The New York Herald Newspaper, July 29, 1873, Page 5

NEW YORK HERALD. OUR CITY PRISONS. Meeting of the City Prison Commission. Shall the Tombs be Removed to Another Site? Comptrotler Green Reports Unfavorably of Bellevue Hospital as a Jail. Three Blocks of the Area of the Tombs Required for a New Building. The Commission designated by chapter 535, of the Laws of 1873, to locate and erect a new City Prison and Brideweil, met yesterday at four P. M. in the Mayor’s ofice. Mayor Havemeyer, Comp- troller Green and President Vance, of the Board of Aldermen, were all present, and, after the usual preliminaries of assemblage, Comptroller Green, who had been requested todo so at the Previous meeting, presented the following report pon the subject of the erection of the new prison :— To the Hon. Wizuiam F, Havenrver, Mayor, and the Hon. Samvet BH. Vance, President of the Board of Aluer: men, who with the Gomptroiler aro Commissioners tor the erection of the new Uity Prison and Bridewell — Ata inceting of the Commission heid on the Lith of ung Juve, 1573, the following resolution was passed :—"* solved, That it be referred to the Comptrofler to collect such information agin his judgment may be necessary Yo enable the Commissioners dengni by chapter 535 of ‘the Laws of 1873 to carry the provisions of said act into Gffeet, and to report the same ut their next meeting.” Lhave given the subject such attention as my other occupations would admit, and present the following sev- eral considerations -— As Bellevue Hospital has been named and somewhat by fon Asa site tor the proposed new prison, I addressed gletter of inquiry on the iSth of Jane to the Commis- ity. Charities and Correction upon this subject. mn the 8th of July I received @ reply thereto, dated ‘and with this letter | also recelved a printed copy e proc 3 of the Medical Boara of Bellevue 1 ulso obtained @ copy of the report o! the Committ of Chem: Drs. Draper, Doremus ant Chandler, who were appoint in the year 1872 to ex- gmine and report upon the animal and vegetable polwons Bellevue Hospital and the best manner of their ex- tirpation. Those documents and tne letter of the Com- missioners accompany this report. From this correspondence i gather that the Commis- sioners of Charities and Correction are desirous to con. tinue the hospital at Bellevue, and that the unfavorable arding the sanitary condition of the buildings iring their demolition were unfounded in tact, @x- Cept in so tar as was due to a defective system of fade J and tothe crowded state of the build- defects which might be easily corrected by improv- ‘the heating and ventilation and by extending the dings upon the spare land of the place. My own im- 9 are that the Bellevue buildings are well located @ hospital. They could not be removed and as con- yemiently rebuilt for a million of dollars, and to endeavor to change them into a prison would be @ great waste of money. The Commissioners of Charities and Correction also state that, in thelr opinion, the present City Prison, with eertain changes and additions, might be made to supply the wants of the city for the next fifty ycars. Were it not for the imperative requirements of the law, which ry vide that the Commissioners shall “locate erect suitable building in said city, to be used as @ City Prison’ and bridewell in the place ana stead of the Duildings now used and occupied for that purpose in said ity;? * * * and, “within six months next succeed: iy the complet and occupation of such new ding the buildit Brideweli shall vacaicd, building, together with the land’ upon which ‘the same is erected shall be put up for sale and sold at public auction by the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund of said city, on such terms, either in one parcel or otherwise, ‘a8 the said Commissioners of the Siuking Fund shall de: termine,” it might be well to consider the advantages of the present site, T have taken paing to ascertain the conditions that This is Various elements are invoived—that of should control in the location ofa new prison. an easy tas! the transportation of prisoners to the prison; their sae detention till trial and after trial; their transportation to ‘their ultimate place of confinement. ‘The gathering Pens of crime are from the Battery to Kingsbridge, and in the adjacent waters of the city. The lice take &n arrested person, first to the police courts, ‘open, and if not to one of the varjous station houses gcatiercd over the city, where they’ may remain afew jours, and then to one of the police courts, which are Jocated as shown on the map hereto annexed, The police Courts either hoid the person arrested for trial or dis- rge him, The persons arrested numbering 86,629 for the year ending April 5, 1873, are thus winvowed'at the | lice Outs, and it is from them that the city Jail is sup- ed. This ig stated because it touches the question ‘Of transportation of persons arrested from the various lice courts to the Tombs or jail, It would seem in this t of view that the new jail should be centrally lo- eated, not geographical'y central to the whole isli which would not by any means be in the centre of The population is more dense below the Cent Itis much more so on the east and northeast than on the ‘west and northwest of it. A fail located about the geo- raphical centre of the island would therefore not now the most conveniently located for the purpose of con- ying prisoner's to 1t. Bolice courts are not in per- Mt locations, the: inporarily accommedated. *erould ‘be impossible to locate the new prison with moe to their unknown future location. They are Moved about by whim and fancy and by considerauons f favored owners of property rented. The second consideration is that of conveying prisoners from the jail to piaces of ultimate confineinent; that is, either to Black weil’s Island or. ging Sing. For this pur- ‘@ prison located on the East River, from Twenty- to Bighty-sixth street, would be convenient both = “sl and to the station to take the cars to the rison. ‘The third consideration is the convenience of Judges, ‘and and petit’ jurors Witnesses, who, to PStunilred Hi the number of some hundreds, are required to attend almost every day. ‘The tourth consideration of the necessary relations of the business of lawyers &c.. engaged in the criminal ad- munistration with the civil courts at the City Hall, it is uestionably very important that these should be jin convenient distances of each other. The District ttorney, Benjamin K. Phelps, has kindly t of his views on this subject and 90 far as his du- are concerned, he deems it indispensable that the Fict Attorney should be at both classes of courts al- BF ‘most daily. Appeals from the lower courts are taken to the Supreme Court constantly, and certain high crimes se be 4 of in these bigh ‘lho the sessions of which are he! The courts may be moved up town, but it is not Probable that it will be very soon; and their being fixed ‘where they are, and the convenient relations between the City Hall courts, seem to point at this as the chiet in- lication where the new buildings suould be placed, nen and witnesses often have business in the lower of the city, and if the eourts are down town can sive, In the early part of the day, some attention to their o faire, ‘The question of the tra tion ot the prison in- mates i+ 0.1¢ easily disposed of. It makes bat very little difference as respects the convenience of this service where the prison ig . A service of vans will con- yey ihe prisoners to the Brideweli and from it to the t8 of departure for more permanent confinement. ‘The location of the Court of General sessions in the Prison building will avoid the distres-ing sights of hand: cuffed men through the streets in gangs trom the Tom to the courts in the City Hall Park, where they are crowded in suffocating masses while the trials are going on, Starting, then, with this point fixed, that we must be near the courts, and that the courts as now located will Not soon be removed, the question arises, whether any wane had Cy Frantages 0 HA a pe that utwei of retaining ¢ SRSaIIS Gs Reick. Haye sa the present site is low. It cisely onthe “te of the old Wollest Pond, Ry id some cl'ed as unwholesome. The «ar out this latter statement. Those familiar with the prison say it is very healthful, that no epidemic was ever known there, and that the chief difficulty is owing tothe pian and arrangement of the buildings and its a and Want of room. cause of the complaints of its unhealthiness is con- fined to the cell department, and due to an improper umbing work and drainage. . ‘buildings are certainly not built upon the most improved plan of prison architecture, nor isthe block enough to receive the buildings required to be erected for the criminal courts and the prison, but this might be remedied, The next block of ground, at pres- ent occupied as a freight depot, is owned by ‘the city, ‘and, though leased tor @ period of years, might pro! ad. The arsenal building, also, on the next block above the depot, belongs to the city. ‘The aimensions of these plots of land are shown in the annexed On ie ‘nese blocks might be taken and upon them new build- ings tor the prison erected. Transferring the prisoners to one of these when completed, the building for the erimina) courts required by the act to be located in the prison building might then be erected apon the present ‘of the prison. Communication between the build- ings could be had by an enclosed galiery extended across intervening streets arding the area of land required for the proposed ings, have, on application to the officers of the be accommodated, gathered together eo facts do not seem feveral courts to dhe dimensious of the court rooms and other apartments required for transacting the business ot the criminal sone and from these have afrived at the following clusions :— cope aidering the accommodations needed and allowing for such proportions as may be located in upper stories, [find that for the Court of General Sessions, the City Padge, the Recorder and the District Attorney, no pro- vimon is made for the latter officer by the act, A building Will be needed which will occupy an area ot 10,000 square t, Talso find that to accommodate the Court of Special ‘and the Police Court, a building will be required which will occupy 10,000 square feet, or together there ould 000 square feet provided for the courts and their accessories. This area of land is that required simply for the prinei- | rooms in their net dimensions. To ‘this there will ave to be added for minor rooms, vestibules, stairways, walls and open area for light, about 100 per cent, making total requirement for this part of the building of 40,.0) re feet. ur present City Prison has 184 cells, only 145 of whtch however, are in use, and only a portion of them are of proper dimensions, while many. of them contain two and sometimes three prisoners each. Fron this crowded condition of the prisen, and ac- commodation with the rapidly increasing growth of the eity in extent and population, | estimate that it will 'e oper to provide for at least a thousand prisoners. This, f will be remembered, is not a punitory piace of con- ment, but of temporary safe keeping during trial. fof inmates to Dé accommodated at one ume eh i the efficiency of the judi- d with the id of examining and try: em. It this works seeacity, continuously the detention of each prisoner in the jail need not be long. but if the machimery works with but spas- Modic “zeal the number and. thine of detention wilt be win wep nd very cial machinery chai greatly increased. ‘A building of this capacity properly arranged will pes yy 30,000 mauare feet. To this should be added for the various requisite appurtenances and for yard an ate of square {¢ e amount aquare feet, and the ptot opposite, occupied as an arsenst, b= pd or Pipa feet. SFogether the three pleses con- "The Believe site is 0 by 470 feet and contains 216.200 Square feet, and when filled out to the established bulk- head tine it will contain a rifle over three hundred thou- sand square feet. ‘The block of lind upon which the Eighteenth Ward Market stands has also been. p as a site for goutemplated prison and courts. This block measures 14 by 602 feet, comtaiming 164,128 square feet. Several other sites have been mgpesied. It, has been my ; urpoce rather to asceriain and indicate the general Feasons that should control the site and how much space is required than to 6x uy} definite location. ‘ihis must be done Dy the joint judgment of the Commtssion- By the terms of the act any iand that the Commis- hers deem proper can be taken by the process of emi- ent domain, The site of Centre Market is very conve- | nient, but its area is only 23,932 square feet, which is not suficient for our purposes. Comparing these dimensions, except the last, with that of the required ares—8i,(0) square teet—either of these v8 appears to be ample in size for the proposed bulld- hile sowe of them are entirely too large. uusideriug the character ot the sites proposed, that ital has sme advantages: but, ‘inas- much as the place 1s needes for the hospital, it'would seem detter to seek some other location for the priso’ the Eighteenth Ward Market is ovjectionable in its remoteness tron the business centre of ihe city and be- cause it would be peqoraty, to desiroy the present Ouild- ings anit. This applies with equal force to the hospital sive and (o all others similarly situated. The disadvantage of any site, such as the Bellevée Hos- pital or the sighteenth Ward market, or any other up- tewn position off the central line of cheap communica- tuon are great with reference to the transaction of the uceessury business of all kinds connected with the City Prison, and an examination of the map of the city shows that this will continue to be so,-even when the timo comes for che reinoval of the present Oity Hall and other bnildings associa’nd with it; for the change in the posi- tion of those building, i! made at all, must necessaniy be to som Fai position on or near Broadway. dice on the shore of the river appears to Lave no ad- vantage with regard to sulubrity over an elevated, easily 6 drainabdle location in the intericr of the city, and the problem, theretore, abpears to be amplified 10 the selec- tion of a site that shall offer ail the advantages of the Present one in regard to convemence of access to the Jourts and public generally and that shall be superior to itin other respects. It would seein very desirable, therefore, to fix the site not far removed frum the present Courts. somewhere about the intersection of Canal street and the Bowery central and would be accessible by street bed ion ali Sections of the city, and not too far from the ¢ law being mandatory a suitable position for the new jail has thus been generally,mdicated, * ‘The question of the especial unftuess of the site of the Tombs tor what is required by the city at this time 18 not @ matter tha: bas been referred to this Commission, It isrequired by the act to select a new alte and seli' the prevent one, Our decision must be made on the assump- ion that it is an established fact that for some reason Known to the lawmakers the Tombe site cannot be made ealthy by a judicious system of Inage, and that = ditional and improved accommodations are needed. and that it is better for the city to start anew rather than to Steen additions and ‘Ymprovemencs on the present We should, I think, be caretul, in selecting a site, to avoid our being unduly influenced by the fact that the habits of those having business with the prison have become fixed in the course of a series of years by the necessity of going where the prison Is located. These habits and ideas of convenience might have been just as ‘and settled had the prison been in some other + location, and, if it had, we should now, very likely, be equally inguenced by the fixed current of things in hivor of that location. From the anuexed sketch, taken trom a plan of grades filed in the Comptroller's office under Chapter 07 of the Laws of 1871, it appears that it is proposed to raise the ‘level of the ground of a ve: would be ver large area around the pre- yeut Tombs, trom Broadway to, the Bowery and from leecker to Chamber’ and Chatham streets, If this ex- nsive job should ever be carried out the streets ad- jacent to the Tombs, to wit, Khu, Centre, Franklin and onard, would{be raised about thirteen iéet, thus bury- Ing the ‘Tombs as now built, As to the question of salu- rity, we may’ Assume that with the req drainage any site on the Island ts healthy enough. Isis, perhaps needles for me to say that in the con- struction of ‘the building no necessary expense should be spared to render it healthful and convenient. It should contain all the best methods and modern contrivances tor convenience of administration, and to satisfactorily ac- complish all its purposes, The prison apartments may be Placed on the upper stories, and thus the advantage of elevated ground obtained, ‘fhe walls should be so built ag to admit ot bearing other new stories if more room ould ever be required, thus carrying the building up rather than extend it ‘on the ground, These stories should be conveniently accessible by means of safe cleva- tors, by which prisoners can be taken up and lowered. Kach prisoner can thus be taken from his ceil and deliv- ered atthe court room when required there for trial or sentence, without danger of escape or without being sub- Jected to'the gaze of idle loungers. Having for some years been a member of the Prison Association, which “has becn the means of doing much good, I have had some occasion to consider these subjects, and it will, Lam sure, be as gratifying to you as it will to me to be instrumental in correcting, to some degree, the abuses of our prison administration, and that you wall be as ready as Iam, in the interests Of society and of hu- manity, to take advantage of the opportunity that ig now placed before tS DREW H. GREBN, Co 1. 5 mptroller, New Yonx, July 28, 1873. . The topics of the report were briefly discussed by the Commissioners, and on motion their consider- tion was postponed until to-morrow, when another meeting Will be held, PROSPECTS OF THE CROPS. The July Report of the Agricultural Bureau. WASHINGTON, July 28, 1873, The July Agricultural Report has just been sent to the press. It represents an improvement in Winter wheat, but @ decline in the prospects of Sprihg wheat, on account of unseasonable weather in some quarters and insect enemies in others, The average in corn is increased in West Vir- ginia and Minnesota, and decreased in all other States except Florida and Arkansas, where it re- mains the same as last year. Corn planting was everywhere retarded by the weather, and in many cages corn has been several times replanted, Un- usual complaint of defective seed is made in all arts of the country. The condition of cotton has een previously given. The reports up to July 1 indicate a crop 89.5 per cent of an average, not including Virginia, where the culture is yet mainly experimental, The prospective vield of oats declined during June in the New mgland, Middie and Nortpwestern States, except Wisconsin. It was enhanced in all of the Gulf States except Mississippi. Winter rye improved in Rhode Island, Connecticut; New Jersey, Maryland, North Carolina, Mississippi, Texas, Arkansas, Ohio, Michigan, Mlinois . and Iowa. It remained stationary in Georgia and de- clined in all the other States. Spring rye was below the average in all the States but five, the minimum (seventy) being found in California, and the maximum (110) in Nebraska, Winter barley generally declined in the South and West, where heavy rains prevailed. Grass crops are generally improved in the New Engiand and Middle States, though they were greatly shortened by the drought. The late Winter told disastrously on the fruit crop. ‘The injury to apple trees was more extensive than was apparent at the last report. Vast numbers of peach trees were killed. The condition of ‘apes ranged from sixty-ene in Caltrornia to 127 in Nebraska, 100 representing an average. The average in potatoes remained the me ag last year, or increased in twenty-two tes ra erage oy tng all the others. olorado beetle nas extended ita rava; eastward, being reported for the first time in aye eral counties of New York. 1¢ was still devastating in the West, but the farmers had learned in many counties how to destroy it effectually. The maximom condition of the crop, 111, was found in Georgia, and the minimum, seventy-six, in.Delaware, BRITISH WEST INDIES, » a nn Severe Drought at Jamaica—Pianters’ Losses—Tobacco Cultivation and a Growing Rival for Cuba—Cigars by the Million and a Favorable Report From Vienna—Colored Military Em- barked for Africa—The Ashantees To Be Battied by Drilled Negroes, KINGsTON, Jamaica, July 18, 1873, The island is now suffering from a drought the like of which has not been experienced for a great many years past. In some places vegetation is so completely destroyed that not even fodder for the cattle isto be obtained. Very little of a sugar crop is to be reaped mext year, as there are no plant canes, and the planters will have.to make the most of the ratoons from the previous crop. The governmentis taking advantage of the dry weather to ve on with the irrigation works now in progress in the plains of St. Catherine, The weather is aiso favorable to the MANUFACTURE OF TOBACCO, which, under Cuban management, is progressing favorably. There are about twenty extensive tobacco plantations already establisied, and Ha- vana cigars are being manufactured here by the million for exportation, Some of these sent to the Vienna Exhibition were highly spoken of, and called sore ia orders pom dealers, both in Vienna and London, Toba as ev added to the staples o! aint. Winakor ARMY DRAFT FOR AFRICA, The black troops have all been drafted of for service im the Ashantee war, and the garrison of the island is now reduced to three companies of white soldiers, who are encamped at New Castle, high up the St, Andrew mountains, tf Smallvox is stili on the in id e increase an His | in some of the most distant parte of tae Pe ae, Myce) Bh 2d ed oe had, and, therer fore, nothing is done to check the progress epidemic. brogi of the TRADE. Our markets continue weil stocked with - gen and Halifax provisions, but business ie Mery ry Corron Exports From INDIA.—The Indian Sstates- man of June 14 reports as follows:—From a return showing the quantities of cotton exported trom the several perts of India to British and foreign coun- tries tor the month of April, 1873, we observe t\.gt ‘$38,708 owt. of geht ves forwarded to Gren, writ. ain and Ireland, cwt. ANCE, °% fo to Mediterranean porte, 61,541 cwte tap -2000 CW . tries iu Kurope, 260 cwt. tO Red’ Seq t, other coun- 77 ee’ and spabian Gulf, 18 cwt. to Mauritius, 3,4 eT Cw to Straits settiomente, Zoasy yt, CesTOm, 410 about I juare feet, making for the prisoi ere Moo svuare feet, vo uty add th estimated for the reqnirements of the criminal and we have as the total around space req for Proposed building 80,000 square feet. An ordi- Or io k ot ens of by 500 feet contains an area uare fee! ‘The block. upon leh the present City Prison ts, ted contains about 45,0 bl occu] Brine najo road" taios aboot 40 juare feet joining rauroad depot cou! abot to North America, making & total export of 712,030 cwt. during April. Of thin the | exported irom Bombay, being s6F 190 "owt anries from Kurrachee, cwt. from Calcutta, 304 owt, cwt. from Madras, §,862 cwt. from Rangoo: 7,618 owt. from 5, from Cooonadé dna 202 ews, frum Berpore, si THE UNITED STATES AT THE ViENNA EX- HIBITION. eee The complete official catalogue of the American Department of the Vienna Exhibition bas just arrived, This catalogue has been prepared with |, care, the title of each article being given in Eng- Mish, French and German. It makes a volume of 190 quarto pages; is handsomely printed by J. M. Johnson & Sous, of London; is illustrated with maps and plans, and in all respects except size 1s & most creditable p‘oduction. The size 1s specially objectionable, and we trust that some attention will be given at our Centennial Exhibition to the production of a catalogue that can be easily car- nied, compact in form and with the largest amount of printing on apage. Mr. Eben Brewer, who has had charge of the editing, deserves mach credit for the care taken. With the exception of some errors in names of States and cities the work is well done, Americans have contributed to all former exhibi- tions of an international character, but not to the extent shown in Vienna. At the London Exhibi- tion of 1857—the Crystal Palace, as it was named—there were 599 articles on exhibition from the United States, which ranked six in the Ust of nations contributing. Five Grand Council medals were awarded to our citizens and ninety- five prize medals, being a large proportion in com- parison with otuer nations, At this exhibition were presented, for the first time in Europe, Colt’s fire-arms, Goodyear’s improvements in India rub- ber, McCormick's reapers and Chickering’s pianos, The yacht America during this year gained the victory in the mternational yacht race, and, in Many respects, our country made a creditable dis- play. In 1855 the first French International Ex- inition was held at the building erected in the Chainps Elysee, which still remains as an Art Ex- hibition Hall. Our country took very little interest im the matter, but there was a cominission ap. pointed, with Maunsell B. Field as Commissioner General. This gentleman was decorated with the Legion of honor by the Emperor for his services, There were only about one hundred and filty ex- hibitors from tie United States, and yet we carried of two grand medals of honor, three medals of honor, 17 first class medals, 28 second class medals and 80 honorable diplomas. This was largely in advance of any other nation represented, in proportion to the number of exhibitors, Again mm London, the World’s Fair of 1862 brought together people from ali nations. As 1s well known we were pretty Well occupied at home at that date and made little effort to contribute. Yet for the third time in competition with the Old World and under every disadvantage tne 132 American ex- hibitors received 56 medals and 29 diplomas, being @ still larger proportion than at the two former ex- hibitions. The Paris Exhibition of 1867 was the first inter- national exhibition to which any spectal attention was given on the part of the government of the United States. Although there was uncalled-ior delay and opposition in Congress, yet sufficient time was given to make a creditable dis- play, and the class of men selected by the President as Commissioners insured the most thorough and complete attention to all matters of detail, and as the resglt a collection of exhaustive reports were published by government, which are universally admitted to be superior to those presented to any other government. We ha in this exhibition 717 representatives, who received five grand prizes, one artist's medal, eighteen gold medals, seventy-six silver medals, ninety-three bronze medals and ninety-eight honorable men- tions, again in the first rank as compared with other nations. It is to our efforts at these international exhibitions that so large a result isdue in the reatly increased sale of American mauufactures in Europe, and it has been estimated that over one million dollars has been realized abroad in the sale ot Lah articles first made prominent at the in- ternational exhibitions. At Vienna the United States is well répresented, every single State, with the exception of Delaware, having something to show. This should be a lesson to Wilmington, so largely a manufacturing centre. The following is a pee ed IL t of all the States, with the number of exhibitists 1rom each, United States in its vari- ous departments. New York Pennsylvania . Louisiana. Massachuset Connecicut. Ohio... Missouri sees Rhode Island. ye 8 puetoooastecRsesrel Piabrreicaenceasin Ein tapers is mber on the catalogue bei we add to this those articles of ‘Americaw inven: | tion, manufactured in Europe, we could, probably, doubie the number, as, of the celebrated Coriies en », there are speoimens from Austria, Germany, Bel im and other nations. Sewing machines, mowers, reapers, &c., are all presented by Euro- pean nations, and thus the United States will receive many awards in an indirect manner, Directly, however, we’have reason to look for- ward to the same satistactory results as in former exhibitions, THE ASTORIA THROAT-CUTT.NG AFFBAY. Renae RE Continuation of the Examination—Mr. Layman Put Through a Rigid Cross- Examination—Dr, Taylor’s Evidence, The examinatiog in the case of Mrs. Sarah L. Layman, who is alleged to have attempted to cut her busband’s throat on the 1st inatant at Astoria, was resumed yesterday at Astoria, Mr. James W. Covert, counsel for the prisoner, resumed the cross- examination of Mr. Layman, who has almost en- tirely recovered from the effects of his wound, A large number of letters were submitted to the Court, allof them relating to Mr. Layman’s past ufe, and the most of them admitted by him to he genuine, but none of them were read. After Mr. Covert had closed his cross-examination Mr. F. E. Blackwell, counsel for Mr. Layman, resuined the direct examina- tion. A letter was produced and read from Mrs, Layman, which was the most important art of the evidence. Mr. Layman was residing in Northport, L.1., atthe time. The letter 1s as fol- lows :— Astonia, L. I., June 23, 1873, My Dean Heseanp—I received your letter and was very happy to bear from you. I write a few lines to let you know that I want to see you very inuch. I sent you two letters last week, but, as yet, I have received rione in return; but, dear husband, { think youcan come and see me alone. ‘I hope you will. Ihave something to say to you, and then you can do as you like. xo this week. day you will come, I will be home and will treat you as ‘our wife, Trust ‘me this tine and see. Come, dear usband. I must stop, for my dear baby wanis me. With love again I ain yet your wife, SARAH L, LAYMAN. and I will treat you as Mrs. Tava N. T want to see Come and see me once more, kindly, love. ‘The next witness was Dr. Taylor, who dressed Mr. Layman’s wound. The Doctor was sharply cross-examined by Mr, Covert. DR. TAYLOR'S EVIDENCE. By Mr. Blackweli—I am a physician; reside in Astoria; have practised medicine nine years; saw Mr. Layman about mine o'clock on the Ist of July; found quite a flesh wound on his throat; I should ; juage the wound was produced by a sharp instru- ment; the length of the wound was about two and a halfinches; could not say as to the exact depth of it; te Wound was not dangerous; if it h: ot tended further back and been sufficiently deep it would have caused death; it was pota@ ragged wound; in my judgment the instrument used would produce death if used in some vital part; the wound couid have been made by a razor. By Mr. Covert—I cowd hot say as to the depth of Hs wound fe et not,measure it; it was only a jesh woud; i? his head, as you ‘say, had been forced back, and the neck’ strained, stil I think a razor would have made it; I think it was cut from the outside, the instrument ceming out at the trachea; at first | thought the wound was produced ay pi instrument, vut I subsequently changed opinion. ir. Covert asked the Doctor if he thought Mr. yman could have forced the flesh of the neck up and have produced a wound of that shape With his own hand. The Doctor thought not. The Court then adjourned till two o'clock this afternoon, SUPPOSED MALPRACTICE IN BROOKLYN. The health authorities were notified yesterday by Dr. Barker that @ woman, named Mary MecMallen, was lying in a serious condition at No. 66 Columbia street from tne effecta of malpractice. It appears that the Doctor was called in to attend the Woman ou Saturday night last, when he ascer- tained that a few days previously she had been re- lieved of a still born child of six months, bat she declined to reveal by whom or by what means. The child was found ina trunk in the room, Dr. Watts of the Health Board went down to the house and found that the woman was not in any immedi- ate danger of death and no ante-mortem state- ment was therefore taken by the Coroner, No further particulars of" the case were elicited. SNEAK ROBBERY. . — On the 12th inst. @ young Woman, named Martha McCutchen, with her beau, Charles Philitgs, called at the house of Mrs, William Parlimad, 2,181 Third avenue, during the absence of that lady. On her return Mrs. Parliman discovered that she had been robbed of jewelry valued at $152. Respecting Martha to be the ef, her .parents were visite and a gold ring, a part of the stolen jewelry, was recovered. She was arrested, and yesterday Judge Coulter committed her for trial. The police are looking for her companion, Phillips, if you will come, or let me know what | SARATOGA BACES. Second Trot on the Mitchel! Brothers’ Programme at Glen Mitchell=The Pro- grammo for Tuesday, Third Day of the °73 Racing Meeting, Sarartoaa, N. Y., July 28, 1873. ‘The second of the series of trots announced by the Mitchell Brothers to take place at Glen Mitchel Was trotted to-day. The attendance was very good, and the track, considering the recent heavy rain storms, was in most excellentorder. The fol- lowing 18 the result of the trot:— GLEN MITCHELL SaRaTOaA SPRINGS, N. Y., July 2% Parse $250, ior horses that have never beaten 2: 34; mile heats; Pest three in five to harness; $125 to the winner, $75 to the second and $50 to the third, H. Ballou’s b, m Fanny Raymond.... J. Dougrey’s gr. g. Ben Smith... William MeDonald’s b, g. G. H. E. Flanagan’s br. m, Flora Lee. | Ed. Buck's br. m. Nellie Webster. J. McKee’s bik. g, Frank Page... . W. Freeman's br. 8, Robert Bonner. J. Bryant's br. g, A. W. Kline + | J. Nicholas’ br. m. Violet... . W. i. Weeks’ g. g. Tom Wonder, TIME, First heat. Second heat. 24K Third heat 2:46 Before the start Fanny Raymond and Ben Smith sold at $100 cach to the fleld for $75. After scor- ing some time for the first heat Fanny Raymond got the best of the start and was never reached, she winning the heat in 2:40 as announced by the judges, but really in 2:34, as was timed by a dozen watches. For the second heat Mitchell got the best of the start, but his driver, not wanting to win the heat, pulled the horse in such a manner, and at the same time prevented Ben Smith from getting to the ‘ont, that the judges were compelled to act in the matter, Raymond winning the heat, with Mitchell second. The judges, however, placed Mitchell last and took out the driver, substituting apother in his place. He retusing to act, they were compelled to call on Dan Jenkins, who agreed to act, but, not having had charge of the horse during the interval between the heats, could do but little with him; consequently Fanny Raymond, who got the best of the start for the third heet, kept it to the finish, winning the heat and race tn three straight heats, although, had Mitchell been trotted to win, it was supposed by many that be could have won. THE THIRD DAY OF THE SARATOGA RACES, To-morrow the Saratoga Association will con- tinue their meeting, the first race aap the Sara- toga Stakes, a dash of three-quarters of a mile, for two-year-olds, for which the probable starters will be McDaniel’s brown filly Asteroid, out of Canary Bird; Hunter & Traver’s bay colt king Pin, by Lexing- ton, a full brother to Kingfisher; Belmont’s bay colt Scratch, by Kentucky, and hfs imported colt King Amadeus; Morris’ bay filly Kegardless, Lit- tell’s bay colt Reform, by Leamington, and Dennison & Crawford’s cheatuut filly, by Leamington out of Stulen Kisses. In the pools Hunter & Travers } sold for $100, Morris for $160, McDaniel and Bel- mont for $80 each, Littell for $30 and Dennison & Crawford for $15. For the Saratoga Cup, two miles and a quarter, the starters will propably be Mr. McDaniel’s True Blue and Harry Bassett, Messrs. Rice & McCor- mick’s Wanderer, the winner of the Westchester and Monmouth cups, and Mr. Chamberlin’s True Blue. But because Colonel McDaniel’s would not declare which he intended to start, Dr. Underwood Was hot allowed to s@ll any pools on the race. For the selling race, a mile and aquarter, the entries are:—Ortolan, 102 pounds; Artist, 83 pounds; Business, 98 pound; Chickabiddy, 96 pounds; Bingaman, 102 pounds; Sue Kyder, 90 pounds; Gray Planet, 96 pounds; Wheatly, 96 pounds; Wihesap, 98 pounds and Cameron’s colt, by Leamington, out of Rebecca, 79 pounds. In the first pool Artist sold for $235, Ortolan tor $170, Bingaman for $125, Business and Chickabiddy for $110 cach, Sne Ryder for $80, Gray Piauet for $70, Wheatly for 340, Winesap and the Cameron colt for $10 each, Subsequently Artist soid for $160, Ortolan for $125, Business for $105, Chickabiddy for $100, Bingaman for $70, Grey Planet for $75, the Field for $120. The track will no doubt be somewhat heavy, as the weather has again set in showery, “DEERFOOT PARK, First Day of the July Trotting Mecting. This is the first day of the July trotting meet- ing at Deerfoot Park, and it will be continued to- morrow and Thursday. The attractions this after- noon will include a purse of $200 for horses that never beat three minutes, and a purse of $400 for horses that have never trotted better than 2:29. Entered for the former are twenty-two horses, many of which will come to the post, and a rattling contest must ensue. The wind-up, or 2:29 puree, has nine entries, in- cluding John Ward’s chestnut mare New Berlin Girl, F. Haight’s chestnut mare Grace Bertram, George Wright's sorrel gelding Constitution, Ellis’ black mare Lady Byron, 8. Hayes’ bay gel ing Emperor, Peter Manee’s bay mare Mary A. Whitney, Jack Phillips’ gray geld: ng Jack Draper, B. Mace’s bay stallion Chief and J. W. Briggs’ bay mare Lady ss. Each race will be mile heats, best three in five, in harness. Trotting will begin at three o’clock punctually. The Coney Island , Via Smith street, pass Deerfoot Park. LONG BRANCH RACES, The three day’s extra meeting at Long Branch, determined upon by the management of Mon- mouth Park, will come of on Wednesday, August 20; Friday, August 22, and Saturday, August 23, instead of the 21st, 23d and 26th, as originally ar- ranged. The same programme, however, will be adhered to as at first seitied upon, but among the many attractions will be a hurdle race of ‘mile beats, a novel feature that will cause much inter- est and speculation; anda three-year-old handi- cap contest, which will bring to the post the cracks Of the year, There will be four races each day, TUB RAOES IN TRENTON, ¥. J. Sensations are of rare occurrence in Trenton, N. J. Yesterday the solemn stillness of that place was broken by & series of tub race. A large gather- ing of both sexes was attracted to that part of the historic Delaware where “Commedore” Rhinefelt keeps his navy yard, to witness the sport. Three prizes—a silver cup and two napkin rings of ex- quisite finish, were awarded to the successful con- testants. Perfect order reigned throughout, and a good deal of merriment was induiged in by the spectators at the antics of the racers. ANOTHER BOAT RACE. Worcester, Mass., July 23, 1873. J.J. O'Leary, of Worcester, and Paudeen Har rington, of Springfield, signed articles this morn- ing to row three miles ior $300, at Springfield, ‘Mass., on August 20, THE POOR SIOK OHILDREN FUND. Owing to the appeals made in the HERALD for the relief of sick and destitute children, many charitably disposed persons have interested them- selves in the matter, and below we print some of the characteristic communications, with the amount of contributions received at this oflice;— To Tug EpiToR OF THE HERALD ;—~ ‘Enclosed please find $3 for “Poor Cuildren’s Re- | lief Fund,’, AS. To 488 EpToR or THE HERALD:— Monpbay, Jaly 28, 1873, Although under large expense on account of treatment for a congested spine, still on reading the articie, “Pity the Poor Children,” in this morn- ing’s Heratp, I found upon strict search thatI was not entirely destitute. Hoping the $2 en- closed will be of benefit to your gcommittee, { re- main, in F, H. and C., A BROTMER, St. James HOTEL, July 23, 1873, To THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD :— Enclosed please find $6, subscription to the “poor Children’s Relief Fund.’ it would be hard to find a worthier object of charity, and I am much mistaken if your very touching appeal in this morn- ing’s HERALD docs not strike a sympathetic chord in many hearta. B.A. S. A NEGLIGENT GUABD, Two Prisoners Escape from Blackwell's ahd. Yesterday afternoon a boat containing two opris- oners, With a guard, left Blackwell's Island tor the Long Island shore. They landed near the Mansion House, Ravenswood. The guard said he had a chill, and told the prisoners he would go up to a neighboring heuse and get Lendl f for it. He leit the prisoners in charge of the boat and his gun, but DO sooner had he Dao rhe than they started for Astoria, where they landed and made good their escape. Their guard was svon after them, but atlast accounts had not caught them. | Captain Wood rendered the guard all the assist- ance he could, but the prisoners had got beyond his odicer’s reach, COMPTROLLER'S RgOEIPTS. Comptroller Green reposts the following amounts paid yesterday into the City treasury :— BUZRAU OF ai ments, ¥eab oe S15 427 OF asexssMucnrs a3, Iprovements and Arrears of taxes, vier rents ana ‘WATKH REGISTRAR, iy Market rents and fees. » 7% MAYOR’ Licenses.... . . 8 RECORD, Sale of Cty Record. bawiveseresereoneys otal, $4546 + 8,073 | TUESDAY, JULY 29, 1873.—TRIPLE SHEET. 5 CESARISM. he not bea candidate again; as for Cwsarism, it has no terrors for the South. The government of Cesar is preferable to the government of William Pitt Kellogg or Franklin J. Moses. The South, Farther Comments of the Party Jour- | trom ati we can see, is willing for the strongest nals on the Third Term Conspiracy. [From the Statesville (N. C.) Intelligencer (demo- cratic), July 19.) The queetion as to whether President Grant is to occupy the Presidential chair for a third term is beginning to be discuased with alarming serious- ness, We had somehow gotten the impression that such a thing was unconstitutional, and that to at- tempt it would be revolution of the very worst type; but upon carefully searching that instrument we find that there is no prohibition, and that Pres- | ident Grant can be elected to the third, fourth or twentieth term for all the constitution has to say on the subject, and that the only barrier which presents itself 13 the all-prevalling custom against it, Itts refreshing to think that on the Fourth day ol July, Anno Domini eighteen hundred aad sev- enty-six, we, a8 @ nation, meet at Philadelphia to | celebrate the centennial anniversary of our na- tional independence as a Republic, and that some three months later we will meet at the ballot box to elect Grant for the third term or for life, {From the Demopolis (Ala.) News-Journal, July 19.] The NEw YORK HERALD has recently contained a series of four masterly editorials on the subject of Cesarism in America, in which it is argued that centralization and autocracy are the great danger of the hour. These able leaders would have carried more weight with them but for the HERALD’s irresistable tendency to flatter and truckle to Grant, Cwsarism is but another name for Grant- ism, and the plea that the President is the only pure man among a legion of ofieial thieves is but another version of that maxim of despotism, that the king can do no wrong. If leading journals are honest and earnest in their efforts to save the Republic let them attack the evils of centralism and corruption at their fountain head. The HERALD justly asserts that General Grant holds the liberties of the nation in his hands, *Is he not then the cause of all our woes, and does he not sustain and give power to the usurpations of State | governments and all the vile corruptions that are destroying the country? Grant is responsible for all the ills suffered by the people, and powerful him ag the champion of oppression and wrong. {From the Kansas City (Mo.) Times (democratic), July 20.) Although but afew months have elapsed since re-election,for a third term has already become the leading topic of discussion among metropolitan journals and the press of the States. The ques- tion possesses deep, not to say portentous signiti- cance, it being the first time such a proposition has ever been presented to the consideration of the American people, all Presidential terms here- tofore having been limited to two, ‘his third term agitation, therefore, has no prece- dent in our political history and no sup- port from examples of former Presidents and no express sanction by the constitut@®n. The radi- cals, however, having overleaped all barriers and precedents in their eager scramble for the spoils, do not hesitate to make the constitution a Procrustan bed adapted to the length and breadth of their wishes and desires, From indications the advo- cates of this third term business are increasing, Simon Cameron, of Pennsylvania, has recently an- | nounced himself in favor of it, and other radicals, who feel that itis the surest means of their re- taining power, are yielding their support. Were the test to be made now the mass of radicals, in so far as individual pref- erences go, would probably oppose it,and would favor the selection of some other than the present incumbent, But the rank and file will likely not decide the matter. If Grant should consent to run for the third term snecession, although it might be, as the HERALD suggests, aleap from the Tarpelan Rock, his candidacy might not be successfully op- posed, From present appearances, the conclusion wishes tobe a candidate and the office-holdera will it, and the party leaders will it, the rank and file will have to submit tothe dangerous prece- dent, whatever may be their private views aud preferences in the premises, ° {From the Steubenville (Ohio) Journal (republican) July 21.) It is alleged by the President's friends at Wash- tion of his opponents. The unexpected warnings which have reeently been given by the HeraLp are significant, for that is not a journal much given to theory, and it has always been friendly to the President. In several able articles it has grappled with this question as being one of present | ‘and vital importance, and has taken the true side. The election of one man to the highest office in the gift of our nation three consecutive terms, for twelve years, would be positive evidence te the world that republican institutions after a century haa proven a failure in America. When- ever any man, however eminent or patriotic or gifted, becomes necessary to our government, then are we no longer capable of self-government, The time is coming when we must cousider gravely this whole question of the Presidential office—the attributes of the office, its prerogatives and possi- bilities, its ever-increasing power and splendor, the yearning ef a cultivated and wealthy society for court honors and the attractions of a court life. A long lease of power begets a dangerous aristocracy that is fatal, if let grow, to the prin- ciples of free government. You will answer probably that the common sense of the people would be suflicient to prevent this attempt. So it was thought in '¢0 | that the common sense of the people would pre- vent the attempted dissolution of the Union, Who would dare attempt it? Many were found who would and did. The dangers of a third term sys- tem do not stop there. A third term paves the way tor @ longer lease of power, as has been known to the world in the political history of France, where the people elect a President for ten years, and then transform him into a monarch. The idea o1 a third term must be made odious, the attempt to execute it infamous. This talked of third term is admitted by the President's friendg, The politicians, of course, will sup- port the scheme of a third term. The great army of the office-holders, who last Fall used tueir enormous influence for Grant, in order to keep their places and revenues, can be as completely depended upon in 1876 as in 1872, The industry of politics will not willingly surrender its occupation, and hence there is not one oficeholder in the country who would dare to say publicly that a third term for Grant would be @ crime against the na- tion and a dangerous precedent to establish or even encourage. It remains for the President to publicly deny this assertion from his friends, if he retain the enviable record of his public life. If not, and the third term prove to be a reality, the danger threatened to our republican institutions should be boldly grappled and oppesed by the millions, irrespective of party. [From the Culpepper (Va.) Observer (conserva. tive), July 17.) The New YORK HERALD is much exercised “about Cwzarism and the rapid strides it is makig in this country. it calls on General Grant tg announce forthwith his purpose not to be @ caadidate for re- election to the Presidency in 1844, and promises, by way of inducement for him,‘to do so, tat he shall have an immortality li¢e Washington. This inducement scems to be tqa.feeble to produce the desired effect. Genersi “Grant has made no re- sponse to the call, at fn ail human probability will not. Most men like power, and never voluntarily relinquish it. Geperal Grant has not shown so far any aversion toit, nor can we discover anything in bis characser or conduct to create a belie! that he will of his own accord surrender it. We do not believe that he is willing to sink back into bis original nothingness as long as there is a chance to wield the power and receive the emolaments of his office. In our opin- jon worse things could happen for the country than the re-election of General Grant for the third journals should concentrate their thundersupon | Grant was inducted into office, the subject of his H ington, that the report is not alone in the imagina- | seems to be pretty well arrived at, that if Grant | | kind of a government, provided it is a just one, 1 needs @ government strong enough to suppress the carpet--baggers, and just enough to secure ta every man protection in his person and property. [From the Pottsville (Pa,) Standard, July 24.] The emergency which the HERALD asserts to be upon us, the conspiracy which it declares to be . ripe, has been feared and predicted; and itis no vain cry of an alarmist to rouse the people, if pos- sible, in time to avert the calamity. It ts true that the election of General Grant te o third term would be @ practical subversion of our form of government, and civil liberty would be, if not dead, dying. It 13 true that there is no constitutional provision preventing the election of a President to a third term, but the unwritten law which Washington and Jefferson and Jackson made unto, themselves has become engrafted into our sys tem, and hag heretofore been recognized as of binding force, General Jackson at the end of his second term had become powertul enough to name his successor. To aspire to a third term ‘or himself his patriot heart never conceived. But the power of Jackson as President was but small in comparison with the power of President Grant in the present development of our resources and the present massive machinery of our govern- ment, The two term principle being broken down, four years additional organization given, and the door is open for a life long sojourn at the White House. (From the Columbia (S. C.) Union-Herald (adminis- tration), July 15.) Public opinion is rarely mistaken in tts judg- ments of men and measures. The cloud may be no bigger than a man’s hand, but 1t holds the invinct- ble spirit of the storm. It was so in the idea of unt- versal frecdom that gradually rose like @ modest star above the political horizon until it burned like a planet in the American irmament over the blood and dust and ruin of an hundred bloody flelds, The result of the war for universal enfranchisement and emancipation was an illustration of the force of public opinion over the prejudices and customs of the Republic. We are, perhaps, on the eve of another illustration of the power of public opinion, and in its triumph we shalt have another vindica- tion of its infallible judgment. We allude to the idea impressing itself upon the public mind of the importance of electing General Grant to a third term of office. This ideaits taking the unmistak- able shape of American public opinion, and the * more we reflect upon the proposition the more favor it meets with in our eyes, * * * There is but one way to cover up the past forever and con- vince the democratic party that we meant busl- ness when we beat them in the last campaign, and that is to re-elect General Grant for another term. 84D DEATH OF A YOUNG JOURNALIST. Adie ES On Saturday afternoon there was conveyed to the Morgue the body of a young man which had been taken out of the East River at the foot of Forty-fourth street. {It bore traces of having been 1n the water for some days, and was thereby some- what difficult of identification. Mr, White, the keeper of the Morgue, jound a letter and other papers on the body that appeared to indicate where tne friends of the deceased might be found, and he _ forwarded them to Coroner Kessler yesterday, who had previously held an inquest, with the usual result of “Found drowned.” These papers were seen by the pres@ reporters at the Coroner’s office, and one of them brought them to the HERALD office, where it waa found that it was a letter written from Cootehill, county Cavan, by Mr. Thomas Coulson, to hig brother, James Coulson, one of the reporters on the city department of the HERALD. As Mr. James Colson had not been seen af the office since Wednesday, the 23d inst., aud anxious inquiries had been made on his behalf, it was feared that this discovery was | but the prelude to the explanation of his disap= pearance. This supposition, untortunately, proved vo be correct. Friends able to identify the body and his clothing proceeded to the Morgue immedi- ately and soon were met with unmistakable col firmation that their worst fears had proved true, and that their friend and fellow worker had passed away forever. Mr. Coulson had been connected with the HEkALD for nearly two years, had proved himself a journalist of considerable talent, and was greatly admired for the untiring energy and ever-ready enthu- siasm that characterized all his journalistic work. The cause of his drowning wil! probably ever remain a mystery. He was left by # jellow jour- nalist on Wednesday evening in the neighborhood: of Canal street and Broadway, and was then on bis way to his home in Union square. He has not been Seen alive since by any ol his friends, He was a native of county Cavan, Ireland, is very respectably connected and was about twenty-five years of age. The funeral will take place on Wednesday morn- ing, at hail-past nine o'clock, from his !ate rest- dence, 12 Union square, between Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets, east side, and the remains will be interred in Greenwood Cemetery. FOUND DROWNED IN THE BAY. Yesterday afternoon a gentleman in the sloop yacht Irene, sailing past Coney Island, discovered a body floating in the bay near by. The temains were taken on board and conveyed to Jersey City, where @ post-mortem examination is to be made by County Physician Buck, Deceased was ap- parently a middle-aged German, six feet high, with brown eyes, black hair, and wore an alpaca coat, biack broadcloth vest, check pants, white shirt and calfskin boots. In his pockets were ten postage stamps and a wooden pipe with an amber mouth piece. An inquest will be neld. ‘THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE ANCHORAGE, Yesterday afternoon the fourth and last of the huge iron plates for the bridge anchorage on the Brooklyn side was delivered in that city, It weighs twenty-five tong, It will soon be placed in position, and then the interstices will be filled in with concrete and@ the links fitved in their places, On top of all this will be eighty feet of masonry. AN AMAZON ON THE WAR PATH At about five o'clock yesterday afternoon Bridget Hamtiton, aged 45, of 143 Mulberry street, was as- saulted with an axe by Mrs. McUuiness, a resident of the same house. Bridget received a severe scalp wound and was seut home, and Mrs, Mc- Guiness was arrested, A NEW YORK SWINDLER ARRESTED IN PHILADELPHIA, PHILADELPHIA, July 28, 1873. This morning the detectives of the Central Ufice, succeeded in capturing Dr. Lawrence E. Peyton, of New York, at his boarding house, 924 Walnut street. He is supposed to be connected with a ig of awindlers who have victimiged many ot he New York and Philadelphia therchants by ordering goods, disposing of them at auction and then decamping with the proceeds, Among other of his transactions is the alleged disposal of @ valuable brown stone house in this city by giving a Thee en He wa8 committed in deiault of CHARGES AGAINST 87, DOMINGO MER. HANTS, Boston, July 28, 1873. Captam Matthew Waish, of the brigantine Model, of Hslifax, who lately arrived here from Azua, in St. Dsmingo, informs the Boston Herald that his con- ‘Bignees there, RK. G. Marchend and John King, who acted as interpreters, attempted to bribe him to cast away his vessel and oon his way home. They partly loaded the vessel, held @ mock survey and he satied, not daring to make any objections on account of the lawless state of the place, and brought the vessel safely to Boston, though she leaked weed having sustained some injuries enter+ ing the port of St. Domingo, JUDGE LYNCH ANTICIPATING JUSTICE. Crxcrnnati, Ohio, July 28, 1873, At Rogersville, Ohio,,on Saturday night, during the trial of a man calling himself Jef Davis, for an outrt committed upon a little girl nine years or age, the lights were extinguished and tue prisoner knocked down, dragged out of doors, shot twice with revolvers, and then dragged two squares and hanged to a tree until dead, ATTEMPTED MURDER IN NEW JERSEY. MocnT HOLLY, N, J., July 28, 1873, J. J. Barty, of Lancaster, Pa., was found this | Morning, about two miles from this place, in the locality known as Polly a Swamp, with . his throat cut almost from ear ear. He stated that he had been waylaid by three colored men and Foobed and assaulted as above, slight hopes are, term. and we fear worse things will hanven should | entertained of Lia recovery,