The New York Herald Newspaper, July 2, 1873, Page 3

NORMAL COLLEGE. Fourth Annual Commencement Last Night. ‘The Flush and Flutter at’ the Academy of Music. Stage, Boxes and Auditorium Quivering Like a Prairie in Flower. Beventy-eight Freshly Educated Young Ladies Graduated. Prizes and Medals for German, Elocution, Singing, Teaching, Physiology, Physios, Latin and Shakspearean Essays. Belonging to the reader of rhetoric are certain ‘Properties which have been used over and over again in description, and which will probably be ‘used over and over again for many a year to come. ‘Thus, if the writer wishes to intimate that an audience is picturesque and crowded, he likens it to a kaleidoscope, or a flower garden, or a rain- ‘dow, or drags in some othe! figure of speech equally timeworn. The preparer of this notice lays no claim to being strikingly original, and when he hastens to say that the audience assembled in the ‘Academy. of Music last evening in order to celebrate the fourth annual Commencement of the Normal College of New York re- wembit @ prairie in full flower, he would too liberally interpreted. It will sufMiciently accurate to insist that the scene was ‘tremely lively and varied. The Academy was enormously crowded, and the toilets included all those delicate and charming hues which the sea- son sanctions. There were plenty of flowers, an abundance of music, brilliant lights, groups of young, and in many cases pretty girls, and a bevy of intelligent young ladies bent upon pleasing with their various essays and recitations, and finally an audience bent upon being pleased. We all know what must be the result when elements like these come into contact. The product of oxygen and hydrogen is not more certain, When of two parties one is anxious to gratify and the other equally anxious to be gratified fate 1s seldom so spitetul as to refuse a happy denouement. The antecedents being everything that could be wished, the sequences are pretty sure to be delightful. And so it was with last evening. It spite of oppressive weather, im deflance of an atmosphere reeKing with the warmth of innumerable gas jets, in the face of dismal premonitions of cholera and anxious fore- bodings engendered by the long drought, the occa- sion was pre-eminently a galaone. It passed off in smovth triumph. No midwinter celebration could have been more genial and genuine; and ‘Dougnets fell fast and thick from the first moment to the last. (ARDSUMMER COMMENCEMENTS ‘@re like nothing else in art or nature. By far the greater number occur in midsummer, and prove their independence of all rules by the immense crowds ‘they draw together and the enormous trina they insure. Is anything on earth 80 ¢) asa Commencement, particularly the Commé@@eement of a young lady’s college? We think Not. A box of sardines or a drum of figs 13 comparatively loose and full of elbow room. The jam and confusion of last evening well nigh defy description. It would be pleasant to say nothing but what was complimentary, buc our de- votion to truth forbids us to sacrifice veracity to courtesy. There were mistakes in the manage- ment of last night's entertainment which it would be advisable to have remedied. For instance, en- tirely too many tickets were issued, and the couse uence was that the Academy was ready to burst th its audience. The auditorium was squeezed dull of them. He who came after seven Yelock (the entertainment was advertised to begin at half-past seven) wandered around in wala, The aisles were appropriated, the steps rwere blocked, people were standing in the open Space between the seats in the parquet and in the parquet circle. The lobbies were thronged. You might have thought it was Central Park Gar- den, save that there was no becr and tobacco, Tmprudent wretches who had come without tickets, (trusting to their lucky stars and the good nature ‘of the doorkeepers to getin, hung on the outer tnresholds like the Pert atthe gate of Paradise. Fresh arrivals continued up till half-past eight. By that time the whole house was iu a trantic state of perspiration, but evidently enjoying itself in an eminent degree. The good temper of a Com- mencement audience is something proverbial ‘and miraculous. But_ there is a_ philo- sophical reason for it. audience come together, do you suppose’ Let dor intellectual entertainment, not for the enjoy- Ment of the music with which the programme is ‘thoughcfally diversified, not even to display its dresses and gossip about those of its neighbors. No; your Commencement audience is made up of individuals each of whom attends to listen and applaud Mary’s or Matilda’s or Thomas’ or Harry's speech, as the case may be. Admission is free, and each young man or young woman who is to be applauded is the cynosure of a large and admiring bevy of relatives and friends. But, even making ‘gil ‘allowance for the desire of the managers of entertainments of this kind to yield gratification to as large a number of people as possible, it seems @ pity there should not be a narrower restriction in regard to the tee ete of those who are to be thus accommodat TAK SCENE ON THE STAGE. 1 As great as were the discomforts of last evening there were ameliorating and compensating cir- cumstances. The scene on the stage, at the risin, of the curtain, was calculated to make the mouth water and bring a mist before the eyes. Imagiie ows of seats ascending in an inclined plane one behind the other, running from one side of the jBtage to the other and extending, from the line (usually occupied by the footlights, to the entire rear of the Academy; imagine these seats oc- scupied by girly, ‘rom tweive to eighteen years of age, dressed, for the most part, in white, but with ee! suspicion of p and green and blue ito lend the needed points of contrast. The efect wag rgeous—no, not gorgeous, that is too warm word, and the eifect was to cook TE put ou in'mind of a snow iall, with pink blossoms strewn above it or of a preternaturaily jarge pea- ‘cock’s tail, studded with many-culored eye: all ‘the bouquets that all the prigfe donne Wis ever ‘Bang in the Academy of Music fave reotived weré ue one on another the exsemble would not be ore brilliant and bewildering. And then remem- ber that each girl had a fan avd that each fan was 4h perpetual motion, and that blonde heads, and lack heads, and auburn heads, and brown heads nd flaxen heads and nondescript beads kept gi ‘tly bobbing as words were interchanged O¢ private gossip circulated, and you will have some idea ‘of the scese on the Academy stage. Talk of the “Black Crook!) Why the “Black Crook” was mothing to it. Niblo’s was shamed before this edu- cational piece of sensational. Imagine a mil- Jion butterties reciprocally palpitating in a layer fof harmonizing light, and it wil help you to realize ithe scene. The stage proper of the Academy was |too small to accommodate the entire number. An extension was therefore made to it, which covered | In | the space usually occupied by the orchestra, ithe front centre of this extension stood a large table, covered with a red cloth and containing the iplomas. Benches on each side accommodated he teachers and the various committees. A small orchestra, a little to the rear of the table, was Jed by Mrs. Chariotte V, Winterburn, the musical directress of the Normal College. The private box ‘were reserved for especial guests and the friends ©! the graduating class. Busy ushers were con- Btantly kept at work bringing in imstalinents of jhowers wrought into every conceivable device. In Bhort, the Commencement last might was the only ntertainment of the kind given in this city during Re past year that is at all worthy of being men- ‘tioned in highly eulogiatic terms. Fate was against it, 80 far as the weather was concerned, but it riumphed over fate and succeeded in enroiling litself among the educational celebrations of the meason, THE PROGRAMME. The following is the complete programme in- fended for interpretation last evening: 1. Overture, “Masaniclis” March, “Rienzi’... 'p. Ory... 6. Duet, “Aubama s #7, Essay, “Power of ara Collord Mendeissohn Uriaville Asten Wilbur Ong. «+ Kiaieute’ a ‘tet and Solo. vriste vee PORE 9. scene from Henry V. veeeeeMinnie Ferrero nartet from ‘Paradise and Pert. Schumann i Az. Song irom BS. Eesay, “Ennai and its Preventiun,”’ Gerace Oberndorfer. 4, Fairy Chorus from “Oberon. Weber. Essay, “loea of a Pertect Wom Mary Kugenta Wright. Duett from ‘‘Semeranted +. a Rossin. Basay, “Public Opiniga”.... citation, “fhe Swineherd”... Ada Louise Courtier “Lady of the Lake," arranged by) Sir J, Stevenson. For what does such an | ¥ / ] “YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, ..Bertha Barach. “Embarrassment” ct 1% "The Maybelle and thy e(ene ye a 3 Lo = Sera tenes a seta tut Louise Moore: . PE aroline Amelia Murray. veageeeeeHlelen A. BteID. | # as Lv Beuren. 3. Award of ae Reilron. 3 eee GY oMintgrbanrn. Dos dons “did tiundredih Pestin ing (1565) * ‘There were one or two alterations in this, such as the wg the exercises with the doxology, the mn of prayer and of one or two pieces of music and 8. and the original programme was s0 long that these omissions could be tolerated with agreeability. AS fe was the entertainment did not close until eleven o'clock, when even the most pleased acknowledged that three hours in the Turkish bath temperature was almost too much for haman nature. CLABS HONORS. The appended list of class honors will be read with interest, evincing, as it does, a strong and commendable spirit of emulation :— Ottendorfer Gold Medal (ior proficiency in German).— Caroline Brouner. Ottendorter Silver Medal (for proficiency in German).— “Christian ‘Prise for Geta sina Germach rr an. 5 Barron Prize for Elocation ($80 in gold’ Winnie Fer- rero. Honorable mention, Ada Courter Barron Prize tor Singing ($60 ingold).—Bertha Baruch. Honor mention, Heien a Stein, ; icity Bivgr Wed for Methodsand Principles of Teach- i OT Ee ee ede aba Mary Eugenia Wright. ze Medal —! nia Kane Gold Medal (for Physiology)—Mary ‘Sheldon de rest. ane Gold Medal (for Physics).—Caroline Cooke ck son. Hunt Gold Medal (for Latin).—Clara Collord. Dundon Prise, for Shak: rean Essay.—First prize, Clara Collord ; second prize, ry, te eres Wright. Honor etagents.—Caroline Coote Jackson, Clara lord, Uriaville Asten Wilbur, Grace Oberndorter, Alice Neust Fletcher, Mary Eugenia Wright Loulsa oorer’ Caroliue Aumelia” Van Beuren. NAMES OF THE GRADUATING CLASS, There are seventy-cight graduates in all, We aMx the complete liat:—Caroline Cooke Jackson, Clara Collord, Grace Miriam Oberndorter, Uriaville Asten Wilbur, Mary Eugenia Wright, Emily Flecth- er, Carrie Louisa Alice Neustadt, Caro- line Amelia Murray, Van Beuren, Angela Gallagher, Mary Grace Whitlock, Elizabeth Wilson, Mary Isabella Norcott, Mary Jane Swan, Louisa tein, Isabella Roy, Rebecca Iman, Mar: tadt, Carrie Murray, Elia Batschelet Probst, Helen A. 8 Dougherty, Sarah Edel Mary Burr, Kate Hunter, Rebecca Cope Noble, Eveline mnie Schadel, Woodwi ‘oline F. Borner, Charlotte Elizabeth Keeler, Eimire Margaret Pan- lon, Ella Loretta Quinn, Harriet Elizabeth Berrian, Jane Quick Miller, Julia Hall k, Eleanor Vander- bilt, Laura Waring, Anna ‘us‘a Graham, Sarah Mooney, Catharine F. Pine, Ella F. Timms, Rachel Rosenthal, Emily Al G. Lynch, Marie Lou- ise Nichols, Mary Sh phgrest, ate Cecelia Fitzpatrick, Mary J. Gallag! lary Helen Guiles, Bri ae Frances Meagher, rt Smith, An Elizabeth Ste Harriet Benjamin, Emily Jane Nicholson, Cit irginia le, Sarah Alletta Dickey, ‘Isadora, Poriee: Nannie L. Lever- man, Agnes Mary McWhinney, Eva Merrill, Sarah Murray Ferguson, Mary Anna Mc@arry, Kate O’Brien, Mary Bower, Nellie Haynes, Mary Elizabeth McKenna, Flora Foster Davis, Eugenia Josephine Bowne, Ida Augusta Davidson, Lillie Bancker Wood, isabella Frances O’Neil,’ Laura Varian Willmot, Anna Amelia Crawford, Sarah Augusta Hartough, Josephine H. Mackenzie, Grsce Isabel Boole, Bertha Lowenfels, Maria Babcock, Kate Steele ‘rnompson, Mary Mi Sackett, Sarah Jane Duncan, Sarah Wood’ Hatch, Kate Cornelia Mahoney, Mary Agnes Spillane, Mina Strasburger, Grace V. Talki nD, 7 REUNION THIS AFTERNOON. This afternoon at three o'clock the second an- nual reunion of the Associate Alumnae of the Normal College will be held at the hall of the Col- lege, on Fourth street, near Broadway. We un- derstand that this reunion is analogous to the farewell supper which the graduating class of male colleges usually partake of, tea and coifee, and other innocuous liquids, being the chaste sub- stitutes for champagne g@nd burgundy. There will be some pleasant interchanges of sentiment, the following constituting the programme :— rayer. Address E, Ida Conant Ballad Essay. Solo pi Recitati Ballad Essa, jon ‘Lady Clare” pe Isabell “Invitation to the Dance”. Honora McDonough Bolo pi NO, Reading, "The Sensitive Plant”. Mary E. smyly Song... mily Cole Recitation . e Robinson Solo, piano, **Valse” G. Shorey * Solo and chorus, “Auld Lang Syne.” FUTURE OF THR COLLEGR. There is reason to believe that the future of Normal College 1s very bright. The new building, at Sixty-eighth street and Fourth avenue, will, we understand, be conepied next September. It isa noble edifice, occupying an entire block, and chal- lenging A with any similar institution in the United States. DE LA SALLE INSTITUTE. Annual Commencement at Irving Hall Last Night—The Prizes—Address by Mr. Richard O’Gorman. The annual Commencement exercises of the De- La Salle Institute cam it Irving Hall last night. ‘The hall was erowdet @ fashionable and intel- lectual audience, who encored all that was bril- liant in the performance. The following well- rendered programme was rendered :. THE PROGRAMME, Overture—“The Italian in Algiers, -De La Salle Orchestra Oppression . ‘rank P. Cunnion Sony. +i ‘Bordese. -Richard J. Keete “Anvil Polka,” A. Partolo. cl Force of :xampl 5 jolin Solo . Chorus—"Hark Rscteest ass ‘The Problem or the Age Palace Poet and Peasant,” V. Supp Overture: pe. | Song—"Come, Pretty Birds’ Fatherland. “Hore and The Jhorus—"Carnival of : shoir The Foture......... George A. Bergan “Vogesen March’ — ++ Orchestras After the exercises contained in the foregoing diplomas were granted to the young men who took part in the entertainment. Medals were also awarded to the students for proficiency in surve: ing, English literature, history, Latin, Greek, French, German, physics and algebra. The distri- bution of prizes followed, and the Mr. Richard O'Gorman delivered the address to the graduates, and was warmly applauded by the audience. Mr. O’Gorman’s remarks made a deep impression on the young men and their friends, and his advice will long be remembered by those who heard it The stage was decorated with a wealth of low- ers presented by the parents and relatives of the students, The music, which was under the dir tion of Professor A, Alvrectit, was excellent, and received no small recognition at the bands of the audience, Among those present were Bros, Stephen, Humphrey, Anthony, Issac, John and others from Brooklyn and Westchester, together with many metropolitan clergymen. TABERNACLE BAPTIST CHURCH, BROOKLYN, EWA eb oP MUIERD Breaking Ground for the New Church Edifice, Corner of Clinton Street and Second Piace, Yesterday, Still another lofty spire ig, ahout to be reared in the City of Churches, The tongregation of Taber- nacle Baptists, at present worshipping in the plain vrick building corner of Rapelyea and Hicks Streets, under the pastoral care of Rev. D. A. ©. Osborn, brother of Senator Osborn, of Florida, have determined upon erecting a more pretentious church on the corner of Clinton street and Second piace. The Sunday school classes have been collecting funds for the past two years in furtherance of this object, and they have met, it would appear, with much success, having supplied all the funds obtained thus far. theran congregation, and the receipts from this transaction will go far towards deiraying the cost of the new enterprise. The Tabernacle trustees have purchased a fine piece of property, the site being une. ptionabie, embracing an area of ground 2661eet on clinton street by 102 deep. The ground has been for. The new building, which is to be of the Gothic or. der ot arenitecture, will be built of Phita- delphia pressed brick and stone trimmings. 1t will be 100 by 82 feet, and accommodate with sit- tings at ieasi 1,400 persons. A spire will surmount the edifice, which will rise to the height of 176 teet. paid dollars, aud it 1s expected that the work will be completed hia g next Spring. The churen will ffonton Second place, and there will also be an entrance on Clinton street. A parsonage will be constructed, witha trontage oi twenty feet, ad- jointag the church, and as soon as the funds of the flock Will admut of the expenditure, a Sunday school will be built near the edifice, About seven o'clock last evening an assemblage, consisting of about two hundred persous, were on the ground for the purpose of breaking the earth for the foundation of the proposed building. Rev, A. C. Osvorn opened the proceedings by stating the object that had called them together, and gave a briei account of what they intended doing. The congregation then sung the following hymn :— “MY SABBATH HOME.’ th Home! more dear to me at dome, My heart e'er turns with joy to thee, My own dear Sabbath Hoine. Cnorcs.—Sabbatn Home! Blessed Home! Sabbath Home! Blessed Home! My heart e’er turns with joy to thee, My own dear Sabbath Home. Here Jesus stands with loving voice, isntreatn And make Tn this di Cnorcs.—Sabbath Home! &c. Rev, Drs, Patton, Moore, Taylor apd Gregory der The old structure has been sold toa German Lu- | The building Will cost about sixty-three thousand | ltvered addresses upon the of the undertaking. Dr. Taylor asserted that property in the vicinity of the charch would go up at least one hundred per cent in value in consequence of this work. No collection was taken up, but one of the speakers remarked that “they rehed upon the Hirge-bearted and long-pursed Baptists of Brooklyn to defray the cost of the enterprise.’? Ex-Con- givime Barnes was present. Dr. A. 0. Berk, a8 7 shades of night were gathering and & dark rain cloud moved up from the soathwest, seized a shovei and gracefully turned the firs spademl of earth on the northeast corner of the fou dation excavation. “Old Hundred’ was then commenced, and the dark aqueous-laden cloud being directly overhead came down with @ will rise bapti im the gloaming of the Grat day of July, is7a . UNION COLLEGE. Harmonizing the Past and the Present—Prog- reas—Lack of Physical Education— Alumni Exercises, ScuEnrctaby, July 1, 1873. The new era in the career of Union College, now the centre of a powerful university, nas no better evidence of its veritable existefice than the increased activity that enlivens its once almost deserted classic shades, Everything at this mo- Mentous season bespeaks anxious ambition and determined labor of the brain, Every emaciated Senior whom one meets wears an air of feartully solemn abstraction, so that his eyes fail in their survey of creation to distinguish such a minute and modest atom as yourself. The Juniors, how- ever, who now feel themselves dignified with im- portance never experienced before as successors to the departing Seniors, eidest children of the in. stitution, are very courtly in their manners, and show significant emulation of the ideals of Ameri- canscholarship which have been illustrated by pub- lic men who formerly drew the first milk of knowl- edge that sustained their genius irom this alma mater, THE SPIRIT OF THE PAST, like @ guardian angel, hovers in the academic groves and halls, and ever points to these noble examples. It ig nurtured and cherished by the old professors—they who were here in the times of the good Eliphalet Nott, and by the younger ones, who have been unconsciously drawn into the charmed circle of its influence. This dwelling in the past is so different from the common Amert- can habit of thought, which is irresis ibiy progressive, that it is somewhat surpris- ing in its novelty; but under the present rv- gime it has been very happily harmonized with a spirit of improvement, which, asI said yesterday, is undoubtedly destined to retrieve for the College its olden prestige and make it still more useful than it ever has been, THE COLLEGE BUILDINGS here have the most charming situation of any in the country. They stand upon the western slope of a low and round hill in the edge of the city, and overlook along sweeping range of mountains in the West and the misty hills of Vermont in the East. A fine, romantic grove waves its green banners in the genial Summer breezes behind the North Col- lege, and contains many pleasant and secluded nooks sacred to impressive memories. A wild but tastetul and luxuriant garden is traversed be- fore the forest is reached, and a limpid brook sep- arates the one from the other. Near the entrance to the cool alcoves furmed by the great trees is asmall glade, in the centre of which stands a gigantic vld elin, with bark hoary with age, and great arms, rugged and distorted by the vicissitudes of its long peel of growth. This, tradition says lovingly. was he favorite resort of Dr. Nott. 1t was here that he was wont toretire from care and labor after college hours to enjoy relaxation and rest. The tree is crowned by an immense mass of foliage, that seems in its greenness as vigorous as it ever could have been in the best days of him who fre- qnented its shade. THE VISITORS to this little city are now very humerous, and one of the most brilliant assemblages that have gath- ered here in many years is expected to be present at the final commencement celebration to-morrow. ‘There is almost a total absence of interest in ath- letic sports in this college excepting base ball. Ouly one boating club exists—the “Alpha Delta Phi’’—and it does not seem to possess much vi- vacity. The completion of the new gymnasium is looked forward to with expectant earnestness, as it is hoped that a greater attention to prysical training will then be inaugurated. It is certamly neealul, for while Union College lacks nothing in the fame of tradition she lacks much the cclat which should attend the greatness to which she can still advance a claim. ALUMNI DAY. To-day is “Alumni Day,” and has been hereto- fore a season of unrestrained geniality and kindly | feeling. Notwithstanding that e weather bas been misty and rainy, the alumni met at eleven o'clock, the Hon, Heury R. Pierson, Viee-President, acting as Chairman. Among the venerabie and prominent geutlemen present were Judge Blach- ford, of New York; Comptroller Hopkins, Asso- clate Chief Justice Bowden, oi North Carolina; | Judge Allen, of the Court of Appeals; Senator | James Wood, Platt Carpenter, Juage Warner, of Albany, and the Rev. Dr, Halley. The Rey. Dr. D. C. Maciaren, of Geneva, N, Y., class of 1513, the oldest living alumnus, was cailed upon to speak. He is a tall, straight old gentieman, with thin gray hatr and aproud carriage. His voice trembled with emotion while he expressed his feeling of tonell- ness among the graduates of other generation his compeers having aiready gone bejore | him beyond the bourne of death. He had come | for the first time in many years to this gathering, , without any idea of doing any good for any one | else, but out of respect and love for his dear old Alma Mater, Although he had always been # most | rigid Presbyterian, he believed in those principles in regard to sectarianisin in education which had always distinguisned Union College and made it, not only nominally, but really, a State institution. The burden of bis speech was an elaboration of this | expression Of opposition to sectarian education, and he was warmiy applauded when he closed. Resolutions offered py the Kev, Mr. Will Syracuse, proposing the establishment du coming year of an endowment fad of $50,000 for the relie( ol st perannuated proies: g titic department, and a Classical professorship with an endowment of $30,000, Were unanimousiy adopted. An Endowment Commit was) ap pointed, composed of Howard Potter, Henry Lt. Piersen, Giibert M. Spier, 8. B. Brownell and the Rey. D. Mahan. The alumni elected the following officers for 1873-4:— His Excellency John T, Hoffman, 1 Prest- dent; Right Rev, Horatio Potter, D.D., LL.D. dD. Professor Frank H. Hamilton, M. D. LL.D., Henry R, Pierson, Horatio G. Warne LL.D. Vvice-Presidents; Alexander J, Thomsor 4.M., Corresponding Secretary; Professor J than Pearson, A.M., Treasurer; Isaiah b. Price, A. B., Libiarian, THE UNIVERSITY ORGANIZATION. 2 of Troy, wiose terin of office had expire p-elected trustee of the College. The organization of the Union University by the wedding of the College with the Albany Law, tifle aud Astronomical hools was alse length and resolutions approving tt and appointing Heury RK. Pierson representative at the Commen ment were passed, Messrs. Howard Potter and Clarkson Potter were forinally thanked for their | gilt of $40,000 to the fund for the building of the | Alumni Hall, which ts now progressing in accord- ance with the exact original plans of Dr, Nott, Almost a religicus superstition is shown in per- petuating the ideas of the departed President, and in the thoughts of the alumni he sceims alinost sainted. | At one o’clock a collation, tendered the alumni by the College, was partaken of and felicitou a congratulatory speeches were of course indulged in. At three o'clock the annual address beiore the Phi | Beta Kappa Society was delivered by the Rev. Dwight Bartiett, and a poem was read by Mr. William H. Mctlroy, ‘The students to-night were somewhat Harvey J. Kin jubilant for the solemn atmosphere of Schenectady, The Seniors gave a concert, the tickets to which, it was hoped, Would prove prodtable enough to enabl them to settle all their unpaid bilis, Alter the cert was over the streets were, until an exce ingly late hour, filled with noises other than musical, and serious doubts are expressed 4s to pronabilities of the bilis being paid alter all. It is likely that ere the fresh light of dawn streaks the eust “The Ancient” will have been taken down irom his pedestal aud effectually buried, with the usual decent ceremonies, SUICIDE OF A PBOMINENT MAN, At five o'clock yesterdad afternoon Joseph C. Marriner, of 150 West Thirty-iourth street, aged about thirty-five, went into the office of the Queen's Insurance Company, 216 Broaaway, und after tran- sacting some business coolly drew his pistol and shot himself in the head before any one could inter- tere to prevent the dreadiul deed, ite tell imme. diately, and the ambulance from tho Park Hospital was sent for, When he reached the hospital he was ina dying condition, and littie doubt ts felt but that the wound is mortal. What the circum- stances which led Mr. Marriner to commit this act are no one seems to be able to till, He appears to have beea in good pecuniary standing. He was treasurer of the Liverpool and Londou Insurance | come the day before; he aiways came tome very | tod him to cali him; he did, but did not get any | THE SOUTH OYSTER BAY MURDER. Inquiry Yesterday at the South Oyster Bay Hotel as to the Cause of Death of Mr. Samuel J. Jones. EVIDENCE OF THE WITNESSES. The Mystery of the Crime Not Yet Re: vealed—A Foul and Unnatural Murder— Speculation as io the Motives of the Perpetrators of the Deed. ceeeieetnenetioeeteees What Was Discovered in the House Yesterday. The South Oyster Bay murder, particulars of which were given exclusively in the HERALD on Monday, continues to be the wonderment of Long Island, and will, when the fuil details become generally Khown, rank among the mysterious murders of the country, The murdered man, Mr. Samuel J, Jones, is a gentleman of considerable social position, being a grandson of Chancellor Jones, a cousin of Mr. Willlam Floyd Jones, of Oyster Bay, and brother-in-law of Admiral Malcolm Smith, now residing at Oyster Bay. The late Mr. Jones lived upon his own estate, of about fifty acres, near the South Side Railroad, and the grounds were laid out tastefully, and it was evi- dent that considerable improvements thereon were centemplated by the proprietor. A visit to the house yesterday showed Mr. Jones to have the | habits ofa student. He had a small, well selected | library, in which were many ciassical and standard legal works. He lived a very lonely life, and this as well as other eccentric habits gave some little anxiety to his immediate friends. He is supposed to have been worth about’ thirty thousand dollars, and the discovery yesterday of NEGOTIABLE BONDS, with coupons attached, payable in gold, to bearer, showed tnat the murderer, if his motive was plunder, missed a very available and valuable prize. An inquest was held yesterday, before Mr. Valentine Bayliss, Coroner, at the South Oyster Bay Hotel, kept by Captain J. H. Powers. There was a very large attendance of the villagers, and the room was crowded during the inquiry, which was codtinued throughout the day, and adjourned at six o’clock in the evening until the 15th of July next. The District Attorney for Queens county, Mr. Downing, appeared on behalf of the people, and examined all the wit- nesses very searchingly. ‘the investigation failed to clear up in any way the mystery; but the unani- mous opinion is that the murder has been com- mitted by some one well acquaipted with the habits of the deceased, and not by any one who was a professional in crime. The only article at present actually missing, as far as can be found out, isa gold watch. There were mane other port- able and valuable articles within reach and sight of those who committed the deed; but these were left undisturbed. All this intdnsifies the mystery, aud is the cause of various speculations as to the motives of the perpetrator of this dreadful deed, JULY 2, 1873,—TRIPLE SHEET. THE INQUEST. The inquiry was commenced about eleven o'clock before Coroner Bayliss, and the following gentle- men were sworn on the jury :—Messrs, Tredwell Walters, foreman; Richard Veraty, W. H. Nicholls, Jvmes Powers, Ketckhum Walters, James Pearsall, James M. Seaman, Ernest H. Delangalett and Wil- liam Freatch. TESTIMONY OF PETER MULONEY. Peter Muloney—I reside ina house of the de- ceasedf near his Irte residence; I worked for him as a gardener; I have done so for nineteen years; I worked for him by the hour; on the 27th (Friday last) I was at work for him until one or two o’clock and the rest of the day I worked for myself; that was the last time I saw him alive; it was be- tween two and three o’clock in the afternoon; he kept my time very regularly and paid 1c regularly; he has not paid me tor the last month; he stopped around on that day, and I think he went to the station, the Oyster Bay statien; my girl saw him putting the fire out in the grss; I never saw him again alive aiter tke time I spoke of; when he paid me at the eud of the month be always paid me in bills; I once knew him to have lost his pocketbook about three years ago; it was found alterwards, and it had $70 1n it; he had two watches—a goid watch and a silver watch; the silver watch he wore aud the goic one was laid by; the first place I saw him ‘Was in the well, alter I had left him vbetwe two and three o'clock; I went to work for | him the next morning, and it was be- | tween ten and eleven o'clock in the morning; he had made arrangements for me to soon after {got there, but this morning, as he did not come, I thought it was very strange; I tried to maka him hear wheal went to the honse, but L could not; George ne round soon alter, and I answer; I felt dry and my house was further away than his, sol went to the well to geta drink of water; | noticed the bucket was in a wrong posi- tion; L looked DOWN THE WELL bi ana then I looked again and back of his head; I then weat and saw a coat, thought I saw the to see his brother, Thomas W. Jones, who lived about a mile away from the house; when I told him said that was impossible, it could not be him; he ran along; | when We gotthere he found that it was the de- ceased; we then went over to Mrs. Killaen’s; then mau named Samuel Jackson came, and we said it was right to get bim ow e got him out in the | evening of that day; besiu there was a man named Baldwin, and several others, Whose names forget; they put a rope around the deceased and we pulled him upand put him on achair close to the well; noticed nothing particular in his clothing that da: went to bed about nine o'clock that night; L don’t think the night was a very dark one; we could see hiim-irom our house undress and go tobed; the blinds were not down the next morning; all the time I was with deceased, I never went inside his house, except he invited me; it is a dark, lonesome place; | had not noticed any strangers about there, except a few weeks ago, aud then | saw four men who were going work at Breslau; Lam contident that there was wood and that it’ was saved for the fire; the chopping | block and the wood was in the coal house, | and we got these articles out irom the | well; the deceased used to use the chopping block himself; there were stones too that were on the barrels in the well that had been | thrown down there; I knew that these stones had come from the top of the barrel; any man could go Inthe night and pick the stones of without laliug ; 1 saw this PIECE OF HICKORY | was also mar wood, produced, on Sunday; we used to hav some like it in the tool house, but we have not | any now; I never saw it before till | just Sunday: there was no hickory round | the wood pile like this; I don't know her saw this in the house or not; the District Attorney—I think it was his ) E brother went into the house first; that was at | twelve o'clock on Saturday; 1 don't remember | how many persons went into the house; i Went in with the rest; I could nov say who went in; 1 can noy recuilect; | was wor my own land when the fire took plac alter the var | passed the fire was put out, according '0 What my daugnter said; it was about eight or aine o'clock in the morning when i went to Work on the day | the body was discovered in the weil; [saw no signs of scumiing; I had been to work belore [I went into the garden; there |s no soft ground around the house that would show the tracks of any per- | son who Went around the grounds; when the de- ceased was taken from the weil there was only | three feet of water in tt; he bad the same clotiung | on that he had the day betore; the pockets Were | | searched the next day and it was found that his | silver Watch Was gone; no pocket was searched that night; the body was taken into the basement: | all the family siayed in the house on saturday | Night; on Sunday morning 1 went about eleven or twelve o'clock to ihe house, and there was a crowd o1 peopie there. [did not see wheth- er the pockets were turned outside or not. Every- thing clse, except the stones being removed, was as it had ‘always been about the grounds, on the morning the murder was discovered, On the night before the murder (Thursday night) | awoke up and heard my BLACK AND TAN DOG barking, and I thongtt 1 beard men’s voices, I asked wy wife if sne heard it. She had not heard it. About ten o'clock on that night I went to bed, 1 got up on Saturday morning about sunrise, I went and milked my cow, about a mile away; then went back and Oreakfasted ; after that I went went to Jones’; some mea made @ tence for him in the Sprin, Bul Murphy was the nearest neigh- bor, on the other side, to the deceasea; four per- sons came the other day to ask him for assistance ; he assisted them; that was about a week ago Company, and appears to have veen laboring under temporary aberration of mind. _ « PECULIAR ACCIDENT. ¥ Lizzie Lehmkuhl, twenty-two, of 294 , hth avenue, while hanging clothes on a roof and put- ting rope around a chimney, brought the chilune down upon her, iniuring haragt sayerels they were tramps; Mr. Jones gave them some food; his brother's farm is the nextto his; the hotel is | found, a small, delicate, over @ mile irom Mr. Jones’. | TRSTIMONY OF THOMAS JONES. Thomas Jones sajd—I ou a relative of the de- away dn nate ne f the late Mr. J6 I rother of tl » Jol have resided for some twelve or fifteen years near to the house of the deceased; my house is nortn- west of his house; I saw my brother Jast on Friday aiternoon, at his house; it was about half an hour betore sundown wheu | lett him; I went to him, and-we were faiking about private famity matters; he complained me having a pain in his stomach; about eleven o'clock on Saturday morning I heard irom Maloney, the man who was working with him; Muloney came up within twenty feet of the door of my house and beckoned vo me; Muloney said, “Come here, come here; I got my hat on and went out and said to him, at’s the matter?” Muloney replied, “I believe your brother is gone;” “Gone!” Laid, “Peter, what do you mean?” ‘Dead; he is dead;” I said, “Peter, it is not possible for him to be deady’ “Oh, yes,” replied Peter; “he is, I believe, in the well;” I said, “No, he must have ‘gone away without notifying you;” Peter said he could not keep up with me, and ran on to the well and saw something there down the well; I don’t think I made any observation as to what the appearance of the well was, bat I think the bucket was outside; I went to the depot to get some assistance; 1 brought back with me McBelford, Ketchum, Bald- win and a colored man; When we came back we went to the well and I made up my mind that my brother was down the well; it was suggested that the body could be taken in they house and I said that the body could not be moved until the Coro- ner came; [ then went into the house with my wife and daughter and several men; the first thing I saw was the table set; I hought it was breakfast; there was a teapot on the table with the lid off, and that gave me the impression he was preparing for his Lass My attention was drawn to some spots of biood on the floor by my brother-in-law, r. Melancthan Smith, We went into the other rooms, and there was nothing that looked disturbed except that the drawers in the bureau were partially open; my brother-in-law, Mr. Smith, suggested getting the body out of the well; 1 was not present when they got him out; Idid not see any person along the road on the day or day previously whom I did not know ; never heard my brother speak of any enemies that he had; the tool house door was open as I went to the house on the day betore the murder; I did not say anything to him about the door of the tool house being open; all my family were at home on the Thursday and all night, and were at home up to the time of the a!arm of murder; I am | quite certain that there is no enmity against my brother by any one; I think my brother would have some money, but not mucn; he had a banking account; my brother was seventy years of age; he was A HEARTY, HEALTHY MAN, but small in stature; he weighed about one hun- dred pounds; he was a great walker; when I was not busy I would often go and sce him; he would come often to see me; he boarded with me some fifteen years ah since then he has had no meals in my house; [ left the house, and he boarded with Mr. Burch, who occupied the house; that con- tinued for a year; then Mr. Burch died; my brother has lived in this house about three years. TESTIMONY OF GEORGE EB. HENDRICKS. George E. Hendrickson said:—I am a constable, and reside about two miles northwest of the de- ceased; I was present at Jones’ house on Satur- day morning, about nine o'clock; I went there to see Mr. Jones, and Peter told me to go to the house and shout for him; 1 shouted but could not make him hear; I said to Peter, ‘Mr. Jones cannot be irr off, for the tool house door is open, and 1 never knew him to leave the door open when he went away;” Peter said to me, “May be you'll find him at the station, or he has gone South;’’ I left there and Went to William Floyd Jones, and he did what I wanted him to do; I was at the house of the de- ceased all pe on Saturday, and saw spots of blood around on the floor, PETER MALONEY RECALLED. Peter Maloney was recailed, and said that the tool house door was open on the day the last wit- ness rejerred to and had been fer some three months past; thd deceased had discontinued lock- ing the door, and had only put a peg in it, TESTIMONY OF ADMIRAL SMITH. Melancthon Smith said:—I reside near the de- ceased; I saw him last alive abour ten days betore his death; I was present when he was taken out of the well, after his death, on Saturday, at half- ast two o'clock; 1 saw a person in the well whom Supposed to be Mr. Jones; the position was like one sitting in a pair, with his head bent in bis hands; the positition was so natural that we put him in a_ chair, and he sat right in it; on the south side of tue house is the well, and the bucket was upon the outside; the rope was through the wheel, and there was a knot ante to prevent going up or down; there wps a tumbler on the side of the well turned upside down; there was blood on the rope for about two i then commenced to look for traces about the house; I chink I first discovered blood in the dining room; I also called attention to one spot ol biood on the outside in th pstl- bute; there was aiso some mares uh of heel of a bout, that were similar to those that were | made by a person who had scratched his boot; there was asmall chip off the door, w found lymg on the sill; when we took the body out of the well the pockets of the vest were turned inside out; there was nothing on tie person but a toothpick, a pencil, a handkerehief and a pair of gloves; there was a blow on the left side of the face A DIAGONAL MARK of about four inches long; there was quite a large cut on the top of the head, near the centre of the skull; there was another below the skull, on the back of the head, Where the vertebra joms the skull; there was ano? ear; one of the hands had a cut on it; his ed with black and biue bruises. ESTIMONY OF DR. I AN. Dr, Fredrick C. Hegeman, a practising physician, residing at Senford, said that he had made an e: ternal examination of the deceased on Saturaa; and more iuily on the next day (Sunday). Dr. Hegi Inan then described the cha ‘ter of the wounds a spoken of by the previous Witnesses. In the cours of tie desciiption he said that he found the skull fracturea; the wouuds had the appearance of being done by some sharp-cdged instrument; the effect of the wounds would but stuun the indi- vidual, but would not cause his immediate death; he searcely thought that the stones thrown into the weil on the head of the prisoner would have produced those sharp contused wounds; he could not tell the cause of death without an autopsy; on turning over the body on sunday a gill or Water caine ous of the mouth, and it seemed as though there was death Irom strangulation by drowning; the stones thrown into the weli on the he would have crusied the skull; if the face was in the water he could as easily drown there asin filty feet of water; ail the four wounds had the appearance of being done by sharp cut instru- ments. AN AUTOPSY ORDERED. The District Attorney was of an opinion tt evidence o1 this witness was not suilicient to trac the cause of death, and an autopsy was ordered to be made by the witness and Di. Beil as soon as possible, For this purpose the remans will have to e taken from thé grave, TESTIMONY OF WILLIAM FLOYD JONES. Mr. Jones said—i am a cousin of the deceased; 1 have examineg the house thi ternoon with the Coroner; I tound in the tin box marked i Samuel T, Jones; 1 examined to see if Leould ind his will, but did not tind any; I found the fol- lowing bonds:—Brooklyn Water Loan—$1,000, No, 2,216, payable to bearer, not registered. peake and Ohio—§100, No. $100, No. 780; $100, No. 1.087; $100, No, 2,962; $100, No, 2,065, First Mortgage’ New York, Oswego and Midland Railroad. 6,395. Northern Pacific, birss ‘0, 5,483 No. 8, 0. 13, Ratiroad B No. 1,701; $100, No. 1, $1,000, South $100, Mo, 1,269; $10 i, $100, No. 1,759. In) another box T'tound the | and’ Crampton, —United states bonds, 6 per cut, of 1861, | 2 to 26,7 ‘The ‘closet was locked, poxes were iocked at eFidence it as adjourned At the conclusion of this witness was six o'clock, and the inquiry until Tuesday, the 16th of July. BESCUED FROM SHAME. G Found by fier t Saloon, A Respectable Mother in a Bowery Co Yesterday a Mrs. Whaien went to quarters and toid @ pitiavle story of daughter had disappeared from home some time sfnce, and only a fewhoars ago had she dis- covered her sojourning piace, which was a com- mon concert saloon at 91 Bowery. One of the detectives was detailed to arrest the girl at the request of the mother, He wentin company with herto the concert saloon named and the girl was pale looking girl, aged very pretty. She was taken to her w seventeen, aud Police Headquarters, where she told story to the Captain, It appears that sue went to @ moonlight picnic some few | weeks stuce and from that moment was led astra She was ill fromthe exposure of (hat niit, aud then went to the hospital, Where sde lad remained a fortuight. a noted sport, and finally, on hiffieaving her, natu- rally came to the concert saioon a a iast resort. | of them his two deputies, hesa- | | ch was | er biuise behind the right | gaid into operation, hi back | | | Rev. THE TREATY OF WASHINGTON, Proclamation by the President of the United States. The Fisheries Articles to Take Effect on July L WASHINGTON, July 1, 1873, By the President of the United States of Americag @ prociamation :— Whereas by the thirty-third article of a treaty concluded at Washington on the 8th day of May, 1871, between the United States and Her Britannic Majesty, it was provided that articles 18 to 25, inclusive, and article 30 of this treaty shall take effect as soon as the laws re- quired to carry them into operation shall have been passed by the Imperial Parliament of Great Britain, by the Parliament of Canada and by the Legislature of Prince Edward Island, on the one hand, and by the Congress of the United States on the other; and whereas by the first section of an act entitied “AD act to carry into effect the provisions of the treaty between the United States and Great Britain signed in the city of Washington the 8th day of . May, 1871, relating to the fisheries, “it is provided that whenever the President of the United States shall receive satisfactory evidence that the Im- perial Parliament of Great Britain, the Parliament of Canada and the Legislature of Prince Edward Island have passed laws on their part to give full effect to the provisions of the treaty between the United States and Great Britain signed at the city of Washington on the 8th day of May, 1871, as con- tained in articles 18 to 25, inclusive, and article 30 of said treaty, he is hereby authorized to issue hig proclamation declaring that he has such evidence. And Pens the Secretary of State of the United States and Her Britannic Majesty's Envoy Extraoraiwary and Minister Plempotentiary at Washingicn have recorded in a protocol a confer- ence held by them at the Department of State, in Washington, on the 7th day of June, 1873, in the following language :— “Protocol of a conference held in Washington, on the 7th day of June, lies :— “Whereas it is provided by article 80 of the treaty between Her meaty the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the United States of America signed at Washing- ton on the 8th day of May, 1871, as follows:— “fhe Dreaciig articles, 18 to 25, inctusive, and article 30, of this treaty, shall take effect as soon as the laws required to carry them into operation shall have been passed by the imperial Parliament of Great Britain, by the Par= liament of Canada and by the Legislature of Prince: Edward Island, on the one hand, and by the Con= gress of the United States on the other. Such as- sent having been given, the said articles shall re- main in force for the period of ten years from the date at which they may come into operation, and further, until the expiration of two years after either of the high contracting parties shall have given notice to the other of its wish to terminate the same, each of the high contracting parties being at liberty to give such notice to the other at. the end of the said period of ten years or at any time afterward.’ “Whereas, in accordance with the stipulations of the above-recited article, an act was passed by the Imperial Parliament of Great Britain, in the thirty-flith and thirty-sixth years of the reign of Queen Victoria, entitled ‘An act to carry into elfect a treaty between Her Majesty and the United States of America,’ “Whereas an act was passed by the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, in the fifth session of the first Pai ent, held in the thirty-fifth year of Her Majesty’s reign, and assented to in Her | Majesty's name by the Governor General on the 14th day of June, 1872, entitled ‘An act relating to the Treaty of Washington, 18715’ “Whereas an act was passed by the Legislature | of Prince udward Island and assented to by the Lieutenant Governor of that colony on the 29th day of June, 1 entitled ‘An act relating to the Tre ri of Washington, 1871;' ereas, an uct Was passed by the Senate and House of Kepresentatives of the United States of America in Congress assembied, and approved en the ist day of Marci, 1873, by the President of the United States, entitled ‘An act to carry into effects the provisions of the treaty between the United States and Great Britain signed in the city of Washington the 8th day ot May, 1871, rejating to fisheries 5’ “The undersigned, Hamilton Fish, Secretary of State of the United States, and the Right Honora- ble Sir Edward Thornton, one of Her Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Civil Knights, Commander of the Most Honorabie Order of the Bath, Her Britannic Majesty’s Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to the United Scates of America, duly autnorized jor this purpose by their respective governments, having met together at Washington, and having found that the laws re- quired to carry the articles 18 to 26, inclusive, and article 30, of the treaty afore- been passea’ by the Imperial Parliament of Great Britain, by the Par- liament of Canada and by the Legislature of Prince Edward Isiand, on the one part, and by the Congress of the United States on the other, heveby declare taat artic 18 to 25, inclusive, and article 30 of tie treaty between Her Britannic Majesty and the United States of America 01 the 8th May, 1871, will take eifect on the Ist day of July next. “In witness whereof tle undersigned have signed this protocol and have hereunto alxed their seals, “Done in duplicate at Washington this 7th day of June, 1873. HAMILTON . EDWARD THORNTON,” Now, therefore, I, Ulysses 8. Grant, President of the United States of America, in pursuance of the premises, do hereby declare that 1 have received | Satisiactory evidence that the Imperial Parliament of Great Britain, the Parilament oi Canada and the Legislature of Prince ward Island have passed laws on their part to give full effect to the pro- visions of the suid treaty, as contained in articles 1, | 18 te 25, inclusive, and article 30 of said treaty. in testimony whereof I have hereanto set my hand and caused the seal of the United States to be affixed. Done at the city of Washington, this Ist day of July, in the year of our Lord 1873, and of the inde. pendence of tue United States of America the ninety-seventh. U.S. GRANT, By the Pr HAMILTON secretary of State. THE YOUNG MEN'S SCUDDER UNION, Reception of Rev. John A. Macfadyn at the Central Congregational Qhurch. The Central Congregational Church, in Hancock street, Brooklyn, was the scene of am interesting event last evening. The corrugated iron house o worship tn question was filled to repletion by the parishoners of Dr. Scudder’s church, ‘The occasion a8 a reception tendered by the Young Men’s Scudder Union to their pastor and the John A, Mactadyn, M. A., of Manches- ter, England. Prominent among the assem- blage were Revs. G. Wild and J. Halstead Carroll and others of the ministry and civic Mile. the time of the | apout ‘Ihe Reception Committee was composed of Messrs. 2; $100, No. | ice, Moore, Ingersoll, Blood, Kennedy, Clement han. “ eontiemen, Drs. Scudder and Mact: “ which platiorm, halfpast ¢ divine took his 8 of our national | H. M. Scudder Ensign. Mr. Inge: Alter this sie was taken charge ot by | | tor,’ aad assured find in tae Churel) of America any a) to the alacrity Wi ’ cepted tue invita during tne vacat aud giowing wor Mr. MAUFADY? plauded to the ¢ recreation but upon the reiatt the Churea, the nis hearers tha the best of his Address wer and Wild, aite sued, fhe watis 0 paintings of GIy NSpected ALU MULE a her, JpRgEY SHERI£F SEIZING RAILROAD | TRAINS. Mr. INnry C. Byram basa claim for $2,000 against | the Midlaud Railway. Pending settlement of this | claim Sherif! James Gamble, of Essex county, N. J., has seized two trains and placed in charge aise ‘The trains bave not When asked by the Captain would sie retura to | jeen stopped, so that the travelling public suffer her mother, she answered soe had gone to the bad and would remain ther tion to apply to a Police Justice to lave her daugh ter sent Lo the House of the Good Shepherd. In the meantime the girl was locked up at Police Bead- | trains into Jersey city, quarters ali night, REPUBLICAN GENERAL COMMITTEE, BROOK, LYN, The regular monthly meeting of the Kings County | Republican General Committee was held last even- ing at thetr headquarters, over the Post Office. The only business of importance transacted was the consideration of the best means of distributin, the patronage created by the new charter. lengthy debate on tue subject was had, resulting in the Appointment of a committee of three inem- bers from each Assembly district to confer with the ben yer and Auditor, with instructions that each ward and county town shall be repre- sented iy fhe yMices providgy by the new chariel | noth ng, but the deputies stick closeto the locomo- It is the mother’s inteu- | tives. A'lew days ago, as alleged, Delas Culver and a Mr. Pratt, for tue leading stocknol ‘bid detiance to Sheri? Gamble and ran one the deputy and all, They | caused the arrest of tre are but he was promptly discharged. A suit wi be_ brought against them for false imprisonment, The bond- holders have notitied the Sheri that they claim title in all the rolling stock under the mortgages counected with their bonds, DRUNKEN ATTEMPT AT SUICIDE. About four o'clock yesterday afternoon Richard O'Keefe, twenty-seven years of age, and living a6 275 Elizabeth street, being very drunk at the tii | Chrerad@ store afd. taking a koife im his drew toe blode throngh his hands in an attem| cut tne artery of the arm. He only sacce: cutting himself severely, and was attended to phy ‘He was then arrested.