The New York Herald Newspaper, January 27, 1874, Page 4

4 —_—_—_— THE SIAMESE TWINS. Curious Criticisms on Chang and Eng. THEIR LIVES. INCIDENTS I Opinion of Dr. Warren, of Bos- ton, in 1829. SCIENTIFIC SPECULATIONS. ‘The following 18 reproduced from a copy of the Londoa Mirror, published on the 28th November, 1899, It bears a local interest at this time, from the Jact of he recent death of the Siamese Twins gud phe investigations into their case on the oc- casion Of their Orst visit te this country by Dr. Warren, tae well Known physician and surgeon of Boston, nearly half a century ago. The article is headed by @ woodcut representing the twins as they then appeared. It will be seen that Dr. Warren at that early day expressed tae opinion that should one die before the other they should | be cut apart immediately : ‘The engraving is an accurate sketch of this ex- traordinary lusus natura, which promises to oc- | cupy the attention of the whole town, and has already excited no ordinary curivsity among ail ranks of the scientific and sight loving. Deviatious arom the usual Joris of nature are almost univer- Bally offensive; but in this case neitier the per- sonal appearance of the boys nor the explanation i the phenomenon by wluch they are united 1s calculated to raise a single unpleasant emotion, The subject is, there(ore, hot unfit tor our pages, and the loliowing descriptive particulars, which we Dave collected trom various authenuc sources and ‘Our OWD Observarion, Will, We are persuaded, be Tead with consideravle interest: — ‘The earliest account of the Siamese Twins is by Dr. 1. C. Warren, of Boston, aud Was pudlished 10 Prolessor silliman’s Journal ol October lust, ‘ney Were received of tueir mother by Captain Comin and Mr. Hunter, in a village of Siam, where tue last mentioned gentieman saw them, fishing on the banks o/ the river. Their lather had been some time dead, since which they hved with their mother in astate of poverty. They were confined ‘within certain limits, by order 0! the Siamese gov- ernment, aud supported themselves princijally by taking fish, Their exbibition to the world was suggested Co their mother as a means of bettering their condition, 10 Which proposition sue acceded jor a liberal compensation and the promised return oi her sons at @ specific time. Sue accompanied them on board the ship, and, a8 it was not about to sail for some time, she Was invited to remain on board; bat sie declined, observing that she might as well part with them then asa lew days hence. They were first exhibited at Boston, and subsequently at New York, in the United States. At boston Dr, Warren was appointed to report on tuem, anu such of his observations as are iree irom anatom- cal technicalities, and otherwise adapted jor our pages, Will be ound in the subsequent pages. In | the meantime we shall proceed with amore pop | ular account of their presen! appearance, wich has some of the most interesting Characteristics of human nature. They are two distinct and perfect youths, well formed and straight, about eigh'een years of age, and possessing ail the laculties and powers usuaily enjoyed at that period of hue. ‘they are united together by a short band at the pit of the stomach. On first seeing them, it May be supposed, so closely are their sides together—or ratuer, they overlap a little—that there is no space between them. On examining them, however, they are Jound not to touch eacu other, the band which connects them being, at its shortest part (which is the upper and back part), avout two-incues jong. At tne lower frout part the band, which is there soit and fleshy, or rather like soft tuick skin, 4s about five inches long, and would be elastic, were it not for a thick, ropelike cartilaginous or . gristly substance, which forms the upper partof the band, and which 1s not above tilree inches long. inches thick at the upper part, and above an inch at the lower part. Ihe back part of the banu, which is rounded irom a thickening at the places where it grows from each body, 18 not so jong as the iront part, which is comparatively fat. ‘The breadth or depth o1 the band is about jour inches. It grows trom the lower and centre part of tue breast of each boy, being a continuation of the car- tilaginous termination of tie breast bone, accom- Panied by musc.es aud blood vessels, and en- veloped, like every other portion of the body, with in, &c. At preseut tus band is not very flexivle, nd there ts reasou to believe that the cartilagin- ous substance of the upper part is gradually hurdening and wi!l eventually become vone. From the nature of the band and the manner in which it grows from eaci boy it is impossible that they should be in any other position in relation to each other but side vy side, like sOidiers, or coming up a litue to front each owner. heir arms and legs are perfectly iree to move. Ine band is the only connection between them, and their proximity does mot inconvenience either; each of them, Whetuer standing, sitting or mov- ing, generally bas bis arm round the neck or the Waist of tue otuer, Wuen they take the arm jrom this position -o close are they kept together that their shoulders cannot be held straigut, and tne Rear shoulder of each being oviiged to be held down or up, to allow them room to stand, gives them the appearance oi being delormed; but two straighter bodies can scarcely be seen. In their ordinary motions they may be said to resemble two persons waltzing. In a room they 3eem to Toli about, as it were; but when they walk so any distance they proceed straight iorward with Rgait hke Otuer people. As they rise up or sit down, or stoop, their movements are playiul, though strange, not ungraceiui, and without tne Appearance Ol constraint. ‘ihe average height of their countrymen 1s jess than that of Europeans, and they seem rather short for their age, even Judging them by their own standard. ‘hey are Inuch shorter than the ordinary iun of youths in this country at eighteen years ol age, and are voth ol the same height, In personal appearance there is a striking resembiance between them; this, however, is but on first imprezsion, ior on closer eXamination considerabie difference will be ov- served, Tue color of tneir skin and form oi the hose, |ips and eyes denote them as belonging to the Chinese; but they have not that broad and flat iace which 1s characteristic of the Mon.ol race. Their foreieads are higher and narrower than those of their countrymen generally. Both are lively and intelligent, they pay much attention to what is passing a:ound them, and are very grateful for any little attention that is paid to them. As @ prool ol their intelligence it may be Stated that tuey learned to piay at draughts very Teadliy and were soon abie to beat those who had assisted in teaching them. Thew appearance 18 Perfect heaith, 0 their .rienas and attendants, and to eacn other, they are said to be much at- tached, They appear to be exvellent physiogno- Mists, lor they read the countenance of the visitor readily, and are easily affronted witn any con- temptuous expressions, It is said they have not learhed apy manual art beyond rowing @ boat, but they cun run and jump, and climb cracks and rigging with great jacility. They are dressed in short, louse green jackets and trousers, the costume of tueir country, which is very con- Venlent, and a lows the utmost freedom of motion, but does not show the form of the boys to advap- tage. With tueir arms twined round each otner, as they bend down or move avout, they jook like a group of statuary. Dr. Warren, in tis report, staves that he never heard them speak to each other, thougt they were very fond o1 talking witha young Siamese Who was brought with them asa companion. They, however, appear to have @ Of communication more rapid than by The point most worthy of remark, in re- gare to their actions and movements, is, that hey seem, geuerally speaking, to ne actuated vut by one Will; and that rom whichever of them te volifion of the moment proceeds it seems impera+ tive upon both. Uccasionally there is an exception to this remark—as, on the voyage from Siam to the bye States, when one wanted to bathe and the other rejused on account of the cold- ness of the weather, on the subject. Each bas a name of his own—the one, Chang, and the,other, Eng; bot when persons wish to ad- dress them as oue—to Claim their attention to anything, for example, or to cali them—they are addressed as Chang kng. ihe union of twins is not an unusual occurrence, 4nd various anatomical collections present many Buch objects, Ambrose Paré reiates several in- Stances, Dr. Warren 18, however, oi opinion that ‘the Siamese boys present the most remarkable case of the lusus nature which bas yet been known, taking into view the perfection ‘and dis- Unetness of organization and the length of time they have ivea. The whole phenomenon may be descrived in avery few words—two per- Ject bodies united and hound together by an insep- arable link, As we have already stated, tuelt health is at present gooa; put, observes Dr. Ware Ten, “it is provable tuat the change of their simple living for the luxuries they now obtain, t0- gether with the confinement their situation necessarily involves, Will bring their livea to a close within @ lew years.” We hope that such will hot be the result Of their leaving tneir native | stores, and we are much pieased with this passage in a letter from Drs. Samuel Mitehili and Anderson to Captain Coffin:—"They aoe youths) are under the protection o: a kind and benevvientyentieman and we know you will take good care of thei), aud, if they live, return them to their homed again,” their strength many instances are re- lated; since they have arrived in London they bave lifted a gentieman of considerable weight With great ea and on this point Drs, Mateni | and Anderson say:—“As they are so vigorous and | ert we readily coincide that in ten seconds tuey | can lay @ stout ordinary man on his back.” We shall pot go out oi our way to state half the curious questions which forcibly arose in our minds on visiting this interesting exnibition. One ofthe most important and least easy of solution is the structure of the connecting band, how it is kept alive. whether blood flows into and circulates they quarrelied une band is probably two | bw it from each and passes into the system of the other, whether it be compused of bone as well as of cartil lage, divided ? Upon examining the connection, or cord, Dr. Warren says:—‘Placing my hand on this substance I found it extremely hard. On further examination the haraness was ‘ound to exist ab the upper part of the cord only, and to be pro- longed into the breast of eacn boy. ‘Tracing tt up- Wards I found tt to be constituted by # prolonga- tion of the ensilorm cartilage of the steruum, or extremity of the breasthone. The curtiiages pro- ceeding from each sternum meet at an aagie, and then seem to be connected by a lizament, 50 a8 Lo form a joint, ‘This joint has a motivn upwards and downwards, and aiso a lateral motiou—the \atter opersung in such a way that when the boys turn im either direction, the ecges of the caritlage are found to open aud shut. * © © Besides this there is nothing remarkable ‘elt in the connecting substance. 1 could distinguish no pusating vessel. Tue whole oO! this cord 1S cov. ered by the skin. [tis remarkably stroug and has RO great sensibility, for they wilow themselves to be pulied by a rope fastened to it without exnipit- ing uneasiness. on <uipvoard one of them some- times climbed on the Ca; stan 1 the vessel, the other following as Well 4g ue could without com- Plaining. When | first saw bo. a Lexpected to see them pull on tuis cora in diferent directions as their attention was attracted by different 0b- jects. [soon peicetved that this did not happen. The slightest impulse of one to move in apy direc: tion is immediately lollo ved by tue other, $0 tuat they appear to be intuenced by the same wish.” ‘Yits Sarmoay im thelr movements, Dr. Warren thinks, is a habit 4 rmed by necessity, His tur- ther account Of theic habits i8 extremely cu- rious: “They always tace in one direction, standing nearly side by 8.de, and are not avle, witout in- convenience, to lace ia tue opposite direction, 50 that one is always at the rignt and the other at the leit, Although not placed exactly in a parallel line, they are abie to run and leap with surprising | activity, On some occasions a geuuieman, in | sport, pursued them round the shio, when they came suddenly to the lutehway, which had been inadvertently jeft opeu. the least check wouid have thrown them down the hatcuway, and prob- | ably killed one or both, but tuey leaped over it without difficulty. They difter in intelectual vigur. The perceptions of one are more acute than those oi the other, and there ts a correspond: ing coincidence to moral qualities, He who ap- pears most intelugeot 18 somewhat irritable 1D temper, While (he other's disposition is mild.’? The connection between these boys mght present an opportunity ior some interesting observations iM regard to physioiogy and paciilogy. There is, | no doubt, a network 0! vi00d Vessels and some minute nerves passing from oue co the other, dow jar these parts are capabe of transmitting the action of medicines and of dise.s and es pecially what medicines and diseases, are puints well worthy of consideration. De. W. thiaks that any indisposition of one extends to the other; that they are clined to sieep at the same time; eat i out the same quant.ty, aud perform other acts with great similarity, Botn he and Mr, Hunter are of opinion that tonching one of them when they are asleep awakens both, When tiey are awake an impulse given to One does not in the leas, affect the otier, There ig evidently pO impression received by him who is not touched. But the opinion just men- tioned is undouvtediy erroneous. The slightest movement of ove 18 so speedily ‘ceived by the other ag Go dece.ve those Who have not observed closely, There is no part ol them Which bas & com- mon perception, excepting the middie of the con- necting cord and a Space uear it, When a pointed instrument 18 applied precisely to the middie of the cord itis felt vy both, and also for about an inch on each side, beyond whica the impression is lim- ited to the individual o! tue side touched, “In the inuction Oo: the cir-uiation there isa re- markabie uniform.ty +0 the two bodies. The pul- gations of ne hearts of both coincide exactly un- der ordinary ciicumstances, I counted seveniy- tiree pulsations in @ minute while toey were sitting—counting first in one boy and then in the other; [then placed my flugers on an arm of each boy, and lound the pulsations take place exactly together. One of taem stooping sud- den.y to Jook at ny watch, his puise became much quicker than that ol the other: vut alter be had Teturned to his .ormer posture in about a quarter of a minute his pulse was precisely like that oi the other; this happened repeateuly. Their respira- tions are, of consequence, exactif Siauilaneous,”” Dr. Warren next starts a question as to their moral identity, and says:—*There is no reasun to doubt that the intellectual operations of the two are a3 perfectly Gistinct as those of any two in- dividuals who might be accidentaliy confined to- gether. Whether similarity of education and tden- tity of position as to eXterna! objects have in- spired them with any extraordinary sameness of mental action | am upable to say—any farther, at least, than that they seem (o agree in their babits and tastes,” | ‘the concluding observation is on their separa- | tion, which, we may remark, appears to be to | them a painful subject, tor whenever it is men- tioned they weep bitterly. Dr. Warren thinks an attempt to cut the cord or separate them would be attende’ with dan-er, thouga not necessarily jatal, and as they are happy in their preseut siate he reasonably enough tuinks such au operation uncalied tor. “Should »ne die betore the vther,”? adds he, “they should be cut apart immediately.” He, however, quotes a case from Ambrose Paré of two girls united by the forehead, one o1 whom died at ten years of age, when a separat:on wus made, AS wound 0! the surviving girl soon proved Jatal From the report of Drs. Mitchil! and Anderson we collect tneir opinion that the band which joins these boys has a canal with a protrusion of viscera irom the abdomen of each boy upcn every effort of cougning or other exercise. The sense of jeeling on tue skin Of this band is connected with each boy as Jar as the midd ¢ of ita length from his vody. There can be no doubt but that if the band was Cut across at any part a large opening would be made into the belly oi each and the wound prove fatal, such are the principal and most popuiar de- seripuive details of the siamese youths, with the substance of the reports oi the American physicians who have examined them. Of course we look with some anxiety for the opinions of the )rofessional men of our own country, Further Incidents in the Lives of the Twins. MOCKSVILLE, N, C., Jan. 24, 1874, The Siamese Twins, known as Eng and Chang Bunker by their neignbors, died on their farm, near Mount Airy, in Surrey county, N. C., on the Ath day of January, 1874, The smaller one of the twins, while making the tour of Europe, some two or three years ago, had a Slight stroke o/ paralysis, which left him lame in one leg, requiring nim to use a crutch or cane in waiking. Tne other was in good health, and so continued apparently until atter the death of his brother, and Dr. Hollingsworth was employed to separate bim irom the corpse. The survivor ap- peared greatly frightened at the anticipated surgi- cal operation, and before it was commenced died. And thus the prublem which has perplexed tne minds of scientists is settled, and the fact dem nstrated that the union between tne two was indissuluble. As was well known, the liga- ment which connected them together had a tull and regular pulse, as in one's wrist, and thus showed tuat there was arterial circulation from the heart of one to the other, This remarkable conjunction of two individuals presented the most wondertul lusus nature in human nature the world bas ever seen. The twins were burn In the Kingdom o} Siam, and, after being exhibited in many places in Europe, made the tour oi the United Siates over thirty-five years ago. Aiter being thus exhibited for several years they settled near Trap Hill, in Wilkes county, N. C., one of the most sequestered spots of the United States, where they bogght a jarm, each married a wile, their wives being the plain rustic daughters of a poor farmer. Aiterwards they purchased two farms, some miles apart, near Mount Airy, in Sur- rey county, N. C., and settled one oj their wives on each arm. They spent three days with each wile, dividing their time with scrupulous care between their two families. One of their wives nad twelve aud the otner thirteen children, Two of the children are deaf and dumb, and have been pupils in the Deaf and Dumb Institute at Raleigh, N. C., for several years. They were very eager to make money and care- fal of it when made, but by the resuits of the war they lost much of tueir estate, for they were the owners of slaves and the lenders of money. Hence, after the close 01 the war, they quit their homes and again made the tour of Europe to re- pienish their exnausted exchequer. They had con- tracted to travel im the United States jor the com- ing season, and were to receive $200 per week. ey were sixty-four years of age at their death. They were honest and correct in their dealings, quick and passionate, sometimes engaging in fisti- cuffs and sometimeseven quarreling with each other, A post-mortem examination shouid have been made, in the interest of science, to explain the mystery of their union. Doctors Disagrecing About a Separatio: To THE Epiror oF THE HERALD:— Sread with deep interest in the Herarp of Sun- day (25th) the partial account from your reporter at Mount Airy, N.C, He observes that “the leeling of regret was markedly observable in the tones and manner in which every one, even the negroes, spoke of the dead twins. For twenty-seven years they had been residents of the county, were famil- jar and intimate with nearly every citizen of it, were universally beloved and respected, ana, owing to their weil known hospitality and liberal spirit, their joss ig just now as universally re- gretted.” . Your correspondent is very correct, and there are thousands of families In various parts of the United States and in Europe who hold the twins equally dear in their memories, and who nave been shocked at reading the grossly libellous and lying articles which have been published in some Of oar papers since their death. The twins were by no means “nal idiotic,” “uncouth” and ‘brutal’ in their habits or natures, as has been said by some of tuese—(well, I wou't a what I think they are) —dut they were naturally gentle, amiable and Kind: they had tempers, and when sume thought nd whether it could be salely | | pears a letrer 3} | Warren, gruder, 01 Wash.ngton, and mang others whose | ne | taken berore the En lish Consul, | lesa fool would insult them they would show pretty piainty that they knew how to resent the insult. They were hot “ignorant” nor “unincellectual’” Jt is true they never were what is cajled educ ted, bul their natural good sense taught them early that they had much to tearn. And I doubt not that your reporter will inform you that in (heir luprary he ound well used copies of the works of Scott, Byron, Cooper, Dickens, d more than ene edimon of Shakespeare. And few persons in our cities have Kept themseives as well posted on the pubue afatrs of this and Joreign countries as did the twins. kven in naming their children they exhibited & better knowiedge of noted people than have Most persons with larger opportunities. Ican only recall from memory the names of a few of their | chiidren—James Madison, Stephen Decatur, Chris- | lopber Wren, Josephine, Albert and Victoria. ‘the latter is adeaf mute, who has been well educated a! Kale), aad was recently married to a geatie- mao who is ulso w mute, All their children wi are old enough have beco well iustructed, Th does no look as ii the parents were ‘“bvors” or “half idiotic." Alter a not very short experience with human nature 1 can truly say toatl never met any man whom | believed to be as positively honest, truth- ful, jull oi the troe courage of a gentieman and strictly scrupulous in all his dealings as i found the wins 10 ve, In anotier comumn of your Sunday HeraLD ap- “tf. M. De Hyiton, M. D., No, zis Bast 7 ighth street.’? This expert (:) proves conclusi¥ Ms own satistacti nm at least, that it would Nave been as easy Lo ave ‘cut | taose men apari,” without any more danger than it would have been to have amputated a foyer, and tat “if the physician im attendance at the time of death severed tue ligature the lue of tue otver Would have been preserved.’ Excuse the bad Eoglish. tis the Doctor's; not mine, And ‘hen there was no physician in at- | tendance at the time of death, it hus been my good fortuue fo have enjoyed the vciety and ireé converse with Sir Astley Couper, r Authony Carhsie, Sir Benjamin Brodie; Des. of Bos Physic, of Pmiiadelphia; Ma- Dunes are known to some members oi the pro- fession, Ali those geniiemen eXammmed the twins with great curiosity and care—not once, but very many times—and not one of them ever expressed @ belies that it Was quite possible to separate the twins Wituoul cudangering the hives of both, But, unortunutely lor those geutiemen and the cause of science, they went ww their premature graves without having known or heard oi I. M. De Hyitun, M. D., No. 218 East Thirty-eighta street, city of New York, I became acquainted with the twins the day alier they arrived in the United states, wien they it was | who taugat m to speak and to write it. 1 was absent irom um very hittie, day or night, for about five yea.s a.ter they landed th America, m i8.9 and it i4 only lair to suppose that lam somewhat familar with tue mMatvers upon waich 1 bave wiitten, Aiter having studied them very closely for about a year Lhad the liouor of stating at a meeuny of the joyal Society im London in 1830 “that | did not believe it Was possible that one could live two hours alter the death O/ his brother.” 1 was right, Respectiuiy yours, JAMES W. HAL No, 69 Wall street, New Yo. JAPAN. | could oniy speak a ro Jew words of our lanzuage. trous Fire in Jeddo—Loss,of Over $2,000,000 of Property—How the Natives Work in Combating Fliame— Imperialism in Free Communion with the People~Foreign Diplomacy. YoxouaMA, Dec. 23, 1873, Another of those terriule conflagrations with which Jeddo is doomed, it may be said to be peri-, odically visited, occurred in that city on the 9th inst. It commenced about one ofclock im the morning and raged during nine hours. Althougit some previous flres, notably the one that occurred in April of last year, have destroyed more houses and extended over a larger space, this last is probably the most severe fire that has visited Jedao for a great number of years, It devastated @ tract of about two miles in length by one mile in width, destroying over 3,000 hoases, Tne section of the city where the fire occarr:d was occupied mainly by merchants of the better class, large silk emporiums, wholesale druggists, bankers, &c. The loss is estimated at over $2,000,000, an im- mense loss for a comparatively poor city. Some fifteen persons lost their tives during the disaster, and twenty-three were seriously hurt, JAPANESE FIREMEN AND THE MANNER OF WORK. The Japanese in attempting to stop @ conflazra- tion expend more courage and energy than! have seen displayed anywhere else, but these qualities are misdirected, and hence are ineffective for good. They have no gvod engines or hose to carry the water. Tuey will never destroy a house until it be actually on fire, and then you can see them working in the very midst oi smoke and flame, en- deavoring to save property of comparative little value, ONE CONSOLATION 18 that this fire will not entailthe suffering and pri- vation whith the one of the previous year did; for that fire attacked the very povrest portion of the city, and consequently many thousands of persons were leit tora long time homeless and penniless, Of course it will be hard upon the present suffer- ers; but they, at least, are in a conuition far above want. The ruined district 1s to be rebuilt io a manner similar to that part of the main street which was destroyed jast year. Brick and stone buildings are te be erected by the government, wuo will Bell them on reasouabie terms to the mer- chants. ‘Thus these terribie disasters will have at least one good effect. Jeddo will uitimately be a city built in a substantial style, and then bres will occur less irequentiy and they will be more easily confined within narrow limits, Since the 9th inst. no jess than six fires have occurred, but none of them did any very great damage, THE IMPERIAL VISIT TO THE NAVY YARDS. The Mikado and the Empress paid a formal visit to the government dock yards at Yokozka, about ten miies irom Yokohama. He was accompanied by the joreign Ministers, to whom he expressed his great gratification tor their presence, The royal pair stayed down there over night, and came back again hext day. They expressed tuemselves highiy pleased with what they saw, and such an interest did they take in the proceedings that tre- quently they mixed in with the multitude, just like ordinary spectators, Can this ve the same Japan that we Kuew five years ago? THE MISSION TO WASHINGTON. It has been sectied that Mori is not to return to Washington. He could have done so had he 80 selected; but he degired to be made Minister Plenipotentiary, and this the government de- clined. Mori has been appointed temporarily Under Secretary of State. He 1s ambitious of becoming Minister of Education ; but it is thougnt he will not succeed, altnough he is undou»tedly the very best man in the Empire for that position, THE MINISTER TO PEKIN. General Yamada, who accumpanied Iwakura to America and Europe to look alter military affairs, has been appointed Minister to China, STABBING ON SHIPSOARD. A serious affray occurred at Nagasaki on the 13th inst. On board the British trading ship Lap- wing. The vessel is manned by a Japanese crew. On the 4to inst, the crew refused duty, and were They were de- tained for a few days, and on the 12th inst, on their promise to go to work, were piaced on board the Sip again, On being turned to on the 13th one of them refused to work. ‘This created a dis- turbance, and tne British constable was again sent jor. On going jorward with the Captain to look into affuirs they were both set upon and severely stabbed, the Captain in the n ck and back and the coustable in the side, The wounded men are both in the hospital, and the crew has been taken charge of by the British Consul. CITY DRAINS AND DRAINAGE, Report by the Committee of the County Medical Society Upon the Effect of Drainage Upon the Public Health. A stated meeting uf the Medical Society of New York County was held last evening at the College, corner of Fourth avenue ana Twenty-third street, when Dr. Moreau Morris, ex-Sanitary Superintend- ent and chairman of the committee, presented the report of the committee appointed to reply to questions propounded by the State Medical So- ciety’s committee as to the effect of drainage upon the public heaith, Below is a synopsis of the report, which contains some startling facts as to the public dangers that lurk in the subsoil of the city s— ‘Tue report referred to @ sewer built in Ninety- fifth street some time since, which demonstrated the folly of buliding @ sewer on marshy ground without first draining the marsh itseif. Many un- scientific and ignorant contractors thought that to fill up a SWamp Or flat Was sufficient to prevent It from breathing lorth its deati-dealing miasmatic sporuies, True, itfor atime stopped the malaria {rom insinuating itselfinto the atmosphere; but, long pent up, it gathered strength, and when it did make its appearance it came in a vivient and viruient forn In spect{ying certain places Mr, Morris’ report stated that that part of the city west of Filth ave- bus, rom Twenty-third to Fitty-nintn streets, was a meadow which had not been sub-drained, The district east Of Second avenue, frcm Houston street to Twenvy-third street, together with parts of the Fourth, Sixth and Seventh wards, were ina similar condition. The following table irom the mortuary record will convey an idea of the fatal results of this iack Of proper drainage :~ 1871, «187% 1873, Remittent fever. a ne 3 Intermittent tever 000 ML 86 Typhoid fever 2B 2 19 Congestive chilis 1 12 8 Totals 838 a7 The report concluded with a description of how the work could ve done, the difficuities to be met with in certain localities in the city, the pricg of the improvement and an estimate of the time It would take, MUNICIPAL AFFAIRS. BOARD OF ALDERMEN. A Plan to Provide Labor—Economy & eduction of Clerks Ordered in the Departments, At the usual hour yesterday afternoon the senior branch of the Common Council met in their Cham- ber, the President, Mr. 8, H. B, Vance, in the chi Alderman Van Sc#aick proposed that the pro- visions and recommendations contained in the Mayor’s message be referred to the appropriate committees, which was adopted. On motion of Alderman Van Scnaick, amended by Alderman RILEY, & motion was adopted to ap- point @ joint committee of both Boards to inquire into the feasibility and propriety of reducing the clerical force in the various city departments. An amendment to the ordinances reguiating clerk hire was introduced by Alderman VAN Scaick and ordered p:inted in the minutes, Alderman MONHKIMER introduced » resolution requesting the Mayor and Coi poration Counsel to memorialize the Leg.slature to rescind the law by wihicu the Industrial uXposition Co.u.pany received its authority to erect ouliuings, &¢, agreeabie to section 335 of Laws 0. 1870, ‘the resuiution was lost by @ vote of 8 to 7, but recousiuered, Alderman MOCAFFERTY then moved, as an ameuduent, that the Legislature be petitioned to Tepeal the second and third sectious ol Une act, passed June 18, 1573, providing that the city of New york loao 1 8 Credit Lo said company to the amount Ol $2,000,000, ‘Lhe resoiution was adopted without any division. Alderman PETER KEUR rose to olfer a resolution providing ior the appointmeut of a committee of Unree, W0 shail ascertain some plan Wkereby the thousauds of unemployed persons can be set to work. He preiaced the motion by stating that the Common Council has done all that lay in its power to provide work, but there seems to be some stumbling biock in the way. He thinks, and asserts tn lus official capacity, that the Common Council is m duty bound to provide labor for the unem- ployed, He theretore proposed taat, in order to xive employment to at least 6,000 mechanics directiy, and 10,000 persons indirectiy, a committee ol SiX or eight be appointed to raise $2,000,000 or $3,000,000, Which is to be invested in the various manufactures, which the city government must d18p0se ol, ANU, in order not to block the Market, to ship the manuiactured articles to foreign ports. The motion to adopt the resolution which would virtually commit the cowmittee to entertaining the plan offered vy Alder- man Keur for the city to enter ‘into the Manulacturing business (as Alderman Octendorier Stated) was adupted by a vote of 8to7. ‘Ihe mat- ter was ridiculed considerably by the members. Alderman MONHEIMER requested that the com- mittee be appointed at once, which Was adopted, The CHAIR appointed as such committee Alder- men Kenr, Uttendorier and Falconer, Aiter (he trausaction of some further routine business, among Which was the appoimtment of a committee te conier With @ simiiat one irom the Assistant Aldermen, to settle the difticuities en- countered in the prosecuuon ol pubiic work, the Board adjourned, BOARD OF ASSISTANT ALDERMEN, A Heated and Stormy Session—One of the Members Deciared in Contempt. The regular meeting o1 this Board met yester- day afternvon, Assistant Alderman Charles M. Ciancy, in the absence of the two Presidents (?), im the chair, On motion, the consideration of tne question jor the adoption of a resolution by which the commit- tees for 1874 were appointed by Mr. Strack was taken up, The usual bitter contest between the gemocratic majority and republican minority was induigéd in, but the Measure was adopted bya vote o: 14 to 4, notwithstanding a resolution offered by Assistant alderman Lhornell to post- pone the cousideration jor two weeks, A resvlution to locate tie Lenin Judicial District Court corner of Lincoln avenue and Southern Boulevard, the property of ex-Assistant Alderman Nichoias &. Connor, was laid over. Assistant Alderman THOKNELL rose to make a motion, prefacing his remarks, which the Chatr- man rejused, and directed him to offer bis resuld- tion first, Mr. fbornell then propvsed that the Corporation Counsel be consuited and his opinion demanded as to the legality ol business transacted by tne Board as at present constituted, or, as tue speaker sald, *1n this disorganized manner,” The motion was lost by a Vote o1 14 to 4 Mr. HEALEY, chairmau Of a special committee to whom was relerred tue investigation of the merits of a fireless engine, rose and stated that a member of his committee to Whom Was handed tne report jor his signature had not returned tae same. The meiber reierred to Was Assistant Alderman Jeremiah Murphy. M . MURPHY explained that he bad had no no- tice of the meeting 1 the committee, which the clerk denied, stuting that che notuce was deposited in the Alderman’s box, Mr. Murphy asserted to the Board that he would oniy sign the report when he found it to the interests of the city and did not See a jov in it tor the gentleman. This brought Mr. HeAaLEY to his feet, who re- torted rather angrily and offered a resulution that the Board order Aiderman Murphy to return to the chairmau oi the comumittee the repart which he had retained. Mr. MuRrPHY refused to do so, when, On motion, the Alderman irom the Second district Was de- clared in contempt and the Chair ordered the omission of the offender's name irom roll call. The President, on beng requested so to do, allowed Alderman Murpay to retire irom tne room, Assistant Alderman Thornell likewise left the chamber, whereupon the Sergeani-at-Arms was despatched alter this absent member, who re- turned alter filteen minutes, reporting that he was unable to tind Mr. Thornell. Pending a motion jor fliteen minutes’ recess, the CHAIRMAN staied that as long as he presided he was determined to enforce the dignity of the Board and the Chair. On reassembling after recess, there being no quorum present, the Board adjourned, CITY AND COUNTY TREASURY, Comptroller Green reports the following disbuarse- Ments and receipts of the treasury yesterday - Claims paid (number of warrants, twenty- Six), AMOUDLIN, tO......... 66s J 4,004 RECEIPTS. From taxes of 1873 and interest $8,206 From arrears of taxe: terest 10,555 From collection of a: 24,079 From mark ‘ents and jee: 8,436 From water rents.. From hicenses—Mayor’s onice. From sales City Kecord (one week) Total..... HABITUAL DRUNKARDS. Substance of a Report from Commis- sioner Stern—Startling Figures as to the Number of Commitments of Drunk- ards—A Proposed Remedy. A report has been presented to the Department of Charities and Correction by Commissioner Stern in reference to habitual drunkards. He says, after comments upon the Commissioners’ report on the same subject in 1870:— The removal of any person found Intoxicated to the station house, and his detention there until sober, would be sullicieut punishmentdor the offence, A commitment for ten days is either a punishment too great, bordering on cruelty, unjustifiable ay in the case just si@ted, or, us in the case of confirmed intemperance, that is, & means ot retorm of correction, commitments for any ‘length ot time tor the reason of habitual drunkenness can have no other meaning than to restram forcibly people inclined to excessive indulgence in alcoholic drinks. If th can be curea of a buvit wh as to obtain entire control ot their will, energy an faculties, society conters a benefit upon them and upon itself. EVery member of society rescued from the slough of VICE AND USELERSNRSS is again to hum: ‘and society must at least make the attempt to make the rescue. Our present practic however, is & complete failure in that respect, of which no better proot is required than the statistical account of commitments for intoxication made during the past three years, That account speaks volumes for itself, The tale it tells of male drunkards being recommitted to prison from 1W times down to six times o! whom Iti, offenders were recomimitted ten times, is dreadtus to contempla: But this tale of horror is put entirely in the shade, it is lost sight of, tf placed side by ativties of female arrests. While 669 male'persons were committed for intoxication during the past three years, there were arrested 40.6 femaies—sixteen um many, Of the former one Was rearrested 100 times tor the suine offence ; o FRMALE DRUNKARDS twenty-nine had to be rearrested 100 times; and this ion 14 observed all through. this cient evidence of a deplorabie detect in the p. ‘h we must by all means try w remedy: other point which must be taken into seri- ons consideration. The present system entails apon the county @ vast expense, Which, with the unsatistactory re- sult attained, becomes a waste of public funds. ‘hese drunkards are mostly apprehended in a dirty, filthy condition, clad in rags. By the time they reach the Island, alter ing been’ locked up in the station houses and condned im the “bummer” prison at the Lombs, they are full of vermin. ‘The consequence is that the so-calied clothing they wear (after the body they covered has been washed) must be no Wway—on orm of imprisonment at io earn anytuing towards st of their support Afer mature io me ik PROBLEM OF REFORM branch of our depariment is not very Y in this particular difficu ‘There are two classes of people arrested for intoxica- tion that_ come under our supervision. One class is the r, the victim of chance indulgence. Himand of slight fine by the Judge betore ¢ or he is brought is sufficient, added to the ha- miliation of detention #” the station house tor one night ‘The other class is the h runkard, with whom in- toxication has become . chronle vice. this case Asimple whom - yeeks Jeaves t men it society undertakes to reform them it ought to be Goue efectually and lasuinely. They ought to be handed NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JANUARY 27, 1874.-TRIPLE SHEET. its, y which would not on! {etude toelr support, but at the same time them to DY AND INDUSTRIOUS HARITs ‘and practices. ‘The law mighteither name the nu of times thi person must yprehen ted for intoxi tiou before he or she can be sent ty the Workhouse Commissioners be clothed with discretionary powe dispose of these persons so apprehended according to their dest judgment and the merits of the case. | titne of commitment ought to be extended to two years, of course either going to some Court or the Commission- ers tor the necessary authority to grant a discharge, whenever, in their judgment, the prisoner shall be abie to assume control over bis or her own person. THE S(INER FIRE. Fourth Day's Proceedings at the In- quest—The Mystery still Unsolved— Arrest of the Discharged Cobkh—Ex- planation of the Butler. Yesterday was the fourth day of the Stiner in- quest. ‘though a large amount of technical evi- dence has been taken, the mystery as to the cause ofthe fire still remains, It has been allegea very strongly tnat there was some defect in the flues of the Stiner awelling, and it seems probable that tire jury will finally discover the truth, THE INQUEST. Below will be jound a summary of the evidence before Coroner Kessler. The testimony of Miss Arndt and Mr. Atkinson, although very conflicting, is nevertheless interesting and opens up a new theory of the cause of the fire. Mr. Norman McClellan, a carpenter and builder, of No, 201 East Sixtieth street, stated that he had made an examination of the burnt house. He said:—I am of the opinion that the fire ongimated in the water closet from the heating apparatus in the next house, The water cioset is on tne second floor, and witness traces the fire from it to the basement below. OUT LarE. Mr. Charles Clark, of No. 42 East Sixtieth street, Was the next witness called. He testified to hay- ing gone down to Sixtieth street in a cab about half-past three A. M.; passed Stiner’s house at that time and saw no light or indication of fire on the premises; about two hours afterward I was wakened by the cries of women; I plainly heard “Murder!” and “Watch! I did not hear any one cry fire at that time, but later J heard a cry of “Fire |) as soon as I heard the first cry of “‘Mur- der!” and ‘Watch !’? | got up. put or my clothes and went out into the street and passed the Stiners’ house; the inner and outer hall doors were wide open, and | could piainiy see up to the head of the stairs; it appeared to me as if the fire Was in spots over the waiuscoating and stairs; have an impression, or had at the time, that I could have easily gone from the head of the stairs to the halt landing; when I came to the house | saw @ woman in tue gateway; she said nothing but “On, dear,” and would not answer my »Questions; { went up towards Madison avenue and returned in a jew minutes and this woman was not to be seen; I do not know where she went; I could recognize her uw I saw her now; Saw no one on the front of the house; met Mr. Sutton afterwards and he told me the people were on the back of the house ; when [ went to the house there was no engine or policeman that [ could see; 1 went home and told my people there was no cause of alarm, and when! came back I saw the fremen and policemen, ‘MURDER! AND “FIRE |)? Mr. John Sutton, of No. 30 East Sixtleth street, was next called. His testimony was of no im- portance, except in the fact that it corroborated the account of the cries of “Murder!” and “Watch!” spoken of by Mr, Clark, All the previous witnesses had sworn that they eitaer heard or called “Fire !?” TIE MYSTERIOUS WOMAN PRODUCED. During thé whole ot the proceedings there has been in the audiénge @ Woman named Arndt, re- ferred to in the HERALS 9! Saturday, as a missing aud important witness, f@.was formerly a cook in the Stiner family and had been discharged but @short time when the fire broke Ott, That she was in the honse the night before there is No proof as yet, but certain littie circumstances point to Her Tather suspiciously, In the ante-mortem deposi- tion of Mary McGuire, the domestic who was killed, there 18 ab amolguous sevtence which leads the jury to believe that the cook who had been discharged was in the house on the night previous to the tire. This woman, no doubt, had been subpcenaed on the first day of the inquest, but inquiry at the ad- dress she gave elicited the fact that she was not residing there. She eluded the service of the paper until Saturday night, when one of the detectives connected with the Nineteenth precinct captured er. From the evidence it willbe seen that the in- EY, of Miss Arndt is not What it might be, she being @ surreptitious deaier in diamonds not her own. SHE TESTIFIES that she was discharged from the board and ser- vice oi the Stiner family about two weeks before the fire broke out; her trunk was in the house, she being unable to procure it on account of a lack of funds to pay the expressman ; Mr. Stiner nad reused to pay her her wages because he claimed to have ex- pended them partiy on her by detraying the doctor’s ill which she had contracted while sick under his Tool; she says she was in the house on the Sunday before the fire took place, but not since, until she went for her trunk the day alter the fire; she ac- knowledged she bad had some words with Miss Deborah and had called her a liar. ‘To a Juror—I was once locked up in the Tombs, but it was unjustly done; I did not steal Mr, Bam- burger’s diamonds; it happened in this way—I went to Sixth avenue one evening to purchase a locket, and when I had done this the man betind the counter asked me if lived in arich family; [ toid him I did, and he said if I would bring nim diamonds he would buy them; brought them and was paid; but the jury acquitted me and | was dis- charged; when I went to the house on Sunday I saw Mr. Joseph Stiner, and he gave me a piece of paper to wrap up a chemise | had taken from my trunk, which was on the ground fluor; I can bring twenty witnesses to prove that 1 was tn the house of my sister at No, 137 Delancey street on the night on which the fire occurred. Alter reciung a long story of how she had worked hard for three years to get her clothes, which had peen destroyed in the fire, she signed her testimony and was given over to the custody o/ an officer irom the House of Detention, INTERESTING TO MISS ARNDT. The next witness called was Mr. Atkinson, & mason, who resides at No, 358 West Eleventh Street. Mr. Atkinson said that he was left in charge Of the house by the insurance authorities, and that on the day aiter the flre the woman who had just left the stand came to him and said she wanted her clothes, which were not insured; he told her she would nave to go to Mr, Wilson, at No. 156 Broadway, and get a certificate from him, and then she could have them; she brought the ticket and hegave her tie clothes and trunk from the basement; when the clotues were produced Miss Arndt, himself and some men from the Bureau of Unsaie Buildings sat down near the range and be- gan to talk; Atkinson asked her how she got out without being burned; ste told him that early in the morning sie smelied smoke and got up as uick as she could; she knocked at Joseph Stiner’s oor and he got up and put on iis clothes in a few minutes; she then knocked at the other doors, and when she thought she had aroused the house she ran out; deponent was confident he knew the woman; she was none other than the one who had testified betore hiw. Joseph Stiner was recailed, and corroborated his | aap hated statement that he had been awakened y the cries of women and not by knocking at his door, as Miss Arndt stated, THE BUTLER AS A BOXER, Albert Schultz, the butler, was recalled, and forced by much cross-questioning to acknowledge that he and Miss Arndt had had a fight, and that both nad fot black eyes. He tought hard against acknowledging that he had hit the woman, but, when finally “cornered,” he said, with bland and child-like simplicity, “1 didn’t ‘it ’er; she ran against my fist.” He told of how he had taken ale from the cellar with tne privilege of Miss Arndt. After telling many minor incidents in the experience he passed through as butier he re- ured, like Miss Arndt, into eustody The inquest was then adjourned until to-day. BROOKLYN COMMON OOUNOIL AFFAIRS, There was & regular session of the Board or Aldermen held yesterday afternoon, President Bergen in the chair. The joint Law and Educa- tion Committees of (he Common Council reported that they bad decided in favor of paying over to the Board of Education fund the amount appropri- ated at the last meeting, $100,000. The committee a@re supported in this action by the decision of Judge Prati, of the Supreme Court. A resolution was ‘adopted directing the Corporation Counsel to drait @ law amending the act providing jor the organization of the 1oard of Education, 80 that hereatter all educational funds shall be deposited in the City Treasury and shall be paid out monthly upon requisition with concurrence of the Common Council, The action of the Board of Education in going to law with the City treasurer was de- nounced, It was resolved that the City Treasurer shall be required to give bonds in the sum of $50,000 additional as ext oficw Treasurer of the Board of Education, MEETING OF THE LIQUOR DEALERS, The liquor dealers in this city are beginning to wake up again, and are holding meetings every week with a view of furthering their interest at Albany, The old organization, of which Mr. Page was president so long, has been reorganized under the title of “Ihe New York Liquor Dealers’ Pro- tective Union,” A, Herazverg having been selected president and Samuel M, Lederer secretary. It appears, however, that there ts likely to be another association, for yesterday afternoon @ spectal meet- ing of about twenty liquor dealers held a meeting, selecting Mr. James Kelly a8 temporary chairman. The sole object 18 not to orm @ perm ent organiza- tion, but to use endeavors to have @ bill passed by the Legislature equalizing all licenses and reduce ing the tax. They do not tike the plan adopted by the Protective Union and object to many of ita conditions, THE WAR IN CUBA Arrival in This City of a Woll Known Patriot. The Torch in the Valley of Trinidad— Interesting Details as to the Planta- tions—Dr. Livingstone’s Brother - and His Kindness to the Cu- dans in Fernando Po, Colonet Juan Luts Pacheco, who has played no small rdle in the struggle for Cuban Uberty, has just arrived in this city from Jamaica, and ig now the guest of General Villegas, the president of the Amigos de Cuba. The Colonel is a nephew of ex- President Cespedes, and it is reported that he has come on a-pecial mission to this country and ts to take charge of anew Cuban expedition about to be formed, A NEW ERA IN THE CUBAN WAR. The all exciting topic of conversation among the Cubans yesterday was the telegraphic news that the negroes had banded together in the Trinidad valley and had burned the Mayaguara, Lasiajas (?) and Sacra Familia plantations, carrying off all the slaves from the first mentioned plantation, and destroying all the machinery they could find, Mr, O' Bourke, a native of Trinidad, and who has fought in Cuba Ltbre during the present revolution, made the following statement to @ HRxALD reporter yesterday . Ifthe negroes commence burning the plantations where they work, in tae manner mentioned, tt wilt be a terrible blow to our enemies, for the island will be rapidly rendered uselcas to the Spantards, It will have the effect of driving them into the fortified seaport towns, and leaving the interior in our hands, ‘To the northwest of Trinidad 1s a negro leader enrolled in the ranks of te patriots, named Caoba, who commands a guerilla troop of about a hundred liberated slaves, who has beeu for a long time past the terror of Sagua, These men are all sworn enemies of their old slavemasters, who can expect no mercy at their hands, Wie them it is war to the knife, and they will burn and destroy everything Spanish witn an undying hate, These men know that if they are captured by the Spanish forces they wlil be sent back to slavery again, tobe beaten, starved and overworked a9 bejore, and alter having enjoved their liberty and having jought jor Cuba, they nasurally preler death to that alternative. ‘Lhis isa new and im- portant era in the War, and helps as on the road ana. ‘The uext plantations burned will an- edly be those ol the Span.ards, Here is & list of those situated in the beautiiul valley of which we are speak ng and their ownerships :— MORE FOOD FOR THE FLAMES. Spauish, the property of General Re- abanitia, Spanish; Matnieu, Spanisa; Car- panish; San isidoro, Svanish. THE PROPERTY OF FOXBIGNERS, Buena Vista, Los Distiladeros, Palmarejo. THE PROPERTY OF CUBANS. Paso Real, Santa Isabel, San Jose Guaimaro, araca Mann, Palmarejo Baker, San Carlos, Que mado, Palmarito, Yaguaruma, Las Calas, Carojal, Ingenio Abijo, Boca Chica, Algaba. DESCRIPTION OF THE VALLEY, The Valley oi Trinidad extends north and south about 36 miles and 1s abv ut 21 miles !oge Mn don. fains an prea, of aut 700 miles, ‘The plantations mm it I have’ Mentioued, There are advut 10,006 slaves employed on them, ‘The vailey is about 18 miles {roi the Trocha at Ciego de Avila. 16 doet hot extend to the Caribbean dea, but terminater at about six miles trom the small seaport of Castida, TO WHOM THE BURNED PLANTATIONS BELONGED, Ot course those destroyed belonzed to Spaniards, La Sacra Familia is in the hands o1 the creditors of Salvador Zulucta, wuo faiied in 1867 for $4,000,000, ruining many New York houses, and 13 worth about $400,000, Zuiueta obtained it from his fatner- in-law and uncle, the &xceilentissimo Jaau Fer- nandez, formerly a Castilian baker, who when he became ftich was eunobled for his patiiotism py Queen isabella. Tbe former name of this plantation was Las Lajitas, and this has caused anerror in the tele- graptic déypatch, in which it 1s said the “Lasiajas” Plantation has been burned. There is no planta- tion of that name, and it 1s evidently an error, THE DESTROYED MAYAGUARA PLANTATION, This likewise belongs to Zuiucta's creditors, but ithas a historic convection. in the uprising tor Cuban liberty 1p 1851 the patriot Raiaei Arcis (the uncle of the payima*ter of the Virginius, lately sot at Santiago de Cuba), in company wita Arminr ros, @ rich planter, and Hernaadez the poet, came to this plantation and endeavored to obtain arme for their followers, They were subsequently ar- rested and executed. On both plantations there are perhaps abour 600 slaves, WHAT IS SURMISED. “Tt is possible,’ continued Mr. O’Bourke, “that these cqnemeplrey ‘have been captured aud de- stroyed by some of the jorces of General Maximo Gomez, Who have returned trom Camaguey, and the Spaniards, to screen their defeat, are ber | the commencement o/ the warlare in the Trimiaa Vuliey to a ‘band 01 negroes,’ We must, tuereiore, wait ior news irym Cuba.” THE MEMORY OF DR. LIVINGSTONE. Among the Cuvan patriots great sympathy was expressed with the survivors of the Livingstone family concerning the death of the great Alrican traveller. Charles, a brother of the Doctor, was British Consul at Fernando Po in 1870, and was remarkably kind to the Cuban patriots deported to that place from Havana, Mr. Leanaro Rodriguez, a resiaent in this clit; who was among the nuinver, says the Cubans tel alla deep debt of gratitude to Dr, Livingstone’s brother. it may also be mentioned that Coaries Livingstone had accompanied the Doctor in more than one of bis great Airican explorations, THE STRANDED STEAMER ON LONG ISLAND, Areport was circulated in shipping circles last evening that the Frencit steamer Alexandre Lavale 1ey, Stranded.on the Southampton beach, Long Island, had broken up during the recent gales. The Coast Wrecking Company obtained yesterday the foliowing statement :— Itis not true that the fteamar has gone to pieces, Cap. tain J, J, Merritt hay received, the iollowing despaich rom g Harbor, from our head mun in charge of the hor and cable laid. Ship in good order. Com- mence to discharge cargo to-morrow, Weather per- mitiing.”” ihere are upwards of a hundred wreckers employed, and our steamer, the Relief, is also rendering assistance The present northwest wind blows the tide out, but we are hoping it will veer to northeast, which will have the contrary effect. The steamer ts tons burden, andis tight as a bottle and is making no water. Out men are working day and might and it all goes well she Will be off by next Saturday. We have had many worse cases of stranding. Captain Courtois remains on board eh Usst with his men. He says the Sandy Hook pilot whom he took off the boat Isiac Webb was below whea the vessel ran ashore. The vess | is stranded at South. ampton beach, about ninety miles Irom Sandy Hook. The cargo consisis principally ot beer and iead. The agents of the vessel are Funch, Edye & Co. THE MISSING PEARLS OF MB, WILCOX. Coroner Woltman is displaying 9 very commends able interest in the matter of the two valuable pearl studs alleged to have been taken from the shirt bosom of the late Mr. William J. Wilcox, after his sudden death in Gibson’s bathing rooms, Thir- teenth street and Broadway, on Friday iast, as heretofore published in the HeRaLp. It will be remembered that during the investigation be- fore Coroner Woltman, last Saturday, OmMcer Gorey, of the Filteenth precinct, testified that he removed two pearl studs {from Mr. Wiicox’s shirt while the body lay in the station louse yard and gave them to Sergeant Day, then in charge of the desk. It seemed there- fore reasonabie to suppose that Sergeant Day (ab- sent on Saturday) had possession of the missing pearls and would promptly restore them, but when spoken to on the subject he persistently denied having them, and insisted that Officer Gery never gave him the pearls. Who r My bas the vy 1s the question, and in all eee lity it wiil be an- swered during an investigation to be instituved betore the Board of Police Commissioners, THE NEW OORONERS’ ANNEXED DISTRICT. No Jurisdiction in the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Wards. A few days ago Mr. John T. Toal, Secretary to the Board of Coroners, addressed a communication to E, Delafield Smith, Corporation Counsel, in which he requested his opinion as to the right of the Coroners to hold inquests in the Twenty- third and Twenty-fourth wards; or, in other words, north of Harlem Bridge. In the absence of Mr. Smith, who is seriously ill, Mr. George A. Al drewa, Assistant Counsei to the Corporation, wrote and returned a written opinion, the substance of which is that the four Coroners of this city were chosen for duty in New York proper, and that Cor- oner Miller, Who was elected for that portion of Westchester county recently annexed to the city, is legally entitled to noid over for the term for which he was elected aud to discharge the duties pertaining thereto, THE COLLEGE REGATTA. A Young Saratogian Christian Pleada with “Unco’ Guid” Amherst. : SaRaToGA, Jan. 26, 1874. In reply to a letter from Amherst College the President of the Young Men's Cnristian Associa- Uon of this village has written a letter stating that the regatta of last fall was conducted without pool selling, and giving it*as his opinton that, while private betting cannot be prevented, pool selling will not be countenanced at the College Regatta. He says, Jurthermore, that John Morrissey has no connection, direct or indirect, with the Saratoga Rowing Association and has no disposition to in- terfere with or engage in the Collage Regattas