The New York Herald Newspaper, December 20, 1872, Page 11

BROOKLYN'S GREAT TRIAL. igo Ninth Day of the ‘tish-Anderson Poisoning Case. The Widow Not a Witness for the Defence. ANDERSON'S ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE. Bis Effort to Jump from a Fulton Ferryboat— Still More Toxicological Testimony—The Oom- mon Use of Arsenio in This Coantry—An- derson’s Liquor and Cigar Bille—The Victim of His Friends’ Ingratitnde, THE TRIAL TO CLOSE NEXT WEEK. »A gfeat interest was manifested yesterday faorning in the anticipated decision of Judge Pratt bp the question whether Mrs. Anderson was com- gotent asa witness for the defence or not. The +t room was crowded long before the procesd- ‘were opened. The Court having been opened, Mr. Tracy (of counsel for deieuce) said:—If Your Honor please, since the close of the- argument my aasociate has called my attention to an author- Sty upon the question argued yesterday, a decision ot a Court of Oyer and Terminer, Justice Barnard ling, which is the case of the .people against ah Ann Fowler and George Fowler, @ case of poisoning. It was tried at the Queens county and Terminer in April last, and Hannah Ann ler was tried separately and George Fowler called and admitted asa witness in her behalf. Judge Pratt—Was he her husband ? ‘Mr. Morris—Her husband's brother. Mr. Tracy—He was jointly indicted with her and fried separately, and sworn as a witness on her pohalf, District Attorney Britton—I don’t know of any Buch case reported, and don’t know the facts in the case—whether he was objected to at all. Mr. Morris—The District Attorney conceded the Fight. Mr. Britton—Then we have the opinion of the District Attorney and not of the Court, Judge Pratt—While there may be some doubt as $o whether it was not the intention of the Legisla- hure to sweep away all disqualification on the ind that the person offered as.a witness was & to the record, yet the Court feels very clearly’ ‘after a careful reading of the statute, that it would pot authorize the putting of a joint defendant pn the stand as a witness. The indictment means ‘an accusation found by the Grand Jury, so that \this really is the trial of an accusation against the risoner, The last clause of this statute also pro- jes that the neglect or refusal of the person to Restify shall not create any presumption against him, Upon the whole the Court are of the opinion ‘ehat ‘MRS, ANDERSON 18 NOT A COMPETENT WITNESS mpon this trial, and she is therefore excluded. Mr. Tracy—You decide each of the propositions ‘Bgainst us, and to that we except. Jerome B, Wass, who was in the revenue service vith Anderson, testitied to his drinking habits and joceasionally despondency. The feature of Mr. ‘Wass’ testimony was his story of anattempt made by Anderson, about three years ago, to jump from B® ferryboat. In regard to that the witness pald:—“I met him at the corner of South and Fulton streets, and we both came on the ferry- poat together; he seemed, as he termed it, to be M@eep in the blues,” and he was slightly under ‘the influence of liquor; he stood on the stern of ‘the boat, and when we got out into the middie of {he river he declared that HE WOULD JUMP OVERBOARD; jhe had a little store in Court street, where he gold confectioneries, and he ey he could not get along id was tired of living; h it ws far as the chain, ut I held him by the aim; e seemed to be deter- @mined to jump overboard. To District Attorney Britton the witness said ‘that Anderson made no demonstration before he M@eclared his intention of jumping overboard. A number of witnesses were then called by the Wefence in reference to the prisoner's previous ieharacter. TOXICOLOGICAL. TESTIMONY. Professor Robert E. Guna, of the Eclectic Medical Polsee of New York, was’ examined with refer- poisons, and said that there were a great any more difficult of detection than arsenic; the majority of vegetable poisons were much more imcuit of detection than mineral poisons; wit- ness said that arsenic used in minute quantities acted asa tonic, and he knew that many people ‘took it in quantities from a twentieth to r4 eighth ‘of a grain; it might be taken in the form of a wader and on the point ofaknife. The effects of Eyapepeis. the Professor said, produced melancholy: nd created in a person artected @ feeling of in- difference for lite; he would be tired of life, Tie Professor was then questioned as to arsento and i effects, and said that a person could take a jarge dose of arsenic, live @ day, then manifest all a symptoms and die, low long might arsenic remain in a weak- enta stomach unabsorbed? A. I could not say %he definite time; there are cases on record in whioh arsenic has been known to remain from tweive to sixteen hours without producing any effect; but the absorption would depend aito- gother upon the quantity taken; 11 it were a large Quantity it might be a considerable length of time, even“ days, beiore it would be ansorbed; the fact of arsenic being found unabsorbed in the mach twenty-four hours after death is no on that it was administered forty-eight hours re. é COMMON USE OF ARSENIO, The District Attorney in cross-examining ques- tioned witness as to the use of arsenio by persona, and the Projessor said that it was sometimes taken as @ cosmetic. Mr. Britton asked li this practice ‘was usual in this country, and the Protessor re- plied that he was sorry to say that for this purpose (of @ cosmetic) it was. In regard to a case where a party bad taken arsenic and vomited and pr afterwards, the witness said that the probability ‘was that the poison not absorbed would be thrown off, but there might be arsenic in the coats of the stomach not ejected. Mr. Tracy—Is it not a fact that the use of arsenic for the oi ded you have named is on the increase in this country ? Witness—I don’t know whether tt is on the in- crease, but I know that it is quite extensively used dey the pt beh oper Thave named. t not pretty hoa understood among the proiessica that ite use ON TAR INCRRASE ? iA. I could not say. Mr. Britton—Is arsenic cumulative in the system? Witness—I think it is eliminated in the course of ‘@ couple of weeks. The witness was questioned in regard to the isoning in Washington at the inauguration of ident Buchanan, Ko a eed had @ little de- Date over the subject, Judge Pratt observed tat there were circum- stances enough in the case on trial, and it was hhar@ly necessary to go so far away. THE ANDERSONS’ MARITAL RELATIONS, Miss Annie Vanderhide, who was employed o8 a dressmaker by Mrs. Anderson, testified that Mrs. Anderson and her husband lived on good terms, ‘William G. Alvord, who once lived in the same peg with the Andersons, testified to the same ont. Hy, Penny also testified to the affectionate relations between the couple and to the widow's griei after the funeral, Daniel Downey, who had charge of the records in the Hoalth Office tn April last, said that when the certificate of Anderson's death was presented, in the absence of the physicians attaohed to the office, he took the certificate to Coroner Jones and asked him if chronic and acute gustritis could go to- her, and Dr. Jones replied in the affirmative: hen Witness said he could not go behind that cer- tiloate; it was a rule of the Health Office that no burial permit could be given in a case of gastritis before the physicians saw it; witness went to Dr. Trish’ @ BrOre and in conversation abyut the disin- terment of the boay and the analysis the Doctor e@aid that they would fi A Goop ‘ome STOMACH; on another occasion, when witness told him that that he nic had been found in Anderson's stomach and the Doc: to he aon Le would probably be arrested, T replied, “All right;” he was ready to pp Street au, or other place. . Britton—And you went to Dr. Irish’s store and told him about it? A. Yos, sir, What position do you now hold? A. Regis- tree of Records in the Hoattn Oftice. 4 Britton—That fs all, Dr, Thayer uated at the same college with Dr. Irish, in Pennsylvania, but could not toll his standin as a physician, Professor Gunn recalied, Lg Tracy—Suppose.a patient came to you whom hown had been in the exoessive use of oi reading drink: + lave suffered iro ats gia and vomited an mpleaning of with the stomaoh, saying She jad a load on ne ‘ive stornaat which he had’ been trying to cast of and wantin; Relief, what would be your diagnosis of the case end ran for liquor ris handed witness ‘a nomen ‘of checks, 2 identised a8 having receiyed from An- Mr. Briston objected. Mr. Tracy proposed O show the. ‘extent to which Andezson bo whiskey, that tne ‘checks meee received for Lp 3 im every check constituted a part of the transaction. The witness could not tell what portion of the money paid was for whiskey end what part for loans. The defence offered the checks in evidence, and in suj of that offer Mr. Tracy said that they shower z what extent Anderson resorted to shops and spent his time and money mot at ioe liga aida ot or ‘ny show ow much aii Mr. Morris said hat th ay checks were admissible in another geal le ee that tt would: provabiy lead fo the result they sug- d—was caiculated to make him down-hearte id tired of life. District Attorney Britton replied that if the Court ould see any connection between a man commit- tcide and the fact that he gave these checks lor and borrowed money, then the Court see what he did not propose to argue, Then counsel for defence proceeded to examine witness as to how much he had loaned Ander- son at anyone time,and Mr. Campbell said ne re spots satisfied of any particular amount. er.) Mr. Tracy argued then that it had not been shown that the witness had loaned the deceased money, ir. Briteon cross-examined Mr. Campbell and elicited that some of the money paid by Anderson was for cigars also. Pending the I Judge Pratt ordered a recess until two o'cl eo the Recess. John Campbell was recalled aeeyeee asked by Mr. Tracy if there was A FARO BANK kept in his He said he did not keep any there and didn’t own the house. He declined to answer whether there was a furo bank kept there. None of the checks were given for lusses at faro, and witness didn’t know whether any of the money loaned Anderson was lost at jaro. He didn’t know whether Anderson played or not. Mr. Tracy again offered the checks in evidence and the District Attorney objected, Ju Pratt said that this question was not di- rected to Anderson’s moral state of health or pe- cuniary condition, There was nothing to distin- uish how much money represented in the checks faa been paid for liquor and how much tor bor- rowed money. The Court ruled the checks out. Exception taken, ‘4 VICTIM OF HIS FRIENDS’ INGRATITUDE. Henry A. Bowen, of 71 Greene avenue, a mem- ber of the New York Stock Exchange, recollected ain Anderson about two years ago, when he charged trom the Custom House; witness went with him to the Custom House to induce Tom Marpny, if ible, to reinstate him; Ander- son said he been deceived by lua ‘trlends; that Tracy & Co.—(laughter)—and E.D. Webster had gone back on him, and he ‘wanted to know if witness could not aid him in any way; witness re- Mr, Tracy and Mr. ‘Webster could not fetes, he (witness) could not help him; they went to the Custom House, ea were un- successful; Anderson oried on coming out and com- hin; ned that his triends would not ‘ae. auything for 4 was without money, and Mr. Bowen gave aa Whitlock, of Dean street, said that An- caraoe was much addicted to liquor and he had seon him intoxicated on several occasions; after Anderson was di ed irom the Custom witness met 1 when WAS VERY DESPONDENT; he said that a man out of oMce, out of ‘money and out of friends might as well be out of existence, and that he didn’t care how soon he was. At this point Mr, Morris said oe would like to know whether the Court would on Saturday. They wanted to close the evidence this week if they coud, 80 tant the the summing upcoula be commenced on trp teed itnesses for the canny were 60 situated that it was sinyportant to know now. - Judge Pratt said he would not like the evidence to go over to next week if it could be closed this oe rity of the jury evidenced a desire to sit on Batenesy, and the subject was then sore with the Nergorsectr A that both sides would close as soon as they coul Fred, Brosman, r at Smith and Atlantic streets, where Anderson traded, said that the latter owed him $50 at the time of hisdeath. Mrs, Ander- son after his death leit a gold watch with the gro- cer as security for the amount, and he still re- tains it, EB VISIT TO NEWARK. The fact tnat A Anderson owned a beer fountain in Newark was proven by William Phillips, who saw Dr. Irish and Mrs, Anderson there on business in connection with it, John W. Cummings, who had charge of the jountain in his store, said that Mrs. ‘Anderson gave the fountain to the Doctor, and the Doctor made arrangements with him to “run” it during the ensuing Summer, ‘Then followed considerable testimony as to An- derson’s mental depression and impecuniosity, his relations with his wife and Dr, irish and as to the Doctor's character. Eddie Merritt, ¢hief barkeeper for Dan Dean, of Montague street, testified that about a year aud a halfago Anderson, while in the place, was talk- with some iriends about “Irishtown” and the whiskey raids; some one asked if he ever drank down there, aud he said no, that he was afraid they might ‘fix the liquor.’” Dr. Melville Bryant was examined with refer- ence to arsenic and gastritis. Mr. Morris—Do you think THE ORDINAHY GIN SHOP WHISKEY would produce gastritis? A. If taken in sum- cient quantities and under certain conditions of the stomach I think it might. Q. Astomach weakened by the use of alcoholic liquors—isn't it more susceptible to an attack of acute gastritis tan a healthy stom- ach? A. Certainly, Witness continued that ar- senic in small doses was irequently taken as @ tonic, and when taken in @ powder Would cause an irritation or a per tomgee sensation in the mouth; popes Lapham Pano - hos — taken r ja; the symptoms of acute gastritis are in many reapects similar to those produced by ARSENIOAL POISON. Dr. James F. Moore sworn—Have been eleven years a practising physician; asmisted at the post- mortem examination of Mrs. Catharine Van Sick- els; the stomach was removed and placed in the hands of Professor Eaton for analysis, ‘he Distriot Attorney objected to this evidence. tion sustained. 3 Rowan sworn—Have known Dr. Irish for twolve years; more inti nods during the last six years; his reputation 1s good; he is a man of genial dna kiana disposition and very obliging. 8. H. Clark sworn- ve known Mrs. Anderson for’ three years past, and her husband; they re- sided in ouse in’ 1869; they seemed to live on very aitee jonate terms. e Court thea adjourned until ten o'clock this mornin rs DARING HIGHWAY ROBBERY. Three Highwaymen Throw a Hand- fal of Pepper into a Ma Eyes and Rob Him of §2,835—One of the Three Captured. Mr, William Feldman, who ts in the employ of Hushborn & Co., of 332, 334 and 336 Rivington street, has been in the habit of going to the Importers and Traders’ Bank every Monday, for the purpose of drawing money to pay off the hands with. At half- past one last Monday, as usual, he went to the bank and drew $4,175. As he passed through Rivington street, on his return from the bank, he noticed three mon coming up Rivington street in an opposite ‘direction, When they came up to him he stepped to the curbstone to allow them to pass. As he did go, he thought ho saw one of them lift his arm as ifin the act of throwing something. seoeres around to see what the man was doing, he receiv handfal of pepper full in the eyes, The men then tried to wrench the bundle from winder his arm in which fhe money was contained. Mr. Feldman made a parade.” ion” but the robbers succeeded in pottiny e nese facts were related to OMcer Charles O'Conor, who has been working up the case cae Monday last, Yeste! he led in oaptur- oes cone Maloney on the corner of Twenty cok Btreot and Third avenue. This man was Che the Eleventh Precinct station house, and recog- nized by Mr. Feldman as one of the party who had romaine him, Justice Scots committed Maloney answer, STABBING AFFRAY, James Gill, of Thirty-seventh street and Seventh &venue, had an altercation with Frank Masterson in a Hiquor eaioon in Seventh avenue, near Fifty eighth strect, at an early hour yesterday morming, and Masterson stabbed Gillin the region of the heart with & knife, Both men xe taken to the ‘Twenty-second inet station house, but Master- Pon Was allow a8 Gi wont vot make o complaint saunas t wv “WOUNICIPAL AFFAIRS. ———— BOARD OP ALDERMEN. Legislative Action Recommended as toe Mew City Prison. ‘The adjourned meeting of this Board was held yesterday, President Cochrane in the chair. The only business of @ public character transacted had reference to the following report :— A MEW CITY PRISON. Allerman ConoyEr presented a report from the Committee on Public Works as to the desirability of selecting @ new site for a city prison. The com- avenn soncmmnene thas on ee interests rahe denon eg Procure a cae fora mow pen eee te vicinity of the Lee or mpon. the East or North yeh, ani ei to erect a suitable pbuil used as a city jon. e a in reference to ene present City Prison—to turn it The report ‘was submitted and laid over. ‘The Board adjourned to Moni to Monday next. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS. Eix-Sheriff O’Brien’s Old Claims Revived— & Reorganization of Ludlow Street Jall Recommended, A meeting of the above Board was held yoatorday, Supervisor Cochrane in the chair. ELECTION CLAIMS, Supervisor VaNck moved the following resolu- tion:—'“That the Comptroller is hereby authorized to pay the claims of all inspectors of election, poll clerks and landlords accruing during the days for registry and election for the late general election upon the certificate of the Chief of the Bureau of Elections that such complainants have complied with all the requirements of law relating thereto and that the several amounts are justly due. The resolution was adopted. NEWSPAPER CLAIMS, ‘The following claims from the respectable news- ae for as election returns were or- lered to be paid The Oates i vertiner Son omgreial EX-SHERIFF 0’BRIEN’S Supervisor MEHRBACH submitted Mthe following bill and requested that it be referred to the Com- mittee on County Ofices, It was so ordered:. ‘The Couxry or New Youx to Jaxes O'Buren, late Sheriff of the City and County of New Yor! prisoners, in” pursu- ‘To commitments and discharges of ance of the third revised statures, fifth edition, page 1,080, os of chapter 309 0 of Ybews of kt Jeaus uary- pe commntionents, at cents. $2,190 February —6,036 commitments, at cen! 2.263 Mareb—474) commitments at 87i6 cents. + 2,528 April—6,176 commitments, at 37} cents, + 2316 aya 14 commitments, at cents, 2,667 — i. 88 commitments, as Sits conte 5 z Juyaia cone itments, MP3 August—7,934 commilments, at . Py September: Sie comatments at Si cents. vee 2B0L October—6,189 commitments, at » 2,820 November—5,487 commitments, at 2,069 December 75) commartments, at S75 4418 January—4,736 commitments, at February—9,389 commitinents, at 8734 cents i larch: ents. 17 April Pocus aN Suiy—7, commitments, at 5) cents. + By August—7,179 commitments, at 50 cents. Ser tember—6.817 commitments, at 50 ce se Ses SSSSSESSSSES SSSETSuKys slMeunxazsxsa r—6,4:3 commitments, at OD cents. alt November—5,405 commitments, at 50 cen’ 2703 December—,217 commitments, at 50 cents. 2,608 January—5,202 commitments, at 50 cents. Zebraary 1.87) commitment at 6 cen hoe 871 commitments, at 6 cents. 939 commitments, ‘at 50 cents couunitments, at 60 cents. Preah 7 commitments, at 6) ceni July—2125 commitinenta, at 50 conte. a eps commitments, at as commisinen t, wat 80 conte, October 7.408 commitmenta, ct 60 conus November—6,356 commitments, at 50 cents December—6,708 commitments, at 50 cents, Total......se. LUDLOW STREET JAIL. jsor Conover presented a re! caeeeesees port from the Comittee on County Officers as to the above jail, and submitted the follow! resolution. The re- Port and resolution were both laid over :— Resolved, That the legal, advisor of this Board of b prt gee 5 ‘here! y foaseeted, Prep: pare the draft He: singing my 4 w Street sal a der the sole yout te vand care ‘Chari mise ties and Correction and that he embody in such dratt clause giving to eaid Commissioners ower to charge the person or Se reone who mi incarcerat! of may oa! Jail tor debt contracted in any r diem or ‘weekly amount 80 have the right to dem: such sum or sums as ana the party or parti jor the payment of reed upon between thetn sing the imprisonment ot an: btor to said ji at the act shall apply to all prisons oF places oo) detention under the charge of the said commission. PRINTING THE COUNT¥ CANVASS, A resolution to print 1,000 copies of the county for: by M. Brown & €0., ata cost not exceed- ee was passed. The same to be under the aie. $e ion of the County Clerk. ‘The Board adjourned at five o’clock until Monday next at half-past three P, M. DEPARTMENT OF DOOKS, Weekly Meeting of the Board—The Comptroller Withholding Funds. The regular meeting of the Dock Commission was held yesteraay, Commissioner Hunt presiding. The financial statement of the department was made and placed on file. Mr. Hunt, in calling at- tention to it, remarked that for the liquidation of the $9,000,000 of bonds of the department due this year but $2,000,000 had been received from the Comptroller. The $500,000 due from the sinking func also remained unpaid. Barely funds enough have been raised to meet the expenses for last month, and if this month’s expenditures should amount to as much as those of last month they would be unable to pay them. He was in favor of taking active measures to obtain the money neces- sary lor the administration of the affairs 01 the de- partment. Commissioner Henry also made a few remarks in the same vein. hile he was ip favor of the beautifying io. city in its parks, streets and pub- lic bulls he was earnest in-his conviction G the river fronta should not be neglected. ters now stood they were nearly going to wreck. Corporation Counsel E. Delafieid Smith was in- troduced to the Commission, le a few re- Pgh Ppledgi ng his beat end re to carry out what the Commissioners 8 thoughs ecessary for the river front improvement THE BOULEVARD 001 COMMISSIONERS. The Boulevard | Commissioners met again yester- day at 82 Nassau street to hear the views of the property-holders as to awards and assessments. There was a larger attendance of property-holders Present, and if the wishes of those gentiemen were consulted there would be no assessments and enormous awards, In their estimation prop- Ms in the locality through which the Boulevard pass is of fabulous value. As the Commis- Sonefs have power to assess all property iy which they deem benefited by the Boulevard, they were visited sean or by Rr operty. -holders from the neighbornood of the East River, who were afraid “ might be included in the assessment. e Commissioners will now go to work to pre- pare the awards and assessmenta, and will proba- wey pe ready to make a report some ‘cmp in Jan- CUSTOM HOUSE AFFAIRS. Important Ruling of Secretary Bout- well—Hides from th American Ports May Be Landed Under Certain Restric- tions, In the early part of November an order of the Acting Secretary of the Treasury, relating to “the introduction of hides from South American poris infected with the cattle disease,” that they “be re- fused permission to be landed,” appeared in ‘the HERALD, which at the time created a great deal of satisfaction to the public generally. A few days ago Messrs, Edward F. Davison & Co. received a shipment of hides from Buenos Ayres, which Collector Arthur retused to be landed—the invoices not being vised as directe? b; tf the order of the Secretary of the Treasury, dated Octover 30, 1872, The consignees thereupon addressed Secre- tary Boutwell on the subject, who not on! answered their petition favorably, but in thia let ter See gives Si the Voliector t! wer fo permit Rides nded from Sout mn ports, under certatn, restrictions. The following is the Secre- tary’s letter received yesterday :— caieeet E oy ret ia De seek sae EA iter let bn Bort, tain cas which t! hey sialre 8 cai aching rt th ‘rie ne aes Sten Med diates re fi at tat ort of melt Taste i etlone ae serif re eh hers, Betatenn ‘y om ms fe You are no if te Bie Ponoresri ns tac hp Sourve may be pur Be paraed in ether i ES i ing ety your cut Por nga rates At eertcy, More Aid Received for the Suffering Servants. The Veteram of a Hundred Hotels=-He Prefers Being Panie-stricken to Being Stewed, and Don't Like to Sit Up All Might with a Revolver in One Hand and Fire Extinguisher in the Other, To Tos Epiron or Tas HeraLp:— The report of the Fire Marshal, after @ careful examination into the origin of the Fifth Avenue Hotel fire, by which eleven lives were lost and many more jeopardized, brings into prominence a criminal fault existing in nearly all hotels. Being obliged to travel almost constantly, I have had fre- quent occasion to know that the tired guest who goes to sleep im fancied security in any of the average hotels of the country, or he who imagtuss that he is to be afforded protection, as well as shelter, for the liberal price he pays his host, ts ignorant of his peril. The leading hotels throughout the country are nightly packed with trom 260 to 1,000 guests. They and secure havea eueeptboun soundly, Sey aaee 1 , however, not a hotel in the lan preted, suitable wat that the ge pecred ike es in box t to the top of ‘oat iy leit to thetr fate, = ‘are tiprovectea A fire breaking out or a = breaks fee would be discovered only after ‘the guests suffered of sustained a Ira fire should start in any one of a hundred hotels I could it would never be known until some ited guest jumped from a window and on the pavement below, by way of to outsiders that something Was the matter ‘within. In most hotels all hands, from the landlord to the bellboy, retire aie a “cong ae hour, leaving, plone stupid it porter asleep in the Tate peel one bang and rattle at the outside door by the half hour before he can waken any one to let himin, Throughout the country it ea bightly ocourrence for om ma pelted to prowl Toom to another th the deserted halls or large arge ‘hotels, and enverity the rooms Reg sleeping guesta, rob them of all The; ey we no fear of being detected. he public are not warned, for such facts are sup- pay The frequent occurrence of this class of heft, both in hotels and staterooms, shows how he Mukeepers and common carries offer in the ie. a tection to Civeo bana and how much Signe is ccount of this Fifth Avenue Hotel fire Polo e 3 @ guest assigned to a room in the burning wing returned to the desk and wae | 4 he could not have a room _ that not on fire! The Fire Marshal in his reports after theorizing that the are smouldered an burned in the room of Mary Groves so that she was badly burned before she awoke, says:—“‘My opinion is that the sufferers were heh ge before being burned, inasmuch as the fire had to burn from the hallway through the partition walls into their rooms belore the fire reached their bodies, which would consume some fifteen or twenty minutes.” In the name of justice, where was the night watch, whose business it is to discover a fire and ‘wake us tired travellers up? Twenty minutes! while the lives of eleven girls were sacrificed and the rest only escaped by discovering the fire long afterwards themselves. Must the eacenar pub- r He, arriving sleepy and exhausted ving survived the danger of the Ligh ning night express, be the to] of on! ay 2 P of egress, and then left to the certainty of destruc- tion should a fire break out? Must we pay the fancy hotel bills only for the privilege of sitting up all night with a revolver im one hand anda fre ti her in the other? regards innkeepers as common carriers, and holds them not only responsible for the com- fort and security of their guests, but the insurers of their persons and propeity. Only second ii criminal lity to the unguarded os unprotected sitaation of the servants and guce' was the refusal of the pages to allow the reat of them to be noti for fear of @ useless panic and exodus. Within the past year I slept at a cer- tain hotel, quietly and peacefully, until some fire- p of a jong ladder at window im- ressed me with the necessity of getting up. @ fire had been discovered outside, and the Department telegraphed by the police, but not a guest in the house heard any alarm until the fire- men_ banged in their windows. Let us be notified Mr. Editor. I would rather have a panic than be ‘wed in the top story. Let hotelkeepérs under- stand that even if we do seek for hasty lodgings elsewhere, most of us are honest enough to return atterward and pay the bill that had accrued. The hotel's loss would be small—the sacrifice of ltfe from such criminal delay might be fearful. TRAVELLER. Aid for Annio McCabe. New York, Dec. 14, 1872, To Tae Eprror OF THE HERALD:— DEsR Sin—Please find enclosed $2 for Annie McCabe, for whom I presume a fund will be raised. Respectfully, A WORKINGMAN. More Money for the Suffering Servants. CoLtMan Hovsk, New York, Dec. 18, 1872. To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD: On the 12th inst. I sent you a contribution of $25 towards a fund for the benefit of the poor surviving servant girls of the Fifth Avenue Hotel fire, and I beg leave to enclose you additional sums which have been cheerfully contributed as follows:— Peter Gilsey, $25; Gilsey & Smith, $10; Pat. McCor- mack, $5; J. Dougherty, $5; William Curley, $2; Anthony McHale, $2; uy A. J $1; Rig Re $1; William Seariet $1; Patrick “Latkin, $2; P. $25, d,°$6; Laurence Valin, $i; Jon ‘trick Seerey, $1; Peter Benz, $1; Phil iit $2; John Johnnesson, $1; Bridget ney$ jary Crooney, 60c, ; Catharine Noonan, en ‘ary’ Matthews, 50c.; “Maj ie,’ 50c.; Mary Foley, $1; P, Clark, $1; Thomas Malley, $1; Pierre Lacroix,’ $1; B.. Prior, $1; Kate ’ Gillen, $3; Kato Garigan, $1; Julia Sullivan, $1; Anni6 Hageerty, $1; Kate White, $1: Maty’ Drum, $1; Liste O'Neil, $1; Bridget Sculley, $17 Rosy Coceran, $1; Delia ned mai Annie Dowd, $1; Daniel Gannon, $1; Laska: 1; Ben Meltette, $2; Schindler, $2; Mott, $5 one Taylor, nol, $1; Spangenberg, $ Rosevelt, $1; r, $: Meni si: i shed re 1; j Fitzpatrick, $1 $1; ; ancait, ‘et: cash,’ a 1; Fitch, $1; cash, $1; Low, $1; H. jormack, $2; Cunningham, $1; Ken- James Carl, $1; yt Jennie Ho cas! 4 The influence f the HERALD lias always been ex- ercised in behalfof charity, and is invariably po- tential whenever it undertakes any cause, and as it has parooated the claims of these poor girls it is to be hoped generous pupiic will not forget them, as in mn a heretofore “seven days’ won- a der.” Very respectfully, THOMAS MURPHY, Porter Coleman House. BEAL ESTATE MATTERS Property Owners and Buyers and Sell. ers Preparing for ti Holidays— Business Very Qaict—One Anction and One Extensive Private Sale Yes. terday. In all the offices of the real estate operators there exists a biissful state of masterly inactivity, bear- ing on ita fece a self-imposed abnegation, not to do any business between this and the impending holl- days. It seems as if sellers and buyers had entered into a mutnal understanding to transact as little trafficking in property as possible. That this seeming compact is strictly adhered to is evident from the duiness the market has exhib- ited for the past twenty-four hours. Even the legal sales have become like angels’ visits, “short and far between.’ At the Real Estate Exchange there occurred onl, one sale Fpcdapiten being the plot of groun situated on the southwest corner of First avenue and East Thirty-sixth street, lot 47 feet 9% inches on First avenue by 100 fect on the side street and 60 feet oe bog of lot, with twelve-inch party walls ‘on both si id ior, to T. Gerarty, for $19,800, The terme vor the sale were forty per cent cash, and sixty may femeta on bond and mortgage, with the Privilege of paying off on sixty days’ notice. The oul only other item of interest occurring in real estate Coy esterday was @ private sale eflected by Messrs. K. H, Ludiow & Co. of the property on Twenty-third ga] 92 feet 11 inches east of Lhe ae 60x08.9 feet id on Twent; aly street, 117 feet 11 aches east, of “Broa 25.8x98.! Joseph F. Loubat, for $1 Gonsideriag | that the above property ie situates “a the most central location in this city, facing Maci- son square Park, the price paid therefor is by no means unreasonable. It will not be many years before Twenty-third atreet will be devoted to bust- the same as Ui ware is now, and dweil- ing hor will then turned into stores and bring fabulous rents, OOUNTERFEIT FIF1 FIPTY-OEMT | STAMPS, New Yon, Deo. 18, 1972. To THR Eprron oF tHe HenaLy:— Daan Str—I desite, through your paper, to call the attention of the Treasury Department at Wash- ington to the fact that there is an immense amount Of counterfett Afty-cont tal currency afioat. The re, in | ws habit i A handling large and the quence Witt which Rect Cah ies we 3 Thess counterfoita h have been in circulation for os eat pasi eee 80 well are they exeouted that pooe Fx Scatts catia ote itaved senna sis ohio abet GREAT FIRE IN FLUSHING. Property to the Amount of $50,000 Destroyed. The Village at One Time in Imminent Dan- ger—The Losses and Insurance. On Wednesday evening a fire broke out in Flush- ing, in the lamp, dry goods and grocery store, cor- ner of Bridge and Prince streets, occupied by Clements & Bloodgood. The fire originated on the second floor of the store, and before it was ex- tinguished the building was reduced toa smoking mass of ruins, The building, or buildings, for there were two occupied by the same firm, were constrected of frame, lined with brick, and were three stories in height, with basement, The eatab- lishment is said to have been One of the largest on Long Island ontside of Brooklyn, and has for & number of years been doing a flourishing business. Ashort time ago, the premises proving too aiall, the proprietors erected a new building connecting with the old one, and this was also destroyed by the fire, Tt has rot been discovered HOW THE FIRE ORIGINATED, but it spread with great rapidity, and béfore the fire engines arfived upon the ground it became evident that the buildings could not be saved. The light from the burning stores could be seen for miles around, and it lit up the waters of the Sound, revealing the sloops plying along like ghosts in the darkness, When it became evident that the struo- tures could not be saved the excitement was in- tense, and all Flushing was aroused, as the village was in imminent danger. Connecting with Cle- ments & Bloodgood’s was a row of frame buildings, extending up the street and connecting with other streets, which embraced the business portion of the place, and if the fire had once gained a footing in this block—the most valuaple portion of the pro- perty would inevitably have been destroyed. The wind was blowing a strong gale from the northwest, and it was, in addition, found ex- tremely DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN WATER, two out of the four engines wnich constitute the Fire Department of Flushing having to be set apart to force it to the scene of the fire from the cree! About half-past ten o'clock the walls of the buliding commenced to fall in, and, as it was apparent ~ that the small ’ force of _ fire- men were unable to control tne fire prevent tt from spreading, assistance elegraphed for, and in little more than an hour three eé! a ‘arrived from College Point. The fire in the meanwhile began to extena in the rear part of the store, and to prevent its further devastation in that direction it became necessar, to tear down two or three frame buildings whic! were feeding the lames. These were the stables of Clement & Bloodgood and the shop of Lewis & Carpenter, joiners. When the buildings were de- molished the fury of the fames was subdued and they were prevented from inflicting any further havoc in the rear. ‘This was a fortunate circum- stance, as there were a number of wooden houses AB ne rear which would have been consumed al § SOON AS THEY CAUGHT. The puilding't next MS the burning ones was occu- piea by Howard & Romer, boots and shoes. Before the fire had been long burning they succeeded in getting most of their stock to @ place of safety, but wr remises they occupied were totally ruined. eleven o’clock the flames wero raging with gress intensity, and so alarmed were the assembled crowds that a "leapaten was sent to Chief Engineer rerley, of New York, requesting that team en- ine be sent on without delay; but jisarrangement of the wires the despat fe through. The Flushing fremen were doing in thelr ie power; but their clumsy apparatus an he pealnees of their number prevented their services from being of the same value that they would have been if the supply of water had been plentiful and their engines good. After midnight the firemen concentrated all their efforts on the upper portion of the buil and, aitera Benatay e struggle, they succeeded in confining the fire to the Getabllsis. ment of Howard & Romer. At one o'clock the flames were completely under control; but the fire- men continued on the ground all the night, and did not leave until eight o'clock yesterday morning. Dur the early morni an engine arrived from Long Island City; but its services were not re- quised and it was not removed from the car on which it was brongnt. Scarcely one stone 1s left upon another where the fire raged, and THE RUIN 18 COMPLETE. While the flames were at their Bane a fireman named William Har?is fell from a ladder and broke his hip. Another man named Peek, and a boy, were also slightly injured, LOSSES AND INSURANCE. The loss is estimated at about $50,000—$30,000 |, XK. STEVENSO! 8ON, 11 Pine’ street and 290 Pith a Ar a ee Pare: ty rn ie if a va bs iat eae nag as arent ng los Soka Bie z yi ie ‘ORA' _ NT Broadway and 96 Third avenue. FOB SALE, A HOUSE ON ag 5 noid " fT Bring Faas "yeaniraen Reged an ent tied a RARE CHANCE—40 YEARS’ LEASE OF FT! cece: nt $10) su ‘West mde Lot, excevatad ana ready =? i HL FROHLICH, Phird av., comer Pimteth st A THREE srony 8 iTOOP BROWN He A, Hite ln al ie ena Fitty: maith ebeet. i rit. Possession any pees kee POSITIVE SALE—AT BEST PRICE THAT can be obtained nag i clase four story igh stoop brown legantly y faralahea: Wes m ee co me Cs joer i regs igs meet orf fee th ral A iN, promective vain. “wae aa ETE VENSON Be, Sos SAL BUILDERS, NOTI Sr ae ct rner of Mott sti the owner, &: WEEKS, Jr.,40 Mow vireotes iia t ba OR RAGE OR 20 peat ge ly a. i! BAST “4 trairet strect: newly painted and: tanec Apply to HA. MOTT, owner, 71 Brondway, oom $9,000 ie premises for one week. $23. O00. “Aoki st Chass, BROWN, stone House, in East LAL 4 pe sale furnished, or cy be sold Dattruthed im the most coinpl lete Sieer. For pACHoulari yn ky owner ati91 Pearl street, 100.2 aF BALE, A ya HOUSE TRaT ‘will readily’ Fei for Inq on Ridge si ae 27 50 WILL BUY THE aEeeaer rR 9) story brown stone House fn Me y- ighth itreat, near Fark avenue, 17x53<100; In lor order. Watei & VAN DOREN, O10 Sixth aven ‘West Side. NOTHER BARGAIN.—FOR GALE, IN WEST tieth street, between Seventh and ed fliree story brick’ high S09 House, 20 ah a in good order; rice only $16,000. OGDEN & ©! way, corner of Seventeenth ‘strech OT8.—THREE FULL LOTS, SOUTH SIDE OF i Feat Avention, ot ‘suit c Ce GEO, W. DA CUNHA, owne! Bir Wane Fhisty-olghthe st, Vib ST BE SOLD THIS WEEK—THE VALUABLE Property 435 and 437 West Thirtv-cighth street; lot 643x100, with Buniog ind party wall; price $27,000; st offer, open for the highe: pon for MGIATCH & VAN DOREN, 610 Sixth avenue. Mixeelinncous. Breese RESPECTFULLY SOLICITED BY JOHN EWEN. Real Estate Broker, 59 Naggan strga Pa ote erences by permission :—Messrs, Co., E} street; Messrs, Buchan & Co,, 1% iizabeth street. BROOKLYN PROPERTY FOR SALE AND ERALD BRA KLYN, ADVERTISEMENTS FOR THE NEW YORE ARRALD RECEIVED AT OUR BRANCH OFFICE, IN THE LONG ISLAND SAVINGS BANK BUILDING, CORNER OF FULTON AV. AND BOERUM ST. OFFICE OPEN FROM 8 A. M, TILL 8 P. Mu ON SUNDAY FROM 3 T0 8 P. M. CARRIERS AND AGENTS’ DEPARTMENT NO. 7 FRONT STREET, BROOKLYN, poe. SALE Rr ore a Get WEST anuar) jottage House, on reel Part tt Rostin, avenue, between Greene and Gates, N ail improvements, fine order; yaluae Lot, 26x125; Flog H 8 It Pow josseasion January I. App LENUEL 'REEMAN, 215 Montague stree! term: promis or $6.000 —A GEM OF A HOUSE, 15x40x100, ON Putnam avenue, near Bediord ; $2 500 cash wanted; owner must se! wanted : ower mus ne ‘Honse’ in Quincey ¥ inlaid ij SBABGuR a aL dade at street, room 4 WESTCHESTER Ct “COUNTY PROPERTY SALE OR TO RE RENT. ‘0 MILES ABOVE HARLEM AND TWO BLOCKS from depot.. Corner, over 100 feet square, for, alfcash. 27 Barcla; street, sixth story. $2,400 JERSEY CITY, HOBOKEN, HUDSON CITY AND BERGEN REAL 'ESTATE. i e For Sale. A CHRISTMAS FRECENT TO. APPRECTATE.—BE- lect a home, Jersey City Heights; man: registered! at competing prices; pr! e sale exclusively; conveni- ent, healthy locations, ly Increasing in value: prot. ty Cottages, $1,500 to Fe ; handsome, commodious dences, $4,000 French toot and all odern styles ; ‘terms to please. on opposite Cc fourt House, Jersey City Heights. | on the stock and $20,000 on the buildings. On this loss there is an insurance of $50,000—$38,000 upon stock and $12,000 upon the buildings. The in- surance upon stock is as follows:—Reliance, of Philadelphi: $2,000; Etna, of Hartford, $4,500; Mec! hanics and Traders’ of yr ; Jefferson, of , Of New York, $4,000; $2,800; LFauttable, $4,000; Westchester, $1,000; Brewers and Malsters’, $2, Erhpire Olty, $2,000; Exchange, $3,' 0005 ‘Metropoiitan, $2,500; Kings County, of Brooklyn, $2,500; Continental, of New York, $3,000. ‘The names of the companies in which the Duilding was insured could not be ascertained. A commit- tee from the different companies interested met at Fiushing yesterday, and aiter conlerring with their local agent, Mr. Isaac Peck, and Messrs. Clement and Bloodgood, a determination was expressed to promptly settle all losses. A large amount of stock ‘was saved in the early part of the fire through the exertions of Mr. Peck. FIRE IN HOWARD STREET. A fire broke out yesterday morning on the sec- ond 4loor of 13 Howard street that caused a damage to the property of J. Landman of $800; in- sured in the Northern Missouri Company for $1,000, The first floor, occupied by John Kollman as a lager beer saloon, was damaged to the extent of $200; no insurance. ‘The basement, Sosa es by Mary MeMahon as a hair store, was damaged to the amonnt of $200; insured. The building was injured to the extent of $500; insured. ILLNESS OF ARCHBISHOP BAYLEY. A letter was received by Rev. Father Doane, of Newark, from Archbishop Bayley, yesterday, set- ting at rest the 1oose reports which have been oing the rounds of the papers, to the effect that the Primate was seriously indisposed. The Arch- bishop had been troubled with a slight attack of gastric fever, but is now rapidly convalesving, THE POST OPFICE MAIL BAG CASE—COR. RECTION, To THe Eptror OF THE HERALD:— Sm—Permtt me to correct a statement tn your issue of the 19th inst. to the effect that I was ar- rested on a charge of stealing mail bags and held to bail in $500. The facts are that I am, as stated, @ wholesale dealer in woollen and cotton Tags, at 57 Sheriff street, in this city, and in the course of my deh I purchased, cS faith, the ¥i Sheree in question from Cahill and iam L. Hughes, dealers in ft to whom I paid the market price o! the mau Pay 3 in qyersion and which I subsequently dist of in the pogo course of business. But fs soon as I learned that a charge was pending in the case, I voluntarily went before the United States Commissioner aid ers bath I will add, when I purchased these mail bags, 1 folly beheved that they had been condemned and sold by the government as useless, Yours respectfully, CHARLES MCGINNIS, 57 Sheri street, N. ¥. SMALLPOX'S TERRIBLE RAVAGES, - For a long time the terrible disease smallpox has held a grip, now tight, now loose, on the city of Newark and has carried off a good many people. But probably the saddest and most startling case of aliis that of @ family named Eberts. Some days ago the eldest son of Mr, Ferdi- nand Eberts, of No. 9 Springfield avenue, died frem the contagion. On Wednesday Mrs. Eberts was hurried off and buried. Yesterday bright girl of fourteen was prostrated, and another, aged nine, shows symptoms. The father alone has escaped ; "put, of course, there are fears that he, too, will "anceumb to the demon of con- tagion and that the entire family will sleep to- gether in death. FATALLY BUBNED BY KEROSENE. The Ot! To Be Analyzed. To witnesses wore yosterday.examined before Coroner Herrman in the case of Charlotte Gregory, the woman, twonty-five years of age, who was burned to death at 149 Sixth avente on the even- of the 15th inst, her clothing taking fire. Decshied was filfug '@ Kerosene Cc lamp while hted, and in sete tl it pan gas pag tie vp Saver ha ain ‘Golug 80 8) com raat an! over her dresa, fas w moments veloped in ftamen, and in That ition ran down fad A ag k threw a bilan! bara- ing woman, put ont th In order to pA the ‘oft at or Coroner has .or- dered it to be analy PROPERTY OUT OF THE CITY FOR __ SALE OR TO k RENT. “A LL WANTING FAR: gardeners and farm LE, TO FARME: the ola ‘Sounity good Farm Lands {riz soil, at $25 per yas a ~ Seats’ credit; the soll 1s a good productive loam Trent markets or New York and. Philadelphia, by ait Toad, where from 20 to 40 acres Gere Whe partly planted to fruit; trom this locality @ greate quai aiid variety of fruit is sent to marked than from any other piace of equal aren in the United Statens {t Is in the midst of a thriving community, with g at res, schools and manutactories; jemate i families and others ean. proeure work at shoe work, buttonmakin branches; many English, settled and are prosperdv the vicinity of New York cloing. work van 5 ish and Scotch farmers have umbers of gardeners trom locating; papers containing iD) full information will be sent free of Charge. Address C. K. LA Decay Vineland, N, J. NOSEY COTTAGE—8 ROOMS, ACRE, CARRIAGE / house; grounds ele; roundings first class; Island ferry ; $4,000; term: (COUNTRY SEAT—10 TO 8) ACRES, FOR SALE A J bargain; frontage on a inke,’ high ground, views; two miles trom depot; good Improvements, HOY, 220 Broad way. beautiful view Bay; sur- inutes’ walk from Staten sy. DARRIN, 80 Broad st. BRTY FOR SALE+{N in which ts located! ng companies in the: rovince, The hotel is now showing an anual profit of 40 ESIRABLE -HOTEL the town of Oshawa, Several of the largest m: the property and furniture can be bought for 20,000, Aine: currency, $8,000 down, the daigned in twelve | eq mnual “instalments ‘at seven cent Interest except the first paymont, which will bo without ar itt Ou 'h. HINDES, Jr, Proprtetor, Oshawa, Ontario. OR SALE AT REASONABLE PRICE—DESIRABLE, property, about 40 acres, partly improved, In suburbs ofgtowin ing city: of Jack: nvill ie, Fia.; suitable for a. Gate, o.: more valuable gn account of having been sur veyed and Jaid out in city lots. Apply to WM. MELER, 83 Dey street. REAL ESTATE TO rs “A VERY DESIRABLE NOUSE Le New York, alt £0 i Wig city property; cars from ban! phe’ Brookiyn and Willi bui Ferries ron direct to the place. Address JO} DLXON, 260 Broad basement, ROOKLY x ‘4 8 AND, Lore For sale OR EX. changed for Merchandise, Furniture, Horse . flages, Aen. W, BROWN, 91’ Liberty’ oi rect, Foot, New York, 1 to 40} ‘clock. OR FXCHANGE—A FINE RESIDENCE IN ELIZA- beth, worth $30.00, for a well located Brookiya House, about same value; also zood Tenement Property in East Brooklyn to exchanse, for Country Place. or Farm. BADGER, 81 Cedar street, room 4. {OR SALE OR EXCHANGE—VALUABLB VILLAGE Lots, near the depots of four railroads on Loug Island, 14 miles from New York. J. WARD, Jr., 167 Broadway, city. 10 EXCHANGR—FOR WATC HES AND JEWE asix story Tenement House, in good order. . Heraid Mice, RY, ress. 10. EXCHANGE—AN EL ANT THRER STORY House, high stoop, stone front: encumbrange imosle- rk splendid eee eer will take a smaller Pro; good F. iighily ‘encumbered. "Address BON: FIDE, box 6,131 Post office. 0 EXCHANGE,—GOOD REAL ESTATE, NEAR NEW York city, for Southern or Western lands and. some Gash; a good bargain will be given. A, C. LOOMIS, 256 Broadway. $1.000° money paid, Address L. WORTH Shange for WwW. OF MERCHANDISE T Unencumbered Land; M., Herald office. EX. no REAL Ear OUSE WANTED—FOR CASH; THRER Y, If igh pavement and cellar. 20 feet, Det wou RR: and seen tran Ninth snd Fourth: avensen. reo Ati FITZPATRICK, Eleventh avenue, corner Forty-first street brs) Sa "a ANTED—A VERY CHOIOR, SMALL. | FARM ithin TH hours of city, Migh and, free from galt alr. Send particulars to L. We ahah Tedar street. i, MISORLLANBOUS,. , Font NE.—SCWRIVOR'S OLD DUTCH Salter, EEE; poy wn A peal. on man an eipe Ren ners iP. hor one week, isnt Medal 126 wrth eavomnse Wiliams re. URKE'S HOLIDAY ATVLRS pants HATS—READY; BORE, Hid Broadway, coRner oF Patton atest oOCk BXGAVAS fos mat taken IN THR URrRe of the eit in land of cash, reas J. Fs Ly Hh iT Ads EUROPE. 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