The New York Herald Newspaper, November 20, 1872, Page 5

THE SHOOTING ON THE STAIRS ‘The Examination of the Remains of Anthony FP. ONeill--A Bullet Found in the Stomach. A DEAD MAN’S DIARY. oe ‘The Investigation by Coroner Herrman to Take Place Next Thursday. KBRINGIN A CELL. ‘Quite an excitement prevailed in and about the | @eroner’s office yesterday morning, owing to the premature and unauthorized announcement in | gome of the morning papers that the inquest in She case of Anthony F, O'Neill, who on Monday afternoon last was SHOT BY JAMES C. KING wt 42 Pine street, was to be held by Coroner Herr man at half-past ten o’clock. several legal gentie- men, including Mr. Vanderpoe) and ex-Judge Ful- Jerton, called on the Coroner to make inquiries eencerning the case, but. soon left, on hear- img the inguisition had” been postponed, Many citizens and friends of both deceased | ama the prisoner were also in attendance, expecting the case would go on, and seemed quite disappointed on learning to the contrary. During the morning Officer Gilbert, of the First Precinct, waited on the Coroner to see if the presence Of witnesses to the shooting was then re- quired. OMcer Gilbert was given a@ commitment, ‘upon which he TOOK KING TO THE TOMBS to await the finding of the Coroner's jury. By direction of Coroner Herrman Mr. Jonn T. ‘Teal, Clerk of the Board of Coroners, filled out the mecessary papers for jurors, and later in the day Detective Healy and Mr. Richard Cook summoned the following named genticmen, most of whom are merchants in the Bowery, to appear and serve as JURORS :— W. 8. Tarbolt, 28 Bowery. ¥. Reynolds, 53 Bowery. W. Weed, 86 eye Thomas S. Jube, 97 Bowery. 4. Rosenthal, 105 Bowery, J. E. Dewey, 119 Bowery. Edward Bowden, 143 Bowery, M. Duffy, 51 Goerck street. Alexander Stern, 213 Bowery. J. Parker, 236 Bowery. H, Ebenstein, 243 Bowery. B. 0, Astor. Being brought into the presence of the murdered man Coroner Herrman administered the oath to the jurors, after which they were discnarged till ten o’clock on Thursday morning, when THE INVESTIGATION WALL BE PROCEEDED WITH ‘at the Coroner’s Onice, City Hall. At twelve o'clock Deputy Coroner Cushman, with Goroner Herrman and others, proceeded to 237 Bowery, where the remains had been lest over night, and proceeded with the autopsy. POST-MORTEM EXAMINATION, Below will be found a repurt of the post-mortem examination:— Notes of post-mortem examination of f Anthony ¥. Oseilly made at 247 Bowery by Drs sosepit nd Wooster Beach :—Examination commenced elve M. Externally w e right side of chest, two inches to the right ot Median line and over the second intercostal space. No other marks of violence were on the body. Rigor mortis well marked ; body muscular and well nourished. Opening the body aud tracing the wound it was found Oush of th to extend trom point of entrance through the upper lobe of right lung, thro ich the ardiumn, through right aaricle and right ventricle of the heart, through the right @iaphragm And left lobe of the liver inte the stomach i which organ a leaden ball was foun; thorax und ab- @omen contained about three pints of fluid and clotied . Alithe organs of the body were examined and found tobe normal. In our opinion the cause of death ‘wag hemorrhage from pistol shot wound. O'NEILL'S TELI-TALE DIARY, Among other things found in possession of the eceased were memoranda relative to the divorce wuit of King vs. King, the following o! which are copies :— August 18—King to Turner’ Gclober 3—Bianche leit, October 3b—Joe came. y Shizzle lett. Marc! w King strike wife, Mrs. King left Turner's. July %—Retarned from Beaverkil, July 3—Keturned trunks. Toly 2—Mrs. King went East. just 5—Arrested. z came hack, August 1s—King tent Turners ‘August 19—Divorce papers served on King. August $e Took jndes ent against King in replevin suit. Aagust ngs ‘Oc! ver Blanche Yer. iF 31—Joc came. bruary S—Lizzie lett; King struck her in my pres- March 20—Saw King throw dish at Mrs. King in Joe's presence. ‘April 3—Joe left. daly 5—King beat his wife. July 9 ov 10—King beat his wife in my presence, Tuly 13—Went fishing to Beaverkill, july 16—Mre, King lett Turner's. july 20-1 returned trom Beaverkill. 2 w Mrs, King for first tine Bust in the mily inoved to Turner's. August 15—King leit Turnc August 19—Divorce papers served on King at the ndon Hotel. just W—Divorce papers served to Turner's, under subpoena. August 2%6—Motion for children postponed until “ August 27—Motic jaildtren postponed until August 29—Motion for children postponed until —. August 3)—Motion for children postponed until ——, The Assassin in Prison. About one o’clock yesterday the inner corridors of the Tombs were quite picturesquely enlivened by the presence of persons visiting the occupants of the cells. They were leaning against the iron tating of the heavy doors and conversing in low tones with those confined within. Near one door, however, there was no one. This was No. 74, and s the one assigned for the present for the confine- ‘ment of James C. King, whose cool, determined hand on a steel trigger caused such a startling sen- sation yesterday in Pine street. Through the cour- of Warden Finlay the HERALD reporter was permitted to approach this cell, and, PEERING THROUGH THE CLOSE BARS, he nodded to King, who responded most naturally, but with aslight blush mounting to his checks— “How do you do?” He is asmall man, of about thirty years, of ap- parently a very cold and suspicious disposition, and with steely eyes that give you an unpleasant sensation when they are directed towards you. Mr. King was attired as he was on Monday when he fired the fatal shot, only his toilet looked to be mot so carefully arranged and he seemed a little worn and nervous. He had on a light brown over- oat and wore the standing pointed collar that gignalizes many of the youth who live in the Four- teenth ward. ‘The cell in which the prisoner is confined is one Of the small ones, and is furnished witha bed and a@stand or table. On the laiter were piled some @ld newspapers. The floor is covered with @ poor bic | ae << ao id bin ° gree: disorder. Ir, eing asked regarding his own wersion of tne eiore FACTS PRECEDING THE DEED, wefased decidedly to have anything to say abont It, ‘Saving received such instruction from his counsel, Therefore the Hekatp reporter did not remain Jong, but in going pased the door of Ha; aired ‘poisoner, within which his thin and emaciated form could be seen crouching upon the straw of his bed, reading a paper, while his eyes ‘were furtively kept from encountering those of the stranger by the intervention of the bars. The whol ng of the murderer's cells is fall of @ccupants, and both Foster's and Scannell’s faces were scen within two of them by the reporter as | he left, They looked rather scared and haggard ‘With the impression doubtiess that this new trag- edy would hasten their own retribation. FEROCIOUS FLAHERTY, The Peril of Stepping on a Third Ave- mue Car—A Pickpocket Caught and an Attempt by a Crowd of RufMfians to Rescue Him, Yesterday afternoon a man name: Henry Gould, hailing from New Jersey, undertook to get upon a ‘Third avenue car, with the intention of proceeding uptown. As he stepped on the iron platform he received. a blow on the back of his neck and a crowd of persons instantly jostled him. When he got clear wn assailants he missed his pocketbook and secing man who had assaulted b down the street he followed and tiased the, thet into the arms of Officer Lahey, of the Second pre- éinct. As the officer was conducting the prisoner, ‘William Stanicy, to the Tombs, he was attacked at the corner of Peari and Centre streets by a crowd of rufians, who rescucd the prisoner despite the efforts of the officer, ‘The latter, however. snc. ceeded in arresting James Flaherty, leader of the att and, later in the day, suceecded in appre- ing Stanley. Judge Ho; ner in default of $1.00) bar. ‘48 found a pistol shot wound | FAB Uetained the ue NEW YOKK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1872.-TRIPLE SHEET. WOODHULL’S DEFIANCE. Lupiow SrrEer Jai, Naw Yore, Nov. 16, 1872, To THE Ep:ToR OF TRE HERALD:— No one can be more conscious than Iam that prudent forethought skould precede any appeal made to the public by one circumstanced as Iam; and I think Ihave not ignored that consciousness in asking the attention of the public through your columns. Ever since it became generally known by the press that I am constitutionally, theoretically and practically @ social revolutionist, the discussion of the principles upon which my theories are based has been excluded from their columns, while I have been snbdjected to all sorts of persona] abuse, To those whe do not know me personally I am this or that, which renders me an object of fear or hate— either a “ghoul,” @ “vampire” ora “devil.” Ihave been systematically written down as the most immoral of women, but no act of mine has heen advanced in support of the charge. My theo- | rles have been first misstated or misrepresented, | and then denounced as “revolting.” Thus have I been gratuitously misinterpreted by the press to the public, whose interests it professes to watch over and protect, But has it ever occurred to this | great public, which now holds up its hands in horror of me, that, even m its estimation, manu- factured by the press as it has been, I am no worse than thirty years ago were the prime movers in the anti-slavery movement in the estimation of the public of that time? Is it remembered how they were abused by the press, imprisoned by the authorities, and stoned and almost hanged by the People ? And yet, strange as it is, on the great, broad earth, there are none more esteemed and respected to-cay than are the veritable persons who so recently were generally condemned. And, | what is still more strange, some who were thus ! condemned, forgetting the lesson of their own ex- | periences, earnestly join in the present persecu- tion. Verily, history does repeat itself, even with- | in the remembrance of a single generation. Who, in their own time and among their own people, have been the bad people of the past? Were there ever’ any more loudly decried and | persistently persecuted than Christ and His aposties and disciples, than Galileo, Luther, alvin, Fox, Harvey, Amn Lee and Murray, than Douglass, Garrison and Phillips? In some form each and all of these were the advo- cates of new ideas of freedom, as I am now the advocate of freedom in its full sense, and they were persecuted by the public of their times, as I am by the public of to-day, because they advocated ideas which were not fully comprehended. The puplic of their time Interpreted the freedom they advocated to mean anarchy, as the public now in- terpret the freedom I advocate to mean anarchy, But nobody now pretends to condemn them; but everybody unites in commending them for the courage which gave them the strength to do right in spite of the public prejudice. And yet every- boy fails to learn the lesson taught by their expe- riences, But what is the great danger which the public pretends to fear from me? The plain statement of | what J desire to accomplish, and it is this at which the public howls, is this:—I desire that woman shail beemancipated from the sexual slavery main- tained over her by man. It is by reason of her sex only that woman, whether as wife, * * » now supports herself; and man is determined not to give up this domination. This is all wrong, and against itl long since declared war—relentless and un- ceasing war, I desire that woman shall, so far as her support is concerned, be made independent of man, so that all her sexual relations result from other reasons than for maintenance; in a word, shail be wholly and only for love, Is there anything so dreadful, as the public has conjured up in its"mind that there is, in this? Ask those about to enter marriage ‘‘for a home,” those who have already done 80 and the so-eal.ed prosti- tutes, if they think this is a dangerous and terrible proposition? And yet it is the sum and substance, the intent and effect, of my “revolting theories’? ‘These theories ought to appear dangerous to such | men, only, a8 now purcliase women by moncy, | Who, under other circumstances, would be unable | to command them by love. They ought to appear dangerous to such Women, only, as now prefer to sell themselves to men they loathe, for money, sup- | port or “a home,” rather than to rely for them upon the power of love from those they love, lack- ing Money. 1 can think of no other classes who should be frightened of me. “But,” say the press, ‘we are threatened by a great public danger if this be permitted to go on.” Let me see if it be possible to find what that danger is. “But these bad women, of bold and unabashed front, have flaunted their degradation and lived upon it,” and “have hurled defiance at decency and | virtue.” A heinous crime; truly, a most heinous }erme! I have been bold and unabashed enongh to inake & plain statement of facts which I found ex- isting in and detrimental to the community, and, } according to the immaculate press, have thus defied decency and virtue. Now let me ask this condemning public to stop right here and answer me this question, Does the defiance to decency and virtue emanate from me or from those who commit the acts which I expose, is it in the facts themselves or in their exposure— is it in tlfeir existence or in making their existence known? Answer this upon your honor, Great Pub- lic, and then condemn me if you can, Again: “Among the most dangerous forces is so-called free thought, that would make immorality free from all restraint, and that, under the name of hberty of the press, would make the journal the vehicle, not enly for the vilest slanders, but for the filthiest expression of debauched thought.” And again, [ ask, does the immorality consist of the facts that exist inthe community; or is it in making them known to the unsuspecting, to the great honest and moral masses ? And is tle act of thus making them known, “the filthiest expression of thought,” or giving expression to filthy facts? Answer this also, and then condemn me if you will. The persecution to which I am subjected seems to me to be the effort of the magnates of society to hide from the great public, over which they assume to Peciaase the pitfalls into which, rather than that I should point out the eka and its location, they would haye the public walk blindfolded to its de- struction. A danger, to be dangerous, must remain unsuspected, since from the very moment it is exposed the danger ceases, and no- body knows that fact better than the very persons who in the name of the public are now pursuing . I have had the courage to warn the public of a subtie poison that is being stealthily but steadily distributed in society, un- dermining the very foundation of morality in the human heart and ‘erecting in its stead the most consummate but REE BET hypocrisy. Where the moral conservators would have the public think virtue exists if the assumed masks be stripped of, the foulest slime will be discovered. ‘rhe great public danger then is not in my ene sure of the immoralities that are constantly bein; committed, but in the fear that their enactors will be shownup to the public they have so long de- ceived. The public isin no danger from me; but those who are distilling poisons and clgging pitfalis for it are in danger, and will remain in danger so long as I live; and, since this is known, the danger must be removed, at whatever cost of pub- lic justice or private right. To the public I would say in conclusion they may succeed in crushing me out, even to the loss of my life; but let me warn them and you that from the ashes of my bodya thousand Victorias will spring to avenge my death by baie the work laid down by me and carrying it forward to victory. Very respectfully, VICTORIA 0. WOODHULL, | } } THE GALES IN NORTHERN EUROPE. An Appeal from the Consul of Denmark at This Port for the Sufferers by the Recent Destructive Storms, The following communication is an appeal frem the Danish Consul in this city, Mr. C, T, Christen- sen, on behalf of his countrymen who have lost their property through the ravages of the late seriously destructive storms that have visited the north of Europe. It asks for help from citizens and residents of New York, which, if received, will be gratefully acknowledged :— The heartrending accounts which have reached us by cable of the loss of life and great destruction of property on sea and land in the countries bor- dering on the Baltic during the recent terrible ie justify me in making an earnest appeal to the benevolently inclined, whether native or foreign born, for contributions towards relieving the immediate necessities of those who are the eatest sufferers by this imeate It appears hat a large number of vessels have been wrecked, that islands have been inundated (one entire island has been submerged and all the inhabitants drowned), sea towns have been destroyed and a great number of lives lost, The Danes are an in- dustrious and frugal people; but, on the | from lack of the necessar, not say—ouly able under ordinary circum- stances to make a fair living. A state of suffering like the present one cannot, therefore, be entirel: alleviated by the resources of the country iteell, and the anxious fears of the homeless and the destitute, and especially of those who have lost their protectors and provers, on the verge of the jong and severe northern Winter, must be terrible beyond expression, and cannot fall to touch deeply every humane heart, Whatever help is rendered should be renderea immediately, Contributions will be received at the Danish Consulate, 39 Broadway, between the hours of nine and five. They will be Peo | acknowledged, remitted by cable and judicious}; distributed, onder the supervision of the Danis! government, among the most needy of the suf- eras. C, T, CHRISTENSEN (of the firm of B. G, Arnckt & €o.), Coney of Denmark abd Acuue Pharve d’Agaires, qualifications I can- whole—whether by force of circumstances or | } AMONG THE ASHES. Firemen Still at Work On the Ruins of the Great Burned Warehouse in Brooklyn. Thousands of Spectators at the Scene Yeaterday— The Narrow Escape of Several Firemen— Loases Estimated at Half a Miilion Dollars, The roins of the large brick storehouses of Wood- raff & Robinson, at the foot of Amity street, which were levelled by fire on Monday evening, were gazed upon yesterday by thousands of spectators, whose curiosity has been more or less excited by the conflagrations which have occurred in other eities, As will be seen by the report in yesterday's HERALD, several of the companics which suffered heavy LOSSES BY THE BOSTON FIRE were also Josers by the fire at Woodruft & Robin- son’s. These buildings were supposed to be almost fireproof, for they were brick, with iron shutters. it might have been dificult for them to have taken fire from the outside, but in this instance they took fire from the inside, and, as stated in yesterday's paper, from the friction of the machinery, The oll on the machinery took fire and communicated to the woodwork, AMONG THE RUINS. The heap of smouldering ruins and burning grain seemed like a lesson of warning to the owners to be cven more watchful in the fature for the visit of the Vire King. The firemen of the Western District worked incessantly until yester- day morning, when they became tatigued and were relieved by a body from the Eastern District, Large streams of water were continually poured upon the ruins by the steamers; but the thick smoke continued to rise, showing that there were places beneath the débris which had not been reached by the water, and which, ff left alone, might kindle again and continue its march of devastation, A sortunate discovery was made in this respect yesterday morning by one of the workmen, A TIMELY DISCOVERY, It appears the gaspipe which communicated from the burning buildi to those adjoining, which the firemen had worked so hard to save, had been broken off, and the cree ne gas was burn- ing from the end. The dame had com- municated to storehouse “A,” in which large quantities of sugar were stored, and the beams of the flooring were ignited before it was discovered, The firemen soon put a stream on it and thereby prevented another fire. All that was left of the storehouses “P”’ and “‘J"” were the rear walls, the other portions being com- pletely demolished. The elevator and the ma- chinery therein were at the bottom of the river, into which they slid when separated from the main building, When the fire was at its height there was more or less danger of loss of life, and the escape of half a dozeu men, mostly members of Engine Com- pany No. 5, who were on the roof, was narrow in- deed. The confined heat and gases exploded, blowing the roof up, and they were landed pro- miscuously, after going about ten feet into the air, upon the topot an adjacent storehouse. David icConnell, @ volunteer fireman, had his hand skinned, while Samuel Loy one of the members of No. 5, was seriously injured, and had to be removed to the City Hos- fuons where he was reported yesterday to e in a critical condition. The others escaped with a few slight bruises. Among those who were present yesterday morning looking intentiy upon the scene were the owners of the property, Mr. William Beard and Messrs. Woodrui! & Robinson. They concluded that THE 108s would not be much over haif a million dollars, for there was not a8 much wheat burned as they had first supposed. The greater portion of grain on storage was corn, oats, rye and barley. While the wheat was worth from $1 45 to $2 per bushel, the corn was not worth over 60 cents or 70 cents, and the oats from 47 to 52 cents, which would make the loss considerably less than was at first estimated. Mr. Robiuson said that he found upon examining the books that the greater portion of the wheat was stored elsewhere. He was of the opinion, from looking over the accounts, that the loss on grain would not be much less than $35,000, INSURANCE. Generally speaking those who have grain in store effect an insurauce which they make transferable with the negotiable receipt. From this it would appear that the grain, as before stated, was owned by a number of different parties, and it being in- ey the losses will fall upon the insurance com- panies. The firemen will continue their work on the fire for two days longer. MORE WATER FOR FIRES, A New Reservoir To Be Built on the Cro- ton River and to Cover Five Hundred Acres—Action of Commissioner Van Nort. The good fruits of the conflagration in Boston become manifest day by day in the increased and better precautions which are being instituted for the protection of large cities trom the “flery ele- ment.’ A more plentiful.supply of water 1s one of the greatest needs, and there seems now a pros- pect that it will soon be fully obviated. Commissioner Van Nort, of the Department of Public Works, has signed the necessary papers and maps locating a new reservoir in Putnam county, on the middie branch of the Croton River, about two miles cast of Brewster's Station, The reservoir will cover an area of about five hundred acres and will contain nearly four thousand million gallons. The storage reservoir at Boyd's Corners, with a capacity of 9,000,000,000 gallons, is rapidly ap- proaching completion and will be filled during the present season, ready for use next Summer, The Commissioner will to-day send to the Com- mon Council a communication in angwer to a reso- lution in relation to the meaus of providing sum- cient water to avoid large conflagrations, together with the reports of the engineers of tne Depart- ment on that subject. APAID FIRE DEPARTMENT FOR ORANGE, N, J, Some time ago, at a fire in Orange, N. J., @ number of the firemen behaved in @ scandalous manner and refused to obey their superior officer in the midst of the fire. As 4 consequence tho insubordinates were suspended and a proposition was before the Common Council to discharge them dishonorably. This would have been @ very just but unpleasant duty, and the Council on Monday night managed to steer Clear of the snag altogether by adopting a resolution asking authority from the Legislature to issue bonds for $15,000, with which to establish and maintain a paid Fire Department instead of the present unsatisfactory volunteer system. The matter appears to give entire public satisfaction, Meeting of the Stockholders, The stockholders of the Union Ferry Company met at noon yesterday, in the President’s room of the company, at the ferry house, Brooklyn, for the purpose of receiving the annual report of the directors and for the election of directors for the ensuing year. Mr. N. B. Morse presided. The re- ort of the assets and liabilities, showing what had en done with the money received, was pre- sented, The following are the figures:— ASSETS NoveMBER 1, 1872, 9928:000 00 Boats... x Forey’ Yiouses: 259,023. 95 Racks, bridges aind oats. + ga 0 fachinery, iron a “15,000 00 Lumber, paints, 3/900 09 lores and carts. Pile drivers and tools outside... 0 Office furniture. 0 Wood and coal..° i 00 Taxes due by city of New York. % Petty cash 00 Cash in ban! LiABiLiT in.. bout. Captial stock paid Sundry bills dhe, a Due tor coal Loans +. Fe May 1, . jance dividend dne, November | Tickets unredeemed ,. Taxes, city of Broo! Claims in suit... Total .....+ wee saverseaees The following named gentlemen were elected di- rectors:—Henry E. Pierrepont, Joseph A, Perry, Abel A. Low, Edward Dodge, H. B. orrningtopy Charles E. Bill, James S,'T. Stranahan, Nathan B, Morse, Cyrus P. Smith, Walter N. Degraw, Horace B, Claflin, James How, Abraham &, Baylis, 8, B. Obittenden, James A. Degraw. ANGRY OVER AN ASYLUM, The citizens of the Eleventh ward of Newark have inaugurated a vigorous movement against the interests of the lunatics {n its boundary, There is located the County Asylum, and a proposition to extend the same has excited the indignation of the residents and property owners, who, at a recent Meeting, appointed a committee, whose duty it is, among other things, ‘to request the Aldermen from the Sixth and Eleventh wards to cail the attention of the Common Council to our grievance and request, them to take such prompt action as wil relieve us from the nuisance now springing up in our midst to the injury of our property and the disturbance Of the Deage Of pus NUeuLArhag,.”* The Steady Increase of the Disease—Iron Used Unsuccesstully s = Cure—The Late Colonel Fisk’s Charger Recovering from the Hipporhinorrhea,. The dropsy appears to be still prevalent among the horses, and fresh cases are reported every day. Asa general rule this branch of the epizooty ap- Pears to be the result of extra and injudicious work. Some thirty more bodies were taken to the Render- ing Company, over fiity per cent of which died from dropsy. It is nearly impossible to give any regular cure for this disease, as it varies in the symptoms and consequently requires different treatment. Dr. Cattenach has some fifty horses in private stables, all suffering from dropsy in @ more or less aggravated form. Asa rule he gives iron— from half a drachm to forty grains to the dose—and in some very severe cases he administers copper. On Monday night he was cailed in to see a horse of Dr. Blumenthal's, A VERY BAD CASE OF DROPSY, accompanied by a violent discharge of blood from the nostrils. Im that case he gaye ammonia, and the horse was considerably better yesterday morn- ing. Abouteight A. M. yesterday a valuable car. riage horse, the property of Mr. H. Lord, of Seven. teenth street, died of dropsy after three hours’ ill- ness, There are some cases of such an aggravated nature as to prove fatal unless taken proper care of immediately after the appearance of the first symptome. The late Colone! Fisk’s magnificent blaek charger, now the property of Mr. B, Blanchard, has had an attack ofdropsy, but is now nearly recovered. | An- other bay horse in the same stable has also been badly affected, and ts improving rapidly. A brown horse, the property of Mr. Le Roy, nas a very bad attack of dropsy and is in a precarious condition, There are Some seventy or eighty other valuable horses in private stables laid up with the disease, THE CAR AND STAGE STABLES Appear to be in about the same state as they were yesterday, stopped the dropsy in their sick battalion and do not anticipate any more deaths. The Fourth, Sixth, Broadway and Seventh, Eighth, Ninth and Tenth avenue stables are all doing pretty well and do not expect many more deaths, The stage stables are also running all their stages and intend to keep them on, Iu the cases where the horses will not eat, they are generally given some veze- table compound food in their water, which acts upon them like a tonic and gives them an appetite for @ nice warm mash. At & rough estimate there must be 500 horses sick to-day with the dropsy, REFORMED CHURCH CLASSIS. oe ee The Revised Constitation Rejected by tne Classis. ‘of New York held an adjourned meeting yesterday at the Reformed Dutch church, Fifth avenue and Twenty-ninth street. Rev. Dr. Ransford Wells, of Bridgeport, Conn., presided as moderator; Rev. Dr. James Brownlee, of Staten Island, clerk; Rev. Dr. W. Chambers ofictating in his regular capacity as stated clerk. Among the PROMINENT CLERGYMEN PRESENT were Rev. Drs. Ormiston, Rogers, Ganse, Riley and Quackenbush. The object of the meeting was to take action upon the revision of the constitu- tion ofthe Church with certain amendments, The subject had been referred to a committee of which Rev. Dr, Forsyth, Chaplain at West Point, was chairmain, and yesterday that committee's report was taken up and discussed at great length, the Classis finally arriving at a unanimous conclusion | Which was expressed by the following RESOLUTIONS. Resolved, First, that while the new constitution em- braces many and great improvements in arrangement and in cleat i statement, yet, as it makes some serious changes in the fundamental law, and, besides, there is reason to fear that in the adoption of the revision ag reeommended there may be an implied sanction of the effort to reject the four excepted sections, we feel com- pelled to withhold our consent to its adoption, Resolved, Second—In regard to what are called THE EXCEPTED SECTIONS, the Classis are unable to perceive in the minutes of the General Synod any evidence of such a “previous recom- tion” as the constitution requires, and therefore lecline to take action upon the subject, although they feel at liberty to express their preferenes that the law of the Church should in all these particulars remain un- changed, The session lasted nearly four hours, and the debate, though animated and at times warm, was harmonious in the extreme, as will be seen by the unanimity of the vot BEEKMAN HILL METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH. Laying of the Corner Stone of the New Structure by Bishop Haven, The corner stone of the new Methodist Episcopal church, on Beekman Hill, was laid yesterday after noon by Bishop Haven, Preparatory to the laying of the stone, religious exercises were held in the chapel adjoining, presided over by the pastor, Rey. W. C. Steel. After the singing of a hymn and a prayer by the Rev. Jarvis Nichols, addresses ap- propriate to the occasion were made by the Rev. John Hall, of the Presbyterian denomination, and Bishop Haven, Both addresses were very interest- ing and full of ,00d advice, It was inculcated that Christ alone was worthy of a preacher’s subject; that the Holy Book was the sermon that should he preached, and tnat whatever did not bring us nearer to Christ was of no avail. It was prayed that in the new church pastors in time to come would meet with a reward for their labors in the numbers of souls that would be saved. After the addresses pence Haven, assisted by the Rev, Mr. Dunscombe, laid the stone, which contained a number of ancient and United states coins, reli- gious and secular papers, postal and internal reve- nue stamps, reports of societies belonging to the church, &e, The new church will be fifty-five by ninety feet, composed of iron, and will cost, witi the pastor’s residence, which is to be immediately adjoining, $40,000, There 1s a debt of about $20,000 yet to be paid. Last evening the Rev. Mr. Tiffany lectured in the chapel. A bazaar in aid of the new building will open in the chapel on December 3 and will continue three days. NEW YORK CITY. pone neeart: *Seeeaels Ellen Gorman, a little girl six years of age, whose parents live at 158 West Eighteenth street, was killed yesterday by being struck on the head by the pole of an ice wagon. The driver of the wagon was arrested. Coroner Schirmer was notified and will hold an inquest. Mary Jane Wiley, aged 17, was yesterday ar- rested for stealing from her late employer, Mr. Wm. H. Charlock, of 220 West 125th street, cloth- ing and jewelry of the value of $160, The girl ad- mitted her guilt aud was committed for trial, in default of $1,500 bail, by Justice McQuade, The emp!oyés on the line of the Croton Aqueduct, from New York city to Croton Dam, in Westchester county, were paid yesterday, to 1st inst., $10,000, ‘The pay rolls of the laborers on the Boulevard, having been received by the Comptroller, the same will be paid to-(lay by the Paymaster of the Finance Department, to the 2d inst., amounting to $30,000, Coroner Schirmer was yesterday cailed to Belle- vue Hospital to hold an inquest on the body of Martin Monahan, a lad fifteen years of age, who was killed by falling through the hatchway of a ponane house corner of Bleecker street and roadway. He died in the ambulance while en route to the hospital. Deceased lived at No, 514 East Fifteenth street, Yesterday afternoon Edwin Noille, a la’ eighteen years of age, anda bricklayer by trade, while at work on the new Post Office in the Park fell a dis- tance of eighty feet, and was so terribly injured that death ensued soon after his admission to Cen- tre Street Hospital, whither he was immediately taken, Deceased ilved at 1,501 Bergen street, Brooklyn. Coroner Schirmer was notified. On Monday evening, Mr. Rinald C. De Long, a man forty-eight years of age, and a native of this country, while standing in Fourteenth street, near Tenth avenue, was taken suddenly ill, and dropping to the pavement, expired In afew moments after- wards, He was taken to the Eighteenth precinct station house, but was Mabie YG removed to his residence, 357 West Twenty-fourth street, wnere Coroner Herrman will hold an inquest. A “BOGUS” DETECTIVE. Yesterday morning Nathaniel Mitchel, an em- ployé on the steamer Tillie, now lying at pier 36 carrying @ sack of coffee on his back, when le was accosted by William Long, who, it is alleged, an- nounced himself as a detective and demanded that Mitchel should go with him to the station house, To this Mitchel assented, and on the way Long stopped at a corner and said he wanted to Wait for another officer, who was to meet him there. While waiting Mitchel SET THE SAOK OF COFFEE DOWN and stepped into a lager beer saloon near by, and when he came out again both coffee and Lo! non inventt erant, ° Procuring the assistance of an officer, Mitchel went In quest of his “detective” friend, but failing to find him went to the station house. Im the meantime an officer had falien in with Long and soon conciuded to take him along, together with bis coffee, to the lock uv During the afternoon Judge Scott committed him for trial Wy {he Special Sygsions. East River, was passing through Market street, | | | ‘The Third avenue line think they have | The Classis of the Reformed Church of the Synod | After the Legislature—Resolations on the Death of William H. Seward. The Republican Central Committee met last eve- ning at Repubitcan Hall, Twenty-third street and Brondway, John J. Townsend presiding, and lam Drummond, Secretary. THB ANNUAL PRIMARIRG, The Executive Committee, through Mr. White, its chawman, reported the following resolutions, which were adopted :— Resolved, That the basis o! presentation in the Cen- tral Committee ot the ensuing year, and until otherwise of the constiiution of this commit. ate trom each Assembly district tor electoral votes cast for the republican Presi- wWil- wy onc 333) dential Steatton in said district, and one additional dele- gate et each fraction exceeding one-half of said number |, That the Executive Committee be author upon the conclusion of @ official can publish a call for the al primaries {otmert therein the number of delegates to which istrict shail be entitied upon si a CONGRATULATORY, Mr. E. DELAFIELD Smrru then moved the following resolutions, which were unanimously adopted :— Resolved, That we send to our associates th UntEY atid, to the friends of the American ie ro out the world our ‘elt congratulations upo! the resuits of the late election. ies Resolved, That we tender otir cordial acknowledgments to Ulysses 8. Grant for the magnificent triumph of repub- lican principles which, in his great and endeared nan has been achieved inevery quarter of the Union. Al we rejoice that Henry Wilson, whose fidelity is made con- spicuous by the faithlessness ‘or his colleague, has been advanced toa new and more illustrious association. solved, That the State of New York in the eleciion of as Governor, and the city of New York in the Villiam FP, Havemeyer as Mayor have revived the glories of their early history, and have determined that good government shall be local ax well as national, THE DEATH OF MR. SEWARD, Mr. Delafield Smith also moved the following resolutions :— Resolved, That ihe Republican Central Comimittee of the esty of New York have heard with profound sorrow that William H. Seward is no longer among the living. A oppresse orator, hig @ philanthropist, his ini. triot, he lived for his country; a statesma ize ‘the irrepressible conflict between right and wrong, and saved the consti- t y invoking to its support the “higher law” of forgot himself in his devotion to the American a Christian, he could forgive an enemy, but never could forget @ friend; the assassin’s knife could not cut trom his heart’ its kindness; the smallest” token of ction never faded from his memor. tarnish rT faltered ; his purity was never his greatness and his ; his fidelity ne’ 4. tine word witnessed goodness, The sun in its circuit followed his funeral rites around the earth, and his green grave at Auburn Will be visited from every clime of the globe and every ise of the sea till time stiatl be no more. solved, Thi is political associates, remember of his last acts was to advise his rymen to sustain the administration of our choice, and one of his Inst consolations was the knowledge that his counsels were sure to be observed. Resolved, That we tender our sinoere sympath: of his immediate household to whom he was end the tenaerest ties of relationship and of love. Resolved, That these resolutions, properly authenti- cated. be transmitted to the surviving members of is family. Mr. Warr, in seconding Mr. Smith's motion, made some pertinent remarks and suggested that a copy of the resolutions be permanently placed on the committee's files, The Committee, out of respect to the memory of Mr. Seward, rose, when the Chairman put the question, and thus signified their assent to the resolutions, A committee of seven, consisting of Messrs, Gardner, Opdyke, Bliss, Lent, Farr, Murphy and Laimbeer, was appointed to look alter legislative matters during the coming Winter. The committee then adjourned, to those eared by THE COUNTY CANVASS, The Board of County Canvassers met in the Chamber of the Board of Supervisors yesterday as usual, and continued their canvass, The Supervi- sors for the Thirteenth Assembly district were absent, and that district was laid aside until their appearance, The Fourteenth, Fifteenth and Six- teenth were partly canvassed during the day, The average amount of inaccuracies and errors were discovered, one of them being 80 gross as to give Plunkitt 137 votes for Alderman in one statement and only 87 in another, Bliss and Davenport still continue to haunt the rooms, overlooking a little of everything, and assuring themselves that the re- publican candidates dia not suffer. UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT. ore nie A Cooked-up Case and a Wiley Defence= A Spoon and Fork Controversy—im- portant to Insurance Companics—Inter nal Revenue Seizures—Appeal trom the Court of Claims. WASHINGTON, Nov. 19, 1872. No, 250, Emily F, Wiley ve, Truman Cook— Appeal from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia.—This bill was filed by Cook to recover $3,000 from Mrs. Wiley for professional services in the prosecution of her claiin as heir or distributee of Tilleston P. Brown, The defence was that, having discovered that Cook was attempting to defraud her, Mrs. Wiley had withdrawn her business from his hands, and that he had acquiesced, and that he was not therefore entitled to recover. ‘The decree below was that Mrs. Wiley performed her contract to pay Cook the $3,000, the Court finding that the services were rendered. ‘The frauds alleged below are urged here by the appellant as a reason for the reversal of the de- cree :—The appellee submits that the question being one ot fact, this Court will not Fo. back of the de- cree to ascertain if the finding of fact was correct, but will affirm it, A. G. Riddle and J. D. McPherson for appellant; W. T. Mettingly for appellee. No, 168 Gorham Manufacturing Company vs. White—Appeal from the Circuit Court for the Southern district of New York.—This case was ar- gued at the last term of the Court, and was brought to recover damages for an alleged infringement of a patent for a new design for spoon and fork handles. The Court below found that there was no infringement because there was & substantial difference in ornamentation, and the ent was for hite. It was here contended that if, as shown, the outline was the same, while there was not difference enough in the ornamentation’to be noticed by the purchasing patie tae only by experts and those skilled in the art of detigning—then there was no protection for patentees of designs, This Court sustains the theory of the aaa and reverses the decreé. .The opinion was delivered by Mr. Jus- tice Strong. Dissenting—Justices Miller, Field and Bradley. No. 160. Phoenix Insurance Company vs. Hamil- ton et al.—Error to the Circuit Court for the North- ern District of Ilinols.—This case was argued at the last term of the Court. The question involved was whether the dissolution of a firm during the term of a policy of insurance, and the renewing of the policy by the remaining partner or partners without notice of the dissolution to the in- surers, Was such a& misrepresentation and concealment as would avoid the policy, the parties, when dissolving the firm exist- ing under writings, having verbally agreed to continue -the “business under the same firm name and in the same manner as before, The Court below found that if the verbal agreement, was carried out and the insurance was effected in course of the business and upon grain received in the same name and in pursuance of the agreement then the plaintiff could recover, and this Court affirms the judgment. Mir. Justice Bradley delivered the opinion. Mr. Justice Clifford dissented, No. 187, Erskine vs. Hombach—Error to the Cir- cuit Court for the Eastern district of Wisconsin.— this was an action of trespass brought by Hom- bach against Erskine, as a collector of internal revenue, for a wrongful seizure of tobacco on a charge of an attempt to defraud the government of revenue, The verdict and judgment were for the claimant, and the case came here, the collector insisting that the trespass would not lie In such & case, and that the claim must fail because there was no allegation that an appeal was made to the Com- missioners of Internal Revenue to abate the tax al- leged to have been illegally assessed, This Court overrules both these objections and affirms the jaagment below. Mr. Justice Fields delivered the opini be No. 373, Solomon et al vs, Graham—Error to the Supreme Court of Louisiana,—Dismissed for want of jurisdiction, No, 223, United States va. Baird, and 224. Baird va, United States—Cross appeals from the Court of Claims.—This was an adirmance of a judgment of the Court of Claims giving Baird a portion of a claim for furnishing locomotives to the govern- ment, the Court finding that the judgment was correct as to both appeals, Mr. Justice Swayne delivered the opinion. No. 225. Morgan vs. United States—Appeal from the Court of Claims.—This was an afirmance of a judgment in favor of the government on a claim set up by access for the log of a vessel chartered to the United States during the w: The question was whether the government was ne Perey for the logs in consequence of the ship haying been ordered to sea against the judgment of the ship oflicers as to safety, the government being the in- surers eee war risks Only, Mr, Justice Davis delivered the opinion, No. 177, Philpov et al. vs. Cymnigen, Executrix.— Error to the Circuit Court for the Northern district of Illinois.—This was a suit on a promissory note to which the defence —no consideration. The verdict sustained the validity of tne note, and the judgment was fer the executrix, and it is aMirmed by tals Court. Mr. Justice Strong delivered tne opinion. No. 186, Gregg vs. Moss—Error to the Circuit Court for the Northern district of Mlinois.—This was a judgment for Gregg in an action alleging an indebtedness by Moss to one Kellogg, who is repre- sented by rege. and the Court found the indebtedness to exist, ‘This Court finds the same state of facts and afirms ‘ the jndgmept. Mr, Justice Miller delivered the opinton. CUBA. Desperate Efforts of the Slaveholders for the Maintenance of Slavery. Six Hundred Thousand Dollars Expended im Madrid to Obtain Zorrilla’s Declaration, “While a Single Insurgent Remains in Arms There Shall Be No Reforms in Cuba”—The Interest of the Slave- holders to Foster the Insurrec- tion—Miscellaneous News. Havana, Nov, 14, 1872, The diMculty that Spain has alwaysexperienced of keeping up the government of this island, her most important and lucrative dependency, in ap- parent consonance with the policy pursued at home, has been in nowise relieved by the present Ministry, composed of those who initiated the revo~ lution of September, 1868, The vacillations ana prevarications of Spanish Ministers, past and present, in the measures adopted for the govern- ment and well being of this Antille are but too welt known, and the mysteries hidden in their profesion de fi, or declared policy, but “too thin” to those who comprehend the interior working and machi- nations of the Spanish party here, The present government—like all former ones—has made & public declaration of its intended policy, which has attracted more general attention than similar declarations by less liberal Ministers. Sefior Zorrilla, the President Minister of the present Spanish Cabinet, has formally announced that nothing shall be done and no propositions epter- tained for the long-promised reiorms; no conces- sions made to the feelings of other nations—which means the upholding of slavery—while a single in- surgent remains in armsin Cuba, This, then, is just the declaration that the Spanish party im Cuba has long been striving to obtain from the representatives of the general government; and to this end, to get these words from the mouth of the Spanish Minister at the head of a liberal party, the agent at Madrid of the Spanish Casino at Havana, Don Manuel Calvo, has EXPENDED OVER SIX HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS, and has had carte blanche to spend whatever sum might be necessary to secure their object. “While a Single insurgent remains in armsin Cuba no re- forms,” is what the slaveholding coterie has needed to keep up the institution with all the strength of the old régime, The entire loss of the wealth of the Central and Eastern Departments is not heeded by these powertul and influeutial men, who hold their immense estates secure and pro- ductive In the western districts, To farther their purpose and views in regard to the governing of the island an insurrection, where 40,000 people are dissatisfied, can easily be upheld and fostered to a certain extent, and kept up for an indefinite period, perhaps forever, The agent of the slaveholding party of the island, after having succeeded in effecting the object of his efforts, was afraid of having been too jiberal with the funds of his friends and telegraphed to the Casino here what he had done to insure suc- cess, The prominent leaders of the Casino met in conclave, and not only did they approve of Seflor Calvo’s management, but were indisereet enough to publish in (he Havana journals the congratu- latory address in reply. In view of this circum- stance the conviction has forced itself upon the minds of many that so long as slavery exists in this island will the insurrection last, It is quite an easy matter for those interested to keep it up. Four hundred thousand of the 600,000 white in- habitants of the island are —_diasatis- fied with Spanish rule; the remaining 200,000 are soi-disant Cuban Spaniards. There- fore it is easily seen that the leading Span- iards among the’ majority everywhere can always keep up the insurrection as it stands at present, im the assurance they have received from the govern- Ment that slavery, with its Kindred institution, the coolie trade, will be retained in Cuba “so jong: as a single armed insurgent remains.’? MISCELLANEOUS. Advices received from the H&RALD Commis+ stoner, Mr. A. Boyd Henderson, show that he is continuing his tour through the isiand. The Con- stancia (newspaper) has lately published @ sa- tirical letter of advice addressed to him, The election of General Grant has not beew much commented on by the Havana journals, The Diario trusts that the United States during his second term will pay more attention to its meus, traltty obligations with Spain. The newspapers give the particulars of a horrible succession Of crimes lately committed by a negro at the Rincon station, near Bejueal, After having assassinated an aged couple living on @ farm near, by, he came to the station, and, coming suddenly upon @ group of rwal guards, he threw @ large stone at them. He was immediately pursued by a number of the guards, the foremost of whom he | set upon and wounded seriously with a@ machete, Continuing his fight, he was headed off by a volun- teeron horseback, who stretched him dead ata single cut from his sword. ‘The scarcity and high price of beef is attracting considerable attention, and measures are proposed for the relief of the market, Havana has also been without the luxury of ice for the past week, and, considering the range of the thermometer, marking from eighty to eighty- five, the want of this article is very much felt. Mr. Joseph A. Raphel, one of the United States Consular clerks attached to the Consulate here, was married, on the 1ith inst., to Miss Emma Zell, a beautiful and accomplished young Cuban lady. The wedding was attended by a large number of his friends. & The consignees of the New York and Mexican’ line of steamers, Messra, Zaldo & Co., and Captain Deaken gave a breakfast, on the 13th, on board the new steamship City of Havana, which was numerousiy attended by the principal merchants, ioreign consuls, focal authorities and journalists. After looking over the vessel's fine accommodations, enjoying a splendid break- fast and the usual number of toasts and eee the party broke up at about two o'clock highly pleased with the attentions they had received, Ten performances liave already been given by the opera od to the public of Havana. Tamberlik has made his appearance in ‘Trovatore” and has regained the good will of the public which has hitherto been rather dissatisfied with the artists of A crowded house and an enthusias- great tenor gave proof that he his ué de poltrine was clam- the company. tic reception of the is still a favorite, an orously encored, MORE RUFFIANISN, —-——_—_ First Ward Courtesics to a Pauper Beating and Tarring Him—Ante-More tem Statement, Through the kindness of Coroner Herrman the particulars of a gross outrage, which may result fa- tally and which occurred in the First ward on Friday last, were yesterday obtained. The Coroner being | notified that he was wanted at the Charity Hosp! tal, Blackwell's Island, to take an ante-mortem statement, he proceeded thither in the afternoon, and found James Craig, twenty-eight years of age and born in Ireland, in a PARTIALLY DELIRIOUS and very dangerous condition. After much trouble aud delay it was learned from Craig that on Friday evening, the 8th inst., he was in Smith's groggery, 72 West street, ver: drunk, Craig remained there awhile, alter whic he was pushed outside and beaten by the har- keeper and also the Proprietors aud others whose names are unknown. While LYING HELPLESS IN THY STREET some heartless wretches daubed (ur on his head’ and body. From the violence Craig received hig recovery may be considered very doubtful. The jury found Craig came to his injuries by being thrown on his head and beaten on Friday, November 8, at 72 West street, bya man named Smith and others at present unknown. Smith will be arrested and earnest search made for the others concerned In the outrageous assault, THE NEWARK SEWER FBAUD3, An Effort to @ Indictments Foand.s About eleven months ago there was published in the HERALD a series of articles showing up the manner in which the citizens of Newark had been robbed and plundered by swindling contractors, Among other instances detailed was that of one Frank Carlin, who, it was alleged, had entered into @ conspiracy with a city inspector of easy virtue named George Courter, whereby the city wasmade to pay large sums of money for work never done. One scandalous swindle was im the matter of rock. Payment was claimed and made for hundreds of feet allegea have been excavated where there was not @ single inch. Courter alleged that aiter Carlin got the money for: which they had ooth laid themselves iia! lia) refused to “whack” with Courter, ‘aay shown by the HERALD that in this way the citizen: had been robbed out of thousands and thousands of dollars by the contractors—not one or two, but | \ The claim was for money loaned, | numbers of them. Last Summer the matter wag brought to the attention of the Grand Jury just ag they Were adjourning, and it was resolved to Jay, th ter over for the next body, Accor ingly, @t the last session indictments were foun aga inst both Cariin and Courter. Carlin stand his ground and has employed counsel, but Courte: has cleared out. Now, an effort is bane | made ta quash the indictment of Carlin on mere techt ne grounds. Forasmuch as it is believed that only the contractors but a good many city oMicials, past ond present, would, be ern ne S very on: comfortable box by any stirr ov x ruption, it is feared by the pets that the case FI Carly wii never come to trial.