the quality of the home manufacture, GENERAL W. Patron, of Towanda, Pa, has written a book entitied ‘An Essay on the Origin and Relative Status of the White and Colored Races of Mankind,” which will shortly be published. THe LARGEST PRICE ever paid in one sum for the copyright of a novel was $30,000, which Messrs, Smith & Elder paid to George Eliot for her “Ro- mola.” It is said that the publishers lost money by it, as the book never became so popular in England as the novelists other works, Our ov Every hundred maile citizens in France thirty-nine are illiterate—t.¢., unable to read or write. THE PUBLISHING HOUSE calling itself “Le Librat- rie Internationale,” in Paris, has engaged five new works of fiction of M. About, for which he 1s to re- ceive 20,000 francs each, CAPITAL SENTENCE, Taylor Wilson Sentexced to Dea by Jadge he CHARLESTON, S, ©., Jan, 13, 1872 At the close of the Sessions Term of the Court in Sumter county Judge Green passed senieuce of death on Taylor Wilson, a colored man, convicted of the murder of Thomas Keith, also a colored man, near Stateburg, in that county, in November last, The execution of the sentence was fixed by the Judge ior the second Friday in March nex —$—_— A TEMPERANOE LEOTURE, About haif-past six o’clock last night, Jo- hannah Roch, a widow, residing in the basement of No. 4 Goerck street, while under the infuence of liquor, attempted ht a kerosene lamp, Which explodea and set fo lant A keroorming, During her body to a crisp. She was attended Police Surgeon Waterman, and seat to Bellevue Hospital in a dying condition. WORK FOR THE POLIOE, To Tae Epitor OF THE HERALD:— The infamous practice of throwing kerosene upon ladies’ dresses promises again to become prevalent, Last night, about eleven o’clock, in walking with my wife rom Fourteenth street, through Broadway, to my bome in Twenty-third street, ner dress and cloak §=and clothing were entirely ruined by some wreton throwing thi} iid onus, Some years ago the a in arresting this vicious practice, and a timely Warmlug may preveut otners sutfering loss and oe irom the villa- nous, mana, Ui WRIGHT KIRBY, TWenty-toUd BTeeh NEW YORK CITY. The vital statistics for the week ending Jan- uary 13 were:—Deaths, 476; still births, 35; births, 399, and marriages, 141. ‘The fourth annual reception of the Hariem Yacht Club will take place at Harlem Hall, Tnird avenue and 130th street, on Tuesday evening, January 23. Joun Maher, alaborer, twenty-six years of age, yesterday morning had his thign fractured and re- cerved other terrivle injuries by the premature ex- losion of @ blast corner of Seventy-tirst street aud cond avenue, where he was employed. Maher subseanently ated watle being taken to the hospital. Copoage Schirmer will hold an mquest on the Ye Matthew Adamson, a single man, twenty-two years of age and born in Ireland, died suddenly yesterday in the exchange office 327 West street, where had gone to convert some treasury notes Into gold preparatory to sailing to Europe tor the benefit of hts pealch. Deceased Nad been living at 445 East Thirteenth street. Coroner Keenan was notified to hold an inquest. Assistant Assessors Gellen, Rowan and McLeer, of General Jouraan’s office, at five o'clock yesteday morning captured @ horse, wagon and five barrels of ileit rum at the Catharine street terry, Tne entire property was turned over to United States Marshal Harlow. ‘This isthe fourth load captured by General Jouraan’s assistants within the last ten days, and speaks well for their vigilance. One week from to-morrow the ball of the Young Men's Association, in aid of the Roman Catholic Urphan Asylum, comes off at the Academy of Music, The affair promises to surpass any simular entertainment which has hitherto preceded it, @ratulla’s Band has been engage, and the most thorough arrangements made to secure tne success of the ball, An immense crowd of the elile of our Catholic society is expected at the Academy on the evening of the 22d, A German named George Gersbach was arraigned at the Yorkville Police Court yesterday charged with stealing $1,000 worth of surgical instru- Menta from hia employer, Albert L. Hernstem, Nos. 92 and 04 Liberty “street. ‘The prisoner sold about $500 worth of the stolen property to the foliuwing named surgeons:—Louis Bopp, 29 Rivington street; Charles Kramer, 33 Riving- ton street, and Fred. Rothenhousier, 49 Allen street, Also @ case Of instruments to @ man named Els. bach, 83 Canal street, for $30, He pawned at paon’s and other places thirteen cases, valued 400, all of which have been recovered, ‘The ac- cused was committed for examination. INTERNATIONALISM. “Should the Principles of the International Seciety be Encouraged by the American People ¢”? This was the question brought under aiscus- sion tm the upper hall of Cooper Institute ast evening, under fhe auspices of the senior members of the Institute classes. Prof. Frobisher, insuructor, occupied a supervisory position; the chair was occupied bY Mr. thomas Duty, and the auditorium by members of the Institute, their friends and many others interested in the debate. The first speaker of the evening was Mr. J. C, ANDERSON, WhO, waile not a member of the Inter- national Society, deemed it meet for him to speak in their behalf, In opposition to the general ten- dency of bellef, he heid that the Internationalists of- America were not identical with the Communists of Paris; but, as their enunciation of principles showed, were organized for the purpose of mutual improvement mentally and physically, and, with a view to the furtherance of those objects, to improve their material and social posi- tion as producers who, having most to do With the creation of wealth, should have more of the profitable product of lavor than the producer Was apt to secure while laborers were not or- ganized and capital, as always, was, He reada histocy of the origin and progress of International- ism, and denied that its tendency here is to either irreligion, immorality or disorder, He was followed by Mr. CAROLAN. who held that every organization ot men Could be judged better by their acts than by thelr more guarded declarations of sentiment. He was, there- fore, inclined to ask, What have been the acts of the men who have been, and now are, in the international movement, and in doimg so he found the answer to be that they were indicative of A CONTROLLING LUST and a persistent inciiuation to that which ts bad in religion, Morais and law. He found that the Inter. nationals here, as elsewhere, were associated with the Communists of Paris, who were vicious In botl precept and practice; and when he scruunized the Ley ieary ee he found them, in the main, composed o BLATANT DEMAGOGUES TAKEN FROM THE SLUMS; men who claimed to represent the muss of the people, while they were not recognized by one- eighth of them; who kuled the peopie, silenced tne press and destroyed trade in the name of liwerty, aud whose every elfort seemed to ve to destroy liverty, as we here understani it. and put unbridled license in tts stead. ie denied that the Internationals in any way represented ihe workingmen of America, or that they did otuer than offer insult to the workingman of America, by clatming to represent him, If the more promient representauves of what ts called Internauonaiisim were patriots then so were MAJOR ANDRE AND WILLIAM M, TWEED. This declaration was received with marked ap- plause, which was renewed when he deciared the Tweed clerks to be true Internationalists as the practice goes, for, like tie = =most vicious of the ancients, they held him to Le the greatest man who could rob the most and the best conceal his crime. Excepting Iweed, he considered one of the women seen in the late In- ternational procession, a8 the best exponent of the Iniernational tendencies. She proposed to doaway with all stigma upon prostitution by BECOMING A PROSTITUTE HERSELF, and inducing all other women to follow her exam- ple and giving to the grossest immorality ail possi- ble glory. The Internatonais, like the Communists in Paris, placea robbery where before was the Word of God, aud in England they had already pronounced the Bible a fraud. Mr. DurFy followed In favor of the Internationals, claiming that they favored mass education and geu- eral improvement of the condition of the poor, and at alate hour the debate was brought vo a ciose, both sides seeming well pleased with the manuer in which they had acquitted themseives, FIRE COMMISSIONERS, The Firemen Deprived of Their Pay. The regular weekly meeting of the Fire Commis. sioners was held at the Centrai Ofice yesterday morning. The principal business before the meet- .ing was that of providing for the payment of the wages of we firemen for the month of December, President Hitchman said that Cominissioner Hen- nessey had informed him that the departe ment could get money to pay the salories or the firemen for December if the Comptrolier would acknowledge the assign- ment of the pay rolls, but that the Comptroller ob- jected to doing 80, saying that he would have money y ‘Tuesday or Wednesday to pay off all the claims, ‘Lhe men were greatly in need of, the pay due, many of them being actually suffering for the ne- cessaries of life. After some discussion, in which it was decided that che Board act with all possibile romptness to obtain the men their wages due, President Hitchman offered a series of reso'utions ‘on the subject, which were adopted alter some littie amendments, Alter some routine business the Board went into executive session. POLICE MUTUAL AID ASSOCIATION, Sergeant Leferts, President of the Police Mutual Aid Association, yesterday submitted the following report for the quarter ending January 13, 1872:— ‘The association has lost thirteen members death dur. ing the past quarter. og ¥ be To Mrs, ‘Firamerhop, widow of D: ramerbop, i ‘sixth precinet.....+ sates 878 To Mra. Layng, widow of Sergeant John Layng, Thirty third precinct... . a) To Mrs. Helmholtz, widow of Service Sai 878 To Mrs. Kiernat third precinct, 54 96,048 Number of members in good standing, 1,788. The foliowiny is the amount of money received and expended by the Treasurer during the past year:— BENEFIT FUND. Collected from members... 00 20,528 Distrarvem ne. Paid to the families of twenty-two deceased members, 20,528 NTINGRNT YUND. Balance.......+. +++ Pree Number of deaths during the year, 28. o4 VILLANOUS ‘OUTRAGE BY A STEPFATHER, Sr. Louis, Jan. 13, 1872, John Slaughter, who pleaded guilty in the Crim!- nal Vourt @ few days ago of naving committed an outrage on his stepdaughter, wno is under fifteen years of age, was sentenced to fourteen years in the Penitentiary by Judge Prenun. Siaughter and family were recently from ‘Tennessec, travelling westward, and when a few miles frou the city he forced the gir into the bush Pre roadside, and, alter beatipg her With @ heavy WAM, Outraged nes, 5 IS THE BANK ROTTEN? Eleventh Day of the Third Avenue Savings Bank Bun—Slight Increase in the Attendance—A Statement of Its Condition at Last—A Surplus of Over $112,000 Claimed— Interest Due To-Morrow. The run upon the Third Avenue Savings Bank has now dragged uself along for eleven days, with very little indication of abatement, judging trom the number who were present yesterday, At fifteen minutes after ten there were without 138 and within the building 168, Paying was for a little while conducted at the rate of about vwenty books per hour, At half-past eleven there were more let in, and again at thirteen minutes to one an additional number, leaving without about thirty. At ten minutes after one the sign Was put out:—‘as many inside as can be paid before three o'clock,” and a few leit disheartened and sought theirhomes. Later in the afternoon the bulance were admitted, as vacant space had been made by those paid. ‘The following is the time taken for payments cover'ng nearly naif an hour. There were nine books and seven persons, Tue time ts minutes ana seconds;—1st, 2:04; 2d and 3d, 6.00; 4th, 3: 6th, 6th, 3:09; 7th, 1:65; Sth, 2:40; 9th, 3:00, Total time for nine payments, twenty-eight minutes and forty-six seconds. About noon a young girl was found crying in the line, and Roundsman Shultz on inquiring the cause learned that her sister, residing at Greenpoint, had died on Friday, and she wished to get her money out of the bank to bury her. She was egmitted and placed in the line. In the evening Sergeant Rooney represented the case to President Lyon, whose sympathies were enlisted, and she was called out of the line aud paid $#. — Her name 1s Aun Crowuey, aservant at Mr, Moran's, No. 435 East Fifty-seventh street, During the day the following sign was dis- played:— Interest, payable on and after January 15._ Interest not drawn will be added to acovunts and bear from january 1, During the day, seven hours, including the night payments, there were 104 patd and 147 Uuckews were issued for Monday’s payments. ‘The run yesterday was slightly in excess of the previous day, As the depositors are entiiled to receive their in- verest on and after to-morrow it 1s likely that those who have secuped the principal will return for the interest, and the atteadance may be larger. The amount patd out alter the tickets of yesterday are exhausted is likely to be smaller, a8 many who come jor small sums of interest will get In ahead of heavy depositors who have pot yet been paid. ‘The trustees announce that they can pay every dollar that the bank nas a large surplus, and that tuey have an offer jor the Tarrytown property (which it was charged vy its enemies had been put ia their assets at $100,000 more than its value), that Wil establish the correctness of their appraisement, Last evening they presented to the reporters tne fol- lowing statement of assets and liabilities that brings the financial condition up to the 1st instant. It is a copy of teir official report to Bank Superin. tendeut Howell. It will be seen that it shows a su plus of $112,067 44, and they declare it tuily estab- lishes the ability of the institution to meet all its obligations. They express the beltef thac when tt is known by the depositors the run wili cease. The following is the STATEMENT OF THE BANK:— jot adjoining. Tarrytown, with building, vais 172,500 00 lots, four stories, stone, on Fifth avenue, opposite Central Park, $75.00 820,00) lens mortage, 0,000 26,000 0 urniture, fixtures, safes, Accrued interest ob bond an’ Total. Deposits. NUH s+ + eee e sees. ‘The withdrawal of deposite since Int January have dimin- iahea the assets proportionately without sacritice. The trustees have now an offer trom responsible parties for the Tarrytown property $1,500 per acre, a large portion jn casi. of the purshawoto De pal’ '8 CJOUN Ba LYON, President, While the above will be grati{ying news to the de- positors, it 18 proper that atlention should be called to a point that has been overlooked, It will ve seen that the only liavility given 1s deposits. ‘The inter. est now accrued 1s certainly a lability, and snould be deducted irom the surplus. What figure it will reach cannot be estimated, but 1 is not likely to be over thirty thousand dollars, ‘This would still leave @ surplus of over eighty thousand dollars, The Officers declare most positively that the stocks sold to meet the run have not been sacrificed, that the interests of depositors have been tuithfully pro. tected and that in the above statement the items of assets, and especially the Futh avenue property, have been placed below their actual market value. THE WILLIAMSBURG SAVINGS BANK. Termination of the tun on the German Savings Bank—The Former Panic-Stricken Depositors Re-Depositine Their Funds. The run on the German Savings ‘Bank, Montrose avenue, Williamsburg, that commenced at noon on Thursuay last, terminated yesterday after- noon, much to the gratification of the oificers of the institution, who were kept busy paying out deposits during that time. Last even- ing the bank was opened at five o'clock fur business and was kept open unuileight, During those hours there Was little or no excitement, Several of those who had withdrawn their money on Thursday and Friday re-deposited it aud expressed to ine cashier their sorrow for their lolly. Thus ends Le trouvle of the German Savings bank. CITIZENS’ RIGHTS RESPECTED IN JERSEY, Latest Phase of Mr. Leist vs. The Railway Land bert. ‘The case of Mr. Charles Leist, a property owner of Essex county, N. J., and the Montclair Railway came up again recently before Chancellor Zavriskie, at his Chambers, at Jersey City, on a third appitcation of the company wo have the injunction previously granted removed. It will be recollected that the price offered by the company for Mr. Leist’s land on vhe line of Lhe rafiroad was aecliued by him on the ground that the amount offered ($1,800) was not sufficient, The case was brought into the Essex Court, Judge Depue, on an appeal from the award of the commission, and the jury rendered @ verdict, declaring the land to be worth nearly $3,000, Mean- wiule tae company paid the $1,89),an0d on that ground sought to have the tajunction removed, ‘The Guan- ceilor held that under the constitution of New Jersey a land owner could not be deprived of his property until just compensation bad first been made him, Inasmuch, thereiore, as only one part of the injunction had been comptied with, the paying, to Wit, Of alittle over half the (ull amount of com- sation, the injunction must remain in foxce. nis case, though involving comparatively shicnt interests, assumes importance, considering that its ultimatum serves as @ precedent tn cases where thousands of doliars might be involved instead of hundreds, FATAL ACOIDENT- Peter Hawley, twenty years of age, and a brake man on the Erie Railway, was killed about half-past ten yesterday morning near the Ridgewoor station. Deceased was engaged in coupling some cars on a freight train when a train passed on the other track, one of the cars of which was loaued with lumber. A large stick of timber bad jarred around, so that the end projected over the side. This struck Hawley on the livad, smashing his skull and aashing out his brains, Death was instantaavous, of course, Coroner Ray viewed the body, but did not deem an inquest necessary. Deceased was the only son and main support ol a widowed mother, living on Lafayette street, Paterson, FORBEARANOE OF AN INJURED WIFE. On Friaay night Mathew Costello, acar conductor, beat his wife in @ most shocking manner, at their residence, Greenpoint, using @ piece of stair ban- muster for that purpose, The unfortunate woman's head was cut in many places, her person was covered with blood, and her condition was so de plorable when found by the police tha the utmost excitement was caused in the neighvorhoud, Cos- telio was arrested and taken to the Greenpoint station house, but as his torveanag wile positively Tetused to make @ charge Of felonious assault agaist him he was discharged, EX-COMPTROLLER CONNOLLY, Ex-vomptroller Connolly still remains in retire. Ment a short distance from the city. The members of his family state that his object in doing tis is not only to free himself trom annoyances and get a good chance to,rest, but also to gain time for the justificae tion of his bonds. wits tae example of Tweed's experience with “ierry’”’ Farley belure him ne does not intend vo run the risk Of vt surrendered vy & timid bondsman. He is in good aud beter spirita than heretofore. ATTEMPT TO BURN PORTSMOUTH NAVY YARD. Portemoura, N. H., Jan, 13, 1872. An attempt was made last might to puro the Marine Hospital at the Navy Yard. Am oiicial in- quiry bas been ordered.