The New York Herald Newspaper, May 12, 1873, Page 5

: | REAL ESTATE GOSSIP. Holders “Saddled Up” and Anxious to “Unload.” Prices Very Firm—The Improvement on the Riverside Drive—Satisfactory Completion of the Labor on the Northern Boule- vard—Spuyten Duyvil Ship Ca- nal—Our New Wards, May moving, inclement weather and stiff prices have had a depressing influence upon the real es- tate market since the present month has set in, especially as regards sales at auction. The fact is, the land released by the disposition of three im- mense estates—Post, Carman and Harsen—has, by the high rates obtained therefor, in a great meas- are ‘UNSETTLED OPERATIONS, Holders of property have become emboldened by the success of these sales and screwed up prices to @ tension which, if kept up, must surely snap, while purchasers, pleading stringency of money, abstain from buying until more favorable prospects appear. The major portion of our heavy operators in city feal estare are ‘‘saddied up” to a frightful extent, and have been endeavoring to “unload,” with a view of investing in other property. It is safe to assert that a great deal of their property is at present worth one hundred per cent advance over the original cost, and only the need of ready funds can be pleaded for their trying w sell. The en- hancement of these values may be ascribed to the rapid improvements going forward uptownward, Most noticeable, however, is the STEADY ADVANCE IN PRICES OF PROPERTY Jocated in the vicinity of Riverside Park. Since its establishment, by legal edicts, the energy of Com- missioner Van Nort has been manifestly shown in the rapld progress made in the work. As soon as the weather becomes settled Mr. Van Nort will add ® larger force to that already employed, and in this Manner secure its early completion. While a few old fogies deprecate the idea of opening and widening streets our go-ahead citizens are alive to every improvement in this direction and cheerfully contribute the assessments levied on their property. The establishment of THE NORTHERN BOULEVARD, running from 155th to Inwood street, is an exam- pie. ‘the Commissioners for this work—Messrs. ‘aphagan, McClave and Seaver—have now coim- pleted their labors, and are about rendering their report to the Supreme Court, which Itas appointed then a commission. Their awards and asseas- ments have been made with a degree of equity which is not only a marvel of rapid accomplish- ment, but has called torth the utmost satisfaction of the property owners on the line affected by the improvement. The very few who felt aggrieved by the supposed smallness of their awards have become contented since their cases ‘Were plead by able counsel and the course taken by the Commissioners explained to them in full. On Tuesday last the Commissioners ‘went over the line of the improvement for the last time for the purpose of adjusting such of the awards and assessments as had been objected to by the tes in interest. In a few cages some iterations were made, where a personal inspec- tion of the property showed that irom some local cause the property was not so benefited by the im- provement as it would have been were it differently situated topegraphically. The property owners on the line, being fully assured of the good judgment and aan of the Commissioners, did mot at- tempt to “interview” them or iniluence their decisions by wining or dining them, so one of the latter gentlemen, who is also a member of the American Jeckey Club, took the party over to Jerome Park in his own carriage, where they ob- tained a good dinner. As stated by us ina pre- vious article, the completion of this new drive far- nishes to this city A GRAND AVENUE OF UNENTEREEETED TRAVEL from the Battery to Spuyten Duyvil. And now, to complete the triumph, an extension of the same should be carried into the newly acquired ter- Fitory, by the annexation of lower Westchester. This, nowever, is sure to follow. The manly course taken by the New York Cham- ber oi Commerce in regard to cutting A SHIP CANAL THROUGH SPUYTEN DUYVIL CREEK, from the Hudson to the Harlem River, and pressing action thereon im the ie cick is an augury that our merchants are fully alive to the im- riance of this grand measure. We only ype that our lawmakers will act on the project before labors at cosine their Albany, and make provision for the enterprise to be completed at the earhest possible moment. Our Fapidly increasing commerce with the West im- como demands it—more so because our neigh- ing cities are straining every nerve to deviate this trade from our metropolitan channels. HE EFFECT ON REAL ESTATE EITHER SIDE OF THIS CANAL by this undertaking would be of incalculable bene- At, and it is safe to assert that, if the necessary authorization was granted, the requisite capital poo! jor its construction would be readily sub- scribed by the proprietors of the land affected thereby. Still, the State is the proper party to father such an undertaking, in order to centrol so important a water route, which must enrich our commerce to the extent of millions. THE NORTH END OF THIS CITY. Now that the annexation of Lower Westchester 1s an accomplished fact, it becomes our duty to in- @ugurate energetic measures looking towards the improvements of the new wards, First and fore- most, proper provisions must be made to introduce the much-needed supply of fresh water. To effect this there are several courses open from which to obtain the same. The Bronx and Sawmill Rivers, fed by numerous rivulet and rocky ills, will have to be utilized for this pur- pose. It will be next to impossible to meet this demand from our Croten aqueduct. The Jand in the new wards is so high that the force ot the water would not be sufficient to raise it to the required elevation, even if the wants of the lower portion of the city could afford to share the liquid ‘obtained from the Croton River. This subject will seriously engross the attention of our authorities not a little; but the expansion of the city will be- come so rapid and property enhance in propor- tion that any expenditure in this direction must be, after all, a mere bagatelle. Although we are still lingering in the lap of Winter our citizens who are nbt members of the “Can’t-get-away Club” are looking around to secure SUMMER RESIDENCES IN THE SUBURBS, Along the Hudson seems to be the favorite !oca- tion for those making an exodus during the dog days. With the establishment of rapid transit a suburban residence in Westchester will secure im- munity against Summer travel, and those now residing in the city ‘will be very om to own their house and grounds a few miles irom town, where they can dwell at all times of the year. RAPID GROWTH OF YONKERS. Each of the proposed routes ef fast travel has had its terminus fixed at Yonkers. This Is as tt should be, and ha i taken into consideration fixes that new and thriving city as a worthy ad. junct to this great metropolis. Possessing a popu- tion of upwards of twenty thousand, Yonkers Sontains facilities to more taan doubie this number ‘within the next five years. A great many of the resi- dents are ngaged in business in New York, and can calculate with more certainty on the time travel than those living in the vicinity of the uptown dis- tricts, Real estate in Yonkers has increased in Value within the past year to a fabulous extent. Lots which two or three years age’sold for $300 and $400 bring readily $1,200 to $1,500, and on the main stree' such as Broadway and Warburton i hh as $5,000 each. The Com- mon Council of Yonkers are displaying a spirit of progress in laying out and improving the streets and avenues which largely conduces to the rapid enhancement of their lands. A few years ago a well known and successful theatrical ‘man- ager purchased 111 tote at de low rate. His metropolitan experience taught him that to lay out streets, curb and gutter the same, and other- ‘wise improve his property would he the best possi- bie investment he could make. He not only car- ried out this project, but he built twenty-three elegant cottages, which are now tenanted, and his estate haa thereby increased in value—worth, in round numbers, about one-quarter of a million dol- The following are the public sales to be held at the Real Estate Exchange during this week :— BY MULLER, WILKINS AND cO.—TUESDAY, MAY 13, AL brick store and lot, 181 Reade st., 22.2x51.6, WEDNESDAY, MAY M4, (By order of George De Forest Lord, referee.) 5 Sstory bk. stores, Nos. 922, 924, 926, 928 and 940 Broad. Sy: commencing on the n. ¢, corner of 21st st., lots from 19.11 to 22.6x96.9 to 123.11. 2 lots w. &. of 9th av., 50.1 & of 98th st., each 25.2x100. lots n. & of 79th at., 160 ft. w, of 4th av., each 26x102,2, Blot n.'s of $l st 8 Itc. of ay. A. 20x100.2. @y order of Court of Common Pleas, George A. Black, reijeree.) Lot n. & of 124th st., 410 Mt. e. of Oth ay.,26x100.1L, THURSDAY, MAY 15. “| 16 villa plots, situated on the westerly side of the Cen- tral avenne, Westchester county,and within five minutes’ of Macemb's Bridge, plots ‘each 25x10. BY JAMES M. MILLER—MONDAY, MAY 12. (Wnder direction of D. P. Ingrahain, Jt., referee.) PO. Sa 46. & of Chrystie st, 74 ft. in. of Houstonet., TURSDAY, MAY 13. (Under direction of C! kson,.referee. aol Mitray mes tu gtoresSoain cH (Under direction of omas H. Landon, referee.) sasoot hand le. 8. of West Broadway, &) ft 5. of oth. and La 6 ray, fie of White st., 50 ft ¢..0f Wost y oe if 31 years, from May 1, 1867. WEDNESDAY, May 14. (Under direction of B.C. Be: ; of land & ¢. cor. ay, Band ith st Kaeo, Ilot (Under direction of Charles A. Jackson, reterce.) Band) pe st, 375M. & of Bin ay., 2oxte9, pS: aha No. FA Norfolk st., b. and 1., 256x100, 1, referee) BY A, J, BLERCKEA, SON AND CO.—TURSDAY, MAY 13, Bast Soh st. 3 story hoa bes he and). 139 Kagt sooth ayn ool Lasiaaion ave Mase bic SAH mth et, ‘West 28th st., 2 , and 1. 518 West 28th ot, 175 ft. w. of 10th av., - 2. Gnome ‘Ruggles, referee.) rant baler L ‘AY., W. 8.5 between Grove ae Mor Jo aad cottage w. & Grove pill og oN West 284 at,, 6 lot, with 2 story brick houses thereon, s, 8. of ‘st. 4B5 ft. w. of luth av., each 25x93.9. mo! 12, NDAY, MA’ a e comer of isbn an orsyes vs, h. and L., %x WEDNESDAY, MAY 14. 2 lots n. 8, of 105th st., 170 1t e. of Madison ay., each 25x (By order of the of Walter Roche.) lota'n’s of @8th st. 100 few. of Sth ave. each 2.éx 10-4, and 5 lote adjoining and of the above, each 26x Baxter st, No, 12h hand L, 2532x100 Mott st., Nos. 68, 70, 72, 74, hd. and Is., 25x94. Mulberry st, No. 27, b. and 1., 26x74, paipay, MAY 16. G. A. referee. dots ne. of oth at WOT wok siheay,, each 25x100.8, and 6 low s,s. of Mth it. 200 ftw. of Mth av, each 25x100.8 Sunfinisived house aay panatch aeaates of 2a av. and 12th steeach 2034 O” BE® W corner BY JERE. JOHNSON, JR.—TORSDAY, May 153, 800 lots at Queens (Inglewood), L. 1., full sized. ‘THURSDAY, May I oulki lots belonging to estate of Solomon T. Paynter, de- THE JERSEY BOULEVARD. pin thule do onieennet: Organization of the Commissioners— March of Improvement—Cheap Car Fare and Ferriage—Jersey City @ Port of Entry—Rapid Transit—What the Railroad Companies Are Doing. The Commissioners appointed by the New Jersey Legislature to construct a boulevard in Hudson county, from Bergen Point to the northern limit of the county, held their first meeting at Taylor's Hotel, Jersey City, on Saturday afternoon. Orestes Cleveland was elected Chairman; William C. Brown, Secretary, and David Smith, Treasurer. Leon Abbott, counsel to the Board, was in attendance, The Commissioners were in session two hours, and the next mect- ing will be held next Friday, when an engineer and surveyor will be appointed, The lively time will commence when the location of Jersey City is to be decided upon, as there is a great diversity of opinion on the subject. Side by side with this Board is the Hudson County Real Estate Association, comprising about one hundred members, chiefly wealthy property owners, who are engaged in a movement for the reduction of car fare and ferriage, and the great aim of the Association 18 to give aid to every public improvement. They haye ap- pointed a committee of ten to report upon the feasibility. of making Jersey City @ poms of entry. In the first named movement they ave already met with some suc , for the fare on the Pavonia Horse Railroad has been reduced to six cents from tbe Jerry to West Knd, ‘Tickets are sold for eight cents from West End to New York, includ- ing ferriage. Mr. Shippen, one of the members of the Association, wears the mantle of Edwin A. Stevens, and hence it is hoped that the day Is fast approach- when.a reduction of fares will be made on the Hoboken ferries and the Hoboken Horse Railroad ona through trip. The movement will continue till the fare on all, the horse railreads is reduced to five cents within the limits of Jersey City. The rapid transit fever of the great metropolis is contagious. Already the Northern Railroad Com- pany have located three stations within distances of two miles. The -first.ig “Homestead,” at the Plank road; the second “Wilsonville,” at the County road, and the third “Tyler Park,’’ at Secxucus road, For sane? early concessions the public are indebted entirely ir. Charles G. Sisson, who stands foremost in railroad enterprises. The Pennsylvania Railroad has a station at West End, the Central at Communipaw, the Newark and New York at mak Bergen, ‘The ony line’ of railroad that lags behind in the race is the Jersey City and Bergen Horse , for it is the only line that closes its work at midnight. The amount spent by compa- nies during the first y to equire title to property in Jersey City and vicinity is $15,000,000, and double that amount is being spent in improvements comprising road beds, piers, workshops, elevators, depots, &c. Har- simus Cove ts peing rapidly filled up, . It will con- tain piers for shipping, freight depots for the Penn- aylvania Railroad, a large depot for live stock aud = dressed meat, in connection with the immense abattoir to be erected near the Hackensack River, and the largest elevator in the world for hoisting grain, &c. These improvements will cover the entire water front from the wharf of the White Star line to the Jersey City ferry, and will be carried out at the expense of the Pennsylvania Ratiroad Company; The ele- vator alone will cost $1,500,000, Large Warehouses will also be erected near the piers. The Erie Railway Company, own 600 acres of ol railroad ear meadow land west e. tunnel, the title of which has been fransmitted to them by Jay Gould, On this tract y they intend to build workshops and to reclaim by degrees the marshy section from the tunnel to the Hackensack River. The Pullman Palace Car Com- pany, it is rumored, are about to purchase 250 lots West of the hill in this section for a car factory, Habitations must be provided for the artisans, 80 that within a very few years a suburban town may be added to the rapidly growing municipality of Jersey City. OBITUARY. Prince Camillo Massime. By despatches from Rome we are informed ef the death of Prince Camillo Massimo, for a long time Director of the Post Office Department under the Pontifical government. The Prince, who was one of the most devoted adherents of the Sovereign Pontiff Pius the Ninth, was married twice and leaves ason by each wife; by the first the Prince of Arsoli, who is now Prince Massimo and is mar- ried to a half sister of the Count de Chambord: by his second Prince Lancellotti, who served in the Pontifical army. Gabriel Ussant. From Italy we have an announcement of the death of Colonel Gabriel Ussant, of tne Royal Nea- ee artillery and aide-de-camp of His Royal Highness the Count of Caserta, at Botzen, in the ‘ryrol. The deceased took a prominent part in the defence of Gaeta in 1860-61, and was present with Count Caserta at the battle of Mentana. M. Arcisse de Caumont. We are informed from France of the occurrence of the death, at his chateau of Magny, in Normandy, of M. Arciase de Caumont, aged seventy years, President of the French Archwological Society. During his lite he devoted himself particularly to the history of his native department, and to him is due the erection of the column to commemorate baal ac of William the Conqueror to Eng- Alfred George Goodwyn. Major General Alfred George Goodwyn, late of the Royal (Bengal) British Engineers, died at his residence in Bath, just lately, of inflammatien of the lungs. He received a medal for bis services in the campaign in Afghanistan im 1842. He was present in the Sutlej campaign of 1945-6, includiny the battle of Ferozeshuhur, and in the Punjaw campaign of 1848-49, including the battles of Chil- lianwallah and Goojerat. For his services on the Sutlej he received a medal, and a medal and two clasps for the Panjaub, besldes the brevet rank of majer. He finally took part in the Indian mutiny campaign of 1857, and was present at the relief of Lucknow by Lord Clyde in November of that year, being again rewarded with @ medal and clasp. He was for some years Under Secretary te the gov- ernment of India’in the Public Works Department. Carlo Coccia. The Pungolo ot Milan announces the death in that city of the eminent composer, Carlo Coccia, at the age of ninety-ene years. The deceased had @ great.reputation in italy, where his pieces were formerly. most populee. In 1815 the Scala produced “La Donna Sal Citta;”” In 1828 “L’Arrighetto,” in 1828 “L’Orfano della Selva,” in 1833 “Caterina di Guisa,”’ im 1840 “‘Gio- vanni Il,” &e. D. T. Chamberlayne. The monthly obituary record list of the English War Office records the death of one of the gallant six hundred who so immortalized themselves by their daring in the memorable charge of British light cavalry at Balaklava during the Crimean war. Captain D. T.. Chamberlayne entered the army as cornet in the Thirteenth light dragoons, He em- barked with his regiment for the Crimea on the breaking out of the war with Russia, and greatly distinguished himself dS courage and coolness in the fatal charge of Baihklava, He rode up to the enemy’s guns on the right hand of Lord Chraigan in the front of his regiment, and on fighting his way out with the few of his gallant comrades who remained, his favorite charger, Pimento, was shot three times through the body before he tell, avd then his Longe rider was seen standing within the range of the Russian batteries, the ground around him being ploughed up by round shot and shell, coolly taking off the saddie and holsters, and with ivaggia” and “I Begli usi Fi them on nis arm he walked quieti; ising ground, where what Femained rd ies a Ys Bix jundred had halted and formed up; and there he was received with @ burst of hearty cheerii The ng. charger (Pimento), Captain Chamberi frend, Lord Palmerston, was about pura peste bis own stalls in England, but. i joining the regiment, panded i these words—‘I mest willegly waive right mption in favor of the young ” Roptain Chamberlayne was so much beloved by the whole of his traop that army, each man subscri sented him with & very handsome! ed iver snnt-box and a feelingly expressed ie died at his residence at Dartmouth, after @ Wagted aud paunful mess, Lp ty Druube OF lifgy ~ ART MATTERS, The Avery Collection. It has been a very long time since Mr. 8, P. Avery has thrown open to the public any collection of pictures commensurate in importance with those which, for the last few weeks, have been exhibited at the handsome hall 625 Broadway. He has at last decided to put them up at auction, and since this will, prebably, be one of the few really fine sales ef pictures exclusively, with which the season will close, itis worth while devoting some atten- tion to the principal themes, premising that the public disposal will occur on Tuesday and Wednes- day evenings at the Somerville Art Galery, “The Cymbals,” by Joseph Coomans, is a small picture upon which even the somewhat sated eye ig can dwell with pleasure. It presents the head and shoulders of @ young girl, ingenuously clapping music out of the instrument which St. Paul uncer- emoniously designates as ‘‘tinkling.” Reflected light iNuminates the face, the back of the head and the shoulders, and the expression of the young cymbalist is deliciously tender and virginal. Aclever but eccentric contribution is ‘Horace Reciting His Odes,” by Armand Heullant. We can- not just now recail any description that p'aces Horace amid precisely these surroundings, which give more the idea of a modern picnic than a clas- sical recitation. Of William T. Richards, the Phil- adelphia artist, who during the last few years has advanced in nis art with studies remarkably long and rapid, there are some fine examples, such as “Deal, near Long Branch,” “Good Harbor Beach,”’ “Annisquam Beach,’ and “Entrance to Ports- mouth Harbor.” In the first we find a soft pearl- gray sky, with the veiled sun reflected in the mois- ture retained by the beach after the tide has re- tired. The second is not so remarkable, its general tone beimg gray, and the beach wearing that feathered appearance which the ebb impresses upon it, In “Entrance to Portsinouth Harbor,” nothing is visible but the sea, with a lighthouse In the distance and vessels plying their way at various Mmtervals; but the water is full of that saltness and vivacity, that tireless and surging resiliency, which many pseudo-marine painters weary their life out in attempting vainly to reproduce. We come next to “After the Bath,” by Boulanger— asensuous Oriental theme, spare. newcaly re dered. A Turkish voluptuary reclines on his divan alter the bath, and preparatory to opiumizing him- self to sleep through the medium ot his pipe, which is being kindled by a beautiful female slave. If it was Bovlanger’s desire to express whatever Is luxurious in the lee ered tastes of Turkish up- pertendom he has petfectly succeeded. Rieistahl’s “Rest at the Wayside” delineates % scene jn the Bayarian Alps. A peasant family a’ their noonday meal, beneath a homely shed, offer hospitality to one of those picturesque waifs, anomalous in this country, but more a matter of course abroad, The self-unconscious freedom with which the rude fare is proffered, and the simple thankfulness with which it is accepted are powerfully and affectingly rendered, The genius of Bouguereau is emphatically seen in two splendid pieces of crattsmanship—one, “The Echoes of the Sea,” and the other, ‘Fisher Girl, Coast of Brittany.” If it is diMcult to express silence on canvas we leave it to tne casuistry of art todecide how much more arduous it is to de- Picture the art of listening. This is what Bou- guereaughas done in ‘Echoes of the Sea,” where a child, beautiful as the child of @ dream, is shown holding to its ear a radiant shell and lending atten- tion to Its inarticulate murmurs. The surprised and mystified delight with which the little one listens is delightfully rendered, and reminds one of the dim sensations that are still awakened in the adult who raises the couch to his ear and de- tects, within, 1ts microscopic music, obscure and mournful, as happy times half forgotten. In ‘rhe Fisher Girl’ the drgwing of the hands and arms is well-nigh perfect, and the felicity of the artist’s touch is seen in the treatment of that portion of the left arm, against which rests the handle of the fishing net, e fuce is perhaps too refined for that of a fisher girl: but, if two wrongs do not make a right, one cannot at least avoid feeling that to discover delicacy and refinement introduced where one Woes not expect them is some compensation for not finding them where one has the most unques- ee right to demand their presence. “Feeding the Flamingo,” by Jules Geor; Clat- rin, is cemposed of a ary Moorish interior, at Tangiers, wherein a slave is giving a favorite bird its meal. Clairin belongs to the new Spanish School of and was a disciple of and colaborer with a lt. The local employed by him in this picture is exceedingly brilliant, and the subject and treatment are so utterly unconven- tional as to have secured almost as much admira- tion as they deserve. This work is the result of a passionate and most praiseworthy effert to escape irom the shackles of everyday themes, and to ex- change Northern effeteness for Southern richness, uniqueness and splendor. But we have scarcely left room in which te refer te pictures that are more impertant. Cabanel’s “Ophelia” is obviously what tue artist acknowl- edges it to be—an idealization of Miss Nilsson’s face while sympathizing with the inspiration of Am- broise Themas, Victor Lagye is represented by “Margaret in Church,” the scene being the Cathe- dral during the ceiebration ef mass, The artist has succeeded peculiarly well in the fine, sweet, childish face of Margaret, All the grand sadness, all the mingled animalism, penitence and remorse of Goethe's poem sweep through the mind as one looks at this beautitul and ruined child, bringing ( with her into the church the secret consciousness of her guilt, and willing, but unable, to drewn it beneath anthem of choir and monotone of priest. “A Glimpse of Lake Champlain” is the best of Hubbard’s we have ever seen. “Faith” is a small and unpretentious but very excellent picture by Carl Hubner. In “Saying Grace,” by Caraud, the pert demureness of the servant is in fine contrast to the devotional grace of the little damsel and the quiet, well bred ease of the mother, ‘Japa- nese Bazaar,” by Edouard Castres, pupil to the late Zamacois, 1s thoroughly unique and richly original, and represents a Japanese artist painting a work of Buddha, while one of the courtesans of the coun- try anda up of children loiter admiringly near. Finally, “The Flemish Pirates,” by Karel Ooms, of Antwerp, is ene o! the most vigorous and pictu- Tresquely rugged members of the collection. The ures are ten in number; a shtp is burning in the distance; jewels and rich garments lie scattered; @iather, son and daughter, from Antwerp, have been captured and bound by the pirates, the sav- age chief of whom fixes his gloating eye upon the half-maddened girl. His picture is very powerful and dramatic and would form a valuable accession to almost any private gallery. LITERARY CHIT-CHAT. A New Work on that fruitful subject, “The Min- eral Springs of the United States,” bas been writ ten by George E. Walton, M. D., of Cincinnati, and will be broaght out by Appleton the present sea- son. It will embrace also notesen the promincnt spas of Europe, and our own seaside resorts, PROFESSOR SABATIER Was @ little while ago sum- marily expelled from Strasbourg, for a lecture, “De VInfluence des Femmes sur la Litt¢rature Francaise.” Curiously enough, the conquerors of Alsace expelled him for a reflection upon German women, which he never uttered, the offending sen- tence being a mistranslation, . WELSHMEN ame soon to have Dickens ‘screwed over” into their language, in full, by consent of Chapman & Hall, owners of the copyrights of the novels. A New Book, on the ‘Physical Edfects of Forests upon Atmosphere and Soil,” has been issued by Dr. Ebermayary, a Bavarian, and superintendent of a “forest school” at Aschaffenburg. This Is be- coming a vitally important subject to America, where we have no “forest schools,” and shall soon have no forests, unless we learn to take care of them. Some NewspaPer proprietors of London have been conferring on their liability to be sued for libellous reports. They do not ask for exemption from responsibility, but that the law may give the news- papers the right tosue the speaker of the libel for the amount of the damages and costa. This seems reasonabie enough. It is a hard rule that lets off the utterer of a libellous speech and punishes the. reporter. THe Britis and Foreign Bible Society are now engaged in the translation of the Bible into Japan- ese, and the Gospel of St. John bas been completed and printed, Ratrn Watpo Emerson, at three score and ten, is younger and more vigorous than half the literary men of England and America, JULES FAVRE’s new book, “Conférences ct Dis- cours Littéraires,” takes a very gloomy view of French affairs at the present epoch, JOAQUIN MILLER’s “Songs of the Sun Lands” is pronounced by the Althenwum to be fall of the same beauties and defects as his “Songs of the Sierras.” Beauty and ugliness are astonishingly mingled in them, A Nsw Boor on New Brunswick, or “Eastern Canada,” is out in London, Dr. A L. Adams has written the best account of the natural features, animal life, climate, and population of the country which has appeared, EaBt RUssELL’s new book on Early Christian History is a cheerful production, full of loyalty to the established church and a large and loose treat- ment of ecclesiastical matters, That logic in re- ligaon is utéerly out of place appears to be the pet Aogma of the venezable Kase i. STOKES LAST STORY. The Case to Go to the Court of Appeals in June— Stokes Says That He Expects Nothing from Governor Diz if the New Trial is Denied Him—He Declares That to Forfeit His Life is a Fate Preferable to Pining in a State Prison. Edward 8, Stokes has now been confined some sixteen months in the Tombs prison, and, as his case will have to go before tne Court of Appeals in June, there is great interest manifested in the public mind as to the decision to be given by that Court, WHICH MUST BE FINAL. The late decision of the General Term is not looked upon as one of great importance among leading lawyers, who were spoken to on Saturday afternoon by a HeraLp reporter as to what in- fluence the General Term would have on the fate of Stokes. The case is a must peculiar one, and to make the points that are to be brought up in it BEFORE THE COURT OF APPEALS better understood it will be necessary to briefly review the history of this cause célébre. The kill- ing of James Fisk took place on Saturday, January 6, 1872. The week following was taken up almost entirely by the investigation before Coroner N. W. Young, and an indictment for murder in the first degree was fond by the Grand Jury and Stokes Was called upon to plead to it. His counsel put in special pleas immediately, all of which were over. ruled by Judge Ingraham, except one plea as to the legality of the Grand Jury. Issue upon this plea was joined, and after a long trial be- fore @ jury, of nearly a month’s duration, Judge Cardozo refused to permit the jury to decide the case, and found adversely to the prisoner. Stokes’ counsel excepted at once. This particular exception seems to have a very great bearing on the case—a most important one for Stokes, and consequently the decision of the Court of Appeals on this point will be watched with interest. Sev- eral of the most eminent lawyers in the city, during the last week, have expressed the opinion that where evidence is taken IN A CAPITAL CASE before a jury the question is for the jury, and not for the Judge, to determine. Among those who have expressed themselves in this way are John McKeon and John E. Burrill, neither of whom have taken any part in the present proceed- ings for or against Stokes, After one month’s legal squabbles the prisoner, Stokes, was placed on trial before Judge Ingraham, who presided. The trial lasted more than three weeks, and re- sulted in a disagreement of the jury, five of whom were for acquittal and seven for murder. Then came tne trial in December last, which continued into the month of January. The result was that the jury brought in a verdict of murder in the first degree, making the time empleren in trying this case over three months in all, the longest period ever known ip @ capital case in the United States, Many lawyers, ‘therefore, think that the General Term shouid not be called to try a case like that of Stokes, and that the Court of Appeals should be applied to at once in order to save time and ex- pense, and thus SIMPLIFY THE MACHINERY OF JUSTICE. As the full bench of the Court of Appeals will have to try Stokes’ case early in June, a HERALD reporter called to see Stokes on Saturday afternoon at the Tombs and was admitted at once to see the pris- oner by Warden Johnson. Stokes was looking well and seemed tobe in good spirits, He thrust two of his tingers through the barred grating of his cell door, and the dialogue opened as follows :— HERALD ‘RESENTATIVE—1 am glad to find you looking so Cheeriul, Ed. Youdo net seem much rufiied at the recent decision of the General Term. STOKEs (smiling)—Yes, I am quite well, The de- cision has not affected me much. Had it been fa- vorable it would have been appealed to the higher Court by the District Attorney precisely the same. So I am not injured, I trust, HERALD REPRESENTATIVE—Do you not think the lengthy opinion given by Judge Fancher may pealug ice you with the Judges of the Court of Ap- peal SToKes—I hardly think so. They will decide as they understand the law. By the way, some peo- ple think Jadge Fancher’s elaborate opinion was written a8 much with an eye to public notice as to any law, but then you know that can’t be (with a knowing smile), I am glad to notice Judge Davis has not written HIS ENVORSEMENT OF THIS OPINION, HERALD REPRESENTATIVE—I have heard it ra- mored to-day that Judge Davis expects that the Court of Appeals will give you a new trial. sre ‘think it is very likely. The public little understand the vast power wielded against me. The world has battled me very hard, and I have sullered considerably in the past two years. HERALD REPRESENTATIVE— Yes, J have heard you state more than once that no man had ever been so vindictively pursued before as you have been. Sroxrs—God help him ifthere was. That’s all Ican say. Private counsel run the District At- terney’s office against me, plactn, esd wit- nesses on the stand to convict. Think of it, only a few menths previous I was their client, and had entrusted them with the history ef ail my affairs with Fisk (sorrowfully) ;1 can hardly realize it. L never expected it; but I suppose it is the way of the world, HERALD REPRESENTATIVE—Oh, you refer to the engagement of Beach and Fullerton as private counsel to prosecute you; but of course you can- not object to the District Attorney; it is his duty. STokes—Ex-District Attorney Garvin did try the case at the first trial. When he saw the perjury of that wretch, Thomas Hart, like an honest man, he refused to use it against me in his argument. In fact he expunged it entirely. Judge Garvin is an able lawyer and a conscientious man, and would not stoop to infamous practices to take my iife, and Icannot help but respect him for it. HERALD REPRESENTATIVE—Do you really believe that District Attorney Garvin thought HART'S EVIDENCE MANUFAGIURED? STOKES—Most unquestionably. Do you suppose soable a lawyer would overlook such vital testi- mony if true? Oh, no, It was omitted because it was rank perjury. If 1 was to meet God Almighty this moment, I say the whoie story was manufac- wired from beginning to end, solely to convict me. Hart testified he watched me stealing along the halls, bending, crouching and peeping down the stairs, and heard me mumbling and saying, “1 have got you now,” then wait two minutes and fire two shots into Fisk. Then Hart swears he chased me and saw me throw the pistol into a parlor, and stood alongside of me when arrested and heard me | deny the shooting. And tap he never spoke, and | remained silent; never told any one what he saw, and went off to his work. 18 THAT NOT ABSURDLY RIDICULOUS? But three or four hours after Jay Gould, with the Erie detectives, had swarmed the hotel, Hart | suddenly recollected that he saw the shooting and toid Mr. Powers for the first time of it. That was at nine o'clock that night, Just loek atit. It is as | plain as daylight, HERALD REPRESENTATIVE—It was unfortunate for yon during that trial that public excitement ran so high. | Sroxes—That is it, exactly; public excitement | and the severe rulings did the mwork, and the | Jury were unable to judge calmly. Every one that read the Case was astonished at the verdict. HERALD REPRESENTATIVE—DeO you believe that Jay Gould really pursues you as you have so often stated? [understand you to have remarked that | Judge Fullerton has been employed by Gould to act a8 private counsel a; inst you. StoxEs—Fallerton will pursne me to the bitter | end, no doubt; but Beach has entirely withdrawn. | Ishould.think that he would be sorry for what he | hag done, for I was REALLY AT HEART A FRIEND OF BEACTT. HERALD KEPRESENTATIVE—If the woret comes to the worst and the Court of Appeals retuses a new trial td on friends have hopes that Gov- ernor Dix would commute your sentence? Stoxes—-No, sir! I would accept nothing of the sort. I newer intentionally violated the’ laws of the State, and if I am denied a new trial I expect nothing. It was proved that mm meeting Fisk was purely accidental, Fis! had pursued me with hired ruMans, seized my ot retiuery with a fans of roughs, and threw me into prison on @ false charge, ‘He threat ened my life and so intimidated me that I dared not walk the streets, Now, under sach circumstances, was I not justified, when he drew a pistol on me, to defend myself? I do not regret what I did. Any man placed a8 I was would have done the same, I AM SORRY THAT FISK DIED. Inever before had occasion to draw a pistol on any man por thought of such a thing, and ior de- fending myself they wish to make me forfeit my life. It 18 a gad state Of affairs, Dut preferable to pining in a State Prison for an i crime, HERALD REPRESENTaTIVE—Well, I bid you afternoon, Stokes, and k p up your spirits, is an old saying that ‘“all’s weil that ends well.” The interview then terminated. A FIRST WARD FIGHT. Savage Use of a Sheath Knife. A man named John Meehan was arraigned at the Tembs Police Court, before Judge Hogan, yester- day, charged with stabbing Thomas McGuire, of 26 Washington street, On Neturday night, about eleven o'clock, Meehan went into McGuire's house, ite became snd Wuarrele cauire was Cut b; di ome ee ree fight Mrs. McGui: pas ate her husban to Make & Complaint ork by Omoer engaged in a se- Meehan in three ih knife, In the rushed in and at- She appeared yes- inst Meehan, who of the Twenty- in committed him juire was sent to the NEW YORK HERALD, MONDAY, MAY 12, 1873—TRIPLE SHEET. A NOBLE HEBREW CHARITY. The Home for Aged and Infirm Hebrews— Opening Reception at the New Asy- lum—A Successful “Beggar’—“The Sil- ver Book of Lite.”” On the 24th of May, 1870, a group of nine estimable ladies of this city, being Mrs. Henry Leo, Mrs, P. J. Joachimsen, Mrs. Henry B. Herts, Mrs. Zim Bern Stein, Mrs. Jacob L. Phillips, Mrs, 8. Wolff, Mrs. Leo Wise, Mra. Isaac Jacobs ana Mra, Addie Lit- thauer, established mainly through their in- dividual and joint efforts an institution known as the Home for Aged and Infirm Hebrews. This band ef sisters started out with many difficulties before them, but with high hopes, and opened the “Home” at No. 216 West Seventeenth street, their stock in trade consisting of three aged inmates, But ‘with patience and energy the ladies overcame the obstacles that confronted { them, and yesterday, close upon the third anniversary of the founding of the asylum, they formally opened a new and more com- fortable and capacious house at 822 Lexington avenue, on the northwest cerner of Sixty-third street, Mrs, Leo, the prime mover of the enter- ope died a few months since, but the surviving jadies have pushed her highest hopes te their reah- zation, The present Home is a neat five story brown stone building, admirably situated, fitted with all proper conveniences and neaily furnished throughout. It has accommedations for filty in- mates, and contains at present twenty-eight, three of whom are males. The oldest inmate ts a lady, a trifle over eighty-seven years of age, and nearly all ofthem are infirm ag well as aged. Three of the number are afflicted with blindness, Six appli- cations for admission are now being investl- ated and considered. The houge is new and has een neatly and comfortably furnished through- out. The association embraces a membership of 500, representing every Hebrew congregation in the city, and the institution and its affairs are con- trolled by @ board of directresses, as follows:— President, Mrs. P, J. Joachimsen; Vice President, pire H. &. Herts; Treasurer, Mrs, Zim Bernstein; Mrs. Isaac Jacobs, Mrs, Charles Schlessinger, Mrs. J. L. Phillips, Mrs. Leopold Bamberger, Mrs. S. Wolff, Mrs. Henry Morrison; Honorary Secretary and attending Physician, Simeon N. Leo, M. D.; Honorary Counsel, Judge P, J, Joachimsen, of the Marine Court, The opening reception continued from three to six o’clock yesterday afternoon, ana a large number of prominent and wealthy Israel- ites visited the institution, among them being Rev. Dr. Bondi, Mr. Henry Leo, Mrs. Samuel Lavenberg, President of the Ladies’ Mount Sinai Hospital As- sociation; ex-Judge Dittenhoefer, Mr Harmon Nathan, Mr. L. Morgenthan and Mr. Ellinger. All the lady officers were present, and did the honors of the reception with much grace towards a did aA Seavey podarataud the nature of the work they haye undertaken gnd mean to Paka ie a great ahd permanent 1 sttetod. Tt Vs sustained entirely by veluntary contributions, added fo the annual fee of $5 for membership. Mrs, Judge Joachimsen states that since she las been Cénhected with the Home association she has be- come a confirmed “beggar,” and a successful one, too; begging from the rich for the poor, witha tact that generally reaches the mark. Mr. Morgen- than has undertaken to open a “Silver Book of Life,” and is filling it up handsomely and at paying rates, The pages of this volume are of sheet silver, and those who subscribe a certain sum to the Home fund are entitled to be inscribed m graven and enduring letters On these argentine tablets. The ladies will issue a second volume if necessary, and, if business is really good, perhaps a third, and soon. This Home is the only Hebrew institution of the kind in America, ¢ FEDERAL OFFICE AFFAIRS. The Custom House and Other Public Offices Closed—Honors to the Memory of the Late Chief Justice—Rapid Transit Mail Deliveries—Renovating the Old Post OfMice—What the Improvements ‘Will Cost. Late on Friday afternoon despatches were re- ceived here from the Treasury Department to close the various government offices after twelve o’clock noon on Saturday, out of respect to the memory of the late Chief Justice Salmon P. Chase, whose funeral took place that day. The Custom House was closed punctually at noon, and after that only Mr. C. P. Clinch, the veteran Assistant Collector; his Chief Clerk, Mr. Joseph Treloar; Mr. Samuel G, Ogden, Auditor, and his Assistant Auditor, Mr, Samuel J. Jacobs, and avery few others were present, and these merely to finish up the business of the dhy. Col- lector Arthur and the balance of the officials at- tended the obsequies of the illustrious deceased. ‘rhe Sub-Treasury was likewise closed by orders from headquarters, and no business transacted in mental offices in this city. Mr, James, the Postmaster, closed the executive portion of the Pest Office, but the receipts and distributions of the matls continued without interruption, To-day the new deliveries to stations A, C and &, located on the west side of the city, will be commenced via the New York Elevated Railroad. Mr. D. W. Wyman, the Superintendent of this route, has set apart a special car for the accommodation of the mails, and through this new system residents on the line of these stations, may depend upon their letters being distributed half an hour after they are dropped into the letter boxes. Mr. James, in order to make his new system of “rapid transit” delivery com- plete, should avail himself of the steamboats ply- ing on the East River, and arrange with the com- ey for carrying and throwing off the mails, The oats might stop at Grand street for the bags in- tended for station B, in this street; at Eighth street for station D, at Twenty-fifth street for station F, at Fiftieth street for station G, on Sev- enth avenue, and to accommodate station H; at Filty-eighth street; stations M and N, at Carmans- ville and Tubby Hook, take care of themselves, they being supplied by the way of the Hudson River Railroad. In the absence of steam communication on the east side, the above recommendations re- garding the steamboat facilities are offered for the benefit of the Poatmaster’s consideration. His en- deavors to secure prompt and trequent deliveries of mails have secured him already hosts of friends, The floors of the office are cleared every night, and nothing availabie 1s left over for the next day. He devotes special attention to expediting news- paper mails. fhe remote prospect of finishing the new Post OMice for occupancy, and the limited space and badly vetitilated condition of the old building, has induced Mr. James to apply to the department at Washington for authority to have necessary re- pairs made, Mr. A, B, Mullett, Supervising Archi- tect of the Treasury Department, and his assistant, Mr. Steinmetz, have made surveys and are about commencing work on the proposed improvement, ‘The following letters were received by Postmas- ter James bearing on this subject, and which ex- plain themselves :— Orrick OF THE SUPERINTENDENT AND CONSTRUCTION ) New York, May 3. Sin—In reply to your letter of the Sth ‘instant, requ ing an approximate estimate on the alteration of the old Post Ofice, I would say that after éxamining the whole closely, { think that the cost to take down the oid tower, with iis inside timber work and all the rubbish with which about fifty per cent of it is filled, will cost between two thousand and twenty-five hundred dollars. The fixing of room, cutting opening in main wall, taking down arch and bird ihg route agents’ room and plat- forms where the carpenters work, will cost about fifteen hundred dollars, Ttis mir ketet toarriveata due estimate, as all the work will have to be done without interfering with the pt) business. In regard to the taking down of the old jower I would state that I intend to make @ temporary plattorm at a point which will be the top of the tower when lowered, and will engat carts remove the debris, which will be landed do at the street through shutes. I went to the top of the tower and tound that ‘the side wails are split almost all the way, making the front partition very unsafe. I intend to let the battering of the tower remain to protect the old main ont wall of the church, which wall is also condition. By this arrange- get one one large room in the charch top floor and a room 16x16 in tower on the same level, Enclosed please find sketch showing the situation of tower and the alterations thereof. Very respectfully, W. @ STEL ETZ, Superintendent of Repairs. A. B. Moziary, , Supervising Architect of ary Department, Washingion, DG, On the 9th {nstant Mr. James received the fol- jowing communication, dated same as the above, end on that date :— Sim—Enclosed please find & copy of a communication which I sent to the Supervising Architect on the 6th inst. The recommendations therein contained have been approved and the work authorized. It the weather will Permit 1 propose to commence operations on Monday ext. Please inform me whether there is any disposition you wish made of the timber and other material with which the tower is filled. If not, I will proceed to remove the same at once.’ Very respectfully, |, STEINMETZ, Superintendent of Repairs, T. L, JAMES, Esq,, Postmaster, New York, Among the visitors at the Post Office on Saturday was Senator George S. Boutwell, late Secretary of the Treasury, and several other “luminaries” of lesser light, The new postal cards autnorized by @ recent act of Congress, and which were to come into circulation on the Ist inst., will positively make @ppearance on Tuesday morning and be sold at the Post Office. Five hundred thousand of these tiny pasteboards will be sent to the New York office. SQUBEZING OLEAR OF JERSEY JUSTICE, On Saturday, after an imprisonment in the Essex County Jail at Newark for one year and one day, Hersch Harris, alias Greenthal, brother of the Roted “General” Greenthal, now serving out & term, and itself ane tog ‘Treas- among New York receivers, was Il! ated and virt set free forever, being permitted Ww go on bail on his own recognizance. Harris was arrested for alleged complicity in the Kre- ments burglary. Me was tried, but after being out three the jary disagreed. Since then the Prosecution has been abandened. Two daughters of the old man clung to him courageoui all his trouble. He Feturned to New York on Sener day, and was given a royal welco! the afternoon, as were also various other govern- 5 NEGRO EXECUTION IN ARKANSAS. A Large Congregation Witness the Hanging. Men, Women and Children, Nearly Al) Colored People, at the Foot of the Gallows, {From the Little Rock Gazette.) Brown Brewer, the colored man who was sen- tenced to be hung at @ recent term of Court at Searcy, for the murder of a colored man by the name of Bayley, paid the extreme penalty of the law on Friday afternoon, May 2, at nineteen min- utes past two o'clock. At a few minutes before two o’clock the prisoner left the jail in a lumber wagon, seated on his cofin—a good one, covered with black cloth. He was not in the least nervous or trembling. From the jail he was driven to the lace of execution, about half a mile east of Searcy. The place was the same where @ white man waa executed one week before. A large number of peo- ple from the surrounding country were present, and & number of women, mainly colored. The prisoner, as he rode to the place of execution, calmly viewed the scenes for the last time, meanwhile bowing and talking to friends and acquaintances, During the ride to the scaffold the noose was attached to the prisoner's neck and he playfully toyed with tha end of the rope. Accémpanying the Wagon wero twenty-six sheriff's guards, armed with revolvers, rifles and shotguns, who watched the movements of the prisoner and the multitude, determined at all hazards to enforce the fearful penalty of the law. After arriving at the scaffold Sheriff Pettey examined it minutely. The prisoner remained im the wagon a few minutes, answering questiona ropounded to nim by persons present. Dr. wis Bigham asked the prisoner if ho was ready, to which he answered, “Ready and willing.” While talking in the wagom he was observed to smile a num- ber of times. Rev. Alexander Stephenson (colored), offered the prisoner spiritual consolation, to which he listened with bowed head, answering ques- tions only in monosyllables. After talking a few Minutes the pastor withdrew, his eyés dimme@ with tears. Sheriff Pettey approached the con- demned and asked, “Are you ready?” receiving ad an answer, “Yes.” John Stamp (colored), with tears in his eyes, conversed a few moments with the prisoner, but in tones so low the reporter wad unable to hear him. The prisoner answered in steady voice, saying:—‘“‘One thing, ] am ready ane willing to go, and believe God has forgiven me for what Ihave done. I have prayed to him night and day to be forgiven, andI think everybody should ask to be forgiven, After this conversation ceased, one of the guards took hold ef the rope which was attached to the doomed man’s neck, While the latter leaped lightl; from the rear end of the Wagon and took his posi- tion at the foot of the scaffold steps. Mr. Willtanr Walker, who was upon the scaffold, prayed for him and repeated tne Lord’s prayer, the prisoner say- ing “Amen.” The prisoner at the conclusion of the Lord's prayer dropped suddenly on his knees, trembling ently and clinching his hands, At the conclusion of the prayer ne arose with a, deathly, heart-breaking groan, his face having changed color, becoming tinged with yellow. When he arose the persons on the scaifold came down, and the prisoner, the Sheriff and two deputies went up, the former with a light elastic step. The Sheriff was very pale and slightly nervous. After he was placed under tha beam Sheriff Pettey addressed the people present in solemn tones of sadness, saying that they had assembled on an occasion similar to that of last Friday—to execute the law. He warned all’ the people present of the danger of lawlessness, and particularly the colored; and said the will of jus- tice in all Cases would surely be executed, After a few remarks he read the death warrant, his voice trembling perceptibly. At the close he turned and said, “Brewer, have you anything to say?’ The condemned then looked on all sides, and, with @ slight bow, said:—"L bay let my fate be a warning to all people, All should try to love and serve God, and to lead a good, pious, holy and moral life. Love ana serve God; da not do as I have done, but let your last days be your best days.” Turning to the Sherif! he said he desired to say no more, and asked per- mission to pray, which was willingly granted, the man, about to be launched into eternity, fell on his knees and began an earnest prayer to God, to whom his soul would go soon be sent. His voice was tremulous and his words unintelligible, and before he ceased his voice was not above a whisper. immediately at the conclusion of the prayer ha arose quickly, with his eyes clear, and resumed hia osition under the beam. Sheriff Pettey then ad- usted the noose, placing the fatal knot in position, the prisoner turning his head to one side to facili« tate the motions of the officer, After this the officer brushed the Lnt and dust from his clothing and pinioned his arms and legs. The prisonet at this time gazed on the assembled multitude tor the last time, turning nearly around. At last hig eye became riveted on a seemingly sought-for per- soo, and he smiled once for an instant, and then closed his eyes to the light of the world forever, ag the Sheriff pulled the black cap down over his head and tied it. After this the Sheriff came down, and, with a hatchet near by, sprung the trap, the floor- ing of the scaffold ‘ialling to the ground. The prisoner fell twe teet and a half, but the knot on the rope slipped to the back of his neck, and the fall was not suficient to break his neck. He was allowed to hang forty-seven minutes before pro- nounced dead and the penalty of the law paid. After hanging fifteen minutes he drew his limba and body up; at twenty-eight minutes his heart beating quite fast. he scaflold was built in the woods and an oaw tree used as one of the posts. ‘The flooring was five feet from the ground. ‘The prisoner, at the time of lus execution, had on black broadcloth pants, black alpaca coat, a brown colored slouch, hat and @ pair of old shoes, The hat and shoes were the same he wore when the deed was perpe- trated. Aiter the body had hung until dead it was de- livered to friends by request, a3 the following let- ter shows. There had been rumors that he had sold ius body to certain physicians. The letter wad written by a friend of the deceased at the dictava of the mother and is as follows :— Mr, N. B, Perrey:— Sir ving rned that you will execute my som (Brown Brewer) to-day, and that his body will be in your charge, I request of you my child’s remains, that 1 ma: have them mterred where 1 will situation is suc that it incapacitates ine from being there to make thid request in person, so L h you to turn the body over to Jordan Brewer, and Sherod Roach (colored) for me, and ng I will ever feel grateful. chats ELLEN BREWER (colored), West Point, Ark., May 2, 1873. (Per Luther.) in an interview with the prisoner in the jail, the following facts were elicited :—He was about twen- ty-five years old, and his former master was dead ; he knew he must die, and was ready and willing to go; he said he had never stolen anything, but | acknowledged that he had shot at Charles Bayley, but didn’t know whether he had killed him or not; he said that Buyley nad threatened his life, telling him that he woud kill him some three or four times before the murder; Bayley reanarked at the house while he was there, that there was ‘too d—d much company,” and spoke of killing some one. He said he went there to get his hair Neb He also remarked that he had no intention of killing Bayley the night he went there, and whem. he went to the house he called. “Hallo!’’ to which Bayley’s wife answered, “Is that you, Brown 1’? He answered, “Yes.” Uncle Charley (one of the men at the house) came out and neeeae jerked him back. On the day of the murder he ate dinner at Dave Danton’s. te said he dia not know the number of the shot in the gun, and would not un- dertake to tell, because he did not want to rel! a lie. He positively affirmed that he was not under, the influeace of liquor when he did the shooting. He said he knew he nad but a few hours to live, and would tell nothing but the truth, aad was ready to die. His closing remark was ies he never had thought of killing Bayley before he went there. With the hanging of Brewer justice was again vindicated, and one of the coolest and most self+ possessed of men passed away to meet his God, HORSE NOTES, As we predicted, the $2,500 purse offered by the Prospect Park Fair Grounds Association for Gazelle and Judge Fullerton, did not fill, and we are quite sure that no race will take place between these great horses until the Trainers’ and Drivers’ rule@ are recognized as well as those of the National Asso« ciation, The members of the various associationg throughout the country are considerably exercised, at the present moment—particularly those thaw have announced the amount they intend to give im purses—as to the prospects before them, and they begin to fear that their great liberality will have to come out of their own pockets this year instead of all of it being made up of entrance money by tla’ owners of horses, aa heretofore. How different the Jockey Clubs of this country act compared with the National Associations for the promotion of trotting. ‘The former give purses in many instances with entrance money; but where they take it they gi it to the second horse in the race, and the horse that distances the field always gets the whole of the money. Giving large purses for trotting, and making the owners of the horses contribute the Money is & mean business at best, aud the public begin to see it. A MONEYED MAN iissiNa. The treasurer of the Hoboken Longshoremen’é Association, Mr. William Wilson, has been missing from his home for the past week. He left his hous@ on Menday with $500 of the funds of the Association, i | his wife that he was about to deposit said sum tn the Hoboken Bank, and he has not since been heard from, It is thought that he was in« ed into some haunt and robved and per! foully dealt with. He was a robust man, thirty-f years old, and leaves @ wile and family rewi near the police station, +