The New York Herald Newspaper, September 11, 1873, Page 9

7 sable body in more ways than one, BOTTLED BUTLER. the Bold Ben Vanquished in Worcester Convention. ‘TRIUMPH OF THE BRAHMINS. The General Feels the Enemy and Ac- knowledges His Greater Strength. 4 RETREAT IN GOOD ORDER. Governor Washburne Nominated by Acclamation. Back Pay and Federal Interference Denounced. . arn oats Bitter Pills in the Platform Dose Swallowed by the Essex Statesman, ‘HOW THE SURRENDER WAS EFFECTED, Manouvering in the Oonvention to Foros Butler to Bolt—Pactics of the Vic- tors and Vanquished. ‘WORCESTER, Mass., Sept. 10, 1873. ‘The Republican State Convention which assem- ‘died in this city this morning was a rather remark- It was intelli- gent, it was governed by determined purposes, andin every way it was characteristic of New England. It was especially remarkable for the easy tractability with which the two factions which composed it were led. Ihe Brahmins were the more sullen and silent, and consequently their leaders were obeyed without the obtrusiveness of obedience. The Butlerites were often noisy and generally inclined to be demonstrative, and as they had only one leader on the floor of the Convention it was neces sary for him to be more conspicuous than was consistent with good taste. AS was the case two years ago, General Butler occupied a seat on the platform, and engineered his forces from that commanding position. This provoked many sneers, and one young chap, with abby face, a member of the Convention, declared, in @ tone loud enough to be heard fora considerable dis- tance, that “That fellow ought to be pulled down from there.” “That fellow” was carefully watched an every movement he made to-day, and the un- folding of his policy was looked for with breathless anxiety. The bombshell resolution for the expulsion of Green was universally regarded as only the first shot, and even upto the moment of its decision many of Butler’s opponents believed he would move to expel every delegate who had declared he would not support Butier if nominated. Nobody except very few, and only those who could learn of Butler’s purpose, expected the Conven- ‘tion to adjourn before to-morrow evening. Amo ment decided this question, for almost before the Convention was aware of it General Butler had ‘withdrawn from the contest and pledged himself not to run against the candidate of the party. His iriends seemed stupefied at tne result, for they ‘wanted to fight the battle tothe bitterend. It ‘was, however, a most fearful thing for General Butler to do, but it did not save him from THE THREATENED BACK-PAY RESOLUTION, though nothing was heard in the Convention of the other threatened censuring resolution which was ‘to drive him out of the party. The story ts that the Committee on Resolutions had to be reassem- bled after Butler's withdrawal to expunge it before the platform was offered to the Convention. But for the character of the platform Butler might mot have been heard from again. The resolution on the salary grab seemed mostly almed at him, and ealled him out, however, and he made one of the most adroit speeches of his life. He took the platform to his bosom and hugged it. Every sen- tence brought down the house. The applause, when he said, “li the republican party of Massa- chusetts could stand the back-pay resolution he could,” was terrific. The speech both mocked his enemies aud made friends for him. Everybody ‘was disappointed in not seeing the expected bolt from one side or the other, but all felt partially compensated by what they got. As General Butler came into the Convention this afternoon he laughingly asked the-HeRatp corre- sspondent whether he expected any tun, and added ‘that it was about time that it should begin. The ‘morning session had been. dull one, resulting only in effecting the organization of the Convention according to the cut and dry programme or the State Central Committee. Governor Bullock, the President, made his speech, a8 did also the tem- porary chairman, Dr. Loring, the latter referring to ‘the annual honor done to him in a way that seemed to indicate that it was about ali he expected. The duiness of the morning was immediately super- seded at the the session of the afternoon by A LIVELY BREEZE @nd the breeze was followed by astorm. The first questien was upon the admission of the public to the galleries, this being opposed by General But- ler on the ground that as the State Committee had closed it in the morning it would be unfair to open it in the afternoon to the people of Worcester only. The vote was only intended as a test of the strength of the two factions, showing more nearly than any of the figures yet claimed by either side what was the relative strength of each. Butler made it atest by the opposition to the resolution, ‘vhe results showing 531 votes in its favor and 438 against it, This vote does not reveal the entire strength of the Convention, but it isan excellent criterion for judging of the strength of Washburn and Butler. This was the breeze. THR STORM followed at once and lasted till five o’clock before 4 vote was reached, This was on motion of General Butler to debar Henry M. Green, of Franklin, from participating in the deliberations of the Conven- tion, because Green had declared, after being elected as delegate, that in case Butler was nomi- ‘Mated by the Convention he would not support the candidate of the party. The motion was a very ingenious one, as, by endorsing it, the Washburn faction might one atter the other of their dele- ates driven out until Butler had @ majority. As ne talk about bolting had been very freely in- dulged by that side it might involve these disastrous Consequences, a circumstance to be avoided at all hazar On the other hand, if they allowed Green to retain his seat upon sworn testimony that he would omens the party in case Butler is nom- inated ‘the action would be an unequivocal en- dersqnent of bolting as a principle. Tne discus- sion erie teins this question, but only one of Washburn’s friends, a clergyman from West 1, Was bold enough to announce this as the policy of his side, Mr, Se, F, Hoar undertook Washburn, but his first attempt was frivolous. The only syrestion, acco) 0 Mr. Hoar, was . whether Green was an fonorable man, and the Worcester sta ‘was anxious a8 out of order but the Chair said the question was before the Convention, and must be disposed of. jocal celebrities, Mostly on the Butler side, insist ing upon bg By Ap and that all dele; ate pa and by its action, mE EPIsO! ‘came from the other side, Tatic of the Washburners. substitute a resolution expelling Bu! reenback policy and did not want to pay fiterent ‘on the Mited States debt im gold. At soon became plain, even ieee tesman that the Chair should dismiss the motion, After this, ech followed speech from different ticipating in the Vonvention should be Sixth ward of Bi ‘was perhaps the moat er- Convention because he supported the the first ce the Washburn side thought motion was foolishness, and ever: a Qeamae. felt reiieved whan the Chalraigg out as not germane to the question before te Convention. Something like a defence of ued by General John L. Swift, was ry of Tnvavopeobe, of Brest spread which 20 captivated the Butler side of the house that cheering and gestures and waving of hand- kerchieia on the floor and in the galleries sented a scene of splendor and animation seldom seen in @ deliberative pate The second episode was that created by the West Roxbury clergy- man in as a - ed of bolting cay was eer —_ proposit to mal before a Stare ‘Convent tion that @ who assisted in making the ticket and pl: rm ‘was not bound by its action, but it met favor with the faction that opposes General Butler, but it was plain that Hey were goiae. to make the repub- lican party of setts submit to the propoaitice that it requires no fealty from its fol- lowers. It was a terrible Ao to take, and for a iene they hesitated in taking it. y were WITHOUT IDEAS AND WITHOUT POLICY. Hoar could think of nothing bettertnan that the question was pasiner: Greene was an honor. abie man. others could think of nothing at all, The Butlerites were getting ent tic—a little too noisy rl for conventional decorum. Washourn’ friends were quivering with suppreseed rage. It Was a spectacle to see them in ir seats with oad and anxiety in their faces, annoyance at being compelled to settle so unwelcome a question boing only too evident, The declaration of the principio of bolting c:me as a nd, and it was Sagorly selzed upon and ado} Countenances dark before grew be 3 before the preacher's Speech was finished. ciple of bolting was before the Convention and it seemed A MOST BRAUTIFUL CONCLUSION. It was particularly suited to their present needs and desires, This action would be a justification for poe pif pe comived, ie oe pat ie ‘sation i was willing ive vant it he would take 1t. It was openly avowed in the Convention, during the aiternoon, that it was the porpese of the Wash- burn men to make him bolt, if they could accom- pian it. There are in eee yee republican parties in the State, consisting of “Blood Royal," as it was called in the Convention to-day, and the other of Generaf Butler and his followers. They ce: tall to present the idea of brothers or members of one tical family when gathered in State Con- vention. They must in split into two Parties, and this day seemed the day of its con- summation. It was plain that it depended entirely upon THs COURSE OF GENERAL BUTLER in the Convention. His enemies were ready to bolt themselves or compel bim to bolt, ‘Ihe Con- vention was busy with the bolting proposition all the afternoon. After three hours of discussion two hours were spent in voting on the motion to refer the resolution to the Committee on Resolutions. The result was doubted, and justly so, by General Butler, as 684 were in favor of the reference and 539 against it; in all 1,123, or nineteen more than the members of the Vonvention, A vote was taken the manner in which the ori vote should be retaken—this resulting in to 406, This devel- oped Butier’s strength and weakness, and the Con- vention took a recess till evening. During the re- cess it was whispered about the corridors of the hotels and Mechanics’ Hall that General Butler was going to withdraw from the contest, and sure enough when the Convention came together in the evening the terrible rumors were realized as facts. Almost immediately upon the body being Tapped to. order VANQUISHED CHIEFTAIN came forward a8 caim and serene as a summer arse in a manner which may well be described “childlike and bland,’ he proceeded to pour oil upon the troubled waters. He said that he was satisfied that the majority of the delegates favored the nomination of Mr, Washburn, and he would not longer stand in the way. This announcement was received with shouts of applause b the Washburnites; buat the faithful who ha Jollowed the valiant but defeated candi- date were dumb, ralyzed and almost demoralized. The ro ers Of the victors was sad music to them, and it was vain to endeavor to conceal the fact. A motion to make the nomina- tion unanimous failed, many of Butler’s following pronouncing an emphatic “No! when the nega- tive question was put, @ Essex statesman, however, does not propose to die easy, aud those who now regard him as dead will find him an_ exceedingly _livel; corpse, He declared that another year they might vete for him, intimating also that he might run in- dependently, but explaining that, having partici- pated in the proceedings of this Convention, he was now in hooor bound to be loyal to its acts. When the General had concluded Governor Wash- burn was nominated by acclamation, All the other present State officials were similarly honored in Succession, A HALP AN HOUR'S DELAY now ensued to await the report of the Committee on Resolutions, the delegates meantime discussing informally and warmly the stirring events of the memorable day. Scarcely a member of the Con- vention left the halls, for the interest in the plat- torm to be submitted was scarcely less pronounced than that which had been manifested in the con- test between the candidates. It was gene! anticipated that the resolves woula not only give Butler a severe dressing down, but that they would also administer at least a mild rebuke to the pAministration, for an alleged inter- ference in the contest which has been & aren larly terminated, or rather so singularly settled culations in this direction for the time being. 8} r in almost ‘ane line of were well founded, every resolution there was manifes A SPIRIT OF BITTER REBUKR te the conquered candidate. The very first resolve, ne the 01 CONDEMNING THE SALARY GRAB foreshadowed the fact that it was the determina- tion of the Washburners to persistently kick him, even if he was prostrate and helpless. Ut course, ‘the victors were in high glee and applauded heart- fly the whole platform, and very emp) tically those er rces calling upon the President to remove all he federal office-holders who have been promi- nent in interfering in this State campaign. The temperance resolution calling for an impartial en- forcement of the prohibitory liquor law, as well asthe one eulogizing and commending Governor Washburn, provoked some sarcastic laughs'and a few hisses among the supporters of the late de- feated, and even the Washburners themselves failed to see anything in either resolve to call for any outward demonstrations of approval. ‘They seemed to regard them as fair jokes, but not Bufictent to attract any particular recognition. When the chairman of the committee had finished reading the resolutions the General was instantly upon his feet. The eyes of all were upon him, and all held their breath jor an instant to hsten to an expected violent opposition to the whole series. Jt was regarded as almost certain that the last straw had now been laid upon the back Of the political camel, ‘and that his serenity and feartul submmiasiveness had been violently disturbed. But, alas! for those who had calculated upon the scenes of a con: d and stormy debate. They were doomed to disappoint- ment, for the General, in spite of the sarcasms and criticisms embodied in the resolves, was as peape- ful and serene as ever. In fact he was never happier in bis life. Mingled with his earnestness there was A VEIN OF GOOD-NATURED HUMOR. all through his speech, sandwiched here and there with scathing and caustic allusions to his adversa- ries, which Baap the admiration and hearty applause of his most bitter opponents. Contrary to the expectation of all, he seemed to think favor- ably of the whole platform. There was so much in it that was reer good, he said, that he could easily overlook the little ephemeral trifes and inadver- tencies whiCh had crept in through the haste of otea His avowal to sign a petition to the resident for the removal of any lederal officer who had used his position to intimidate voters or influence votes in his behalf callea forth round aiter round of applause from both factions. His wind-up Was a medley of humor, seriousness and sarcasm, the infuence of which none could resist, and he retired amid A ROAR OF APPLAUSE never before heard in @ deliberative political convention. The platform was, of course, adopted, and, strange as it may seem, without a single dissenting voice from the Butler side of the house. The delegates immediately ske- daddled for the various depots, and by ten o clock the majority of them were homeward bound. @ consequence Worcester is once again tranquil and quiet, The great struggle is over and the din of politics willbe no longer heard. The balance of the campal will be lamentabl; stupid, and Governor Washburn will be re-electe by a majority larger than ever before. Notwith- standing this deieat, however, it is a delusion to suppose General Butler’s ambition to be Governor in the least dey chilled, He will go into the fleld again next year, and if he does not see his way clear to the executive chair through the re- publican Convention he will get up an indepen- dent party of his own, The remainder of THE STATE TICKET was made up as lollows without opposition :— Lieutenant Governor, Thomas Talbot, of Billerica, Attorney General, Charies R. Train, of Boston. Secrtary of State, Oliver Warner, of Northamp- ‘Auditor, Charles Endicott, of Canton. Treasurer, Charles Adams, Jr., of North Brook- fleld. TBR PLATFORM. Hon. Charles Allen, of Boston, chatrman of the Committee on Resolutions, then reer the fol- lowing, which were adopted without dissent. While they were pending, General Butler took the floor, and, in a speech of some length, accepted the situation and counselled that they be adopted. The Platform fs a8 follows :— ‘That the republicans of Massachusetts em- phadeaiiy disapprove Be and condema the action of {hose members of the last Congress, republicans and democrats, who availed themselves of the popeton of n {increase of the salary of the President and of the judges of the Supreme Court, and of the members of the Cabi- osed. to be just and necessary for the future, themselves & disproportionate and extrava- sonentis we recognize the full ent of his convictions every citizen to express a blic_ interest, no person Bpet tee baa the right fo seek. fo Luduence the action is subordinates by exciting thelr fear ot loss of place, ¥ their’ Inions and actions, shall differ trom his own, and we pall upon the President turther to remove ‘all td cers i oy) improperly interfored with the pe i wi blicans of Massachusetts in the management, of their ‘eal concerns whenever the fet is proved pple entioteg tea a potiay, w the a and coal of least a foe Spusttian ot Mamach i janatias Chat fue power vested by the constitution NMAC BETWEEN Ture staveA ‘com! includes licton over Cc Treat subject, and that we call uy i Wongrase sud our fale islature to so exer: cise their powers over Tallroads and all such mo- ved, That every great achievement for personal liberty, {op the preservation of the Union. for education, wation of labor, for the elevation of woman, for which has ie i, erence ee feat ieee tapanicah nate tat he Wie mony olners any’ to hope er F source le every new truth, every claim tousded on justice will in the future, as it the find its earliest converts its most gener: recogn strongest advocates and {ts first victories amoung the republicans of Massachusetts, and that 1 PRESSING DUTY OF THK DAY isto ynesty and purity, the right ot the vie pencoeby toassemble ani take counsel on public ect their agents free from violence, in- fraud; the i to hold cancusses ai conventions without being cheated and bullied; and we, therefore, cali upon all i however nat fr thelr seeepton ‘or ideas to uulte ta Ir rec} of ideas, to uni aetna Sis Ssmrscn wealth: ‘tad the Union of violence, chery and corruption. ved, That we demand 1h legis! mn the hours ot labor as will secure the ten hour system for wo- ot Massa- nd meas au minors employed in the factor! el Resolved, That the republican party is THE PARTY OF TEMPEMANCK, ORDER AND LAW} that it favors ‘and impartial execution in good faith of ail lawarespecially those for the suppression of crime, intemperance and disorder; that the characte! and détails of such laws must be such as the people shal decide through their representatives chosen to the two branches of the Legislat nd when so determined, should be obeyed cheerfully by all law abiding citizens, ‘nul repealed by the sane authority. Resolyed, That the republicans of Massachusetts look oeuSonneaih® sah econige (eau te Governor, William B. Washburn, the same qualities of good sense, fidelity and uprightness, the same Jratchfulness for the public interest and cure for the pub- lle welfare, which he has so conspicuously exhibited as one Of our representatives in Congress, and we commen GSinmooweatthe wbesetaid it A SUPPLEMENTARY RESOLUTION TA atonted, providing that hereafter all meetings invities for th Convention 8) gates shall be admitted to the out credentials from the pro that no one. but republican voters are entitled to vote for delegates to the State Conven- tion; that any ten republican voters may demand the use of the check and tf, alter such demand, the list is not used, delegates so chosen shall be refused seats in the hall of the Convention by the committee. Alter passing a resolution of thanks to Governor bata the presiding officer, the Convention ad- Journed sine dia, AN ARTISTIC AVALANCHE. dich se Le ire Arrival of Mme. Nilsson and Her Com- pany and the Italian Tr dian, Salvini. The Cunard steamship Cuba brought to our shores yesterday morning the queen of the lyric stage, Mme. Christine Nilsson, the Swedish night- ingale who, a couple of seasons past, restored and rescued from utter oblivion the sink- ing fortunes of Italian opera. The fair songstress and her husband, M. Rouzaud, have taken up their abode for the present at the Clarendon Hotel, and, notwithstanding the fatigue consequent upon her voyage, Mme, Nilsson appears to be in the best of health and spirits, and expresses herself well pleased to meet once more and for the last time her dear friends, the New York public, Shortly pefore her departure from Europe she paid a visit to Switzerland with some friends. While sailing on Lake Geneva in a yacht belonging to 8B nat lady of r ward officers; distinction @ sudden arose and with the utmost diMculty the vessel was piloted into asafe harbor. The Diva was drenched with the spray and rain, and for some time she gave up all hope of revisiting America or even of reaching the steep banks of the lake. She speaks enthasiasti- cally of the warmth and devotion of the Russians during ber last season in St. Petersburg. This is to be her last season and her final farewell to the stage. The Gide died Europe, which arrived last evening, brought the following mem- bers of the Strakosch Italian Opera Company, selected to support Nilsson during her comin; season at the Academy:—Mlle, Ostava Torriani, Mile. Maresi and Messrs. Campanini, Capoul, Mau- rel, Del Puente and Nannetti. Ville, Ht and Fiorini are expected onthe next steamer. On the Europe were twenty chorus singers brought over by Mr. Strakosch from London 10 fon thejbody of lorty vocalists he has engaged here. By the same vessel arrived the celebrated Italian tragedian, Salvini, and his entire company, num- bei ng forty persons. The great interpreter of Alfieri and Shakspeare was welcomed on his arri- Yal by a delegation of New Yorkers on the steamer William Fletcher, who went down tothe Lower Bay to meet him. Cheers, enthusiasm and a joyful ting were in order iast evening around the juge ship that bore safely across the Atlantic such & precious of art. The voyage was a pleas- ant one, as the Italians said that the sea was “come un lago.” WEATHER REPORT. Wan DEPARTMENT, OFFICE OF THE CHIEF SIGNAL OFFICER, WASHINGTON, D. C., Sept. 11—1 A. M. Probabilities. For New England the pressure will diminish. with fresh northeasterly winds, cloudy weather and rain on the coast, but winds veering to south and partly cloudy weather over the interior. For the Middie States partly cloudy weather and southerly winds, except from Virginia to south- eastern New York; fresh northeasterly winds and light rain on the coast, For the South Atlantic States gentle and fresh winds, veering to northerly and westerly, and partly cloudy weather, with occasional light rain on the coasts For the Gulf States east of the Mississippi light to fresh northeast to southeast winds and partly cloudy weather, For Tennessee, the Ohio Valley and Lower Lake region gentle and fresh southeast to southwest winds, rising temperature, and clear or partly cloudy weather. For the Missouri, Iowa and the upper lake re- gion diminishing pressure, gentle and fresh east- erly to southerly winds, rising temperature. and clear or partly cloudy weather during the day. The Weather 1 is City Yesterday. The following record will show the changes in the temperature for the past twenty-four hours in comparison with the corresponding day of last year, as indicated by the thermometer at Hudnut’s Pharmacy, HERALD Building :— min oh | 3 1872, 1873, 67 BT Average temperature last yeal . PENNSYLVANIA TRANSPORTATION, CUMBERLAND, Sept. 10, 1873. The Convention to promote the extension of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal to the Ohio River met here to-day. Hon. Montgomery Blair was chosen as President and prominent men from various points of the country made vice presidents. The Convention was largely attended by leading men from Pennsylvania, Maryland, District of Colum- Dia and elsewhere. Speeches were made by Messrs. Montgomery blair, George A. Pearce, E. C. Pechin and other gentlemen. The data given shows the route from Cumberland, Md., to Pitts- Bere. vie Will’s Creek, to the Youghiogheny River, to practicable and of easy construction. The line of canal to be bulit from Cum- berland to slack-water navigation on the Joma eny will not be more than sixty miles, and can built for leas tnan $20,000,000, Resolu- tons were adopted reciting the advantages of this route and calling for the appointment of @ commit- tee of twenty-five to present these advantages 10 the Senate committee now sittingin New York and to memorialize Congress to aid in tie construction of the trans-Alleghany Canal by this route. Two hundred persons were in convention, representing iron, coal, coke, steamboat navigation and manu- facturing interests. They were entertaiued by the Board of Trade of Cumberland. The proceedings of the Convention were harmonious, and a great degree of enthusiasm was manifested. YELLOW FEVER RAVAGES. Terrible Condition of Shreveport, La.— Not Enough Well People to Take Care of the Sick, Sr. Louis, Mo., Sept. 10, 1873. ‘The Times has received a special despatch from R.A. Phelps, Chairman of the Finance Committee of the Howard Association at Shreveport, in which he says :—‘Yellow fever of a most virulent and ma- lignant type is raging fearfully. Business is com- le tel, ostrated, and a large number of citi- Fens “nave lett the city. The percentage of mortality among the remaining population is yery great, and the end is not yet. There ne hardly enough well to take care of the sick. New Orleans has responded nobly to our @ppeal for aid, and nurses and sicians are en rouge to our assistance; but we shall need money to jor nurses for the sick and purchase sup- plies for the destitute.” A meet of merchants and citizens generally ‘will be held here to-morrow, to provide assistance suffering and destitute of for the ur amicted MARGARET AMILL STRANGLED. Continuation of the Coroner’s In- quest Last Night. THE DEATH SCUFFLE. Miss Hamill Seen to Enter the Merrigans’ Apartments Tuesday Morning—A Struggle and Dying Cries Heard in the After- noon—Her Body Found Aiter the Fire Thursday Night with the Tell-Tale Rope Around the Neck — Medical ‘i esti- mony, No Suicide. The Coroner's inquest in relation to the death of Miss Margaret Hamill, which was commenced be- fore Coroner Whitehill, of Kings county, on Mon- day evening last, was resumed last evening at che court room, corner of South First and Fifth streets, Williamsburg. At seven o'clock the prisoners, James and Sarah Merrigan, were in the court, hav- ing been confined in the Raymond Strect Jatl. Both were simply dressed, like laboring people of the medium class in their working clothes, the man in black alpaca coat and white shirt, without cravat or collar, Mi rrigan wore a striped calico dress and small plaid black and white shawl. Her baby of eight months was in her lap, pratting and crowing, while the mother nursed and coddled it as though in her own house. Through the exami- nation the prisoners evinced very little apprehen- sion of the terrible import it bore upon their guilt of the terrible crime which is alleged against them. While the first witness testified to the scufile in Merrigan’s room over her head, which was pro- bably the death struggle of Margaret Hamill, James Merrigan was laughing and chatting with his counsel as though the wholething was a good joke. His wife seemed better to appre- ciate the tendency of the testimony, and especially when Doctor Creamer detailed the results of the post-mortem examination, and gave his positive conviction that it was not a case of suicide, her face gave tokens of deep and anx- fous thought. y Through the examination, which continued till almost twelve o'clock, the court room was filled with an attentive andience. The aged and re- spectable looking father and mother of Mrs. Merri- gan sat within the railing, near their daughter, Messrs. Keady and Davis appeared as counsel. THE TESTIMONY. The first witness called was Mrs, Sarah Kip—I lived last week at No. 199 Ninth street, in the rear house, first floor; Mrs. Merrigan, now here, lived on the upper floor; I noticed on "Tuesday jorenoon @ very Nice looking lady going up the stairs as though she was acquainted; she had a satchel like this now shown; looked at me through the window and went up stairs and knocked; I should think this was about ten o'clock; I never saw her go out; about eight o'clock Thursday evening | was out at the alleyway and Mr. and Mrs. Merrigan came out; he said, ‘1 am going to the lodge;” she told me that if two men came she would be back in half an hour; a few minutes later two boys came in; I teld them Mrs. Merrigan would soon come, and directly after she came, and they went up and were bring- ing trunks and other articles down the stairs; 1 should think it was a quarter of nine when they were througtt; belore dark Mrs, Merrigan bad moved some things down, and when she locked up the lower door she said to me, ‘Mr. Merrigan is going to play the fute;”’ soon after 1 heard music up stairs for a short time; aiter the boys had gone she went out and locked her door; soon after 1 heard something fail in her room above me that sounded like a kerosene lamp; she was then near the aliey- way toward the front; I called to her that there had something fallen in her room and we should be burned; she seemed to hesitate, but did not make me an answer, and went on; very soon after the smoke was discovered coming out of the shutters in her room; the alarm of fire was given, and Mr. Coe and my boarders got a pail and water; Mrs. Merrigan came in the area with the landlady and gave her the key; she was takin; on very much about her furniture being burne and ‘unwilling for anybody to up, saying they would be smothere with kerosene; he came talked about his too! ig burned; I him he need not worry, for his wife had brought them down stairs; after the fire was out he went up stairs with some of the men, who said there was @ dead body up there; i think Mrs. Merrigan had gone before the discovery of the body; wuen she told me they were going to take the down stairs rooms also she said ner husband got $22 a week, that they had seen better times and hoped to again, On Tuesday afternoon, about three o'clock, I heard a sound as of some one crying up stairs, and @ slamming against a docr—a sound as of dragging somebody over the floor; the cries soon ceased ; the distressing crying lasted only a short time, and there seemed to be movements back and forth across the floor and against the walls; it seemed to be very sudden; aiterwards, in the night, we also heard -a sort of a dying noise; 1 thought it to be the baby; lasted about ten minutes; in the afternoon, when the noise was going on overhead, I heard the words, “Stand back, damn you;” “It’s mine, it’s mine;" “Don’t, don’t; these last words sounded like a woman’s voice; at first it was quite strong and alterwards appeared stifed; Mrs. Merrigan was not there on Tuesday night or Wednesday night and came back in the morning; she went away euch of these nights about dark and told me she stayed at her mother’s, for she was not well; [ saw Mr. Merrigan going in and out several times Tuesday and Wednesday; he did not appear to be at work; Thursday afternoon | saw him also; after the scuffle on Tuesday I heard two persons go out of ere rooms and down the stairs; heard no voices. By Prisoner's Counsel—Mrs. Merrigan did not tell me that her baby had fallen when 1 heard the noise on ‘tuesday; I thought the words “Stand back—Stand back, damn you,” were spoken by a man’s voice. Counsel—Was there a person living over the Merrigans who 1s called the “crazy woman?’ A. There is somebody living over there. By a Juror—I heard some noise, which was like the upsetting ofa chair, slamming and a regular quarrel; cannot say that I had seen Mrs, Merri- gan about the house on Tuesday. Mrs. Mathilda Knowles sworn—I live at 203 North street; have known Mrs. Merrigan since last year; she came to my heuse last week Wednesda; about ten o'clock in the morning; she calle irequently ; she told me she was laboring under a severe cold; asked for my daughter, who was out; said she had @ present for her, and took froma basket a leather satchel; said she could not aflord to buy @ present for her, that this satchel had been @ present to her from her sister; “Do you think she will be offended, as it has been used? it cost seven dollars,” I told her no “she will be delighted ‘with it; she unlocked it with one of @ bunch of keys on a ring; when my daughter came she found the satchel locked and asked Mrs. Merrigan jor the key; she said she had torgot to e& it to her; she had before talked of giving my daughter a keepsake betore she went to the country; I had not seen Mrs. Merrigan that week before; I saw her on Friday going to the fire; she said, “I’m crazy; everything is getting burne up;” and afterwards that, ‘‘They say there isa dead body in my room; I can’t believe it; I said “Could & woman be in your room?” she said, “Yes, poor Maggy Hammill was there, under the influence of drink, but I thought she was able to get out, and did not think of her, only of my things ;’’ just then an officer came, and she told him Miss Rammill’s name and her board- ing place in New York, and the names of her brothers; these keys look like those she had when she unlocked the satchel. By prisoner's counsel—Mrs. Merrigan and her has- band were at my house, on the sidewalk, about ten o’clock in the evening, Tuesday week; she asked me to lend her my key, as she had forgotten her’s, to. open her door; I let her have it. Missy Mary Jane Knowles, sworn—I live at 203 Ninth street; saw Mrs. Merrigan on Monday even- ing last week at my house jor @ short time; Wednesday morning I saw her on Grand street, be- tween nine and ten o’clock; she showed me a reti- cwe, and told me it was a present from her sister to her; that she was going to New York to visit lier sister that day; about two o’cloek in the aiter- noon she Was at our house and gave me the key of the reticule, which had leit for me with my mother in the morning; I next saw on the sidewalk at the time of the fire; I asked her if it was her house; she said “Yes;’" she said she was excited and wanted to look after her things, ff I would take her baby; I took it, and alter the fire she came in our house, and said there was & woman burned in her house, that 1t was Mi Hamill; on noon I went to see Mrs. Merrigan; did not go up stairs; Mrs. Kip told me she was not at home; I should think this was about two o'clock; I visited Mrs. Merrigan one evening in ones they burned kerosene. Eva Kip sworn—I lived with my mother at 199 Ninth street last week; Mr. Merrigan lived over our room; Tuesday night, after the house was closed, Mr. Coe let Mr. and Mrs. Merrigan in; some time after, when I had been asleep, I heard @ kind of whining, crying noise overhead, which seemed to be in the Merrigan’s room, Jonn T. Parker sworn—I live at Union avenue and North First street; am an undertaker; I went on Friday morning to 199 Ninth street for a body; went in the second story and im the bedroom found of the bedstead ; of the slats was ent off clove. to te loop as cut off close 1e ai the back of the neck, cut squarely of; there wes rom auUel, Of KexeseaA VA tbe Koga. aga. We 3 pe a quite offensive; 1 removed it to the By a Juror—t should the bad smell of the body came from itn boing ‘burned: I should ju the body had been ‘oad ‘tome time ; on: pression on the neck when I took the Tope off; great part of the face and hair were burned; there was considerable loose straw round the room. David Coe recalied—on Tuesday night I let Mr. and Mrs. Merrigan in the house at haif-past ten; I heard no noise in the night nor on Wedne: night; I was at home Tuesday afternoon ; heat noise up stairs; Mr. Kip woke me up, said there was a fight ap stairs, about half-past two, I should think; what I beard was a little scumming of feet in the big room, right over by the closet door; heard no outcry or no noise like one in distress; I went to sleep soon after and heard nobody come down the stairs; the sound was that of more than one person, Dr. Samuel J. Brady sworn—I was at No. 199 Ninth street on the night of the fire; there had been two fires—one in the bedroom and another in @ clothes closet off the front room; on the table in the iront room was a piece of candle stuck in a broken kerosene lamp; in the bedroom | tound a body, the head and back upon the flor, the le; and feet upon the slats of the bed; the legs were straight, not at all contorted; the leit arm was at @ right angle and thrown back. ward, the right stretched straight from the body; the face, neck and Spper part of the body were covered with ashes; the right arm hal on it part of a redingote; I judged the oa ee dead LA re being burned from the want of blistering about the body and toum about the mouth; saw Mr. Parker take the rope off; the loop was toward the back and right side; there was a smell of kerosene in the ‘droom; searched next ‘morning at daybreak and found traces of on the carpet, and a clothes with two square cut ends like this here. Dr. Joseph Creamer sworn—On the morning of the 6th inst. 1 made a post-mortem of a body at Parker's; the cause of death, in opinion, was strangulation: The upper portion of the body was blackened as if burned, lower part not much; the face and neck were very much swollen, and it ap- péared that the nose had been destroyed; but on clearmg the parts I tound it had only been flat- tened by | a mie the eyes protruded and were in- jected with blood, especially the right one, which ‘was nearly covered with blood ; lexamined the skull and found no fractare, but the scalp turgescent, filled with blood ; also between the scalp and bone; the tongue protruded between the iront teeth; took away a portion of the lower jaw and foun: the tongue peace at both sides its whole length; the of the tongae was filled with blood; the neck showed a red line ex- tending round it; was deepest at the front; the muscles covering the windpipe at front and sides were filled and extravasated with blood; the appearances indicated considerable violence over that part; the windpipe outside and within was of a very dark purple color, caused by injection of blood @ carbonized state; this extended in into theYbronchia) tubes; the lungs were filled with blood so as to look like liver, rather than pale as usual; both cavities of the heart were Cavs blood; the stomach was empty and had slight patches of congestion; could detect no smell of alcohol or beer in the stomach; the hair on the burned surface was not burned, nor the outside skin; it had only been baked, but the fire kad not been long enough to destroy it; it must have been a dead body when the fire occurred; should think from the decomposition of that bod: that it had been dead about tnree days and a half, which would place the death on Tuesday; part of the arm between the armpit and the elbow had been eaten away as though by some animal; the liver was @ goed healthy one; the indications did not point to suicide. At the conclusion of Dr. Creamer’s testimony the examination was ad- Journed till this evening at seven o'clock, AN INMAN STEAMER DISABLED. Aceident to the City of Bristol—Towed Inte Halifax By a Sister Ship of the Line. HAtirax, N. S., Sept. 10, 1873, An accident to the steamer City of Bristol oc. curred on Monday last, 250 miles south-southeast of Halifax, the cross-head of one of her cylinders having broken. The Bristol kept on her voyage to New York under sail, keeping in the track of homeward bound ships of the Inman line, and met, the City of Brussels on Monday night, which immediately took her in tow and bore up for Halifax. The damage to the Bris- tol’s machinery is likely to be repaired here. She has 700 passengers for New York, who will be for- warded to their destination by the speediest routes, The City of Brussels coaled and proceeded to England at five o’clock. OPENING OF THE AMERICAN INSTITUTE FAIR. Now that the Vienna Exposition has passed into history and that it has aiready been brought to the bar of the world’s tribunal, and that the Philadel- phia Centennial is yet in a state of incubation, the annual fair of the American Institute which com- menced at the Third Avenue Rink yesterday, claims immediate cenrsideration. The institution com- mands attention, not only on account of ite age—forty-five years—but also for the great benefits it has conferred on the country in days gone by. For two generations the American Institute has steadily pursued its path of useful- ness and bas encouraged American industry in every department. Its different actions or depart- ments, especially the Farmers’ Club, have done good work. The forty-second national industrial exhibition commenced yesterday, The manage- ment made ample preparations for the event, but, as usual, vhe exhibitors were behind time. A stroll through the building was sufficient to convince a visitor of this fact, Empty sections, chalked out by the lessees, met the eye at every turn. Three engines, 100 horse power each, were in {ull opera- tion on the Second avenue side and yet hot more than @ dozen bands revolved. A tour around the building showed some strange sights, Passing on the leit was encountered a halt dozen foriorn-looxing pianos, with @ monstrosiry of the bell pattern in the centre, Then came car- penters, trestie work and ladders, Beyond were clocks of #ll kinds, ticking away and making an in- harmonious hubdbub on the floor. The next section presented a choice collection of ita Church jurniture, operating chairs, fracture bedsteads, and an enigma calied “the most useful invention in the worla for —— cents,” drew an ad- miring crowd together. Still iurther on, a group of visitors wondered over the reckless liber- erality with which an “exhibitor” dispensed at the next table every article tor——cents, Further on were encountered mysterious boxes, in which the visitor was assured were @ legion of sewing machines, improved. scales and baby wagons. <A huge sign anndfinced a “varia. ble speed tachment;” at the adjoining space and beyond was a glorious vista of carpenters and their paraphernalia o/ unpleasant- looking works. The main shaft was Mexican-like in its multitude of greasers, and through the dense mass of machinery were myriads of ladders, work- men in overalls andjstulid policemen. On the right hand from the entrance, groups of ladies were peering into glass cases, in which nothing had yet been introduced, and, with the Eve- like “curiosity of the sex, they opened every drawer of the type cabinets, empty as they were, with the vague idea that some thoughtless tied might have leit something in them. A forlorn book agent brooded over his scanty stock on the floor, and armless churns hid themselves be- neath the tron arches. On one side girls in curls and adepts in the grasshopper herd sat behind candy tables, while near them were ghastly arrays Of aise teeth and artificial gums. Cooking stoves without fire and electric refrigerators, corn shellers and pyramids of soap stone, were strewn about in picturesque coniusion. In the centre of the vast buiiding, elevated above the heads of the pevple, undeterred by the hum of the engines, the Coss of the soprano voices, or the unceasing din of the carpenters, was perched @ gallant array of musi- clans, under the uirectionjof Keating, whilome of Plymouth Rock celebrity. The Jubel overture, mingled with the rat-ta-ta of the nailers’ hammers and the “Strauss Waltz” scene the place of the missing bands on the main shatt. A trombone solo made the giasses jingle in a case beneath the or- chestra and the glorious quartet from “Rigoletto” played superbly, recalled memories of the Acad- emy. Exhibitors seem to be ever the bugbears of fair managers irom the London Carnival of 1851 to the late show on the banks of the blue Danube. Yet the American Institute Fair has many curiosities in store for this season, When the desired belts revolve around the main shaft there will be seen the manufacture of ladies’ shoes, gloves, ivory articles, men’s clothin, velopes, plaiting, spools, pill boxes and vrushes, Motors of ali kinds will whirl around for the edifica- tion of the visitors. Every possible unequat sur- face over which a corset may be braced will be taken into consideration by this marvellous ma- chinery. Taking notes is not easy task amon, those Tival exbibitors. paper do you re- ow! port for 1’ meets the ear at every turn, with the deprecatory, “Please say that we ain’t all pre- pared yet to exhibit.” Such is journalistic ex- perience when business interests are the subject, and such is the opening of the Forty-second Fair of the American Institute. POINT BREEZE PARK RACES, PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 10, 1873. The races at Point Breeze Park to-day were at- tended by thousands. The track was in good con- dition and the contests of the most exciting nature. wveter Manee’sa bay gelding Sir Knight won the third, fourth and fifth heats of the bah tagg! sna purse and the rate. Snowball took the ind second hea 138, 9 iq. ‘The 2:27 race Dougrey, Jr.'s, brown gelding he Tents. Time, 2:29%, 33 race was ers to-morrow ai four heats had been trotted, owing to darkness. J. K. Leavitt's sorrel he first and second heats and Se hires: bay gelding George Miller the third | J pk Gags, ui 2th Sy Ah Ne SPAIN. ——-———— Senor N. Salmeron, President of Cortee—Parlias mentary Preparation for s Highly Important Debate. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALE. Maprip, Sept. 10, 1873. Sefior N. Satmeron has been elected President of the Cortes by a unanimous vote. PARLIAMENTARY DISCUSSION OF POSITIONS. The Cortes has voted “urgency” upon bills grant ing the government extraordinary powers, calling: out the reserves, imposing a fine apon all Deputies who absent themselves from the sessions, and aa thorizing a contract ior a loan of 100,000,000 pesetas. Discussion upon these measures will commence to- day. IMPORTANT PRO= ENGLAND. Discount Rate and Movement of Bullion. TELEGRAM 10 THE KEW YORK HERALD, Lonpon, Sept. 10, 1873. The rate for money at the Stock Exchange om government securities is (2:30 P. M.) one anda half per cent. The rate of discount in the open market for trea months? bills is three and a quarter percent. The amount of bullion withdrawn from the Baak of England en balance to-day is £100,000, ~ SCOTLAND. Triumph at a Parliamentary Election. Conservat TELECRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. * Lonpon, Sept. 10, 1873 Mr. Campbell, conservative, has been returned to Parliament from Renfrewshire by a majority of 178, GERMANY. FELECRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD, BERLIN, Sept, 10, 1873. His Imperial Majesty Emperor William will probably leave this city on the 15th of next month to visit the Emperor of Austria at Vienna, CHOLERA IN EUROPE. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD LonpDon, Sept, 10, 1873, There have been eight deaths from cholera im Paris within the last two days. DEEP SEA TELEGRAPHY. TELEGRAM TO THE NEW YORK HERALD. Krnaston, Jamaica, Sept. 10, 1878. ‘The telegraph cable which was laid betweem Kingston and Aspimwall and twice lost has agaim been recovered. 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