The New York Herald Newspaper, May 7, 1872, Page 3

NIBLO’S BURNED, The Grand Thespian Temple a Mass of Smouldering Ruins. Lalla Rookh Amid Her Fire Worshippers. The Fire Fiend Leads the Dance of Wreck and Ruin. 5 habinaedi 2 ec TOTAL MESTRUCTION OF THE THEATRE. J Ae Fate ard Commencement, Progress and End of the Conflagration. —_~+-—_—_—_. LOSSES AND INSURANCES. Narrow Escape of the Metropolitan Hotel from the Devouring- Element. Bre SCENES AND INCIDENTS Early Histrionic Reminiscenees of Niblo’s. OTHER THEATRES BURNED. At a quarter to eight o'clock yesterday morning ‘8 fire broke out in the dome of Niblo’s Garden that im one hour and twenty minutes completely de- Stroyed the theatre and all the property contained » Indt. When first noticed by Officer Cush, of the Metropolitan Hotel, there was but a slight issue of smoke from an opening im the roof; and the oMcer, thinking it was caused by some work in the theatre, gave no alarm for some time. Finding, * however, that the VOLUME OF SMOKE continued to increase, he ran into the theatre, and at that moment two men at work on the stage | shouted, ‘The theatre is on fire!” Cush gave an alarm, and in an almost incredible space of time a number of engines were on the ground. A | Second alarm was sounded and the ENTIRE FIRE DEPARTMENT ‘was almost immediately on the spot. This second alarin attracted the attention of Ben Sherwood, the Machinist of the theatre, who was on his way to the Duilding on a Bleecker street car. He asked one Of the men on a passing engine where the fire was, ‘and the location was no sooner shouted to him than he jumped off the car and started in the wake of the flying engine. By this time the fire had eaten its | ‘Way into the store room, under the dome, and | THE HUNGRY FLAMES FOUND AMPLE POOD in the immense quantities of properties laid away there. When the fire had evidently gained con- trol of the roof over the auditorium, Ben Sherwood ordered the lines of the drop curtain to be cut, in order. to save the stage from the draught ©fthe front of the house. Some little dificulty oc- curred in the way of the drop, and Mr. Sherwood matched up an axe and cut the lines, shouting at the same time to the firemen on the stage below to get aat.of the way of the barrel, and the curtain fell ‘with a tremendous report to the stage. This for ome time checked the fire on its march to the ‘stage; but the dense masses of smoke ‘that swept through the building stifled the men and made their work exceedingly la- vorious.. The firemen were everywhere playing water, tearing up the timbers and finging out portions of the property in the building. They swarmed like bees on every part of the burning theatre ; but, unfortunately, nothing could save the | ‘well known place of amusement. Fifteen minutes after the curtain was dropped the @ome fell, and the sound of the tumbling mass of Masonry sounded like the report of a cannon as it fell into the dress circle and parquet, smashing all before it. The dust of the falling stones, mortar and burning timbers added to the already heavy oloud of smoke that had gathered on ‘the stage and made it almost impossible for the mien in the wings and flies to do anything to stop the work of the flames in that direction. Mr. Sher- ‘wood had managed to get into the wardrobe room ever the carpenter's shop by means of a ladder | Placed against the outer wall in Crosby street, and, BLINDED AND BURNED WITH THR SMOKE, sparks and the fames, fung a quantity of the ward- robe out of one of the rear windows into the gtreet—the value of tne wardrobe being stated at $25,000. As fast as the master machinist flung out the tights, shields, helmets, Teles rol William Vail, Jim Leo, Gill Sherwood and a number of other stage assistants received the property and took it into Mrs. Flunagan’s, opposite, and Niblo'’s Saloon, at the rear of the theatre. From the ward- robe Ben Sherwood crept out on the files and crop) 1d upon the stage. Desiring Flanagan, the night watchman, to follow him, he struggled through | the emoke across the gtage, gained the office on the | on P.” side, and from there rescued the scene plots | oO A NEW SPECTACULAR PIRCE, which was to have been produced some time dur- ing the month of Aujrust. As « number of tne men | ‘were endeavoring to open a window in the rear to give Mr. Sherwood some air the new drop which | wos intended for ‘Lalla Rookh” took fire, and | blazed fe 4 like 80 much powdered paper. This cur- { tain had only been finished on Saturday last, and | wns considered a masterpiece of art. ‘The flames | from this drop caught some of the sets hung for the | ytinereey 4 “Latia Rookh? — night, and ina | Inutes the wings ou poth sides of the stage were being = bo nt BATEN UP BY THE DEVOURING ELEMENT. | The whole inside of the theatre was then a mass of secthing, dashing flames, that swept from side to | aide and trom wall to wall, lapping all the substance | in its Way, and leaving only a black, disordered pile ofruins. Properties, furniture and dresses were | flung from the rear of the house to the front, chairs ‘Were torn up and fung in dozens avout the audi- torium, the stage and corridors. Books, music, and instruments of theatricai dashed in all directions, -and although the firemen were pouring tons of water into the house the flames seemed to slack wothing of their Mos A number on the stage, seeing thatall hope of saving anything more at the back of the house was useless, endeavored to get — through the anditorium, but the flames were at the time so fierve that they found it impossible. Headed | Ben Sherwood, they rushed around the theatre to | the front on Broadway, and Mr. Sb @ ladder, made for the private of ‘was fortunate enough to be able to vate papers belonging to Jarvett & Palmer, SAFE, CONTAINING TWO THOUSAND YOUR HUNDRED | DOLLARS IN CURRENCY. j Among these papers were some very valuable | nts connected with the theatre for some ten | bp back and a nuinber of dee belonging to fake Zimimerman. In that office Iso a quan tity of jewels, statuary und objets de rirtu, the Property.of Jake Zimmerman, many of them , Were saved, although some of’ th: ably damaged by the handling t he tool chest belonging to tt then got 2 aster machinist was through one of the wae | dows that opened upon the garden, and | $1,500 of Ben Sherwood's property saved. ‘Three other cheste, belonging to Wiillaui Weil, Jim Leo jn Sherwood, were aise got out in the same ut this was all the goods belon, 0 the men employed on the stuge that were ray from the conflagration. The saving of the tool chest of | the machinist was a most fortunate occurrence: for | the insurance upon it expired last Wednesday, and there were many valuable implements thut could | not be easily repieced. When the theatre had been ourning about half an hour ‘Tom Oakly, the ma- eljnist from the Grand Opera House, noticed the flames dashing against the walls of THE METROPOLITAN HOT} | ond, fearing they yes in at tae vitidews and ateack tii use, he ealied the attention of Mr. Sherwood to the fact. The latter gave instructior to the people in tie hotel to close fi the ety shat fers on the outsides of the windows, and with the | exertions of the firemen the hove! was fortunately saved. In addition to the numerous streams poured Into the hewn building by the members a oO th of the Fire Department, the Bheasre haa sivas nirehms from. the sins 8, ermine capes and Roman togas | sgenne Vin: | Philip Ryers, a man who bought tweive millions. | Mare Val NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, MAY 7, 1872.-TRIPLE . SHEET, longing theatre and the men in the hotel nea ber of » mot having the same of » these streams were not so effectual in stopping the flames as from the powerful engines of the Fire Depart- Rn yet) they proved of great value on the lower portions of the building, ‘espectally on the walls of the hote) fronting the garden that divides it from the theatre. The men working these engines, streams; and the BUCKET CORPS, were relieved ‘at regular intervals, their places sup- plied with fresh men and the work kept going con- stantlyon. When the dome fell the curtaln was standing and win, flies and si the tage were yet untouched, but about two minutes afterwards the flames took in the middle of the curtain and that set fire to the entire of the stage. In about twenty minutes the co! of the flies was eaten away and the flies fell, carry- ing with them the rain box and thunder drum, which made a terrible report as it crushed upon the stage. The lime lights then tumbled down and A UNIVERSAL CHAOS set in. Fourteen minutes and a half after the scenery gave way the stage fell in. The barrel of the our’ had communicated the fire to a star trap close to the second entrance, left, and the flaines hed in long tongues beneath the boards until great MASSES OF MACHINERY, started loose from their began to roll, and then the entire stage gave way, lalling a distance of twenty feet. The machinery underneath the stage, which was all designed specially for the theatre b Ben Sherwood, was all destroyed, and it was esti- mated as being worth at least one hundred thou- sand dollars. ‘Ihe stage itself was an original con- ception by the inventor of the machinery and was so constructed and adapted to the working of the theatre that one might sit upon any part of it and at the pronouncement of a wish he at once was transferred to some mysterious region below. A simple cog-screw, or Wire, effected this wonder movement, and everything In the place seemed under the control of the leading mind, The para- hernalia underneath the s| is sup) f to have en the moat perfect of its Kind in the world and was capable of LIFTING A TUNDRED TONS. A transformation scene lately purchased in Eng- land, and which is now on ftg way out here on the steamer Glenhaven, would have tested the ma- chinery to a considerable extent to develop some of its beauties; but the stage people felt eoponasiy confident the levers in the cellars were capable of any theatrical need. The scene will soon be landed in New York; but there fs as yet no Niblo’s Garden to putitinto, Shortly after the stage went the back wall fell in, and in the place where stood the mag- nificent theatre was a bal breaking out into the firmament beyond. The gar- den walls also fell down, and the ee ones ye have 9 be pulled down. er the garden walls the Noor of the wardrobe, over the Keel nate nr gave way, and nearly buried Captaln Ginohy, of the Fourteenth precinct police, who was working in the neighborhood at the moment, beneath the ruins. This gentleman was one of the frat to enter the theatre after the alarm of tire was given, and was at work in the orchestra endeavoring to get ont some of the musical instruments when the dome was blazing. ‘he CONDUCT OF THE POLICE AND FIREMEN during the trying ordeal deserves the highest raise. The police were watchful, patient and ardworking, while the firemen were the marvel of all present. A, pumber of theories were started yesterday about the ORIGIN OF THE CONFLAGRATION, but none of them seemed to have any more solid foundation than rumor. One of these was to the effect that the fire was the work of an incendiary who had got into the hotel, thrown something com- bustible upon the roof and then escaped. What the motive for such action could be was the ques- tion of almost universal discussion, but no one seemed to be able to arrive at a satisfactory solu- tion of the matter. Another cause of the fire many ople said was spontaneous combustion. Mr. Zimmerman, the treasurer of the theatre, stoutly maintained that nothing of that Kind could possibly take place in that part of the house, as the goods atored away there were entirely free from any sach accident. Several persong well versed in fires gave currency to the idea that it must have been an acci- dent, but THE PROPLE BELONGING TO THE HOUSE said no one ever went near that part of the build- fer Slee a light, and so the origin of the calamity is still shronded in mystery. ‘The fire throws 360 people out of employment, who had been engaged at salaries ranging from $6 to $200 per week. One of the three men in the theatre at the time of ne breaking out of the fire said to a reporter of the iERALD :—"] ward Guigiey were working with me. At half-past seven o’olock [ heard a kind of crackling noise over- head, I looked up to see where it came from and discovered fire extending from the rigging loft to the dome, in a place where fire is never used for any zarpose, whatever. Limmediately attached the fire hose and tried to reach the fire, but the stream Would not reach, and in an incredible short time the flames had completely enveloped the dome of the building. In the meantime I sent the janitor to sonnd the fire alarm. Before the firemen arrived the gas border and proscenium dropped to the floor with a tremendous crash.” The following is a list ef the losses sustained by | the burnin ‘The bulk | $125,000, | . Jarrett & Paimer lost pro 000. They are insured for $7,500. The Metropolitan Hotel wag injured to the extent | of $009 by smoke and water, and the furniture | Was naged to the extent of $6,000, Insured. | ‘The building 694 Broadway was dama: to the | extent of $3,000, but it is insured for $25,000, A number of Masonic lodges in the same structure were damaged to the extent of about $2,000; and | other Peapod in the neighborhood of the fire was | injured to the extent of $5,000, ‘The only people belonging to the theatre who suf- fered any considerable loss by the fire were the treasurer, Jake Zimmerman, who lost about $2,500 in personal estate; Ben Sherwood, tne machinist, | who suffered to the amount of about $500; Charles Morton, the stage manager, who lost a quantity of | valuable stage wardrobe; Signor Opertl, the leader | of the orchestra, who lost some rare music, and Julius Weingarten, the first violin player, who had | @ very fine Amati violin, worth $250, burned up. | An examination into the canse of the conflagration | will be held before the Fire Marshal this morning. | The following is the bill used at the last perform- ance given in the theatre, and contains the exact | cast of the piece now made memorable by the ter- rible events connected with its history :— NIBLO’S GARDEN. Lessees and Managers, | Stage Manager... EVERY BVENING. the Original Drama in four acts, LACK FRIDAY, produced with y. é jarrett & Palmer. .C.H. Morton: Music New Scener; 3 Mechanical E iherwood . Properties .. J. Lundy; : » The piece produced under’ th Charles H. Morton, Stage Manager. ‘Vhe furniture used in the boudoir scene manufactured exproaly tor Jarrett & Palmer, by G. l, Kelty & Co., Nos 724 and 724 Broudway. BLACK FRIDAY MATINEE, SATURDAY AT TWO, Treasurer....... J. A. Zimmerman Rob King, a man who loved and lost. Dash Hominan, a man who piayed to Sain Sims, a ran of action perintendence of BLACK FRIDAY. Jas. W. Collier. ‘m.Chas. H. Merton. ‘ing Bowers. Thomas E. Owens. | Nathaniel Budd. a man of money , sescsees ODM Jack, Ary Black, a man with confused ideas of property. ‘A. It. Davenport. Roland Graham, a weak young man... Miss Bessie 5: Captain of steamer Bristol, a man who obeyed orders. E. Tiltonson. .W. H. Pope. ...... William Coope: Mossongers, Telegraph Boys, Janito é Porters, Cabmen, &c. Violet Spearheart,2 woman of the World. Mise Lizzle Price. Rosey Budd, a sweet perennial flower... .Miss Jenn; Mary Graham, the sister we love. . Miss Frankie McClellan. low. Elder, a detective from the Central Office William, a colored servant......... ... Cashiers, Clerks, Mra. Graham, the mother we love.........Emima Skerrett. Act 1. Black Friday —The Stock Exchange. Act 2. The Boudoir of a Woman of the World. Departure of the steamer Bristol for Boston. . The Railway Office—The Sequel to Black Frida; perform the following selections of music — Black Friday—Overture—"From sunrise down to the fall of day “ h ng. Strauss. erat /-Operti. SCENES AND INCIDENTS. RTE a The scenes and incidents to be witnessed outside the theatre and hotel while the dre was raging, and during the entire day, were varied, arid some sad and some amusing. The inhabitants of Houston ing has been injured to the extent of to the amount of was in the theatre fixing the foot- | lights. Paul Serini, the assistant gas man, and Ed- | ct A The orchestra, under the direction of Signor Operti, will | -. .Operti. | Dor street, Crosby street and the vicinity, who looked | were loud in their lamentations over its unexpected destruction, and many of the women who de- pended upon it for a living were bathed in tears. | uporf the theatre in the light of personal friendship, | | | | The sanctimonious portion of the popniation of | theatre-going 48 au unpardonabie sin, shook their holy heads and pronounced judgment upon the un- fortunate sinners who had been rash enough to tempt the judgment of Heaven by ministering to the vulgar tastes of the depraved through the medium hand, were loud in tueir lamentations over the de- struction of an edifice within whese walls so many brilliant triumphs in tragedy and comedy have been largely on Glaek Crook nights in the gallery won- adorn the forms and the limbs of beauty wonld re- appear, and whether Stalacta, with her beauteous legs, Would ever again appear to gladden the hearts of the great unwashed and summon her fairy legions to victory. The ballet girls employed in “Laila Rook? were on ‘he ground early, pictures of sorrow and misery. For the ilme bein there was av end to bouqucts and suppers, an end to admirers, with more money than brains, waiting outside to carry the charmers home. Apart from these considerations they were deprived of the means Of Uvithoed on which they had calculated for the summer, dud it was no wonder they gave ful) vent Lo their grief, The panic in the Metropolitan Hotel when the fire broke out wos intense. Jt being Monday the num- | gained. Tie audience which used to muster so | | dered how ali the tights and spanglea used to | | the city, who took upon laughter as a crime and | ! old City Hall to his theat | fortune to do it, as ft does now. | Money days, when horse hire, ice cream and thea- | 1 ofwomen’s legs. The old theatre goers on the other | fone whoatie ail cotian | tively no reserved seats—first come take the best. ber of tranaient guests was not so large, but still there were more than two hundred in the house. When the news spread among them that the theatre was on fire, and that the flames were spreading to the hotel, they appeared, ing along the corridors and down the irs, bursting open chamber doors, many of them in their mad hurry not waiting to dress, Li yee eg little more covering than nature had endowed themwith. In the rooms thing was thrown into inextricable confusion. ‘3 Were opened, boxes tumbled here and there; many of the guests, endeavoring to lower their effects from the windows, made the confusion dreadful. Half-dressed women and children rushed into the street and sougut shelter in houses near, ainfully awaiting the result of the conflagration, ¢ panic, however, did not last very long, aa the mee. of the hotel was soon assured and the frightened guests were enabled in a short time to return to it. The maid servants shared the pauls of the ‘sts, and for more than an hour the interior of the building was a perfect Babel. The Males were not conspicuous for their gallantry, the majority of them having seized their effects and fled precipitately upon the first Spproneh of the flames, During the forenoon crowds of persons collected in the vicinity of the hotel. Ail the interest, how- ever, lay within the building, and the sightseers were disappointed to find entrance denied, and they were forced to satisfy themselves with staring at the bare walls, The fire had not been in progress more than half an hour when Bleecker street, Broadway and the vicinity were almost impassable from the block of street cars and vehicles of every description. Travel was interrupted for more than tliree hours, and the tired horses and conductors had for once an oppor- tunity to rest. Mr. Jarrett, one of the lessees of the theatre, seemed the least interested person present, and smiled in answer to the expressions of sympathy that were rained upon him. Some of the spectators mre utterance to the absurd. opinion that some ampion of Stokes had set fire to the theatre in revenge for the bad character of Stokes given in “Black Friday,” but the idea was too ridiculous to reneiye credence and was scouted by all sensible people. When the disaster became known the actors and ™ rs of the city came promptly to the front in id of their brother artists, the managers of the Olympic and the Theatre Comique having tendered their houses for benefits—an example which is to be followed by the other managers. The following has been received from Jarrett & Palmer :— A CARD TO THE PUBLIO, ‘The destruction of Niblo’s Garden Davies suddenly de- prived of employment a Janes company of artists, with a Rumerous auxitiary corps de ballet, &c., 4e., the under: signed beg leave to announce that a benedlt will be given at the Grand Opera House on Wednoaday evening, May 8, to the ladies and gentlemen of the company, and on Friday evening, May 10, to the corps de ballet and auxiliaries, JARRETT & PALMER, New Youn, May 6, 1872. JOHN F, QOLE, ‘TO THE THEATRICAL PROFESSION. Ladies and gentlemen of the theatrical profession who fee] disposed to volunteer their services for elther or both of the benefits to be given at the Grand Opera House on, Wednesday and Friday evenings of this week, in ald of the company and corps de balict, who, by the destruction of Niblo's Garden, have been suddenly beret of employ: ment, will pleas? assemble at the Motropolitan Hotel, Foom'l7, at ten o'clock Tuesday morniny ig. REDE & PALMER. New Yorx, May 6, 1872. eve 7 JOHN F. COLE. ARREST OF SUSPICIOUS CHARACTERS. While the fire was at full headway Detective Dunn, of the Eighth precinct, discovered two young men, named William Jones and John Madden, act- ing in a suspicious manner. He discovered Jones had his left hand crossed over his breast and close to the left hand vest pocket of a man looking at the fire. He also discovered Madden manipulating an- other man in a similar manner, and, surmising their intention, arrested them. They were conveyed to the station house in Prince street, and were ar- raigned before Justice Cox, at Jefferson Market, yesterday afternoon, who looked them up for trial. OLD NIBLO’S. Reminiscences of the Early Days of the Theatre. Mr. William Niblo, the founder of Niblo’s Theatre, lives in comfortable retirement, amid the pletures and statuettes and articles of bijonterie for which his long acquaintance with dramatic art and artists has given him a taste, ina brown stone front, No. 60 West Twenty-elghth street. He is one of the few theatrical managers of past generations who made money and kept it. He has been out of dramatic circles now for twenty years, but his name has been kept prominent in connection with theatrical matters because it was borne by the handsome theatre just destroyed. Mr. Niblo, how- ever, has not lost his taste for theatres nor his regard for the members of the profession. He is a gentleman, eighty-three years of age and small of stature, but so active and bright that he looks less than sixty. On hearing the news of the fire yesterday he wended his way down to the scene of the disaster to tender his advice and condolence to old employés under the late manage- ment who had been employés under his own. He was full of reminiscences of the palmy old days when Niblo's Garden was 2 garden indeod. In 1880 he opened the garden. It was not in- tended to Wea theatre, but what its name might imply—a garden, similar in appointment und pur- pose to the then famous Vauxhall Gardens of Lon- don. Mr. Niblo at that time was living on Pine street, and as business commenced to encroach upon his domestic domain he determined to move «80 far out of town that the needs of commerce would never push him to move again. So he opened this garden on the corner of Prince street and Broadway, built him a dwelling house tn a corner of it, and permit- ted the public to roam about it and take refresh- ments, ice creams and lemonade at the tables, It was not like the various city “gardens” (so called) of the present day, walled in by brick and mortar, cut off from all the rays of the sun and all the breezes of heaven, and unbiessed by the beauty or fragrance of a single flower. It was « real garden, with foun- tains of real water and real shrubberies, real green- houses, real fruits, real roses, real sunshine and real air. ‘That was forty-two years ago, before even the New YorK HERALD was in existence. Many gray-headed old citizens, who were then gay young men about town, given to flirtations on the Battery, living in their hand- some residences on lower Broadway and in Park row, used to take their sweethearts then to Niblo’s Garden behind a spanking team to get a breath of the country air and enjoy an evening out oftown. Canal street had just been filled in and the bridge over the canal had just been re- moved. Prince street was a lane. Bond strect Was nnopened. The only theatres in town were in Chambers street, Park row and the bowery. Wash- ington Irving, under the nom de plume of Jonathan Oldstyle, was writing criticisms upon the manners of the = fine ople who attended the Park Theatre, near the corner of Beekman street. Billy Burton was amusing the gods" of the pit on Cham- bers street. Hamblin owned the Bowery. The pit then was what is the parquet now. Ladies never entered it, It was only for the b’hoys and the bootblacks. There were no newsboys worth men- tioning. I¢ is not known who was the adventurous individual that opened up this the best part of the theatre to the better class of theatre-goers. Who- ever he was his name should be honored. He probably yet lives. Notwithstanding the croaking of some of the worthies of that day, who thought Niblo was going too far from the city, he prospered as well as was to | be expected. He prospered, indeed, so well with hig garden that two years after he had erected it he erected asummoer theatre, which was so far a | part of the garden that the performances could be viewed from the refreshment tables In the open air. He found that the extra expense of this establish- | ment was not adequately repaid by his little garden | | patronage from the city. Peopie had to walk all the way from Chambers street, Park row and the Battery or else hire a carriage to enjoy an evening at his place. It was considered something of a walk in those days up to Niblo’s Garden, and Niblo | found he must do Cesap to facilitate public travel! in his direction. He hit upon the English omnibuses. He sent over { | to London and bought two omnibuses, the same in | pattern as those that now bump and rattle their way along our great thoroughlare. They were named the Lady Clinton and the Lady Van Rens- | selaer. With these he brought the crowds from the ve doors for twelve and a half cents. From that time on his theatre pros- pered. Burton, the great comedian, performed stummer engagements for him. The Ravel troupe were great cards. He only used the theatre for dramatic performances during the summer. [twas too far out of town for people to be expected to come in the winter. He used it for a ballroom in the cold months. Finally, becom ing cramped for space, he turned the theatre into @ refreshment and music hall, and built a larger theatre. It fronted on Broadway and was open on the rear and sides, so that people could go | into the garden between the acts and take ice cream or other refreshments. Nearly every youn; New York blood treated his girl to the theatre an refreshments in those days. It did not cost a small Those were hard The admission to Niblo’s (theatre and garden) was fifty cents; posi- During the summer of 1837, a series of concerts, ven under the direction of Mr. Watson, in which irs. Watson, Mra. Bailey, Mrs. Knight, Mr. Plum- mer and Mr. T. Bishop sang—names long since for- | gotten save by the older residents of New York and the theatrical historians. The Ravel family G@ppearec later in the kame #eason, and still further bee the autumn a vaudeville company was bred son (father of “our Joe”) and John Sefton. This company produced 9 succession of musical farces. But the Ravels were the great ‘hit? of the season. In the spring of 1838 a dramatic season hegan, under the management of Sefton, and again with the aid of the Ravel Troupe. This season ended on the 21st ofSeptember, In June, 1839, the Seguing red the Ravelm and he Beason. in at Nibio's, in alternation with ‘Billy’ Burton had a benefit durin Ke os 2a ite ee. Maton M ve ole company denhof and "ar, Geo making their first * ‘arn from Europe, let, and the latter Nathan Tucker, in “A Wile for a Day.” On the 2d of Vetober Miss Vanden- hoff made her début in America there in the “Hunchback.” On the 15th of October the opera of “Amilie” was produced, with Seguin, Wilson and Miss Shirreff. On the whole the season of 1839 was great success. In the early summer of 1840 Chip- over the place at the beginning of the season of 1848, when the music hall was disconnected from the theatre, ‘The latter was opened May 19, with a company of French comedians and vocalists from New Orleans, and the “Gardens,” as they were now called, invited the public on the 6th of June—John Sefton’s company providing enter- talnments in English. The French company pro- duced the “Fille du Regiment” for the first time in this city on the 19th of July, 1843, In 1844 Mitchell gave up the Olympic and emigrated to Niblo’s to open @ summer season in June. This season lasted October, ana then Mitchell reopened his own theatre, Gorbyn reopened Niblo’s in the fall of 1844, and during the two following years the theatre was a continued success; but on the 18th of Septem- ber, 1846, ee season was brought to an un- timely and disastrous end by the first fire, which caught early in the iin (like that of resterd: yaaa totally destroyed the buildi . The toss Was About $60, $50, of which felt upon Mr. Niblo, and the remainder ppon Gabriel Ravel. After the fire the sité wad unoccupied for three years, during which Mr. Niblo remained in retirement. But the memory of his former triumphs: nd the disgust at his present idleness soon became too much for him, and he made an offer to Mr. Van Rensselaer, who then owned the property, to re- build the theatre on a ten years’ lease. The terms were agreed upon, and the work of rebuilding was commenced in the spring of 1849, and was prose- cuted with such energy that on the 4th of July of the same year the building Just destroyed was opened to an Immense audience. The first performance in the new theatre was by the Ravel Troupe. In 1850 Brougham and Chippendale were assoct - ated in the management, and the presence of the be- witching Mary Taylor added a fresh attraction. In June of that year Charlotte Cushman played Meg Merrilies. In December, 1850, another disaster occurred—Adelaide Lehman, of the Ravel Troupe, having been burned to death by her clothes taking fire during a performance. On the 18th of Septem- ber, 1861, ladame Anna ‘'Thillon made her first appearance. Tom and Harry Pla- cide both used to perform in the days of the earlier Nibjo’s. The Havana Opera Company created a sensation that is remembered yet by the wre swells of that time, now grown old. Hackett looper, Fanny Kemble, the cider Booth, all figured on its stage. Actors who are now famous then one on the stage to say “My Lord, the carriage waits," In those earlier days of Nibio’s there were no cal- clum lights, no machinery moved by steam. The city gas was furnished only as far up as Grand street. ‘They had to use candles for footlights at Niblo’s until the enterprising manager sent over to England and got a gas machine by which he could manufacture gas of his own. There were no transformation acenes, No claborate sets extending apparently far back into miles and miles of woodland, The scenery was only a few plain daubs that would pass very well if the spectator was not disposed to be critical. When the Ravels performed Mr. Niblo says he had to go to extra expense to get up scenery for them. It cost, probably, a thousand dollars for the properties necessary to produce their magic effects creditably. To show how mar- veltously theatrical carpentry has improved sinc then, the loss by the fire of yesterday in t! scenery and appointments of “Lalla Rookh” alone is estimated at $30,000, In those days, too, some of the old Knickerbocker gentry wore knee breeches and powdered hair. There were no city railroads. The Boston stages, on their swinging springs and with “boots” behind, used to come swinging down the Bowery to the stage office in Park row. Fifth avenue was unknown. There was no Union square, Fourth avenue was Harlem Lané, In Mr. Niblo sold out his interest wholly to Stewart. The hotel meanwhile had been buift about the theatre, on the ground that was for- merly the garden. he opera was the “Crown Dianionds.”” Flotow’s ‘Martha’? was first pro- duced in November, 1852, and Madame Sontag first appeared on the 10th of January, 1853. Simulta- neously with Sontag’s appearance the prices at Niblo’s were advanced from fifty cents to ope and two dollars. The Ravels took their farewell in the fall of 1853. In 1854 Niblo’s was enlarged and redecorated, and Castle Garden, opened by Max Maretzek in the sume summer, became its great rival. Parodl ap- ing st of theatres burned down since the middle of the last eentary:—The Vienna Karntwerthor ‘Theatre in 1761; the Grand Opera at Paris in 1763; Amsterdam, 1772; Zarragoza, 1788; Haymarket, London, 1789; Pantheon, London, 1792; Surrey, London, 1805; Covent Garden, London, 1808; Drury Lane, London, 1809; Alberti, Rome, 1815; Mordine, ndale was manager at Niblo’s, and in 1841 Mr, | Verona, 1815} San Carlo, Naples, 1816; Court uckstone was the chief attraction. In 1842, the | Theatre in Munich, 1823; Amphitheatre, London, Raveis, then at the zenith of their fame, performed | 1830; Lyceum, London, 1831; Astley’s, Londo: four nights a week, and the town went mad over | 1841; Havre, 1843; Opera House in Bert their comicalities, ‘The “Green Monster” was | 1843: Adelphi in Glasgow, 1844; Royal in Mai amo! the novelties produced. A change came | chester, 1844; Quebec, 1845; Court Theatre in Carlsruhe, 1847; Baden Baden in 1847; Olymple in London, 1849; Opera House in Dresden, 1849; Islington ‘Theatre, London, 1353; Theatre de la Monnaie in Brussels, 1855; Covent Garden in Lon- don, 1856; Pavilion in London, 1856; Surrey Garden in London, 1856; City ‘Theatre in Cologne, 1859; Namur, 1860; Neuveantés, Brussels, 1861; Namur, 1862; ‘Treumann in Vienna, 1863; Surrey in*London, 1865; Royal in Edinburg, 1866; Surrey in Sheffeld, 1865; Thiergarten in Stockholm, 1865; City Theatre, Breslau, 1865; Angers, 1865; Brest, 1866; Constanz, 1866; Standard, London, 1866; Namur, 1867; Madrid, 1807; Her Majesty’s Theatre, Haymarket, London, 1867; Belleville, Baris, 1867;' Treviso, 1868; Turin) 1868; Belleville, Kicw, 1867; City, Cologne, 1869} Malaga, 1869; Aktien, Cologne, 1869; Court. Dresden, 1869; Hippodrome, Paris, 1869, OTHER FIRES IN THE CITY. In Thirty-fourth Street. Shortly after one o'clock yesterday afternoon a a fire broke outin the Manhattan Market, at the foot of West Thirty-fourth strect, on the North River. The flames raged furiously for a long time and com- pletely destroyed the building, which was estimated as being wort! p tnciading the site, $1,000,000, The damage done ‘by the fire is estimated at $6,000. The penning is considered one of the largest roofed structures in the world. In Spring Street. Shortly before eight o’clock last night a fire broke out on the first floor of the six story brick building 97 Spring street, occupied by Nathan, Son & Robbs, manufacturers of straw goods, causing a damage to stock and building of $300; fully covered by insur- ance, In a Tenement House. Yesterday morning the fourth floor of the tene- Ment house 601 Eleventh avenue, occupied by Martin Cooney, was found to be on fire, causing a loss to building of $300, and to furniture $100, on which there was no insurance. The fire originated from a defective flue. In Fourteenth Street. A few minutes after nine o'clock last night the extension room on the first floor of the boarding house No. 365 West Fourteenth street, occupied by Helen Stockton, was discovered to be on fire, Be- fore the flames could be extinguished the house was: damaged $800 and the furniture $200; insured, The cause of the fire is unknown, The Wooster Street Fire. Yesterday afternoon, James Kinney and Wil- liam McDonald reported at the Eighth precinct station house that while searching in the fifth hoor of the building 2 and 26 Wooster strect, in which the two McSherry brothers were burned to death, they found the leg of one of the brothers, which was fearfully burned, also a gold chain and an Australian gold piece, which were left at the station house, AQUATICS. — Boating at Yalo—Inauguration of the Season—The “White Cup” for Single Sculls Won by H. 8. Potter, Class °72— New Barges for the Annuai Races. New Haven, May 6, 18’ With the opening of the summer t lence of fine weather the boathouse of Yale College is beginning to present a lively appearance. Much comment has been made by the students with re- gard to the proceedings of the Boating Association of American Colleges, which met on the 12th ult. at Worcester, Yale did not gain much by that meet- ced, under the direction of Joseph Jeffer- | 1869. peared in January, 1857, and Madame Cora de WIl- forst made her début on the 20th of the same month. Placide, Brougham and Blake divided the honors of the following season, Boucicault made the “hits of the fall and winter season of 1858-0; and later in 1859 Burton played his last of Toodles, Cuttle, Micawber and all the rest, Since then the success of the theatre is ®& matter of contemporary history. It has seen some most interesting dramatic events. The production of “Arrah na Pogue,” the first appear- ance in America of Fechter, the remarkable run of the ‘Black Crook” and the introduction of the nude ballet en masse into American theatricals are of too all the detatls of the regatta th 1 arranged, but could not, and had hoped for at} 3-mile straight- away race, but that also fell throt ,a. The choosing of the course, whicn important point was left to the captains, will be decided on the ist prox., and as it has been agreed “that the crews should be chosen from one department only,’ those of the Scientific who have been in training ing, as she, together with te wished to have be dropped. One of these, have been the stroke in the Inter-collegiate Regatta, recent. occurrence to need further’ men- tion, ‘There was an’ alarm. of fire | University for the position. in 1867, but it proved unfounded. Of late the thea- | qM&Py here are tre has been dedicated almost exclusively to spec- tacle and the limb drama, and in this lowly but profitable sphere of artistic effort has yielded xeve- Tal fortunes to successive managers. The “Black Crook” was probably the greatest theatrical tri- umph financially ever produced upon any stage, and ran three long seasons. ‘To its author alone it 1s reported to have given $100,000, and. this is but fraction of the total profits realized. It will be a re- lief to young men with predilections for fast life, and to the thousands of our country cousins who indulge Fae a ee ee asennad to coum ew | the “White Cup,” given by a prominent citizen of theatre by next September. Many will doubt, how- | “We “ity of Elma.” The ever, whether it would not have been better for | {" bowie, Class of 187 the theatre to have pefished in a blaze of glory for- | 5" we Smith: clans of 18%: ever than to thns have its life renewed and con- | 3° 1. poyee’ class of 187 demned to the slow agonies of a natural decease— | fy ir Hoyer, clas OF Rett. its Inevitable fate, ere many years have fled, owing | Ty. 1, Weeks, class of 1814.” tothe rapid migration of theatre-goers up town. | ‘phe latter ran into an oyster stake soon after With the exception of the Old Bowery the theatre | starting, and consequently withdrew, was just destroyed was the oldest theatrical landmark | Guite a’heavy fall of Tain during. te race and a ben strong wind and heavy tide against the contestants on the homestretch, thus making good time iim- possible. The race was won much shape, but will this week. Three new barges have just arrived honse, two from Boston and the otli York.’ They are intended for the Uni tifle and Freshman crews, ‘The boating season was ina2gurated here on Sat- urday by a single seull race. frour New ersity, Scien- 3 MOMUS AND THE FIRE GOD. | ee Saag Opera Houses, Theatres and Museums Burned in the United States. The following is a list of places of amusement destroyed by fire in the United States since the year 1798:— Federal street Theatre, Boston, February 2, 1798, Daniel Bowen's Museum, Boston, January 15, 1803. BO has street Theatre, Philadelphia, Aprti 20, and return. about three weeks, and the active training for these events, UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY, Charch—The Graduating Class of 1872. 20, Park Theatre, New York, July 4, 1821. Richmond Theatre, Richmond, December 16, 1821. Theatre, Natchez, Miss., September 5, 1822. Bowery Theatre, New York, May 28, 1828, Lafayette Theatre, New York, 1529. Caldwell’s Theatre, Cincinnati, October 22, 1830, Richmond Hill Theatre, New York, July 4, 1881, Front street Theatre, Baltimore, January 5, 1838. Cook's Theatre, Baltimore, February 2, 1838. Mobile Theatre February 6, 1838. power Theatre, New York, February 18, 1838, New Theatre, Charleston, 8. C., ‘April 27, 1838, National Theatre, New York, September 23, 1839, National Theatre, New York, May 20, 1841. St. Charles Theatre, New Orleans, March 13, 1842, American Theatre, New Orleans, July 29, 1842. , gia American Theatre, Cincinnati, eptember 22, State street Theatre, Mobile, November 13, 1842. Providence Theatre, Provide , October 24, 1844. National Theatre, Washington, March 5, 1845. Bowery Theatre, New York, April 25, 1845. Xiblo's Theatre, New York, September 18, 1846, Park Theatre, New York, December 16, 1848. Avon Theatre, Norfolk, Va., February 14, 1850. Theatre, Lafayette, La., March 18, 1850. Wood's Museum, Cincinnati, July 15, 1861 American Theatre, Sacramento, Cal., 185 National Theatre, Boston, April 22, 1852 — Theatre, Placerville, Cal, January 90, Chinese Museum, Philadelphia, July 16, 185: i National Theatre, Philadelphia, July 1 | aoe Varieties, New Orieans, November, 21, | comme: by the choir singing an anthem. teons are Their Feet”? was rendered by the congre- gation. The Kev William Adams, D. D., next ered a very stirring address on behalf of the direc- tors, in which he set forth the object of the semi nary, and defined the di‘ference between sociality and individuality in religion. Dr. Henry B. Smith then read his address to the graduating © the present year. He ao pl the four recognized professions—law, medicine, te- had the mission | profession in which it was absolutely necessary to | stndy hard, so as to be able to argue against and \ pleasure of wishing godspeed upon their ad chosen the most dimicult of thein— atheists, A minister did not go into his profession to make money, but only to gain a livinggwhile | diffusing theological erudition to thos around him, He urged upon iils listeners the | being orthodox, and defined the duties incumbent | upon ministers in a very lucid manner; after which | he uttered a v | ministers whose studies he had personally superin- tended for the tast three years. After a prayer by the pastor the services termi- nated. The following is a list of the graduates :— } Charles B. Austin, Francis M. Baker, Turner u % | Bailey, William @. Ballantine, Marcellus Bowen in Francisco, Cal., 1857. Henry L, Bunste Willi . Chalmers, Chal. D. , Citl., 1860. | Chapinan. Colbert M. Des Islets, James F. Donald- eatre, Sacramento, Cal., 1861, | son, Samuel V. S. Fisher, Lewis’ R. Foote, Clarence Marysville Theatre, Marysville, Cal., November 17, | Geddes, Edward H. Harvey, Matthew C. Julien, | William G. Marts, George “R. Milton, George B! Newell, Charles 8, Newhajl, Charles Ogiivie, Rug | C. Olney, Samuel Parry, John Redpath, Jr., Willias R. Searritt, Adelbert J. Schlager, Thomas L, Sext David L, Smart, Lewis F. Stear ’ Josiah Tetiey, James M. Thompson, Edward P: | Whalion, J. Henry Whitehead, Oscarl% Whitford. | " ANTI-USURY, iseum, New Orleans, May 6, 1855. etropolitan Theatre, Barnum's Museum, New York, July 13, 1 Bowery Theatre, St. Louis, October 6, 1865 ue 's American Theatre, New York, February 5, Pike's Opera Honse, Cincinnati, March 22, 1866, Academy of Music, New York, May 22, 1866, Academy of Music, Cincinnati, July 12, 1866, New Bowery, December 18, 1866, Winter Garden, New York, March 23, 1867. Varieties, Philadelphia, June 19, 1867. Academy of Music, Albany, January 29, 1868. —_— Theatre, San Francisco, February 14, Barnum’s Museum, March 3, 1868. Butler's American Theatre, New York, April 8, Society at Cooper Institute, The third annual meeting of the American Anti- Usury Society was held yesterday morning at ten o'clock in room 24 Cooper Institute, The Presipent (Mr. Edward Palmer) called the meeting to order, and delivered a few well-founded remarks on the evils of usury. In the course of his 868. Theatre Comique, New York, December 4, 1868. Olympic Theatre, New Orleans, December 23, 1868, Olympic Theatre, Detroit, January 23, 1869, Opera House, St. Louis, Mo., February 28, 1869, Opera House, Dayton, Ohio, May 16, 1869, ‘Theatre, Atlanta, Ga., May '28, i869. ate Theatre, Rochester, N. Y., November 6, 1869, Variety Theatre, Helena, Montana Territory, No- vember 7, 1869, Gaiety Theatre, Milwaukee, Wi, November 15, address he said that usury was the prime and most prolific source of poverty, and that it was not the object of the society to impoverish the rich but to | protect the poor. The meeting was then addressed by John Ives and E, H. Heywood, of Massachussetts ; Mr. and J. R. tn 100i G Theatre, Galveston, Texas, December 8, 1869. Opera House, Latayette, Ind., December 24, 1809, Opera Hall, Indianapolis, Ind., January 17,’ 1870, Varieties Theatre, New Orleans, mer 1, 1870, Adelphi Theatre, Hoston, February 5, 1871. The following unanimously adopted :— Resolved, That usury, modernly tial t and demoralizing, oSonolved ‘Phat the abolition of the usu resolutions were Hed interest, is aterm is the MeVicker's Theatre, Chicago, October 9, 1871, only way poasible to re-establish moral reciit several months in the eas will bad have ~ r. Davenport, was to tthe boat- Anniversary Services at the Union Square The thirty-sixth anniversary of the Union Theo- logical Seminary was cclebrated at the Madison square church last evening. Quite a large number | of persons were present, and the services were Crosby's Opera House, Chicago, O f moral uption. Hooley’s Opera House, Chicage, ntober pd a rene Heras usury i the principal source of the | Dearborn Theatre, Gnicago, Getober ® te7t. ty of the working i fi ‘abolish People. tna taking anythin from the rich, but by Sing hway_ with @ system whic tnkos all the het product of labor from laboring men to double the capital of capitalists. ‘After some further business the meeting ad- oO io Theatre, Chicago, Octot . Nibio’s Garden, New York, Mayo isha Foreign Theatres Destroyed by Fire. The forementioned Herr Folsch gives the follow- Spring | mand preva- | and is considered decidedly the best man in the in favor of challenging Harvard for an outside race, to come off about the 12ti of Jwly—rowing, of course, with a crew from all de- partments; but the proposition has not yet assumed be taken up and decided upon ‘The prize was a fine , silver cup, fifteen Inches in height, and known as } There were six entries, viz.:— | ily by H.S, Potter | in 16:20, the distance being one mile up the river | The annual spring barge races will be rowed in | lass crews are now in | Prayer followed, after which the hymn “How Beau- | ology and literature—and said that those whom jie | confate the erroneous theories of sceptics and | advisability of their | ry touching farewell to the young | Meeting of the American Anti-Usury | jis, of New York; and Mr. Ivelyn, of | | 8 ‘AMP ANGELS, THE Burial of Colonel Wishart, One of the Victims of the Outlaws. Brutal Character of the Murdered Man's Wounds~ Reported Reappearance of Henry Berry Lowery, the Outlaw Chief, Ricumonp, Va., May 6, 1872, By the arrival of the Wihnington, Charlotte an Rutherford train this evening I have additiom particulars of the terribie wounds received by Colonel Cron, M. Wishart, when he was killed by the Swamp Angels, together with the details of hi: burial. The remains were interred in the ol Wishart family burying ground, at Lumberton, o Saturday afternoon. They arrived on the trat from Shoe FE that morning, at seven minutes! past eleven o'clock, and the interment took pluces at four P.M, During the interval the body of thet murdered ex-Confederate soldier and gentleman! was viewed by a large number of sorrowing friends and by quite a concourse of bereaved and out citizens, The greatest fecling was manifested at the’ loss of this estimable man, and there was a subdued! but intense excitement visible. At the appoint hour the remains were consigned to the grave, then the pent-up grief of the people found vent im tears and loud expressions of sorrow. THE APPRARANCE OF THE CORPSE ' was natural, It was arrayed in a neat “rounad alpaca suit. Upon examination the fatal wound proved horrible beyond conception, In the right side there was a large and gaping hole, made by full discharge of buckshot close to the body, which the four fingers of a man’s hand could placed with ease. One of the shots went entirel; through the body from side to side, making a moat ghastly looking wound. The right arm and also th right leg and thigh were broken and mutilated.’ Another shot pierced the brain, making I entrance behind the right ear and coming out near the left temple. There were also several buckshot lodged in the left shoulder, and: this latter woun seemed to have been inflicted while Wishart wat prostrated upon the ground in the last agonies death. A more brutal massacre of @ human beingl has scarcely ever before been perpetrated by flendd | in human shape. THE WISHART FAMILY is one of the oldest and most respected in tha county, the parents of the deceased being now liv-\ ing there, and none are inore esteemed and re spected, Colonel Wishart tad made several attempts ta capture the outlaws and he was feared by theny more than any other man in the county. He wi also engaged in writing a history of the lives an | deeds of the outlaws, from which & HERALD corre spondent made copious notes some months since when in that section, THE CHIBF OF TILE OUTLAWS SAID TO BE ALIVE, | Nothing has been heard from the ontlawsy Stephen Lowery aud Andrew Strong, since they committed this most foul d A singolar report,, which brings Henry Berry Lowery, the outlaw chief, back again from the grave, has reached my ears. A person residing in the dominions of the outlaws, who has been intimate with the le band, as- | serts most positively that he met Henry Berry Lowery, who has been reported dead for months, on Friday, the day succeeding the murder, face to face, and there was no mistaking him. This state+ ment is generally discredited, and the people of this entire section of country have the most im- plicit faith tm the demise of the notorious Rob Royt of Carolina. THE JERSEY CITY MURDER. i Eh a Inguest on the Body of Frederick Doblee stein, ‘The inquest on the body of Frederick Dobiestein,. who was murdered in the cellar of a house in Ber- gen street, Jersey City, Inst Thursday, was com- menced before Coroner Burns yesterday. ‘The first witness examined in the case was Mras Wildebrant, who testified as foitows:—I live at 160 Bergen street, the sume house where Doblesteind lived before his death; 1 know Henry Lotre, and he boayded in the same house with the deceased; ther house was kept by Mrs. Wilke; I never heard » word of dispute between Doblostein and eed | had trouble with Mr, Klentworth; the quarrel i reference to something that Klentworth had said about Lohre's wife, who is now dead; Lohre said he would take a knife out of his trunk and KM Klent- worth, if the key he had would tit it; if ie could geg} nife he would watt on the stairs until he would at night 1 kill him; J never saw hing this was about eight o'clock, and the, | statement was made tn Mrs, Wilke's room, the third | floor; on the same evening he went into Klen | worth’s room and said he wanted to see him; I saw: | | him again the sa evening on the stairs, talking} in anger at Klentworth; Kientworth was standing: in the door of his room, and Lohre asked him to}; come out if he wanted anything of him; Klentworth declined to come out; 1 hears | Mrs. Wilke tell Loire to go over to tha othe house ,on Essex street, whither she was about to move; the neighbors do not speak well of Mrs., Wilke; I made the beds yesterday morning; [, found a bag with sfraw in it about the size of a pil- | low, with blood on it, in one of the beds; It was no! | the bed in which John slept; I never heard untii ‘Thursday morning last of the death of Doblestein; myself and husband went down in the cellar to the woodhouse, and there found Doblestein on the ground, with his fee the steps of the cellar; he lead; all the people in the house caine down to. e dead man but Mr. Lohre; the deceased had had only his drawers and shirt; [saw e night before his death, about sig K, and he was pot drunk; Lohre had been, drinking. Mrs, Dina Krantz testified, through a translator,, Mr. Willlam Gossenburgh, a8 follows:—I live at 28 k street, and I resided there the night that led the death of Doblestein; I lived on the. pre second Noor; | knew the deceased, and he had a good reputation; {did not know Lohre; about etght’ o'clock in the ing Lohre wanted to get a knife out of his trunk to kill Klentworth; I did not see ave a knife; he did not have a trunk, it was a gre pox (lere a piece of the chest was shown, whi the witness recogniz us belonging to Lohre) ; L did not hear any trouble with any on about ten minutes after eight o'clock he showed me | how he wouid kill Kientworth; he did not have an; knife; Lohre was und the influence of liquor that’ night; Dobiestein went to Hovoken shout six o'clock that evening; the next morning he heard of Doblestein’s death, but Ldid not see Lohre until, seven o'clock that morning; Mrs. Wilke’s character is not the best; she drinks Uquor; there was a jeatousy between the boarders in reference to Lohre and Mrs, Wilke; the hook shown to the wit- ness belonged beneath the window on the second | Noor; Ido not know how Doblestein got killed; t | saw the hook in the wall at five o'clock that even- ing; it was fastened over the cellar date Doblestcin slept in the rear of the house; Lotire threatened to stab Paul Klentworth in the evening, and made the Uireat in my presence. The bag Which was found with blood on it in ono of the beds hy Mrs. Wildebrant was here produced and identified. Lena Cooke.was the next witness. She testified as follows :—I resided in the same house with the | deceased, with my sister, who lives on the first | hoor; 1 went to bed a iittle past two o'clock that | morning; I did not sieep ju the room over the cellar; Kodney Le Tetot | when the clock struck two we heard a noise, and f | Said to my sister it sounded like the fall of milk cans; the little dog, which was in the room, made a | funny notse; he whined, and I let him out; in abont five minutes he commenced the same nol —. | and I admitted him to the room again; I heard no noise after; I heard people walking around in the house before I went to bed, and asked my sister if | they staid up so late every night; it was about half- past one o'clock when I heard the footateps. Louisa Derricks sworn—I live in the house 100, Bergen street; 1 knew tho deceased and I knew) | Lohre; Inever heard any trouble between Losho’ and the deceased, but i knew there was trouble be-, tween Lose and Klentworth; I was at 100 Essex, street, cleaning the rooms. and I saw Lohre with knife, and Mrs, Wilke took it from him; he said he, Would do something to Klentworth;' Mrs. Wilke! gave the knife to me, and tu the evening I gave tt. back to Mrs. Wilke (the knife was shown an recognized by the witness); Mra. Wilke hag got a big mouth and drinks much beer, and talks much anong women; [heard 4 milk wagon about two o'clock, and J heard a rattling of the milk cans; I then heard the water turned on im the yard fora minute or two. Dr. Prendergast, County Le ead was next sworn, and testitied that Doblestein came to his death by congestion of the brain, caused by the in- | juries he received. ‘and stay | ‘The inquest was then adjourned. THE TRIAL OF MRS, MARTY, Unio, N. ¥., May 6, 1872, In the McCarty case the crose-examination of' Mrs. McCarty consumed the entire afternoon, and, Will be resumed to-morrow, \ t