The New York Herald Newspaper, May 3, 1873, Page 5

SSS St sb I sc.» abc cami anna aman aa a am cane merci amra 5 NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, MAY 3, 1873.—TRIPLE "STMPOWNERS SWINDLED. The Ugly Stories About the United States Shipping Commisstoner Receiving Ugly Confirmation. AN AWFUL AFFIDAVIT. Clearing a Vessel with Falee Articles Filled Out with Bogus Names of Sailors—Mr. Dun- can Sworn to Have Received Head Money for a Crew that He Dia Not Ship. ‘The angry feeling existing on the part of the Ballors’ boarding heuse keepers towards United States Shipping Commissioner Duncan is becoming @aily mere intensified, and every effort that can be made by the former to throw impedimentsin the ‘way of Mr. Duncan wili be made. They state that they owe that gentieman a grudge for causing the wholesale arrest of the members of their body, end that they will carry on the war against him to the bitter end, and no compromises with him of any kind shall be listened to. From the following Statement it will be seen that open war has been declared :— OPENING OF THE CAMPAIGN, On Thursday afternoon a secret meeting of the Beamens’ Boarding Masters’ Benevolent Associa- tion was held at 173 South street, Mr, John Mon- aghan, ex-Deputy Sheriff, and the President of the Association, in the chair, After making unant- mous protest against the arbitrary and unjust ©onduct of Mr. Duncan towards seafaring men, and dwelling at length upen the wun- fair methods he has adopted of cashing sailors’ advance notes, it was resolved, without a single dissenting veice, that a crew of ten men should be furnished to the Boston ship North America, lying of Bedioe’s Island, which has been detained in this port for upwards of ten days without a sufi- cient crew, and uuable to prosecute her voyage to Melbourne, Australia—without having anything to do with the United States Shipping Commis- sioner, and, in other words, perfectly iguoring his existence. This DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE ‘was reccivéd with much enthusiasm, and an active campaign is to be immediately entered upon, The meeting, before it adjournéd, received a report from a committee which had been sent on to Phila- delphia to report as to the working of the Shipping law in that city, which was to the effect that all their friends there were satisfied with the manner 1m which the law was there interpreted. One of the members present stated that they would be satisfied with the law here if it was carricd eut in ® decent manner, but until there was a radical change made they would oppose Mr. Duncan by every means in their power, The meeting then adjourned, This morning, at sunrise, provided the wind be fm a favorable quarter, the good ship North America, 3,000 tons burden, wili weigh her anchor and stand on her voyage to the antipodes, with ten sailors furnished by the Seamen’s Boarding Masters’ Association, and eight men furnished by the Shipping Commissioner. The following affidavit of George W. Tucker, her captain, whe has been a Master of vessels Jer the past thirty-six years, will be read with interest, and tells its own story. Briefly stdted it is an allegation that the Shipping Commissionor, Captain Duncan, has caused false shipping articles to be made, which he has si; ed, Giled out with “bogus” names (as “John Roe,” “Richard Doe,” &c.), for the purpose of clearing the vessel above named through the Custom House, end, it 18 ajso charged, to secure the fees which are id. by. the shipowners for cach sailor who fs ipped :— AFFIDAVIT OF CAPTAIN GEORGE W.. TUCKER. United Stater of Amertea, Southern District of New York. a@—George W. ker being duly sworn, deposes and Gays that he isthe master of the American ship North America; that he hasbeen master ot vessels for the Be ‘thirty-six Tears that on the 2ist day of April, A. D. 1873, deponent left orders with Charles C, Duncan, United States Shipping Commissioner for the port ot New York, ‘to furnish a crew for the ship North America; that up to ‘this date said Duncan has failed to engage a crew for de- Ponent’s ship, but on yesterday, the said Duncan flied out certain shipping cles and told deponent that the names of the seamen thereir: were bogus, that none ef the scamen whose names were contained in said articles had actually shipped, but that deponent could get his ‘vessel cleared at the’ Cuxtom House upon such articles, and that he, the said Duncan, would auchorize deyonent to ship his crew outside of the Commi: rs’ office, and also to pay advances therefor to any person who slionld ship the cre fees in the pre vided deponent paid said Duncan his 8. ise OGUS NAMES OF SAILORS. In accordance with said suggestions deponent wes fur- nished by said Duncan with a set of shipping articles filled up wisi fictitious names, deponent first depositin with said Duncen the sum of $1,000 to cover all ices ant expenses of said Duncan ; and thereupon deponent went to the Custom House and presenied said articies, with the certiticate of said Duncan attached, to the eflect that each one of the fictitious persons whose names were contained in the articics had actually shipped betore him, the said Duncan, That upon said certificate, false, In fact, and known by said Duncan so to be when be gave it, deponent obtained aclearance of his vessel at the Custom House, and there- after deponent was compelled to ship a crew for himself often men and pay an advance to them of $500, or StBwora to before me the 24 day of May, 1875—Jomm D worn fore me the 2d day of May, man D. Smep.ocx, Notary Public. +f + H INTERVIEW WITH THE OWNERS OF THE NORTH AMERICA, Yesterday afternoon a HERALD reporter called pon Mr. ‘tings, the owner of the North America, at the office of Messrs. Vernon H. Brown & Co., at 84 Beaver street. He stated in substance that he was under obligations to the Seamen’s Boarding Masters’ Associatien fer the step they nad taken with reference to his ship, for otherwise she might have remained here a fixture for many days to come. He added that he believed the ship Jacob Stammiler, of which Messrs. Boyd & Hincken are agents, had also cleared with “bogus” names of crew. ‘ A LAWYER ON THE SUBJECT. Subsequently tie reporter called upon Mr. Morris, at 69 Wall street, lawyer of the Seamen’s Boarding Masters’ Benevolent Association, He said :— “Tam not at liberty to tell you ali I know about Mr. Duncan question. I consider the instita- tion, as it stands at present, an outrage instead of & protection for seamen. [believe the whole ma- chine is a money-making afair. I will tell you, however, something of the nepotism there. NEPOTISM. “First—We have Mr. Duncan, United States Ship- ping Commissioner, at $5,000 @ year; President of Ei Side Bank, President of the Seamen's Aid So- Re Arbitrator, and he is aiso interested, I am ry toid by Mr, Kellum, of 163 South street, to a third extent in the CT a a the Sailors’ rite with which Mr. Kellum was lately con- cond—C. D. Duncan, his son, Deputy Commis- sioner, $3,000 @ year, and clerk in the East Side an! “third—G, F. Duncan, another son, same posi- tions, “Fourth—A third son, Henry 0, Duncan, a similar ryt Lous Belcher, a nephew, D Ct Cc ew, Deputy Com- Missioner and bank cashier. 5 if ig “Sizth—Captain Duncan, late of the ship Daven- Port, is coming on from Liverpool to take a deputy be ea D. . sh ‘Sevent) Otis, another son-in-law, is avout 1 daderteke the third tat rest 19 the sll ors’ Home, tn the clothes department, hhade 5 Cant by removing Mr. Kellum, “Kighth—Thea we have Mr. W, H. Hore, another son-in-law, Of 163 South street, who prints blank forms in the back basement, and it is alleged that Mr. Duncan is in partnership with him, — .. 7 PAYING OFF THE COLORADO wrttt X VENGRANCE. Lately the crew of ‘no Vhilted States ship Golo- rado were baa Of by Mr. Duncan—about stx liun- dred méh, I belteve. “Those who deposited money ‘the East Side Bank were charged filty cents for ass books, rates for exchange for this market and also rates for pas dratts, while the clothing de- iTtment in the ilors’ Home made a splendid a}. Messrs, Grinnell and Minturn can tell you bout Duncan's extnene rates paid to a crow of theirs who shipped at £4a month—in Australia, I think—and were paid off at $4 60. FACTS AND FIGURES, “1am told that J. J, Stefford, of 27 Coenttes slip, paid $6 for cartage of seamen to the bark Snowden, ‘whule they also paid their own expenses, namely, Geventy-live cents. Mr. Charles Orfut, who went with the men, vouches for this, Another case is that of the ship Don Quixote, of which the agents gre Messrs. Hand & Swan. Two dollars was pald for cartage of seamen, while Mr. Thomas D. Miller, who accompanied them, charged and received twenty-five cents. ' KR. D, Winkle,. one of the officers of the institute, says ‘that he for _@ poor widow in Liv- pool, $20 60 fo gold badge for Mr. Duncan on his wedding also for ten tickets fora concert, at which principal performers ‘Were Mr. Duncan’s sons. Jn addition to this, cach Vessel is charged $260 for shipping articles, ten cents fer a copy of the Shipping law and ‘firt; cents for log books, which must be renewed eac! Voyage. Teconclude, the whole institution wants Femodeliing. The law is good eneugh, but the whole matter of the practice requires investiga- ve of late so terribly demo: ee ty td marine.” netrercercer reporter hereupen teok his leave, thankin ‘Mr. Morris for the Jnformation Which he had im AMONG THE MAIL BAGS. ——_—__+_——_ Postal Matters in New York—The New Postmaster, and How He is Gettinw on—No New Appointments to be Made Except to Fill Vacancies—No One to be Removed Except for Cause—A New Mode ef Paying Salarice—Personel of the Ofice—Champion Cancellers. Not one person out of every hundred in our community has the slightest idea of the magnitude of our public institutions, especially those over which the general government exercises supreme control. Under this categery may be piaced the Custom House, Sub-Treasury, Internal Revenue ofices, and last, though by no means least, the Post OMce, The public at times wakes up to the importance ef these high offices, and de- mands to know how they are administered, and the functions they are supposed to eubserve, Regarding all the fires mamed the HERALD has, from time to time, published fall and complete tacts, amply detailimg all the mt nuti@, but of the latter very little has been said of late, During the Inietime of the late Mr. Holbrook much information was imparted concerning the Post Office from his weekly publication, copious extracts being printed in the various Journals, which at all times proved highly interesting. Lat. terly, however, the Matt Bag has not been so well filled with postal matters, and it is left to the gen- eral press to enlighten our citizens on the progress made. in’ this pertion of the nation’s political economy. It is net designed in this article to print a gene- ral description ef the United States postal affairs, but to give some idea ef “PHE STATUS OF THINGS’! at the New York Post Ofice under the uew admin. {stration of Mr. Thomas L. James, the lately ap- inted chief, In hig case the old phrase, “New rooms sweep clean,” may be very aptly applied, This gentleman assumed his functions on the Ist ult., superseaing General P. H. Jones, who held the ottice for four years, Thus far the Postmaster has not made any changes except such as were caused by resignation, and altogether he has made only about fourteen appointments, more than one-haif of which were te fill vacancies, He does not intend to remove any one of the present force un- less for proper cause, . an this assurance Made to the men has caused the employés to regard bim in the most favorable light. The only portant pigh ofiice having a new incum- bent (and that onl Legal al filled, 1s that of General Jones’ cashier, iserers who is en- gaged in settling up the old business) was the a ointment of Mr. Harvey Majer, Assistant Super! fendent of the Gustom House (by permission frem Gollector Arthur), whom Mr. James designated to discharge the duties of acting cashier until a per- manent designation is effected, Yesterday the SALARIES OF THE ATTACHES Were distributed in a new way te those connected with the Post Ofice, Instead of doling out the greenbacks done ae cry as of yore, each man received a check on the United States Treasury for the amount of bis salary, the check bearing the Signatures ef Mr. James and his acting cashier. Mr. Taylor, the paying teller, had before him an alphabetical list, affixed to each name being the number corresponding to the same en a receipt book deposited on a desk outside of the railings, us when the employé men- tioned his name he was told the number of the age which contained the receipt he was to sign in duplicate, which, being done, he received his order on the Treasury and went away happy. This slight innovation on an old time custem apparently took well with the masses; but the signing of 1,050 checks was only as pleasant as might be to the Postinaster. THE PERSONEL OF THE OFFICE numbers upwards of one thousand men, including the employés of the various stations. The most prominent of the officers afe Colonel B, T. Morgan, Assistant Postmaster; Harry Pearson, General Superintendent; Anthony Yeoman, Superintendent of Letters and Distribution; Colonel George F. Hopper, Superintendent of Boxes and Delivery; George W. Kiblett, Superintendent of Foreign Mails Department ; E, De Forrest, Superintendent Regis- ter Department; Wiliam Plimley, Superintendent of Money Order Bureau; Thomas J. O’Brien, Night Superintendent of Box Department; Dwight Law- rence, General Night Superintendent; James Gay- lor, Superintendent of Carriers’ Department; Jonn Hi. Halict, Superintendent of Searchers and Dead Letter Deparment; Daniel Gano Gillett, Secretary; Drs. Walter R. Gillette, Edwin D. Morgan, Jr., an Charles Badean, Medical Oficers, In the stamping department there are fourteen men employed, whe are kept constantly busy in cancelling stamps. Of these there are two young men, named respectively Samuel Wallace and Van Buren Macgregor, who may be calied perfect prodi- gies. Each one can cancel and deface stamps upon 176 letters per minute, and it is nip and tuck be- tween them as to who is champion. These young entiemen are the pride of the office, and every- Seay pays homage to their skill and agility. Mr. Steinmetz, the Assistant Architect of the United States Treasury, has been at the Post Ofice this week consulting with Mr. James regarding much needed improvements, and very shortly me- chanics will be set to work to cut away portions of the east wall and insert windows to give more light, as also adopt some method of ventilation through the roof, Many other interesting points in connection with “the old church’! m Nassau street might be given, but the details must be reserved for another eccasion. FOLEY FOOLING. The Man who Fought Two Officers Said To Be Feigning Death Agonics to Escape the Consequences. Coroner Kessler yesterday morning received information that Patrick Foley was lying in a dan- gerous condition at his residence, 11 Elm street, from the effects of violence inflicted upon him by tne police of the Sixth precinct on the night of last Sunday week. The brother of Foley alleges that the police, in arresting him, brutally beat him on the head and body with their clubs, thus disabling him and endangering his life. The police charged with the beating are Rounds- man Dean and Patrolmen Garvin, Hogan and Gil- roy, ali of the Sixth precinct. Later in the day Coronor Kessler aud his - deputy, Leo, waited on Foley, but his condition being much improved an ante-mortem examination was deemed unnecessary, and censequently was not taken, It nowappears that during the fight between Foley and the officers the former stabbed Oficer Gilroy twice about the head, and, wrenchin, the club of OMficer Hogan from his hana, struc! him over the head with it. The officers made the arrest of Foley on the charge of Thomas Scanlon, whom he pushed down stairs, fracturing his leg. Scanlon is new confined in Bellevue Hospital. Captain Kennedy, of the Sixth precinct, has caused the arrest ef Foley on a bench warran he having been indicted for a felonious assault an battery in stabbing Officer i ‘oley is also to be arraigned before the Special Sessions for simple assaull apd battery. It is said by the police that Foley has been seen in the street several times since the assault, and itis believed that he has taken te his bed for the express purpose of avoid- ing being brought to trial. OTTENDORFER TO REMAIN AN ALDERMAN. inna Meeting of the Central Organization Last Night—A Communication from Oswald Ottendorfer—Was It Prompted by the Formation of the New City Halt Rings? The German Central Reform Organization, which orginated during the reform campaign of 1871, held a meeting at the Beethoven Maen- nerchor Hail, in Fifth street, last night, when Henry Clausen presided. The Execu- tive Committee, through Marcus Otterburg, submitted a report, stating that, jointly with the committee of organization, steps had been taken to induce Oswald Ottendorier to retain, under the new charter, his seat in the Board of Alder- men, @nd to resign his pogition of a Regent of the University of the State, of New York, in order to be énabled to hold, under | the provisions of the new charter, his position in the municipal council. It was sthted that Alder man Ottendorfer had signified his intention to re- Inquish his office, in order to be enabled to retain the more honorable position of a REGENT OF THE UNIVERSITY, In the meantime, and in pursnance of the action | of bee Me committee, & letter was received from Mr. Ottendorfer stating that, in consequence of certain developments, he had sent to the Governor his resignation of the Regency, in order to be enabled to retain, in th¢ interest of municipal re- wanes seat in the Board of Aldermen, (Ap- Jause. Resolutions were introduced by the Executive Committee, which were adopted, expressing APPROVAL OF THE ACTION OF ALDERMAN OTTEN: DORFER, A committece of seven, including the President of the Central Organization, and of the Chairmen of the Executive and Organization Committees, was ok sor te upon maces Khalsa in © OF; wal with the action taken. a ure OONVENTION OF THE NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH, CINCINNATI, Ohio, May 2, 1873. The Convention of the National Board of Health Met at nine o’clock this morning. No business of importance was transacted, Pa; William Giendenin, of this oliy, and eo harnis, of New York. The Committee on Quarantine made a report, Pg will be the special business for this alter- oon, Th if pia Aa rennais pl E the Board vigited tne City Hos NOVA SCOTIA. Metirement of Sir Charles Hastings Doyle, Licutenant Governor—A Series of Ovations in His Honor. HALIPAaxX, May 2, 1873. Sir Charles Hastings Doyle, the retiring Lieu- tenant Governor, and retiring commander et the military forces of British North America, had 1 cession of fareweH ovations at the Government House this afternoon and evening. For about twelve years Sir Hastings has been Cemmander-in- Chiet of the Army of the Dominion of Canada, and for six yeare he has been the “Lieu- tenant Governor of the province, end the high estimation in which he is held was manifested by the demenstrations to-day. All the principal and representative citizens of Nova Scotia were present at the provincial mansion this afternoon, and after an infermal social mingling, accompanied by dining and wining, there fellewed a series of formal farewells. Addresses were presented by the Mayor and Corporation, the Union Engine a ety, antaiso by the cl SPiatae, {he iati pen aung thelr words of farewell with a beautinl - testimdalal of silver plate, All the addresses alluded to both the civil military administrations of Sir Hast- ings as having been singularly successful, and all expressed the deepest sorrow at his departure. In his replies to the various flattering addresses the Lieutenant Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the military forces betrayed considerable emotion. He preted best expressed his feelings when he said to the citizens that eleven and a halfyears he came to Nova Scotia without a friend, and he hoped and believed he retired from it without an enemy. How many friends he leit in the province he not know, and he thanked God he could not count their number. He was _ sure, he gaia, Her Majesty the Queen and His Royal Highness the General Lect Sats te whom he should have the honer of making known the opiniens ef the citi- zens of Halifax and the Dominion of Canada, would receive with pleasure such a report from this the only town in British North America now garrisoned by imperial troops, Hon, Joseph Howe will suc- ceed Sir Hastings in his civil efice us Lieutenant Governor and Generai O'Grady Haley will be his successor a8 commander-in-chief of the paalcary forces. The latter is now on board the English weamer which is prevented from making port to- night on account of the fog. When he arrives to- morrow he will be publicly welcomed by the im- perial and volunteer forces, and the same grand pageant will turn eut upon the event of the depar- bane, for England of General Doyle on Tuesday next. ART MATTERS. Mr. Holberton’s New Picture.” Mr. W. Holberton, whose studio is room No. 8, Dodworth Building, Fifth avenue and Twenty-sixth street, has just completed a picture which he has named “The Gleaners,” and which {8 brighter and more perfect in tone than any other picture of his we have yetsecn, The gleaners are a family of cocks and hens, with their tender and downy brood. The scene is the edge of a wheat field, where the gross burdock leaf luxuriates, in contrast with the brilliantly at- tenuated butterfly, The outdoor effect is exceed- ingly bright, airy and transparent. The lithe sway and slender alertness ef the wheat stems are realized by Mr. Holberton not less perfectly than. are the characteristics that give individuality to his poultry. Mr, Holberton is one of those painters who might say ofthe lower animals that he never meets one of them but what it says something to him; and it 1s this capacity to understand them that gives unique significance to most of the utter- ances of bis brush. The American Collection of Paintings. Mr. R, E. Moope, of 31 Union square, has placed on exhibition at 82 Fifth avenue 200 fresh works by some of the most esteemed American artists. They are to be sold at auction next Monday and Tues- day evenings on a plan called “a private competi- tive sale,” whereby bids on the pictures will have been received and registered during the entire ex- hibition. On the evenings of sale the number, title and highest recorded bid om each picture will be read, and a last chance given for increasing the bid, after wuich every picture will be declared sold te the highest bidder, Mr. Moore reserving the right to withdraw at option any _ pic- ture from the final sale on which no Tegistered bid has been accepted. To our mind jhe more attractive members of this collection are Harvey Young's three pictures, “Mount Shasta, California,” “Uncle Sam Mountain, Clear Lake,’ and “Great American Canyon, Nevada,” and the following:—‘Entrance to Villa Carlotta, Lake Como,” Frank Waller; “Autumn’s Crowning Glory,” William Hart; “Autumn,’? Jervis McEntee; “Summer Morning, New York Bay,” Edward Moran; ‘Wilmington P: N.Y.,” A. H. Wyant; “The Wood Path,”. Homer Martin; “A Quiet Morning on the Manchester Coast,” A. T. Bricher; “The Young Artist,” George H. Stor. “Sunny Hours of Childhood,” J. G. Brown; “Maidenhood,” Eastman Johnson; “October in the Catskills,” Jervis McEntee; “On the Beach, Cape Ann,” W. Whittredge; ‘Sunlight in the Woods, Keene Valley,” William Hart; “Fish,’’ 8. M. Brooks; ‘interior of @ French Farm House,” T. W. Marshall; “Camel Hump, Vt.,”) A. H. Wyant; “The Pyramids,” Frank Waller sheep and Land scape In May,” A. D. Skattuck; ‘Afternoon on the Labrador Coast," William Bradford; “Ferns,” Wal- ter Blackman; ‘The Old Wreck,” M. F. H. de Haas; “On the March,” James M. Hart; “ihe Mountain Pool,” W. Whittredge; “Forest Interior,” Jervis McEntee; ‘English Landscape,” A. F. Bellow: “Youn, America,” George H. Story; ‘Landscape, W. H. Robbins; “The Clock Doctor,” E. W. Perry; “The Meadows, Berkshire County, Mass.,’ William Hart; “Marines” (a pair), W. T. Richards; “The Old*Homestead,” J. B. Bristol; “View on Long Lake,’ Homer Martin, and ‘Sunset Marine,” James Hawiitom? Avery's Oil Paintings. Next to Mr. Sherwood’s recent collection of paintings the best lately on exhibition has been that of Mr. 8. P. Avery, 625 Broadway, They are of- fered at private sale and are 185 in number. Many of them were painted to Mr. Avery’s order and are exhibited for the first time. Some are by very distinguished artists, lent by the respective owners to grace the display and throwon it an added beauty. Aboutone hundred and twenty-five art- iste in all are represented. Chief among the con- tributions is ‘“Hypatia,” vy Rothermel, the Phila- Geiphia artist, It is full of dramatic power and represents the virgin § wmwartyr atthe moment when, escaped for a few seconds from her pursuers, she stands perfectly naked prone pedeae one arm pointing significantly to the picture of the Saviour, and her eyes raised sublimely to heaven amid the agony and shame of her exposure and the imminency oi the torment that is to ensue. There is also a picture by Madrazo, the epee artist, painted expressly tor Mr. Avery, and representing a guitar player ab- sorbed in hisart. Of the other pictures we have space only to specify “School Money,” Julius Hub- ner; “Portrait of J. W. Preyer,” the cel- ebrated dwarf fruit painter, by Paul Preyer, his 3 “The Cymbais,” Jo- eph Coomans; lorace Recitii His Odes,” ing ‘The Studio,’’ ‘Theophile Gido; Sixteenth Century,” Charies vening on the Hudson,” J. F. engett; algo “Eagle Kock,” by the same ; nents for the Afiieved,” Van der Oudera; “Margaret in Church,” Victor Lagye; “Ichabod Crane and Kat. Tina Van Passel! George H. Boughton; “Ruth and Boaz,” Alexandre c.Abanel; ‘The Fortune Teller,” Ernest Kathelin; “Fs'tb,” Carl Hubner; “Sunda {ternoon,”’ Miss W. Conant; ‘Kaatskil Yoods,”” Jervis McEnteé; ‘‘Rue de fuvoli, Paris, M . 1870," Ignace de Leow y Escosura; “Music ant Dessert,” Eadinas Backaxowlen; “Japanese Bazaar,” Edoward Castres; “The Christian Mar- tyr,” Albert Baur; ‘Sea and Sky,” W. T. Richards 5 “Flemish Pirates,” Karel Ooms; aud ¥Braddock’s Defeat,’ Emanuel Leutze, ~ ~~ NEVADA. niniwas> a Gre it Excitement Over 4 Mining Suit= The Decisic® Gives Rise to Namcrous Shootiyg Atrays. VinGINtIA CITY, May 1. 1873, Tne suit of the Raymond & Ely Sfiver Mining Company against the Hermes Mining Company, in- volving immense interests, and which has been on trial before the United States Court at Pioche for ten months past, resulted to-day in favor of the Herines Company. The whole community of Pioche has been greatly excited pending the trial, and the result was made the subject of heavy wagers. Aout forty thousand dollars changed hands there to-day on the issue, A personal dificuity between opposing counsel has grown eut of the suit, which is expected to result in a hestile meeting between Harry I. Thornton and Mr. Perley, the first named being the challenger. Mr, Perley was of the coun- sel fer the Raymond & Ely Company. The excite- ment is still running high, and a number of shoot- ing affrays between persons interested in the con- test occurred to-day, in which three men were wounded, one of them fatally, it is believed. SAN FRANC! May 1, 1873, There is an intense excitement here to-day among dealers in mining stocks over the verdict in the great mining suit between the Raymond & Ely and Hermes Companies in Nevada, Many of the brekers have lost heavily on Raymond & Ely, SUICIDE, PAILADELPHIA, May 2, 1873, Benjamin Stiles, a farmer of Mooristown, N. J., committed suicide yesterday by hanging himself in his barn. He was in good circumstances, and leaves a wife And child, v4 JERSEY CITY'S. PROGRESS. A Year of Activity Succeeding a Year of Stagna- tion—The Great Boulevard To Be Con~ structed at Last—Grabbing at Property Along the Line— The New Post Office. Avcsisvion After a year of general depression and stagnation in real estate Jersey City is entering upon a season of unlooked-for activity. The sales during the past month give promse of what the future has in store. The causes of the atagnation last year need not be repeated, for the HERALD teemed with chapters of the misrule of a most extravagant and corrupt “ring,” that was only smashed when Sherif Reinhardt empanelied his famous Grand Jory. There is no apprehenston that this ring in- herits the renewed vitality of the phenix. On the contrary, there is @ general feel- ing of security and confidence. ‘The fail- roads are no longer exempt from taxation, 80 that the burdeus of the people become lighter on that account, New blood bas bees injected into the several boards of the city government, which stands pledged to economy, so that the taxpayers may be able to recover from the effects of the ex- travagance of the late administration, Political adventurers have been, with a few exceptions, banished from public life. Amendments to the city charter were passed by tke late Legislature by which Outstanding assessments may be collected without hardship to the property owners. Thus another item—the interest om long bonds—will be taken away from the load of taxation, Everything, then, considered, there is a strong probability that this Year wiil witness a very materiar reduction of taxation. The foregoing points will farnish the key to the remarkable stir and ‘bustle in realestate. Dwel- lings are being sold at comparatively low figures all along the district known as the hao bg es- pecially in the vicinity of the railroad depots, Take West Ead, for example, which ts within half an hour's journey from Canal street and Broad- way on the one hand er the City Hall on the other, An extensive sale of real estate will take place here in a few days. Gentlemen who are engaged in business, for instance, the _ neignbor- hoed of the City Hall, New York, can reach West End in less time than it takes to reach Fortieth street and can have @ desirable residence for half the rent charged in New York. That the coming season will also witness unexampled activity in the erection of dwelliugs must be patent to every one who considers the encroachments of the railroads in the lower section, or Jersey City proper. Tom Scott has Uy Aas sp @ large amount of Prop. erty in this populous district for a new freight line, aud as preperty helders sell at good prices they retreat with their money house- hold gods to the Heights, where they will be secure from the intrusions of wealthy corporations for many years. At this very day large and substantial brick dwelling houses are being ruthlessly torn down to make way for the iron steed between Fifth and Sixth streets. The sellers have on the whele this ad- vantage on their side, that with the meney they receive for an inferior house in this densely popu- lated district they can purchase a superior one on the Heights and the slope commanding @ most de- lightful view of New York Bay on the one side and the valley of the Hackensack on the other. This applies especially to the tract bisected py Ocean avenue, commencing at the magnificent newchurch of St, Patrick and terminating at Bayonue, Green- ville is now @ part of Jersey City. noticr Higeieg ef the impetus given to the real estate business is the proposed construction of a grand boulevard from angen, Point through Bay- onne, Jersey City, West opoken, Union Hill and on the northern confines of Hudson county, a dis- tance of about thirtcen miles, The location has not been exactly fixed by the commissioners as yet, but 1t will strike a parallel with Palisade avenue, and contiguous to {ft on the west side in the Jersey City division, ee Segery are fying around, anxiously awaiting the decision of the commissioners, so that they may grab up the property on the proposed line and thereby realize 100 per cent on their in- vestments. One gentleman, who owns a large amount of property in New York city, in Canal street, and who owns sixteen lots near the Pater- gon plauk road, the northerly limit of Jersey City, was offered filty per cent advance on the price offered fourteen ngsnths ago, aud ke was about to consummate the bargain when he was informed that the new Boulevard bill had passed the Legis- lature, and that his property was on the proposed line. The negotiations were abandoned by the owner, The Commiaseners to whom the execution of this most importaut improvement was entrusted by the late Legislature ure, on the whole, men ia whom the property owners can repose implicit confidence. If the good of the whole city as against the grasping avarice of weaithy property holders along the Heights be considered tne Hine of Grand avenue will be adopted. In that case cep ng would settle in a waste district along the western slope of the hill, even though the owners on the eastern side were perappalk ted There are some grumblers wno talk of “locking up’ the whole Sere gh appeal to cr courts, A lawyer of Jersey City is preparing a written opinion on behalf of these, to show that tne act is “ancongruous,”’ some sections being inconsistent with others, It is impossibie to please everybody; but when it is taken inte account that disap- pointed office-seekers, especially hungry surveyors, are the chief grumblers, there {8 @ very smali probability that they will succeed in their attempt to deprive Jersey City of a main artery of travel, the want of which has long retarded her pros- perity. The boulevard must be constructed sooner or later, at public improvement will be the oi Another erection of the new Post Office, for which the people will be indebted mainly to their late Con- gressman, George A. Halsey. It is a fact worthy to be recorded here that the ey last bill passed by the late Congress was an act appropriating a sum not to exceed three hundred thousand dollars for the purchase o/ land on which to erest a Post Office in Jersey City, and but for the fact that Oui- cago and Boston have absorbed the lion’s share of the public building fund a still larger sum would have been obtained. The. Commissioners to locate and purchase sre Benjamin G. Clark, J. M. Corneli- son and Postmaster Greene. The work of demolishing an unsightly row of shanties at the corner of Grove street and Newark avenue, the most valuable business portion of the Pan was commenced yesterday by Mr. Thomas Kelly, who will erect in their stead five large brick buildings for stores. Business is steadily creeping towards the hill, and private residences must yield, even though grudgingly. BELKNAP AND SHERIDAN BOUND FOR SHEET. THE PHENICIANS IN AMERICA. Discovery of Remarkable Historical ‘Treasure in Brastl—Kecord of a Phent- clan Visit to the Territory Five Centu- ries Before the Birth of Christ— The Savans Amased and Delighted. Rio JanEmo, April 5, 1873, ‘There ave good grownds for the belies that a re- markable historical discovery has just been achieved in Brazil, no less than an engraved stone, bearing a Pheenician inscription, commemerating a visit to Brazil seme five centuries before the birth of Christ, The circumstances are:—Visconde de Sapercahy,a member of the Emperor’s Council of State, received three months ago @ letter from Parahyba, enclosing @ drawing ef the inscription ‘upon 4 stone which the writer’s slaves had come upon during their agricultural labors on his farm, and which drawing had been made by the writer’s som, ® young man who could draw a little. This copy was turned ever to the Mistorical Bociety of Rio, and by it to Sefior Ladislao Netto, Director of the Rio Museum, for an examination. On examin- ing it he was surprised te find that the characters were pure Phenician, SAVAN. INTERPRETATION, I will now quote from the letter of tais gentle- Manin... + a 3 get Lied Atter the first natural transport at a discovery of so great importance it occurred to me that, with aid of ancient Hebrew, a neighboring langeage and closely allied to Pheenician, and some- times with much reason confounded with it, all the Phoenician and Phonicopunic inscriptions found on the Mediteranean had been interpreted, and that, a8 1 know something of the holy tongue, as the Orientaliste call it, I might, perhaps, by study and perseverance, arrive at the interpreta- tion of thi@ curious monument. Who, indeed, would not feel upiifted—who would not experience a sentiment of pride at such a treasure-trove, if it should end the greatest and most general inter- regation in the history of the early peoples—if it should confirm the story of the voyage of discover commanded by Nexau and executed by Phenici- ans six centuries. before Christ to circumvavigate Africa, cenfirming at the same time the veriplo of Hanno, the inscriptions in North Amertoa, of which Count Gobelin speakein his ‘Primitive world,” and erhaps even the curious inscription referred to is Koster as existing in Parahyba de Norte. For some months I have been working on this grand problem without weariness or intermission, rather with growing interest and zeal, Ispeak with :a- cerity, but with a certain reserve. But, fascinated by the singular bearing of the research, I have been amplifying my acquaintance with Hebrew; I have gathered around me the needed books upon the Phoonecian language; I have studied a great deal of what has been written upon this specialty; J have consujted more than fity Pheenician bape tions which have already been translated and cuased, letter by letter, by the greatest modern linguists, and after immense labor I have been able to interpret this inscription with such good fortune that only two or three words have proved beyond my powers. i! Saad ARE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FREE? The Question Partially Solved: i Jersey City, No Redress for the Boy Whelan Wor Censure for His Teachers—Proselytism Sustained by the Board of Education—Ege’s Defini- tion of “Onruly”—The State Law as Well as the Rules Violated, Bince the HzRALp exposed an extraordinary ease. of attempted proselytism in a Jersey City publig school, not many days ago, the Catholics of that, city Wave been greatly agitated on the subject, They relied on the Board of Education for justice in the case, and it will now be shown in what manner the Board fulfilled public expectation. The term for which this Board was elected will expire te- morrow night, and the public can judge for theme selves whether the last meeting of the Board con- Jormed to the good old maxim of a great statesman, that it was most meet and becoming in a Chrigtiap ruler to inaugurate his executive career ty an act of clemency dnd terminate it by an act of justice. Superintendent Dickinson, to whom the case of the boy Whelan was referred for investigation, presented the following report :— GxxtLemen—At the last meeting of this Board the fol lowing reso! tat len, saith She necom directions, was Teferre e Superingens = Revolved, That fo Pupils shall be compelted to join ta any oxercises of a sectarian nature, either vocal or other- WReterfed ts the Superineendent to, imquire 4¢ cterre e Superin gression of the rules of the Board in this particu! n committed. Rule Bor the rules established by tho Board, of Educa tlon tor the government o: the schools says;—The Prin- cipals of the several departmonts shall open thelr SNe moTMINE at nine o'clock hy reading # portion o the Scriptures without note or comment, and all teachers and pupils are expected to be quiet aad respectful durieg the exercixe, which 1s enterced in all the schools.” 3 “except reading’ trans have State law forbids all religious exercise the Bible and repeating the Lord's Prayer,” The Lord's Prayer is repeated after the reading of ao Scriptures in nearly all the primary departments and in! some of the grammar deparimonts, In & few instances pupils have, desired te bo absent at thesé exercises, but in no caso that hi been able to examine has such desire of the pupil, i endorsed by the parent, been denied. The Board Education encourages the’ exerciie of the children vocal music. No music books are provided in any of the cl end in some departments there are n Tes The children are fond of singing, and the teache selves find the singing of the pupils to be a valui in gchool discipline, | In this emergency somatiies wor and tunes have been used which were learned b: children out of school, perhaps in Sunday school. songs have order to sch They have been gang, Fa m otha} of the pupils and toachers already knew them, and it was e inscription is of a commemorate stone—a rough monument erected by some Phentcians of Sidonia, apparently exiles or refugees from thelr native land, between the ninth and tenth years of the reign of aking named Hiram. These rash or unfortunate Canaanites—the patronimic which they have used to denominate themselves—left the rt of Aztongaber por SADR @ port upon the Rea Sea, and satled for twelve (?) novilunes (lunar months) slats the land of Eee t—that is, Africa. The number of vessels they and the bumbers or the males and females composin; dyen- turous expedition a ual net or m £ Seas Hh seemingly slogent style, these particulars being placed Ihtermédiate between the invocation—sone at the beginnin, and e other at the end of the inscription of the Alonim Valonuth—1. e., gods and Frandatfoh by Gescnius of thovo, well known rug: well-known fg necian words. The ingcription isin eight lines of most beautiful Phounician characters, but without separation of the words, without the vowel points and without quiescent letters—three great ob- stacles to the interpretation, for whose overcom- ing a mere knowledge of Biblical Hebrew ts insum- cient. A certain ararism, not slightly manifest in the emphatic termination th aleph and in the feminine one ik thau, and more than this the forms of the letters mem and shin, induce me to believe that the reign of the second of the two Hirams was the epoch of the adventure, and that the ee, was, therefore, made in the years 543 and 542 that is, twenty-six years alter the siege of Tyre by oligo tae apiece and four years before Cyrus rei . he inscription does not declare which of tne two Phenician monarchs is referred to as the Hiram of the epoch. The first Hiram of the two historical ones was the Hiram the ally of Solomon, and he reigned in 980 to 947 B. 0. ‘The second was @n obscure prince, who reigned in 658 to 552 B. C, under the pressure of Babylon and Egypt. Bu whichever the one, this inscription is one of the oldest and Frakes the most notable record yet discovered mm relation to the heroic aud enlightened people te who jt would seem, the whole of the seas were known. Toaving spars trif'ing matters, of which it is need- less now Lo treat, I will proceed to treat of the cressing of the Pheenicians from Africa to Brazil. To explain this crossing, of which they themselves @ppeared to be unaware, I have resorted to the beautiful and classic studies of Maury on oceanic currents, and I gather that the same happened to our Sidonians as did to Pedro Alvares Cabral 2,000 oe later, when, Knowing nothing of Brazil, he found himself unexpectedly off ite shore. The only difference is that Cabral sailed from north to south, while the Phoenicians voyaged {rom south to north. Like Cabral, in fleeing from the stor! ‘cigning {rom the Cape of Good Hope up to near Senegambix, they steered into the high sea, and, seized by the famous equatorial current, which sometimes flows with ex- traordiuary swiftness, they unexpectedly came upon the Brazilian skeres. Ihave written to the learned linguist, Ernest Rénan, and to the not less learned Father wh a .ving them some words of my version, and asking their advice how to make my efforts ef the most service to science. jut it is plain that until I see the stone myself and examine the locality whence it was drawn I cannot loyally give authoritative official publicity to the matter. I am, however, far from having any fears in regard to the bona and authen- ticity of the copy tn a language studied by very few men, and by these few only of recent years. Perhaps there are only six men in all Europe capa- ble of forging such a writing, and they are beyond suspicion. It is not, then, from fear of any deception that I defer fall publication; it ts because I must be able to give the testimony of the stone itself, as taken by myself, and because I must rectify some of the letters, whose copying requires a knowledge of Phenician to be able to discriminate them—a knowledge certainly not possessed by the copyist ofthat before me, as he has at times confounded WASHINGTON—AN ABSOCONDING sTOOK BROKER, New Onveans, La, May 2, 1873, Secretary Belknap, General Sheridan and party left yesterday afternoon for Washington via Louis- ville, Felix Ducros, a well known stock, money and exchange broker, is reported to have absconded with $100,000 belonging to his patrons, DOMINION SOLDIERS FOR THE NORTHWEST TERRITORY, ToxonTo, Ont., May 2, 1873, A special despatch frora Fort Garry says:—In compliance with ordere from the Home Military Department a com of the Provincial battalion stationed here will march this week for Fort Ellice, in the Northwest Territory, under the command of Captain McDonald, MISSOURL New Mode of Running a Penitentiary— The Missouri Pacific Railroad. St. Lovis, May 2, 1873, The Penttenttary of this State was leased yester- gay for the term of ten years to Charles A, and Bilas A Peng Weston, Mo., qnd Waller Young and Jamed ii. Mills, of St. Joseph, Mo., they paying the seitea cxeuie of thie prison ahd 8 paying | $1,000, It is expécted that the State will save over dollars per aun", by this drvafigembng, "oon It appears that the annowtement of the sale of the Missour! Pacific Rallvoud was premature. Both parties have not yet whe to such action, and the sale Will not be advertised until they do. The American Nationa! Medical Association will convene here next Tuesday and remain iu session three or four da; THE TEN-HOUR STRIKE IN RHODE ISLAND, PROVIDENCE, May 2, 1873, The mill owners in Woonsocket have shut their gates to-day, and all is quiet there. At the delaine millin Olneyvitle everything goes on as usual, the not being renewed. were not troubled disturbance of last evenin; The mills in Pawtuxet Valle: with the ten-hour strike. No mills, and everything ts runnt DIFFIOULTY BETWEEN THE GOVERNOR AND THE LEGISLATURE OF WEST VIRGINIA. WHEELING, May 2, 1873, Governor Jacobs refused to permit the Superin- tendent and Board of Directors of the Penitentiary and Insane dg appointed by the Legislature to take possessioh yesterday. The Governor instructed the Superintendent to order the guard to shoot say ony attempting to enter without his permis- NAVAL OBDERS. Lieutenant George M. Totten has been detached from the Lackawanna, and placed on waiting or- ders; Second Assistant Engineer Willtam H. Piatt, from the Canandaigua, and placed on sick leave, poe named, van with Cay and Daleth with cl = CONNECTICUT. — Factory Affairs—The Air Line Railroad and Its Completion, HARTFORD, May 2, 1873, The Howe Sewing Machine Company of Bridge- Port have paid all their employés the full amount of their wages to date—May 1. The Leeds Satinet Manufacturing Company of Rockville have made a formal assignment of their effects, It is believed the company will be able to pay seventy-flve cents on the dollar. Twenty thousand dollars was re- cently lost by them in bad debts, Work nas been closed in the mills since March. The Panola, Car- lisle and Snipsic mills, at the same _ place, are lying idle. The failure of the Carlisle Thread Company has involved all these companies. The Rockville Bank holds @ large amouut of the Carlisle Thread bye paps. A meeting of the creditors of the Air Line Rall- road is to be held in Middletown on Tuesday next to make some arrangements for the completion of that road by the Ay gjou of time jor the ee of their claims or by i¢ other way providing for the amount—$3v0,000—which i necessary to pro- yide depots, &¢. ‘The rail Maid fon piadilaemnitantineednantionty HEAVY RAIN STORM IN OHICAGO. pdcdanag a CurcaGo, May 2, 1873. Avery heavy rain storm, accompanied by than- der and lightning, prevaited hete from seven o’ctock last night until near daylight this morning. An immense quantity of water fell, and four houses, in different parts of the city, where struck by lightning and set on fre; but the damage was light in all cases, CANAL AND LAKE NAVIGATION. CORNWALL, May 2, 1*73. The canal is now open to Lachine. The steamer Renaud arrived last might, being the first arrival from the East this season. Port Huron, Mich., May 2, 1873. The propeller Idaho, the first boat ef the season, passed dewn through the Straits at six o’ciock this aivernoon. TRIAL OF A BAPTIST MINISTER, Boston, Mass., May 2, 1873, Rev. Kenneth H. Campbell, formerly pastor of the Baptist Seciety at East Dedham, is on trial in the Norfolk county Superior Court on the charge of bastardy. Miss Sarah J. Howeil, a young woman of twenty years, is the plaintiff, Campbell is a married man and about thirty years of age, A NATIONAL BANE IN OOURT. Bavtmore, May'2, 1873, In the Superior Court to-day the case of William A. Boyd vs. The Third National Bank of Baltimore, for the recovery of United States five-twenty bonds amounting to $20,000 and other bonds valued at $6,500, a ito 48 collateral security, came up. The jury disagreed and were dischargey, standing nine for the pkintiff and three for the defendant. The above bonds were stolen from the bank at she time of its robbery in August last. casier to use them than to learn new songs without books or pianos, have, however, not beon able to find that any pupil has been required to join in. such singing con- trary to the wishes of his parents. Should any teacher be so indiscreet as to force children ty sing religions hymns or take part in acts of worship contrary to the Sucouragementirom mon such contact Herseetheiiy encour ment from me ron 5 fespect MeO ILLIAM Le DICKINSON, Superinter ent al The report was received and entered ii 1 Om the minutes. As no mention was made of the act of Mr. Wakeman in sending the boy home from school, nor of Miss Burt for striking his head against the desk bechuse he refused to adopt the non-Catholic practice of bowing his head at the Lord’s prayer, Mr. Norton arose and asked the Su- perintendent if he knew anything about the boy who was expelled from No. 6 School, and ff so, whether the boy was reinstated. Mr. Dickinson replied that although no report of the case had been made to him, he had visited the boy's par- ents and given him a written permission to return to school, The boy, however, had not thus far avatled himself of this permission. Mr. Norton said that the boy's father was arti’ to page, 83 amMdavit that” his son was out of ti school by Mr. Wakeman, the principal, becduse he refused to join in singing @ hyma. We (Mr. Nore ton) teid the father to bring back the boy, and he did so, but Mr. Wakeman refused to'take him back without a letter from the Superintendent or some member of the Board of Education. It was one of the rules of the Board thas when a principal sus- pend a child he shall repert the case immediately to the Superintendent, He (Mr. Norton), there- fore, asked if the suspension of the boy Whalen had been reported in accordance with that rule. Mr. Dickinson replied that no report of the case had been made to him. Here Mr, Fansporm sae ing the debate becoming unpleasant for somebody, interposed and called for the question on tl re- ore ef the report, and the question was ca Tied, Mr. Norton was resolved, howevor, to have the sense of the Board in this matter placed on rec- ord, and after the lapse of a few minutes he of- fered aresolation, providing that teachers shall confine themselves exclusively to the text books, course of studies and forms ond exercises autho. riged by the Board, and set forth in the rules of the Board of Education of Jersey City. This reso- lution would give a partial protection against proselytism, and it brought Mr. ‘agborn again to his feet. He asked if the resolution was in- Mr. Norton replied added that one teacher, jt, had violated the rule that was designed to cover this point, Mr. Pangborn’s nelghbor and sympathizer, Mr. here came to the rescue. He manifested great indignation that the resolution shonld be offered at all. This breeze, he said, was caused by an unruly and disobedient boy. (As ke said this he turned half round to Pangvern, who smiled and nodded eee) He therefore moved to lay the resolution on the table, and the vete on this re sulted as follows :— ‘ ‘ Yeas.—Messra. Douglass, Ege, Hillier, George Miller, Pangborn, Thomas. Niys.—President Potter, Messrs. Laverty, J. S, Miller, Norton, Thies—9. This ended the case, as far as the outgoing Board of Education 1s concerned. Had Edward I. Murphy, the colleague of Mr. Laverty, from the Second ‘district, been present, fanaticism would not have hada triumph. Five-sixths of Murphy's constituents are Catholics, and this makes Nis ab- sence all the more inexplicable. Yet there ia something to hope for when it is considered that three ef the five in the minority—Potter, Miller and Thies—are not Catholics, but they espoused the cause of freedem of conscience. In the expulsion of the boy Whalen the following rules of the Board ef Education were violated:— Rule 7, “The ppncipe: shall have power to suspend a pupil, notifying the parent or guardian of the child and the Superintendent immediately of such suspension and the cause thereof, and he may only inflict corporal pupishment,’’ Rule 16 provides that “no teacher shall be permitted to be occupied in any other than the legitimate business of the school during school hours.” Yet a collection of hyrans compiled by enemies of the Catholic Church is used in No. 6 School at least. The singing of re- ligious hymns {s interdicted by the State law which provides that no religions exercises what. ever shall be allowed in schools receiving ald from the State, except reading the Bible and repeating the Lord's Prayer. Rule 23 vests the power of bg nig in the Superintendent only. Rule 28 sets forth that the principals of the several departments shall open their schoots every morn- ing at nine o’clock by readiega portion of the Scriptures, without note or comment. No allusion is made to the Lord’s Prayer or to hymns. And in rule 36 it is expressly laid down that no studies, dectures or instruction or new text books of any kind shall be introduced without the authority of the Board. In the catalogue authorized by the Board @ “collection of bymns” {s nowhere tobe found. Ruie 41 makes it obliga pry on teachers to report to the Superintendent rthwith whenever 4 pupil is suspended from school, This wholesale violation of rules and of law without one word of censure from the Beard will not add much to the reputation of Jersey City for justice or treedom of conscience, er a “WE. THE MELROSE MURDER, Commitment of Erhardt to Await the Action of the Grand Jury=Is He In- sanet The Coroner’s inquest touching the killing of John Morrison by Lawrence Ernardt, at Melrose, Westchester county, last Monday night, was conm- cluded, in the Morrisania Town Hall, at a late hour on Thursday evening. Nothing materially diderent from the evidenco already. published in the HmRaLp was elicited, except that the wife of the accused testified to her husband having heen knocked down by & blow from a trampet m the hands e/ the deceased, A verdict was rendered, ‘that the deceased, Jown Morrison, came to his death from hemorrbage caused by a stab wound in the neck inflicted by Lawrence Erhardt.” Yesterdi the prisoner was conveyed to the County Jail where he absolutely refused to partake of food otherwise conducted himself in such @ strange manner as to lead the jail efictals to believe that he is insane. There is no doubt that the wretched man feels keenly the position in which he is placed, cut off from his wile and family, who, without Lim, are utterly destitute. AN INSANE WOMAN DROWNS HER THREB OHILDREM. BRvsSBLs, Ont., May 2, 187% Mrs. Ridley, residing in the township of Grey, yesterday drowned her three children in the rivi while laboring under 4 fit of temporary insanity, She subsequently attempted to drown liersels, but ‘was rescued, A MAN KIOKED TO DEATH BY A HORSE. Boston, May 2, 1873 D. P. Nichols, aged fifty years, a resident of Hyde Park, found dead in his stable jast night, haviig been Kicked to death by his herse.