The New York Herald Newspaper, August 31, 1873, Page 9

ODD RESURRECTION The Remains of Charles G. Kelsey Found in Oyster Bay. Only Half of the Tarred and Feath-. cere ered Victim Recovered. Ten Months Anchored at Bot- tom of the Sea. A PALPABLE CASE OF MURDER. Disevvery of a Cruel and Nameless Outrage. IDENTIFIED BY A GOLD CHAIN, Great Excitement in Hunt- ington, Long Island. THE INQUEST AT OYSTER BAY. Singular Fulfilment of a Clair- voyant’s Prediction. Hontinaton, L, I., August 30, 1873, ‘The quiet, old fashioned town of Huntington, on Long Island, was agitated all of this day trom cen- tre to periphery over the discovery of the remains, Moating in the waters of Oyster Bay, of Charies G. Kelsey. No peace for Nunotington for many months tocome. Fate has ordained that she shall be torn by angry argument and fierce dissension hence- forth and forever, and that transient explosion ‘of savage barbarism—the tarring and feather- 4ng of the young man Kelsey on the part of some of her citizens—will rest like a ‘Diack shadow over her fair and placid fame for all time to come. And so calm and peacelul was this old fashioned village, with its great, janguid willow trees, its culet, slumbering cottages, @ud its easy-going, contenied and Christianly people. Gradyally the story of . KERLSEY’S UNHAPPY FATE ‘was weakening in interest. The lady who repelled his obtrusive attentions, and on whose ac- eount all his misfortunes befell him, recovered by the agency of time from the harassing worry of the early investigation and the public exposure ‘of the infamous proceedings enacted the night Kelsey was tarred and feathered. Her name was Miss Julia Smith, a lady of much personal attrac- tion, sensible and self-contamed. Her ancestors sleep in the old Presbyterian cemetery, on the emi- nence overlooking the village, and she by birth, education, wealth and culture ranked first in the village estimate of aristocratic respectability. A short time sitfce she married Mr. Royal Sammis, to ‘whom she had been for some time engaged, and who was one of the two gentlemen—the other Dr. Banks, of Huntington—who were indicted for riot and assault on Mr. Kelsey, and held under bonds, That element of the village population who bedeved that Kelsey, through excess of sname at the outrage perpetrated upon him, had been driven to commit suicide, settled down to this belief, and ceased, by degrees, to trouble themselves about any more theorics as to the nature of his mysteri- ous disappearance. Then there was another ele- ment that cherished a notion that the man was alive and at large, and would some day unexpect- edly turn up under the willow trees of Hunting- fon. They, too, were 1ast losing interest in the case, and the prospect appeared that the primitive peace of the village, so violently rended during the stormy legal investigation, would soon be re- stored. However, there was a third clement, which might be called the Kelsey party proper, who held to the opinion that the man was murdered subse- quent to his being tarred and feathered, in order that by silencing his voice forever he should not have a chance of revenging himself upon his per- secutors. THE REVIVAL OF EXCITEMENT. Now the whole exciting subject, which was slowly luiling to repose, comes up with tenfold more intense and painful interest thanever. Kel- sey’s remains have been found, at least that part of him from his waist to his feet, and his brothers have identified him by a watch-chain found in his pantaloons pocket, ‘Murder most foul” was the conclusion to which half of Huntington jumped, and this half forms the Kelsey party, for now @H suddenly people have ranged themselves into opposite camps, and while one side contend that Kelsey was most outrageously and unreason- ably dealt with for his offences in being tarred and feathered, and that no doubt exists but those who did the tarring afterwards murdered him and sunk his body in the sea, the other side tacitly proclaim ‘that he deserved the first measure of his punish- ment, and tit the finding of the remains and the inference from their appearance that he was mur- dered cannot be proved. In their own forcible way they exclaim, “It’s a put up job.” The reward of $750 by the town of Huntington and of $500 by Kelsey’s relatives for the flading of the body stimulated some needy and unscrupulous persons to practise this trick of pretending to dis- ‘cover the remains of Kelsey. They say it was an easy thing to get a body floating in the East River, Sad, by cutting off the upper tion and counter- feiting such a plausible piece of evidence as an old familiar guard chain put in the pocket ofa black pair of pants and smearing the flesh of the limbs ‘with tar and feathers, to deceive the very relatives ‘of the missing man. This is what the anti-Kelsey party say. e opposite side insist that he was MURDERED OUTRIGHT by his tormentors. His body, carried down to yd’s beach, in Cold Spring harbor, was tied ‘round the waist with a rope, borne out in the darkness of the night and lewered by weights to the bottom of the sea, What says James Hood, who lives at Lioyd’s ‘each? That he saw two men with a large bundle in a boat at Jioyd’s dock the night of the 4th of November, when the Meta was done. That they rowed away out in the harbor and when they Date they pla bundle at fa ‘Things were found on the bes that were prove ‘to be part of Kelsey's apparel—a shirt covered with tains o/ blood, a boot and a necktie. In a small’ town, where other distractin: cares are few, a division of fecling on a question o} this kind arises concerning one with whom ail ‘were intimately acquainted and whose family has ‘Dreathed the air of Huntington for six generations, ‘the bitterness of controversy is beyond the com- eee of those who live amid the busy cur- ts Of a large city. Huntington to-day talked of nothing but Kelsey, and the story of ns FANATICAL LOVE for Miss Julia Smith was gone over in every detail. Bitter, very bitter was the division of sentiment Very hard things were ep yg, fall of malicio falsehood on one side and the other. People came to town from many places around to relieve themseives on this subject alone, From the Post Office at one end of the street to the ery store at the other men and women talked the matter over and over — \. 8 Small as Huntington is the field is es, enough to bring into play all the passions of common Duman nature. Already the spirit of dissension has Gy u into the churches as it has hitherto in- ‘vaded the political circle, and I hear of two partics ranged in diametric opposition, one called the “ar,” the other the ‘‘no-tar” party. THE MANIA OF KELSRY, ‘What was Kelsey’s crime? Briefly this—and this ls only what I have heard :—He wasa light-ballasted ung man of twenty-eight years, who wrote rses and believed himself a poet. His physique ‘was one shoulder was several inches hi her than the other; his eyes were weak and uncertain, d his voice had no quality of stremgth or meiody. fell in Jove—all on his own side—with Miss Jule hn, The less encouragement she gave him the more he redoubled his elforts to make a conquest other affections, The trath appears to be the lady mever once entertained a serious thought about the madly foolish lover. He wrote her endless verses nd she put them in the fire. As his acquatntance ‘with her grew longer he became a painful ire, Ktar- NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, AUGUST 31, 1873-QUAD ere read res. rho! Frnere she lived. wi any mate protector and Bounpeny caiyeat her sister aud grandmother. COURSE TOWARDS THE LADY was ofan unworthy and unmaniy character. He climbed into her bedroom once only to find ried lady there, who put him to fight. He did very eccentric and condemnatory thi and it would seel all that is related of him that he was Agron niac, Mr, Royal Sammis ‘old him that ifhe did not cease Miss Smith hewomd “fx him.” Finally e was fixed. The poor deluded Kelsey, quiet an other respects, could pot be Pre-- y arghment or threats to cease hi furtive visits to the house of Miss Smith. Mrs. Oakley, the grandmother of Miss Smith, de- termined at laston having Kelsey arrested; but Miss Smith not caring to make her appearance in court and prefer a complaint against him the Matter dropped to the ground. In the meantime & number of citizens, to whose ears the story came of the annoyance to which Miss Smith was sub- jected, resolved to ween, a midnight watch for elsey and catch him in the act of sealing the win- dows of Miss Smith’s residence. They failed to be gratified mm this regard, and soon after—it is to be Prosumed by some secret understanding among hemselves—the project was determined on of TARRING AND FEATHERING KELSEY, This was done the nigbt of the 4th of November last. Kelsey was ensnared by a mock invitation from Miss Smith. A number of men set upon him, stripped him naked, covered him with tar and feathers, cut the hair off his head, and, by the light of a lantern, exhibited him to the ladies (Miss Smith among the number), who were standing on the rear piazza of the house, in the back yard of which the proceedings were carried on. Had this occurred out West, on the confines of civilization, little comment would be excited, but for so barbarous and brutal a punishment to obtain acticn and sanction of people who are heirs to 200 years of the New Wor'd’s civilization, church-going people of calm behavior and gentle accents, passes beliet and is certainly a most wide perversion ol en- lightened and Christian teaching. MISS SMITH’S ENCOURAGEMENT, Now, Kelsey's friends assert that Miss Smith gave encouragement to this crazy lover’s advances; but, as we have oniy their assertion, while the positive fact remains that Miss Smith, to any is alleged to ha anpoyl eye and by every candid opinion, bears the manner and weil-gronnded reputation of a sen- sible, modest and scrupulously correct young lady, it is fair to allow her the credit of her disclaimer that she never held out Spr pope whatever to Kelsey. The ‘tar’ or anti-Kelsey party maintain that the legal investigation con- ducted by Judge Mountfort was one-sided all through, and that no reasonable chance was given the persons charged—namely, Dr. Banks, Claudius = coe and Royal Sammis—to vindicate them- selves, I shall offer no opinion on this matter, for no verdict in the case has yet been rendered, and Mr. Sammis and Dr. Banks will have to stand their trial at the Oyer and Terminer Court at River- head, 24th of October, before Judge Barnard, on a charge of riot and assault, THE END OF KELSEY, so far as known, was this:—Alter the out com. mitted on him he was allowed to dress himself and gohome, At home they say he entered the house and took a bucket down to the yard to draw water. Here the narrative leaves a hiatus which is filled by speculation. Marks of a struggle were discovered in the yard, and prints of a horse’s hoof and of a wagon wheel were like- wise observed, Wheel tracks were noticed by Henry Kelsey on an unirequented road near the house, which is on a hillside west of Rea a ng: ton. Ihave already mentioned that James Hood, of Lioyd’s Beach, saw two men ina boat with a large bundle the night of the outrage. These things were remembered when the remains were yesterday found floating in Oyster Bay, that were put together, and the readily evolved Charlies G. Kelsey was murdered by some of those engaged in the operation of tarring and feathering. It was also borne in mind that he made use of the exclamation, while they were in the act of apply- ing the tar brush, “I know you. You will repent of this.” It appears he unmasked at this time some of his tormentors. “Dead dogs teil no tales,” and shall we conclude that the men who were brutal enough to commit the first atrocity were equally capable of adding murder in the second instance ? it is a sad tale all through. It has drawn down a dark cloud over several househelds, It has made the village of Huntington, erstwhile the calmest, loveliest and most peaceful place on Long Island, @ seat of unholy discord and wretched re- criminations. The worst is yet to come, The “no tar’ party are in the ascendant, and as there is no doubt but that tne remains found in Oyster Bay are those of Kelsey, and that murdered he un- questionably was, the prospect for some people in Huntington is anything but bright and reassuring. THE EXCITEMENT AT OYSTER BAY. It was at Oyster Bay, however, that the excite- ment reached its hignest pitch, for thither the re- mains were taken for an inquest to be held by Coroner Baylis. The lawyers, the relatives of Kelsey and peopie interested in the case from various places around and in Huntington repaired early in the morning by wagons and buggies to Oyster Bay. It was only yesterday that the body was dis- covered by the two fishermen, Ludlam and Frank- lin, With the proverbial alacrity with which news travels in the country, the story of the discovery Was sent trom Oyster Bay to Huntington, Locust Valiey and Cold Spring, where it was told and re- told until the residents for miles around were ap- prised of the fact. The tale of the discovery of the remains of young Kelsey was told by the simple oystermen With a frankness that carries convic- tion with it. Their story is Ligaen as fol- lows:—They were both at work in their boats in the harbor between More's Point and Plum Point, when Ludlam called to his companion, saying that a body was floating near his boat. ‘anklin had seen THE FLOATING MASS, and as it was nothing unusual to see masses of seaweed and wood logs floating about he paid no attention to it; but when his friend called his at- tention he drew up his dredge and neared the spot where the object was floating. He laughed and said, “Why, it’s nothing but a pair of pants,” and, suiting his action to the word, he took hold of the garment to demonstrate to his friend the truth oft what he said. In doing this he discovered his mistake and exciatmed, “Great God! it’s a body with nothing but the thighs left.” He told Ludiam to fasten a string, which he would find in the bow of the boat, to the band of the pants and tow it to More’s Point; Ludiam objected and said, “I'll toss ou to see who'll tow itin;” Franklin paid no at- tention to this, and directed his companion to row the remains towards the Point while he went ahead to get the Coroner; shortly after the boat bearing the body got to shore the Coroner came and took from the pants @ watch and chain, which were subsequently identified by all the members of the Kelsey family as the property of Charles Kelsey. Franklin, who examined the re- mains and took pieces of tar and feathers from them, gives strange and significant testimony about the condition of the body. Ludlam corro- borates the story of Franklin without addition or correction. He was not questioned about the condition of the body, the Voroner thinking it morejadvisable to leave that point until Tuesday, when the doctors who examined the remains will be called upon to testify. RUMOR AND GOSSIP. Speculation was rife in the littie village, and in the desert of small talk there loom upynterestin; if not probable conjectures about the case an those concerned in it. It was stated on reputable authority that George Banks, one of the parties indicted for the outrage, and who Is at present in Connecticut, under treatment for a brain affection, became crazed by the news of the discovery of the body. The same source is responsible for the statement that he attempted to do violence to himself, and was only prevented from the design by those around him. WHERE I8 SAMMIS, A resident of this place, who came up on the morning tram, said he had positive information that Saminis, who is under very light bail, had gone or was to go to Europe in one of the after- noon steamers. Be this as it may, there was and is nothing to prevent his going, for as tar as could be learned no effort to detain him has been made. What may be called the anti-Kelsey faction of Huntington are the wealthy portion of the resi- dents, and as they are all related in some way they feel an interest in the safety of their cham- pions. ‘There were not wanting pesple to grumble at the adjournment of the inquest until Tuesday, they thinking it should be done with at once. Some of the Huntington people, reputed friends of Banks and Sammis, are said to have pooh-poohed the idea of the body being that of Kelsey, holding that the whole thing is a vile Veal sotger on the pubtic, and even in vague innuendoes bint that corpses can be bought cheap in New York. THE REMAINS OF YOUNG KELSEY, Just to the west of the town of Oyster Bay is Lewis’ Wharf, at which the remains of ‘Kelsey were brought in. They were put in an ice box in the shed and a watch was kept over them all night, On Friday night the crowd from Huntington and Oyster Bay was so great that it was found necessary 10 increase the force of men in order to preserve the peace, and keep the crowd that clamored for admission from the shed. and Banks came in full force from Huntington, and it was suspected that an attempt would be made to disturb the body or make Ghee with it, Whether from an absence of desire on their part or on ac- count of the presence of the force of watchmen, the attempt was not made; and when the multitude heard the orders of the authori- ties they reluctantly dispersed with un- Satisfied *eurtosity. In an icebox in the shed were laid the nether limbs by to be t first sight ven as those of Charles G. Kelsey. Rhere ‘was nothing visible but the pants, closer inspection part of the joints, much discolored, were pi oung down into the orifice of the waist, a most disgusting sight met the eyes, and the sense of smell was Chaka bs by the horrible effluvia that metre the atmosphere for yards around. ie bones seemed to be stuck into two bags of soft pulpy stuf without any color, ‘The leet were entirely bare and the bones bare. The mutilations spoken of in the evidence below were plainly noticeable, THE INQUEST. ‘ ‘The room of the hotel was crowded witha armies The friends of Sammis | her out of countenance at church, | of friends and others, and Coroner Baylis opened folfo ‘ber whithersoever she wen the case by examining Franklin, the oysterman, Butil finaly he proved so great @ st TRSTIMONY OF JOHN RANKLIN. ‘hat the lady's Jife was rendered miserable. | John A. Franklin, one of the finders of the body, Then came on the scene a Mr, Royal Sammis, as | was first on the stand and deposed :—f am amance vill and found thanever. Be ware r, Royal put 1d ‘Miss Smith, ana when Kelsey | John A. Franklin, of Oyster ed this us conduct towards the Lay bay? more | the remains supposed to bo those of sey; the Were Laue? mudws pasreed Phu Pia ‘and More’s Point, over what we call “The Apple- from” Which are situated about the middie of the harbor; I saw a black sur- face of tl ale ht Was customary, Not ‘pay rr attention tO its I v 7 draw ; was about my dredge when William B. Ludiam said, “John, here is a body;” I pulled up my di and de- Posited it in the boat and went towards Ludiam’s; when I got close enough to see the object plainly, Isaid, “It fs nothing but a pair of pants;” be- Meving what I said vo be true I took hold of tl pants and then discovered it was part of a carcass ‘Great God! John.” S214 ‘it 18a body, with noth- ing but she bip bones feft;” I then told Ludiam to fe, & plecé of string that was in the bow of my at to the band of the pants, and secure it to the boat; he then said he would toss up with me to see who would tow it to More's Point; I said I would not and told him to tow the body and I would row ahead and go for the Coroner; | told him to mind the remains until I returned; in about ten minutes I returned to the Point with the Ceroner; the Coroner looked at the remains and I went away to get some men.off a sailing boat that stood off trom shore; when I returned with the last man 1 saw the Coroner takin, A PIECE OF WATCH CHAIN from the pants of the remains; | saw something else taken up, and I alterwards discovered it was a small piece or comb; it was Captain Clarke that found the comb; when the ody was iound it was covered with sea spiders; from the fact of the spi- ders being on the remains I judged that it had not been over water for more than twenty-four hours; these spiders crawl along the bottom of the bed of the bay and never swim unless taken up in dredges. ‘The Coroner TOOK SOME FRATHERS FROM THE BODY} the feathers were taken from between the persen and drawers; he picked several oi them off and I took one just to say I had done it; the feathers were pretty large, and looked to me to be those from ing of a chicken or turkey—that is, they Were Dot fine body feathers. To the Coroner—I took a slaty substance from the body which 1 thought to be tar; it glistened and broke, and looked like the tar I have repeatedly taken from the hulls of vessels. To Mr. Platt—The ends of the legs were decom- posed, the feet being gone; the upper parts were rather well preserved; { noticed that they had been mutilated; the man had all the uppearance of having been foully dealt with in that respect; the parts were well preserved and in @ very firm con- ition; Lam not a doctor, but to the best of my knowledge the parts were smeared with tar and a few feathers were attached, Here the chain was produced and recognized by the witness, It is a small, thin cuain, of Spanish workmanship, and is broken near tie end. Near the end, and at the break, there was a thread, which had evidently been used to couple the links, The witness did not see the thread when first he saw the chain. To a juryman—I knew the pants to be of a black or dark color; I took them to be broadcloth, but some one told me they were cassimere; at all events, they were a sort of woollen goods and of a dark color, Continued—The comb which Captain Clark picked up was not a whole one; it was a small piece, and to the best of my knowledge it was gutta percha, The comb produced and recognized by witness. It 18 a small piece of comb, and in the paper in which it was Wrapped were five feathers that had been taken from the body, It smelled most offen- sively. MR. LUDLAM’S TESTIMONY. Ludlam, the fisherman, who was in company with Franklin when the body was found, was next called. He is an honest looking fellow, with round face, bronzed almost black with the sun, and has deep blue eyes, expressive of an in- genuousness that could not fail to attract and pre- ossess One in his favor, His testimony was given in & Modest, straightiorward manner. He sat I was ina boat near the witness who has been dismissed yesterday when | saw the remains now In charge of the Coroner; when | saw the thing potas it immediately struck me it was Kel- sey’s body. The rest of his story was substantially the same as that of Franklin, and was, except as corrobora- on, of no importance. WILLIAM S, KELSEY’S TESTIMONY. Mr. William 5S. Kelsey, the youngest of the brothers of Kelsey, was next called. ‘The likeness between him and Charles is something most ex- traordinary; in fact, one would think, unless otherwise informed, that the picture on the reward circular was taken from him, The picture of Charles was taken some years ago, when he was oung in appearance. William Kelsey has long lack hair, sharp nose, high jaw boues, is very thin and of ordinary hetgnt. He was calm and collected and was very particular about having his exact words taken down by the Deputy Coroner, I have viewed the remains found in the bay, and have recognized them as those of my brother; this recognition was caused by the tar and feathers and the watch chain, which has been in the tamily for twenty years; the comb is also the one carried by him; the pants I cannot recognize positively, for the reason that they are worse for being in the water, but it is my belief that the pants found are those of my brother, for they were black cloth and cut tight, and fitted very well; on the 4th of No- vember last, at noon,I saw my brother for the last time; on that night (Monday) he went to the town to attend a democratic meeting, and was TARRED AND FEATHERED; Inever saw my brother after that day, and none of the family have since heard of him; this cham (chain handed to witness) is my brotuer’s; he had Worn it for years; it was @ small chain, and he often remarked that it was too small; Ihave seen him tie it together, To a Juror—I know that my brother did not have his watch with him, for I have it in my pocket; { found it in his room on Tuesday morning, Novem- ber 5, 1872; when I got the watch it was besmeared with tar; there was no part of the chain in the watch; 1 will make a correction; I meant to say that the hook and bar of it had_ been in the family for twenty years; did not see Charles on the night of November 4, but the pants found are like the ones he used to wear when he went outin the evening; my brother was not in the habit of marking lis clothes; some feathers were found on his shirt that was found at Lloyd Beach, and which was recog- nized as belonging to my brother; the feathers pro- duced to-day are pretty much the same as those on the shirt; chicken or tarkey feathers | would say; there was blood on the shirt when we found it, an we also found one boot, MRS. SARAH WILLETTS’ TESTIMONY. Mrs. Sarah Willetts, the sister of Kelsey, was the next witness called. She is a lady of slight ouiid, and wore a veil all through her examination. She ‘Was very nervous and seemed much excited and embarrassed by the staring of the vulgar herd that had collected in the court room. She was asked to describe her brother's property before it was snown to her; she described it as minutely as if she had it in her hand; when she saw the chain she was aifected to tears‘and made a motion with the hand in which she held it towards her mouth, as though she wouid have kissed it. Her examination and evidence will be round be- Wi I reside in the town of Huntington, about four or five miles from where Charles,Kelsey iived; he was my brother; [saw him at Huntington about the latter part of October last; I cannot say the pre- cise date; when I saw him he had a watch and chain on; he showed it to me ani said as it was similar to the one I wore and rather small jor a gentleman he would give it to me; the chain was a small, thin one, and was tied up with a string; he tied it in my house when he was visiting; an ordinary piece of spool cotton coupled the chain at the break; 1 had worn and had in my possession the cross-bar and hook for four years before Charles got it; the hook for- merly belonged to Walter R. Kelsey, deceased; he did not give it to any one, but I wore it; Igave it to Charles four years ago last Thanksgiving; Charles purchased a watch and the chain to put on the hook and bar; have never seen the chain since last October; am sure I could identify it. Here Mr. Platt handed the witness achain in paper, and asked if it was the chain. She tremblingly opened the paper, and a look of disap- pointment crossed her countenance and she cried and said, ‘No; that is not my brother’s.” Then another paper was handed witness, which she eagerly opened. Here the lady trembied violently, and 16 was some moments before she could an- wer. Fmally she lisped, IT 18 HIS; IT I8 HIS,” Continued—My brother Charles used to carry a comb; it was @ smull piece of black rubber or gutta percha, The wituess signed the deposition in a delicate Italian hand, although she trembled violently. THE MYSTERIOUS WOMAN. With Mrs, Willetts there came into the courtroom a lady of ponderous dimensions, elegantly dressed and evidently a person of refinement. She was self- ossessed and lady like, but said nothing. Inquiry Iitieitea the inforination that. this person is the clairvoyant who eight months ago told of the manner in which the body of Charles Keiaey woula ve found. The story of this woman’s connection with the case Is toid as follows:—Tbe Kelsey family were told some months ago by a person who pre- tended to know, that their brother had been mur- dered, and that shortly before the final trial jor the tarring outrage would arrive, the remains would be tound by two men, in the manner in which it has actually happened. The family, it is reported, did not place any reliance in this story, altnough they had always thought their brother murdered, Tre ae was very reticent, and would say fothing, except in a general way about the Weather, the country or something as distant from what was sought from her. Her appearance was rather @istingud; and as she promenaded the hotel veranda all eyes were on her. She came to Hun- tington on the ten A, M. train from Hunter's Point, and did not return last night. HENRY J. KELSEY'S TESTIMONY. Mr. Henry J. Kelsey, the eldest brother of do- ceased, was next called. He appears to be a man of about ort)-five years of age, slight built, black hair and eyes, sharp features, and in general ap- pearance a country gentleman. His testimony was more important than any except that of the fishermen. He told of the blood on the shirt, which tact wag not elicited before, and created nite @ sensation when coupled with evidence of ‘ranklin Te ghia the mutilation of the body. His testimony elicited nothing about the cane that was found on the beach, and which some people said belonged to Kelsey, while others maintained it was lost from the steambo: a 01 at. being duly sworn, depose: follows:—I am of Huntington, and am a brother Charles Kelsey; 1 identified the body by tar and feathers; did not pay particular attention to the inte ; brother Cg som tay ees On im pretty tightly; I saw 01 w ain if oveinber! he was at his brother's missed that nt, and 1 have him; this brotwegar J pave Henry F, Keise; Bearby; he was not seen him Shan (chan seen ft on him for some years past, The hook and bar are a family heirloom; 1 could have described it Detore Isaw it; | remember the finding of the shirt at a Lioyd’s Beach, it was my brother's; it had blood on it; all the blood was on the lower front part ofthe shirt; that shirt is now in the possession of Constable Trainer, of Huntington; A BOOT WAS ALSO POUND on the beach, together with two lemons; the lemons had blood on them; another boot was found about six miles off; another shirt was found in his room; we found tar and feathers on it, but do not think there was any blood on it; on the night of the tarring he wore two white shirts; the one in the room was soiled, and I think he pu& the clean one over it as he used often to do. ‘To & juror—I dv not know of any one outside of my immediate family who could recognize the chain; it was bought by Charles from Protessor Emmett, who used to travel around this region selling jeweiry; I know that he bought it from the Projessor; was told so by both seller and buyer; brother used to carry a. comb; do not think I could recognize it; ! would know my brother’s watch if Isaw it (William 8, Kelaey produced watch) ; this is my brother Charicy’s watch; there are no par Roniar marks by which I could recognize the a bot and book; it was peculiar, inasmuch as it had h hook and bar on the end, which is rather an unusual thing, as you will notice, The examination of this witness closed the in- quest for the day, and Coroner Baylis aischarged the jury, to mect again, at the same piace, on Tuesday morning, at nine o'clock, when the modi- cal testimony of the doctors who examined the re- mains will be taken. THAT TERRIBLE GALE. Additional Details of the Loss of Life and Property at Nova Scotia on Sunday Last—A Fearful Storm. HAtirax, August 30, 1873, A despatch from Sydney, C. B., this morning, states that te schooner Eureka, not the bark, of New York, as before reported, left Port Caledonta on Saturday of last week, laden with coal, and on ‘Tuesday was found bottom up, one mile east of Boularderis lighthouse. It is supposed that she capsized during the gale and that all hands were ost. The Captain’s name has not been ascertained. The crops throughout the county of Cape Breton are badly damaged, It is estimated that there are over 100 vessels ashore at different parts of Cape Breton. There are seventeen ashore at Louts- burg, including the schooners Carrie Douglass, of Yarmouth, the F. N. Gishorne and the Alba, of St.John, The two,first named are total wrecks. None of the vessels that went ashore at Louis- burg have yet been got afloat. When the storm set in the Ocean Wave, a small schooner, qwned by A. W. Hart, of Canso, was riding at anchor in the harbor of Petit De Grot, 0. B, Inthe height of the gale she dragged out of the harbor and went to pieces on Cape Hogan, and all on board perished, A son of fH. R. Narrawan, of Pictou, was on board of the Ocean Wave, The schooner Paragon, of Cape Canso, was also lost, but the crew were saved. Seventeen American schooners are ashore, high and dry, in the harbor of Le Bar, Magdalen Islands. They are not much damaged and the crews are all safe. The American schooner Fannie R. is at Port Hawkesbury, She lost two of her hands, her sails, spare masts, bow- sprit, anchors, cables and bulwarks. An unknown brig suuk at her anchors in Carribo Cave, Lennon Passage. All hands were lost, Her tupmasts are above the water, She had a white boat with a yellow streak, An unknown American schooner, with a reel out, supposed to be the Samuel Ober, of Provincetown, ts lost, The body of an unknown man, lashed to & spar, drifted ashore at Port Mulgrave yesterday, The Captain of the Reliance, of Port Hawkes- bury, reports that he saw a dismasted vessel water-logged about fiity miles southwest of Halifax, He could not make out the name. She was of about cighty tons burden and british-built. It is estimated that over 100 buildings have been de- stroyed at Canso and in that vicinity, entailing a loss of over $100,000, As Canso every ship in the harbor ts hign and dry above low water mark, the tide during the night of the gale being three or four feet higher than ever known belore. Every wharf and fishing establishment has been swept away and the débris lines the entire shore, At the public hall there is a heap of splinters in which is buried a splendid organ. All the buildings, public and private, are more or less injured, The Catholic chapel is a ruin, ‘The poor fishermen have lost their all. Many of them had to flee from their dwellings with their children naked out into the pitiless storm. Out of a fleet of over 300 fishing vessels only twenty re- main. Seyeral of the fishermen have lost in fish and gear upwards of $1,000 each. Among, the schooners at Canso are the Agile, Enoch Kertiner, Electria, McLean, Dusky Lake, and Swan, of Canso. The schooner We're tere, of Beverly, Mass., with @ full cargo of sugar to Amos Cutter, of Gloucester, lies 100 feet above low water mark. Her kee], at the stern post, is imbedded two feet in the gravel and at the waist six feet. The Mary Hurst, of Gloucester, is almosta total wreck. The schooner Maria Joseph, of Miramichi, previously stranded on Durell's Island, is broken up. A schooner, belonging to Provincetown, Mass., in attempting to enter the harbor of Shelburne on Sanday pight, struck on @ reef off Black Point, and as she dragged her anchors the Captain, his wife and in- fant left the vessel in a “dory,” and, after rowing about all night, succeeded in landing about noon next day, in a very exhausted condition, The re- mainder of the crew, numbering twelve men, lett the wreck in two dories and have not been heard from. itis feared that they are all lest. The ves- sel has sunk, It 8 siid that forty dead bodies have drifted ashore on the north side of Prince Edward's Isiand, The steamship Saltwell, Captain Mace, from Lon- don for Sydney, C, B., foundered off Scatterie on sunday night, ateleven o'clock. A lifeboat with the Captain and fourteen of the crew landed at Fourchie, C. B., at ten o’clock Monday morning. One boat, with six men, was lost alongside of the steamer, and another boat with nine men is miss ing, but is supposed to be at Louisburg, The brigs L. H. Haviland and Archie and the schooners George Hughes and J, Kk, Litngow are ashore at Lingan, C. B, The latter is dismasted. At Menhaden the schooners Margaret Ann, Rapid, Stronza, Active and Isabella Dixon are all believed to be totally wrecked, A sailor named Reuben Smith was Washed overboard and lost from the Labrador fishing schooner Spring Bird, in the har- bor of Halifax, during the gale Sunday night. The brig Oak Point, which left Halifax on Sunday, foundered the same night. The crew were picked up and taken to Port Mulgrave. EARTHQUAKES, >’ Heavy Shock Felt at San Jose, Reaching as Par as San Francisco, SAN FRANCISCO, August 29, 1873, A heavy shock of earthquake was felt at the Mission San José at four o’ciock this afternoon, causing a good deai of excitement, but resuiting in no damage. The shock was quite heavy at Red- wood city and :other towns in Santa Clara Valley, south of this point, but was very slight in San Francisco. THE BALTIMORE TRAGEDY. Dr. Showalter’s Remains Buried in the Potter’s Field. BaLTImore, Md., August 30, 1373. The remains of Dr. J. Clarence Showalter, who murdered his wife and then committed suicide on Thursday night, were interred in the Potter's Field to-day. His relatives were telegraphed to con- cerning the disposition to be made of the body, but no response was received. AH GIM, THE OHINESE SUICIDE. San PRANCISCO, August 29, 1873. Mr. Dubois, his wife and two daughters were ar- rested on suspicion of having caused the death of Ah Gim, the Chinese cook, who, according to the statements of the family, attempted to kill Miss Alice Davois because she rejected his professions of love and then shot himself. After @ full exam- ination they were acquitted. THE CALEDONIAN CLUB GAMES, ‘The Seventeenth Annual Games of the New York Caledonian Club will take place at Jones’ Wood on ‘Thursday, September 4, This annual festival is generally considered to be the most jovial and pleasurable gathering of the summer picnics, and is annually attended by from 15,000 to 20,000 ersons of both sexes, who enjoy the spectacle, in which {8 witnessed ail kinds of athletic games, in which the members of the Caledonian Club and their guests take part, ORIOKET IN BOSTON, Boston, August 30, 1873, ‘The St. George's Cricket Club, of New York, played the Waltham Cricket Club and defeated them in one inning, With 24rans tospare, The score was as follows:—Waltham, 37 and 46; St, George’s, 107. On the part of Waltham, Howarth, Robinson and Stover, each got in deuble figures. For the St. George's, Lemmon had 41, and W. Smith and Cash- man 22 and 27 Tespectively, The bowling of Smith, of the St. George's, did great execution, and the fone mgpolae of Barcenb waa bridjan “ ait orate RUPLE SHEET! SPAIN. Cartagenist Reply to a Government Sum- mons for Surrender. Communism Inclining Towards Carlism—A Juve- nile Royalist Preparing for Proclamation— Bourbonist Battle and Siege Opcera- tiens—The Mission to Washington. ‘TELEGRAMS TO THE WEW YORK HERALD, MapRID, August 30, 1973. Yesterday General Campos summoned the Car tagena insurgents to surrender, ‘They auswered by hoisting the black flag on their works. As yet the operations before the town, on the land side, hve amounted only to slight skirmishes. COMMUNISM LOOKING TOWARDS CARLISM, It is reported that the insurgents, have agreed, if hard pushed, to deliver some of the forts to the Carlists, on condition that all the Carlists at Va- lencia, some four thousand in number, will join the insurgents in an attack on the republican troops. A SCION OF ROYALTY ANXIOUS FOR PUBLIC SERVIOB, There {3 a rumor current that Alfonso, Prince of Asturias, will shortiy attempt to proclaim his suc- cession to the throne, on Spanish soil. BATTLE AND DEFHAT OF BOURBONISTS. Telegrams from the North announce the defeat of the Carlists under Saballs, after four hours! fighting, THE MISSION TO WASHINGTON, It is asserted that Hidalgo will be appointed Minister to the United States, TREASURY PROJECT FOR A NEW LOAN. A project to raise 9 loan, the paymentof which is to be guaranteed from the revenues from the tobacco monopoly of the Philippine Islands, has been presented in the Cortes, ‘The bill also abolishes compulsory labor on the tobacco plantations by the natives, The motion was declared urgent, French Report of the Progress and Pros- pects of the Belligerents. BAYONNE, August 30, 1873, The Madrid government is powerless to prevent the landing of arms and ammunition for the Car- lists on the Cantabrian coast because of the large force required to operave against the tnsurgents, It is reported that the republicans have under advisement the plan of issuing letters of marque to private vessels to cruise in the Bay of Biscay. BRFORE BILBAO. The Carlist forces have resumed the siege of BU- bao. A Republicen Army Marching Towards Estella. Maprip August 30, 1873. Ten thousand republican troops have arrived at Vittoria, in the province of Alava, on their way to Estella. The Carlist Crown a Costly Luxury. Lonpon, August 30, 1873, It is estimated that if Don Carlos is successful in gaining the throne of Spain the debt of the country will be increased one-third. FRANCE. An Economic Scientist Despairing of the Repub- lic—Corn Law Duties Relaxed—Marshal Ba- zaine’s Trial—The Payment to Prussia, TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALE Paris, August 30, 1873, ‘Tne Journal des Débats has a significant article from the pen of M. Lemotne, in which the writer expresses the opinion that “the Republic is impos- sible, and that France must have a liberal mon- archy. ‘the Count de Chambord can follow the example of Louis XVIII. and grant a constitutional charter; but if not, the monarchy under Chambord is as impossible as is the Republic.” THE QUESTION OF BREAD AND TAXES. The government has issued a decree relieving grain and four from the sur-tax, or additional im- post levied on account of the War indemnity, and also from the bonding duty. THE WAR DEBT TO PRUSSIA. Itis reported that the government will pay to Germany the last instalment of the war indemnity on the 14th of October next. MARSIIAL BAZAINE’S TRIAL. The trial of Marshal Bazaine will be beld at Tria- non, and will commence on the 6th of October. POSTAL NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE UNITED STATES. ‘The Duke de Broglie, Minister of Foreign Affairs, in a letter to the Paris Chamber of Commerce, says the governments of France and the United States are still engaged in negotiations for a postal con- vention between the two countries. ENGLAND. Joy in the Noble Houses of Guelph and Camp- bell—Artistes Embarked for New York. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. LonDon, August 30, 1873» Her Royal Highness the Princess Louise, wile of the Marquis of Lorne, is enceinte. ARTISTES EMBARKED FOR NEW YORK. Mme. Rouzaud-Nilsson, Miles. Toriani and Ma- resi, Signors Campanini and Capoul, Maure!, Del Puerte, Nanetti and others and the chorus of the Strakosch Italian Opera Company sailed in the steamship Cuba trom Liverpool this morning for New York. THE MEXICAN VETERANS. In response to the call issued by General W. B. Burnett for the members of the First regiment New York volunteers who had fought in the Mexi- can war to assemble on Saturday evening at half- past five but very few members pat in an ap- pearance. ‘The call at half-past five was intended solely for those who had been members of the First regi- ment, and the meeting having ‘been called to order by General W. 8. Burnett, it was moved that Captain Gaines and A. J. Constantine be appointed a committee to con- fer with the members of the Citizens’ Committee, who have collected funds to raise a monument to deceased members of the regiment, and to report turday next. alaviog Yransacted: this little business, purely regimental, the meeting was adjourned until hall- ast seven. Hi General Burnett again called the ,meeting, which was sparsely attended, to order at 734 o'clock. He dwelt upon the motives which induced him to con- voke the survivors of the Mexican war together, without reference to party. It was to take measures to __ celebrate the —_ approach- ing anniversary of the surrender of the city of Mexico, General Burnett considered it probable that General Patterson, should he give ‘is usual anniversary dinuer on the 13th, would be in New York on the 15th. and by the right of sent- ority woula preside on the occasion. He suggested it a3 eminently fit that President Grant, Governor Dix, Mayor Havemeyer, the Secretaries of War and Navy be invited as guests, A committee of seven is to be appointed who will decide upon & suitable | oe toyed for the day. Some hall, as yet undecided upon, is to be named ag the rendezvous whence they are to march in array to the City Hall and _ receive their colors. Having paraded, they are to be entertained at @ dinner by the citi- zens, Some ltve orator, as General Burnett stated, is to delive! Lett speech. It is under- stood that a permanent committee will be ap pointed, with a view to taking measures for securing a pension for atleast some of the veterans who require pecuniary assistance. Among the ntlemen present on jast evening were Generals Pu Ward, and MacGregor and Captain Mary! Captain Maryatt delivered a specced, im the course of which he insisted that without the acquisition of California the United States would be bankrupt. They would have been unable to cope with the rebellion. “Give capitalists and laborers their duc,” said he, “but let not the veterans in the midst of plenty, the result of their victories, starve.” YACHTING NOTE. Yaoht Dreadnaught, N.Y.Y. C., Mr. Stockwell, left anchorage of Whitestone yesterday afternoon, apd Rrogeeded ior Gem Gawe . CENTRAL ASIA. Bussian Report of the Condition of Affairs a¢ Khiva. 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