The New York Herald Newspaper, January 25, 1873, Page 5

4 ‘SLAIN BY SNOW. The Great Storm in Iowa and Minne- sota—-Fully 300 Lives Lost. . EPISODES AND INCIDENTS OF INTEREST. -—_—_—- A Stage Full of Dead Passengers. ‘FROZEN TO DEATH ON A DO@RSTEP. Soaeeaaaen 4 Newly-Married Couple Spend Their Wedding Night in a Snewédrift. —____--—_———- SEVEN SCHOOL CHILDREN FROZEN. A Husband Dies Seeking a Doctor, and the Wife and New-Born Baby Freeze Alone. Wrnona, Minn., January 20, 1873, The small weekly papers have come in, and every mail brings us letters from the interior with further particulars of the recent great storm. The antici- pations of the HERa.n’s correspondent have been sadly realized, and there is no doubt that the lives lost will number fully three hundred. For instance, New Ulm ordered nineteen coffins on one day, and at least fiity deaths are reported from that place and Fort Ridgéley. Twenty deaths at Morris, nine at Madelia, twenty-four at Sleepy Eye Lake, eight at Worthington, ten at Manketo—so runs the fatal record. In this letter I propose giving some disconnected incidents and episodes of the fatal Tuesday which may be of interest to Fastern read- ers. Some idea of the depth of the snow drifts may be formed when we consider that on the Wednes- day the snow was piled so high about a freight train, blockaded on the Davenpert and St. Paul Railroad, near Delaware Center, that teams drove right over the cars. Upon the same line there are rifts 8,000 feet long and fifteen feet deep. Near Blue Earth men could pass on foot over the tele- graph wires, and at New Ulm in one drift was found a man frozen to death while sitting om the seat of his sleigh, his head being fully five feet under the surface. SEVEN SCHOOL CHILDREN FROZEN. One of the saddest incidents is reported from Fort Ridgeley. The schoolmistress discharged her scholars, telling them to ran home. Some escaped with but slight injuries, but seven ef the little enes lost their way in the blinding arifts and were found dead, one with his books under his arm and his little foot lifted for a step—a step which had proved a step beyond the confines of life. Twe ethers were feund frozem to death in each others’ arms; tears, which the bitter cold er the near ap- proach of death had wrung frem them, standing in little beads of ice on tneir imnecent cheeks- Hugh Jones, a teacher, near New Ulm, kept the forty scholars of his scheol in the schoolhouse from Tues- day till Friday, risking his life, like a practical, un- selfish hero, every day in a twe-mile tramp through drifts four or five feet deep to get food for them. THE STAGE OF DRATH. A stage left Madelia for St. James, having eight passengers anda driver. On Wednesday morning, not having arrived, search was made tor it. It was found on the road, the horses frozen to death, the driver a grinning corpse on the seat, with the reins sttll in his hands, and eight bundles ef robes and clothes in the bottom of the sleigh, each of which contained a soulless lump of icy flesh. Mr. A. K. Jenkins, of the Cleveland, Ohio, Bridge Company, who was superintending the building of an fron bridg Rock Rapids, lewa, was travel- ling by stage thence tosibley. Arrived at the lat- ter place the other passengers disembarked. He did not stir. They called him, they touched him, and lo! Death had ridden with them fer some time, | end the body was already rigid. SLAIN SO NEAR SAPETY. “ta hundred rerds from tne rail. *we horses harnessed to ‘ent, were two ~ were snow .. Mr. Oharles . million and Swan Lake, the wheel of his buggy and spe. in the lee of this poor shelter, freeze and one hand. When the storm ceased he teu. himseif within forty yards of a house. FAMILIES UNITED IN DEATH. At Fort Ridgeley three brothers were hauling grain when the storm came on them, Th ought shelter in their grain cribs in an open ficid. Ail three were found there dead. Mr. Lee and his son, aged thirteen, left their house, near Sioux City, on Tuesday for a lead ef wood, On Friday they were found about eighty yards apart. Hyvidentiy they had freed their cattle and then gone on, mistaking their way. Both were thinly clad. The boy's arms were crossed, as if be had tried to keep his buttoniess overcoat closed, The faithful dog was found beside his dead master, A widow is leit destitute with four shildren, the eldest only seven years old, Near Madelia a man unhitcled bis team and went to search for a house, leaving his wife in the sleigh, | She became anxious, and Mliowed lim. frozen to death, AMr, Temins, his son and his son's wife started from Fergus Falls for Elizabeth, Becoming locked in a drilt the men took the mules and went for as- sistance, leaving the woman in the sleigh, and son were /rozen to death, and the woman can- not recover. Both were LOVE AMONG THE SNOWS, Acouple just married were ou their way home, to Lemars, when the sterm overtook them, They turned the horses loese and oversct the sleigh, then crawled under it and wrapped themselves in the robes. It was a strange bridal reom, the bex of a sleigh in @ drift out on the prairie, but they passed two days and two nights there, and were finally rescued alive, though badly frozen. TWO FAMILIES RUINED. Near Correctionville John Sparke and Joseph Sanders went out to get some wood at a distance offour miles, The storm caught them, but they pushed on, When a mile and @ half from home they threw ont their load to go om more quickly, but jnst beyond the road made a curve; they passed this curve without turning, and so every step alterwards was a step away fromhome. At night they camped under the sleigh, about three maijles from home. A trapper heard their shouts, but thought them but the hooting of owls, All day Wednesday, Wednesday nigut and Thursday the men were alive and wandering wp and down, be- wildered by the terrible storm. ‘The trapper followed them all day Wednesday, but could not find them, On Thursday night their horse came home, and fol, lowing back his tracks they found the two men seven miles away, about two feet apart, frozen stark and sti, The dog which had accompanied them remained with the bodies, and had kept them from being cevered by the snow, left a widow and children, the latter all young Sanders’ family is destitute. The aged mother and sister of Sparks. have gone mad, and wil! probably die. Such are @ few of the scores of instances re- Father | Each man | NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, JANUARY: 25, 1873.—TRIPLE SHEET. ! ported, which require no embellishment of rhetoric to enchain the attention and impress the imagina- tion, Some idea of THE LOSS OF LIFE may be formed by the following gieamings from one day’s mails :— Along line of St. Paul and Sioux City Railway, thirty-four deaths, Nicollet-—Unknown man, Worthington—Two men found dead. Elliott Creek—Mr. Lee and son. Four counties—Grant, Stephens, Douglas and Otter Tail—Seventy authentic cases of death; some missing, Pomme de Terre—Two men and @ woman, Blue Earth—Eight travellers in a stage. Herman—A switchman, Morris—Twenty deaths ap to Sunday. St, James—A man and two beys. Madelia—A man and his wife, Fort Ridgeley—Seven schoo! childs Eyansville—Thomas Johnson, Stony Brook—A man. Scandia—A man and boy, Glenwood—A man, Glynden—Christopherson and Barry. Henderson—Frank Warnke, Fergus Falls—Estimates are that fifty persons have been frozen to death within a radius of twen- five miles, St. Orloff—Five Norse farmers. Fort Ridgeley—Three men. Sleepy Eye Lake—Twenty-four men. These facts will suffice to show how great has been the loss of life and the suffering caused in Towa and Minnesota by this memorable storm, In- asmuch as almost every man that perished leaves a widow and several young children, and as almost all were new settlers, whose farms yielded but a scanty profit, the chairitable may find an opening here for their generosity. ‘the HERALD has often found itself made the almoner of the public, Those who desire now to entrust their bounty to tt for the sufferers by this calamity will not, I believe, have cause to regret such action. ‘AT TRENTON. PORES a The Vice President Delivers an Oration on Temperance. The announcement that the Vice President of tne United States would address a temperance mass meeting at Trenton on Thursday nigh’ last had the effect of attracting to the scene of the gathering vast concourse of people of both sexes apd all stations in life, among whom prominently to the front were Governor Parker, Secretary of State Kelsey and others, who are con- spicuously connected with the legislative and executive departments of the State. In a word, Taylor Hall was densely packed with a gregarious mass of human beings. When Mr. Colfax made his appearance on the platform it was the SIGNAL FOR AN OUTBURST of veciferous applause, which lasted for ever five minutes. Mr. Colfax, in thanking the audience for the great ovation thus given him, said that his heart would indeed be cold and callous if it did not throb and move at this kind reception. He came to speak to them netin regard to legislation and Politics, but on & cause appertaining to common humanity in whicn he regretted to say the laborers and workers were always teo few. He boasted of THE JERSEY BLOOD that flowed in his veins, and said that he was always solicitous for the welfare of his native State. He proceeded to review the manifold evils resulting from that insatiate monster intemper- SCHUYLER COLFAX ance, which he said was mainly the - cause of all the desolation, anguish, misery and woe to be seen in the world, and but tor which Eden would be restored them in all its pristine happiness. He said that his text for the night would be the sense of his individual respen- ee After speakfhg to this subject for some time, he proceeded to show how the inmates of the State prisons and lunatic asylums of the country were brought thither through the | BANEFUL INFLUENCES OF INTOXICATION. He then adverted to brotherly leve and the in- iquitous practice of mederate drinking. Thousands and taousands of pecn le had gone from moderate drinking to that of baneful intoxication, The mon- ster knows its victim, and does not confine itself to the ordinary classes of society, but attacks those in higher stations of life. ‘he past year in the Senate and House of Representatives too plainly told the sad history of men distinguished for their brilliant conversational talent falling a PREY TO THE DIRE MONSTER, The executive chambers of the State, bench and bar were not exceptions; but he was happy to say | that as far as New Jersey was concerned ita execu- | tive chamber was devoid of this loathsome evil. There Were 400,000 more persons engaged IN THE RUM TRAFFIC than there were in teaching the children and filling the pulpit. Six hundred million dollars was paid to the United States for the intoxicating drinks, and but $40,000,000 was paid per year for edueation and preaching the The poorhouses of ihe country care }00 paupers, one-half of ‘ch number came by the results of intemper- * hundred and ninety thousand human ‘in New York within the last ten "'and in that city, out of »r 40,000 were traced ‘ter enlighten: | with a just rewar., melt, the building tn | bled might crumble ww good deed will last fereve. for the benefit of their fellow men, wn.. trophy that shall be an eternal crown and sha.. jast for ages hereafter, Euthnsiastic applause | followed, after which Mr, Colfax pr ded to the door of the auditorium and heartil ook hands with nearly every person inthe v; audience as they fled in lines of two or three when passing him. THE SPECTROSCOPE. Lecture by Professor C. A. Young on the Spectroscope and Its Achievements at the Cooper Institute Last Evening. rhe Astronomical Conquests of the Spectro- scope’? was the subject of the third of a series of scientific lectures delivered under the auspices of the American Institute, and was very ably treated last evening by Professor Charles A, Young, of Dartmouth College, A very fair | audience, including many ladies, was in attend- ance, and seemed greatly interested in the bril- lant experiments in illustration ef the subject, The spectroscope, according to the lecturer, had solved in the most satisfactory manner problems which had puzzled the leading astronomers and | been a subject of discusston for centuries. It had | | not only enabigd us to arrive at a knowledge ef the great constituent elements of the san and the plan- etary world, but had also given us an approximate idea of their motions. By the use of the various metals, when volatilized in the spectroscope, 1t has | been ascertained that the variows substances per- taining to the earth exist likewise in | the other bodies of the solar system. This resut is attained by an amalysis of the solar spectra, each particular metal having, as the Pro- Jessor termed it, its peculiar “signature,” as shown by producing a differently colored light when reflected through the prismatic attachment of the spectroscope. Thus we find silver, sodiam, strontium, gitanium, &c., to exist in the luminous | bodies of the universe, and the variously colored | rays were shown by the aid of a@ screen and ap- aratus specially devised for the purpose. nm regard to comets the Professor said it has been demonstrated that — these bodies are luminous in themselves and do notshine by reflecting light. Whether, however, they are mere aggregations of gaseous vapors or not is yet to be shown, Numerous observers in all parts of the world are earnestly cngayed in availing theu selves of the marveilous aid afforded by this in- | geniously arranged instrument, and great r may be confidently anticipated from their exper ments. The lecturer detatied his own investiga- tions in this great field 0} philosophic rese: will lectare again on Monday next, on “Our Present Knowledge of the Sun.” THS SAMANA BAY COMPANY, The airectors of the Samana Bay Company wet again yesterday afternoon, at the office of the | Pacific Mail Steamsiip Company, but their busi- Ness was stated to be of a purely formal character, | Th ire still six Vacane in the Board, bat | these will be filled up at the earliest date possible, | | There ts another meeting on Tuesday Gert, i | storm, freezing simultaneously, until | exterior of the vessel, masts, yards, rigging, &c., LITERARY CHIT-CHAT. - Tue Most important contribution to ornithology of the last five years is Mr, Elliott Couest's “Key to North Amertean Birds; containing a concise ac- count of every species of living and fossil bird known from the Continent north of the. Mexican and United States Boundary.” The book is illus- trated by accurate and Iife-like figures of birds, on wood, and by steel plates of the bill structure, 4c. The Naturalists’ Agency, Salem, Mass., publish it. PRINCE HUMBERT, of Italy, has made his appear- ance in& new character, that of author, and with marked success. ‘The book is “The Grand Mancu- vres of the Year 1872," being a thorough report and review of the military manwuvres and organiza- tiens of the various troops under his command as General-in-Chief, THE approaching appearance is announced of a work by M. Guizot, divided into four parts—“Em- pire,” “Monarchie H¢réditaire,” “Monarchie Con- stitutionnelle,” and “République,” A New Srory, to be called “A Bad Lot,” by Edmund Yates, the distinguished English novelist, now on a visit to this country, is to be begun shortly in the Firestde Companion, Miss Emily faithtull will also contribute to the same paper. ‘THE WHOLE NUMBER Of new books and pamphlets printed in England during 1872 was 4,814—(Is- tributed as follews:— Theology, sermons, Biblical, &c..... 182 KEdueational, classical and philological. 439 Javenile works and tales... 236 Novels, tales and other fiction 144 Law, jurisprudence, &c.. 126 Political and social economy, trade and com- merce ... Perr ee eeeeees see 186 Arts, science and illustrated work! 538 Voyages, travels, geographical resear 261 History, biography, &c. Poetry and the drama.. Baie Year books and serials in volumes. . Medicine, surgery, &C......... tees Belles lettres, essays, monographs, &c. 196 Miscellaneous, including pamphlets not ser- me@Ns......... scececces 187 TOtal......serscsevecerrsees seee ence ees ABLE THE PUBLICATION is announced of a superb work by the Libraire J, Datp, Berne, entitled “Tableaux de Histoire Swisse,” after original compositions by Swiss artists, engraved on wood by Messrs. Buri & Jeker, of Berhe. Mr. C. CLOUGH ROBINSON has just completed his new work on the “Dialects of Yorkshire.” THE PUBLICATION Of the German Correspondent has ceased. A Curious Book is now publishing in London, the author of which seriously professes to give, from actual experience, a matter-of-fact account of the laws, manners and customs of a kingdom situated in one of the planets of our solar system, ‘The title of the book is “Another World.” Tuk Firsr Part of the “Life of Raphael” has appeared, by Hermann Grimm, the author of the “Life of Michael Angelo.’? Evizaseta MonraGu began to write clever,letters at twelve years old. She was very handsome, very shrewd, thoroughly well bred, and her life as o girl was cramined with amusement, the chief scene of which was Marylebone Gardens, She talked metaphor, like other people of her time, and epigram unlike other people. She was restlessly observant; she enjoyed the admiration she re- ceived from men of all ages, but she had sound sense and she married a gentleman considerably her senior, under whose influence “the bounding Jambe”’ gradually grew into the “Minerva,” as she was called by friends as well as by epigram- matists. Dr. DORAN appears to be the legitimate succes- sor, as an industrious compiler, to the late Mr. John Timbs, Both have ransacked English litera- ture with a fine-tooth comb for materials where- with to illustrate the art of book making. THE “HistoRY OF ARCHITECTURE,” left incom. Dlete by Franz Ktigler's death, will be finished by Dr. Wilhelm Lubke, who continues it from the end of the Middle Ages peried. PRESIDENT WOOLSEY, of Yale, is writing a work on “Christianity, its History, Doctrine and Life,” which Dodd & Mead will publish, and Professor Fisher, of the same university, is writing a popu- lar treatise on the Reformation, to be issued by Scribner, MUSICAL AND THEATRICAL NOTES, The “varied success” of the ‘fannhauser” at | Bologna meant that it was never certain whether it weuld be hissed or applauded. The receipts on the opening night at the Fifth Avenue Theatre exceeded those of »” night” at the old house by over $450, American art is so superior te English stage *that American take in going te England * and broad. How mur’ papers if Mr. Fran dian,” had deferred 1 it had become impera hita Mr. Frank Drew, t (Quite an excitement v i Olympic Theatre on Thu. setion of some of the | Selonging to the ag , ** Dr. Schlie. ALG ’ wons vypriote voked a more hrough 1e stage, a Panta- 4. ant about If they gentlemen he eyes and ‘nt like the ikely to suffer is as free from as the most re- srformances are arlety, too, they give no occasion as, Ve. are occas. for the cant whic. vr culture, A musical treat, in the of capital singing and acting, Was given last evening at the New York Stadt Theatre, toa select, appreciative, but not over numerous audience, the occasion being a | benefit operatic performance to Herr Carl Speigier, Fritz dela Fontaine, Misses Pauline Bredelli and Louise Beckman aud others, The programme con- sisted of the second act from “Freischutz,” scene and duet from the “Merry Wives of Windsor,” second act from “Robert le Diable,"* and fourth act of “La Juive in which Messrs, Carl Speigler and Carl Bernhard appeared to great advantage, Herr Speigier won immense applause, and richly deserved it. He is, without exception, the best basso since the (palmy) days of Carl Formes and Lablache, Miss Beckman is a fine actress, and | possesses a splendid voice, while Miss Bredellisings very well in high register, but her notes, although Sweet, are nevertheless very weak. Carl Bergman, who volunteered to lead the music, left the aban- doned artists in the lureh., Hence, Herwig con- ducted a wretched orehestra, which made it ex- ceedingly dificult for the artists to keep any, sort of time. A WONDERFUL PHENOMENNON, ‘The steamship India, o! the Anchor line, arrived here yesterday from Glasgow, alter an unusually long trip of eighteen days, caused by strong head winds and heavy seas, During the passage those on board were treated to a sight which is rarely seen at sea, as follows:—On the 18th inst., from two P.M, till ten P. M., encountered a rain the whole became thickly coated with ice; at the same time all deck work and rigging, running in a@ hort- zontal direction, were fringed with icicles a8 large and shaped like huge parsnips. The two close- reefed sails set became solid sheets of ice three inches thick. When the sun shon at the be- ginning of the thaw the spectacle 3 nagnificent, Such a phenomenon had never before beem seen by the oldest seaman on board. During the time of the above occurrence all handling of sails was Impossible. The gale was fierce, and the heavy rain and spray froze as fast it fell, A HORSE THIEF IN HOBOKEN, arrested a negro named Rdward Hopper, at the ferry, last night, on suspicion of Stealing a fine black horse, on which the negro was Seated as he rode swittly towards the boat. The captured individual told a disjointed tale of how he came by the animal, aud ho was accordingly held for examination, HOMES FOR THE AGED. Ald Soctety of the Methodist Episcopal Church—Reports—Condition of the In- stitution in Forty-second Street—Ad- dresses by Rev. A. D. Vail and Dr. De Haas. The twenty-second anniversary of tho catablish- ment of a Home for Aged Methodists in this city, was celebrated yesterday at the institution in Forty-second street, near Kighth avenue, This is the oldest institution of its kind and character in the American Methodist Church; but copying alter it, very many of the large cities in the country have now agimilar homes founded for their aged, Notwithstanding the bad weather the chapel of the institution where the services were held was well filled yesterday with tady managers and friends of tne Home. Mr, Samuel Halstead, a life-long friend of the society, presided, Mrs. Adams, the Corresponding Secretary and Matron of the Home, read the reports of the Secre- tary and Treasurer, from which it appeared that at the beginning of the last year the Treasurer heid a balance of $2,936, There was reeeived during.the year the sum of $17,344, THE EXPENDITURES during the same period, including maintenance of eighty-five inmates, tuxes, insurance, repairs, &c., amounted to $10,355, The sources of income were :—Subscriptions, $2,330; donations, $1,348 collections in churches, $1,763; legacies, $1,1: interest on deposits, $1,535; collected by Mr. 8. Halstead, $6,365; by festivals, social entertain- ments from stewards, &c., $1,804. There is now a balance in the treasury of $9,936, The report of the managers returns thanks to Rev. A. G. Richardson for his interest in providing a comfortable summer home for the aged at Sea Cliff Camp Ground, and describes the entertainments given at the Home in Forty-second street and elsewhere for the benefit of the society, and from which the sum of $300 were realized, There were seven DEATHS IN THE INSTITUTION during the year, namely—Mrs. Cornelia Otto, aged eighty-eight years. Mrs, Mary Green, the mother of the devoted Ann Wilkins, a missionary to Africa, Mra. Green had been in the Home about tour years. She was a member of the Methodist Episcopatian Chureh for sixty-five years, and at the time of her death was eighty-five years of age. Mr. James Wells died aiter two years’ residence in the Home, aged sixty-nine years; Mrs. Ann Berry was sixty- Six years oid when she died; Mrs. Elizabeth Burns die at the age of -seventy-four years, having been six years an inmate of the Home; Mrs. Zipporah Willis died at the age of ninety years, after four years, residence in the institution; Mrs. Harriet Bonton, after eleven ene stay there, departed at the age of seventy-elght years, and Mrs. Mary Brickney, having spent nearly twenty-two years in the Home, died at the age of eighty-one years, declar- ing with her latest breath, “My feet are on the Rock.” Last Tuesday the tuneral of another aged inmate took place, namely, Father Gibbon, who had been in the Home about eight years. He was ninety-two years of age, eighty of which he had been a member of the Methodist Church, BRIEF AND APPROPRIATE ADDRESSES were made by Rev. A. D. Vail, pastor of Fiity-third street Methodist Episcopal church, and by Rev. Dr. De Haas, of Lexington Aveuue church, formerly of the Metropolitan church, Washington, D. 0. ‘The former spoke more particularly of the retro- active blessing upon those who care for the aged as well as upon the aged themselves, The latter spoke ef the superiority of Christianity over every other form and phase of religion in this particular, and by his description of a sup- posed ascension scene and the eternal union of the aged in a home above drew tears trom every eye. Rev. Henry Asten and Miss Asten sang some pieces for the old folks, and a pleasant hour or two was spent in this purely Christiam and benevolent tustitution. An effort is being made now by Mr. Halstead, which ts meeting great success, to raise $50,000 to purchase a site higher up town, on which te erect a more ex- tensive Home. The applications exceed the ac- commodations of the present institution, the cost of whose maintenance is about two dollars anda half per member per week. MURDER. The People in Support of the Herald’s Recommendations. To THE EpITORX OF THE HERALD :— Your editorial upon “Murder Classics” morning's issue is right to the poir such articles as this that will we” to a sense of the impéndin- é away, bra’ journal, a” human iife know that tolerate such atv There is noth’ ple from word? Yor P at off- aonly wt us run point. .@ a vigilance savagely well. We r: ; but we should, by a p appeint a committee to caurderers, who are receivin, antl, and try them, and, if toun v.em_ between earth and sky. Tne a right to do this, irrespective of ‘ .d government authority, because they vereign. The fundamental principle of our ernment is that when it fails to accomplish the ubjects tor which it was instituted it should be abolished. Acting in accordance with that princi- ple the people of this city should disregard the shams of government erecte@ over them and use direct means to accomplish the most impertant object for which government is supposed to be in- stituted—protection to life. The goverament of the city was plundering the city’s treasury some time ago, and what did the people do? They hela a meeting, appointed a committee and proceeded to drive out the robbers, who weve the govern- ment. A great many men, among them old fogy lawyers and press writers, think the people should submit to the tyranny of government as peasants bow to the decrees of their imperial rulers. The eople in every country are sovereign if they only new it. In this country—more particularly in this city, they are sovereign fools. ley can overturn a government any time they cn.ose, and who dare interfere? The people of this State can call a convention to-morrow to devise a new government. Whose business is it but their own? If the people of this city were to make a new government to- day to suit themselves the people of the whole State would sustain them. But we do not want to abolisn our present city government by any but legal means just yet; but we think it is high time that the people should do Lopate to terrify those who prey upon human lite. ‘he press is stirring up a feeling on this subject that will soon make itself felt if our tardy oMcials do not at once take active measures to rid the community of this murder mania. Let the HERALD keep right on in its just work of picturing to the public the hellish deeds of these cowardly murderers, A. G. New YorK, Jan, 24, 1873, THE FAMILY OF THE MURDERED PFEIFER. To THE Eprror OF THE HERALD:— Allow me to call the attention of the benevolent to afact or two in rejation to the family of the murdered man, Charles H. Pfeifer. He has left a wife and, four children who are in circumstances the most distressing, as they are entirely destitute of means, even to procure the necessaries of life, only as they may be assisted by friends. In conse- quence of the sickness of the father during the heated term of last Summer his earnings were en- tirely exhausted. Mrs. Pfeifer is a member of the North Fifth street Methodist Episcopal church and resides at the corner of South Fighth and Third streets, Brooklyn, EK. D. Any person disposed to assist a deeply atilicted and destitute family can send their donations to Rev. George Hollis, care Methodist Book Concern, 806 Broadway, New York city. New York, Jan. 23, 1873, BELIEF FOR THE PFEIFER FAMILY. New Yor, Jan, 24, 1873. To THE Epitor OF THR HERALD :— Enclosed please find $5, which I desire to con- tribute for the benefit of the family of the poor, but honest, Charles H. Pfeifer, who was so brutally murdered on Tuesday evening by the ruMan Michael Nixon. Hoping that others may add their mites, and thereby prevent the afflicted widow and four small children from suffering during the cold Winter months, and also show them that honest labor brings its reward, { remain, yours truly, FATHER AGAINST SON. The Father Accuses the Son of Stealing, to Defray Wedding Expenses. Michael Broint, of No. 73 Chatham street, cigat dealer, yesterday had his son, John M. Broint, ar- rested, charged with stealing from him the sum of $200. His son was in his employ, as was likewise a very prepossessing young lady, of whom he was enamored, The father was sternly opposed to ~ alliance between the pair, but Saeron as usual, only intensified the feelings of the couple. In Sep- tember last Mr. Broint entrusted his son with $200 to deposit in bank, Instead of complying, he took occasion to depart in company with his lady love to arts unknown. Yesterday he incantiously visited he city, was recognized and arrested. Judge DowUng committed him tp $1,000 0 answer, FOSTER RESENTENCED. ——— His Appearance Yesterday in the Su- preme Court, General Term. Hoe Is Resentenced To Be Hanged on the 7th of March—Fuli Bench of the Genoral Term Present—Foster's Last Words in Court, “I Never Intended to Kill Mr. Putnam’’—The Sentence. Though nearly two years have elapsed since Wiliam Foster killed Avery D, Putnam, the public have not forgotten the particulars of the terrible tragedy. The killing, or rather the murderous blows with the car hook—for the unfertunate victim did not dic till three days alterward—were inflicted on the evening of %he 26th of April, 1871, In les’ than & month—for justice at the outset seemed to be unusually swift footed in this case—he was tried in the Court of Oyer and Terminer, convicted of the murder and sen- tenced to be hanged on the 14th of the succeed- ing July, A stay of proceedings was, however, obtained, the case taken to tho Supreme Court, General ' Term, and applicaton made for a new trial. The Court refused to grant a new trial, but reaffirmed the verdict pronounced inthe Oyer and Terminer, and he was again sen- tenced to be hanged, the day of execution this time being fixed for the 22d of March, 1872. But Foster was not yet tobe hanged. As is well known, the case was carried to the Court of Ap- peals, and her> another effort was made to rescue him from the gallows, Through jong and wearily anxious months Foster has awaited the decision of the latter Court, The de- cision came at last. On the 2ist inst, the result was first flashed by telegraph and then came the remittitur of the Court of Appeals to the Judges of the Supreme Court, General Term, in tnis city. This remittitur reached this city late on Thursday afternoon, and reads as follows:. COURT OF APPEALS REMITTITUR. _ Mr. Foster, Plainti® in Error, vs. The People of the State of New York, Defendants in Error.—Be it remem- dered that on the 22d day of May, in the year of our Lord 1562, Mr. Foster, the plaintiff in error in this action, came here into the Court of Appeals by John K, Porter, 'W. 0, Bartlett and Henry ©. Allen, his attorneys, and ‘fled in the said Court a writ of error and return’ thereto from the judgment of the Supreme Court of the State of New York tor the First Judicial District and the people of the State of New York, the defendants in error in said action atterwards appeared in said Court of Appeals by Samuel B. Garvin, District Attorney, which said writ of error and the return thereto filed’ as aforesaid are hereunto annexed. Whereupon the said Court of Appeals, having heard this case ed by Mr. John K. Porter,’ of counsel for the plaintiff in error, and Mr. Samuel B. Garvin, District Attorney, for the defendants in error, and after due de- liberation had thereon did order and adjudge that the Judgment of the Supreme Court is in all things affirmed, And it was further oraered and adjudged that the proceed- ings be remitted for turther action in the Court below to carry the judgment into effect. And it was also further ordered that the record aforesaid and the proceedings in this Court be remitted to the said Supreme Court, there to be proceeded upon according to law. heretore it {s considered that the said judgment be affirmed and the proceedings remitted for further action in the Court below to carry the judgment into effect, and hereupon, as well as the writ of error, and return thereto atoresaid as the judgment of the Court of Appeals afore- said, by them given in the premises, are by the said Court “of Appeals, remitted into the Court of the State of New York, before the Justices thereof, according to the form’ of the statute in such case made and provided, to be enforced accord- ing to law, and which accord now remains in the said Supreme Court, before the Justices thereot, £c, Saris Clerk ot the Court of Appeals of the State of New York. Court or Arrears, Aunany, Jan. 22, 1873, I hereby certify that the preceding record contains a pea ork a iia the peoees tele if ate anton ia me Jourt of Appeals, wi papers originally filed therein attached thereto? = &. O. PERRIN, Clerk. PROMPT ACTION BY THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY. Following the receipt of the above document, Mr. Phelps, District At torney, immediately on the convening of the Supreme Court, General Term, yer’ ‘ay morning, Judges Ingraham, Brady and on the bench, submitted the following pe- he Court, and at the same time passed up tur as copied above :— wn Count or tux Stare or New York; of Benjamin K. Phelps, District Attorney f New York, shows that William Foster urder in'the first degree of the murder om, in the month of May, 1871, in the nid ner, holden in and for vow York; that upon such con- William’ Foster was then and Ne hanged by the neck until he uly, 1871, whereupon @ writ ‘y said case, with ‘of execu- : sand Judgment were removed to ne supreme Court of, the State of ‘ card at the January General Term art, on the loth gy ot February, 1872, 2 ay ot February, 1872, the said William such ent of aflirmance Term, then and there sen- to hanced by the neck until he was . on the 22d day of March, 1872, w! upon a writ of -ror was allowed in said case, with a say of execution, and the proceedings and judgment had therein were re- moved to the Court of Appeal ich said case was duly argued in the said Court of Appeals ata term thereof in Decem! in the year 1872, and on the 2ist day of Jan- uary, 1873, the said judgment against the said Willian Foster was in all things ailirmed; that the seyeral times fixed by said sentences for the ‘execution thereot have and are pai And the District Attorney of tho county of New York prays that a writ’ of ha- beas ‘corpus. may now issue returnable forthwith to bring the said William Foster before this Court to in- quire into all the facts and circumstances, and, if no legal reasons exist against the execution of said. sentence, that the said Court signa warrant directed to the Sheritt of the county of New York, commanding him to do exe- cutlon of sald sentence, at such time as shall be appointed therein. BENJAMIN K. PHELPS, County of New York, ss.—Benjamin K. Phelps, being duly sworn, doth depose and say that the tacts set forth in the above petition subscribed by him are true, as he ts in- formed and verily believes. worn before me this 24th day of January, 1873—Jonn Sranxs, Notary Public, New York city. IMMEDIATE ACTION BY THE COURT. Directly on the reading of the remittitur and pe- tition the Court granted the suit of habeas corpus asked for and made the same returnable forthwith. The latter document was promptly placed in the,| hands of the Sheriff, and, meantime, until Foster was brought into court, the judges busted them- selves signing various orders incidental to tne closing of the bus.ness of the term. ARRIVAL OF FOSTER. Less than half an hour elapsed before the pro- duction of Foster in court. Sheriff Brennan and two Deputy Sheriffs accompanied the unfortunate man, and bringing up the rear were his counsel, ex-Judge Porter, William 0. Bartlett and Henry ©. Allen. Ex-District Attorney Garvin, who con- ducted the prosecution against him, was also present. Foster had on a c)inchilla overcoat and underneath wore a suit of plain black. His hair was carefully brushed, but the round fulness of face and ruddiness of complexion so strikingly noticeable when he was first arraigned for trial were no longer visible. A pallor, almost deatn-like, overshadowed his face. He walked, however, with a firm, steady step and took the seat assigned him, igre Porter taking a seat on one side of him and Mr. Bartlett on the other, As no publicity had been given of his intended pro- duction in Court there was but a thin attend- ance at first in the court room, but the fact of his arrival soon became noised about and in a few minutes after his arrival the room was nearly filled. Almost every eye was turned upon him; but Foster paid no attention to the curious looks of the inquisitive crowd. He sat with head bowed down and eyes bent on the fleor. Judge Porter whispered haa a in his ear two or three times, and beyond giving attention to these whispered utterances he seemed to pay no heed to anything, ASKING SENTENCE TO BE PASSED, Mr. Phelps, a few minutes after Foster's arrival, slowly rose in his seat and asked the Court to pass sentence of death upon the prisoner, in accordance with the remittitur of the Court of Anpeals making such obligavory upon them, FOSTER’S ONLY WORDS. Mr. Clark, the Olerk, asked the prisoner to rise. He did so promptly, but his knees trembled visibly. It was evident he keenly felt the terribleness of his situation. He did not raise his eyes, but still kept them bent upon the floor, “What have you to say,” asked Judge Ingraham, “why the Court should not proceed to pass sen- tence apon you “I never intended to kill Mr. Putnam,” replied Foster. He could say no more, but here broke completely down. He pulled out his handkerchief and wiped the tears from his eyes. Judge Ingraham waited some little time, durin, which a death-like silence pervaded the room, and, seeing that Foster intended to say nothing turther, proceeded to or & Laigahedba ARK! It becomes the duty of the Court to fix the day upon which sentence bem eee mene ene Woe . It is some BJ is to be executed. found. guilty ‘and 4 t that trial convicted of the crime of murder in the first degree, and sentenced to be exe. ‘ou appealed from the sentence crtee conrt of Oyer and Terminer to the General Term of this Court, and in consequence of that the day on whieh you were to be executed passed away. On the hearing of the appeal the judg- ment was confirmed, and the day was fixed for carrying out the sentence. You appealed to the Court of Appeals, and the day for execution again passed td The Court of Appeals has confirmed decision of the lower Courts, and have sent the proceedings back to us with directions that the judgment be carried out to execution, We have examined the papers and we see nothing in them—no reason why we should not proceed in obedience to the order of the Court of Appeals, and, unless you have something to say why we should not, we shall discharge that duty. Your counsel are in court, ana if they have any- thing to say we will hear it. FOSTRR SYBAKS AGAIN, During the time Judge Ingraham waa delivering the above remarks lostor stood with his hands be- hind his back, his head down and his eyes nearly closed, He lifted bere bis eyes @ moment aod eatd, “T did not intend to Kill him, sir.” He thes dropped his head again upon bis breast, PASSING SENTBNOR, . Judge Ingraham continued his remarks, and ceeded to pass sentence aa follows:—We can feel with you and your friends the difficulty of the posi- tion in which you are placed. It is not for me te refer to the circumstances of the homicide. Our duty is discharged when we designate the day when the gentence of the Court is to be carried into effect; but before doing se I cannot omit urging upon you the importance of preparing for the solemn event. The time allowed you for this purpose is very short, It is but afew weeks before the time will come when your life must be terminated, if that sentence is carried out. There is no other Court to which you can appeal. There is no turther appeal for you to auy earthly tribunal, except the Executive of this State should think fit to exercise the power vested in him by sending you a pardon or change of sentence, With that we have nothing todo, We urge you not to trust to any such ho; and thereby be induced to postpone the prepara- tion necessary for the solemn event which must follow the sentence. I beg of you to improve the time le you, it will soon pass away. Although the time wilk go slowly, yet surely it will bring you to the termi- nation of the short period leit you, See to it, there- fore, before it be too late that you make prepara- tion, We have nothing to do now but to designate the day, and the Court, by virtue of the power and authority vested in them under the statute and in obedience to the directions of the Court of Appeals, designate Friday, the 7th of March, 1873, as the day “on which the sentence heretofore prenouaced on you of death shall be carried into execution. CLOSING OF THE ORDEAL, Foster maintained the same attitude to the close of the sentence. The writ was now read to the Sheritr bering him to see to the execution of the Sentence, and Foster was removed to the Tombs. Foster in the Condemned Cell. William Foster, after ne had been taken from the Sheriff's office, where he remained a few moments subsequent to his sentence, was placed in a close carriage, and into this close carriage Deputy Sherids Shields and Stevens stepped to accompany the CONDEMNED MAN TO HIS LAST Home, onearth. During the ride Foster spoke very little to his companions, and seemed terribly depressed. He said, “I was drunk and did not know what { was doing.” Foster is a big, strong man anda reticent one. He has displayed during his confine. ment a cold reserve that is most astonishing. Only the few triends whom he has lett have beem allowed to see him, and he has manitested a very great dislike TO RECEIVE A REPORTER from any newspaper. As he passed through the first gate of the Tombs, where the passes of admission are received by Keeper John McvUaffrey, and while Shields and Stevens were standing by him, he said :— “Well, John, I don't think I willgive you much bother. I WON'T ASK ANY TICKETS of admission from you, I have done with ali those things. I don’t want to see anybody.” Then the doomed man, his head bent on his breast, passed into the next gate of the Tombs, which is defended by. Keeper Kendall, an old white- whiskered and vigilant keeper. As he walked through the yard he LOOKED UP TO THE SKY, and saw the place at which the gallows was.to stand, ane then, for the first time, he became nerv- ous, and shuddered visibly. From the cell which he used to occupy on the second tier in the south- en oe the inner prison he was taken down to cell No. d ON MURDERER'S ROW. The cell is badly fitted up and is very damp ana unwholesome, as all the cells are in this section of the prison, When Foster entered the condemned cell and the door was closed upon him he broke down—this strong man of tron will, He threw himself on the wretched prison pallet and wept like a woman for fifteen or twenty minutes. During the afternoon he was not visited by a single per- son, not even by his lawyer who had defended tim before the Court of Appeais. HIS WIFE, WHO HAS BEEN MOST DEVOTED to him, hearing of the terrible news, did not have the heart to call upon him, The other prisoners who are confined in the prison on charges of slaughtering human beings, with or without provocation, were fearfully dismayed by the tidings of Foster’s sentence. It was deemed almost certain by these criminals that Foster would escape the consequences of his redthanded crime. No other murderer who has ever been confined jn the Tombs has had so many chances of escape from justice. Foster has been sentenced to death three different times, Sharkey, the alleged murderer of Dunn, seemed more AFFECTED THAN ANY of the other criminals under a capital charge in the Tombs, When he heard that Foster was being taken down to Court he is reported to have said :— wAll the boys are going to get a beunce, EF ess, bor arr the alleged murderer of O'Neill, is very moody and employs his whole time reading the newspapers. He will not say anything ABOUT HIS CRIME and keeps his inner door locked a3 much as possi- ble, with the exception of the moments when his meals are brought in. Bleakely, who stands charged with the murder of his niece, a prostitute, in Nielson place, will not speak to any stranger who calls, and he bas not had not more thaa half a bt calls since he has been contined in the Tombs. ST. PATRICK'S DAY. Mecting of the Irish Socicties—A Com- mittee Appointed to Wait on the Police Commissioners. A convention of Irish societies was held last night at Hibernia Hall, 42 Prince street. The meet- ing was to have been opened at eight o'clock, but the snow storm prevented many delegates Irom coming, and it was very near nine o'clock when Mr. Thomas Kerrigan, the Chairman, called the meeting to order. The different Irish societies had been reauested to send five delegates each “ag business of the utmost importance was to be brought before the meeting.” This announcement gave rise to a good deal of speculation, and many of the delegates, on entering the room, wondered what this “business of the utmost importance’* might be. Mr. Kerrigan, the chatr- man, informed the HERALD reporter that the meet- ing was a secret one, and that he would be come pelled to exclude all reporters. He said the meet- ing would be devoted to the discussion of affairs that were strictly private, and not a living soulI— not belonging to one of the delegations—would be Pbhiee to Know what business bad been trans- acted, The meeting was called for the purpose of mak- ing arrangements for the parade on St. Patrick's Day. limmediately after the meeting had been called to order a lively discussion ensued as ta whether the Police Commissioners would interfere with tne procession and allow the societies to cho their own route. Stirring speeches were delivered by Mr. McNamara, Mr. Daly and others, and a determination was mani- fest to make the parade worthy of the day. Some of the delegates were for postponing the matter tothe next meeting or until a fuller attendance could be had, but the delegates finally agreed to appoint a committee to wait on the Mayor and the Police Commis- sioners in order to obtain their permission for holding the parade and for allowing the socie- ties to choose their own route, The committee was appointed with Mr. Thomas Kerrigan as chair- man, and the meeting then, amid great excite- ment, adjourned. The socictie® in Westchester county voted already on Thursday last to hold a grand parade on St. Patrick's Day, and it is proba- ble that the procession this year, if the permission of the Police Commissioners be accorded, will be one of the grandest ever held by the Lrish socie- ties in this city. Cutting His Throat—Mental and Physi« cal Suffering the Cause! Yesterday morning Edward Hilton, a single man, twenty-four years of age, who has been complain- ing of catarrh and other organic diseases for a long time, while suffering from extreme depres- sion ofspirits, at his residence 243 East Twenty- fifth street, seized an ordinary table knife and attempted to terminate a miserable existeace by cutting his throat, but failing inghat the desperate man ran for a razor, an, being atone, drew the edge of the Weapon across his ‘neck, the rincipal arteries of which were severed, and death speedily ensued from hemorrhage. Coroner Herrman was notified to hold an inquest in the case. Deceased was a mechanic. Mr. flilton, a man of excellent habits and reputation, lived with his maiden aunt, Miss Lavino Hilton, ior whom he entertained the greatest respect. Miss Hilton had noticed for several days past that her nephew was suffering both mentally and physically, and was quite concerned about him. Yesterday morning he com- plained that he had not rested during the night, 1d Miss Hilton, feeling that medicat aid Fequired, went jor a doctor, and he, taking advantage of her absence from the house, locked himscif in. his room and cut me 2 throat as stated. Upon Miss Hilton's return the room was entered through a window, and the un. fortunate young man found weiltcring’ in his blood and in a dying condition, The relatives and friends of the deceased have little if uny doubt that ho was temporarily deranged at the time of commit. ting the deed. Mr, Hilton's mother is dead and hte father lives in Calliornia, The latter was wrecked on the steamship Sacramento a lew weeks ago, while en route Ww San francisco,