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4. THE ERIE INVESTIGATION, Senator James Wood Explains About the Bor-” rowed $10,000 from Jay Gould, Charles P, Shaw Testifies as to His Infinence in the Erie Revolution and Exhibits Sicklos on the War Path—Alvord Tells How He Could Know a Bribed Legislator— Hale and Chauncey M. Depew Also on the Stand. ALBANY, April 17, 1873, ‘The Erte Investigation Committee resumed its Sessien this aiternoon. STATEMENT BY SENATOR JAMES WOOD, Senator James Wood appeared, and said that in the course of General Diven’s tesiiniony he had said ° derstood from Duicher that a certain number of 4 tors had received $5, 0 i and among the 0 a pie Hames mentioned were thove of Senator Harrower and himself, He, the witness, desired to say that he wi hoe acquainted with Dutcher, and he never had aay coi versation with hin as io legislation; he. would also sa he never received a ceni tor any action or vote he w to take or give as a senitor, He said this applied to En and any other subject of Legislation; he never re- a ceived $1,000 nor any other sum for that purpose; I re- evived in'April, 1570, ‘A LOAN FROM JAY GOULD - of $10,000, for whict Trave my note; I recetyed it in cur: Tency, but, as tat whole matter has been investigated, 1 don'tkee as it hasany relevancy here, still 1 have no ob- jeotion to have it inquired into; itis now at my house; it_was to be paid on the 4th’ of February, 5 did not. pay it then; I _ paid the’ interest on it; there were no Erie. measnres. in the Legislature at the time the loan was made that I Know o/; I knew that Mr. Burch was here endeavori: Yo got a law paswil to repeal the classification act; don't remember whether I introduced the bill; I en- deavored to get the bill reported; iswannedarsipot that th Jonimittee was opposed to the bill; I remem- ber no other measure; the loan was made to me for the benetit of a friend who asked me for the money; it was 2 HENRY CHAMBERLIN T paid him the money; the same money I received 1 aid him at Mr. Gould’s office; 1 stated to Mr. Gould that ir. Chamberlin wanied. the money to use inan entex- pee and that T had been ‘advised to apply to him and ee could get it; Mr. Chamberlin has not paid it tome The witness was asked further questions concernin; this matter, and stated that it had been fully investigate in the other inquiry an. he thought it was not germane to this investigation to pursue it further. r, Wright said he thought it within the limits ef the instruction of the committee. ‘The witness said he had nothing new te tell concerning tho matter, He then proceeded to say that Chamberlain told him he wanted to use the money in_an enterprise in which he thought he would be able to make considerable money; the money was taken by him and put inte the Duainess he contemplated; did not know that Gould was ntcrested in the repeal o/ the Classification act: DIP NOT KNOW THAT FISK AND GOULD HAD BREN INTER ESTED IN LEGISLATION in fermer years; that was my first session; the repeal act was reported by my committee in 1872 and passed ; 1 ‘voted in favor of it was a political measure and all Tepublicans voted tor ii; never received a dollar trom Gould or any one else for legislative services nor for my election expenses—uot ene dollar; I understood my pre- decessor ha Mr. Stickney—Then Gould was mistaken in saying that he contributed for your clee ion expenses? Witness—Don’t Know as he said so, Mr. Carpenter—ihe testimony of Gould was tnat he contributed money to sccure the nomination of ex-Sena- tor Mamphrey. Vit " s—Yes ; he was my competitor, and I understood he’had received railroad money; | was acquainted with Gould; had been brought into intercourse with him in a matter of making a contr: i my county was interes ever acted as counsel tor him in any way; got acquainted with him at his office; never heard it intimated that Gould had used money ior legislative purposes; did not consider it any more im- proper to loan money trom him while Iwasa member of the Legislature than 1 would to borrow from Mr, Stickney; 4 PAID THE WHOLE AMOUNT OF THE LOAN FROM GOULD, Principal and interest, prior to February, 1872; I paid the nterest in April, 1871; paid it in bank ‘bills! paid prin- cipal amd interest from the proceeds of government bonds which I had befure 1 became Senator; I handed the hends and he allowed me the premium on ; can’t tell how many bonds there were; the $10,000; I have at home a memorandum ; don’t remember whether the excess a check or bills; I can't produce can't recollect the full amount ot the bonds I took there; it was less than $15,000; had them deposited before—a part of them in Genesee and a part ina safe deposit company in New York; Mr. Gould had not demanded payment of my note; dou’t remember any check passing between us; received a good many loans trom Mr, Gould in bank bills; T have a bank account, and have for some time used checks for a part of my transactions; there was NO MKASURE PENDING IN 1870 THAT 1 KNOW OF WHEN 1 RNCPIVED THE LOAN} Lremember the amendment to the ‘Code as to the suit epughi by the Attorney General: did aot Know as that ayiplied to'the Erie Railway; {did not that session apply any one | Fa joan; the bonds I paid Gould had beea gocumulating tor or six years from my protession ; nt irom Chamberlain to secure my loreclosed the mortgage, and never ecelved any or proverty. from Mr! Gould the Erle Company, or any other source for my Le; services; I did not have auy conversation or diset regarding the l'ro Kata freight Bill last session. CHARLES SHAW'S TESTIMONY, Charles P. Shaw nd tesiified as to $1,250 paid to him for hi flecting the revolution in fhe krhe direction; 1 m Klos and né had come here to eflect a change; he said large sums had been paid fo counsel! and others, Dut ail efforts had been fruitless; he had told his principal in London that a change could be eie:ted tor a sunall sum compared with what had been paid; ® FoR $20,000; assed two bills—the Classift- bill known as the Attorney and empleyed Mr. Hall, an eminent lawyer, and others; I told him [ thonght he was mistaken as io What was the political power of the State ot New York, and that ir he attempted to defeat Ja; Gould through’a fucton of the republican party. he woul find he had been absent from the country a long while, and had lost’ the track of the elements of power; that the Custem Mouse party had just tri- umphed by a fow vows in electing Henry Smith Speaker, Dug that the real power in the House was the faction led byovernor Alvord; he then appeared very anxious to conciliate the Fenion-Greeley faction, and urged they should shake loose trom the Gould party and adopt @ uni- form plattorm, go in tor impeachment, &e., take the wind out of the’ sails ef the other “faction and with the banser of reform borne aloft march om to the turning out of the Gould directors, and thus prove the purity of the republican party; he sald this would be good fer the party and good for ‘the country; he then desired me to.come here and have a conversation with Governor Alvord other leading men, ameng them ex-senator Ben. Field; Icame here from Washington; saw ex-Senator Ramsay? assured him that no money was to be used smproperly: I received money from time to time to pay expences, but not a cent to use improperly; first [ saw Governor Fenton in W ington, and he approved of the matter; then 1 saw G ernor Alvord here and he was ready to mect and co-o} eutieman came here and he neral’s bill; he went on they conierred ; there w. Thad anticipated: General Barlow and General Sharpe appeared to want to mouepolize all the reform; they did Rot want to take. hol ttorney General's’ bill; Matlers were this going ch when the goup Wetat took cH T regarded n sion to be to Work duia pou jeneral sickles, With his disposition g,benefit the country. always had that object in view, fo Mr. Babcock—No, sir; { heard Seneral Sickles sa} not one cAMt was te be used except it was to hire counsel. Mr. Babcock—Did he not expect money would be im: properly used by the others? ness—Ves, sir; but ke was too high-toned to stoop to similar tactics; T did not understand any money was to be used to get the directors to vacate their places; Gen. eral Sickles never intimated that money would be used for that Mr. Bal jeneral Siekles ever tell you what he personaly expected to gain by his action ? Witnes—Weil, that is a question which I don’t think the committee Ought to press; iti8 going into private Professional matters which have no connection with cor- Tuption and wrony 1 Mr. Wixht—I know of mo money used in legislation, _To Mr. Carpenter—I cannot tell what services General Bick! ered to the krie pany in Washington. Question—Among the Erie Company's vouchers. is ome from 1 $700 or $800 tor his hotel bill while i mittee therefore presumes eto % not suppose [am at liberty to take mittee’s presumption, neither do I rtormed by Chandler, nation of this witness. MR. ALVORD'S TESTIMONY, he rendered so ome he company there. Witness—Well, I di Know of any se , Ahis ended the exai Thomas G. Alverd, on being # eral Sickles came here through th n, stated that Gen- t witness and Inti. mated that he wanted a conierence with ine; 1 said would mect him with pleasure, as | was an ol acqui ance of his; in the omierence — th nothing said about Erie matters whate perhaps invidental remark — co’ Attorney General's Lill as to the © arerroeay knew my views; I said to 8i decidedly opposed to the Attorney G interview was almost exclusively concerning political matters—the harmony of the republican party; he seemed to come in behalf of the authorities iv Washing. nd appeared to be desirous of effecting harmony in party; he did not speak of harmonizing ‘there was @ hitch concerning ordi was strongly of the opinion that Erie 41 in connection with his proposition for 8 bill; our ral rn 01 the republic: AS TOLD BY MIM THAT MONEY WAS USED FoR LEGISLATION; heard it asa common rumor; have no positive knowl- edge of a legislate iving money, butl am positive, nevertheless, that money was used; I think I could go into the Mouse and new point out at least half a dozen men Who receive meney; it may be that J am possessed of @ pasychelogical iaculty through which I am in- formed, but, however it was, I am certain ha id receive ‘money; my — expe- Fence “and “observation "hus? peed “atch that Iam able to judge who would aud who would not receive money, I judge by their conduct and by their phys fognomy ; I introduced the Pro Kata Freight bill and it ‘Was reported against unanimously: | have no knowledge whether money was used in the committee; I introduced the bill early in the session and it was reported against atthe close; I appeared beiore the committee several times and urged it; 1 was (oid atone time that mittee was in faver of the bill and it was to be r To Mr. Carpenter—As to the employ House, gach as the clerks of the House, my opinion of them 19 that it would be far better It some of them were notem- ployed; they are very active lobbyists; last year they Bote mote oF less Interested: Idon't Unk they sre sae. tic ‘to what measures they are interested in the w ir ‘were sume henorable exceptions, however; there are Aiteon or twenty persons here every Winter who have 0 Vi ANS OF SUPPORT Greet fhat of looking after legislation; as to Barber, juring the years 1870, 1871 and L 1 don’t think I saw him three times; Van Vechten had the reputation of Deing an attorney and counseller before the Legislature. By Mr, Carpenter—If you were told Barber received Benn for services here what do you think he would do y bs itness—Well, T think he fs possessed of sufficient shrowdness to keep the most of it for himself, ‘The witness then ec: ined one of the operations of the Rove that they make parties in- CEWTAIN aLR, gecare the money to make the purchase and pat it In their +) u pockets, leaving a taint aud stain upon the members ; ihis Was but ene mode; there were a thousand otuers. MATTHEW MALE EXAMINED, “atthow Hale, sworn, testified that he did not know « the Company using an. oney in the Essex dis- 1 let for election purposes last year: Ihave heard that way Gould did send money here; my belief is that Judge yotter would have been mominated if money bad not ‘Deen seut there. TESTIMONY OF CHAUNCEY M. DEPEW. Chauncey M. Depew was sworn and testified as fol- dows: was in Albany during last session of (ue Legisla- 4 1 reat NEW YORK ture off and on; I wasone of the counsel for the New Yerk Central Railroad Cony nd also for the Har- Jem Kailroad Vomoany ;!kuow ov'a greatunany during the session afecting both the Central and Erle compamies, amonz which wore the Pro Rata Freight bill and the bill to extend the statute of limitations, which provided thai all suits that could be brought into the United States Courts could be extendedthree years; there Were several other.bilis.many village and city charters and road bills; there were, perhaps, avous one hundred bills argued before committees on forty such bills; T the Pro Rata Freight DIN; Chi bill wasto be reported favorabl to be heard on tl: went a Tteld them I wanted ts he did not think anargume: le ed to be disinclined to hear me, but I we and made 8 partial arguinent, when they agreed to give me a hearing; ‘then summoned, by telegraph and otherwise, a num: ber of men intereated in the railroad freighting business as witnesses; then arrangements were made for another thorough examination; we took a vast amount of testi mony, and I believe that committee was honestly con- vinced that the argument Was @ sound one, and they re- ported unanimously against the bi ‘The witness was questioned closely as to ‘THK SERVICES PERFOMED BY Bi but he did not know what. the; consi-ted in laboring constantly Levislature ; Barber was opposed to the Pro Rata Freight bill; general rumor, witness said, reported that Karber raid “members ‘money; never’ heard Dutcher. oF jarber say the latter had paid any money to legislators; FAN Putcher @ couple of weeks ago: “I aske him it he ever had said to Divon money was paid to Senators; he said he never said so to Diven; Iknew what Diven was going to say, tor he waa telling everybedy about it: 1 knew he wii oun to volunteer his testimony belore he gave it: nitcher said he was going to St. Louis; did not say when he would be back; he said he thought’ he would return and testify; but it’ I were he I would not now, unill the Mouse reseinded its action deeluring him in contempt. The witpess then at great length gave HIS OPINION AS TO RAILROAD LEGISLATION, which, summed up, was to the effect that it was all wrong and tended to damage railway companies; indeed it Wou'd destroy them if enacted Into laws. To Mr. Wight—I would think that $50,000 was a large sum to pay a man for services hero unless they termu- nated in good results, The committee then adjourned to meet at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, New York, on Saturday morn- ing at ten o'clock. BOSTON, HARTFORD AND ERIE. The Old Corporation To Be Replaced by the New York and New Engiand Rati- road Company—Formation of the New Company—$20,000,000 Capital—Elec- ton of Directors, Boston, April 17, 1973. The Berdell bondholders of the Beston, Hartford and Erie Raiiroad held a meeting to-day in Agri- cultural Hail for the purpose of forming a new cor- poration and choosing a board of directors, William T. Hart called the meeting to order, and Robert T. Bishop was chosen Secretary, The following votes were adopted :— Voted—That we, the holders of bonds secured by the sy, bearing date March 19, 1866, by the Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad Company to Robert H. Berdell and othart, do now organize and form a corporation under the name o1 the New York and New England Railroad Company, with a Gian a Of $20,000,000, divided into shares of 00 each, Voted—That the meeting do now proceed to the election of fifteen directors for the New York and New England Railroad Company by ballot. The following directers were chosen :—William F. Hart, of Massachusetts; John Foster, of Massa- chusetts; Thorrton K. Lothrop, of Massachusetts; Francis Dane, of Massachusetts; Peter H, Watson, of New York; William Butler Duncan, of New York; Samuel'L, M, Barlow, of New York; Robert M. Olyphant, of New York; Marshall Jewell, of Con- necticut; Frederick I, Kingsbury, of Connectieut; John F, Slater, of Connecticut; William J. Hamers- ley, of Connecticut; James T. Smith, of Rhode {sland; Royal ©, Taft, of Rhode Islana. In the unanimous vote $5,688,000 in bonds were represented, Yoted—That the seal of the New York and New England Railroad Company be a circle, with the coat of arms of the States of New York, Massaehu- setts, Connecticut and Rhode Island displayed thereon, and the words ‘‘New York and New Eng- land Railroad Company, 1373," surrounding them, substantially in the form now presented to this meeting. Voted—That the directors be authorized and directed te receive the surrender of the bonds se- cured by the mortgage bearing date March 19, 1866, by the Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad Com; pany to Robert H. Berdell and others, and to tssu®, in exchange for the same, stock in said New York and New England Raliroad Cempany in the portion of ten shares of stock foreach bond so surrendered to be exchanged, and to appoint an agent or agents for satd purpose. Voted—That the directors be authorized to audit the accounts of the trustees in possession of the Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad, and that said directors have full power to settie said accounts and obtain a deed of conveyance from said trus- tees to suid New York and New England Railroad Compuay ofall the property, premises, eatate and franchises conveyed im mortgage by tae Boston, Hartford and Erie Ratiroad Company to Robert H. Berdeli and others, and of all auditions thereto, and of ail other property in their hands, or to pbc they have right or title, belonging to said road The bylaws adopted provide that fifteen directors shall be chosen annuaily by ballot, and any vacancy may be filled by the remaining members; the au- nual meetings te be held in Boston on the first Tuesday in December; notice to be published five times within fifteen days of meeting in at least one r in Bosten, Providence, Hartiord and ork; special tneetings to be advertised in the same manner; the Treasurer, chosen by the direc- tors, to give at least $25,000 bonds; any officer to be removed by a two-thirds vote of the directors. About one hundred and fifty gentlemen were present, representing nearly every interest, and the meeting was entirely harmonious, There are rumors that an attempt will be made by the Lane interest to eajoin the new corporation trom executing its plan. CLEVELAND AND GREAT WESTERN RAIL- ROADS. CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 17, 1873, 8. L. M. Barlow, as attorney for the Directors of the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnatl and Indian- apolis Railway, has filed a rejoinder in the United Staies Circuit Court, in reply to complaints of stockholders of said road. Mr. Barlow says that as attorney and proxy he represents a large number of shares of the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railway. At the election of the 4 poe a het BE a stockholders he voted upon early four millions of dollars o! said stock, which Was owned by persons having no interest in the Atiantic and Great Western Railway. He further says it is not desired or proposed that any arrangement shall be made between the two companies which is not mu- tually advantageous and beneficial, or which will in any manner aflect or impair any existing contract or arrangement now legally binding upon the Cleveland road. He denies the allegation in the bill of complaint as to the insolvency of the Atlantic and Great Western Company, and says he has been informed that a lease of the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railway, similar to the one proposed by thh Atlantic and Great Western Kallroad Company, has been in contemplation many years by the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company, and he believes this suit is begun partially or wholly at the expense of the Lake Shore Company to defeat an honestadministration of the affairs of the Cleve- land Company by its own stockholders, He further says RAD aed increase of the capl- tal stock of the Cleveland Company is necessary for additious and improvements to said road, and that no part of it is to be used in the interest of the At- luntic and Great Western Company, THE PRESIDENTS MILLENNIUM, To THE EpiTor oF THE HeRALD:— That’s not a@ bad idea of the Dominion states- man—a confederation of the whole Anglo-Saxon race—England, the United States, Canada, Aus- tralia, New Zealand, the West India Islands, the Cape of Good Hope and India; what a spiendid empire—preparatory to taking possession of the whole earth; which it is very evident only the Anglo-Saxon race cam gov- ern. Mexico would at once be absorbed, without a fight, and Cuba declared free in @ voice Spain would listen to. General Grant, in his Inaugural, shadowed this forth; but we must have a balance wheel to oar steam engine, and that balance wheel is a consti- tutional monarch; somebody has to rule and we had better have for our rulers those who are educated to rule than notsy politicians who man- age to get the votes of the uneducated and then rob us of every cent we have in our pockets, JG, INEBRIETY AND ORIME, Discussion of “The Criminality of Drank- enness.” A theeting Was called yesterday afternoon by the Na- tional Temperance Society at the parlors of the Young Men’s Christian Association, for the purpose ot hearing a lecture from Dr. Elijah Harris on “The Actual Relations of Incbrietv to Orime, and the Practical View of the Crim- inality of Drunkenn 1 In consequence of the storm very few persons were present, and Mr. W. E, Dodge, who presided, announced that the reading of the paper would be deferred until next Thursday, at four o'clock. A short time was, however, occupied ih’ @ conference, in which Dr. Prime, Dr, Willard Parker, the Rey. J. W of tne Kings County Inebriates’ Home, and Dr. took part. The question discussed wi THE RELATION OF DRUNKENNESS TO CRIME. Mr, WiLLert ave some interesting particulars result of the work of the Inebriates’ Home, at Fort Ham- iiton. He urged thatthe real cure of druakenness was in the exertion of a moral and religious influence, Hegav some statistics in regard to the action of the police an the administeation of fected the alministration of Justice, in Brooklyn, as It afleote ‘THE INPRRIATES’ TOME had been successful in reducing the number of vagrants sent to the Pexitentiary from 140) to 700. He instanced the case of a Police Justice in that city who, some four or five years ago, Would alternate his duties as a Justice with ge tting drunk himself, Mr. Willett urged. that the entire sysiem of penalties for drunkenness needed retormation, and said that the dram drinking atd stores and the use of narcotics were doing @ amount of social and moral arin, . THE, TLANTIC DISASTER. The New ee , \wont’s Statement in De- fence or the i mene ~ ‘HITR ‘AR LINE, wokThg ux, Apel t aTs | To THe Ep:ror oF THR Hera’ “??— I have retrained from addy °8!D6 the press re- specting the Atlantic's calamie, “U2til 1 should be in possession of some authenticay 4 1acts in con- nection therewith. Under the excly Ment natur- ally caused by the great loss of lite, ev TY report and rumor (which are always rife on gn, °# 0cca- sions) were accepted by the press, and t"¢ 4/8- aster was surrounded with contradiction and Use statements. i Captain Willams’ oMclal report, and the ex- amination at Halifax—preliminary enly to the more Searching one to be held in Liverpool by the British Board of Trade—enables me to lay before you a plain statement o/ the case, It has been stated that the Atlantic was short of provisions, This is palpably untrue, as there was on board, of beef, bread, four and substantial pro- visions, on leaving England, enough ter thirty-two. days, in order to comply with the schedwe of the British Board of Trade, and which is most rigor- ousiy enforced by the emigration officers before any emigrant ship is permitted to leave port, The only ground for such report seems te have arisen from @ shortness of salt Ash; and as it has always been n object of the managers of the line te make the bill of fare as attractive as possible, | have no hesl- tation instating that the steamer was more than fully provisioned, ‘the next charge which has been made is that the Atlantic was sent to sea short of coal. Owing to the sirikes among the mimers in England ceai bas for some time been dillicuit to obtain, es- pecially of the best qualit; To oe vide against any contingency ‘arising m, this cause, the managers of the e have supplied to the steamers a large margin beyond the average consumption of the boats, and we find the Atian- tic was lurnished. in Liverpool with 967 tonsa, against her prerage consumptien, on the eighteen Ee es to New-York, of 744 tons. Notwithstand- ing tuls liberal allowance the nature of the coal seems to have been such that it burned with un- precedented rapidity, From this cause alone and not from any jault of the managers of the linea shortness of coal was apprehended and the Captain decided to bear up tor Halifax, a port once a regu- lar. calling place for American steamers, cou- sidered perfectly saie by sailors for all purposes and has been made use ot since the ist of January, 1872, by the foilowing steamers ior the very purpose of coaling:— Date. January, 1872. +Marchy 1B, - November, 187: ecem January, 175. “January, 1573. ‘epruary, 1973 Americ ae . February, 1873 . ‘Aud into Boston, City ot Washington, January, 1872. Very much has been said respecting Captain Williams; but in view of the action of the Court at Halijax 1 forbear from expressing any opinion as to the professional error that placed his ship so far from the point or his calculations. ‘rhe method of promotion of ofMicers in the Eng- lish mercantile mariue is not, however, generally understood here. Without the stated complement of certificated ofMfcers, also of certificated engi- neers, no steamer iv allowed to sail from a British port. Before a sailor can obtain his second mate's certificate he must have served four years at sea and pass a severe examination on all matters con- nected with Lis profession. ‘The next step, that of chief mate, for which he cannot be examined until he can show one year of actual service as second. Again, anotaer year of employment must elapse ere the master’s certificate be granted, with @ still more stringent examination; aiter which another grade can be competed for—that of “extra master.” Captain Williams had passed all these successiully, and had commanded steamers in the Jew York amd Liverpool trade for years. Coming to the White’ Star line highly recom- mended, taking a subordinate position at first, he was promoted through his eiliciency, and made Captain of the Atlantic on the previous voyage, so that his was no hasty appointment, but was made in strict compliance with the very best principle governing such matters, ‘The model of our steamers needs little comment, asthe result of our Winter’s work proves tiem periect sea boats and all that could be desired. ‘To the model and construction 1 attribute the Saving of nearly all who escaped. J. H, SPARKS, Agent, LATEST FROM THE WRECK. Wonderful Effect of the Reward for the Corpses—Forty-I'wo Bodics Kecovered Yesterday. Hauirax, N. S., April 17, 1873. The divers resumed work on the wreck of the Atlantic to-day, for the first time since last Friday, The weather during this long interval has been so violent and the sea so heavy all along the coast that it was hazardous to approach the sunken vessel, and the matter of submarine operations has been entirely out of the question, In conse- quence of a reward of $50 for the corpses of the cabin passengers and $20 for the steerage there has been a notable change in the industry of the divers in recovering cargo. 3 FORTY-TWO MORE BODIES BROUGHT UP. For instance, up to the departure of the HERALD Teporter from the scene of the wreck at four o'clock this afternoon, forty-two bodies had been brought up, and probably half as many more were recovered before sundown. During the same time the amount of cargo and baggage brought up was trifling compared with the quantities daily recovered during the operations of the divers before the storm and previous to the offering of ® reward jor the corpses. The indignation meeting hgld_by the friends of the lost last week fiidliy aroused the Company to a sense of its duty, and Mr. Pennel, of the New York office, and Cap- tain Williams, or the ill-fated steamer, are now in- dustrious in directing the operations for the re- covery of the remains of the unfortunate victims, The bodies recovered to-day were those of steerage passengers, the majority of them being WOMEN AND INFANT CLULDREN, About half of them were recovered from the wreck and the other half from the bet- tom of the sea, between the sunken vessel and the shore. The latter were entangled in vast flelds of kelp and seaweed, and some were recovered by frapplers as well as divers, The poor souls h ad = prebabl: attempted to swim ashore and sank ‘om exhaustion and cold, or else been dashed te death by coming in contact with the rock-bound coast, One man was found entangled in the kelp, with a little boy held fast in his arms, and the burden was so heavy that the diver had to separate them before he could bring them to the suriace. He first brought up the father and then the little son. The remains of all were in @ good state of preservation, but w being exposed to the air decomposition rapidly ensued. Many of them were bruised and disfig- ured, in consequence of coming in contact with the broken wreck and cargo. The divers report that the vessel Is so filled with the debris of freight, baggage, &c., that it will be impossible to do much more in the direction of searching for bodies until the floating mass is re- moved, and probably thelr eiforts will be employed in that direction to-morrow. It has en decided to biow off some of the iron plates in the vicinity o1 the cabin to-morrow, and then the first promising attempts towards the recovery of the remains of the missing cavin pas sengers will be commenced, The Custom authorities are proceeding inst parties Known to have plundered the Atlantic dead or stolen goods from the wreck, A man named James S. Claughen (white) was arrested last night, and warrants are out for the arrest of others. The Dominion government, hearing that the White Star line have not made provision for the burial of the dead bodies yet to be recovered, have ordered the Collector of Customs to attend to it at the public expense, THE REV. MR, ANOIENT’S HEROISM. A Splendid Project Whereby to Re= ward Him, Commemorate the Dis- cf and Prevent Its RKepetition— Give Him a Church Whose Tower Shall Be a Lighthouse Near the Scene of the Wreck. To THE EpIToR oF THE HERALD:— From all sides we hear the praises of the Rev. Mr. Ancient, for his gallant conduct at the wreck of the Atlantic. Many have expressed a desire to show their appreciation of his noble acts in some sub- stantial manner, I have seen no plan suggested by which all who wish to contribute to such an ob- ject may unite their efforts. How would it do to erect a church for this poor missionary as near as possible to the scene of the wreck—the tower to be a lighthouse? In this way @ monument would be erected to the memory of the dead, to which their surviving friends would be giaa vo contribute—a lasting memorial of Mr. Ancient’s gallantry would be raised, to which ali the world seem anxi give—a lighthouse would be built to guard the repetition of the said scene of April 1, 187! Of course, in addition to this, there should be & personal offering to Mr. Ancient—a paid-up endow- ment policy in one of the first class insurance com- anies, or In money itself. To accomplish this ob- ject it 18 0 necessary that some responsible LABOR VS. CAPITAL. The Old Question To Be Agitated. Again What the Present Labor Movement Means—A Pronunciamento from the Internationals— The Present and Prospective Strikers, The labor question, which has received new life in this city from the recent troubles of the New York Gas Company, seems likely to again be the cause of considerable agitation, So long as the , Strikes are unorganized and the movement not a ge 2eral one’ little will be accomplished. When one branch of industry in a certain locality by a “strike '’ Announces itself as the redresser of all the wrom,"$ from which the laboring classes suffer, there are a),¥@y8 men enough to be had from other regions to swPPly the vacant places, If, for in- stance, the mago.08 in New York “strike,” it is only @ question of twextty-four hours to obtain others from the country towns. If the brass workers quit work in Brooklyn those in Jersey City will do just 80 many more hours of extra labor, Thus it has been in the past, with very few excep- tions, and as @ consequence nearly all efforts in the way of strikes have failed. It has lomg been conceded that this. arbitrary means of bringing capital to the feet of labor can only be successfully exercised by skilled tradesmen—men who have served apprenticeships which make them the’ su- periors of common day laborers. It is evident that there will eventually grow up @ great labor party, and that this will result in’ @ direct clash between capital and laber, As a basis Of @ most. extensive movement. there already ex- ist, besides International societies, the Jollowing:— LABOR ORGANIZATIONS. Nattowat.—National Labor Union; Bricklayers’ and Carpenters’ and Joiners National Unions; Grand Lodge of Fiastererss Grand Lodge of the Daughters of St Crispin; Building League and the Workingmen's Union. IN THe City oF New York.—Bakerss, Kk jookbinders’, Bricklayers’, Brush- makers’, Cabinet Makers’, Carpenters’, Ship's’ Jomers', Cartmen’s, Carvers’, Cigar Makers’, Coachmen’s, Coopers! 'Crispins’ (six lodges), Derrtckmen’s, En: Ancers) Ferry, kinginecrs), Gas #itters’, Gasmen’s (two lodges), Gas Moter Makers’, Horse Shoers!, House Smithe’, Iron Mouiders’, Laborerers’, Machinists’ and- Black: siniths’, Marble Cutters’, Marble Polishers’, Packing Box Makers’ and Sawye! lodges), Frescoe Pain: Plasterers’, Plumber: Fitters’, Stone Cutters’, Stone Tailors’, Tin Cornice Makers’ holsterers’ and the Working wom A MASS MEETING CALLED. The national organization is not in any way openly moving at present, but ts strengthening itself throughout the country. The International, on the beep oat 3 while it claims to be conservative, does not deny that {t means, if necessary, to call for the use of force as a last resort. It asserts that, as one great class of reformers was forced into the extremity of accepting a great civil war to iree the colored race, 80 the Internationals will not shrink from the responsibility of @ revolution to secure the rights of white labor. They are, evidently, desperately in earnest. The following circular will be issued :— INTERNATIONAL WORKINGMEN’S ASSOCIATION, AMERICAN Feperation, New Yorx, April 15, 1573. To Tne Orricens AND MEMuuns oF THe Various TRADES OnGaNIZatioNns IN THe City AND State.oF New York :— You are hereby requested to send two delegates to a convention to be held at Germania Assembly Rooms (Bowery), on Tuesday evening, April 22, 1873, at eight o'clock, having in view the testing and enforcement of the éight hour law dn this stato, + First—The providing of ways and means for the prose- cution of all violations of the eight hour law in this tate. Second—The framing and laying before the present Legislature a bill providing for the enforcement of the eight hour law. rusting that you will recognize the importance of holding said Convention by tending your delegates, cloth- ing them with power to cooperate both morally and muuterially, my We Bemmaiai yaar, Ae., ©. OSBORNE WARD, GEO. BLAIR, W. A. CARSEY, HUGH McGREGGOR, } Committee, JOHN HALBERT, T. K. KINGETS, 3. W. MADDOX! By order of Fed, Council, THE SITUATION at present is rather dificult to understand. There appears to be no reason to feara general strike this Summer unless the employmg carpenters are determined to force their men back to the ten-hour system, It is claimed that this will be the test question, and should such an action seem probable ageneral uprising of labor will take place. The scenes of last Summer will be again repeated, It | is claimed, however, that on this occasion the strikes will be so general as to affect every branch of industry throughout the country. This is the guarantee of the National Labor Union, All that the leaders of the laboring men intend to do this season is to try, by legally test- ing several cases of the infraction of the eight hour statute, to quietly establish their rights. There is an eight hour statute in existence in the State of New York, but it amounts to nothing so far as the laboring men are concerned. Even the ssh law of the United States was disregarded yy the contractors of the new Post office now erect- ing in City Hall Park, and it was not until an ad- ditional bill was passed by Congress for the special relief of these individual workmen that the gov- ernment law became operative. Should the law fail, the movement will quietly go on by perfecting the union through the numerous organizations of the entire labor element. ofthe land. Then, it is asserted, in the Spring of HERALD, FRIDAY, APRIL 18, 1873.—TRIPLE SHEET PRE sagan A Le ee eee amaeeeeeee enae re It 1s that, unless some such communication exists, two more dark days will utterly incapacitate the company, with ita present wor! for faidui its conmacts, Men who have considerable know edge of the gas business asserted yeste: that, should the weather continue thick to-day, the com- Pany would be ‘flat on its back” te-night, unless aid was had from some of the other corporations. lem as to whether, the shall je mas to whether mpany sitet ee and absolutely is yet unsettled, and it wants but a very few days of dark weather to bring a crisis. Meanwhile the region in the vicinity of the gas works will again me in- vested with all its recent importance. The police under Captain Edward Tynan, of the teenth precinct, may yet have an epportunity for which they ha’ in been pi twoweeks. Felix ae, rough arrested @ day or. two since by Otticer George Brown for assaulting a laborer who was seeking work in the gas house, was yesterday sentenced at Essex Market Coort to six menths in the Penitentiary. This, it is th it, will prevent etition of such offences for the present. ers disclaim all connection with the riot- ere who have heretotere created treuble, HOW THE STRIKERS TALK, The sentiments of the gasmen themmelves are dl- vided regarding the ture prospects of the strikers, A HERALD reporter called fn afethn at the hall of the Gasmakers’ Union, at corner of Twenty-second street and First avenue. The Sec- retary, @ very intelligent man tie him kindly, and said that the men were still determined upon their previous policy. ‘Ibis in every way better for us,” said the Secre- tary, “to imto some other business than te go back into the gas works with the certain knowl that within six mopths a jaw ef our number will dead and buried. Nome of us can tell which may go next. We buried 9 good many of our men dur- ing the last year, and all of us are so fatigued and our constitutions are actually so shattered that twelve hours’ continuous lubor for us ineans death, The public, Mr. Reporter, does not aaderstand the hardships of our work. The furnaces ef the gas works must never cease to burn fer an instant. Day or night some one must keep the tires giowing and the retorts full, THB PUBLIC UNINFORMED REGARDING THE SEVERITY OF THE WORK. The fine ladies and gentlemen whosit around their pleasant firesides this dismal evening do not know—or, if they did know, man: not give the fact a second thought—or ie terrible labor through which the men go who: turnish them the ae Dressed only in breeches and a wrapper without arms, we stand for twelve: hours beiore the glowing furnaces or the mouths of the burning retorts, beiching forth great volumes oi flame. Our faces, arms and chests are steaming with the heat, while the cold currents of air which fill the immensity of the great, smoky retort room chill our backs and legs to:the very bones. Then, when the retorts are closed and we ~ the lew moments? rest, regarding which the friends of the companies have 80 loudly orated,.we are even worse off, In a perfect torrent of perspiration to sit down for a few moments would try the strongest constitutions: Away from the immediate neighoor- ‘hood of the furnace-door the air is cold, being con- stantly replaced from the currents which encircle the entire building. THE HARDSHIPS OF A GAS MAN’S LIFE, You do not jully appreciate the demands which ‘were made upon us. Our hours ran irom six A. M. till six P. M. for one week, and during the next from six P.M. until six A.M, There were two gangs, and we had alternate weeks of day and night work. So short was our force that not a man could be spared. If a man had a child or a wife dead at home he dare not fail to ut im an appearance with his gang. f he did not his situation was at the mercy of @ foreman, vested with entire and absolute power. From the foreman’s decision ap- peal was useless, We had no opportunity to state our cases before a higher official, and if we had it would have availed us nothing. The sickness of a man or absence for any reason had thesame effect. Excuses were not tolerated. THE MUTUAL COMPANY NOT BLAMELESS. Agreat deal has been said about the generosity and kind-heartedness of the Mutual Gas Company, Acase in point may illustrate the grounds upon which I take another view of their position. One ot our men, who had a large family to support, asked and obtained our permission to go to work, He applied at the office of the Mutual Gas Com- pany, and was at once given work. He was one of our most experienced men and did his work well, Ot this there can be no doubt, because we have all labored by his side at the retorts across the street, The information, however, came to the ears of seme of the officers in the Mutual works that he had “strack” from the New York Company, and they discharged instantly both the employé and the joreman who had engaged him. The fore- man was entirely ignerant -of the facts, and was most cruelly thrown out of employment at this season of the year. We were surprised to learn that our man had been discharged, because we be- lieved that the Mutual Company boasted of its in- dependence, It certainly need expect few favors from the other companies. NO COMPROMISE. We do not contemplate any settlement upon any other basis than the eight hour system. We cannot agree te go back to that kind of work for so long’a period daily as twelve heurs—to pass one- halt of the best part of our lives there—even for $10 per day. The appeal which tae interests of our wives and families make to us demands that we should not so wilfully sacrifice our health and ulti- mately our lives, We are hard working men of the humblest kind, but to us, and those dear to us, our own lives are precious. There is not one man among us who could afford to strike did not our lives depend upon a reduction of our work to living hours, The New York Company may put up ali the machinery in England, but they cannot do away with manual labor. We mean to be peaceiul, law- abiding citizens, and if we cannot get a reduction of our hours we will all begin life anew in some other trade.”” OUR DARKENED STREETS UP -TOWN. 1874, there will be such a strike a8 was never seen in all the world before, This plan will be workea out to the bitter end, and the heads of the move- ment seem very confident of ultimate victory, THE GAS PROBLEM, ———— The Capacity of the New York Gas Works Severely Testod=The Result Yet an Open Question=The Struggle Be- tween Light and Darkness—The Effect of the Heavy Weather—An Explanation from One of the Strikers—A Clear In- sight Into the Labor of a Gas Man. The prospects of the gas strikers appear to im- prove with each day. The fact is now being very clearly demonstrated that the large gang of work- men at present in the building cannot perform the labor which was accomplished by the men now on the strike. After a trial of nearly two weeks, in which it was to be expected, according to the oMcers of the company, that all the new men would have acquired experience suMcient to enable them to perform the work, it turns out that between three and four hundred laborers are not capable of making the same quantity of gas Which about eighty were accusiomed to furnish. The oMcers cf the com- pany may exclude the representatives of the press from the interior of their works. This, to say tho least, is very suspicious, and is to be takea for cir- cumstantial evidence that things are not all right; yet it certainly lies within the power of those n charge to refuse all such information to the public. This system has been pursued by Superintendent Mowton from the outset, and he has imagined that he held the key to the secrets of that horrible, smoky retort room. THE TELL-TALE GAS TANKS. ‘The great gas tanks inthe adjoining yard have given, from day to day, a true showing of the work done at the retorts, They have been eagerly watched, not only by the discharged strikers, but by the ice and newspaper men. A few days age the rising of the large tank on Twenty-first street seemed to warrant the prophecy that the New York Company would be successful in its resistance of the strikers demands, It was known that the force was much larger and that the company was expending vast sums of net, in maintaining the police and watchmen on duty, but this was deemed to be iteown and not the public's business. So Jong as the company furnished the gas the peopie were not particularly interested in knowing from whence it came. SIGNS OF WEAKNESS. Up to yesterday the triumph of the company seemed certain, but as the fog and heavy weather settled down over the city the officers exhibited unmistakable signs of uneasiness, The darkness of the day made the requisition for gas heavier than at any time since the beginning of the strike, and the consumption during such a day as yesterday in the district of the New York Gas Company is be- tween twice and three times as large as during the night, In that portion of the city below Grand street the main consumption at night ts confined to the streets and the stores and saloons above Printing House square, The eat num bers of offices below Fulton street which, during such @ dismal afternoon as yesterday, con- sume many thousands @f feet of gas, are at mght either totally dark or illumined by a solitary jet. During the haziest portion of yesterday there was scarcely an office or counting room in the cil which Was not forced to resurt to artificial light. The consequence was that the resources ol the company were severely tried. A uumber of men had lett the works in tl morning who were un- able any longer to endure the fatigue, ene on any was thus forced to battle shor! Phe unfavorable circumstances. Soon it was no- ticed that the smaller tanks in the bast yard did not rise, and the gradual sinking of the monster gasometer in the new yard tol only too plainly that the company was losing ground. 18 THE COMPANY'S CONFIDENCE ASSUMED OR REAL? ‘The company claim that they have ‘‘made ar. rangements by which gas will be supplied to their customers.” tris, it is asserted by many, refers to a connection made, somewhere in the vicinity of Grand street, with the mains of the Manhattan Company. The oMcers of the New York Company Complaint of a Citizen-A Good Chance for Highwaymen to Become Indus- trious, New York, April 16, 1873, To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD:— Srr—The condition of some of our streets is a dis- grace to any city which pretends to be civilized and have a good government, Last evening two ladies and myself had occasion to pass through Fifty-sev- enth street, between Fifth and Sixth avenues; and as we entered the street we noticed that no lamps on the whole block were lighted. We thought this strange, and even dangerous, for any highwayman could easily have overpowered me and stole the valuables of my companions. But not only was the street very dark, but very rough or stony in some places and Mas muddy in others, for many houses are building there, and necessarily the streets must be somewhat cut up. On this account, par- ticularly, the lamps shoula have been burning. Whether this negligence is the fault of the city goy- ernment or the employé I know not; but it seems to me that citizens might be allowed to walk upon smooth pavements and have the privilege of ob- serving mud holes before they step into them. I doubt not but that there are other streets besides Fifty-seventh street in just as bad condition, and measures should be immediately taken by the Common Council whereby they may be made safe for pedestrians. H. THE SYOSSET SOCIAL SCANDAL. The Examin m in the Case of Mra. Virginia W. Justh Continued=Impor. tant Testimony. The examination in the case of Mrs. Virginia W. Justh, who is charged by her husband, Emii Justh, with having, in August last, committed an abor- tion on herself, whereby @ miscarriage was pro- duced of a child with which, it is charged, she was pregnant, was continued before Justice John 8, Snedeker, at Jamaica, yesterday. John D. Towns- end and Alexander Hagner appeared for the de- fenaant and District Attorney Downing for the people. THE TESTIMONY. Singleton Mathows, sworn—Am 4 hotel proprietor, and reside nt Ryosset, Queens county; my hotel is neat the Failroad depot; ‘passengers by the cars for Grater Ba tuke stage at that place; witness recognized Mrs. Just! and Colonel Burleigh; they were at my house one night; they stayed all night; the next morning Colonel Burleigh leit for New York on the cars and Mrs. Jusch wont to her home; a little boy drove Mrs. Justh home ; 1 do not know what season of the year this was; it was since I have re- sided at Syosset—within the last eighteen months; ‘MRS, JUSTH AND COLONEL BURLEIGH arrived at my house about dark by the afternoon train; Mra. Justh complained that her carriage had not come over for them; it was a very stormy night, so much so that I told them that I could not carry them over, and I told them that L would not on account of the bout the igre of the disease th about the time of wagon in the neighborhood; eee teatte Ss mone ie one; there is that runs from Oyster no part of the route is less than Mniles from Mrs, Justh’s residence; they co Teach home from my house organs by, Walking; Mrs, Justh’s residence ie om two to three miles; Mrs. Justh aid for her lodging and Colonel Burleigh pala for, i Tixnow Whitehead Hi, Van Wyck; most every one do don’t know whether he is a man or a thing; have hea of bis stealing letters; Van Wyck is between thirty and forty years of age; heard of his al ing nats Nat TES ng aint taking a $ ied aracter except in co ection with these ieiters; Van Wyck Iga mua d man; have heard people run him down; Thomas said that Van Wyck ought to tarred and feat ‘oungs thought Van Wyck a perfect nuisance to th Gi nid ood, and that he should Re jo been tarred and feathered instead of Kelsey, ‘Goorge jathews, sworn—I ama grandson of the last with know Colonel Burlel he has been to 53 t three or four times; have seen him go in Mrs. Justh's car- riage two or three times; took him down to Mra. Justh’s two or three Lm Not over three times at the outside; am the only one of the famil if T remember Colonel Burleigh and Mrs. Justh remaining at our house ail night on the occasion §} of witness; I think the Colonel took the train which Teaves at twenty-five minutes past eight A. M.; I know of my own knowledge the rooms occupied by them were + apied @ saine as stated by my grandiather ; we cogunied 8 room on the second floor, over the the house; Colonel Burleigh occa ea ¢ entry bedroom ; there was po communication beiween the two rooms; both opened into the hall; no suggestion of request was made by cither of them for particular rooms; no ob- jection was made by either to Tne Tooms assigued them. ‘The examination will be resumed to-day, when arties should head the movement, i the Piteaup lead in this a8 tu 80 many other charitable enterprises? A REAVER, stoutly deny that such ts the fact, but there seems to be good reason, for believing the rumor, Certain it is expected that the prosecution will close their COSC ¢ TEE CANDIA TRAGEDY. The Authorities Satisfied that the Somnambul'st Fitz is the Perpetrator of the Assault on Emerson—Statement of the Detec- tive Who Worked Up the Case—A Thrilling History. Canpia, N. H., Aprit 17, 1873, Detective George'N. Chapman, who has been ene gaged in the work of investigating the causes of the late frightful murder in this town, has arrived at the conclusion that the crime is the result of somnambulism and insanity, and that the boy Wil- fred Lincoln Fitz t# the author of the crime. Ap- pended is his story, given just a3 it was told tome in this town to-day :— THE DETECTIVE’S STATEMENT. “7 hardty know what to make ef tie matter, Im all my experience I have’ scarcely ever seen a case 80 dificult to investigate; not that I have had any trouble in finding out the facts, but that the tneo- ries thereby connected are’ of such a startling mature that I have great dificulty in my attempts to explain them to myself. To begin with, all I know abeut the ease wher I was Sent here was the fact that Jon A. Emerson, a boy, had been found fatally wounded in bed in this town; that the boy Fitz, a resident ef Lewell, Mass., was suspected of the crime, and that the townspeople were in @ fearful state of anxiety about it. I went te Lowell first. Mrs, Fita and Mr, Fitz and the boy, with his twin sister, were cated upon and interviewed, and then it was that I got an inuling of the real truth i the matter. The boy, it seems, isa somnambulist, He isageod boy in the main, but he has been ad- dicted to habits not altogether conducive to the preservation of good health, He is quiet in be- havior, good natured and studious, He is amem- ber ofa church and wasa-.one of the most-iateligent of all the school boys of Lowell; but heis none the Jess partially insane. THEFT NO. 1, Only a few weeks ago qnite a numberof scho:b beoks, parlor ornaments and matters of a like nature were missed about his father’s house, Ime vestigation and search resulted in nothing definite, until, finally, it was ascertained that the boy had stolen the missing articles while walking in hia sleep and secreted them in a garret. Physiciang were called to examine into the case, and Mr. Fitz was advised to send the boy inte the country, the opinion being that too close an application to study had ruined nis health. The child: accordingly was sent to the house ef his uncle; Jesse N. Fitz, a resident of this town, on the 7th of March last, Mr. Fits has done everything in his power to follow out the instructions of his brother. The boy has been well cared ior, and kept in the epen air so far as possi- ble. He has been accustomed to go into the woods with his uncle andchop. wood, and in ether ways has been exercised with a view to the recovery of bodily strength, The first manifestation ef a re- turn to his old propensity was on the 7th ef April THEFT NO. 2, The house of Mr. Suel Brown, distant about halt a mile from the residence of Mr. Fitz, was. visited by some unknown person during the night, ana everything was turned topsy turvy therein, A pocketbook containing money was abstracted, but only the papers were taken out, and they were thrown abont the room, the money being ieft un- touched. There is every reason to believe that the boy Fitz was the author of this depredation. ATTEMPTED DEPREDATION. On the 9th ef April occurred a second offénce, of which the boy hasbeen preven guilty, Just across from the house where he has been living is the dwelling of a Mr, Augustus Robbins, a house into which the boy never stepped his foot while awake. ‘This house is fully one-eighth of @ mile from the Fitz hemestead, and between the two lies a meadow divided by a brook, which has been swollen by the Sprin freshets. On the night in question the boy get out of bed while asicep, dressed only in shirt, panta- loons, turned wrong side out, and slippers, and walked across this meadow te the Robbins House. On doing so he had to tord the brook. He walked around the house and tried to get in at the wia- dows, as was evidenced by the tracks in the snow, but failed to effect his purpose. Then he returne the same way by whence he came still asleep, got a rubber coat, ladder and broadaxe, and changed his slippers for a pair of rubber boots. This must have been at about midnight. The boy then went back to the house, and by the use of the ladder he climbed into an attic room just over that occupied by irs. Robbins, who was asleep, She was awak- ened by his foowsteps and searched the house, finding young Fitz crouched behind @ chair in the attic, with the broadaxe in his grasp, the blade turned inward towards the palm ofthe hand. He was still asleep. When awakened he ek pe to be thunderstruck and very much scared. He couldn’t realize where he was, and seemed to be in The family, appreciating his condition, reas. sured him and put him to bed. In con sequence -of this. escapade Mr. Fitz, the uncle, took extraordinary precaution towards keeping the bey in the house. Every door in tne building was fastened on the inside except the front door, and that was double locked inside and bolted, The windows were fastened by mails between the sashes, and every possible trouble was taker to prevent the boy irom getting out of the house, HIS LAST ADVENTURE. On Tuesday night, however, he managed to elude the vigilance of his guardians. He went to bed at filteen minutes past nine o'clock, leaving his aunt in the parlor reading @ newspaper. She remained down stairs till ten o'clock, thinking that she had forgotten to lock one of the outside doors, .she proceeded to ac- complish that task, putting a board and a churn against the inside, so that, as she thought, the bea could not have gotten out. Then she went to bed, Afterward the boy got up in a somnambulistic state, unfastened the door, and taking an ordinary woodchopper’s axe from the great trepidation, shed and a backless chair from a lolt, he walked seveneighths of a mile through mud ankle deep to the house of a ir, Rowe, There he placed the chair against a lor window, (a needless step, for the window was less than three feet from the ground, and climbed into the room. The boy had never visited the house before. He made his way out of the par- lor in the darkness across the hallway, up one short flight of stairs, and by some seemingly super- human power he got into the room where John A, Emerson, his victim, lay asleep. The axe was used there and THE SOMNAMBULIST ESCAPED. While he was at his work, however, Mrs. Rowe, who slept in the next room to the wounded boy, heard @ noise and asked, “Whatis the matter, Johnny ?? She recetved no remy. Still wakelul she listened for a moment, when she heard a soun like the fall of an_axe, followed by suitly sounding footsteps, when she went into Johnny’s room. She felt about the bed until, horror struck, her hand dropped into a pool of blood. At first she supposed the boy had committed suicide, but afterward, from information received from Mrs. Fitz, she is convinced that ke was assaulted by the boy Fits, who, by the way, is a relative of the Emerson boy. Mrs. Fitz says that she was ALARMED BY THE INFORMATION OF THE TRAGEDY, and suspecting from previous experience that her hephew might have been the cause thereof, she re~ paired to ‘tis room at ten minutes past twelve o'clock that night. The boy was sound asleep in bed, Then she examined the door, which she had fast. ened before going to bed, and found that it had since been opened, “Therefore,” concludes Mr. Chapman, “I think that the boy Fitz was the perpetrater of this crime, and that he did it while in a semnambuilistic state. 1 think, moreover, that he is partially insane.’ Mr. Chapman's statements are corroborated by other evidence in my possession, and may be de- pended upon as a fair, just and impartial presentar tion of the facts in the case. MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS. ——_—_+—__—__ Estimates for the Year, The Comptroller has received some of the estimates of the heads of departments for the year ending in June Commissioner Van Nort fixes his at $1,661,500— 30. ‘The estimates for the Mayor's de- Por the batance of the year is $23,475, The Aldermen, The regular weekly session of the Board of Aldermen was held yesterday—President Vance in the chair. ‘The Gwar presented a resolution authorizing the Clerks book form, 1,000 copies of the charter, if 1t fohanilt y tho Governor, which was adopted. "A report was received from the Comptroller giving the rent received by the city for the New, bon! and New Haven Ratiroad depot in Contre street at $1 annum, and placing the, value ot the ground at $2000 The report wat A serge number ‘ormmissio ners a. The bill tor expenses of Pet confirme: ie hie ger Pp of Deeds we "s funeral amounted to $61 ee Glamen drapery of chanber, &0. Board resol fo meet hereafter at three o'clock. ‘The resolution authorizing the leasing ot pre the north side of hh streetand ihird avenue at tne rate of $9,000 per year for the use of the Ninth District Civil Court and the Fish District Police Cours, was itis to be leased fora term of ten yeats from PIGEON SHOOTING .” Ira Paine’s pigeon tournament was postponed yesterday on account of the storra until to-day, when, should the weather be fine, the original programme will be carried out, the event to ba shot being the forty-bird sweep, at 274 yards’ xine. from five traps, with 14 ornces of shot, Engil Tules, the entries for whick are Miles Johnson, Ira Paine, Captain Bogardus, &. W. Tinker and the Perry Brothers, of Phildeiphia, The Coney Island cars, starting from Fulton ferry, pass Hall's Wack, ae a a ee | | |