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rer sere ey 8 CESARI The Subject Still the Editorial Topic of the Newspaper Press. — oa . Further . Exehanges. Is the Great Question, “Aut Cesar aut Nullus?” {From the Galveston News, July 22.) There has never been atime since this Union Girst went into operation till the present day when any statesman or journal in this country would have dared to recommend aman for the Presi- dency fora third term, It would have been con- sidered scarcely less than treason to our govern- ment, And yet the nomination of Grant for a third term is now the familiar topic ali over the country, and the suggestion is eagerly endorsed by nearly all the leading Grant organs, though of course not by the democrats or by independent journals, {From the Lockhaven, Pa., Democrat (democratic), July 24.) CAESARISM, _ This is the expressive title under which the New YoRK HERALD, In a series of well tempered, ie articles, has been discussing the third-term Movement of the satellites of Grantism. In the election of Grant to a third term that sentinel ou the watch tower of vigorous journalism sees danger to the Republic and rings the alarm. Lest the apathy of the American people allow the Plotters to work their way to a successful issue of their plans they give this timely notice, and the @iscussion of the question will, we believe, do much towards bringing the minds of the public to @ fairer consideration of centralism than that question has yet had, and possibly lead to the adoption of that great desideratum in federal affairs, one term only at a time for a President. {Prom the New Orleans Picayune (radical opposi- tion), July 25.] In this, the first year of his (Grant’s) second term, public opinion is already being prepared for ® thirdterm. With politicians the best man is the most available man. General Grant has no per- sonal magnetism; he excites no particular enthusi- ism in the more active supporters of his adminis- tration, and they would abandon him to-morrow if they could do so with safety to themselves. It is his military prestige and his immense power over the federal appointees which secure him their aid and countenance. But why do the people at large continue their adherence to a man who has so often manifested his incompetence to perform aright the duties of his office and his in- appreciation of the responsibilities of his position ? ‘The back pay steal has met with almost universal condemnation. The Journals of all parties, with Surprising unanimity, have combined to censure the Congressmen who participated in it, and have ,Meciared their unfitness to hold offices of trust. But the President is as culpable in that matter as any man in the nation, He never said one word in discouragement of it, but when the time came he signed the bill and made it law without a syl- lable in protest. 4 ‘[From the Opelika (Ala.) Locomotive (democratic) , duly 23.] 1 We offer no apology for publishing this week, to ‘We exclusion of our usual amount of editorial mat- ter, the subjoined article from the New Youre | HERALD upon the above subject. It is a strong and forcible exhibit of one of the many evils about to ‘De fastened upon our body politic. All will do well ‘to read and ponder the weighty matters presented ‘therein to the consideration of the public. [From the Boston Glove (republican), Jaly 25, in a facetious anti-Cwsar strain.) Those who are terror stricken at the mere idea ‘Of a President serving a third term are, doubtless, moved to their fears through a sincere love of ‘their country. After a third term, what is to pre- vent a fourth, a fitth, a sixth, nay, a life-long occu- pancy of the Presidential chair’ Ay! there’s the rub; for since the office holders are such a power ¢m the Jand, and can only betray their chief at the expense of their bread and butter, there is nothing to prevent not only a multiplicity of terms, but the descent of the office to the eldest son, thas keeping it in the family. Under such a state of affairs the transition to a monarchy is very simple. We shall have King Ulysses, with his court composed of Duke Fish, Earl Robeson; Benjamin Butler, Marquis of Essex; Viscount Dent, Count Marphy and a host of other noblemen; while, doubtiess, the venerable Susan B, Anthony would be elevated to the peerage under the title of the Marchioness of Suffrage afia Anna Dickinson zt. made a SOUBIESS at least. « .uice Frederick Wi, of course, be looked up to a8 the heir apparent, and every member of the last ‘Congress be decorated with the insignia of the Golden Fleece. One’s republican blood curdles ‘with righteous indignation as the prospect of such @ result dawns upon the mind. How can we be suficiently grateful to those who have thua early | raised the warning cry as they see with prophetic vision the noble ship of state rapidly drifting to- ‘wards the rugged and pitiless breakers of Ciwsar- ism, upon which she will be irretrievably lost un- Jess she shortens sail and puts the belm hard-a- port without delay es “(From the Chatham (Va.) 7ribune (conservative), July 23.) The New YORK HERALD, tbe prince of American | newspapers, Ii several recent able but cautiously | written articies, has dived deep into the subject of | Cwsariam, with divers speculations as to the prob- able existence of the spirit of the ancient Cwesars in the mind and breast of the honored President of this still youthful Republic. Who doubts that the | Tesuit in a third con would be as successful as | am the second, or that the here of the national party would refuse the proffered honor? There | @re no patriots in that party, so far as heard irom, who, like Brutus, love their country more than this champion of their cause, With the followers of ti cond Cromwell success of party outweighs a!i considerations tor | the future good or salvation of the country. Their ideas must be carried out and their power main- tained though the last vestige of popular freedom be wrenched trom the hands of the people and | scattered to the four win That is the principle upon whica tie s run,” which has actuated those im authority and which threatens the advent of « or something on that order, Person fer rather to endure a while Jonger ty ve than fly to ethers we know not o!, cally as our chances for high seats in the synagogue would be exceed. | angly slim. {From the Danville, Va ster (democratic), duly We observe that the giscussed through the sut is being extensively press, particularly in the North. The New York Hrxarp has been agitating the question, treating the pretension to @ third term asa species of Cosarisim, and ratsing its | warning voice against the danger of countenanc- ing thi8 departure from established usage. idea is generally condemned by the press. If Gen- eral Grant can be nominated and elected for the | next Presidential term he*can be continued for still another, and then why not for lier There 18 no Jaw or constitutional prohibition in the way. If ‘this be suffered the last blow will be given to the | next Monday, liberties of the people and republican government ‘Will have to give way to the rule of the sword. {From the Colambus( Ga.) San, July 23.) Some of the republican journals freely admit that General Grant can force or procure a renomination 4f he desires it, aud of this we have no doubt what ever, for reasons already stated. The matertal question seems to be whether he wants a renomi- mation, and the silence of bis devoted journalistic champions is significant. In our view of this con- test the same great material interests that worked #0 powerfully for Grant last year desire his coun- Senance ID ofMlice, especially 1s the organization of | purchasing “slip,” They wore hgja | Datep Juny 29, 187: | the Western farmers continues formidaoie. we allude to the moneyed and protected interests of the North, whose stability and continued security were last year thought to require another term of Grant. A great movement to put down monopolies and special privileges will be apt to make these in- terests cling with a tighter grasp to their strongest Stay. This influence, united with the negro vote of the South, controlled by office-holders and cal pet-baggers, would make Grant invincible in & Extracts from Onur | Party nominating convention. [From the Franklin (Pa.) Spectator (democratic) . July 24.) Five years ago men were disposed to pay little attention to Frank Blair’s repeated declarations that the American people did not know General Grant; that beneatn his apparent stolidity there ‘was concealed a love of arbitrary power, and that he had in him the elements to make a dictator, or What the HERALD would call a Cesar, Subsequent events have given to General Blair’s utterances & force they did not possess at the time. What little was known of General Grant, beyond his army Tecord, did not at the time seem to warrant the forebodings of General Blair, But times have changed since then, and go far as General Grant is concerned—cal! him Dictator or Casar—his power to-day over his hordes of oMice-holdera and ex- pectants is stronger than that of any despot on earth, Charges of corruption against his officials, made and proven; his own endorsement of men who ought to be doing the State some service in a prison; his arbitrary course in regard to Louis jana—none of these things, which would have damned any other President, scem to have the slightest effect upon the in{atuation of his follow- ers. There is much in the present situation to make the HERALD’s persistent discussion of Cwsar- ism pertinent, and to prevent us from treating the subject with levity. {From the Middleburg (N. Y.) Gazette (independ- ent), July 26.) So far as we have been able to discover, Presi- dent Grant has not, as yet, even nodded assent to the premature slate that Is peing prepared by his friends who desire to continue in oMice and man- age the loaves and fishes thereof, By that time there may come to the surfac> such an entirei; new aspect of public affairs, and there may have | arisen such a clamorous demand for a ‘‘new deal” that President Grant will decide that “discretion is the better part of valor,” and retire from the fleid with his victorious laurels undimmed by an inglo- rious defeat. We therefore dismiss the topic of a third Presidential term as, at this time, unworthy of serious or prolonged consideration. When the befitting time comes 11 willbe proper to discuss it, for it has the profoundest bearings on republican institutions, and the life of the Republic itself, We believe that a majerity of the people are, on princi- ple, opposed to either second or third terms for a President; and wmle we expect to see the time when a second term will be prohibited by constitu- tional amendment, we are firm in the conviction that we shall never have a government adminis- tered with strict honesty and impartiality, and a country Iree from the dangers of constant political agitation, until the one term rule is adopted and the tenure of office placed at eight yéars. A HUDSON LIGHTNING FREAK, The Weehawken O11 Dock Struck by Lightning—How the Dock Was Saved from Complete Destruction. Yesterday afternoon while the thunder storm was apparently in its infancy, a terrible catastro- phe was well nigh occurring on the other side of the North River. At the foot of Union Hill, not far from the Schuetzen Park, lie the Weehawken Dock, recently completed. On this dock sre placed at least two million barrels of oil. The oil is contained in a large tank. It is well remembered how the oil docks of the Hunter’s Point ferry, when ignited by fire last year, ravaged the coast of the East River. Such an occurrence was well nigh taking place last evening, when the lightning flashes struck down unsparingly upon the Weehawken Oil Dock and almost rent the staves of the enormous tank — contain- ing the oil. At the hour mentioned the light- ning struck on the rounded edge of the tank and crept mto the oily waves. Suddenly the muss was ignited and the waves of fire rose over the surface. A workman was fortunately passing by and saw the flames at work. He rushed down the hill and summoned the watchman and workmen. Ladders were soon placed up against the tank and men climbed them with blankets in | their hands, the only proper preventives which could be used. With these they strove to extin- guish the oily flames for a considerable time, but in vain. The ships anchored near by were bouled out intg thy stream to avoid danger’s way. Water Was poured on by da ans of engines, but could not extinguish thé flanids. qe covered the whole burning lake of oil with blankets and cloths of every description until, after somé houys’ exertion and careful management, the flames weré subdued. The tide was eae = | strongly down the river towards the bay. Had the burning oil escaped from the tank and fooded tie vicinity, toe destruction that would have ensued can scarcely be imagined. The house occupied by Michacl Quinn in Clinton street, Hoboken, was also struck by the fluid. Bricks and mortar were torn from the walls, aud ther damage done, but no person was injured. OH pam BROOKLYN AFFAIRS. Sceptical Dignitaries. A young. man, who gave his name as Henry Mar- tin, was arraigned before Justice Delmar on the charge of attempting to swindle. It seems that the prisoner called at the house of Rev. Father o’Reilly, in Carroll street, and sought a subscrip- tion from him for the benetit of a man who, as he stated, had been run over by a city car. Martin represented that the man’s Jamily was in @ desti+ tute condition, Father O'Reilly’ inquired of Mr. Dominick Roche, Member gf Absembly fur tné Third District, whether the latter Nad heard of such acase, Mr. Roche replied that he had not. The two gentlemen, suspecting that Martin was a fraud, refused to give him any money. Martin then left. Mr. Roche followed him and attempted to arrest him. tin offered resistance, but | Father O’Reviy went to the Assemblyman’s assist- ance and the secused was arrested, “He was com- mitted to answer, Brooklyn Trust Company’s Troubles. Affairs at the Twoklyn Trust Company remain | unchanged. Mr. Chauncey, the receiver, stated yesterday that he had nothing to say in addition | tothe statement he recently made to the stock- holders and depositors in regard to the condition of the institution, and denied the published report to the eflect that the entire capital of the com- pany had been consumeds Judge’ McCue also stated that it was the under- standing of the stockbolders to resume business at an early day. The following notice, calling a meeting of the stockhoiders, Was issued yesterday :— To StockwOLDERS OF THK BROOKLYN Trost Com~ r THe trnstecs of and stockholders in the ne: ot cust 5, at eight cK nt of the affairs of the company will be ) the stockholders, and their views invited submitted as to the proj riety of at once making good (he capital stock and the resumption of business by the company at an early day HENRY &. PIERREPONT. JAMES D. FISH. N , HENRY SANGER. W SF DANIEL CHAUNCEY. ALEX, McCUK, DA OUR L, HUSTED, Lewis Tappan’s Will, ‘The will of the late Lewis Tappan, the well known abolition agitator, was presented for pro- bate in the Surrogate’s Court, Brookiyn, yesterday. His estate, Which is worth about $5,000, is left to | his widow and daughter. Fanny Hyde Again, In the Brooklyn Supreme Court yesterday, Coun- selior Catlin applied to have Mrs, Fanny Hyde, the | alleged murderess of George W. Watson, admitted | to bail. Mrs, Hyde was released on bail just after her trial, t jury having disagreed, but when the | District Attorney wanted to try her again she was | not forthcoming. She was subsequently arrestea | and locked up in the Raymond street Jail, Argu- ment on the motion yesterday was postponed until Fatal Run-Over Accident. A boy named John McGrath, aged four years, was run over by one of the Greene and Gates avenue cars on the 2ist inst, He died at the Brooklyn City Hospital yesterday. The driver has not been ar- rested. The War on Policy. The “police are continuing their war on the policy shops of Brooklyn. Yesterday morning seve- ral officers from the Washington street station visited the shop of George Licyster, in Smith stree QUAKER CITY ELECTION FRAUDS. A Big Fight for a Seat in the Assembly—Al- loged Wholesale Counting Out and Changing of Election Retarns— The Way They Do It. PHILADELPHIA, July 26, 1873. The event in political circles this aiternoon has been the examination of witnesses in the cele brated election fraud case of ONeill v8. Ovens. At the last republican primary election held in this city for the selection of nominces to represent the Fourth Legistative district of this city Willlam J. Ovens and Harry ©'Neill were in the field. At mid- night of the day of election ONeill claims that oe @ thorough canvas of the different precincts of ti he district he won the nomination by @ majority OF 1,600 votes, but that by the returns, upon being mani- pulated py the poll clerks and judges, Ovens was de- clared the victor by over a thousand majority and received the election certificate. The deteated candi- date thereupon contested the same and discovered glaring frauds in almost every precinct. The Republican Executive Committee appointed seven of its members to investigate the charges, and they have held one or two sittings, during which crowds of witnesses have been examined, and they all sus- tained the plaintill, and showed up to the life the monster system of fraud that 1s in vogue over here during election times. ADDITION AND SILENCE, Some of the curiosities of the evidence of fraud produced on sworn testimony, is as follows :—In one precinct where there were 38 votes polled—26 for O'Neill and 12 for Ovens—1 was placed before the 12, and, like magic, there were 112 votes | counted for Mr. Ovens. In another instance where there were 89 votes polled, 69 for O'Neill and 20 for Owens, another “1” was “interjected” im the same way and counted accordingly. Other cases showed that more votes were counted for Ovens than there were voters in the precincts, and the returns in many instances were so biurred and distigured by the judges and clerks in their en- deavor to erase and put down additional numbers, that they were curiosities to look upon, and cast the Brooklyn returns of last election completely in the shade. A RIOT THREATENED. The examination this alternoon was held in the club room at the northeast corner of Broad and Race streets. Both Oevns and O'Neill were pres- ent with their counsel, while political lights of every shade and age occupied seats, watching with intense interest the proceedings. Iast night it had been rumored that @ riot would ensue, and the pelice were in readiness to queil it at any mo- ment. Besides considerable wrangling, the exami- nation ot witnesses for the defence proceeded, and no disturbance was created. Ovens’ witnesses, which were legion, swore as to the correctness of the returns, and at five o'clock the committee adjourned, and will give in their verdict either to-night or to-morrow. | ‘This case 18 considered of great importance, as the district has been represented heretofore by some of the best men of the cit Ovens, it is said, if deleated, will hold his election certificate at all hazards, and as a nomination is equivalent to an | election lively times wul follow, THR CONTESTANTS in this most extraordinary case are well known to the citizens of Philadelphia, the great majority of whom feel deeply the disgrace which the suit re- fects upon the good name ol the city, showin, as it plainly does that the cry of frau and ballot box stung in this ‘city raised by the opposition press after the last elections, was not entirely a myth. It 1s being brought home to them every day,’and the respectable portion of the voting population, logus as well as gemaaraty ure how realizmg What it is to be Féfresented in the Legisiative halls by mei resort to every fraud known in and out of poill he to secure their election, O'Neill is considered the most respectable of the two and it is thougnt by many that his motives have béen prompted by a Sense Of Injustice rendered him by the judges of election in the interest of Ovens, Others, better acquainted with the man, say that he is sailing in the same boat with Ovens as regards fraud, and that it is “diamond: cut diamond. He 18s bnt a@ little beyond thirty years ol age, and is the proprietor of a cigar store. During the greater portion of the war he served in a Penn-yivania regiment, and at the close returned home ranking a3 @ heaenant. Both he anc Ovens heretofo.e have been great chums, but his desire to represent the Fourtn district in the Assembly interfered with the jatter’s cherished plans, and since then a bitter enmity has existed between the two, rendered the more intense owing to the flank movement of Ovens. O'Neill is backed by the moneyed men of whatis known over heres the “Stace House Ring,” and claims as his friends such men as City Treasurer Widner and Bull Kemble. Oveus is recognized as a second edition of ‘the “Reddy the Blacksinith” type of po.iticians, He is connected with the leading luminaries of both the democratic and repubitcan organizations, and for years is said to have worked on both sides in his own peculiar way. During the session oj the Legislature he was appointed to an office in that body through the influence of Assemblyman Elliott, now the candidate for the ofice of Sheri jor Phila- delpiia county, and who manifests a laudable desire to stick by his friend and protegé, COMMISSIONERS OF EMIGRATION, The Commissioners of Emigration met yesterday afternoon at Castile Garden, Commissioner Starr in the chatr. The report of the Finance Committee ‘able bickering characterized the meet- ing, sotie o1 the Commissioners insisting that five Commissioners were sufMicient to constitute a quorum, while Mr. Lynch read from the bylaws a paragraph distincily deciaring that six were needed, It was sald that this was a printer's error in the bylaws, aud the Chairman ruled that a quorum was present. Mr. Quintard had answered to his bhame when the meet- ing orgsnized, but immediately leit, mstracting the Secretary that his vote might be recorded on the usual tnancial busipess, This left only Messrs, Starr, Lynch, Forrest and Kaufman in Meeting, but these gentlemen contrived to dis pose of the routine Nous and to discuss one or two of tne HOW ushally disputed points. The prin- pal matter spoken of in these discussions was the case of Joseph J, Hearne, Whom Mr, Steventun and Mr. Starr accused of having, on Ward’ cruelly, beaten a boy ten years Stevenson, who is chaifman of 8 uf age. he Ward’s Island Committee, had already suspended Mr. Hearne, but it was deemed in advisable now to take no final action on the complaint, allowing, however, the suspension to con imue until an investigation may be had, Another complaint was from the Superintendent of Ward's Isiind, in which he al- leged that Dr, Hallick, one of the doctors on the island, had imsulted hun by using Uireats flavored with oaths, Instructions were given to have returned to Rou- mania, at the expense of the Commission, five Jews Who had emigrated to tuis country recently, and in this connection Mr. Kaufman stated that the American Cousul at Bucharest was aaa encouraging emigration trom Roumania, If furs ther investigation corroborated the information already had by him on this suoject, Mr. Kaufman promised he would make a remonstrance to the Secretary of State. ‘The church war was not waged yesterday, probe ably owing to the absence of some of the Commis- sioners. COMPTROLLER'S RECEIPTS, Comptroller Green reports the following amounts paid yesterday into the city treasury, from:— RUREAU OF COLLECTION OF ASSESSMENTS, Assessments for street openings, improvemente interest....... Cress and «S110 rents ana “BUREAU OF Arrears of taxes, assessments, terest Sai 5,465 BUREAU OF CITY REVENUE. Interest on bond and mortyage and market rents ANd £08... cc see ‘ ve 1,484 a0 c Water rents and penalti . 23,139 MAYOR'S Licenses and fines. tee city counrs. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIO WORKS, Commissioner Van Nort makes tke following statement of public moneys received by the De- partment of Public Works during the week ending Saturday last For water rents For penalties For tapping Croton water pipes For vault permits.......+. For sewer peruuits. ei For sewer pipe sold ty contractors. .....0.00) Total... A BURGLARY FRUSTRATED, Burgiars on Monday morning broke into the apartments occupied by Mrs, Alice Noonan, 418 West Fifty-sixth street, and before they were dis- covered packed up a large quantity of valuables and clothing, In attempting to leave the mises one ran into the arms of Mrs, Noonan, ‘| ey then fled without their booty. Omicer John P, Casey, of the Twenty-second precinct, gave chase, and cap- tured one o! the burglars on Tenth jue, be- tween Fiity-third and Fity-fourth streets, alter @ severe struggle. Yesterday the prisoner, who gave the name of Patrick Hill, was taken to th Atlantic, and arrested the proprietor poveral par who went there for the purpose of to apswer. Central Office, where he was identified asa ‘“pro- fessional.” Judge Coulter yesterday sivernoon. committed him for trial without ball ° YORK HERALD, WEDNESDAY, JULY 30, 1873,-TRIPLE SHEET. THE NITRO-GLYCERINE CONVICT. “Wes Allen” Makes an Unconditional Surrender and is Removed to a Cell in the g Sing ‘Prison Where He Can Do No Harm—Allen Giv: His Reasons for Desiring to Remain at Sing Sing—He Is To Be Sent in the Next Drait to Auburn. The “nitroglycerine convict” “Wes Allen’! sub- mitted to the inevitable cOidequences of State Prison discipline yesterday, and at the request of @ Keeper voluntarily left the cell in which he had dispiayed his theatrical bravery and was removed to one on the ground floor, where a repetition of Monday’s heroics will do no harm to anybody. In | @ conversation that @ reporter of the HERALPAGd | wi aiden Bune y vy; it was arranged to send fifty of the convicts to Auburn jon on Monday last. In consequence of the trouble that always arises when a draft of prison- ers 1s about to be sent away, caused by a desire on the part of nearly every convict to avoid the draft, the ames of the convicts designated for removal was keptas secret ag possivie, Each man was taken from his cell and privately shackled. About four o’clock ‘Wes’? Allen received information that he was among THE DRAFTED CONVICTS, and he sought an audience with the Warden, to in- duce him to revoke the order. This was, of course, not comphed with, and he went back to his cell, whereupon followed the remarkable act of deflance described exclusively in the HERALD yesterday. Warden Hubbell said that it would have been very easy to nave taken Allen from his cell, despite his knife and his glass bottle of nitro-glyeerine, but it was feared that the trou- ble that might arise would deiay the departure of the other forty-nine men, and the train ieit at five o'clock. It was, therefore, decided to send THE FORTY-NINE MEN without Allen, and put him on punishment disci- plin once, This was done, and yesterday morn- ing Allen proposed terms of capitulation, He was good enough to explain that he nad a decided ob- jection to the discipline of the Auburn prison, He had been there, and did not desire to go again. Of course that, he said, was an objection that he did not expect any consideration of; but inasmuch as arrangements were making in New York by his counsel lor a new trial, in about two months, it wouid be greatly to the convenience of himself and counsel if he were at Sing Sing instead of Auburn, Warden Hubbel) replied that he could listen to no terms of surrender; it must be an “anconditional surrender.” He gave orders that nothing shouid be done in reference to the removal of Allen until this (Wednesday) morning, but deiore this order could be carried into effect Ailen had told uis keeper he would go out quietly, and he did so voluntarily and without any trouble. Allen was then moved to acell onthe ground floor ef the prison, where there will be No DiFPICULTY, in two minntes, of efectually subduing any belligerent propensities this notorious convict may hereaiter indulge in, ‘Wes’? Allen does not appear to be regarded by the prison keepers as @ very formidable convict, in any respect. He is very cowaraly, and it was only the interference of the Warden that prevented them from taking very decisive and determined measures with Allen, when he went into the “nitro- glycerine’ and carving knife business on Monday. Allen will unquestionably go up with the next draft of convicts to Auburn, and will have an opportunity there of renewing the experiences of his former visit, the retrospect of which he says causes him 80 | much terror, THE ASTORIA THROAT-CUTIING AFFRAY. ee Two Witnesses Examined Yesterday— ‘he Ryzoi uced fn Court—Mrs, Bs Eretuset. ae Layman’s Lestimony—Her Remarkable Coolness. The examination was resumed at four o’clock yes- day afternoon, the first witness being James Pitz- simmons, who testified as to the razor, he being the man who picked the razor up when found, as is alleged, by Mr. Layman, Mrs, Layman was next sworn, and was on the stand for about three hours. She answered all questions propounded by Mr. Covert without hesitation, and was very calm. Although the cross-examination was sharply con- ducted by Mr, Blackwell, acting for District Attor- | ney Downing, she was not at any time seriously disturbed, She denies all the charges against her. Her cross-examination will be continued to-day, JAMES FITZSIMMONS? TESTIMONY. By Mr. Blackwell—I cart lumber and coal; I was coming down Broadway the second day of July; 1 | saw Mr. Layman standing there; he asked me if I | would not turn my horse to one side and come with him; he said he had got a razor and did not like to pick it up without some seeing him do it; I saw the razor; L identify tie razor in Court as the one found, it having a nfark on it, By Mr. Covert—The place was a shrubby place; some Cail it dogwood; there were no briers; the razor Waa lying on the stone; Mr. Layman was not far from the razor; as soon as he handed it to me, he called my attention to the mark on it; betore calling my attention to the mark he asked me if I saw any bivod on it; 1 told him 1 thought 1 did; this was alter I handed it to him; I did not see him make the mark on tie razor. MRS, LAYMAN’S TESTIMONY, “ By Mr, Covert—I am the wile of George Layman; the date given by,him of our marriage was correet} 1 have not lived with him since the 9th of January; he cyyuse of the separat as jl gre 3 Hifontpred to hone ace Lega he SMe tials residence; no other acty of Violence, but he neg- lected me; he would hegiect me tor several weeks at a time; since the 9th of January | have been liv- img with my parents; the first communication I received frou him was through Mr. Blackwell; I went to Mr. Blackwell's ofice; 1 saw Mr. Baruett there; previous to this interview [ had received a number o1 letters from my husband, but I subsequently received a number of letters from him; the letter produced yesterday from me was written :n auswer to one trom my husband of the 20th of the same month; the ‘last two lines in the letter produced yesterday and also tne last signature were not mine; he would come to se me as often as twice or three times a week; would stay three or four hours; sometimes I would be alone with him fifteen minutes; he was treated like a gentleman; my father was opposed to his visiting me; the household consisted of my father and mother, two sisters, myself and child and Mr, Gamble; M amble was a iriend and boarded, with us; Mr. Layman was jeatous of Mr. Gaml¢,; he expressed himself displeased a number of he would his . times; accompany xpres- sions with oaths; my Jather never hiked Mr. Layman; Mr, Layman propesed going out; 1 told him I didn’t know, put at last consented; he told me he would ‘meet me at the corner 01 Broadway and Segond avenue; he did not meet me there, but we finally met, when we waiked up Broadway { Pourth avenue’ and then turned and came o&tk to Second avenue; we did not sit down during the walk; we walked as Jar as the grove; he wanted to sit down where it was cool; 1 told bim 1 wanted to go home; Mr. Layman said it was carly yet; he said, “Here’sa nice seat ;”* Tsat down five or ten minutes; | got up and told him I must go, for it was getting late; I started to go, when he told me to wait and sit on his lap a moment; | was confused and said | must go, as the baby would worry; he told me Lacted asif I was afraid; | told him i was not; [sat on his lap; he said it was cool and he would lie down; he asked me to come and live with him—that he had a nice house prepared, forty-two miles from here; 1 then said I wanted to go home, as it was late; he told me to wait @ few mowents and then I might go: with that I got a severe push toward the ground; as Lraised up from the ground Mr. Layman hal- Jooed ‘ Murder!” when he hallooed murder Iran; he came behind me; I ran home and remained there; it was hall-past nine o’clock; J was arrested the same night; I did not tell Mr. Layman that night that I wanted to see him alone and have a talk with him; I did not tell him that I wanted to sit or lie down that night; I dia not tell him I wanted to go under the trees te get cherries; I said eee about mosquitoes or bugs; 1 did tell my hasban in the house that I had something private to tell him; I did not make a suggestion as to lying down, or as to going somewhere ; Ldid not push him down, nor did I ask him why he did not le down; I did not place my arm-around his neek; I did not tell him 1 made the appointment with him to make a {ool of him, or to go home and have a laugh at his expense; I said nothing about being a free wo- man, nor did I say anything about any person see- ing Us; I never told him to lie down straight, nor aid Tuse my pocket handkerchtef in connection with bis head, nor did Isay, “How you sweat;” [ told my mother where I was going, and did not say it was none of my parents’ business where I was; T did not press back his head; I had no razor with me, nor any other sharp instrament; I had nothing in’ my pocket but my pocket handkerchier; T did not attempt to cut my husband’s throat nor use any violence with him; while] was in the cell my husband came where he could see me and ad- vised me to plead guilty and it woud save me many years of imprisonment, to which I made no iy. te th Blackwell—I had my husband arre: Mr. Layman had my father arrested for assault; my father was tried tor the alieged offence; he attempted to choke me; ne attempted to put my sisters out of the house because ae called the baby by @ name offensive to him; I did not wash for Mr. Gamble, but I did wash for myseif to save money to buy clothing for my baby. . Adjourned till two o'clock to-da; ited ; AOOIDENTAL INJURIES, ‘Thomas Harney, a freman on the steamer Geor- gia, lying at pier 20 North River, was severely in- jured last evening by #n iron bucket falling on his ead while he was at work in the fire room. He ‘was sent to the Park ae by Captain Leary, of ‘the Twanky-aixth pregac . | THE POOR SICK CHILDREN’S RELIEF FUND. —_.-___ Additional Subscriptions to the Fund— A New and Happy Pian Decided Upon. ‘The movement g0 favorably inaugurated for the re- Uef of the poor sick children of the city is evidently awaking the charitably inclined to the fact that the charity is one deserving df gil support and assistance. It is now proposed, 1i scriptions Within a wesk 810 Warrant it, to charter a barge for a sall down the bay, for the use of mothers with their sick children, the barge to call at cer- tain designated wharves on both sides of the city. The Pere of every mother who has a sick aed, While will be provided and cared for at ‘aC nurseries, Which will also be designated. This charity is one that everybody shonid give Nils mite to make successful. The little children are dying every week in our midst by the hundreds, and the only way to stay the tide of mortality among them is to free them at least for a tew hours during the day from the stifling atmosphere of the tenement houses. The air they breath in the purlieus from morn till night is pol- sonoua, and without some relief of the kind arrived at in tnis poor Children’s Relief Fund, the list of deaths of children under five years of age will continue all Summer to increase. When the barge plan shall lave been decided upon all the physicians of the city will be notified, go that they can confer with the commit- tee as to their quota of little ones to be benefited. The RUA Riermabecrinsious jor the fund were re- ceived at the HERALD Office yesterday :— Savcxarizs, J 1 To rae Epiror or Tux HERaup :— vacated Euclosed please find one dollar for the Poor Children’s Fund, of which Rey. Alvah Wiswail, of St. John’s chapel, Yanick street, is chairman of thé committee. Yours, For Geor sake * sm Wee etn The following additional subscriptions were re- ceived since last report:— mhgoagh the Treasurer of the Fund, the Rey. Alvah Wis- all Ww. Fieldston Farm. ‘Thomas M Ls . Form Anonymous. For the suniering sick :: George:....... Bellow’s Fails, Vt. EM A Eutataarn 0 0 0 00 00 00 00 L. 0, Througit doin F. baits (1 100 ‘etired Navy Officer - 500 Septito the Treasurer— P.O. F.& Jo 5 00 ¥. Mi. A Friend 16 Lhaigi % aign + 25.00 Bk Girard -10wW No Name. 0 OO X. M. Gatlawa:; 2 00 Mrs. E. 8. Hast 400 ‘Total. 255.50 Previously acknowledged. 9 Total.. Subscriptions to this fund may be sent to the HERALD oflice; Mayor Havemeyer, City Hall; Fran- cis H. Jenks, President sate Deposit Company, 140 Broadway, New York; Andrew J. Lezgat, Acting Assessor of New York, City Hall; Jones & Ryder, 432 Lroadway; George Calder, 327 Rivington Street; Charics O’Conor, 49 Park place; Rev. Ar- thur Warner, 477 Hudson strect; Theodere Moss, Wallack's Theatre; Dunlap & Co., 174 Filth avenue; Charles H, Kendrick, general passenger agent New York and Hudson River Ratiroad, room 6 Grand Central depot; John P. Faure, 238 West Eleventh street, Secretary; Gouverneur K. Lan- sing, Earle’s Hetel, ‘Treasurer, or Rey. Alyah Wis- wall, St, John’s chapel, Varick street, Chairman, GOUVENEUR K. LANSING, Earle’s Hotel, Treasurer. avesee: seeece es BATE TS BURGLARY, a Commissioner . Oliver Charlick Robbed. The town residence of Police Commissioner Oliver Chariick, in Thirty-fourth street, near Eighth avenue, was entered by thieves on Saturday night. They packed two large barrels full of ladies’ wear- ing apparel, and were at the point of escaping with it when something or sumebody disturbed them, The only booty they managed to secure was a handsome silver mounted pistol belonging to the Commissioner. The attempt of the thieves was discovered in a curious and re- markable manner. One of the maid servants living with the family at Flushing, L. L, dreamed the night of the robbery, or, as she says, saw the affair take place while she slept, and the impression made by this circumanstance was so strong in her mind that nothing could dissuade her commg to New York next day and secing jor herseif, With- out the slightest hesitat.on she walked at once to the door where in her dream she saw the thieves leave the: property when they were disturbed, and, 8) enough, the goods were found at that spot. This jaithiul’ and formidavle watcher over her master’s property returned the clothing to its proper place and then informed the Commissioner of what had taken place. He went to the Twentieth precinct station house ty pake some inquiries about the matter, but the pole’ Police hothing of it, Mr, Charlick asked Captain | feehane == ; “Have you any special duty men here?” BIT, TWO. indeed} LWo, eh? (adjusting the remnant of manipulated Trabucos between his molars). What do tiey dor? “They arrested a burglar the other night.” “Did theynow? Um; but their general duties— what are they?” “Well, they are about the station house agood dem, waiting, you know, for something to turn up.” *Gm—an. "Good morhing, Captain,” “Goodby, Mr. Commissioner.” The case has been given to the detectives, and they are making huge efforts to hunt up the miss- ing pistol, One of the most singular ieatures of the affair is that, although the servant saw all the movements of the robbers, the persons who checked them in their villany were* completely hidden from her observation. if the detectives succeed in narrowing the case down to auy set of thieves they will arrest them and send them to the servant for recognition, sae REAL ESTATE MATTERS, oes “Facts Concerning J. W. Norton’s Hstate. On the 15th instant, 21'4 acres, @ portion of the “Mellick Farm,” at Plainfield, N, J., property be- longing to John W. Norton, wno proved a defauiter to the government, while in charge of the Money Order Bureau of the Post OMce, under General Jones, having been offered at public sale by A. J. Bleecker, Son & Co., and sold, the balance was withdrawn at the instance of General Jones, who is trustee of the estate, and the sale postponed to take place at the Real Estate Exchange in this city. The cause for this action was a due deference General Jones paid to his bondsmen, only two or three of whom Were present during the sale, while six others were absent, It was confidently expected that Messrs. Abram Wakeman, Sheridan Shook, Samuel Sinclair and Colonel Charies S. Spencer, sureties for General Jones, would certainly attend when the saie was held in the city, Pursuant to announcement only Messrs. H. A. Burr, 0, N, Cutler and Henry Shields appeared at the Exchange yesterday at one a’clock as also Genera! Jones, when the rematning rty of the Norton estate was again offered by Bleecker. Plot No. 1, vlock 4, 208.51X545.30x ir. 183,05X635.96 Was knocked down to Mr. Joseph Yates for $550. Plots Nos. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7, aver- aging about 140x530, fronting on Rahway avenue, were purchased by Mr. 0, N, Cutler for $500 euch, as was also lot No. 15. block 5, containing about one acre oi land, for $450, At the knockdown OJ this last plot the further disposal of this property was indefinitely post- poned, and General Jones expressed nimself to the extent that hereafter the remaining portion ol this farm would be soid on private terms, as being more conducive to public interest, The apathy exhibited by those who are bound by the amplest security to the United States govorn- ment to make good every deficiency existing under General Jones’ administration, for which they are firmly bound, is inexplicable, Not even to be present at the sale, and by moral influence at least to assist in recovering tor themselves, if not the government, a portion of what they will uiti- mately have to pay, seems almost uapardonabie, and the failure o1 the auction is proof suftictent of the inertness displayed by the absent sureties. General Joues did everything in his power to obtain the largest possible return from the sale of Norton's property, and, had he been practically supported, he would have succeeded in recovering out of the estate an amount suMcient to cover every existing deficiency. As the case stands now the residue of the property will be disposed of at private sale, and if then a defictengy still exists the passive bondsmen wiil doubtless be called upon to “pay up.” We nnderstand that the government intends now to take active measures against Nor- ton, and proceed not only against his property, but his person. Messrs. Bleecker, Son & Co. also sold, under direc- tion of Jobn N. Lewis, referee, a five story brown stone front house, 1,376'Third avenue, 25.6X70X100, to Isidore Heines tor $35,500. TERRIBLE PALL John McGuire, a child five years and ten months old, was killed by failing from the fifth story win- dow of his parenta’ residence, 365 Madison street, to the pavement, on Mon afternoon, Coroner mae Notified to 0 inquest on the " r THE POLICE RECR The Club Exercise and How It Is Taught. Its Valne as a Peacemaker in Mob and & Diseiplinarian in the Potee. What Its Uses Are Compared with the Musket Drill. The police, jadging from the manceuvrings of thé Commissioners lately, will ina very short time be able to say that they have really done something to make the police system perfect. We have all heard tell how the General of the Commission has unmasked his batteries of war and laid siege to the peace barricades, fortresses and bastions of all who oppose the military feeling in the Department}. but it may not be generally known that not a day in the week passes that A REGULAR DRILL OF THE POLICE _ does not take place. In the olden time, when rifled and bayonets were considered the special property @usage of militia men and regular army soldiers solely, of course nobody in or out of the Commis+ sion ever attempted to make the biuecoats believé that their batons were secondary to muskets and revolvers. But, as the oldest detective in the city says, “We hev chanced on defferént times.” However, it must not be supposed that the police nowadays are not brought up ag well and us tenderly cared for in a drilling way as they were when the whole-souled Leonard and the severe Carpenter were the model inspectors, disctplinarily judged, of the force. When Mr, Acton was the President of the Commission, and knewno more about the matter of assaying gold or silver than the most ignorant man who ever essayed unsuccessfully to become the United States Assayer, which Mr. Acton is npw (happily for himself and his immediate frien\is), the inspec- tors and captains were made to toe the line aa disciplinarians and were held responsible in @ greater degree for little faults than are the same officers now. There was, it is true, no military rule to follow, no musket to be carried about, no bayonet to be scrutinized, no poucb box to be Kept in cleanly order, just so and so; but there was a downright series of hard work tasks set forthe men every week in the exercise of the club that made every precinct a sort of army im itself, which was ever ready, ever willjng, never, lagging in its duty. The locust, then, was THE STRONG ARM OF THE LAW, that is, 80 faras Mr. Acton and his Commissioner associates knew how to administer the law. Itis @ fact that must be conceded, that during the war the club at first did not nave 1or the Commission- ers that attraction and confidence which, in moré peaceful times, it had had. They came to the con- clusion, in fact, that it would be quite the thing to make @ military body out of the police, allow the men to carry their clubs in their vest pockets as am ordinary man would a toothpick, and replace the sturdy locust with the best and latest und most improved style of musket known, to mankind—that is, mankind in the United States.. Well, it so happened that there was @ Governor at Albany who pretended (by reason of having been chosen as the chief magisirate of the State for two years, and of a certain statute en- acted by a wonderfal Legislature in 1854) to have the right to have something to say about the musket idea, He wasa general, too, by grace of the good Lincoln, and asa general he deemed it his duty to put in a hard word to show what wag. what in THE MUSKET LINE OF THE STATE SERVICE. To him the Commissioners had to apply for the- muskets, and to them he, therefore, addressed his answer, .That answer was, “No muskets.” The resent policy of General Duryee, it will be sect 4 only an old one renewed, and will, in al probability, from General Dix meet with the same fate as its predecessor, After Governor Morgan’s musket reiusal the Police Com- missioners came to the conclusion very wisely that, as the club was their gnly head-cracking resource, they had better cultivate its use aiuong the patrole men in a way that would be, if not beneficial to the | wholeness ol the general eraniums of the popula tion, at least * A PROGRESSIVE WORKER AGAINST MOBS and the rowdy element everywhere. it was I= 1864 they established their school 0: instruction, and it must be said that this school, in ity way, has proved one 01 the most adinirable features ot the Police system. It has always been and 1s now laced in competent hands ; and, althouga the skilfal aptain Copeland, selected for the supervisorsnip of it, generally and particularly las an idea that he knows even more thau tactics or the experience of older men cau teach him, it has, since it was first opened, thrived und him most admirably,. it isa simply conducted school, and will do wore good in a general way for the efliciency of the Dee partment than ali the musket drilling that can be oné fhrough with from now until doomsday. ‘rom ten in the morning until noon the uew men are taken in hand by the iustructo# and initiated into all ae GE i THE MYSTERIFG Or rae CLUB EXERCISE, This exercise j8 uot by any means & févelty, githoigh, to Tid non-military man, it has an air Of om:oolery that is quite ‘laughable. It is nothing. more nor less than the bayonet exercise, as prac tised in the army, modified and reduced to a sys- tem consistent with tne free use of the clup “as short range,” so to speak. The modificatians are of course many and very matertal, for bet ween a short club and a bayonet fixed at the muzzie of » musket there must naturaily be a wide ditfexence in the mat~ ter of handling the piece. Some people tuere are,it is true, who have an idea that the drilling o! the new men in the club exercise is @ Useless tanfuronade, and that the men could be better employed im many ways during the Morning hours. fey argue that the drill is only & ;ormality, and that all the movements, the fp cuts and down cuts and side cuts they aré faught are o1 no consequence wha ever; (ahi ina fight with a mob THE ROUGH AND TUMBLE POLICY has always turned out to be the best, and that h man ior himself,” club in hand, is more.cer- tain of good results in a mélee than a stilt, reguiare ly faced onset of a platoon ina body. But this idea is @ false one in many respects, The drill is excellent as it is and should be con- tinued. In the first place the mots of 63 taught the police the value of the club exer- cise. Had they not been apt in the “cuts” many @ rioter who was sent to Davy Jone’s Locker would now be alive, in all probability, to do more mischief, and many others who now bear the ignoble scars of the contests with the locusts during that dread- ful period would neither limp nor go tleir way@ maimed and broken in bone and sinew, living ade vertisements of the efficiency of Copeland’s cuta. The exercise teaches the men unity of action. It may be that in all cases of riot, when called out in a body, they may not, in their attacks or defences, follow strictly the formality of the cluo lessons taught, but the nabit of being drilled to use the club in @ particular way on particular occasions is always strong when they are called upon to make use of the locust in any way. When on the defensive it is as natural for eve! oliceman, even without orders, to place his clui in the position of defence he has been taught, or, when assaulted, to make use of it offensively, as he is drilied to use itin offensive actions as itis ior ®& band of unofiicered soldiers, set upon by cavalry, to throw themselves into a square, WITH BAYONETS AT THE CHARGE, Under all the circumstances of the case the club dri now being heid daily must be considered a praiseworthy one, even more so than the musket drill, It sheuld be borne in mind that, tn addition to this special drill, the new policeman has another duty to perform, which gives him an excelient idea of his new life and the exacting duties it requfres at all times and under all circumstances, From six to twelve o’ciock he is required to do one tour of patrol duty every other night. This gives him an insight into the necessities of his new situation and is about the best practical Jesson he gets to qualify him to be a a officer. Every day also the recruit in the force is instructed from the book of regulations as to what his powers are, when he cun make an arrest and when he must refrain, where the civil power begins and ends and where his functions as & criminal Oilictal come into play. This part of the instruction has had for years a me&t salatary benefit. In tact, it 18 as necessary to the recruit as the alphabet is essential to @ child before it is taught to write. It is by no means slurred over, this special book instruction. On the con- trary, every new man, at the end of his thirty '#’ course, is cXamined closely as to all the rules, and if he does not COME UP TO THE STANDARD fixed as “good” he is either laid over for another chance or bidden go and find some eecupation where rules and regulations are learned by heart, but not understood. The school of instruction of the police, it may be said, in conclusion, is in every ‘way admirable, and from it primarily springs the reputation the force has had jor and yet re- + M4 for its bravery, intelligence and fidelity to uty. MORE MORMON REVELATIONS PROMISED,. (From the Salt Lake Journal, 23.) Just one week ago to-day we publishe1 an ac. count of the new departure in ty Young's family. Scarcely has that excitement passed aw: betore the story of alike departure from the bed and board of another prominent Mormon reaches our ears, It would seem that these cases go by fite and starts in Sait Lake, one case invariably leading to another. About the affair of which we now speak our information is yet meagre, but as soon as the jacts relating to it can be procured the Teaders of the Journal 100k for & fuli sxp089,