The New York Herald Newspaper, February 24, 1874, Page 4

son, and from Port Riley, have been hurried West. Stores are rapidly gowg forward, and a company of Pawuee scouta, under Major Frank North, & veteran Indian fighter, has been ordered to Fort Russell, near Cheyenne, These Pawnecs from Grand island and vicinity, have inherited since 1810 or thereabouts & batred of the Sioux which nothing can diminish or eradicate. Then they and the Sioux were friends aud allies, but the 4 RED MURDERERS.| The Reidins Savages Evad- | ing the Military. carrie al Sioux, with characteristic treachery and cunning, y J Ut < | invited all the Pawnee warrtors to a grand feast, SCOUTING WITHOUT SUCCESS, | invite at the Seine oS on wens: ae, merry, sent a detachment of savages that swept | over the land of the Pawnees, butchering the old Indian Retaliation — for | men, squaws and children wno alone were left In White Thievery. the villages, and leaving the country of their quon- dam allies a $3 WASTS OF BLOOD-SLAKED ASHES. THE KILLING OF ROBINSON AND COLEMAN. | in which battles were fought that Jasted for several | days, wherein were engaged on each side thous- ites | ands of warriors. Since then the war hatchet Kf never has been buried: between these tribes, and Recew: te. Conaye i tae Meneeee ee the Pawnees now called into the fleld to serve Plans of Operation—Pawnees Eager for = against the Sioux, are wild with joy at the oppor- Sioux fcalps—Ihe Trouble Only Begun. tunity to avenge themselves on their a€versaries for the massacre of the Pawnee bufalo hunters WASHINGTON, Feo, 23, 1874. last summer by the Ogallalla and Brule bands, a horrible butchery regorded at the time in the cor- The War Department bas iniormation that re- respondence of the HRRALD. cently some settlers were driven away and two THE INDIAN LINE OF OPERATIONS ranches burned near and west of Big Springs, on the South Platve. The killing, by whites, of a soa ts some 300 miles in length, if we may judge from the simultaneous and sporadic outbreaks of this of Roman Nose, near the month of the Lodge Pole, on the South Platte, is aiso reported. day a week ago, ranning northwest and southeast from the vicinity of Fort Laramie to the Republi- MAJOB DUDLEY'S OPERATIONS. can River, and for some distance in the vicinity of ‘The following has been received bere SYDNEY BARRACKS, Feb. 17, 1874. Julesburg coinciding with the Union Pa- ASSISTANT ADJUTANT GENERAL, KPARTMENT OF THE PLarr cific Railroad track. Settlement here bas clung the railroad track and military posts, Just returned from Laurens Fork and North and tue ranchmen or adventurous farmers ‘Platte, with Bompeny A, Third cavalry. Rations | who have pushed further into the wilderness have expired to-day. 1 left H company, Captain Nes- | no opportunities for united defence. In the south- wels, at Wheeler’s Rauch, with instructions to | west of this State uneasiness has long been felt scout towards Ash Hollow to-day, and come and the sevtiers have armed thewseives and pre- fmto this post to-morrow. 1 am confident pared for trouble, Arms and ammunition have ‘bere are no raiding parties between the head- | peen sent torwara to Cheyenue tor those in Wy- ‘waters of fumpkin Creek and points near owing from Fort Leavenworth. But so wildly Ash Hollow. 1 bave thoroughly scouted the whole | scattered are these ranches that it is felt by the section, founa. I recommended that a guard of twelve in- fantry be sent for temporury sevurity to the Red- ington, Wheeler and Moon ranches, Comfortable shelter for tnem is 1n each place. A and H companies ‘will be reaay for fieid duty in two days. I broaght @ North Pawnee scout and guide in with me, by or- der of General Reynolds. M. A. M. DUDLE Major of the Third Cavalry. WHITES STEALING HORSES. ‘The following despatch has also been received bere :— HEADQUARTERS, FORT LARAMIR, Feb. 12, 1874. ASSISTANT ADJUTANT GENERAL, HEADQUARTERS OF ‘TH DEPARTMENT OF THE PLATTS :— Srr—I have the, honor to submit the following report for the information of the general com- qmanding :— On the 24th of January four Sioux Indians from the Red Cloud Agency stole two mules and jour horses trom the camp of Antonie Kenara, seven Mules from this post, on the Laramie river. As soon as I was informed | sent out 4 detach- Ment of cayalry. In the meantime Louis Richard and two others followed the trail of the Indians across the North Platte River, and overtook them incamp about fifteen miles from Renard’s camp. ‘They recovered the stock and captured the Indians’ blankets ana small traps, including one gun, The cavairy did not cross the river. About three weeks ago Little Wolf, a Cheyenne chiei, came to this post, saying that some white men had stolen thirty-eight bead of horses trom ,hia camp on the ‘“Ranning Water” (Nebraska *River). LIasked him if he saw the men take them, He aaid he didn’t. 1 then asked him how he knew ‘White men had taken them, and ue replied the Sioux Indians told bim so, and that he came to we to get his horse back for him. As the above wus ail the iniormation ne could give me | told nim to §0 back to the agency, that I could uot do anything can be extended to determined THE WHITE MAN'S PLAN OF OPERATIONS. ‘The railroad track is to be held, as a matter of course, and from the posta a constant scout will be maintained in their {mmediate vicinity. [0 do aby more than this would require at least 10,000 | men, and it is essential that tne Department of Da- | kota should not be drained of its forces, which must awe the Northern Sioux, rendered more than | usually irritable by the building of the Northern | Pacific Railroad | Scouts have, therefore, veen sent out to all outly- their residents, This fact has drive in thetr horses and retire to the settlements, | Texan cattle will not leave their range, even if no one be leit to herd them, an@ this raid is for “hair and horses” only. ANOTHER EXPEDITION. Con; ee with this an expedition under Gen- eral John £, Smith is to leave Cueyenne immedi- ately, by Way of Forts Laramie and Ketterman. for the Big Horn country. That a winter expedition is possible bas been demonstrated by the famous raid of 1368, which, more than any recent event in Indian wWariare, has | im- the pressed the savages, the agencies are such as to warrant the belief that there Will be Do opposition there. Red Cloud and Spotted ‘Vail continue loyal, the former’s band hav- ing wounted guard at the agency and protected the property atter Agent Appleton’s murder. Both chiefs stay at their agencies, with a number of jodges, and @ large uumber of Cheyennes and Arrapahoes have aiso come in. THE MINNECONJOU and other Northern Sioux, with the Cheyennes and Arrapahoes, that have for some time past roamed over Wyomung, and are intimately connected with them by marriage, have all retreated in a north- westerly direction toward the Big Horn country. jor him, [did not credit bis story at the time, Here some of them have aready. been seen at bel under the impression that if the Cheyennes C«mpD Stambaugh, between Wind River Mountains hedfosr any horses the Sioux had taken them. and Kattlespake Huls. Budalo are plenty in the Big Horn, and an oaporrg any is offered the reveliious reds to send their women and children up Powder River, or towards the Yellowstone, lor safety, while the ‘‘pucks” take to the warpath. The pian or Generals Sherman and Sheridan is to march straight on Red Cloud agency and towards the Big Horo, striking every opposing band of Indians aod seizing a8 accessaries 10 the murders of last week all Indians that have been south of the North Platte River, By tiis means the Indians may be prevented Irom consulting together, gath- ering strength and securing reinforcements from the Northern tribes preparatory to @ grand com- bined descent in the spring. A WINTER WAR is almost unprecedented in Indian history. Gener- aily with the approach of winter the savages come in to the agencies, to “loaf and invite their souis’’ aud stomachs, till spring comes, Tue grass begins to grow on tke Plains and their ponies can find Jodder wherever they go; rng they take to the warpata, and the soldiers Might as well pursue a flock of blackbirds. This year, however, the win- ter has been unusually mild, and December and January like April. Grass is green and ponies are fat, and so the outbreak is several months earlier than had been anticipated by those to whom the signs of approaching troubie tad been most patent. THE PRECISE CAUSE OF THE OUTBREAK is not éas to determine. The Cheyennes claim that several of their borses bad been stolen by marauding whites, and one of their chiefs sent in @ message to Fort Laramie toat unless they were returned he would go over the river atter them. The Commandant bunted them up and returned them, but pot till troubles had begun. Other charges had been made that between traders and agents of unusual rapacity the Indians had been threatened with starvation ere the winter had fairly set in. These do not, on investiga- tion, seem well founded. Reports at head- quarters show that 700 head of beef cattle have been regularly deilvered at the two agencies every ten days ior the Sioux, and that five tons a day of other provisions have been forwarded irom Chey- enne. The resident agents report that the In- dians have been veiy wasteful of their bees, so as vo have a pretext for a rising when the govern- ment suould fail to lurnish the stipulated supplies, and have in many cases thrown away their flour, sugar, &c, in fine, a rising had been resolved upon, and the Indians Were NOt particular as to tie nominal cause. “PURE CUSSEDNESS" is the unanimous verdict both of army officers and Trontiersmen, with whom the origina: sinfulness of Indiaas is as essential a matter of belier as the total depravity of Indian agents. For several THE CURSE OF THE COUNTRY. It subsequently appeared that the horses were stolen by three white men, named J. Convers, or Curtey Jim, Charies Alien and James Wright, who have for some time been trading whiskey with the Indians. 1t has been tmpossibie to get any testi- mony, as the Indians will not inform on persons trading whiskey to them. This class of men are & curse to the country, aud the cause of many of our complications with the Indians. They steal their stock, and the Indians seek revenge, noton the persons or property of those injuring them, but by fetaitating On the person or property most con- venient. Learning that the above named men with the stolen horses were on the Sabille Creek, forty miles west of this post, { sent Lieutenant J. N, Allison, of the Second cavairy, with fiteen men on the Sth inst., with orders to proceed to jaw ge to Saville, and, if possible, to recover the stock ant post. id arrest the men, and bring them into tuis Lieutenant Allison returned on the $th inst. with Curley Jim and twenty-seven bead of horses, which were sent to Cheyenne on the 9th inst. I reported the arrest and confinement of Curley Jim at this post to the United States Marshal at Chey- enne, with the request that he come or send for him; but o¢ nas not done so as yet. It remains to be seen fi the civil auimorities ‘can aid in protect ing tne country from the lawlessness of such men. Unartes Allen and James Wright, the latter known as “Jack Nasty Jim,” had left, taking with them ten head of horses, ten aays belore. Lieutenant Allison Was sent up to arrest them. It was re- ried tbat they went to Laramie City, and the Jnited States Marshal was notified and requested, U they couid ve lound, to arrest them for violation of the Non-intercourse act of 1884. Oa the 7th \nst., about two P. M., jour Indians made their ap- arance near Callahan's Ranch, nine miles from ui8 post, on the Laramie River, and stole two horses. Between the hours of iour P. M. and sun- down @ cabin was burned on the Platte Kiver, eight miles trom here. It was thought trom the tracks that there were five Indians, MURDER OF LIEUTENANT ROBINSON AND CORPORAL COLEMAN. At naif-past eight P. M. om the same day a courier arrived irom the jumber train then camped twenty-five miles trom bere, at Cottonwood Creek, aod reported that Lieutenant Rovinson, of the Fourteenth infantry; Corporal Coleman, Company A, Second injantry, and Private Noll, of the rour- teenth infantry, had run into a large party of In- dians—some iorty or fifty—that Private Noll lad escaped, and it was thought that Lieutenant Robinson and Corporal Culeman were killed. Companies E and K of the Second cavalry, com- manded by Captain Egan, were ordered out at once. The night being very dark and the wind Years past the Sioux have been laying in an am- very h they reached the camp of the lumber Pl¢ Supply of arms and ammunition lor this very train a little beiore daylight. Obtaining informa. WF, and their every act has shown that they tion trom Private Nol!, Captain Egan proceeded and C4red_no longer tor peacetui relations with the found the bodies of Lieutenant Robinson and Corno- Wiites. Last year they murdered a number ral Coleman, avout hal! a mile apart, badly shot Of White wowen on Wind River, plundered with balls and three arrows sticking in each body, tHe sett oo the Shosbonee Reservation but not otherwise mutilate4, From the appear- Te=!sted survey of the Northern Pacifi ance of the trail Captain Egan conciuded that tue ¢4Ptured @ section house on the Union Pacific, at tacked Custer’s command and, while off tueir re- Servation, butchered the Pawnees—a series of outrages which ified to their willingness ior ar. The indians are content to stay at the agencies and be led; not so the young warriors, who thirst for battle and glory aud scuips. The women of the Sioux are held responsible tor much of tue lawlessness and restlessuess of the young braves, whom they taunt mercilessly with effeminicy and inexperience, til) tuey nave, in Scripture pariance, SCALPS TO THEIR MINISTRY. The old meu, who have visited tue Kast and seen the power of the white men recognize, however unwillingly, the ultimate bopelessmess of a general conflict, and endeavor to dissuade the young men irom fightipg. Not so the young braves. The Sioux are the grande nation of the Indian world, Lodians had recrossed the Platte River, having too much start to enable him to overtake them. Pri- vate Noli states thar the train aud escort left the Sawmill at daylight on the ott inst., and that Lieu- teuant Robinson, Corporal Coleman and himself lett two hours later by the Little Cottonwood ruad, south of the main road travelled by trains. They had proceeded about twelve miles when they were suddenly surrounded by a party of Indians forty or Mitty in number (Captain gan thinks from their trail there were at least that many), wuo fired upon the! that he (Noli) returned the fre, then | guihed a small eminence and continued to fre, but does not know with what effect; and that the last he saw o! Lieutenant Robinson and the Cor- poral they were riding away, closely pursued by the main body of Indians, four or five pursuing him (Noli) to 4 point within half @ mile of tne train, which he reached at adistance of six or #04 join the sullen and stubborn egotism of the seven miles from the point of attack, Englishman to the gasconade of the Gauls. INDICATIONS OF FURTHER TROUBLE. Since immemorial days they have iorded ‘The indications tor some time have been thatthe !t over all ‘the other tribes and have Indians would be troublesome—to what extent it become convinced that they are invincible. Their numbers tend to inspire this excessive self- confidence; \heir jeaders have always veen able and their diplomacy has almost invariably re- sulted verreaching the whites. ‘heir a and flattered, these young braves Iollow the lead of chiefs who accuse the old chiets of cowardice or sloth and preach the invin- crbility of the Dakovas. The construction of the Northern Pacific road has been specially irritating, and the Indians hate ratiroads like grapgers. A letter writer said last fall:— ‘This roud has always been a thorn in the side of the Sioux, and many of them have sworn by the ashes of their jathers that it shall not be built, They say this road willdemroy their land, and the ¢ 38 umpossible to foresee. Ihave no confidence in them. They may \ some extent remain quiet 80 long a8 their demands are accedea to and they are pot moiested whiie committing depredations on stock or killing people. if we should Kill a few of them, or send troops to their agencies, in my opinion it would be well to prepare jor an Indian war. I understand the agents require troops to be stationed permanently at the agencies, where there / are no conveniences ior quartering or subsisting troops. Cavalry would be very expensive to sub- sist there. If the agents must have troops it would | be better to establish a large it at some point on the Niobrarah River, suitable and of cusy a will sing the to both agencies. Very respectiully, death knell ot their ie The Great 8} F JOHN . SMITH, sagry, wah them “for” showing the “oat to | be Colone! Fourteenth Infantry, Commanding. started west of the Mississippi Kiver, and the shades of the dead of their deserted graveyards wateh at night im the hollow caves ot the mountains where they THE REVOLTING BANDS. wail over the degene: of their children, who are about to be 9’ by the white men. The sun goes down in blo the storm clouds gather in th , land, and the children of the nadon—if any & t Extent of the Outbreak—General Sherl~ ' yill'veoome, piss 0 notareten who will have. to dan’ = | dwellings except in the Lranches of thorn busties. For n's Piatt of Operation amd the Moves | yor, past tiey lave dictated ‘tLeir own teri ments on Foot—The Pawnees Thirsting | boin wiite and red men, ana have di ‘uw a clared their invention {o continue yourse in the future. The members gf this tribe are personally brave, and all the men are trajned soldiers an | hunters, They wake no conceaiment of their supposed ubiiity 16 for Hevenge—The Sioux Nation and | Thetr Recorded Ravages and Murders— Long Preparation for the Present Hos- ; wiip the people of the United States whenever and tilttes. Wherever Hrey are vo minded. and point 10 the various Si *, battles in which they have aten the whites in proof OMAHA, Neb., Feb, 20, 1874 | or this assertioy. The arrogance of these knobby: The outbreak of the Sioux and their Cheyenne | nosed muisgroanie . ie almost. bey neteliel, pitta e allies, they strut about in their greasy butte robes and bilan. And Arrapahoe allies, ‘hough the nearest scene Of | kets.ay odorous aid vleaginoux ay a walrus at a picnic action and danger is some 400 miles west of tms | Phe Sioux have been pampewd ip this beliet, and nothing will take it out of them but an overwheiming Geteat and humiliation, They have plenty of horses, the very best kind of arms and a full supply of ammuni- | tion. They consider ita great feat to kill a small nuin- city, and Cheyenne is the base of operations, causes no little excitement here, where General Ord, ri in command of the Department of the | ber of soldiers: but oe eee glory as lives Platte, has e arters. 1 ae is to Kill a few aged and helpiess woinen. paving of ti his) headquarters. Twelve cars | Huchered some whites, oF their ted neighbors, they P roops went forward to Cheyenne yester- | Klorify themselves for many oa — nal sealpe Mg jay for ri nxpe white women up to all kinds of mockery and derision, y the Laramie expedition, and the and puinting themselves up anti they look like thé mires East and West are thronged with reports fends on earth, which 1m truth they are. mit joke to conauer the Sioux, but, whatever ma; from outlying posts and agencies to the depart- | the covt, it will lave to be done, and the sooner the better Ment headquarters and correspondence between | General Ord and General Sheridan, who is direct- | THE SIOUX tions from Chicage bred Seas th Spor ago. All the troops along | are generally divided into Santees and Tetons, the Bue raliroi ine at Fort Kearney aud Fort McPher- | tormer living north and east and the latter syuth These were the words of an army officer, and the event is proving their truth, Here arose the great Pawnee-Sioux war of 1811, | and no signs of @ recent trail have been military authorities that no adequate protection | and the Stanley Expedition. | ing stations and ranches to urge the residents to | Matters in the vicinity of | and west of the Missouri River. The various bands are the Sans Arc, Two Kettle, Santee proper, Min- necongou, Ogallalla, Brule, Uncpapa, Warpeton, Sisseton, Yankton, Yanctouai, Blackleet and Cut- head Sioux, uumbering altogether 90,000, ‘The Yanktons havo @ reservation about sixty ae west See in Cemger’ bp at , on which about 2, jndians reside, nearly ving 4 | at the government's expense. The Sissetons, War- | King’s county, who was recently removed from tons and Cutheads, 2,200 strong, are at Devil’: office by Governor Dix, forwarded the following ne ane rake bie Ud bored Bigs Bee S| | communication to His Excellency last evening, in Ree ee eS eaean & of | repiy to the Executive document of dismissal, Mr. T ds are at i tne Minnasore manenoees,. Ti Oner e 000, 000 Britton stated yesterday that he had not been | oMetaliy notified of the Governor's decision, though he had seen tue letter appointing bia suc- BRITTON'’S REMOVAL. ——-——— Sharp Reply of tne Ex-District Attormey to Govornor Dix’s Dee! Ex-District Attorney Winchester Britton, of Missouri. There are five pence 19 at the junction of nquaees. Grand River rand River with the ouri, mid Way between Fort Sully and Fort Rice, | Cesser:— | ‘The Cheyenne agenoy is at tne mouth of Gheyenne \ hub REDE wer, near Fort Sully. The Upper Misgourt agency | pe aa is on’ the east side of the river at Crow Creek. | BIG hy Ben by me Pm ag hie ‘The other two agencies are the present scene of Operations, ‘These are the Red Cloud agency, in Nebraska, on the North Platte, where are stationed Red Clouds! Ogallallas, 9,000 strong, nos including | 8,000 from the fartner West, and the Whetstone, | on White River, about 226 miles west of the Mis- | ‘created o surprise t me, although to the citizens of Brooklyn I doubt notit did. Believing Against me were to be decided upon the evidence, { think 1am justified in the statement that not one in ten in this city considered such removal to be pasible. L countess (o my own early confidence that Tie Executive of the State of New York could not afford public press. I the charges sourt, Of these Indians about 8,000 are now in the — to be otherwise than just; but I was uot long deceived. field, including the Arrapahoes and Cheyennes. | The positive assertions ‘of my accusers in this city that | ‘Their general character may, in conclusion, be de- | uy FRET: a Cccp peemaee 06 one Maes | scribed by anotuer extract Irom the letter ‘already | @/,0ne 0 Wham Ney, C8OY vould yee that Droper. in- quoted :— | fluence would be brought upou the Governor to in- | sure the regult—the continual and confident offers to bet upon such result by those who claimed and proved | tobe in your confidence in this matter—the boasts of some of these men that I would be removed before the Jat of January, although the proposed cage was not tur- | _ A few of the Indians at each of the agencies on the Missouri have shown @ disposition to eugage in agricul: ture; but by fur the Piette part of them remain “breech-clout” Indians disinclined to labor for a living, anil accepting subsistence from the government as the | | id for the favor done the | mished from the hands ot the printer until the 24th day | Bat@ral aud proper con eer eug w remain al ihe agen: | Gr'vecember, followed by a notice that vou would heat | Cies assigned them. It the, ‘suspicion that this | counsel at Albany argue the 4 pages of evidence on ihe Fae oy ePit oom have | 2h day of December, gotwithstanding the testimony thing cannot last for evel ag cannot Inst fof Over ond rity donor allow them | wad not certified ull the 27th, and also the relusal by you woot to tee tntiucnced by tt, Dur seem determined to put | foidetor said argument beyond the Sst of, December, on OR Lhe evap ORY AAA AA DOME gi torey General Barlow, he “being lamiliar with the incts,” tollowed by the “circumstance that Mr. Barlow wok no partin the argument before you—all of these facts constituted @ case of curcumstantial evidence not to be ignored by a lawyer or the most moderate experience. Tam frank tosay to youthat my conudence that { was to have a trial upon the merits did not continue even until the arguinent was mad if the evident intent to re- move me on the hear led into effect it ART MAITERS. Spring Movements in Pictures. After a long season of dulness the picture circles appear to have woke up and prepared to bud and bourgeon with the blossoms of spring. Hitnerto le, ing was not carci may not be incorrect to attribute that result to whe ve! able argument or my counsel and the paucity of the evi. dence against me, which mast have somewhat astonished almos s “the decision woul be made om the evidence,” lest when announced that fact might not be perceptible, and during these seven weeks, with dally announcements that “the Governor is still reading tho testimony,” which was, however, to be argued atter two days by counsel, the ixecutive ear was open to all comers, and the stock went. u down in the market according to the supposed “‘inkuence” of the almost nothing bas been done, certainly nothing | even the Executive mind. Subsequent events even did e that 3 important. At least two of the most reputable mite accuanrn mo gud jo be roll aware of the ! - | work! ol 6 Executive mind upon a ‘yudicial”’ quea- auctioneers in the city have kept in tne back. | workings of the fxectiive mind ape ted and’aur- ground. On Friday, however, the Leavitts propose | prised at th y, yet continaed to bet with confidence, e! WS] Ly aD not 6 public offering for sale, at Clinton Hall, @ collection of 100 with attadl hb ag ard te oye my eaticipated pictures, the best collection of the kind that we | removal upon “general princtp "Week alter wee! jauly, we were informed th: have seen during the present season. Meanwhile | the paintings are to be seen, night and day, gratis, atthe gallery, 817 Broadway, where they occupy both the large and the smali room. Upon enter- ing the small room @ landscape, by Emile Lam- | u ay. briet, 18 one of the Mrst to rivet the attention | Ws the reflecting minds of the State this must have of the connoisseur. It consists of a “View | presented matter for serious consideration, while to a at Veules, Normandy.” i¢ represents one of | (2¥. Who knew waat the public did nob i mosshave Uhose guiet and peaceful Normandy scenes where may, perhapa, be per- | a group of low thatched cottages lies nestled at pointed by you as commissioner in this the foot of a long and gently sioping hill. Midway / gas a highly, inpelligent au eaenane member of the on this bill is a cluster of cattle. Over all extends | people judicial been amusing iu the extreme. other circumstances to whic! mitted to reter, rward elected by the honorable ¢ sition. He not oul: the evidence but saw the witnesses and could well a sky full of white clouds, as gentle as the images f their degree a ert apy. Thave never under " . ower- stood that you even consulted wit im om the sudjec' Ang: bruodingipost s.mind: Tule siauiet Due Powe Whether ‘hat ‘was because you had learned that in his ful picture. The atmospheric effect is extremely truthful and pleasing, and the executive skill dis- played ts perfectly proportioned to that breadth and fineness of feeling with which the artist rec- Ognizes nature. lt is one of the strong pictures in the collection, Another strong One, however, though in a very different vein, is found in “Thuringian Landscape with Cattle,” by F. Voltz. A group of cattle are taking rest within the ‘shadow of a large mass of wooded rock. The lights and shadows in this picture are most skilfully ar- ranged, the cattle are perfectly drawn, and the sense of noonday rest, when nothing can be heard but the rustied foliage, the plash of the stream, the cry or song of the bird, , and the insect gossip of the felds, 1s taightul to the Jast degree. Voltz has a @reat feputation abroad a8 painter of landscape and cattle, and is re- Mmarkabie jor his authenticity and truth and healthiulness of feeling. A larger picture, similar in theme, 13 by J. B. Yom. The bull occupying tue centre of the picture belongs to @ ropust and threatening breed. It 1s the autocrat of the field and expresses enormous power and pugnacity. ‘The uplifted head is s wonderful indication ot in- telligence, deflance and latent animaltury. The | figure is drawn with astonishing freedom and view there was no case whatever made out, and his Spinion would have embarrassed the intended result, or whether upon @ “Judicial” question, it would be quite Inproper tor the Executive to hear a suggestion even trom bim, I can only conjeture. ‘A newly elected Attorney General—by law, the legal adviser of the Executive—assumes the duties of fh eon January 1. [t would nave been natural, pe haps, masmuch as the final decision was based upon legal proposition upon which very able legal inin sent from your conclusions, that you should have con- sulted with him. Whether the omission todo so was because he was deservedly considered one of the ablest as Well as purest iawyers of this State Tam not to de- | termine—at least I did not mistake the meaning of these facts, ‘And now, sir, after seven weeks, you have removed me. Of seventeen charges made against me you | have atiength found one upon which you can base removal, aud that I propose to examine. It is as fol That sald report and affidavit (meaning certain ances prejarad by jh: Committee of Fifty) were Rro- sented to a Grand Jury, through their foreman, Mr. Baylis, witha request tha’ they examine sald cha-ge that said charges were not examined by said Grand Jury, f f the reason that the said Winchester Britton, their le sal adv ser, to screen said Iraac Badeau trom indicunent ani punishment tor his alleged crime knowingiy and wilfully advised said Grand Jury talsely astotheit duty in the premises by telling thein it was Hot A matter tor their investiga‘ion, but only the subject | ; that proceediny ry Grand ting strength. Bakalowicz has several of his tall and {7,0 oly e i splendid ladies teasing parrots and doing otver BDOn such false advice and Mako aired otcean charming and idle things in graceful attitudes avd — auty, refuse to nvestiga ind charges.” exquisitely painted dresses. There are three ex- Now, it is obvious thi this is @ charge, in brief, thats Jdres by A. R. Veron, extraordinary tor willfully and falsely advised the Grand Jury as ‘to the | cellent pictures by A. eron, e€: ‘y 4 w matter of charges against ieau. Now, this and this their effective massing of color. They are “The ThivGs the churge apou which 1 was tried and removed, | Kiver Bank,’ “Twilight,” “Rafting in Autumu andj which I was called upon to meet, which the consti- on the Seine.” Auniqne but perlectiy legitimate | tytion provides shall be served upon me, and upon which | effect is produced in the last mentioned picture by , 1 Was to Re hears, as a condition precedent to my the prolound and unbroken blue of the sky, OV Ral AL PL SN Le eee y row mony submi ‘ou DO! against which a stately row of yellowed trees is peo Santee, ane ‘drand Jory Aan his mater bat | i; tat does show without contradiction, that not gave such advice, but thatmo such matter wi projected. A. Spring has an exece ingly clever 1 | Interior, representing & kitchen with three figures, ene eevee ‘an old man and two children. Everything is weil fore the Grand Jury! 'Tis true, im your ton you drawn bere and the accessories are perfect. “ine quote a py porereal question pat to me the fore- Garland” is by Meyer von Bremen, and sents manof the Grand Jury and my answer theretd; but you wholly omit to state that which every juror, Including th NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 1874.—TRIPLE SHEET. THE ALLEGED ELECTION FRAUDS. pe EES Continuation of Mr, Charlick’s Examination— How the Inspectors of Election ‘Were Appointed. Tho examination tmto alleged election frauds in the sppointment of inspectors was resumed yeaterduy betore Judge Donohue. Mr. Charlick and his counsel, ex-Mayor Hall, were early im attend- ence. Mr. Wingate and associate counsel, Joseph 0. Jackson and Mr. Oooper, were also in attend- ance, Mr. John Kelly, in the interest of the five citizens demanding the examinadon, was present during the proceedings. Mr. Charlick was then examined by Mr. Wino- gate—The minutes of August 13, 1878, snow that a motion was made to appoint a committee of two on eiections, and an amendment offered that tt be @ committee of four; the amendment was de- feated and the motion carried; the next meet- ing showing any election business is of September 9, when @ communication of a Mr. Fane was received; next on the 26th a communication of @ Mr, Roderick and of citizens of the Twenty-second ward; these matters were referred to the Election Committee; the next was on October 2, when they adopted the places of holding the polls; October 6was another day of meeting and October 7 an- other; on that day there is a report of the removal of ‘an inspector mentioned; October 8 there is a resolution removing another; these resolutions were probably on report of the committee; Octo- ber 10 there is asimilar resolution; on the 14th changes of polling places; October 16 and 17 four other removals; that ls all the matter referring to reports of the Committee on Elections so far ex- cept some changes in the polling places; I don’t know whether these were made on written or ver- bal reporta of the committee or mere resola- tions offered, On the 2ist. @ long schedule of inspectors of election in the different districts was presented. On the margin in pencil it appears that the first two in each district were republicans and the other two democrats; I don’t know who wrote that; [don’t know that lever saw this book be- fore to-day. Q. Is there anything on those minutes to show that any one was appointed by the Board Inspec- tor between the 13th of August and October 21? A, Inever saw this book before; I don’t kaow; I suppose I bave given you from the book all there is; I will look again (Mr, Chariick here went over the book again for the same dates) ; I see in almost every one of these minutes a recognition of the ap- pointment of men, because they are removed; they couldn’ be removed till they had been ap- pointed; Idon’t fad any distinct resolution ap- pointing those who were removed; Thomas Riley, James E. O'Connor, M. Clements, George Whitford, Daniel Maguire, James Riley are the names men- tioned; I don’t see any other names mentioned ; I see evidence that there had been appointments then; on the 21st of October the report o! the com- mittee adopted that day occupies twenty-four pages, with double columns of names; on the 224 of October there was another meeting. Q. Were the minutes of the previous meeting then approvea? <A. lt simply states that certain nominations were sporored; 3 Stal UP Es Ret pate are p er dy the book you band me the law as to the days, but that does not give me the dates of the registration; I presume they were the days which the law fixed, butt haven’t any care or Knowledge about it; taat is as near as | can say from recollection. Q Will you state whether it appears from the minutes that a single inspector was appointed be- lore the 2! of October? A. I have read the minutes to you so far as I have seen them. You said on the last day that you had ap- pointed nine-tenths of the ins ectors on the demo- cratic side in the Eighth district from the Tammany Hall side; can you state whothey were? 4. i will take @ long time to sift out by comparing th Tammany Hall list turnished by Mr. Gale with the appointees; the first list was corrected because some men couldn’t serve, and some men were rejected for other reasons; Mr. Brinckman revised the lista; I didn’t know that he represented Apollo Hall; he was represented to me as a reputable | democrat; I couldn’t tell the details; 1 don’t know Mr. Brinckman now; I suppose I was then ac- quatated with him and hig position as a democrat; in that district I see Mr. Adolf Sterberg and | @ little rustic maiden of twelve or thirteen making idee toreman, examined at the investigation, did state unde! awreath. The face wears that look of charming ell ‘Badeau, bi | gbilduuke truth, purity and frankness, which this Oath, that the question ad nee uqosliy true you cite & rtigt 18 noted for bis power in reproducing. ‘Tie question put to Mr. Baylis, in which Mr. Badeau’s name Pet of the Pacha,” by C. L. aes isa large pic- Me insert relating azar ant, Cventered Deture tie Grape ture, representipg @ beautiful Oriental woman, Jury, Indicating tha sumptuousiy ‘cad: “Decorating thé Statue” is by Grand Jury, but you lkewlse omit to ops yl E. Levy, an artist whose works command high Tutteg his testimony in that regard, expressly statin prices abroad. The treatment is full of refinement, | that this matter ot Badeau was not before the ‘Grant and the drawing tuil of truth. There is nota bad Jury. You will pardon me for reterring to the record, picture in the collection, and this deserves to be Trion goupdens 70a have read so often and so carefully, rion. mined were Theodore Shotwell, P. Fowler, E. Ind: C, Kruse, and C. to subst The Grand Jurors ¢. Graves, A. Geldemeister, 8. Morris, H. E. sackman, J. is. Shotwell testified thus; Will you tell us whether any complaint against Mr. mentioned as one of its distinctive characters. But | in the present article we have attempted to describe only a few o1 the best. THE METHODIST MINISTERS, Sabbath Observance and Temperance—_ ie aos Co ee ES Deng dey The Cook Memorial Fund. | wae none 84 ole sanans purvorting to bo che nok: At the meeting of the Methodist Preachers yes: | nifies ht the frend fury akalast Mr Badeaut 4. Sot terday Rev. Dr. Osbon read an essay designed to | £n¥, when I was there; I never saw anything of the show that the Nestorian Christians are the de- | Q we you there when Mr. Britton was called uvt A. sir ainst a public officer were the scendants of the early converts from Judaism, | 7 $3") charges a gathered into the Christian Church under the Grand Jury investigating when Mr. Britton was called preaching of St. Peter, and who clung to circum- | '"y. &dravestendiesse Scere fae cision as & proper and significant rite. Some Q. Was there any charge or complaint investigated by writers have identified the Nestorians of Persia | MuijGzand Jury against Mr. Badeaut A. No, ar, not vo with the remnant of the ten tribes of Israel scat- "Q. Was the District Attorney sent for and a . Q. Were you present during every day of that session? A. T think T was not absent at all. tered abroad, and chiefly on account of the ob- | n ny. ques- servance of this rite among them. Dr. Osbon | {ols putto himin relation to Mr. Badeau? A. 1 think opposes this idea and puts forth circumstantial | August Geldemeister testified :— Nera a . Was there any charge before or investigation by evidence gathered from the Epistles of St. Paul— si Grand Jury, Nouching Mr. Bulan, Conteetsrt aot ebiefly from that to the Galatians—to show that 4% far as I can remember; lon’t remember having " 5 c neard the name until within afew days. the early Church was diviced into Peirine and award Indig testified :— Pauline followers, the former adhering to the rite ol circumcision and the latter neglecting or ignor- jadeaut A. I never heard his name ing its observance altogether. Paul telis us that meutioned. a at Antioch he withstood the dissimulation of Peter | Q- Never heard bis name mentioned at all? A. No, sir. on this point, and Dr. Osbon nad for- | ,% Were you present daring the session ot the Grand gotten that when the aposties and elders gathered JUTY all the timer A. With the exception of one oF two 1n Jerusalem to discuss the reiation of Jewish and . No question was asked Mr. Britton in regard to Gentile converts to the new faith Peter was pres- | Badeau’ A. No, sir. ent, and the Council decreed that circumelsion | Q; And Paani cantare name there? A. No, sir. ecoul 0 old son- jesA. Morris tespified :— Was of no account at all for either class of con: i ae ‘bi that Grant Jury against Collector Badeaut Not any. there any charge investigated by the Grand Jury against Mr. have Chai iat Brother Puliman, however, reminded the ‘as there any charge investiga’ joctor that such @ record Was made in Acts, XV. es br \- But the Doctor heid still to his own theory, Dama Hee Calinalee Madenat “Ar Kat say 60 ay The Rev. Mr. Atterbury, Secretary of the Sabbath | knowledge Observance Committee, was introduced, aud ad- | Henry E. Sackman testified « dressed the messing on the provisions of the Ex- | , RA ly TNA ES brag papitg that Grand cise law, Whic! je showed are very stringent, and " * . alilenedl’ for the eulgroement of whipn be aaket the0o7 | eee ee foe operation of the ministers and brethren present. Q. Were you present at all the sessions of the Grand Rey. Dr. Foss stated that the Cook Memorial Jury? A. I was off about two days, I think. Committee eh Sent out circulars to the Methodist | ones Tee SAE ER Re pastors in all the large cities of the land asking their SO et Neccitecenty a Poperation im Faising {nda for the family of tue Wee seee ee ee late Mr. Cook. A memorial service was held on ries 8, Baylis recalled. Sabbath afternoon in Hanson place Methodist Episcopal church, Brooklyn, whereat a@ collection 0; $400 Was taken up for this und. A similar ser- Coulector Badeau before the Grand Jury or no! ‘A. My impression was—us I aaid before on Saturd: Vice was held in St- Paul's church, New York, on | that Laid. but sinco I heard the testimony of so many of fund pow amounts to $1,700, Jadge Reynolds in the matter, there was nothing in it, and aia THE EVANGELIOAL ALLIANCE, | ree theca ware alc tue Grind durpey evarajned, | and had you thought it proper to hay with th The regular monthly meeting of the Executive Commisstone, iin Splor, net would have, wid, you that Committee of the Evangelical Ailiance was held | the reason the others were not examined was because he declined to hear any more, deeming tho point tull yesterday at the Bible House. This being the Met tae accu ‘i fourth meeting of the year, the organization of the | aba bittty, is that I then established. I'may properly add that the accused roboraied the evidence of these wituesses, and that there was no evidence in contradiction. Now, alt, ina committee was proceeded with, Rev. Dr, Adams | matter affecting the character und reputation of a citi- being elected chairman for the year. A communi. | 20%, {hough humic, wot at a odenee whey waa qusted age e reference to this evidence when you quoted idbny Believe tablisi casion received from Japai | test whic the people to a im Japan was read, stating that t. 4 vk LL, peop! you intended ve | @ branch of the Evangelical Alliance had been es suf ct? Or were not seven wee! | ut to enable You fo reach thig evidence, which r ek seins 6 be so concidiatve on this potutt srivoucusin tee aa took Hg iad scl ha ‘is to whether I ought of m: own motion to have insti- 8 [4 veek of January. A COM- tuted procecdings against Mr. Badeau I retrain trom Munigation irum the British Alliance in Londog | comment, as that was @ point not involved in the was aiso read, giving the information that special charges made; but I will say, in passing, that in addi- prayers would be offered for Ireland In that coum- tion to Judge George GQ. Reynolds, known to be one of try. The collection jor the families of Carrasco the best lawyers in the Second Judicial Depariment, I and Pronier, who perished in the Ville du Havre, am {n possession of the opinion of one of the ablest jurists will now be closed, $12,000 having been collected in the state, which aiso, I have reason to believe, was in this country. A collection will be opened tor Pastor Cook, who died ‘om injaries recetved by the wreck of the steamer, leaving a widow and eight children. LECTURES TO LADIES, Mrs. Susan Everett, M. D., will commence to-day, | in Robinson Hall, her third course of interesting | and instructive lectures to women on disease, | its prevention and cure; health and its preser- | vation; dress, food and kindred subjects. Her | judicial determination it would hardiy become me to happy manner anu the vital importance of the sub- | *¥,bUt you have in this presented an isgue which I jects discussed have thus tar crowded the han with | cheerfully accept, T nave reaided, in Beoobiyi tor intelligent and appreciative ladies, who have @M- | have ever committed any act persoualiy, professionally thusiastically applauded toe bold utverances of the | or officially which J hesitate to submit tw their judg lemale doctor and orator combined ment, and at least, (may say that tn the opinion of my moval, that the charge made by thé Cominitee ot Fifty against Mr. Bageau (which contained no allegation | that he had received any interest, nor was such Jact | known to me) constituted no criminal oflence whatever. | And S may be permitted to assume that bad I agreed with these eminent legal gentlemen, though I had differed with Your Excellency, it wonld hardly be cause for removal from office You have thought prover to say that for my official id all claim tw the confidence of his fellow citi- pether the opinion of me which should be enter- tained by my {cllow citizens was betore you tor your Q. State whether you did bring the charges against used by you betore you publicly announced my re- | rt in this case “Mr, Britton seems to me to have | ic, poe I Ge Pra | é Sone lated Mr. for Tammany ‘Hall; jon’t see that he uur Adon ea ty Mr. 'Brinckman; Mr. Gale | and Mr. Brinckman recommen can’t say whether be served; the two republicans are Thomas Riker and John Strang; I can’t sa; Hirsch was a Taiumany Hall man; in the Secon | district William ©. Berkhalt and George Schiepman | are the democrats; probably I told Gale and Mr. Brinckman to consult together; I don’t know that they divided the hst between Tammany and | Apollo bails; 1 wasn't presené @t taese discus- | sions; I understood that they were to consult to- | gether and present an unexceptionable list; this j 8 the list they gave me; ther iy & check ainst the second names; I ratheF fresuihe | Hy. tye names on the original Tammany | hst. Henty Camberger und Mr. Keyser for the Third district are both Tammany men. presume, from the bgok, jt Mr. Keyser was re- Moved alterwards; | gave & good deaj of advice about having a harmonious election; I don’t seem to remember about the Eighth Assemply district, | bat I very likely did say sometning to Mr. Gale about having harmony; Mr. Gardner made all the | republican nommations; Idon’t know that Mr. | Jonn J. O'Brien had anything to do with it; in the Eighteentn Assembly district Thomas Robertville, the man I discovered to be unfit alter I had sent DIM to be sworn in, was one of the Tammany | nothinees; Charles Fowler was the other; William S. Copeland and James Killign seem to have been appointed democratic inspetyors there; Killian seems to have.been removed and Ferguson put in his place; I really can’t say whether Kilian was a | Tammany man or not; the minutes of Novémber 3 | show the substitution of H. B. Ferguson for Mr. Kil- Man; I don’t know that Ferguson was a ballot-box stuffer; I did not know tuat he was an Apollo Hall | man; if I had it would not have been an objection; | in the Second Election district of the Eignoteenth ones district I seem to have appointed | Joseph Herman at the request of Tammany; I can’t say as to the other; ia the Fourth Election dis- o trict of the same Assembly djatrict 1 ind Joseph J. | Weich named by Tammany Hall. | _Q Was not Thomas E. Gould put in his place on the morning of election? A. 1 see Thomas K. | Gould as serving; yes, I see Joseph J. Welcn was | removed; John k. Murphy, I believe, made the affl- | davit against him; I have heard that Joon E. Mur- | Phy was indicted for election frauds recently; [ have heard that he voted the Tammany Hall ticket; I believe that he voved the Tammany Hail | ticket; it would be nothing extraordinary for a Man to be a thie’ and vote for Tammany Hall; i Tammany is not responsibie for that neces- sarily; I don't know that he worked for Biglin against McCabe; I have no tntention to make nim out a Tammany Hall man; if you aay J appointed him for Apollo Hall | suppose I did; 1 should say } trom his dispute and nis affidavit that he was unfriendly to fammany Halla he was a clerk in oye of the mivor courts, and i have no doubt was See ee ie hat by Tammany Hall; in the | Fitth Election district George Roberts and John B. Lewis were named; they were Tammany men; Lewis was removed and William P, Stratton put in his place; I don’t think I asked bim whether he was Tammany or not; in the Ninth district Danie) Hughes and James McCartney were originally ap- pointed ; alterwards, on ailidavits, the Jast one was removed and Thomas Barrett appointed; J don’t know that he was an Apollo Hall man or that ne was indicted tor assault on a woman; Hughes was also removed and William J. Boylan ap- pointed; I presume ne was not a Tam- many man; I was not likely to take tne same man’s recommendation twice; in the Fourteenth district the democratic inspectors first appotated seem to be Charies Woodhull and John J. Crowley, the latter a nomince of Tammany; he was re- moved, and Thomss F. Bagwell appointed in his iy er don’t know whether he was an Apollo | Hall man; this fammany Hall book does not show ail the Tammany Hall men; when! came to send oust notices to these men some of them did not ap- + and the chairman afterwards told me they were merely put on to fill wp, and substituted; others were substitutes: in the Twenty-lirst As- sembly district [| advised Mr. Moore and Judge McQuade to consult together ; sol thoaght I would get a better list; it seems they didn’t agree; there are thirty-seven election districts in that district; | 1 appointed twenty-eight inspectors from the original Tammany Hall list, and, | think, some =} e others recommended by strong Tammany men; in | some districts Tammany Hail had both Inspectors, in some one, in some none; I wanted to get one on each side in each district; vhey Would not serve, in others they were not of a character desirable; on the whole, the Democratic Association’s list Was superior in character to that of Tammany Hall; I did not appoint any inspectors jor Mr, Genet; 1 appointed them for the demo- cratic party—(Mr. Charlick here read @ list of those appointed ‘tor the Democratic Association, with their residences)—I know that Tammany was ad- mittea at the last State Convention; I know Apoilo Hali ul je a combina- poi and the republicans made ne neve - fellow citizens 1am quite sure that my character wiil tn and put out @ joint ticket, bul rf | Mot compare untavoranly with that of my accusers, who | either party stuck to it; at least vbat is the report THE GERMAN DEMOCRATS. | generally believed to have used the prerogative | in the Dewapapers. A. power ot Your Excellency to gratity their own malice. T | Q. Was it not a frequent thing for James o’Brien, ‘The German Democratic General Committee held | tear nov to submit to their jnagmenteven the matters | Cornetus Flynn and Mr. Genet to be in your office " | alleged sn the document containing the above quotation, | 4 , Genet ioe KnOW ; almost a inceting at the Teutouia Assembly Rooms, Third | jn which you have not advised my fellow citizens ot any | Just before the Seca ay ar ae M sowe time ave P, e| °| act which you charge was done trom corrupt motive. every prominent politici avenue, iast night, when Judge Michael 0. Gross i rail 700 cect cnet the muesutive of thig sents has | OF other, and some ireqnently; I bave no private presided. Resolutions were introduced by the | the undoubted power 10. nove me from omice, never | office; | don’t know that Mr. Genes ba A Executive Committee touching a vaniety of ques- | before nave T)beon so ihankiully, bopresed with ihe | ahaved in my oMce; L am shaved there sonciiniey | tions in relation to State and national affairs, iN- | yours is that very tribunal to w! fer '. | but L don't keep a barber's shop, Sere t appointed | cluding the mode of appointment on the police, i tially, N¢ BR BRITTON, this inquiry pertinent to this matter; I app people. Very reapec A bill is before the Legislature of Maine prohibit. ing gambling in the ratiroad cars, with a strong probavility of being passed by both houses, sale of liquors, compulsory education and the in- flation oi the currency, Which were read by Mag- nus Gross, and, after # bricl discussion, adopeed by @ unanimous vote. ‘one man; 1 appointed demo- Te law; 1 have no doubt man, favorable to Mr. Genet; Mr, McQuade was iriendly to no jnspectors for at m Tappolated were men I appointe don’t know ; L believ d Mr. Yan Pelt; I | but in some districts for Mr. Genet; in the Fourteenth Election ol the teenth Assembly district, Mr. ws ‘Walsh was removed November 4, on an avit OF Mr. Murphy, that he osed' if Murphy would would concede a majority to the republican State would co! y republican State ticket; I couldn’t whether Wi at hearing on those charges; I tnqai men who made the charges and the surroundings; Lheara from you that Murphy had been recently indicted; that is the vest evidence I have of that tact; ween Tapponied Marphy [ tnquired about his character; I thought there was enough in the papera to remove Mr. Walsh, and that it was more important to bave & fair election than that he should have @o office for a day; I tried to get w good set of inspectors; how tar J succeeded I don’t know; I recollect having talked with Mr. Kelly about somebody, but I think it was about Mr. Sheridan and not Mr. Walsh; I think Mer. Walsh came there to Complain, and I may have told nim to watt; I didn’t promise to restore htm; on the day of the election Mr. Smith came in with a telegram (rom one of the captaing that there were 80 many watchers crowding on the tables that they interfered with the counting; that was, I tink, from the Twenty-first precinct, and them this order was made and telegraphed out; the tel- egram was general; 1am not aware of a ain, poll where the railing was 80 far from the tabies as to prevent the watchers from seeing; whem they were put outside the ratling I presuine they had all their legal rights; I don’t know why thia reference, “p. 38,"’ was put iu the minutes; I never saw it vefore. ‘The examination was adjourned to Thursday next at three P. M. THE “TUNNEL FATALITY, Beginning of the Coroner’s Inquest—Tes- timony of the Passengers and the Con- ductor—A Misplaced Signal the Causo of the Accident. Yesterday morning Coroner Eickhof opened am inquest ito the manner of the death of Mr. Robert KE. Launitz, who was killed by the collision in the Yorkville tunnel on the qaorning of January 21, 1874, Edward H. Betta, of No. 59 West 127th street, was the frst witness called. He testified to having known Mr. Launttz for three or four years; on the morning of January 21 he met deceased at the Harlem depot, between 128th and 129th streets, waiting to take the 9:27 train down; went into the rear car with Mr. Launitz; the train went at the usual rate of speed until on the trestlework bridge at 130th street, where we stopped @ few minutes; we again started and gots far ag the north end of the tunnel, where we stopped again; the next time we moved we went to abont the middie of the tunnel, and after we were here about two or three minutes we noticed @ brakeman rush through the car; he grabbed @ red lantern from under the seat upon which Mr. Launita was sitting, and, going to the rear plat- form, he waved it to and fro for some minutes; he gave us no warning, but from his actions we suspected something was wrong; I said to my friend, ‘Come, Bob, there’s a smash-up;" when I said this we both ran to get into the car ahead; I was first and deceased waa immediately behind me; just as I got on the platform the locomotive of the New Haven train struck our car and I wae thrown into the car ahead and burt, so that I was unconscious for some time; I should think it was about two mmutes from the time the brakeman showed the red light until the 1ocomotive etrack us; I saw Mr. Launitz when he was brought into the car I was in after the collision; Mr. Launits was brought to the German Hospital, Fourth ave- nue and Séventy-seventh street; I was sent home | tn a carriage trom the Grand Central Depot, and have not been out of the house siace January 2b until to-day. JOHN J. KETCHUM, of 128th street and Second avenue, testified that he was onthe twenty-seven minates past nine down train from Harlem, on the 2lst oi January. He testifies to the stopping of the train, the same as previous Witness; When the stop was made in the tumuit, he gays, he got out and spoke to the conductor; a man with a naked light came along, and the conductor asked what the stop was for; the man said he had orders to stop all trains when halt way tnrough; conductor taen hallooed to and adked Bome one ahead could he get out; @ voice in the darkness said ‘Yes; come alot slowly ;”’ about two minutes alter the engineer ha whistled “off breaks’? there came an awful crash, and the locomotive of the New Haven train went fato our last car; saw Mr. Launit and got his name from him when he was in the third car and on his or to the hospital. Kdgar Ketchum, of West Morrisania, was next calied to the stand—Did not know Robert C. Launitz to speak to him; I saw him get into the car ahead of me at the Harlem station on the morni of the 2ist January; when the train was at 103d street, ou the trestiework bridge, it stopped, and we remaiied e for about three or four minutes; we then crept slowly dowa towarda, the northern pairpnce or the tunnel; heré We stopped short, aid in a little while pegep so. mave slowly into the tunnel; when we weré al mig-_ way in the tunnel we stopped again; while in ti tunnel I got up and looked out of the back door of the rear car; whilé in the rear car I heard Mr. Betts and Mr. Launttz talking; I could see nothing, go I returned vo third car, and in @ little while L heard a noise and felt a collision; I did not leave the car aiter I felt the collision; shortly after it | occurred Mr. Launitz was brought into the third éar; hy 1 ked pale, and I thought he was going to taint; ard he nad been injured on the leg and in the thigh; 1 think if the brakeman had gone back with a red light when we stopped in the tunnel the accident woulda have been prevented; It was a foggy morning and the tunnel, as far as could see, Was darker than usual. Tue depositions of P. C, Hubbele, H. Frank Shaw and Charles J. Therlott were stricken out. They only corroborate the testimony given above, and ee no new light on the subject of Mr, Launits’s death. THE CONDUCTOR’S STORY. Mr. Lewis Wiles. of Willlamabridge, was called, | and deposed as follows:—I am a conductor on tue | Harlem Railroad; on the moraoing of January 21, 1874, | had charge of the nine A. M. train irom Wiliamsbridge 5; knew deceased slightly; did not see nim get on the train on the morn- ing question; on the way down we stopped on the trestlework bridge, 103d street, be- cause the New York Central train had stopped ahead of us in the tunnel; we knew this by the black signal, which indicates the distance travelled by a train after it leaves the signal box; the New York Central train moved on and I moved up to the signal house and remained there; I was at the rear end of my traiu, on the ground, watching ta see my flagman stop the New Haven trai, wuich | was coming behind us; I saw the train stopped and went abead to see what was the matter; about the time I reached the head of my train | heard the engineer whistle “up brakes,” and we started on slowly; the tunnel was full of fog and exhaust steam and one could not see six feet abead; when ‘We Were about two-thirds of the way through the tunnel we were stopped by a torpedo and a red sig- nai; when we stopped I got out of the baggage car and went to séé yea was up; I sent one of my flag- men back to puta fOrpedoon the track ; [ then cried out to know If I might move on and some one said “Yes, come on slowly ;” We started and had So} about two car lengths when collision came; went to the rear o} the train and therp heard groans and saw two gentlemen assisting Mr. Launitz out of one car ito another; at the request of these t feb 1 stopped at the German Hospttal so ag i enable them to procure medical treatutent tor m2. JOHN M. YOUNG, being sworn, said he was Superintendent of the New York Central Railroad and manager of the Mariem road irom Forty-second street to Mott Haven; he investigated the cause of the collisiom and had found that the signal at Ninety-sixth Street nad been changed sooner than it showd have been; the signai at Ninety-sixta street is so arranged that if any rocks are thrown on the track the switchman can set it at “Danger” and reverse to “All right’ at will; the switchman at Ninety- wixth street had changed the signal; he was in the employ of the Harlem road; the reason he gave for changing the signal was tnat he thought the train had gone through. ‘The Coroner adjourned the case antil Wednesday morning at ten o'clock. SUPPOSED DISASTER IN THE BAY. Captain Gilchrist, of brig Loch Lomond, whose vessel is lying off Bedloe’s Island, bound to Cai- barien, states that about nine o’clock yesterday morning hia second oMcer, Mr. James Featherstone, of New York, while on the main yard, hooking on the sheet, slipped trom tne vard and (ell overboard. Captain Gilchrist immediately haa the yaw! i sent three of the crew in her, i= Pett uouing the mate, but since the boat let | the vessel he has not seen or heard of either we boat or men. The bay was enveloped in a dense fog at the time, and Captain Giichrist is ot the opinion that some one of the many passing steam- | boats has run over and drowned them. The names | ofthe men were Henry Bertram, of New York; | Andres Nordin, of Sweden, and Ernest Boncheu, | of Finland, tie ae a PIRE IN LAIGHT STREET. A fire broke out at Nos. 9 and 11 Laight street that caused a damage of about $25,000. These | premises were occupied by Mrs. M. J. Bequet a8 @ confectionery establishment, and were totally de- | stroyed. The flames started in the drying room, on the sevond floor of No. 11, and injured the Lge erty of Mrs. Bequet to the extent of $18,000. builatngs were the property of Mr. I. . Dominick, Whose loss is estimated at $10,000. Charles U- Wilcox, trunk manufacturer, of No. 7 lwuhe street, suffered a loss of $1,000 by water. Orotn & Linded, corset manufacturers, in, the same build: | Ing, sufered a loss of $3, ig Beg mated to be injured to the extent $1,500; ins - . Fire Marshal Sheldon will bold an investigation to-day.