The New York Herald Newspaper, January 15, 1872, Page 5

worentr of om whe al whien SE eee ee ee St. Panl sums gospel to the end short verse which I have 19 made up of and the doings of apoaties, who Treached curist G@rucitied, came not te enter ito Cope pen Inisgivn assigned them ir And these faithiul men took hel stand they had been sent by Hilmself, “I am the Way, the Trut! GO TEACH ALL NATIONS ae tly ged the command of vertormed. They taught the le ‘to believe, erhaps ia the God their fancy would » but in tue crucified God—in Him who was ed as @ inaleiactor. And the straggle weut oa for three hundred years in order that tne religion of Christ might be established. Not only in Judea = Galilee, but 1 Rome and tothe very confines of VAST ROMAN EMPIRE was this religion preached. From the very be- Ing the aposties moved along with a steadiness @ perseverance that was not human, and with & success that could come only {rom above, establishing beyond a doubt their mission Hem who had promised to be with ‘alway, even to the consummation of the The work wae? not confinea to bishops, priests and deacons. ‘The prince aud peasant and pauper were also dear to Christ, Every member of every family was a worker in the cause, and the Made known to others the truths they had received. ‘The work of God’s Chareh ts ESSBNTIALLY EDUCATIONAL In character. It teacies its chudren not simply by @ocirines which bring salvyations, but it enters the heart; jays old oi 1t by the sacrament, invigorates %& Rourishes it and prescrves it in health to do the work of the Lord, Bishops and priests laid down ‘heir lives for the faith, and tne faithful laity as well Offered themselves as martyrs for the truchs they Dearer to them than country was It was charged that Christians Plotted against the empire, but there were found men whose fidelity to their country could not be gortones, for they were ready to die for. it; but tof all they stood up boldly for their faith, and were not alraid to proclaim it, Poverty was not reckoned simply a nuisance, but a crime. Christ came and made his habliation among the poor, It ‘was through THE INSTRUMENTALITY OF THE POOR that the religion of Cirist was propagated, Tho were downtrodden in the eyes of the world; the Church threw its mantle of charity over them. By une death of Christ rights were given to all, Heaven was opened to every class, the por- tion of ail who love and follow Ohrist. So the Oburch went on from family to jamily until after the lapse of taree hundred years it had GAINED THE WORLD TO THE KINGDOM OF CHRIST. ‘ut let us pass from the history of these three Bundred years and look at the Church to-day in this country—this mighty empire that stretches froin @cean to ocean. The Church ts pushing its con- tg, awd it exists hero by no man’s favor, but by Sivme right, for the highest of ali authorities gave the command to “Go and teach all nations.” Oor material strength is feeble, but our spiritual power 4g in the hands of Goa Himself. No persecution, may say, 15 velore Us, and in doing our work we an look back upon those ages long past and take @ lesson, GOD'S TRUTHS KNOW NO CAANGE. They are the same to-day as they were handed down to us by the early aposties. It 13 mM the family that the teactings of the Church must come out before the world; and if these truths do not take hoid in the family in vain do we reaa the text from the sacred Book. Wuatever agencies are in our power for the @igsemimation oi God’s truths, these must we nse for the beauty and glory of Cirtst’s religion. The right reverend preacher closed with the following appeal:—I call upon the stones and the bricks of this edifice, and I tnink I hear each say, ‘it 1s faith thas placed me heie.’ ‘The rich and the poor met in this church. Every one {elt that here was a work which God galled upon them to accomplish. Kach feit there was asomething within nim, as in times of old, when the faithiul hesitated not to make a sacrifice for their religion, I will add ono word more in aid of this ona undertaking, and for the encourage: ment 01 YOUR YOUNG PASTOR. You know the encrgy and the labors, the anxie- thes and tne sicepiess nighis that were his portion aince he undertook this great work, and yct the Work is not finished. To those who are not of this ehurch I would say you ought to be proud to have such an edifice in your neighborhood. When you re called on to contribute to-day, | say to all, do mot count the mere dollars in the palms of your Bands, but remember that a sacrifice is demanded @f you for God’s religion.” r the mass the Most Reverend Archbishop aa- Greased the congregauon im terms of congratulae Mon on their new church, the proportions, solidity and ornamentation of wiuch astonished him, ‘Tie thanks of the congregation were due toa lew who contributed largely, but especially to one, whose @enge of delicacy ho would not offend by mention- ‘his pame, but vo wiose if PRINCELY GENEROSITY they were indebted for the ground on which the edi- ee stood. They should also continue to assist their young, faithiuland zealous pastor, who had doue Bo much inso short a time, anid of whose energy they had that day suMicient proof. The Archbishop ‘then imparted his blessing, alter which tue congre- gation dispersed, WORSHIP IN WA-HiNGION. BR. NEWNAN AT THE MuTROPOLITAN CHURCH. Lessons from the Life of Saul—The Macbeth of the Bible=Tic Vision of Samucl—Saith in Disembodied Spirits. WASHINGTON, Jan. 14, 1872 Dr. Newman's church was tnronged with an ime menso audience to-day, and, although vhe ushers worked with uncxampled ,energy, it was time (or the sermon to begin beiore all were seated. Among the audience were a number of Indians from the far West, members of the Cherokee delegation, who Rave come here to see THE FATHER OF THE NATION, Dr. Newman spoke from the words, ‘How are the mignty fallen’~J, Samuel, 1,19. The tntro- duction and first part of the sermon were taken up ig reviewing the history of the Jewish nation at the tame of the transition of government from a theo- ratic to @ monarchical lorm, and in following the Ristory of Saul from the time he left home search of his father’s asses to his tragic death at the close of a forty years’ ‘troubled and checkered reign. ‘Tue history of Banl suggested various thoughts worthy of con- sideratiou—the abuse of greac powers, ine penal cousequences of disobedience to Diviue law, the Measures God adopts for reproving men of their and the assertion of @ future state of disem- ied spirits. Alter tracing the various interes ing epochs in Saul's Iife and describing the scenes nd places in which they took piace, Ur. New- man came to that point in Saul’s life where he ‘went TO CONSULT THE WITCH, Previously Saul had execntea the law against ‘Witchcratt with the utmost severity, but the spirit =e had departed from him, God had for- saken him. ‘There were no prophets about him on whom he could call, for he nad himself slain eighty- five, and in nis bour of doubt and danger this Macbeth of the Bibie sought supernatural ald. Le had sought an answer from God In three ways. He had asked for a significant dream, but sleep departed from him, He had consuited the Urim and Thummim, but these oracles gave no asDirs He made search ior a priest, but there was none io be found. So in the dead of night, laying, aside his royal robes, he sought out a fainiliar spirit and called for Samucl God interposed, ani Samuel appeared. The terrified witch screamca ‘with fear, and before she has had time to make her Mmoantations announced the appearance ot ” AN OLD MAN CLOTHED IN A MANTLE. SS has nothing to do with this transaction; God sent his servant for a tripple purpose—to refute witencraft, to reprove a rebellious King and to de- monstrate the existence of disembodied souls, There is good evidence that the appearance of Samuel was a fac. The terror of the woman, the terribic prophecy that Saul and his three sons should be slain, which was so speeatly fultiliea, aro evidences of the genuineness of the fact. It is true thai our conceptions of the soul form must be orude, yet 16 18 as ratioual as it 1s Scriptural to infer that THR SOUL HAS A FORM, + We must wait, patieutly for advanced actence to plain psychological and mesmeric wonders. These wonders are performed by man, within the bility of some mental influence, but are desti- fate of any element oi ihe supernatoral; and though many persons of intelligence embrace tue doctrines Of clairvoyance, mesmerism ani the like, and therein Bind satisiaction, it is because they have no religious The majority of those who hold them are SOKPTICS, INFIDELS AND WANDERERS from the Church, Laas re‘ect the Bible as an obso- Jete book and deny the divinityof Christ They eanhot explain the wonders they see, and so @eorive them to someting beyond nature, Under- these are two facts—man’s longing for im- Mortality and his desire to be with those who have beyond, to vo assured that departed friends nox the ao ratty a soul ects M4 Proved by mesmerism uor psychology. Christianity alone can assure mau of that, Whoever will reject ‘the evidence the Bibvie affords is prepared vo be an atheist, tufidel or any thing eise. In conciusion, Dr. Newman commended the deason of Saui’s life to his hearers, and reminded them that the possibilities of good and evil Jay in themselves—the possivilities of an immoriailty of Heaven or heil. James Cullen, laborer, died {n Bellevue Hospital gesterday morning from the effects of injuries re- Ceived more than three weeks ago, by baving one of jegs accidentally crushed by a rock failing on it. led. Deceased lived in Aixty-ninw street, near Second avenue, NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, JANUARY 15, 1872.-TRIPLE SHEET. BARNARD ON HIS. METTLE. cg Ho fs Cosco of ls Tategrty and Defies His Enemies. The Investigation Must Now Go On—The Judge Gives a Few Hard Blows to Some Persons Not Named—The Injunetion Theat Kiiled Tammany. Last evening a reporter visited Judge Barnara, at his residence No, 23 West Iwenty-first street, to ascertain his views respecting the investigation to be commenced this morning unto the charges made against him, The Judge was sitting at a small round table plied with papers, magazines and the latest books issued | from the press. Handing his visitor a cigar, the Judge motioned | him to a chair, and on ascertaining the object of nis visit, said he was quite willing to answer any ques- tions on the subject. The following conversation {| rhen ensued:— REroRTER—1 understand, Judge, the Grand Jury are togo into an Investigation of the charges against you to-morrow? Judge BARNARD—That is 80; they commence the business to-morrow. - REPORTER—May 1 ask, Judge, how the proceed- ings originated? Were you the mover in the matter? Judge BaRNARD—You must nave read about the Bar Association, They went to Albany and preierred charges against me. They didn’t name me, but I kuew what they were after. ReroxreR—How did the Grand Jury get to take up? Judge BARNARD—I went before the Grand Jury; Ihanded 19 list of names; | gave them about Jorty names—all my enemies; | said tois thing has got to be gone through; I saia, if you find any proof—tf you find charge substantiated and you Present 1t—I resign at once, REPORTER—That shows your perfect consclous- ness of innocence; ‘thrice is he armed who hath bis quarrel just,” and no doubt the investigauion will end io @ triumph for you. Judge BARNARD—I want no triumph, but I am tired Of this endless blackguarding and villiying. Rerortar—In ail probavuity there isa good deal of human nature in a judge, as m ordinary propia? Judge BARNARD (smiling)—Not a douot of it, If they want to get rid of me let them prove something | and have done with it, RePorrsR—Are they your personal enemies, those people who are attacking you, or are’they po- litical opponents? ° Juige BARNARD—I don’t know; I don’t know one of them, REPORTER—Who commenced that business of vilifying you? Judge HARNARD—I think 1t was the Tribune and Times people—they are the fellows. REPORTER—Would you have any objection to furnishing me with your list of witnesses? Judge Barnanp—Yes, I have. ‘lac matter: is entirely in the hands of the District Attorney and Grand Jury, REPORTER—How do you account for the per- sistent attacks made on you, @ Judge of tne Supreme Court? udge BARNARD—Well, perhaps they think they are ouly doing a public duty. Perhaps so; but they have been at it fourteen years, and the thing nas Got to stop, REPORTER—They are republican organs tnat at- tack you; perhaps they identity you with Tammany in some shape? Judge BaRNARD—Tammany 13 broken up; but here | am, Inave nothing to bo airaid of, and [ have challenged scrutiny, Others nave fied; out I tear nothing and have nothiag tofear, I hold my Court reguiarly every day; Ido my duty which swore todo as @ judge; 1 have trea 30,000 ouses and my decisions remain unreyersed; I have never wronged any man of a centfand yet they go on vViluying me; but it has got to come to a stop some- where. If the public will not protect me from out- care 1 must take means to stop it; but 1 will yiolate no law. J ReEPORTER—YOU Would not goin for action to re- cover damages? Judge BakNARD—Not for damages; oh, no! I don’t want their money, I began poor, and I ama poor man to-day; but I don’t want money. But you are not going to put all this down, are your Is that what you newspaper men call an tuterview? Lhope you won’t make me say anything I didn’t say. REPORTER—I have a remarkably retentive mem- ory, Judge, and will not make any mistake. dudge BARNaRD—AS I sald, I want the investiga- Mon to go righton. I weut belore a Grand Jury Dot one of whom I know. ‘They are making despe- rate efforts to break up the Grand Jury, put it won’t do, aud in any case I would have another in Feb- Tuary, and the inquiry must go on, I uidn’t ask jor a good show lor imysell, but the Grand Jury held their inquiry in secret, and I abide by the ree sult, However, the Court slerograpner will be there to take noies, and that ts alli want. The testimony Will be published er evening, and I can see What they have to say. I want the public to know Whether tiey have got such a bad man on the bench. { Want ali the pent up malice of my enemies to do its best, Out oi a milion and a naif of people sure.y they ought to be able to produce some evidence if I ever committed a wrong act, ‘They even go to the length of reporting me as pres ent at all sorts of places, They had me as witness- fog a dog fight at Hoboxen the other day. Those people who are constantly committing litte mMdis- oretions assail Me, Who am never out of my house after six o’clock in the evening, I have plenty to do at home, plenty to study all the time, RePorvER—The Grand Jury, I expect, cannot be very long ju coming to a decision? Judge BARNARD—T'licy ought to get through in a short Ume. if there is auy thing to be laid to my charge It ought to come out If lowe any man & cent or ever wronged any man it has got to come out. They talk of “the Ring’!—w! hadn’t by my injunction stopped the supplies the Ring would have fought it out and beaten them. But 1 meant to do my duty, and will always do it, ReporRtex—You had plenty of opportunitiés of wrongdoing if you were so inclined? Judge BaRNARD—I coula have made millions if I violated my public duty. 1 had opportuaities every day. No mau—no judge, perhaps, in the werlu— had more opportunities, as every one knows. But I never velonged to the loafer class, Every one knows who | am ana where Icame trom. I was raised in Poughkeepsie. I have no printing oflice over @ churchyard that belongs tothe city, ‘The investigation wil prove whetler any man has a Tight to aseaul me. ‘he conversation then terminated, BROOKLYN AFFAIRS, Sneak Roguery. The residence of Mr. Murray, 154 Navy street; the house of E, M. Roberts, 211 Wyckoff street, and the liquor store of Lawrence Fay, 448 Van Brunt street, were entered by sneak thieves on Saturday cven:ng and rovbed of a quantity of clothing and liquor, The Fulton street Homicide. Mrs. Mary Ann Brown, who was shot by James W. Huuter, the liquor dealer, at 86 Fulton street, on Friday morning last, and mortally wounded, was alive at the atest accounts, though no nopes are entertained of her recovery. Hunter, who denies that he shot her, 1s couflued in the Raymond Street Jatl, and extibits the greatest anxiety for her re- covery. This 18 most natural under the ciscuni- stances, as there isno evidence to show that any other sentiment (lan affection existed between the prisoner and We unfortuoaie woman, Fell Dead iu a Warom The Coroner was summoned on Saturday evening to hold an inquest over the body of Bernard MeGovern, @ pedier, who fell dead in his wagon, in Dean street, near Pearsall. Deceased resided at 228 ‘Tillary street, and left his house at two o'clock in the afternoon, complain hg of @ pain in bis lungs, He leaves a wife and Jour chilaren. After His Notes. A professor of music, Mr. J. H. Von Narderof, narrowly escaped the loss of his notes while on his way home to170 Fort Green place at a late hour on Saturday night. While proceeding through De Kalb avenue, near Elitott place, ne was attacked by three young meu, one of whom caught him around the ueck in garroter’s fashion, while the others attempted to go through the Professor's pockets. The gentleman, however, managed to extricate bis reyolyer and Bre, He failed vo hit any of the rnflians, but irightened them away. In Ube struggie he lost Lis: hat and spectacles, —- The Fifty Reformers, The Rink Committee of Fifty met in secret sea- sion at thetr rooms, 367 Fulton street, on Saturday evening last, Mr, Luther U, Carter, President, pre sided, and Fred. W, Kalbfeisch oMciated as Sec. retary. A long discussion was had upon the proper Course to be pursued in the matter of guarding the taxpayers agamst the burden sought % tailed in the cost of the consumetion oF tne proposed storage reservoit at Hempstead, L. 1 It was finaily agreed that the exigency for this reser- voir was not 80 pressing a3 had been represented by Interested parties, and that it was their duty to Make application to the Senate and Assembly in the form of @ petition to have the Legislature repeal the act authorizing the construction of the storage reservoir PY ne pe last. year. ‘The work would Cost $1,163,000, it is estimated, and this is con- sidered more than Brooklyn can judiciously expend “upon this occasiou.’’ Other matters of aonb te terest were also debated, but the purport of their deliberations they deciine to give the press for the presen| The Academy Reform Committee contemplate jesuing an account of their stewardship for the in- gies ‘Of the people about the latter part of the 1 SI. E28 INDICTED, The Grand Jury’s Action—District Attorney Garvin Ready to Proceed to Trial~The Ind'ctment te be Laid Before the Court To- day. Tag following is the indictment, drawn up by District Atiorset Garyia, as directed by ine Grand dury of the Oyer and yc7™ine?, egainst Edward Stokes, the murderer of Fisk:— - THE INDICTMENT. City and County of New York, s8,:—The jurors of the people of the State or New York, in and for the body Oi the city and county of New York, upon their cath present—That Edward %. Stokes, late of the Fifteenth ward of the city of New York, In the county of New York, aforesaid, on the 6th day of January, dn the year of our Lord 1872, at the city and county aloresaid, with force and arms !0 and upen one James Fisk, Jr., in the peace of the peuple o! the State hen and there being willully, felontousiy and of his “matice aferthougatv’’ did make an assault, and that tne said Edward 8. Stokes, with a certain pis- tol then and there charged and loaded with gun- powder and four leaden butiets, which said plsvol the sald Edward 8, stokes in uls right hand then and there nad and held to, at, against and upon the { said James Fisk, Jr., then a there feloniously and wiliuily and of “malice aforethoughv’ dia shoot of and discharge, and tbat the said Hdward &, Stokes, with the ieaden bullets aforesaid, out of the pistol aforesaid, thea and there, by lorce of the gunpowder aforesaid, shor om, sent forth and dis- charged, as aforesaid, the said pistol in and upon the body of him, the said James Fisk, Jr., thes and there felontous¥y, wilfully, and of or with “malice aiorethought,” did strtke, penetrate and wound, giving to hu, the said James Fick, Jr., then and there, with the leaden bullets aforesaid, so, as afoiesaid, discharged, sent forth and shot out of the pistol aioresaid by the said Kdward 8. Stokes in and upon the body of him, the said James Fisk, Jr, one mortal wound of the breadth of haif an inen and the depth of twenty-six incnes, of Which said mortal wound he the said James bisk, dr., at the ward, city and county aforesaid, ‘from’ the day first aforesaid and in the year aforesaid, “antil the 7h day of January in the same year aforesaid, did languish, and languishing did live, and on which 7t:i day of January, In the year atore- said, the said James Fisk, Jr, at the ward, cit; and county aforesaii, of the said mortal wound di die, And so the jurors aforesaid, upon their oath aforesaid, do say. that he, the said Edward 8S. Stokes, the said James Fisk, Jr., in the manner and form, and by the means aforesaid, at the ward, city and county aforesaid, on the day aforesaid and in the yeai‘aforesaid, wilfully, feloniously and of “malice aforethougnt,” did kill and murder against the form of the statute in such case made and provided, and against the peace of the people Of tho State of New York and their dignity. No day bas yet been fixed for the wial, but the District Attorney states that he is now ready to proceed to trial at any moment, The indictment will probably be presented to the Court to-day. MURDER CASE, A REVELATION IN THE Fis An Actress Before the Cariain. The Syracuse Courier of Friday states that Annie Wood, a witness in the Fisk-Mansficld case, and Annie Sutton, of the Macready treupe, are the same person, Our readers will remember that Jo- sepline Mansfield testified that sie frst met James Fisk at the house of Annie Wood. Miss Wood ap- pointed an interview, and, at Mansficld’s earnest solitation, introduced to her James Fisk, Jr. Miss Wood is an actress of considerable ability, and for- merly belonged to the company in Fisk's Opera House. She was indebied to lisk for many favors, and im revurn introduced him to Mans- field. Those of our readers who were at vhe Academy of Music last evening will remember the blonde actress who played the part of Nerissa in the “Merchant of Venice.” She was put down on the programme as Aumie Sutton, but her real name 1s Annie Wood, and she 1s the identt- cal person referred to above. ‘The Courier says:—in an interview with ‘Annie Sutton’ last evening some facts 1 reiation to the Fisk atiair were obtained wich have not appeared in print. It will be remembered that the grand jury in New York found @ bil! of indictment against Stokes and Mausileid for attempting to blackmall Fisk. This fact was commualcated to Stokes while he was dining at Delmonico’s, aud, maddened by the news, he hurried to the Grand Central Hotel and | shot Fisk. The indictment against Stokes was tound on the testimony of Annie Wood before tie Grand Jury. She testified that Mansdeld had told her that she Intended to get ail the money she conid out of Fisk aud then let him go, seen that unconsciously Annie Wood played an im- ortant part in the tragedy, Miss Wood says tnat Mansiield 18 a cold, relentiess, unfeelipg woman, who never cared Jor any one, She is utterly with out principle, and is indeed a whited sepulcnre. Fisk, Miss Wood says, was a man of the most gen- erous impulses, wilo always befriended the poor and needy.” Noone who noticed the acting of Miss Wood in the comedy last night would have suspected from her manner that she had p'ayed an world on Saturday might ius A PLEA FOR POOR Fish. To Ts EpitoR OF THE HERALD :— By the tragte deatn of Fisk the public mind has been terri- bly agitated, With what repugnance do we contemplate the fearful crime, and with what earnesyess do we desire that he who cid it may suffer the consequence! ‘Newspapers that are issued in the interest of public opinion should be, or at least should endeavor to be, as honest and as charitable in the expression of their ideas as possible, and should be influenced by no feelings of pique or anger what- socver. It ia the greatest point in favor of the HERALD that it, of all the New York papers, is the most unbiaseed and tne most ‘mpartial, I think this, probably, is tne reason why its suc- cess has been so rapid and sv complete. But some of the daily papers here are most bigoted, aud it was with a feeling of pity and disgust that I read in some of these articles ou “Fisk” that were so bitter and showed such a relentless animus against the dead that I do not share their sentiments. It 11 backbit ut how contemptibly mean to speak evil of the dead! Fisk's life bas not beebh a secret one; the best side of {t only bas been turned rom we. The public know how Fisk lived, and he rather wished them to, ‘hat Is the use of bav- ing all his misdeeds brought before the people vow, with so many malicious comments that « few prominent news- papers—and one in particular—have made? Is it to palliate the crime of the assassin—to make the death of Fisk appear but the natural sequence of his life? The old law, 10 80 shedeth man’s blood by man shail his blood be shed,” 1s ee- verely retributive; but how inadequate, how light does the penalty coor when its sentence falls on the cowardly assaséin! I wonder how many of th who moralize over tbe utter deprivaty of Fisk's nature if they had been putin his place would have risen to such a height as he did. Asa boy, {thrown early upon his own resources, bis surroundings ‘were anything but nive. What school of morality musta traveill cireus be to the youth oa from his teens with hanily a rudimentary education! what high prineipies the youth will have, when leaving the circus, he enters upon ‘a pedier’s career, trusting to bis Ingenuity and wit as much us to the pack he carries, for his ilving. Leaving his Bohe- mian vocation he starts into mercantile life, backed ony by his ambition and native shrewdness, What high aims must animate such an one as be climbs the rungs of the ladder, Success | But such was Fisk’s life; such his early experiences, Asan aid Ja the circus, asa pedier and as a merchant he seemed to have one aim in view—to do better. In ail these capacities he was always faithful and honest, general favorite with those with whom he cam contact. When coming to New York be was thrown among 8 act of sharpers. He soon _ perceived (and that after some bitter practical experience) he should have to preserve his own safety by fightin them with their own weapons, If his iife on Wal street was not on the square it was because he knew thi ardiy prospered there, So much has been 801 and domestic life; but wh since he is to pry so closely {nto his private life? An less one that ia able to cast a stone at him 4 hal picture was presented at his death bed! His wile, tenderly kneeling beside him, sought his love and recogni- tion, sparees if she could poreive, him bis cantiot the public forg ive him his trespasse: ORGANIZATION OF A HOMOBOPATHIO SURGI- GAL HOSPITAL At a meeting of the Trustees of the New York Homeopathic Medical College Dispensary, held re- cently at the house of Professor J. W. Dowling, M. D., at which were present Measrs. Wiiliam Cullen Bryant, 8, H. Wales, Eawin Dwight, H. N. Twombly, Thomas ©. Smith, George W. Clarke, Pro- fessor Dunham, Pro‘essor Helmuth and Professor Dowling, it was unanimously resolved to organize, in counection with the dispensary, a surgle cal hospitai for the treatment of accident cases, A magnificent bullding is now being erected yy the Trustees of the New York Optnalmic ‘ospital, on the corner of Twenty-third street and Third avenue. A portion of this building has been leased to the Homeopathic College aud Dispensary, It 1s proposed to erect, which can be done ata comparatively trifling expense, adjoining tho opthainic, a building for the accommodation of the surgicai hospital. For this purpose a grand hom«wo- pathic fair ts to be held early in April at the armory of the Twenty-second regiment, the officers of the regiment having kindly donated the use of the armory. An assoctation, consisting of some of the mos! prominent ladies in New York, of which Mrs, Judge Roosevelt ts president, are actively ages in preparing for this fair, which will probabiy be one of the grandest ever heid in this city, A FRIGHTPUL FATE, An Orange Hatter Has His Head Crushed to a Jelly. On Saturday night an exceedingly shocking and melancholy occurrence wok place at the Orange Valley aepot of the Morris and essex Ralload, Patrick Kennedy, 4 hatter, employed in ‘yne of the factories at the Valiey, tried to jump of poard the twenty minutes to eight train for Gran, the side ofthe track, milous & pralform, eee, eet his footing and fell under J@ wheel passed over his head crushing it (0 ‘@ jelly, besides srightiully mululaliug hig right arm. Death, of course, wh instantancous ‘The unfortunate man was about thirty years of age and ieaves @ wife and turee children in utterly destitute cir- cumstances, Yesterday County Physician Dodd made inquiry into the case and decited that deceased owed his frightful fate to his own care- lessness, ‘The train bad just commenced to move Out of the station when tlie occurrence 100k piace. ‘The havters of Orange will provably raise a fund for the bereaved family, eee It wi thus be ; WONDERS OF THE OCEAN. The Agassiz Expedition in the Gulf Stream. Floating Colonies of Animal Life—Hydroide, the Socialists of the Sea—Hatching Fish Egge-Pancrama of Life Un- der the Waves. U. & C. 8, STEAMER HASSLER, Sr. Tuomas, Dec, 21, 1871. Afver an unavoidable delay of a tew weeks the Hassler at last left Boston on the afternoon of De- cember 4, carrying, as anticipated, Professor Agessiz and his party. The prevailing sentiment on board was delight at having at length startea on the expedition, though it was naturally mingled ‘with some regrets. We were followed for some distance by the Navy Yard tug, which finally took back to Boston a lew friends who had accompanied us thus far, Among them was Captain C. P, Patterson, to whose energy and executive ability so many of the admirable ar rangements for the expedition are due. On reach: ing Minot’s Ledge }ight the weather secmed so un- favorable that it was deemed advisable to return to quieter waters until daylight We anchored of Fort Warren and remamed there until morning, when we resomed our jour- ney and reached Vineyard Haven early on the morning of the 5th, We found there a fleet of forty or fifty coasters, who had run in on account oi the rough weather outside, During our stay their number was augmented by four or five steamers, which were delaye’ for similar reasons, While there considerable work was accomplished in the restotage of the scientific apparatus, much of which ‘was previously in an inconvenient position, On the alternoon of the 7th we started again, stopped at Tarpaulin Cove long enough to drop our pilot and then stood ont to sea, There was a heavy swell and quite a stiff breeze, causing a great deal of motion in the vessel, but as noscientific work of importance was expected to be performed before we reached St. Thomas this was not of muqh consequence. A series of observations was taken at short ‘intervals, noting the changes in the temperature and density of the sea water as we proceeded south, and will be continued day and night. The result thus far has Leen to show that the upper edge of the Gulf Stream current at this season is thirty or forty miles farther south than it 18 usually laid down upon the charts, those of the Coast Survey not excluded, Until tho 10th the weather continued as 1t had begun, but on that morning we had for the first time a clear sky and a calm sea, AS large masses of the Gutf weed or sar- gassum facciferum were floating by immediate measures were taken to secure them with nets, hooks, &¢., and 4 great quantity was thus collected. This plant has been a sort of FLOATING BNIGMA to naturalists ever since the crew of Colambus re- fused to proceed through it, under the belier that it must conceal shoal water, Itis found floating on the surface im all conceivable quantities, from im- mense masses, miles In extent, down to the isolated patches which we observed. — 1t has never yet been found growlog attached, and there is much differs ence of opinion among naturalists as to whether it has oO has Dot at some time of Its lve a fixed point of growth, during which time it fructities, becomes fertile, and is tea detached tw vegetate and expand while floating. There are many plants which pursue this course of lie, so if this were true there would be nothing un- usual about it. On examining carefully each spect- men of the tiousands which were collected, there Was not 1uuud a single one wiich had noi a denser, darkex, Somewhat shrivelied portion, which seemed to possess greater antiquity. It would in appear- ance correspond to the roots of ordinary plants, ex- cept that there was an absence of root-nairs or rootlets, As thelr function 1s the presentation of a + larger surface {or the absorption of liquid nutrient Jrom the surrounding earth, their absence in this instance may possibly be due to the presence of waiter m such abundance during the whole life of the plant, There are found attached to the stem a great number of little globular bodies on pedicels, which are generally called the “berries.” ‘They are 5 | alsy denominated Important part in the tragedy which startled tie | THE “GRAPES OF THE SOUTH,” the “raisins des ‘Tropiques,” &c. They are not in reality berries or organs Of fructificaion, and no such organs have yet been discovered, even on the smallest and youngest branches, They are mere vesicies filled ‘with air, and serve as floats, On cavetuily detaching all of them from any particular branch and replacing it in water it immediately sinks to the bottom, showing its entire dependence upon them for its buoyancy. ‘These vesicles are not found near the darker pare ol the plants, seemingly showing that that portion has no necessity for floats. Taking this fact m connection with the entire abseuce of reproducive organs on even the youugest floating brauches and the invsriavle preseace of this presumptive “root,” it seems highly probavie that ihe Gulf weed must grow on the ground from the oraimary Kind of seed, and then, becoming de- tached, float and enlarge. On the morning of the 12th we were enlivened and instructed by a lecture from Professor Agassiz, delivered on the quarter- deck. A black board was improvised, a portion of the ship’s crew was Invited lo be present and a most attentive audience listened to the Professor's descripdons of the animais which we have tound living in, on or avout the Gulf weea, On examining a fresh specimen carefully tt is found to be & floating colony of animal itie. It has inhabitants which are bound up with it and depend on continual contact with tt for their very existence, Others which, using it for shelter and protection, are still iree (0 make occasional excursions beyona its limits; and still others—suburban residents—in- dependent in disposition and predatory in charac- ter, who cruise around its borders and descend upon unwary “carpet-baggers.’’ Among the lower classes the acalepls are represeuted by the hy- droids, animals living in @ community, having a common stem, with ® central cavity communicat- ing Witd Dumerous branches, ‘these branches sup- Yi little Cup-like projections, in each of which re- sides AN INDIVIDUAL OF THE SPEOIRS, Each has @ mouth im the centre, a digestive cavity extending into the common canal, and a number of radiating tentacies, There are two varietles of the Gulf weed, the narrow and the broad leaved, and it was noticed that one species of these hydroias was found only on tne narrow variety. It was the caimpanularia, and even where in large masses Of the weed the two varieties were intermingled and in direct contact this species was never found in the other, The crustacea were well represented by crabs, sirimps and lopsters—a great number of species being lonnd—about hall of whica are eutirely hew. It was found that the crabs were represented by members of the highest order—the decapods furnished witn five pars ol legs, the ante rior being better developed than the others, showing thal tendency to differentiation of structure which is characteristic of tie higher groups and reaches 18 perfection in man. The earlier stages of life correspoud to the similar stage of society, and, a in savage tribes, each man 1s his own lawyer an physician, builder aud archiiect, go in thé lowest animals each portion digests and assimilates, re- Spires and coutracis. tis not unul we ascend in the scale of creation that We find separate organs with distinct functions. In one of our hauls we captured a curious lustance of the physical m/feriority of the male sex, which generaliy lucreazes as you descend. it was in the person of tho male of a pipe fish, belonging to @ Curious genus, in which the jaws are prolonged and surrounded by the integu- yuent, forming @ tubelar mouth. He was encum- d with a mass of eggs, which he was compelled to carry around in a sort of abdominal pocket until they were hatched, While fishing for the sea weed we made @ most interesting ana remarkable dis- covery. Among Our other specimens we dis- covered a globular mass of the weed, which looked exacily ag il it had been mouided by the band into that shape. It was composed eutireiy of the weed, bound together by elastic tureacis, aid was nearly filed with eggs, Which, on a carelul macroscopic examipation, were found to be FISH BGG3. The nest was preserved, aud soon after, to our great delight, the eggs hatched out and te species proved to be the cluronectes (or “hand-iinned”), oue de- scrived by Cuvier, Its flo, as its name sigaifies, has the shape of @ human hand, and to one who has seen it it seems far from improbable that tt should have done the work of shaping and mouid- ing Us ball OF nest with that organ, 11s was an exiremeiy important discovery, ag it is the very first instance In which anything resembling @ fish+ nest fnating turough the Water iu mid-ocean was ever found. A Very noticeable peculiarity of many of these animals 18 the conformity of their color to that of the seaweed itself, botu being Of a greenish-yellow hue. ‘This 1s au instance, according to Darwin and otuers, of What 18 called “protective adaptation,’ ‘The ineory is tuat in the struggie of spectes for ex- Jaceace, such aniinals as are conspicuous in color May be and are easily «istingulshed by the larger animais wilt proy on them, and are thus more rapidiy destroyed, leaving their more sombre bretiren in the majority. Much stress is placed by Darwin and his followers upon the lufuence of this cause acting through long stages of time, and it ts used by them to explain many facts which otherwise would uot harmonize with their theory. Therg are doubtless many in- stances where its effect is undoubied, but there 4ré numerous and striking exceptions. In the present case we found all our hydroids white, several of the crabs richly mottied, and soine of the shrimps d lovsters blue, 80 that it woula be difficult to say whether there were more animals who corres- joncded in color to the seaweed, or more who dif- ered, Owing to such facts as these, the univer. salily of application of the principle of protective adaptation can hardly be admitted, hen we consider the number and variety of ant- = | mai forms fouud ima few square Jeet of seaweed, and think of the conntless nittiions which thus en- Viron us, we learn to appreciate ‘THE INFINTLY OF TH# SUBJECT and the comparative insignificance of our own Hives and learning. If, however, instead of comparing what is with what i to be known we compare our present knowledge with our Previous ignorance the rapidity our Advancement becomes the greatest incentive to labor. It seems 10 some so-called “practical”? minds that there is no utility m such investiga- tions, and that such lives can have no important connection with our vastly superior human exist. ence, A single, rather trite, but very applicable iustanee to the contrary, may be adduced. There 18 @ little mollusk—the teredo navalis— which was at one time the terror of all shipowners. It would quietly ana unsuspectedly pierce with thousands of holes the hardest tumpers, Saips were rendered valueless, docks destroyed, and at one ume all Holland was tn consternation at the dis- covery tat the piles of her embankments:were bored tuxougn. and the country in tmminent danger, A émiinguished naturalist disvovered that at certain seasons the female of this species carries her eggs 1p the folda of her respiratory organs. They remain there until they are fecundated by the milt of the male, floatmg In the water, He also Jound that a weak solution of mercury thrown into the water destroyed that milt and prevented their fecandation, | and thus, in a few seasons, shipowners were ena- | bled to clear their docks of Unis hitherto uncon- quered marauder. ‘This is but one of hundreds of cases; but it | serves to show that size ia no criterion of impor- | tance in the study of zoology. i About forty-five minutes past four o'clock P.m.. | on December 14, we sighted the high land on Porto | Rico, an elevation of 2,70 ieet; but on account of the extreme haziness of the weather were unable | to run in until the following morning. ‘The passage selected was between Sail Rock—so called trom its extraordinary resembiance to a ship under full | Sull—aud the island of Culebras, or Passage Island. ‘Yhis and the neighboring islauds are covered with arather scanty Vegetation, and are uniniabited. ‘Tuey are used ‘for breeding goais. We reached St. Thomas haroor about noon, Belore we had pro- ceeded very Jar within its mouth we were hailed by the harbor Masier, who, on learning that we were from Boston, and indirectly trom Philadelphia, in- formed us that we would probably have to remain in quarantine until twelve days from the Ume of our sailing from Loston had elapsed, ‘the reagon for this was the assumed prevalence of smatlpox in that part of the United states. A note from Pro- fessor Agassiz to the Governor, stattug our mission and showing the value of time to us, soon eliciied Dermiesion to eater, and we were spared the annoy- ance of remaining for one or two days without the much desired communication with the city, ‘yhe entrance to the harbor here is only © quarter of a mile wide, but the bay expands Lostantly and has an average diameter of about three-quarters of a mule, it forms the centre of an amphitheatre of hills, ouly broken by a few small channels which allow of ew into neighboring bays. The capital of the island, Charlotte Amalia, 19 situated very pic turesquely on the bases oi three spurs which pro- ject from tue side of the hills. It extends down to vhe water's edge and 18 built up on tue slope of these spurs, the houses becoming less numerous a3 you ascend. ‘They thus form in outline three mregular rounded cones, and contrast beautifully with the green vegetation above and around them. ‘The aweeping curve of the shore of the bay, the un- dulations of the line of the hill summits and the shape o1 the town itself, produce @ general eilect inexpressibly soft aud pleasing and devoid of all harsh contrasts, There is nothing remarkable about the town except the traces ol terrible earti- quake which they experienced here last August. Tucre are many houses still i ruins, and we saw some tamilles living under the roof of their former residence, out with 18 eaves resting on the ground, There 1s, howev no appearance ol desutution; and as a meal of fish, with a ioaf of bread, can be obtained here ior tive cents, there are not many Who suffer from hunger, St. Thomas beiongs to Denmark, ana, being practi caily @ iree port, is visited by more vessels than any other isiand in tins victnity, the annual number being avout three thousand, of which five hundred are british, ‘Tne popuiation 13 now about lourieen thousand, chiefly negroes, but with some Daves, English and Americans, Tue colored portion 1s not conspicuous for anything but thelr volubility and pertinacity in offers of guidunce, It is impossibie to walk through the streets without an extensive escort, each member of Which expects a moderate recompense for his uasolicited atientions. When they Giscovered that there was a market. on board | the iasster jor Zoological specimens a great deal of acttvity was manilested, and since then Professor Agassiz has had abundance of materia. from wich to select his specimens, and the quarter deck has Presented @ most unusual appearance. On evert side we are surrounded by our teasures—echino- derines moving their sirange spines about, and pre- senting them a3 formidable obstacies to the grasp 1 the too eager naturalist; many bravchiny corals, with sea aunoilus twined tu and ont of tneix re- cesses; bunches of fish of so many Varicties and such brignuy variegated hues that they resembled TROPICAL BOUQUEIS; hermit-crabs dragging arouud their stolen habita- tions, and lovking, as has been aptly sala, like “THE DIOGENES OF CRUSTACEA;” spiders and lizards writhing im bottles and boxes and cans, cach Of which is @ Monument erected by science to hundreds of unfortunate victims, ‘Vere | were 1,000 gallons of alcohol awaiting our arrival here, and alarge proportion o1 it has Aiready bcen em- pioyed in the preservation of these specimens, which Wil be Sent directly from here to Cambridge. Pro- fessor Agassiz, witn his usual indefatigabie energy: is at the same me occupied in collecting for iin. self, With this view, one moruing of this week, he and the Captain, with several of the scienttiic including the ladies, started at daybreak in the gig, went through a narrow chanuel to the west of the | harbor and dropped anchor in shoal water, over what was afterwards found to be atottom rich in all kinds of animal and vegetable Ife, By dividing the party into diftereat groups—some to dive, others to lish With nels and others to select and preserve—very valuable addiiions were made to our collection, A great deal of instruction and amusement was derived from the use of the marine telescope, a four: sided wooden box, having one end open, the other fitted with a pane of glass, By piunging the clos: end under the surface of tu icture or series of pictures may ve seen by tose jooking through—an ever-moving, eve.-changiug aquarium, As you gaze, @sea anemone expanda | its crown ot tentacles on the summft of a rock or more modestly secks repose on the gilsteulng sands Of the bottom. Sea worms, with tuived feathery ex- tremities, proceed leisurely across the scene, bright colored litte fish, clissening in red and gold or sparkling with a metallic lustre, play around tne branches of the coral, seeiing, as has been said, tke ‘THE HUMMING BIRDS OF TH OCEAN,”; and an occasional migratory lobster stalks over the field quaint and ungainly looking as ii he was en- gaged in business of importance. In such 9 man- ner hours might be spent with pleasure and protit looking at this living panorama, and there are doubtless equally interesting sights in every brook or trout stream of North America, On another oc- casion the phothozraphic apparatus was carried to an elevation on one of the surrounding hills aad a number of fine views of the town and harbor were obvained, forming the nucleus of what we hope to make @ valuable collection of pictures, ‘To-morrow we intend to leave for the purpose of experimenting with our deep sea sounaing and dredging apparatus. We Will niake several cross- | sections of the channel between here and Santa Craz, where we expect to find a depth of about tivo thousand or twenty-five hundred jathoas, If all works well we Will probably not touch at another | port before we reach Kio Janeiro, Wiich Will be in about twenty or twenty-five days. THE LETTER- WAIT His Ayraignment at the Tombs Police Court Yesterday—Held for Trial at the Court of Special Sessions—He is an Old Offender. “Dr.” Vernon, the scandalous letter writer— the story of whose arrest Saturday af- ternoen, together with a history of tho nefarious business in which he has seen fit to indulge for some time past, greatly to tte an- noyance ana disgust of both the lady advertisers in and the Superintendent of this paper—was arraigned at the Tombs Police Court yesterday morning. Mr. Thomas M. Cash, the Superintendent of the HERALD establishment, appeared agalust him and made amMdavit to the manner im which the “Doctor”? had annoyed and insulted this paper's patrons, Judge Vowling asked Vernon what he had to say about the matter, but he preferred to remain silent, and 80, in default of $7,000 bati, wag committed to the City Prisoa until to-morrow, wien he will be afforded an opportunity to explain’ his position in the Court of Spectal Sessions, Since the “Doctor's” arrest it has become known that he 1s an old offender and a somewhat notorious rascal. A year or 80 ago he wis employed as a clerk in Hudnuvs drug store, HeraLp Building, from whence, however, he was soon <dis- charged. on @& charge of retaining more cash = than was entitled to He is e kuown to have several aliases, and never to have even studied In @ medical college, to say nothing of having, as he claims, graduated from such an insite tuuion. On the whole ne may be set down as au iu- decent and dangerous character, and it ts carnestly hoped and confidently expected that he wiil be tur. hee lodgings On the island during the next twelve months, PETER B, SWEENY AND THE OOEAN BANK. He Is Not Connected with the New York Printing Company. New York, Jan. 14, 1872 To THE Epitor OF THE HeRaLp:— Str—In an argument made by me in the case of the Ocean Bank against the New York Prinung Company, reported in the HERALD of Wednesday, I stated upon what I deemed reilable authority, in snbstance, “that, to save the sale of the property | omcer Moniigan, of ; Dallding, David 5 THE FIRE 1N THIQTY-FIRST STREET An Entire Block Swept by the Flames. Danger to the Dwellings in the Neighborhood. OTHER FIRES. Three Hundred Thousand Dollars Burned Up During the Night. An extensive tire broke out about half-past one o'clock yesterday morning in the voile room of the planing mili belonging ‘o the firm of Fife & Duffy, on the corner of ‘Thirty-second street . and First avenue. When first discovered by the Twenty-first precinct, the fre had only started, and if tt had not been that. he was compelled to wake ap the watchman of the Piatt, the flames would never have reached the adjoining buildings or even destroyed the one in which it originated. The plan-- ing mull of Fife & Duty was A TWO STORY BRIOX construction, an? the firm tost to the amount of $20,000, an’ was only insured for $4,000, y The house has Only been occupied by this firm abonta month, They moved mto it at that ume from Forty-second sireet, where they were burned out, Inthe middie of the consumed block was the planing mi! of Batterson & Co., who suffered to the extent of $25,000. On the corner of Thirty-first street and Firat avenue the building belonging to Willlam Tiden Blodgett, aud which was used as @ varnish factory, was completely destroyed,. causing @ damage of $59,000, This was also @ one story com! ction and fifty feet deep. The great quantity of varnisn and oii that was housed on these premises made it a dimcult matter for the firemea and policemen to get the ffre under; but by con. tinued exertion they had finally gained the mastery over it about eight o’clock yesterday morning. Blodgeti’s place burned up like a cmaer, owing to the quantity of inflammable material in the place, and caused considerable alarm in the neighborhood, as the flames swept along the block, and it was fearea they would extend to the other siae of the street and endanger the dwelling houses, At the rear of the burned factories was an immense quane tity of timber piled up in great stacks, which FED THE FLAMES, and made the heavens lurid throughout the night. ‘this tumber comprisea rosewood, imahogeny, hemlock, walnut and other woods of an expen. sive description, It was entirely destroyed, and the owner, W. UH, Sage, suffered a los3 of $100,000 by tne destruction of this property. It 1s exceed. ingly fortunate that the spare lots on the block were not coverel, for if such had been ihe case there is no telling where the fire wontd have ended, As lt was, everything of vaine that was at all consumable on the block was coin- pletely eaten up by the devouring element, and nothing remains but THE CHARRED AND SMOULDERING RUINS of the buildings, It was only through the unremit- ting labors of the polige under Captain Leary and the firemen under Engineer Khodes thata large por- tion of the city on that side was saved, When the police captain andthe engineer got upon the ground the first thing that struck ther atiention ‘was 169 barrels of henzine, which were in ule rear of Blodgett’s place, and in the very pathway of the fre. If the tiames once got to this benzine nothing could have saved a large portion of that district, for this stuf would have exploded the barrels and then rua in liquid flames through the neighborhood, carrying DESTRUCTION AND DEVASTATION ALONG WITH IT. This those two gentlemen fully comprehended, and they at ones it ail the Men they couid obtain to roll these barreis toa piace of safety from tne conflagration. For hours the men worked, teanng Madiy at this terrible engine untli the entive stock of the dangerous benzine was brought away. They were assisted in the arduous task by @ number of police from the surrounding precincts, who were sent there by their pecave ‘captains to give wiat assistance they conid. At Unree o’clock the wildest excitement prevailea oa the First avenue among the inhabitants of the houses 1n the vicinity of the fire. Men, wouen and children rushed to tie windows, feeling the terrible heat, shrieking with dread of the flames coming their way. The streets were sud- denly with people, and tie entire neighborhood bore signs Of being thoroughly aroused. Great coufusion was visible in the large tenement, hou nue, aud the he: Ou Uke Opposite side of the ave. trom : 4 BURNING BL was 80 great that the people could not remain in their rooms, Many of them began to make prepa- rations for the coming of the flames in thetr direc- tion, and began to put out furniture and houseboid goods upon tie sidewalk, + The police used every means in their power to assure the people there was no real danger, but that Was notenough. ‘they were completely demoral- ized, and showed, by the dismay with which they were seized, that a great number of them were aware of the extremely dangerous character of the block that was burning, and many of them had magnified the exient of the danger vo such a pitch that one woul'l have supposed, going among them, nothing could save the city from destruction. Yesterday morning, when the flames had nearly been got under the control of the engines, THE TERRIBLE DANGER that existed was very apparent. All the buildings within blocks of the consumed Lactories were Dlack~ ened and blistered by the heat, and many of them were considerably damaged. ‘Ihe one block exactly opposite the one burned is very much injured, and will require considerable outiay to restore It to its original condition. ‘The frst alarm. of fire orought out engines Nos, 15, 16, 21 and & ‘rhe second alarm brought 238, 14 and 19, The third alarm brougnt 20, 34 and 26. Anda special alarm, sent out by Engineer Perley, brought Nos, 11 and 17, About daylight the tre steamer John Fulier came up to THE BURNING BUILDINGS and began to play {rom the river. This was contin- ued all the forenoon yesterday, and will, no doubt, be necessary for tne greater part of the day. La- | gineer Perley said, wheu be was working upon tue lames, that it was the most diiicult fre to get under tnat the department had to cope with im ven years, various causes are assigned for the origin of the fire; but op to last evening nothing but speculation could be arrived at. One theory Was that the furnace com> municated the flames to THE VARNISH VATS in the building, and another is that the watchmen leit @ jighted candle in @ dangerous place aud that had caused ali tae damage, One thing certain 1s that the watchmen cal good deal of the extra damage done; for if he had been awake the policeman ‘would not have been obliged to lose the time he did in giving tne alarm, and a@ great dea! of te property now ‘lesiroyed might have beea saved. The entire damage done is estimated at about 200,000. The amount of insurance and the oifices in which the various firms were entered have not yet been obtained, Another Fires At about a quarter to seven o'clock yesterday morning a fire broke out on the fourth floor of the five story brick building Nos, 35 and 37 Wooster street, the property ol J. W. Lyall & Co. Tne fourth foor was occupied by Victor A. Manger,.card manufacturer. Loas, $4,000; intured for $20,000. Dundres, Dick & Co., ou the same floor, capsule manulacturers, sustained 3 loss of $600; iusured for $1,000, Tne fifth floor was unoccupied, ‘The first floor and part of the basement wore occu- pied by J. W. Lyall & Co., Who carry on @ business known as the Positive Motion Loom Company, They suffered @ logs of $20,000 on the building and 0,000 on sto Sno vuliding was Insured, for $00,000 ana the ma hinery and stock for $15,000, he E. AY Schutte &Co., spongers and fluishers, lost $600 by his noeg § insured bedi ahem N ‘The second floor was unoc . The third oor was occupied by the Patent Spong- jug Company. They suffered a loss Of $2,000; I~ for $10,000, arne are ." supposed to have been the work of incendiaries, ‘Ihe entire loss is estumated ab $75,000, Fire in Twenty-sccond Street. A policeman of the Twenty-ninth precinct dis- covered @ fire at three o'clock yesterday morning in the basement of the new four story second rowan stone dwelling house, 23 West Twenty-seco! iron, which wasuuoccupied, The ag td = property of James 0. Donuelly, of 9 oto ‘avenue, It was caused by the careiessne! ‘who allowed tne stove to become over~ mpany on execution, Mr. Peter B. Bir ron “nad Morwaraed to. bis’ brother-in-law, Mr. Bradley, the sum of $25,000 to pay @ proportion of the claim of the bauk, and that my opinion was that li a jew days’ delay could be ranted other parties in interest would make up the balance and the exeoution would be satisfied,” Upon inves- tigation I have since learned that 1 was musin- formed in_ regi to any such advance having been denies that he jog company or interested in 2 J ead of i} fattleed ly correot my error fuuy sourk “4 Foro PUS F, ANDBEWS Meateu. ¢ loss on the place is estimated at $000, Fire in a Dwelling. ‘About half-past six o/ctock yesterday morning @ fire broke out on the third floor, front room, of we four brown stone dweiling No, 4 Mitchell place, ‘witeh was occupled by Albert Steon. It was Caused by the gas jet coming in contact with the wood werk, Damage $10, fully covered by la- purance,