The New York Herald Newspaper, December 7, 1873, Page 10

IE WENTCHENTER LIBEL SUIT.’ eee Sudden Termination of the Case by Mutual Consent of the Litigants. eterna Closing Scenes of the Trial—Mrs. MacMahon on the Witness Stand—The Terms of Settle- ment—The Plaintiff's Letters Com- mitted to the Flames. ‘Tue all-abdsorbing interest manifested in the Mac- ‘Mahon Hbel suit, which during the last tnree days has occupied the attention of the Circuit Court at White Plains, Westchester county, culminated yesterday forenoon, when @ settlement was effected by the virtual abandonment of the case by the prosecution. ‘This eminently judicious conclu. sion on the part of the plaintif’ and her busband caused visible disappointment among the large auditory, which had Milled the court room long be- Jore the proceedings commenced. Doring the preceding evening session Mrs. Mac- Mahon was called to the stand, and among other matters testified substantially that it was Eldridge who sought and induced the correspondence which had gecreuly passed between them; that the style of the contents of her letters to him ‘was demanded by the latter in his epistles to her, wnder threats that he would open up the divorce ease and have that decree set aside on account of fraud, by which action she would be made a mis- ‘ress and her children be pronounced illegitimate ; also that many letters were written to ber by the defendant beiore she would consent to answer them. On being cross-examinea the witness admitted the interview she had pianned with Bldridge, and that he had not asked her to disclose matters re- Jating to CONJUGAL AFPAIRS, the extent of her wardrobe and ali the other salient points in her letters to him, which had been read to the Court and jury. In short, her direct | testimony was completely riddled by the dexterous | manner in which the cross-examination was con- ducted. Francis E. Eldridge was then recalled, and, in answer to a question by his counsel, emphatically Cestified that nothing of an improper character NEW YORK TER MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS. BOARD OF ALDERMEN, Agreeable to adjournment on Priday, the Board in the chair, Alderman Monheimer moved to suspend tie reguiar order of business and take up General Orders, which was carried, The President announced the following named gentlemen as the committee to inquire into the alleged frauds of the Commissioners on the noted Fighteenth Ward Market, pursuaat to a resolution offered by Alderman Mouheimer on Friday—vix., Alaermen Monheimer, Billings, Flanagan, Riley and Falconer. In order to give employment to a very large Tumber of laborers the Board passed upon a num ber of ordinances providing for opening, grading, &c., a number of streets up town, alter which the board adjourned, BOARD OF ESTIMATE AND APPROPRIATIONS. Wholessic Donations to Charitable In- stitutions, A meeting of this Board was held at noon yester- day in the Comptroller’s oMce, His Honor Mayor Havemeyer, chairman, presiding, and Messrs, 8, H. B, Vanda, President of the Board of Aldermen; Joun Wheeier, President of the Board of Tax Com- missioners, and the Comptroller were present. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and approved, On motion o! the Comptroller, the ‘sum Of $7,203, balance of appropriation trom 1873, to pay salaries in the District Attorney's oftice tor the last and the present month, was transferred; as also the amount of $7,500, irom the contingent fund to the Department of Public Works, for sta- tionery. The Park and Police Commissioners, also the Registrar, sent communications to the Board con- cerning their appropriations for next year, which Were laid over; also a communication relative to schools in Westchester county rom the Board of Cal- culation; likewise ® protest Irom the taxpayers of build # new scuool house at that place. The Board of Supervisors of New York County requested an appropriation of $15,000 to repair the roof ot the County Court House, The three latter were laid | over. A resolution was adopted to donate the following | named sums to the annexed charitabie insutu- tions, viz. :— New York Dispensary, $750; N $750: Ni rn, $704 tern, $760; Dewilt, $/50; York vilic $750; Harlem, $750: Central, $75); German, $1,00); Northwestern ; Western, jor Women Sand Children, Union, $00; Manbattan, $30; 75; Kond Street, Homeopathic, Homaopathi 2,00) & Nortieasteru ' Homaopathic $70: New Homeopathic Coilege. $7: Western = Homiwo- athic, $750; Yorkville Howuaopathic, $600; Hark occurred uring the private interview which he | had held with the plaintuf at Castle Eden, In | Fesponse to other auestious by counsel the wit- | ness explained his motives in regard to the inter- | view mentioned in terms so ingenuous and em- | phatic as to satisfy the entire auditory that bis | conduct towards the plaintiff throughout had been | marked by unswerving rectitude and unailoyed | friendship towards herself and husband, who had | befriended him in adversity. During a severe cross-examination seve: written to him by the plaintit were oi Letters red aud | identified by the witness, who was then asked if | » he was actuated by sentiments of triendship for the plaintifi’s husband when lie kept a secr e | signation with her at that nusband’s house. He | replied in the affirmative, adding that during the Plaintif’s general life there ran A THREAD OF ROMANCE relative to the slender, handsome stripling who had won her heart years ago, which, if nurtured fostered, must have led to the destruction of happiness of her entire family, aud wh he, by presenting —_ himself fore hoped ‘to dissipate and resolve into tender and lasting friendship saw the burly, gray haired, gray whiskered man of | nearly Ufty years, The witness was next asked | whether the cash memoranda annotated on the envelopes of letters addressed to him wer evidences of the gratitude he felt toward his bene- | factors? ‘fo which he replied:—"Most decide they Were testimony ot the frequent acts ot liber- | ality on the part of the plaintiif aud her husband, | which I marked as a treasure in my memory, | hoping that at some future day I might repay them.” This conciuded the eyiden both sides. The testimony of Mr. Eidri such a convincing nature that it requir Ano & rienced eye to perceive that the entire aspect of the case had undergone A RADICAL CHANGE IN TIS FAVOR, When the Court opened yesterday morning, It Having been previously agreed upon that two the counsel on either side should address the ju alternately, ex-District Attorney J. 0. Dykinaa proceeded to sum up ‘or the déieuce, Meantine Whad been ascertained that the plainti’s vu band was moch distressed by the SHOCKING DEVELOPMENTS { of the preceding day. He had supposed that be | Was familiar with the contents of his wife's jetters to Eldridge, bnt in this he was mistaken, and on hearing them read was norritied at the | Matter they contained. Belore Mr. Dykman had finished speaking the remaining counsel on both | sides quietly retired to an anteroom, and alter a conference of some minutes’ duration returned to | the Court room, when counsel for the aefendants iMiormed the Court that the painful controversy had happily been brought toa close, and i a mau- | rer highly satisfactory to ali the parties concerne: The following terms of settlement, sign ‘She counsel on both sides, were then rew | As to Mr. Holden, the counsel for Mrs. MacMahon are satisfied that Mr. Hou been guilty of entiona Wrong or misconduct, and withdraw all charges mat Against Rim t his brethren or ecclesiastical superio whd in this Mrs. MacMahon unreservedly conenrs. The counsel for the Rev. Robert Holden are satisied | that Mrs, MacMahon’s character for chasiiiy and her @onduct as a wite and mother are unimpeachied by the developments of this trial, counsel being satisiled, trom | the evidence introduced on the trial, that her letters | written to Mr. Eldridge (some of which were introduced | on the trial) ‘and her other letters written to Mr. Hol- | den, his wile and other since and abontJan- | r 1, 1871, were writte While in a state of mind which rendered ber irresponsibie Ali suits between the parties are to be discontinued without costs, The Court concurred in the settlement, and, in dismisting the jury, expressed regret that counsel had not arrived such a desirable conclusion | earlier, and also cougratulated all the parties con- | cerned on the happy termination of the suit. Asa | condition of the settlement it was agreed that the entire correspondence of the plainti® with Mr. | Eldridge should be immediately destroyed, and | this was duly carried out by burning the docn- | ments referred to in the Court House yard. F¢ tunate it would be jor the 1uiure Liappiness of tl Piatntid and her husband if the consequences he Scandalous di: ures brought about by the trial could, like th 10ke of the burning letters, dissolve into thin air, leaving nota single trace behind, Mrs. MacMahon did not appear im court yesterday owing to @ severe tliness by which she Was stil prostrated at her hotel in White Vtains yesterday alternoon. NEW YORK CITY. — There were 525 deaths, 450 births, 200 ma and 06 stilibirtns in the city last week. One thousand six hundred and sixry-eeven per- | sons were arrested by the police during the past week. cis | Fire Marshal Sheldon reports 41 fires for che past ‘Week, upon which the estiaated loss is $¢ ‘the fusurance $445,300. and Wendell Phillips, by invitation of the St. Stephen’s Confer the Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Jectures next Wednesday evening, the loth inst tn the Cooper Insitute the benefit of the poo: She object dione is suiicient to in 4 Juil house, | ol | Rev. Dr. McGlynn, of St. Ste request of the Catholic has consented to deliver an Institute temp ch, at the Abstinence Union, 48 at the Cooper AtiON to-morrow even- Ing. the Presiient of te Cutie t Av- | atinence Union of America, the Rey. Dean hyrne, | of Trenton, is to preside. Repre ives trom | the various temperauce svoletivs arc tube present, | A meeting of the Committee on Naval stores | was held yesterday at the Produce Exchange jor | the purpose of conferring With exporters to devise means for a better government of the exportation | of spirits of turpentine and rosin. A series of | amendments to the existing rues Jor the exporta- | tion of these articles of trade were adopted by the committee for submission to the exporte nd Maval store trade generally for consiverati | recommending particularly pians for the selling o1 | i] Spirits of turpentine by weight and for uoprove- 4nent in the suipping of this ware mm parcels, \ OENTRAL PARK METEOROLOGICAL DEPART. | MENT, — i Abstract of Report of the Week Knding { atl P.M, December 6, 1873. Mean, 30.295 inches; maximum at 94. M., December 1) jy.561 inches; minimum at 2 | M,, December 4, 469 inches; Range, .892 P kg mMometer-—-Meun, 35.8 degrees; maximum at x +. M. Dec. 4, 66 degrees; minimum at 2PM, | December 1, 18 degrees; range, 48 degrees. Kemarks.—December 1, rain’and snow from’ 11 AM. to12P. M., amount of water, .04incn; De- ae fon and snow froi 0 hour A. M. to 12 . M.. amount of water, .09 inch; to! water lor week, .43 inch. ahs ae Istanive traveWed by the wind daring the week, | | Prison | walks around Washington Market, | some time past. | stands to v | pants of stores receive | | re-estu | proposed removal of their stanus as per order | business im that line. | the woek ending yesterday (Saturday) | For Croton water ren’ Jomeopathio, $500; New York Dispen: Diseases ot the Skin, $00); New York Disvensary, Diseases ot Th and Chest, "$500; Inirmary ot! New York Col- lege ot | Dentistry, saw) Points Mis- sion. $1,000; hiv Points of Industry, $1,000; Ladies’ U Niet Associa! $4,000: Orphan Asylum, corn and Mots: $5,000; Sisters of >t. Domin: $8,000; German Dm 5 New York Hommop urgical tiospital, mann Hospital and New Yor« Medical College tor Women, $1,000; ni cis’ Hospital, $3,000; st. Association, $35,0.0 Women and Children. 8 New York Fem: Lying-in Asylum, Mari for Aged, 81,00); New t's Hospital, $2,000; St Fran ph’s Urphau Asylum, $2,000; New York Intirmary’ tor t. Joseph's Home, $1.8) iety tor Sick Poor, $2.00) $1,500: St. Luke's Home e and Far Infirmary, 1000; Ass or Beiriending Chidren, $1,000} Chapin H New York Ophthalmic” In- stitute 5 tv for. Indigent, and Crippled Blind,” Seventh avenue, $1 Risters of St. Mar, siant Episcopal Church, $1.00; House oi lercy, Houston street, $4,000; Sheltering Atms, $2,000; Colored Orphan, Asylam, $2,000; Home tor Frieudless Women, $1,00): Howard Mission, $1,000; Home tor Acet in charge of, Little Sisters of the Poor, $1, Ladies Deposiory, $500; Women’s Prison Lation, $3.0; naritan’ Home, $750; society ior the Retormation of Juvenile Delinquents, $2.50); St. Elizabeth Hospital, $1,000; New York Juvenile Guardian society, $1,000. donated, al number ot institutions, the Board adjourned the force in the Comptroiler’s oMice Was at once set to work to make out the che tions, The aid thus extended is most timely, us the junds o1 ghost of (nem herein named are nearly exhausted, MORE WASHINGTON MARKET TROUBLES. The Obnoxious Scands—The Superin= tendent of Ineumbrances Arrayed | Against the perintendent of the Market—Mayor Havemeyer’s Counsel Invoked—Orders To Be Enforced 'To- Morrow. A misunderstanding between E. B. Shafer, Super- intendent of Incumbrances, and Colonel Thomas F. Devoe, Superintendent of » the removal of the market kets, in reierence to stands from the side- has existed for Mr. Shafer states that since the removal of the | market stands from the sidewa‘ks about Washing- ton Market last July the jormer occupants bave, by commencing immediately atter tne destruction of their stands, with barrels and small boxes, gradually establishea themselves again, and « now carrying on a business equal to that of jormer Gays. Frequent complaints have been made to the Mayor abo these obnoxious stands, which plaints were reierred to Commissioner Van Nort, of the Department of Public Works, Who in turn reierred tuem to Mr. er. He, on conferring commended that, the second 4 uneil atter the 1st of danunry ext, thus giving the market men ample time to close up their business and prepare to Vacate their stands. Mr. Shater says that this proposition on his as 4 matter ol humanity, Knowing, ect of breaking the business of the smon on short notice in these hard times. Colonel Devoe, however, did not favor this pro osition, affirining that these people had had th stands removed once, Which Was @ sufiicient warn- ing to them not to attempt to commence basiness again oD these grounds, and advocaied au imme- diate removal ol stands again, o this Mr, with the M was de Joionel Devoe, tt pants of t to-morrow, ate the sidewalks hefore as the authorities would compel them to do so if fo u alter that day, The cause of the mis rstanding between the two gen- tlemen, according to Mr. Shater’s account, 1s that Colonel Devoe desires that there shall be discrimmation made in the stands removed, hi wishing taose that sarround the market proper to remain unmolested, which Mr. Sbaler objects to, that be 18 obliged to enforce his orders lality. He states that tne dufere ns, is th between tendient o1 Mark walks about th the oceu- lor that vecupied elsewhere. Shaer further states that about 160 Scands will be removed, an be given orders to arrest any one tvat attempts io lish himseli on the sidewaiks, | Meeting of the Washington Market Side- { walk Stand Owners. A ineeting wus held yesterday aiternoon of thc several owners of stands on West, Vesey, Fulton and Washington streets to take ion upon th £ act Board oi the Inspector of umbrances of the Public Works, Henry Opp presided and George Butterworth acted asx secre Consic ble debate ensued, during which it wos shown that by the removal of tne staids | over 000 person: would be thrown out ! of employment. Mr. Levi Lyons contended | that it was unjust to enforce the jaw wher times were so hard, and it 4a well known jact that most of the stand owners dealt in poulery and rs’ Day they could dv tittle or n0 It was finally decided to ap- point a committee to wait on His Honor 3 Havemeyer and Mr. Van Nort, the Commis: that alter New Ye oner of Public Works, and ask that they be allowed to | remain with their stands until the Istof Januar next, GITY AND COUNTY TREASURY, Comptrovler Green reports the following disbu ments and receipts of the tres «paid, noraber of warrants ver of Warrants 76, ury yest hounting WUD WO... Total number of warrants 119, amounting to PUCPIPTS, From ta From ar nts and int rom col nig and interest rom iarket r . From water Hts topaeee Frow liceuses, Mayor's ofiiee Total . seen $),) the Comptrotier paid the laborers on boulevards and avenues to 20Un u! nd laborers at pipe yard and big pipes to Ist 1st, $48,902 OITY MARSHAL'S WEEKLY REPORT, Mr. D. S. Hart, City Marshal, reports the tollow- ing business transacted in nia bureau for the week ending December 6:—Licenses issued, 167 amoun' received, $269, : DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WOR Commissioner Van Nort, of the Department of Public Works, makes the following statement of public moneys received by that department during and penaltie For tapping Oroion pipe For vanlt permits For sewer permils.. For sewer pipe sold to contractors Total . . . Commissioner Van Nort has written to the sey. eral gas companies, notifying them that alter the 74) dual, tue pile Jor gas Jurnisned the eity canuot of Aldermen met yesterday, Mr, 8. H. B, Vance | West Farms agatust the appropriation of money to | York | to each of the above institu. | Shafer assented, and upon conferring | that the police wii | the Board of Estimate and Apportionment have not made an additional appropriation, as requested by the Comuussiouer ia bis communic¢ation of Oc- tober 31 last. In conclusion Commissioner Van Nort says:— “While I deem it proper to give you this notice, | trust that the wellare of the city and its citizens will be considered by your company, and rely on future action upon the part of the proper authori- | tes jor the compensation to which you will be en- tilled for lighting the publfc lamps in your district jor the balance of the year 187.7? THE PASSAIC CATASTROPHE. oS Lt | be paid, as the appropriation 1s exhausted, and Coroner's Inquest Yesterday Afternoon Undeniable Proof of the Building's Unsafety. The inquest on vhe bodies ef William Barclay and George McLean, who were killed on Thurs+ day by the fail of a beilding im Passaic, N. J., owned by Alfred Speer, Was commenced yesterday afternoon by Coroner Sproull and a jury of 12 of the best citizens of Passaic. The case excited intense interest, and the Town Hall, where the investigation was held, was filled with, spectators. Mr. Thomas Moore, @ Passaic lawyer, appeared as counsel for the State in the place of County Prose- cutor Hopper, who was unavoidably absent. Mr. Alvert Comstock, a Paterson lawyer, appeared as counse| for Alired Speer, the owner of the wrecked building, while a dignitied elderly gentieman, quietly jotting down notes on a piece of blotting paper, was said to be Mr, Isaac Dayton, a New | York lawyer, appearing as counsel for Mr. William Barclay’s (one of the victims) friends, the rumor being that if there is any chance suit wil. be brought jor heavy damages against Speer, It is said that Mr, McLean's frtends entertain similar in- tentions. Mr. Jacob E, Van Orden, Mr. Jacob T, Van Orden and Edward McDonald testified that they were looking at the building when it fell, and described itina manner similar to that which has been al- | ready published in the Hewatp., Mr. McDonald } testified that he saw Mr. McLean step back and look up just as the building cracked, and before | he could move he was covered with the ruins. It | was not over three seconds from the time of the | first crack to the time waen the whole building lay a complete wreck in the cellar, | Dr. Richard A, Teraune testified to examining | the bodies after their removal from the ruins. Both were dead, and their deaths were caused by the injuries sustamed from the falling building. | The most important witness yesterday wis | James H, Carpenter, the architect. He said about a year ago he drew a plan fora building for | Mr. Alfred Speer, to be erected on the site of the | one which had just fallen, He was not | engaged to superintend the erection of | the building. In few respects the building | which Mr, Speer did build, was like the plans he drew. Hs plans had been Jor a two story and French rool, whereas Mr. Speer, using the Same ideas in many other respects, made it a | three story and Frenea rooi—one more story than had been intended im Mr.Carpenter’s plans, And this | Was done without mereasing the size of the lower timbers, as they should have been, to support the | additional weight of another story. The witness had noticed the absence of a@ foundation wall running through the centre of the cellar, which the plans called for. In place of this there was nothing but a row of posts of light scantling. The plans also called jor a row of posts in the centre of the build- ing, Which should have rested upon the centre wall reverred to and extended one row above the other to the top of the buiiding, to hold up the root. | | None of these appeared to lave been in p the | | main girders of the buildmg were placed cross- | | wise instead of lengthwise of the building, as the us called for, aud tits greatiy lessened tue strength of the structure, The — timbers used in many cases were much smalier than those called for in the plans, and in | othér details there had been changes much iessen- ing the general strength of the building, Had tue partitions been put in the lower floors they would have strengthened the bnilding, and would per- | haps have made it sale enough, [tis usaal to put up the main partitions at the time the frame 13 erected, but Mr. Speer had not tmlly decided into what shape the lower floor would be divided, and | the partitions had been left out, Under ail these circumstances, in the witness’ opinion tue build. ing was decidedly unsafe. Mr. Edward Morrell, the carpenter who had charge oj the building a portion of the time, testi- fied that he was working at day's work under Mr. >peer’s direction. He testified that the timber on the first hoor was not good; that it had been ex- osed too long to the Weather before being used, fe also testified that the partitions would have made the buildmg secure had been in place, He also testified that Speer had, in compliance with his sugges- tions, put in ove principal tmber much larger than that called for in the plans, The build. ing was fastened temporarily with diagonal braces, to take the place of the partitions not yet done, theory is that the high wind which prevailed at the time, caused the vibration of the building, loosening these braces, and, there being nothing leit to suport it, it collap Witness testified that | there was a’ hizh wind prevailing at the time, as he knew irom veing on tke top of a neignboring building. At the co inquest wa M Iusion of rell’s testimony the adjourned until Tnesday night. 3 an’s Inneral service will be held at three o'clock this aiternoon, from the St. Georg Methodist chureb. ‘The body will subsequen returned to the honse and to-morrow will be eenwood Cemetery, Where it will be interred. clean Was a member of the City Council, b ut on Friday night, passed suitable reso- | Intions and will at | Fire Department will also torn | iront or the City Hail is drape festoons of white and black, and the whole place is filled with sympathy over the death of so popular a citizen, d the juneral in a body. Toe out. The entire THE NOW BRUNSWICK (N. J.) BAXK DEFALCATION, STATE | eee st of One of the Alleged Conspirators to Defraud the Bank of $500,000. | Quite a sensation has been occasioned in New Brunswick through the announcement ye:terday | that on the preceding day, in New York, Mr. Robert N, Woodworth was arrested under a requi, | sition of the Governor of New Jersey, counter- | Stanton Whitney, | signed by Governor Dix. The allegations against | | Woodworth, as set forth in an affidavit made in New Brunswick on September 22 by Mr. Henry | Richmond, Vice Preatdent of the State bank, and | J. U, Underhill, expert ountant, 18 that he, in | company with Greenleai W. Appleton, late cashier | of the bank, conspired to defraud the | tution out of $600,000, A ware was | at once issucd Jor the arrest of both | | the accused, but they had jeit for parts anknown. | For atime after the granting of the guber | requisition there appears, for some reason not | explained, to have been made no eifort to hunt up these fugitives. Woodworth was reported to be New York and was said to bave been n ther frequently by New Bruuswickers. On Friday, howe | ever, he was found at the Fifth Avente Hotel, ar- | reated and the New Brunswick pouce notified by | yn Jarvis, of the Suerif’s Ofice. During the aiternoon Chief of Police Oliver, of New branswick, and an officer turned up ta New York, intending | to remove Woodworth to the fu:mor ebiy, | but a writ habeas corpus, issued | Judge Ingr at the solicitation of the | counsel of the sed, Stepped in, retarnable to-morrow morning. Meanwhile, Woodworth ts | under espionage of 1's officer at the Futh | Avenue Hotel. Sno yers ol the Jersey oficers be found ec nioved to New Bran w ccuaed will be re- th. Woodworth 8 President of the New Bruaswick Carpet Com- + an institntion controlled by leading oficers of the bank, aad hence, as alleged, was “accom- rally by Appleton with loans on al- paper, He asserts his tull ability to Wes NO conspiracy whatever be nhim and Appleton, and expresses himself dentof the restut. His friends say ils atairs are in excellent condition, CALIFORNIA, | Phe Senatorial Contest=Chinese tmumt« ration, SAN FRaxctsco, Dee, 6, 1873. | The independents at Sacramento are stil frm in | belief that they will elect Governor Hooth to the United states Senate, but itis .eported that | the democrats will make a straight figut on their | | ownaccount. They will holda caucus on Monday night, and will probably concentrate judge | Huger of this city, aM antl-raiiroad mau, for tie | | long term. | Wailace B, Hays and Mr. Howard aro spoken ofas | candidates for the short term. ehator Cole 18 endeavoring to have himseif taken up in place of Booth, a8 a compromise candidate. Ii the demo- rats determine upon @ strict party Nynt it will periously aflect Boot’s chances, Governor Booth ih his a@puual mess on we favors a revision Of the treaty with China, which aliall re- strict Chinese emigration to this coast. He also flavors legisiation to enforce a system of uniform freight and passage rates on railroads In this state. OANADIAN EMIGRATION STATISTICS, QUENEC, Dev, 6, 18! Iminigration returns show the namber of emi- frants arrived and located jo this province from | duly Ito November 30 was 2,040, af which 1.000 ere French, 1,850 British, and the remainder Ger- | waux aud laiane, ‘ 3 ! | given an CHASE'S SUCCESSOR. Later journals received show no enthnsiasm on the part of the administration press over the nomination of the’ new Chief Justice, and general | denunciation from the democratic papers. ‘The Hartford Post (democratic) rejoices that the nomination bangs fire and that ‘‘there ts hope that it tidy be strangled,” The St. Louis Globe (republicans eive# Me follow ing faint approval:— Some of the papers are foolishly disensaing the Probable action of the Senate on the nomination of Mr, Wiliams to the Chie Justicesip. ‘There need be no doudt apout it, In the case of Mr. Williaws there can be no reason lor opposition except that he was not everybody's favorite for the place, For that matter we do not KnoW of anybody who was, The St, Louis Republican, (democratic}’ says of Mr, Williaus :— At best he will be merely a specimen of amiable Mediocrity, and add nothing to the renown of that tribunal ‘Which has been adorned by fo many iustrious jurists, so many historic names, We had hoped jor better things, aud cherished the beliel that the President would, in this instance at least, lay aside all favoritism and partisanship and make @ aomination oO: which the nation as well as himself might be proud, He has failed to do 60, and the resuts of that failure will be felt and lamented long aiter he and his fortunate friend are under the sod, The Rutland (Vt.) Herald, say: Asa member of the Court, Willams might be & credit, but as Chief Justice, we think the President should have goue vurther, aud selected @ man better fitted in ability, education and training for the piace, ‘The New Orleans republican organ of Governor Kellogg is the only administration journal that goes into ecstasies over the pomination, Lt says:. The republicans of Louisiana have especial rea- son to thank President Grant for the merited and substantial compliment bestowed apon their able and unswerving trend, the late Attorney General. ‘Lo George H, Williams more than any other man in Washington, perhaps, unless it be the President himself, we are indebted Jor the signal success that has heretofore attended our efforts to deteat thr grand scheme of iraud to wrest the government of this State out of the hands o/ the chosen servants of the people and turn it over to the tusion faction. In every turn of the severe contest that began @ year ago, and ended with the rejection of the re- port of tne Senate committee, the able Attorney General wae active, vigilant, successful. Now that weregard the fight as practically at an end, we recall kis services with gratitude, and rejoice that the President has been afforded an opportunity to | bestow a proper mark of distinction upon so much solid worth and ability, Mr. Willams has been highly distinguished us @ Senator and a Cabinet cer, and will, doubtless, crnament the high position of Chie! Justice of the United States Su- preme Court, to which he fas just been called. The Cincinnati Commercial (independent), says:— The republican Senators are sick at last. There is not one oi them who does not know that the nomination of Williams to be Chief Justice 1s an outrage, Every one of them 18 aware that Wil- liams 18 incapable of filimg the place. It is an insult to the Senate (which the Senate deserves) to send such an appointment to it, Tue judges on the Bencli of the Supreme Court are insulted by the proposition to elevate this stolid potitician above them. The President relies entirely upon the servility of the Senate, and has never re- garded the appointment of Chief Justice as any- thing but an opporcvunity for the indulgence of a personal caprice. YACHTING NOTES, At a special meeting of the Bayonne Yacht Club, held last Tuesday evening, the subject of consoli- dating the Jersey yacht clubs was brought up and earnestly discussed by the majority of the mem- bers present, Messrs. Joseph Elisworth, George A. Beling, T. D, Harrison and C, C., Hough were ap- pointed a committee to meet similar committees from the several clubs interested tn the question and conler with them upon the important matter. It cannot be otherwise than well if the proposed consolidation is effected, as with the large number of pleasure crait enrolled in the different ciubs ove of the largest and strongest organizations in the country would be the result. The Jersey yachtsmen have excellent facilities to build a mag- niticent house at Bayonne or in that neighbor- hood, if they come together in fraternal spirit, and while there is no obstacle at present in the way of such @ consummation, the matter should not suifer Jrom dela: ‘The several handsome prizes won at the autumn regatta 0! the Bayonne Yacht Club will be distributed on the evening of the 23d inst. There will be a large attendance of members, as it is Intended to make the occasion one ot the most interesting character, The papers on the long discussed Meta-Vision matter have at last been jorwarded to Commodore of the Eastern Yacht Club, Boston, who has accepted the position of referee lehan, of Pamrapo, N. J., has finished a very handsome open boat, 22 feet long, tor parties in Cambridge, Mass., who propose to sail her on Lake Mahopac. PIGEON SHOOTING. A very enjoyable afternoon was spent yesterday by a strong delegation of the Long Isiand Gun Club on Dexter's Grounds, near the old Union Tra L,I. The several handicaps and matches resulted as follows :— HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES at 10 birds, 114 ounces of shot, $0 yards’ boondary; Long Island rules. Ira A. Parne, 25 yards—t, 1, 1, 1, 0, 1,1, 1, 1— Shot at 9, killed 8 Mr. Hatch, 19 yards—1, 1, 1, 1, 9, 1, 1, 0, 0—Shot atg, kiiled 6 Mr. Deforrest, 21 yards—1, 1, 1, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, O— | Shot at 9, killed 6, Messrs. Hatch and Deforrest then shot off their tie. to decide who shonid aie the birds, miss to Mr. Detorrest, 1, 1, 1; Mi. Hatch, 1, 1, 0. Same Day.—HANDICAP MATCH at 10 birds, same conditions. Mr. Deiorrest, 21 yards—1, 1, 0, 1, 0,1, 1, 1, 1, 1— Shot at 10, killed 8, Mr. Hat 19 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 0O— yards—0o, 0, Shot at 9, killed 6, SA & DAY.—HANDICAP Mater at 10 birds, same condi’ ions. Ira A. Paine, 25 yards—1, 1, 0, 3, 1, 1, 1, 1, I= Shot at © killed 8 st, 2l.yards—l, 1, 3, 9, 1, 0, 0—Shot yards rise, 14s ounces shot, 30 yards boundary; Long Island rules. Mr. Hateh—1, 1, 1, 1—Shot at 4 otras, killed all. Mr. Post—1, 0, 4, 1, O—Shot at 5 birds, killed SAME HANDICAP SWEEPSTAKES at five birds, 1% 0} 8 of shot, 80 yards boundary; Paine ty use both bi 4, otherwise Long Island rules, Mr. Hatch, 21 yards—1, 1, 1, 0, 1—Shot at 5, kiled 4. Mr. Delorrest, 25 yards—1, 1, 9, 0, 1—Shot at 5, kilied 3. rds—0, 0, 1, 1—Shot at 4, killed 2, yards.—0, 0, 0, 0—Shot at 4 birds, Kelerees—Messrs, Staples and Mtiler. the shooting was done with two guns, Ira Paine using a 10-bore Deyail, of London, and the rs a 10-pore tmade by BE. M. Reiley & Co., of Ox- jord street, London, aud owned by Colonel G, Hf. Butier, ‘The third important shooting match of the sea- fon wiil be shot on Tuesday, 9tb inst,, at Deertoot Driving Vark, on the Coney Island road. The con- testants are the well known pro‘essionals Miles L. Jotnson, of Yurdville, N.J., and Moses Mye Beilvulle, N.J., ano the amount at stake is $1,000. Fach will shoot at 50 birds 1% oz shot, the Rhode Isiand Badge rules to govern. ‘The shooters will core at one o'clock P. M. Coney isiand cars [rom Fulton ferry, Brook- lyn, pass Deertoot Park at snort intervals. ATTEMPTED ESCAPE OF CONVICTS. J., Dec. 6, 187 of the New Jer sey State Prison were going from the workshops to their cells, John Monahan and Sumner, two notorious burglars, attempted to escape. They bad made @ rope from yarn taken irom the Weav- ing shop, which they threw over the wall, and by this means got to the street. The alarm was several keepers made chase and cap- tured them both. Both are lO year men. Mona- han has served six years Of his time, A BRUTAL MURDER, Boston, Dec, 6, 1 An unknown woman, about 80 years of age, was brutally murdered last night near Columbia street, Dorchester district Of this city, She was discove ered lying in @ vacant lot near the street, with her skull fractured aad terribly mangled with a club, The murderer was seen just leaving his vic and pursued, but managed to make his escape, is believed he will be arrested, Tue young woman who was murdered in the Dor- chester district last night has been identified as Bridget Launergin, aged 28 years, She had lived nine years with the family of Mr, Shelton Barry, on Bellevue street, near the scene of the murder, The indications are that am unsuccesstul attempt at outrage preceded the murder, Up to noon tos day ‘be murderer had not been traced, SHOOTING AFFRAY. Newsune, N. Y., Dec. 6, 1875. In & barroom affray in this place to-day Harry Mitchell, the leading actor in the company known as the outs of the Plains,’? Was shot in the shouider by Isaac Hoys @ son of the Sherif elect of Orange county, dee wound is not likely to caune death, ya Mt ALD, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 7, 1873—QUADRUPLE SHEET. acer rae NE ee EER TT } RAFFERTY’S DOOM. —-—— Sentenced to Death Three) Times for Shooting an Officer. AN UNPARALLELED CRIMINAL TRIAL. Gn oi ii, Boor a Iara: ‘This atteffioon transpired, in the little county town of Waukegan, some 30 miles north of this city, am event unparalleled in the history of criminal jurispradence In this country—it is almost within the mark to say of any country. For the third time has a prisoner been brought to the bar to be sentenced on a verdict of guilty of murder in the first degree, and for the third time, for the same offence, has acaiprit heard the awiul doom pronounced, consigning him on a cer- tain day to the gallows tree, Never before in the United States has a man beem called upon to pass through so terrible an ordeal, and rarely, indeed, could be found so worthy acharacter for such a place as this city has provided in the person of Christopher Rafferty. The circumstances of the crime are by no means extraordinary. The chain ol legal quibblings, of tightings within and tumulrs without the Supreme Court of this State, of biun- derings here and sharp practices there, has been STARTLING TO THE LAST DEGREE, With the ugly form of the scaffold looming up in the near distance, a brief recital of the facts of this remarkable case has been prepared by the HERALD representative, On the night of the 4th of August, 1872, as an- other Sunday was being added to the past, two police officers, Scanlon and O'Meara by name, en- tered a saloon in that part of the city known as Bridgeport. The first named officer was armed with a warrant for the arrest of a young fellow, Christopher Rafferty, on a charge of disorderly conduct. When the two officers entered the sit- loon O’Meara said to the other, “There’s Chris.”’ ‘The officers drank some whiskey at the bar, and then Scanion crossed the room, tapped Rafferty on the shoulder, and told him that he had a warrant for his arrest. Kafferty asked the oMcer to read {t, which being done, he said, ‘I suppose I must go; but first let me get ny coat.”? Suiting the action to the word, he stepped into the middle of the room and then drew forth a terrivle looking navy revolver, exclaiming, “The first man that lays a hand upon me [’ll shoot.” O'Meara, who seems to have taken no part in the arrest, and who had stood idly leaning with his elbows on the bar counter, caught the meaning of the devilish twinkle in the eye of Rafferty, as he levelled his revolver at his breast. Adrighted, O'Meara called out, in piteous accents, “FOR GOD'S SAKE, CHRIS, DON’T SHOOT!”? The cry was unheeded, Pulling the trigger, the ruMian fired, and O'Meara fell a corpse to the floor, with a bullet through his heart. Turning, Rafferty fired at the other officer, with equally murderous intent, but less fatal result. The bullet passed through the ofticer’s coat and into an ice chest. A desperate struggle ensued, The officer, a power- ful, large sized man, found his opponent possessed of maniacal strength. On whe HSE the ruMan again and again pulled the ete but the oMcer caught his little finger under the hammer and thus escaped. Finding his second atfempt at murder fruitiess, Rafferty ung the officer trom him, re- leased his hold on the pistol and dashed out of the door, The alarm was given, and by the early morning every nook and{cranny in Bridgeport—the “Five Points” of Chicago—was searched for the murderer. was intense. Learning that he had probably fea southward, a party of officers started in pursuit, anu towards the evening of the next day Raierty was caught on the towpath of the liiinois and Michigan Canal, He had taken a wrong turning, and, with the river on one side and the canal ou the other, found if tmpossible to escape. He was exhausted and utterly wretched. Questioned by the oilcers, he said, “I don’t kuow why L did it; but THE DEVIL WAS IN MY HEART.” He was brought pack to the city, lodged in jatl, indicted for the offence, and in due course ol time brought to trial. The first trial took place in the old Court House amid intense excitement. His counsel made a motton for a change of venue, but the Judge, Lam- bert Tree, refused it, and the case went to the jury. Twenty minutes’ consideration and a ver- dict of guilty of murder in the first degree was re- turned, ‘The constitution of the State of Illinois makes it incumbent on vhe jury to fix ‘he penalty, which, in cases of murder, may be imprisonment, inthe Peniientiary for any term not less than it years, or hanging, The Cook county julors cou- sigued RAFFERTY TO THE GALLOWS, and the Court at once overruled the motion fora new trial and passed sentence. ‘ihe defendant's counsel immediately started ona Visiteo all the dudges of the Supreme Court of the State with a View 01 obtaining the issue of a writ of supersedeas. Mr, E. A. Small was successful, and the execution was delayed, pending the action of the Supreme Court, Atits next session this august body granted 4 UeW trial, mainly upon the ground that the lower Court erred in not granting a change of venue, lnmediately on the receipt, from the Clerk of the Supreme Court, of the oiticial decision, and with: out walung for the remitntur, the State Attorney of Cook county, Mr. Charles Hi, Read, again called up the case in the Criminal Court of tius city, De- fendant, with nis counsel, was present, and pre- sented a motion ior a change of venue, It was at vance granted, The defendant chose Waukegan, in Lake county, a8 the place in which ne wished to be tied, and it was so decreed. THE SECOND TRIAL accordingly took place in Waukegan, in Febraary last, betore Judge Wiliams. All of the testimony produced at the previous trial was again sub- mitted, with additionai evidence on both sides. ‘fue prosecution produced a witness who swore to defendant’s uttering a threat two days before the shooting that he would use a “pop” on any Bridge: port police oificer who should attempt to arrest him, thus evidently supplying the required malice alorethough. necessary to constitute inurder. Tue aeience ved the extraordinary fact that the warrant on which the arrest Was attempted to ve made Was an illegal one, being signed in blank by the magistrate and filled ap at will by tue police sergeant. This lettre de cachet system on asmail scale was brought before te jury, but the Court decided that it must be ruied out. also relused to give an instruction to the erm that if O'Meara was killed while aiding im the at: tempted arrest of Rafferty on an illegally issued warrant, the crime ¥ then, not murder, but manslaughter, The jury were absent three hours, when they returned into court with a verdict ot guilty of murder, and fixed the penalty at hang- ing. court and heard without the quiver of a muscle the awtul death sentence, Scarcely had the verdict: been rendered and the formality of applying for a new trial disposed of, than Mr. Smail again started out in lis search aiter a supersedeas, THE MODERN “GOLDEN FLEECE, With a mind invigorated by a know} | benefits reveived, he at once appited to Justice Me- Allister, basing his application upon the twofold ground that the change of time was improper, the case not being in the possession of the lower Court until the eipt of the oficial remittitur, and secondly, that the evidence and instruction as to the tllegality of the warrant had been improp- A erly excluded, The Judge granted the rule, jong in lelapsed before the meeting of t Supreme Court in this cireait, and once again Rat- ferty saw the dreaded day fixed for his execution pass by and himseli yet preserved trom the clutches of the Sherimt At length, for a second ume, the leading — judicial nitaries of the state took the case ino consideration, They leit the drst objection un- touched, aithongh in a similar case they ruled against the deiendant; but on the second point they held that the delence shonid have been ai- loweu the privilege of putting in testimony show- ing the illegal nature of the warrant on which the arrest Was made, The Court also stated that in the event of it appearing trom the evidence that O'Meara was fasisting in the arrest, the offence was ouly munslaughter, and not murder, FOR THR THIRD TIME Jast week the delendant appeared in Court to an- swer to the charge. A jury was with difficulty ob- tained, owing to the statutes oi this State provid- ing that any one who should have read in the papers about the case or talked about it, aud #0 have come to any conclasion requiring evidence to remove, should be disquabfied from serving on the jury. The evidence both a8 to malice and as to the filegal Warrant was again placed before the jury, the de- fence, however, strongly excepting to the former as being no part of ine res geata, The jury retired to consult, With a Knottier problem to solve than either of the two preceding bodies; it was whetner O'Meara Was assisting in making the arrest, and if he was not, whether 18 months aiter the committal of the act the verdict shouid be one of hanging; whether, in short, all precedent should be cast { aside and tor the first time in the angais of trials in this country, ‘THE OFT-CHEATED SCAFFOLD should be promised its victim for the third time, For 18 hours they wrestled with tne query, and then brought in @ verdict at seven o'clock on Thanksgiving morning, that the man was guilty of murder in the first degree, and that the only adequate punishment for one upon whose conscience there rested so black a crime was hanging by the neck nnttl he wi To-day the motion Jor @ pew trial wes over! For ® second time tie defendant arose in | Public excitement over the murder\| It dig- | | themselves, the-name of Chist.ans, | Must name th a and Rafferty duly senvencen tone nanged. And here, (or @ time, the record ends. It 18 not likely to “dray its slow length alone” to any iurther extent. THE PUBLIC PATIENCE 18 EXHAUSTED, and as the Jews calicd out, in thunder tones. “Orncify him! cruciiy him! in the case of the great Master, so cry out the 400,000 Chicagoans to-day, in the case Of the worst criminal im our midst, “Hang hita! hang tim! No gallows bird ever better deserved his fate; none were ever fav wored more by circumstances hor more ba! eo and callous by nature. “Chris is about years of age, a good tellow when sober, but a most: “dangerous man when under the influence of liquor, He las a poor bliud old motucr and several reja~ QUAKZR PROGRESSION. Ss Btald Formalities Melting Away—Revo~w lutionary Movement in a Brooklym! Soclety—Sexust Separation in Worship Abolished=—What Does It Siguifyt The change in cnstom, manners and theoiogical! ideas among the “meek jollowers of George Fox,’?) as the patronizing world has so long condercende to call them, has been “one of very slow progress. Indeed, it has been scarcely perceptible to any bub the keenest observers of the matations of the re- ligious world. In late years palpable indications: have appeared of an assimilation in the thought! and practice of this “pecuiiar? people to the: thought and practice of the world about them.} One of these has been the silent vanishing away of the ugly old-fashioned drab bonnets aud gowns! formerly worn by the elderly women, The tolera- tion of music in their houses, the weare ing of clothing in accordance with extst~ ing fashion, the decoration of their persons with gold and gems, the possession of. elegant and elaborate residences, all of whiety their wealth could long since have afforded, but which was not included in the simpe ideal of @ godly life kept ever in view hy the gentle Fox,. have been so many different but decided evidences of steps taken in the cliange, if not the progress, which has been proceeding in the ranks of the denomination since its first proselyting heat began, to cool in the indiverence o1 the world to the ab- stract truth which was its earliest animation, The Quakers of America have been somewhat more conservative tian those of Old England, bat recently they have drawn bearer ana nearer to the manners of other churches He ia like The latest evidence of this movement is presented in the Schermerhorn Street Friends’ Society, of Brooklyn, which contains many active members of the young generation, and seems Joath to remain too fat be~ hind the spirit of the age in which 1t lives. A quiet agitation has lor a considerable time been going on in this church among the liberal por- tion of the congregation proicss:dly to abolish the, stiff formality so long in vogue in the Socievy ot) compelling the sexes while at worship to sit separ- ately, and also when in business session to trans-_ act all affairs appertaining to the church organiza- tion apart and independently of each other, One of the first inroads upon this custo:n has now been, made and ts Bignincans in itseli of what may follow. A meeting of the Schermerhorn Street Friends* Society was held very lately in Brooklyn, at which the subject of the proposed reform was first broached, and was discussed very fully in all its aspects, ‘Ihe younger and progressive members on this Occasion had an opportunity to show their liberal growth of ideas to the older minds of the church, and also to impress them with some pre- monition of their increasing power, which on some day may wax strong enough to work a@ marvellous metamorphosis in the ancient fold of the Penns and Penningtons, The demure feminine portion of the meeting apparentiy* united, albeit in a characteristically modest man.) ner, with the arguments 01 tue leading speakers of the reform party mtavor of the ideaof family union in worship at church, The propositions as presented were adopted. They provide merely lor a change of the tradi-! tional custom of the socicty, 50 tar a8 to admit of families sitting together when at worship, irre- spective of sex, while singie persons atiending chureh are, it is understood, expected to still adnere to the lormer practice of going to a distinct portion of the edifice, The families oc~ cupy the seats or pews arranged along the central: aisles, and other worshippers are supposed to ac- comodate themselves at the side aisies and ip the galleries, ‘he approval of the “monthly meeting” of the district to which the Schermerhom street congre- gation belongs, wh'ch it is stated by some Friends Will doubtless follow this successiul beginning of the movement, will ratify the change and stamp itas a tangible evidence of modern assimilation of religious ideas. The next stage of the progression of this move- ment is naturally the presentation of the subject to the yearly meeting of the Society of Friends, which assembles annually in this city. Its repre- sentatives, coming front ull parts of the Middle and Eastern States, comprise some of the clearest thinking and most conscientious men of the coun- try, were they not somewhat trammelied vy the restrictions of traditionary custom or discipline. There is nttle doubt, however, that questions like this and others of far more intrinsic importance will, if rersed with reasonable patience and logical force, be more eastiy successiui than many sup- pose, and that in a few years may be witnessed such @ revival in this smal! but respected denom- nation, impelled by the impressive power of a modernized worship ant ritual, as will astonish conservatives in religion, and even exceed in di- mensions the great army of quiet “seekers after truth” which was marshalled by George Fox in Merry England in those old daysof religious laxity and Corruption, PROPOSALS FOR OCEAN MAIL SERVICE. Wasuinoton, D. C., Dec. 6, 1875. The Postmaster General has addressed a letter to the agents of the different transatlantic steamship lines satling from New York, informing them he is prepared to receive proposals in writing for the conveyance of the mails from New York to ports of the United Kingdom and Continent of Europe for @ contract term of two years, cow- mencing January 1, 1874 Each proposal iteamship tendered for the ser- the sailing days from New York and vice, ' must be accompanied by satisfactory evidence of the average speed of the steamships Offered tor the transportation of the mais, They are turther in- Jormed it is his purpose to effect such an arrange- ment of the sailing days of the respective lines Jrom this side as Will Secure the best practicable mail service for the department and the pub- lic, and that the compensation 13 restricted by law to the amount of sea postage on the mails conveyed. We also iniormsa them that at noon on Monday, December 15, uext he will consider such proposals as shall then have been re- ceived for the parpose of awarding the contracts, and will hear such oral statements, explanatory of the proposals, as the respective lines tendering for the service may desire to present ior bis jurther information, THE CRANSTON SAVINGS BANK, ProvipEnce, R. 1, Dee. 6, 1873, The commissioners appointed by the Governor te investigate the condition of the Cranston Savings Kank made a report to the Supreme Conrt that in their opinion the bank 1s insolvent, whereupon the Conrt airected an injuntuon to issue, and ap- pointed Alexander Farnum receiver. FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT. LiTrLeTon, N. H., Dec, 6, 1872. Denos Stickney, a deaf mute, was run over and instantiy killed by the up passenger train last night, near Lisbon village RAILROAD ACOIDENT, ALBANY, N. Y., Dec. 6, 1875. The Cineinnati express train to-day was ac- cideutally switched on an adjoining track at West Albany and collided with a freight train, damaging the engine of the express train, overturning that { the freight train and demolishing #ix freight 8. Thomas McDermott, engineer of the express in, and Patrick Cunningham, fireman, were slighily mjured, No other persons were hurt. KEENE, Dec. 6, 1873 A jong boilding connected with the Fauikner und Colony woollen tactory, containing 300 cords of dry wood aud a large quantity of wool, waa burned this morning. The factory narrowly es- caped destruction, and much damage was done to it by water, with which tt was flooded, STEEL PEN PAOTORY BURNED, PHILADELPIIA, Dec, 6, 1875 A building at the corner of Buttonwood and ‘Twelfth streets was burned this morning, It wae occupied by Warrington & Co., steel pen manutac- turers, and Dearborn & ¢ brass founders, Tie Joss is $25,000; instirance, $18,000, JUSTICE FOR A QUAGK. Boston, Dec, 6, 1873. Uhbaries H, Sholes, « pretended physician, wae held to bailin the sum of $16,000 to-day, in the Su. perior Criminal Court, charged with manslaughter iM procuring an abortion, which termmated javaliy | to the vietim, SLAUGHTERED HOGS, CINCINNATY, O010, Dee, 6, 187% The total number of hogs slaughtered here for the week 18 77,000; and since November 1 to date, 288,000, During the same time last year th ber slaughtered was 208,000, sy natn