The New York Herald Newspaper, March 10, 1874, Page 3

THE THMPERANE SIMOOM, ——-——_—— Women, Wit and Wisdom. ,” THE CLERGYMEN 4 THE RESCUE. aan need ‘Catholic Teraperance Movements An Brooklyn. THE/MINISTERS’ CONFERENCE. ‘Th Meeting of Clergymen at Association Mall Yesterday—The National Temper- m@jnee Society Hauled Over the Coals— The Clergy Against the Praying Band System—Interesting Proceedings. The ministers of the various denominations in this city met yesterday at Association Hall. There (Was quite a large attendance, the majority of the @lergymen being Methodists. In the absence of ‘Mr, William E. Dodge, the Rey. Irenieus Prime was (alled upon to preside. The Rey. Dr. Foss opened the proceedings with prayer, during which he asked to bless the present temperance agitation, that it might have a beneficial issue. Mr. Stearns, on being elected secretary, was called upon to tell What he knew about the work of the temperance advocates in this city thus far. He considered the movement a purely religious one, and that the Ministers should at once take hold and give the cause @ proper direction. | FEELING THE WAY FOR A SOCIETY'S INTERESTS. ‘The Rey. Dr. STEELE was the first to put forward 4m a formal way a sort of plan for action, which he did ina series of resolutions, The preamble de- clared that the movement was a religious one, and the first resolution declared that the clergy re- Joiced in tne success that had thus far attended the prayers of the Christian women who had en- @aged in the work, and that they deserved the ‘prayers and aid of all good Christians everywhere, ‘The second resolution requested that the women in the churches should pray that the evil of intem- perance should be checked asa social custom, so to speak. The other resolution simply called for the jormation of church prayer meetings and the Jormation of a general Woman's temperance ‘union, made up from members of all the churcnes, and advocated the spread of tracts, &c., of the National Temperance Association. ROUGH ON THE N. T. 8. The Rev. Dr. Crosby said he had come to the Meeting in answer to the invitation sent to him. The movement against intemperance had his hearty approval. ‘here was a question in his mind, however. Were they there to consult to- gether as to what plan ought to be adopted, or ‘were they there to endorse the National ‘temper- ance Society? The way to work for temperance ‘Was to go about it in some practicable way. Ifa Movement was started to have the crime ol! drunk- enness severely punished by legislation and to pre- vent the arinking of liquor on the premises where sold it woulc succeed. The tipping shops could thus be shut up and drunkenness would cease, But Not so il they went betore the people demanding prohibition, because by doing so they wouid have one half the community agaimst them. They would revolt against it, and the movement based On prohibition would fail. He himself was in favor of any practicable way that would do good. If they were there to endorse the Nationai Temper- ance Society, he would have to take up his hat and go. li, on the other band, they were there to conler together and endeavor, irom their confers ence, to work on some feasibie plan, he would give it his heartiest support. AGAINST PRAYING BANDS, Several of the clergymen, alter the committee expressed their views on the subject of the tem- perance movement in the West and the general sentiment, seemed to be against anything like an ‘outdoor demonstration on the part oi the women in this city, like those which had been adopted in Dayton and elsewhere. Dr. Ganse declared that it ‘Would only injure the temperance cause here to ape the ways of the Western workers. He did not believe that the conditions in this city were lavor- able—at least as yet. The time, however, he feit certain, would come, and very soon, when this community would be awakened. His motto was now, “Not too fast.” The blessed contagion would come in its own time. The meeting finally adjourned, to meet again next Thursday afternoon, after prayer by Drs, Wakeman and Burchard, and the singing ot Nearer, my God, to Thee, TEMPERANCE AND METEHODISM. The temperance barometer is evidently rising in ‘this city, judging from the interest manifested in the subject by the Methodist preachers yesterday, and by the hearty addresses made, and the heartier “‘Amens” with which they were greeted by the brethren. The Mission Room was crowded, and several ladies were among the auditors, The Rey. I. H. Lent, of Dobbs Ferry, lea of in the debate. The topic was adopted for discussion a ‘week ago on his motion, and, though a very timid man, he handled tne matter ably yesterday. He likened the women’s movement to Jon the Baptist going before to prepare the way of the Lord, so that a great outpouring of the spirit on the churches and congregations and towns ought to be expected. The ministers oi the Gospelshould throw tuemselves into this movement and give it the most positive character. Christiai aninisters and people should not deal with a ram-selling grocer Dor eat in arum-selling restaurant. He rejoiced that Trinity corporation had recognized the force of this movement so jar as to declare they should let no more Of their houses or places for rum-selling Purposes. But they snould not have rented their roperty at all for such purposes. And if Method- jsts would not rent their places to rumseilers we should help this movement and very greatly benefit the churches, But we can help it by voting. He ‘would not be deterred by the cry against bringing temperance and religion into politics, Mr. Lent quoted Jefferson on this point, and thought we should carry temperance and religion into politics, ‘Wine, We have now and have had all aiongtoo many | M drunken legislators in our State and national Leg- | islatures. And we shall never have it better until ‘we think more of principles th&n of men. It is folly to think we can regulate this traMc. We might as well try to reguiate amad dog. Nothing but the strong hand of the law can do this, THE BOWERY TEMPERANCE MEET- ING. Awell attended temperance meeting was held @t Carmel chapel, in the Bowery, last night. The meeting was opened with prayer, and Mrs, Lawrence, who figured so prominently at Harry Hill’s, on Sunaay night, was introduced as the first @peaker. Her remarks were, for the most part, | confined to the subject of the meeting in Harry Hili’s, which she considered as a great triumph. ‘Yesterday she had heard many say that the whole thing was nothing more or less than a piece of empty show, and that it coula not and would not have any good or lasting effect. People making these assertions place great stress on the fact that nearly ail those present at the meeting went and took a drink aiter the praying was over; but Mrs. ‘Lawrence knew of many cases where this was only done tor bravado, and many who had done it sub- sequently signed the pledge. Others, whom she could name, «id not sign the pledge, put informed etl that they would never drink in “Harry's” again. , MOLLETT next addressed the meeting. His remarks were descriptive Of experience of the most horrifying character. He graphically por- trayed with telling effect the doings of ‘pographic tiplers whom he had met in Bellast. He claimed the honor of being well acquainted with the editor of the News Letter of that place, who, he deciared, took @ savage satisiaction, every time he got drunk, in writing phillppics against temperance. Mr. Moliett drew an inierence from this and ap- piled it to certain New York editors and papers. The mecting closed with prayer, and the crowd @ispersed in good order. THE CADETS OF TEMPERANCE. An interesting meeting was held last evening under the auspices of Christopher's Section, No. 2, Cadets of Temperance, on the northwest corner of Twenty-ninth street and Kighth avenue. Mr. Rulus Andrews made the address of the event and recommended the ladies present to 80 all the influence they possessed in aiding the great re- iwere enlivened with adaresseaocth ex rouot ‘esse: ° pA ATT %, vocal music and A LETTER FROM HARRY HILL. To THE EpiToR oF THE HERALD :— It 1 not conducive to @ man’s equanimity nor to this fair standing with his fellow citizens to fina himself reprehended or misunderstood in the col- ‘umns of your great and widely circulated journal. I believe that you designed @ far different meaning to the adjective “notorious,” used in reference to ‘myself in your edition of to-day on “the temper. pace movement in New York,” than what some | ‘NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, MARCH 10,;.1874.-TRIPLE SHEET. ‘peopre may uvesuu vor; vor £ am innocent or the slightest knowledge that any act of mine has de- prived me of the right to be regarded as an esti- mable and law-abiding citizen. My saloon may be “the resort of pugilists and the fancy,” but it never was, and, so long as I re- main its landlord, it never shall, become the ‘“re- sort of rowdies.” My doors are always open to everybody, being in this respect on the same foot- ing with theatres and other places of public amusement—to say nothing of churches—but my visitors conduct themselves in an orderly, quiet manner, or they have forthwith to quit the estab- lishment, The entertainment nightly presented to my patrons is similar to many given in Broad." way and like fashionable localities, with the addt- tion, occasionally, Of sparring, wrestling and other athletic exercises; while the entire pro- ceedings are conducted with the utmost de- corum. The HERALD, I am_ sure, has long been cognizant of this fact. Whether pugilism, wrestling and similar feats of skill and strengta be disreputable or otherwise I will not at present argue. They form part of maay highly patronized eniertaimments in London, Paris and other Euro- pean cities; and scholarly men have been accus- tomed to speak of them with admiration when taking place in the Isthmian games or the much be-lauded arenas Of ancient Rome, Does the mere change of scene make these exercises disreputable which formerly were considered worthy of the sculptor’s ciusel and the undying songs of poets? The motive prompting me to open my doors to the so-called ‘femperance Crusaders’? and their male allies did not arise, as you suggest, from a feeling of self-interest, but from the desire that these people should have a fair chance of being heard, To insure this I myself presided over yes- terday’s meeting, and I shall continue to do so as long as they require the use of my theatre. It was currently reported about town during the preced- ing week that numerous clergymen in this city and Brooklyn had actually refused to open the doors of their churches to these reformers, and, learning the report to be well founded, I gladly placed my establishment at their disposal, although fully aware that by so doing I laid myself open to the charge of interested motives, besides sacrificing no inconsiderable amount of receipts through the closing of my bar. I may be permitted to say, in conclusion, that although opposed to the {ull plat- form of the “temperance crusaders,” I yet sym- pathize with them in their efforts to check ‘the evils of intoxication. ‘“Kumseller I am, and therefore in the same category with the landlords of the Fifth Avenue, Windsor and other palatial hotels; but [ believe that vinous and alcoholic stimulants are given to us fora wise and benefi- cent purpose, and that no wrong attaches to the judicious use oi such beverages, but solely to their abuse. Yours, most respectfully, € HARRY HILL. HARRY HILL’s VARIETY THEATRE, March 9, 1874. TEMPERANCE IN BROOKLYN. Ladies In Council in the Hanson Place Methodist Episcopal Church Yesterday Afternoon, The temperance cause is progressing, slowly but surely in the City of Churches, The members of the {air sex who have enlisted in the crusade against rum and beer met yesterday afternoon, at half-past three o’clock, in the schoolroom of the Hanson place Methodist Episcopal church. Mrs. J. P. Elwell presided. There were about 200 ladies present, An {nvitation was extended to the rep- resentatives of the different congregations present to remain after the meeting in order to form an executive committee to further the cause. One deiegate from each church was then wanted in the committee, and the Presideat hoped that the “little leaven would leaven the whole lump.’’ A lew verses from Bxodus, referring to the plague of frogs in Egypt, was then read by an old lad; She said they had met to pray against this plague, which was upon every side. A prayer Was then said lor strength, courage and direc- tion in the work, in the course of which tue spirit of the Holy’ Ghost was invoked upon the rumsellers. Tne ladies said:—‘They are our bretiren; we love them. Three thousand strong are they in our city, dealing out death at this mo- Inept. God helping us, we will go forth and labor with tham.” Letters were read from ‘crusaders in the West telling of the progress made there. A lady stated that she was in possession of letters irom a saloon keeper tendering the use of his store for prayer .meetings. She would not give his name, but asked that he would te remembered im the prayers ol ladies, Harry Hill’s conversion ‘was cited as a remarkable example of the efficacy of the temperance movement, The ladies will meet again this afternoon at the same place. Catholic Mass Meeting in the Academy of Music Chis Evening—Bishop Lough- iin to Preside. The Right Rey. Bishop Loughlin will preside at the great mass meeting of the Catholic Total Ab- stinence Union of that diocese in the Academy of Music this evening. Rev. Dr. Freel and Rev. Wil- liam Keeg and also Vicar General Turner will ad- dress the meeting. SIXTEEN SOCIETIES of the diocese are to attend. Announcements were made at all the Catholic churches on Sunday inviting the congregations to turn out en masse and give an impetus to the total abstinence move- ment in the Church, The elergy and people are moving unanimously in the matter, and it is ex- peoee to be the largest temperance meeting yet eid by any denomination in Brooklyn. PIUS IX. ENDORSES THE CAUSE. In response to an address of the Catholic Total Abstinence Union sent from this country His Holi- ness Pope Pius LX. has written a letter, which has just been received, in which he emphatically approves the plan of the Union. In this letter the Holy Father distinctly ap- proves the total abstinence system x distinct om the temperance or moderate drinking cus- ons. ment, expect to make thousands of new converts, TEMPERANCE ON LONG ISLAND. A large temperance meeting was held at the Methodist Episcopal church in Fulton street, Astoria, last nignt. It was not denominational, however, in its character, being a united effort to begin operations against King Alcohol. The Rev. B, F. Stead was elected President, Aiter singing the familiar hymn, ‘‘Nearer, My God, to Thee,” anda jew prenminary remarks by the President, the Rev. r. W. G. Steele, of New York, was introdyced. He gave a description of the Ohio movement as received by him irom Mr. Dio Lewis, and warmly advocated the adoption of some practical method of procedure. He repudiated the Harry Hill move- ment, believing it to be impracticable, as that in the case 0! John Allen had proved. Belore closing his address he asked all the ladies who were will- ing to ‘move on the enemy’s works” to hold up their right hand, About three fourths of those prorany complied. Having an appointment to meet r. Dio Lewis in New York, the reverend gentle- man bad to retire early. turn by the Rev. Mr. P. Bartlett. Several other divines were present, At Hunter's Point a preliminary meeting was held last night at Smithsonian Hail, the ultimate object being the organization of a Good Templars? lodge. The names of twenty-tlve persons were subscribed, when the meeting adjourned to meet again Friday night. In the meantime a@ hall will be secured lor permanent use, THE CAUSE IN THE WESI. Gross and Brutal Attempts to Insult the Ladies in Dayton. Dayton, Ohio, March 9, 1874. The second day of the women’s assault on King Alcohol was more exciting than the first. The Weather was propitious, so that great crowds surrounded the besiegers, Four detachments marched from the church in succession, taking up the line of march for the saloons which were visited on the first day, They were ex- cluded from most of the places they visited, and received at the doors by the saloonists with cold courtesy. The saloontsts were not re- joiced to see them, and were especially uneasy un- der the decision of Judge Smith, which declares that violators of the law cannot come into court for redress, The women prayed and sung, sur- rounded by a large crowd, all day. At Hadlick’s beer saloon, in the afternoon, over 1,000 curious men and noisy boys encompassed them and the street was blocked with vehicies. When the women ceased praying and began singing they were cheered and jeered, and multitudes pushed into the barroom for beer. So at other places while the band was pray- ing at Hadlick’s @ mock prayer meeting was going on ina saloon nearly opposite, which was con- tinued When the women went over to that place. Drivers of beer wagons pushed through the female detachment, shoulaering kegs of beer, which was drunk Up as fast as it could be delivered, Hadlick, Thove, Clemons, Fisher and Becker Bros. seemed to be special objects of attention, and some rude scenes were reported at their places, Billy Martin, under the rooms of the Young Men's Christian Association, invited a band into his billiard room, ejected the men, locked the door and politely informed the women that they might pray and sing thea ag they liked. After they concluded he kindly invited them to come again. Prayer and Fasti: at Columbus. CoLumBos, Ohio, March 9, 1874, ‘The ladies held an ali-day meeting to-day for fasting and prayer, and seventy-five ladies, divided into four squads, visited twenty saloons, among them those on West State street, where they were 80 grievously insulted last week. No signers were Obtained for the gealera’ nleadza. The jadies alao ‘The Catholic teetotalers, with this endorse- | He was followed by the | Rey. Mr, N. Hubbell, of Hunter’s Point, and he in | | | from the boxes, | mans, Americans and others, except the Italians, | | Andrews finally remarked that the learned counsel visited the business colleges. At one college the principal signed the pledge and invited his pupils to do 80, and many signatures vo the citizens’ pledge were obtained here, At another college he principal refused to sign himself, but most of his scholars signed the pledge. At the ladies’ meeting Mrs. Desellern, President of the crusade, and one of the most active workers of the ladies league, said she Was not in the least dis- couraged at the progress thus far made, for, while no dealers had yet surrendered, she was sabe pees on her labors by the knowledge that the ladies are having @ good influence on the com- munity generally, and are spreading the Gospel among people whom churches have failed to reach, and if the Lord was willing the saloons should not close for two months or more she was willing to say amen! and keep at work on the streets until all the work is accomplished, The Sanday Liquor Law in Philadel- phia. PHILADELPHIA, March 9, 1874. The total number of men arrested one week from yesterday, when the rum shops were all running undisturbed, was fifty-three, while the number of those arrested yesterday, when, by proclamation of the Mayor, the trade was forbidden, was thirty- three, the difference being but very slight, There were fifteen warrants issued this morning for arties who had violated the Sunday law, one ing arraigned for dispensing strong drink toa little girl. The ‘Sunday business,” as it is called, despite the above statements was pretty generally observed, but @ plea is made to close the barber, cigar, confectionery and all other shops which doa lively trade upon the Sabbath. If the threats made by certain societies are car- ried out the Sunday laws in existence now in rela- tion to trade and money making in ail departments of industry or accommodation, will be read before the judge who decided upon the Liquor law, and the latter will be urged to rigidly entorce them, STREET CLEANING INVESTIGATION Another Laborious Session of the As- sembly Committee—What the Pay- master Does with Certain Odd Cents— A formidable Array of Police Cap- tains Who Have but One Opinion— The Laborers of the Bureau Mostly “Played Out” Pensioners. The street cleaning investigation was resumed yesterday morning at the Fifth Avenue Hotel, Mr. McAfee in the chair. Mr. Rufus F. Andrews for the defence, and General Francis A. Barlow for the prosecution, Charles N. Haswell, a city surveyor, testified that’ @ certain quantity of ashes had been dumped upon the property of J. W. Duryee, brother of General Duryee, and that he had been accused of rendering @ certificate that a less amount had been furnished, General Barlow said he wanted to show that $18,000 worth of filling had been furnished to Duryee, of which only $6,250 had been collected. Dr. Demiler, Health OfMicer at Hunter’s Point, testified that avout 150 men were engaged there in filling m Commissioner Charlick’s property; the stuff consisted of garbage and ashes, with a stratum of cellar dirt on top; it was on witness’ complaint that the cellar dirt was so used, as it was a good disinfectant; witness did not re- member that Captain Thorne had offered to make him an inspector, but thought he would have done so if requested, as he (witness) devoted a great deal of his time to the disinfection, Bernard McQuaie, a Stanton street junk dealer, tried to shirk the questions of Mr. Barlow CONCERNING ‘A ONE-ARMED MAN’? connected with the Bureau, from whom he had bought junk, After about ninety-nine different questions be was finally driven into a corner and admitted that he remembered such a one-armed man, and that this mysterious person had come four times to sell him junk, After numerous wrangles he also confessed that he had bought stuil irom the dumping boards of the city. Joun B. Green, a clerk in the Pay Department of the Bureau, said that there were 260 miles ol paved streets swept in 1573. Tue total number of miles swept was something over 11,000, The localities swept were marked by coloriug them on a map. Odd cents in workmen’s pay were generally not paid, and when a man was to receive 97 cents he only paid Rim 95 cents. He was asked by General Barlow whether the odd cents over the decimal numbers were not invariably deducted, and whether he generally did not pay men $190 in- stead of $1 93, and $1 95 instead of $1 98, never pay- ing over the five, or the decimal number, The wit- ness reluctantly admitted this to be true. The odd cents were used in making up mistakes in amounts which he put up. He had no reason to believe that @ man named Pollock was paid, who did no work, General Barlow offered In evidence the proceed- ings of the Board appointed under the act of 1872 to ix the amount required for street cleaning lor tue remainder of 1872, after the Bureau went into ope- ration. General Barlow stated that the actual expense for 1873 Was $1,045,846, Mr. Andrews offered as evidence the report of | the Board of Health to the Mayor for the quarter ending December 31, 1873, stating that the work of the Bureau during the previous summer HAD BEEN PERFORMED SATISFACTORILY. Captain Lowery, of the Twenty-seventh pre- cinct, swore that he had found the streets in a | clean condition in 1873, The patrolmen reported to him the number of men they saw at work. The condition of Washington street Was good with the exception of certain garbage which overflowed A great many people waited till the carts had passed by and then put out their gar- | bage. Arrests had frequently been made, but it | Was impossible to ascertain, in alarge tenement, | which one of the 150 families had put out a certain | bucket of ashes. Since the cold weather set in some of the streets in his precinct were ina filthy | . condition, He cailed the streets in his precinct | now reasonably clean. They were twice as clean as in the previous winter. Captain Williamson, of the Third precinct, stated that he had been a Captain since 1857; he tad ex- amined the streets and thought they were cleaner than they had ever been before; they could not have been kept cleaner than they were last sum- mer; he telegraphed the number of men and carts at work in his precinct to the Chief of Police; this was intended as a check upon the Bureau; the streets in his precinct were twice a8 clean as they | were under Brown. Captain Charles Ullmann, of the Fourth pre- | cinct, pronouneed the condition of the streets ex- | cellent; he saw no Workmen who were incompe- | tent. Gan Kennedy, of the Sixth precinct, also tes- ie TO THE MARVELLOUS CLEANLINESS | to ward off blows, | private or family considerations. of the streets in Lis precinct. In answer to the questions 0! General Barlow he declared that hu- man skill could not render the streets cleaner than they were on last Saturday, Captain Byrne, of the Eighteenth precinct, had always found the streets in the wonderlully clean condition which had been dilated upon by the | other captains, Mr, Andrews wanted to call all the other cap- | tains of the police iorce who were waiting to be examined, but the committee thought this would be only multiplying testimohy. Mr. Andrews requested the chairman to direct a minute to be made of his offer to call ail the other police captains, Mr, Breben desired to know if Mr. Andrews wanted to reflect upon the whole police depart- | ment, and make it entirely responsible for the dirty condition of the streets. Mr. Andrews sald the committee knew nothing | at all about the condition of the streets, except what they had read in the newspapers, whicn cer- talnly was not a lair criterion. George Jacobi, formerly a foreman, thought there was as little accumulation of dirt during | this winter as he had ever seen befoie. It would take 600 or 700 men a day to sweep the streets; but it would take take twice that number to sweep ail the streets of the city every day. The Ger- | thought it a disgrace to work on the streets; but the Italians, who took to this work, WERE BY FAR THE BEST LABORERS, General Barlow subjected the witness vo a very lengthy and severe cross-examination, and Mr, ought not to intimidate the witness, General Barlow—You don’t teel intimidated, do our i Mr. Jacobi—Not in the least, General Barlow—You never felt more pleasantly | in your life? 5 Mr. Jacobi (emphattcally)—Never. (Laughter.) In the course of a tedious re-examination, last- ing some three or four hours (most of which was @ mere repetition of what has already been pub- lished), the witness stated that, as a general rule, the laborers, when they were not Italians, were enerally an uferior class of workmen; since the investigation began he had called at police head- quarters on a friend of his who wis in the Pay De- artment of the bureau, but assured General Bariow that he had not been offered a place in the bureau alter the close of this investigation; after the middle of October and during November very little cleaning Was done and during that period | the streets could have been cleaner, the opinion | of some of tne police captatns to the contrary not- withstanding. Most of the workmen, other than Itahans were not fitted for any better labor and “played out.” He thought if cellar diggers got $2 a day, the ‘“played-out” men in the bureau were certainly overpaid. The last named class of men were only employed because they were forced on the bureau by politicians. For the greater part, THEY WERE ONLY PENSIONERS, who ought to get the same pay, however, as good men, if they were regularly employed. Some of the ioremen were laboring under the same disease ; even worse, in fact, (Laughter.) The entire or- ganization, however, was not “played out,’? (Laughter. Isaac D. doiema @ public contractor, testified that he had had a great deal of experience in re- oy to the employment Of cartmen and the load- Ing and unloading of dirt. He ete’ the cost of ace per cubic yard would about eight cents, The Committee, at five o'clock, adjourned till Saturday moruing at ten o'clock. | \ “MURDER WILL OUT.” Unveiling of the South Oyster Bay Mystery. The Murderer of Samuel J. Jones Discovered— Arrest Yesterday of His Half Brother— The Murderer Traco? »y an Anonymous Letter—A Story of a Detective’s Skill. Samuel J. Jones was murdered, under circum. stances of peculiar atrocity, on the 27th of June, 1873, Late in the forenoon of Saturday, the 28th of June, the body of Mr. Jones wag discovered in the well on his premises, a few feet from the back door of his house, by Peter Maloney, under the follow- ing circumstances:—Peter had been engaged by Mr. Jones on the previous day to do some work on the place, and went to work early in the morn- ing without seeing hisemployer. As the day wore on he thought strange that “the master,” as be called him, did not make his appearance, but concluded that he might have been called away on business, Between nine and ten o'clock, be- coming thirsty, and being nearer to Mr. Jones’ well than to his own, he went there to obtain a drink of water. Upon approaching the well ne noticed, as a peculiar and unusual circumstance, that both the bucket and a wooden weight which balanced tt were drawn up and standing outside the curb; and, when looking down the well, he discovered, when his eyes became a little accus- tomed to the gloom below, what he supposed to be the back of “the master’s’? head and his coat floating at the top of the water. Struck with horror, and with mind confused by the sudden- ness of lis unexpected and terrible discovery, he immediately started across the fields and woods to the house of Thomas W. Jones, a haif brother of the murdered man, to whom he communicated his fears “that the master was in the well.’? afterward followed by his wife and daughter, who had overheard P eter’s announcement, ARRIVAL AT THE WELL, Thomas appears to have made no effort to get his brother out of the well, or even to ascertain whether it were really he, but weut to the depot and to Killan’s Hotel, near the station, and gave an alarm. The news, of course, spread rapidly, and soon a considerable crowd was gathered at the well, including another half brother of the deceased, named Jackson J. S. Jones. It was a question among the parties whetuer it would be right to remove the body from the well before the arrival of a coroner, but Jackson Jones, who as- sumed authority in the matter, decided that it should be done, It was then some time betore any one could be found adventurous enoughtto de- scend into the well and fasten a rope around the body, but at Jasta colored man named Jackson consented to do se, When the body was raised the knees and hip joints were found bent, as though tn a sitting posture, and the hands were partially raised toward the head, as though There was also a bruise upon one of the hands, and there were found, upon ex- amination, to be six or seven distinct cuts upon the head—one as though inficted by the stroke of aclub and the others as though caused by some sharp-edged instrument or missile, The cause of the latter wounds was evident enough upon an examination of the weil, in which were found six sharp-edged stones, welghing from six to twelve pounds each, besides a heavy wooden coopping biock, all of which had, no doubt, been thrown down upon the deienceless head of the poor old man while he was struggling jor life in the water below. The doctor who made the post- mortem examination decided that two ot the wounds had broken the skull and that either one of these Was suflicient to have caused death. An examination of the house showed that it had been pretty thoroughly ransacked ; drawers were broken open, papers were scattered about, as though the search had been particularly among them, and @ valuable gold watch was missing. But something was leit behind which @ rofessional thief never would have missed, @ small closet, the lock of which could easily have been forced, wasa tin box, containing up- wards of $10,000 worth of United States bonds and other valuable securities. It was, therefore, a natural conclusion that robbery was not the lead- ing incentive to the murder; but that rather it was committed from motives of revenge or from Meantime, how- ever, upon the second or third day of the inquest, @ new character had appeared upon the scene in the person of a detective named Payne, A PLAIN, FARMER-LOOKING MAN, residing at Baldwinsville, on the line of the South Side Railroad, and about the last man in the world that one would take for a detective, He watched the course of events closely, and soon formed his theory, which ne hos since constantly persisted in. 1t was adverse to the Jones family; and this being suspected by them he received no en- couragement from them in his investigations, On the last day but two of the inquest Jackson Jones exhibited an anonymous letter which he had re- ceived a few days previously, purporting to give iniormation against certain “darkeys” named Jarvis, and one or two others. ‘his letter is as follows :- Mr. Jones Deak Sin—A Word from a friend if Will arrest a darkey the name is John Jarvis at Freeport you Will et Some information about the murder of your Brother rrest him and Questing him clostly he knows Somthing aboutit iherd him tell how the company entered the house By Bilding a fire By the house and hiding Behind the corner When Mr Jones com out they whent in the and he come Back Before they got throw and en the first Blow Strock But did not him seit’ you may depend that levy had a hand in to it anv more informaiton J ean gett Will let you kuow yours truly FRIEND, It happens that THE ANONYMOUS LETTER was written on one halt of a letter sheet, and at the edge where the separation was made are a number of marks made with a red pencil, as though something had been crossed off on the op- posite page, and some of the marks had extended beyond that page to the other, After the lapse of what he considered a suficient time Payne wrote a letter of inquiry to Thomas Jones regarding the movements of Peter Maloney on the morning Of the discovery of the murder, framed in sucha manner that the answer might reveal points of similari.ly between Thomas Jones’ writing and that of the anonymous letter, Alter waiting ten days for an answer (which he did not expect) Payne wrote again as though supposing that his first letter had miscarried, repeating his inquiries and adding others, This also remained unanswered. Payne then changed his tactics. He got a neighvor to write a postal-card note to Thomas Jones, asking if he had certain Kinas of timber, the prices, &c. This ruse was successiul, Prompuly by return mail was received the follows lowing note, also written on a postal card:— Laxewoop Mitts, Jan. 12, 1874, Mr, Minter Batpwins:— You wish to know at [ have two and two and a half oak lank. I have all thickness trom three-quarters to tour nohes; also tonge and shave plank, white and Black whainut, chemut plank for shelving, raves boards for bows and all kinds of wagon timbel, pickets rayling, shingling, lath, boat timber, &c. Lam generelly home Ull twelve o'clock every day. Respecttully yours, T. W. JONES, Seaford, Hempstead, L. My lowest cash price per foot is five and a halt cents, This note was oi course written in Thomas Jones’ usual handwriting, but the points of simi- larity between this and the handwriting of the anonymous letter were so striking as to imme- diately attract attention, For instance, in the word “went” in the first and ‘walnut” in the cond, the aspirate “h’ is introduced between the “w'? and the following vowel, making “whent” in one case and “whalnut” in the other. Then latter terminations, and in some cases entire words, are jormed similarly, and the pecultarities ofsome of the capital letters are alike, although changes were ieee in those of the anonymous letter, as revealed under & strong glass, At length, Justice Snedeker being relieved by the adjournment o! the Court of sessions on Fri- day, the necessary papers being prepared on Sat- urday, and ail the other preliminaries Seranaed, the warrants of arrest and search were placed in the hands of OMcers Abraham H. Remsen and Abraham Hamer, of Jamaica, who, accompanied by | & reporter, started on their important mission by the early freight train on the South Side Railroad, which leaves Jamaica about six o’clock in the morning. At Baldwin's they were joined by Payne and a neon officer, named John Vincent, Arrived at South Oyster Bay the party, to avold observa- tion a8 much as possibie, struck across the fields and entered the road leading to Thomas Jones’, at some distance from the depot, pursuing the same course as that taken by Payne and the re, porter some days previously. It was arranged that Omcer Hamer snould go in advance and en- gage Jones in conversation about the proposed purchase of some fence pickets, and while 80 en- Gaged the others were to advance and the arrest Was to be made, Hamer, however, did not find Jones at either the mill or the house; but he was shortly discovered by the others engaged in repairing his dam, a short distance from the roadside. The discovery was mutual. As the party approached the fence Jones approached it also from the other side. Officer Remsen, having the warrant in his possession, clambered over the tence, aud a known the natare of bis busl- hess, proceeded to read the warrant of arrest, while Jones did not appear the least surprised, but rather behaved as though it was something he had been expecting, When officer Remsen had con- cluded the reading Jones made the exclamation in quite a moderate tone of voice, “It is @ malicious thing; that is the sum total about iti” He fre- quently aiterward repeated the expression, “MALICIOUS! MALICIOUS |"? and ged bod! in @ conversation with the re- hig? and officer Remsen, said that he had an dea that somebody lying in wait had seen him leave his brother’s house on the Friday evening Thomas | W. Jones started back with Peter, and was soon | | | if | o'clock to-day, -nounced her to be in a very critic: before the murder, and then had killed his brother, believing that the murder would be charged upon nim, Alter the arrest the officers took their pris- oner to the mill, where, after exhibiting the search warrant, they proceeded to search his person. ‘This be strongly protested against, though plead- ing ignorance O! the forms of the law, They found nothing Of @ suspicious character, The search Was then extended, first to the mill, then to the house, and finally to an unoccupied farmhouse belonging to Jones, situated some quarter of a mile distant, but nothing was disclosed excepting a@ package of bank bills amounting to $40, for the possession of which Jones did not account, and of which the finding appeared — to cause him considerable perturbation, It was in the back part of a drawer in his sleeping room, Meantime, while the search was progressing word of the arrest had been sent by a neighbor to Mr. Melancton Smith, Jones’ brother-in-law; Mrs, Smith, Jones’ sister-in-law, anda Jackson Jones, who arrived in the- order named, Mr. Smith was at first disposed to object to the proceedings of the ofMcers, but finally ac- knowledged their authority. Mrs, Smitn de- nounced the whole affair as an outrage and seemed to leel the position of her brother very keenly. Jackson Jones was talkative in @ quiet way, and took occaston to again vindicate his theory about Peter Malloney, A family consultation resulted in the determination to hurry on the examination as Speedily as possible, and that competent coynsel should be engaged on Thomas’ benalf. ‘Lhe searcl having been concluded, the officers, with their risoner, accompanied by Mr. Smith and Jackson jones, proceeded to the South Oyster Lay depot, where they took the mail train at twenty-five min- utes to four P, M. for Jamaica, arriving about half past four, The officers immediately took their prisoner to the Town Hall, where, his friends having pro- cured the services oi Alexander Wagner as coun- sel, he was arraigned before Justice Snedeker, To the usual formula of questions Jones answered that he was flity-two years old, resided im South Oyster Bay, and was not guilty of the charge pre- ferred against him. Mr, Wagner moved for an im- mediate examination, and tt was set down for ten The prisoner was then com- mitted to A ORLL for the night. The apparent unconcern of manner with which he first met the oficers in the morning had gradually left him, Several times uring the day he had given way to tears, and when he was ‘locked up he was quite overcome, Thomas W. Jones, who ts thus charged with the terrible crime of murdering his half-brother in cold blood and under circumstances of such peculiar atrocity, is a man about five feet nine inches in heigit, rather slim built, with sallow complexion, light hair and eyes, and full beard, without mus- tache, tinged with gray. He wears a white patch upon his lett cheek, which hides a running sore, caused, as he savs, by some affection o! the upper teeth. He is represented by neighbors to be a close and stingy man and hard with his family. CHEAP DOWNIOWN DWELLINGS. Utilizing Unprofitable Store Property in the Lower Wards—Plans For Con- verting It Into Commodions Resi- dences tor Clerks and OtherseA Society to be Organized. The provisional committee of influential citizens who jor several weeks past have been considering the plan of utilizing the unprofitable store prop- erty in the lower wards of the city, by converting it into cheap and commodious residences for clerks, mechanics and the laboring classes, caused a pub- lic meeting for the purpose of considering the subject to be held last evening in the hall of the Geographical Society, Cooper Institute. The at- tendance was not large, but much interest was manifested in the proceedings. The Rey. br. Samson was called to the chair, and Mr. Samuel Leavitt acted as Secretary. The latter gentleman, together with Mr. Carl Pfeiffer, had been appointed a sub-committee to examine property in tne lower wards for the purpose of as- certaining, so far as practicable, the extent of its depreciation for business purposes, and for what price the stores could be obtained to convert into dwelling houses, Mr. Leavitt said thas it was the prevailing sentiment that the lower wards of the city must again become lodging places, and he in- stanced building after building now cant that could be re at low figures. If the organization suc: carried out their proposed plan, and remodelled that part of the city, it’ would “be required that the emigrant depot at Castie Garden be removed and the Battery alone used as the breati spot for the downtown population, in speaking with | Teal estate agents it hud been ascertained that in | all the streets velow Barclay entire buildings can | now be rented for $1,800 and $2,000 that tlree or more blocks above bring $5,000 and $6,000, Dr. Howard Crosby said the whole project was in- tended for the beneft o! our fellow citizens, and was rather an appeal to the brotherly iove and charity oi New Yorkers. You can make a man more charitable when you make him {eel at the same ume that he will make money, and when we can do this with the owners of unoccupied towntown property we shall lave ali of tuem con- verted into fine dwelling-places. We want to go beiore the owners and say tuat this 1s not an ex- periment, but that we will guarantee them so wuch per centage on their investment. It has been | thought tuat this will be a graud movement for the moral welfare of the community. Three or four stores as dwellings may be connected together, | and in the centre a fine, large sitting room, lor the heads of the family—a place made so comfortable and pleasant that it will excel the atiractions of | the saloon, and men may thus overcome the hor- | rors of home. The committee think they have got hold of an important secret and the community ought to know it. Mr. Charles Pieifler presented figures to show that the project will pay. On stores in Stone, Bridge and similar streets, he argued that, on an outlay of $8,000 there would be realized on the property designed for the dwellings of merchants’ | clerks and others of their class eleven per cent, and on other places filteen percent. Mr. Pfeiter presented plans of remodelling adapted 10 aulfer- ent stores, Several other gentlemen commended the move- ment, when Dr. Crosby advised that as the feasi- bility and importance of the project had been demonstrated, he thought it proper that a plan of | organization should at once be determined upoa, whereupon Mr, James T. Hodgkins offered the foi- lowing resolutions, which were unanimously adopted :— Resolved, That tnis meeting warmly approves and endorses the plan of organizing a society for the purpose of seeking to render userul for dwelling houses the lang number of unoccupied stores and si lower part of the city. Resolved, That a committee of seven be appointed to | nt a plan ofsuch a1 organizauion and report at an ly day. The committee, appointed by the nomination of those present, consists of Wilitam B, Cuurca, Sam- uel Leavitt, James T, Hodgkins, Abram C. Hewett, Howard Potter and Dr. Stephen Smith, Adjourned to meet at the call of the committee, AN ABORTION FATALITY, ——+___ A Married Woman the Victim—Arrest of the Abortiontst. Ata late hour yesterday afternoon a man entered the Coroners’ office and stated to the clerk that a woman named Mrs, Rose Phillips had died suddenly the night previous at No, 174 Thompson street, and he requested a burial permit. The clerk thought it somewhat strange that the man should report the case to him instead of to the police of the pre- cinct in which he lived, and, therefore, informed Coroner Woltman, who, with Dr. Shine, visited the house where the body lay, and were at once convinced that the woman had been the victim of an attempted abortion. A post- mortem examination was made, and this dis- closed, beyond a doubt, that the deceased had come to her death by foul piay. Not only had an abortion been effected, buat the uniortunate woman had evidently been most wantonly and outrageously Mualtreated, Coroner Woltman at once summoned a jury and an investigation was commenced tu the case. ‘The husband of the woman, Michael Phillips, testified that he knew his wife was pregnant and had heard her say she would not have achild; on Sunday afternoon she was taken sick and re uested him to go for a woman named | Williams, who lived at No, 177 Thompson street, just across the way; When this woman came she gave bis wife something to drink, ,and irom con- versation that he heard between her and his wiie he was satisfied that she was endeavoring to pro- duce an abortion. He went for Dr, Therain, who came and examined the suifering woman, and pro- condition. He eased with her until she died, at tweive o'clock. He was of opinion that her death was caused by metro-peritonitis, the result of an abortion. A warrant was at once made out for the woman Williams, and she was arrested and locked up. THE REFORMED EPISOOPAL ORUROH. The first meeting of the Reformed Episcopal church was held vesterday at Steinway Hall for the purpose of organizing the church finally under the State laws. The meetifig was presided over by Mr. John Ewing, and was opened with prayer by Right Rey. Bishop Cummins, who was present. A code of bylaws for the church was then submitted and adopted alter being read separately and discussed, ‘The bylaws provide for the annual election of nine trustees, who also iorm the vestry of the churen and by whom the rector ts elected, and for the ap- pointinent of @ ladies’ and gentlemen's committee Within the church, whose province it shall be wv draw strangers into the church if possible, each committee consisting of titteen members. These committees were appointed and the election of trustees proceeaed with, the tare Ti tare being elected:—John A. Dake, John D, Smediey, Corde R, Alton, G. A. Sabine, M. D.; A, A. Davis, i e imilar buildings in the Were | means of which many souls were saved, M. D.; DA. Woodworth, RK. L. Anderton, W. KE. Lawton, H. W. Knight. On motion the following | resolution Was passed unanimously :— Resolved, That the name and corporate title of this Pa be the First Ketormed Episcopal church of New AN OCEAN DISASTER The Steamship Pennsylvanvia in a Terrific Gale. Captain Bradburn, Two Officers and Two Seamen Drowned. WAVES SWEEPING THE DECKS. A Gallant Survivor of the Atlantic Brings Her Into Port. PHILADELPHIA, March 9, 187% The steamship Pennsylvania, of the American Steamship Company, of this city, has sustained @ frightiul disaster, involving the 1oss of her captain, first and second ofticers, and two ordinary seamen. So peculiar are the ways and means of some steamship companies that before any communica- tion of ocean disasters can be rendered to the community there must needs be a meeting of tne directors of the line, and a 80-called oficial report must be rendered by them alone. In order to show the gross discrepancies which appear in the oficial statements of the company and their passengers, your correspondent appends the language of both. Thus reads the log afforded me through the kind- hess of the agents :— THE LOG. STEAMSHIP PENNSYLVANIA, Brady, from Liver- ool February 21, with merchandise to Peter right & Sons. Cabin passenger, Mr. Charles Walton, of London, and twelve in the steerage, The Pennsylvania encountered @& succession of heavy westerly gales, with high cross seas; Febe ruary 27, lat. 4637 N., lon. 3146 W., encountered @ violent burricane irom southwest to northwest, Pars meher standing 27.90, with high confused sea running, petinary 27, midnight, shipped a tremendous sea, sweeping forward deck of everything mov- } able, washing away lorward house apd @ portion of the jorward wheel, and carrying overboard Captain Bradburn, Mr. Sweetland, first officer; Mr. Ross, second oficer, and two seamen, all of whom lost. Captain CG. L. Brady, an expe rienced officer in the North Atlantic trade, “who has been in the employ of the Liverpool agency of the line for eleven years, was on board, and, by request of the remaining officers, took command of the shp. From the Banks took a southerly course, and experienced strong south- west winds, With thick and unsettled weather. Used the after steering apparatus, February 28 (no latitude, &c.), spoke ship Charles A. Farwell, bound east; March 6, latitude 40 deg. 25 min. north, longitude 62 deg. 1 min, West, eX+ changed signals with ship Cornelius Grinnell, bound east. The Pennsylvania anchored of. Branaywine Light at ten P. M, 8th inst. The hall, engines and spars of the ship are ali sound, Such is the statement of the company. A CABIN PASSENGER'S STATEMENT. Supplementary to this your correspondent would annex the words of Mr. C, H. Walton, of New York city, who was the only cabin passenger registered on board :— On the 2ist of February, 1874, the steamship Pennsylvania left Liverpool, and on the 27th of the same month encountered heavy gales; shipped a heavy sea aft, which stove in the forward part of the after house and filled the cabin with water to the depth of two or three feet. At twelve o'clock that same night, as the officers were relieving watch, we shipped a tremendous sea on our star- board side, whica carried away our Captain, our first and second mates, two men who were on the bridge at the time, and a part of the wheelhouse, along with four hatches, At this time the gang: way was full of water, and we had no knowledge of the loss of our officers, Captain C, L. Brady, who, as you rememver, wag the ‘third ofmcer on board the Atlantida at the time of her disaster, was here at this time. He was en route to America in order to assume an important position in the office of the company. You remember how galiantiy Captain ©. L, Brady behaved when the Atlantic was wrecked off Nova Scotia on April1, 1873, He was third officer on the ship and saved the lives of dozens by scram- bling into the mizzen rigging, making an outlook, and flually took @ rope’s end, swam to a rock, fastened it there and thus formed a cable by This brave man was at the time assisting the carpenter in lashing down the after companionway. He sent aman on board to ask the Captain if the hatches below could not be transferred above. The man re- turned, saying he could not find Captain Brad- burn. BRADY DISCOVERS THE LOSS OF THE OFFICERS, Mr. Brady then went on deck alone andin @ moment realized alli—saw that the house had been carried away. He found no one on deck but the men at the wheel, who knew nothing of the loss of the officers. Then he went below, con- suited with the chief engineer and purser; saw also the third mate, Charles Rivers, who was walk- ing up and down, not Knowing what to do. The third mate said he could find no men to go on deck. The purser said, “Go on deck yourself and thus set your men an example.” Instead of duing this he simply resumed his walk up and down, Brady was then in @ moment asked to take command and went above. He ordered the hatches to be brought up from the middle decks and put on the main deck. No seamen were present to exceute the order, all having stowed themselves away. Mr. Peterson, chief steward, and Mr. Bre- men, second steward, stepped forward to execute the order, and by their bravery, assisted by four men, the carpenter and quartermaster, succeeded in covering up the hatchways, and saved the ship from total wreck. BRADY STOOD aT THE WHEEL and ordered the rate of speed to be diminished, He kept his post until daylight, the third mate never once putting in an appearance. In the morning Mr. Brady had a second consultation and found the ship sniiiciently provisioned, coaled and olled to go on her voyage. We experienced pretty nice weather during the rest of the voyage, and when the third mate, Rivers, wanted to take charge we all laughed at him, and the brave, heroic Brady brought us safely to port. Your correspondent has had an interview with Mr. Brady, aod when he asked him whether the third mate, Rivers, showed the white feather, he simply shook his head and smiled. Captain Bradburn leaves # wife in Liverpool and a widowed daughter in Baltimore. He has been & seafaring man for twenty-five years, The first and second oMcers were named re- spectively Henry Sweetland and Mr. Ross. The names of the two seamen are at present unknown, FAULT OF CONSTRUCTION. Mr. Walton says the fault of the ship was in the fact that the decks are supplied with wooden houses instead of tron. Had all the officers beer in their houses asleep, the quarters were so slight that the force of the sea would have carried theny entirely away. The steamer forward is very badly disabled; four of her iron beams are broken squarely in twain and were entirely dislodged from their places, while the knees are greatly separated from their fastenings. This was to have been the last voyage of Captain Bradburn to this port, it having been arranged td have him act as Port Warden at Liverpool,