The New York Herald Newspaper, April 23, 1874, Page 7

THE WASTE OF WATERS. Full and Graphic Details of the Great Southern Freshets. Nearly Half of Louisiana and Several Val- | leys in Mississippi Submerged. GONDITION OF THE CREVASSES, - Wep, Women, Children and Animals Dying of Starvation and Surrounded by Water. Along the Line of the Mississippl. The New Orleans Times of the 18th and 19th has farther detatis:— LEVEES IN JEFYERSON—REAR OP GRETNA UNDEB WATER, Corporal Hearsey, under instructions, made an Inspection of the levees irom the lower line of Freetown to Westwego—mouth of the company canal—Thursday, and reports them in weak condi- tion and in many places Havle to give way. Along ‘She entire line the water was then passing over the crest of the levee. The rear portion of the town of Gretna, opposite ‘We city, is entirely submerged, and the water is RoW near the track of Morgan’s Louisiana and Texas Railroad. THE UPPER OOAST—MORE ORBVASSES, From a private telegram irom Baton Rouge to Mr. W. 8. Pike, dated 17th inst., 1s learmed the fol- Jowing:—‘“Another crevasse has occurred at MoCullom’s. The old one at the same place has Rot yet been closed, The river at that potot has Jailen fourteen inches, There prevails a rumor ‘that Grand Levee bas gone.” News reached the city on Friday morning of a Very serious crevasse at HICKEY'S NEW HOPE PLACE, in West Baton Rouge, It occurred on Thursday Bight, and is 400 ieet wide and from eleven to Sweive feet deep. It is avout ten miles velow the city of Baton Rouge. CREVASSE IN IBERVILLE PARISH. News is also received of @ break in the levee at Mrs. E. Lauve’s plantation, ninety-three miles ‘pare the city of New Orleans and in the west kK of the river. The Lauve place lies between the plantations of H, Ware on the upper side and of Messrs. McCan and Rusha on the lower side, Unger ordinary circumstances this break, being emai}, would not be regarded as & serious one, but ‘ow it may prove otherwise. OUR RIVER FRONT. The Levee Inspector at Carrollton, at ve A. M. ¥riday, reported a tall in the river of eight and a half inches up to that hour and during the pre- Vious night, and that all was saie there. All the ievees above, as high up as Camp Parapet, re reported as having withstood tue effects of the severe storm of Thursday. ALONG THE CITY FRONT. Since Thursday morning the river has fallen eight-tenths of a loot, in consequence of which the Wharves are dry irom the head of Canal street down, with the (ol orn? of the lower part of the Picayune tier, which is still under water. The levees of the Third district are in a great measure Felieved of the presoure of water by the fall of the river, but the approaches to the wharves are in a Most wretched condition, owing to the continued ‘Wet weather, and “cruelty to animals” is an hourly Qcctrrence among the diaymen. ‘fhe strengto- ening of the levees has been the means of relieving them of some of the immense quantity of ballast Which bas encumbered the approaches to the ‘wharves, anu there is yet more to spare. AT BATON ROUGE. ‘The Advocate of the 15th says:— Hands are still at work on the Catfishtown levee, and we lee! assured now that this levee will hold out against the great volume of water ressing against that portion Of our city. Mr. ‘an Pett has a large number oi hands at work on the McCullen crevasse, and, we are informed, 18 Progressing finely, with @ fine prospect of stop- ing the breax. ‘There has been little or no rise m yesterday morning to this morning. We beard a romor this morning to the effect that a Grevasse had occurred at Ohinn’s plantation, near Lobdeli’s store, in West Baton Rouge, GENEROUS CONDUCT OF A UNITED STATES OFFICER. ‘We hear with pleasure of the generous conduct Of Major Stansbury, of the United States Army, at Baton Rouge, in palling. out his men to aid the People in building up the levees and protecting m from overtiow, On the other hand, we regret to hear that some of his orother officers protested against tnis employment of soldiers, and it is said bast made, or were about to make, some effort to cause the censure of the ajor. ‘he jacts coming ( to the earof Governor Kellogg he very promptly communicated by telegraph with General Sherman op the subject, and asking to confirm the ction of bis subordinate. A GRAND STORM AT NATCHEZ ISLAND, The Times sav The steamer Natchez arrived on Thursday night, Qpout ball-past ten o'clock, after @ perilous ie sage (rom above. On Wednesday evening last, when oy opposite Natchez Island, she was Strack by a heavy tornado, and ina moment her two tall chimneys were torn from their sockets— the guys breaking like so mach cord—and falling on the upper deck crushed tnrough to the lower @eck, wnence they fell into the river. The officers of the boat describe the scene as one of terribie ha ona the sky was as black as tht, except when lit up by the lurid flashes of hghtning; the river looked like an immense boil- (mg, foaming cauldron, and the wind of such TERRIFIC FORCE that to face it was impossible. ‘The position of the ts Was dangerous in the extreme in their trail Pilot house, its sapnors gone and it threatening every moment to follow the chimneys. Yet they obly stuck to their posts, and as the steering gear ‘Was lortupately uninjured they were enabled to keep the boat before the wind and run under the shelter of we island. The storm subsiding as fast as it came up the boat was enabled to continue her ‘way down the river. A HEAVY BLOW. The officers report the storm as one of the most violent that they ever witnessed. The chimneys of the Natchez were the heaviest on the river and "were well fastened ; but, notwithstanding that, the storm lifted them, and, in falling overboard, they struck the larboard hnrricane deck and broke a Jarge portion of that, pesides several feet of ruil on the boiler deck. There wag nobody injured. The Sampson post, aft ol the gangway in the gentle- men’s cabin, was forced out of place and the casi warped by this accident. The Natchez wit delayed jor repairs avout two or three weeks. In the meantime the steamer Governor Allen will take the place of the Natchez. The Republican of Saturday has the following from points below the city and from Iberville and Point Coupée :— We are informed by Charles E. Halstead, just ar- rived from Plaquemive, that the leveo vroke at Hickey’s Point, three miles above, avout three O'clock on Titursday morning. At ten in the fore- moon the crevasse was 300 ject wide and 12 deep, and the water was ract. The roar could be heard Jor a distance of ten miles. Naturally there is great suffering and distress in Iberville parish. The plantations in tue immediate vicinity o1 the crevasse are submerged and the in- havitants forced to seek dry land at a distance. The town of Plaquemine itselt is threatened. All Thursday the people of all classes turned out in the rain to work on the levees. Mr. Halstead been commissioned by the people of Ibervilie to come down to the city or the purpose of ob- taining assistance. It is greatiy needed, not only ’m that afflicted parish, but aiso in other portions of the State. A greater calamity is now upon us than any irom the sume cause within our recollec- tion. The food extends lar and wide, and tie waters of the Mississippi are ove! topping destroying the frat) levees in scores of places. ‘We never before felt the want of assistance from ether States to a greater extent. Without prompt action hundreds of people must starve outright. ‘We hope, theretore, tue appeals from Catahoula, Caldwell and other places in the Ouachita Valley and from Iberville will meet with @ fitting re- ir nse. oP robabl the worst piece of news that has been Feceived during the season of crevasses was that announcing the giving way of Grand Levee, in the ab of Pointe Coupée. The disaster occurred inureday night, and the water is now rushing through the break with terrific velocity. As are- sult the water fell tweive inches at Bayou Sara yesterda; pol int on the opposite side of the Fiver und a jew miles below. By this crevasse hundreds of plantations and small farms will be overflowed that have hitherto escaped, aud it is calculated that the whole coun- try between the Mississippi and the Atchafalaya poy Ady be under water within the next three to From the White Yazoo and Upper Mis- A sissippi. ‘The Vicksburg Heraid o1 Thursday says:—~ Yesterday was emphatically and unequivocally @ rainy day. In the forenoon it was showery and dail, with brief intervais of clear akies and sun- shine. the afternoon, however, dark, heav' clouds began to obscure the western horizon, an moving on toward the city soon overspread the entire canopy Of heaven, enveloping the city and surrounding country in impenetravie darkness for the space 0/ an hour or more. The raintall was so -eavy a9 to cause A RISE IN THE RIVER of nearly five inches between twelve o'clock and dark. This heavy rise coming upon the already swollen river brougnt it up to w level with the sidewaix on Commons Street and sent the back ‘water beyond the upper entrance to the elevator in the direction of the Prentiss House, The entire rear portion of the three Louses near the elevator, occupied by Conion, O'She: id © Neal are already gubmerged, and the water is making rapid strides toward the buildings on Levee street, and at toe prevent rate of advance in the river it Will reauire jouring through like @ cata- | meters mage do! only damage don about the river was king of an old which laid above the elevator, and which was com- Pletely riddled and floated — 1D pieces, f the heavy rain, Wit exvendea far up the of the te: as it probably did, will be to still lurther weaken the levees, which were scarcely able to withstand the preasure already brought to bear upon them, and there is no calculating the extent of damage | that may be done by new breaks, and a general overtiow of the valley. The little village of De- Soto, situated on the peninsula opposite the city, has been entirely submerged for several days, but until yesterday none of the HOUSES COMMENCED TO FLOAT AWAY; but during the storm of rain one of the buildings | ‘was seen to move off in the direction of the lower | coast, and although it did not float as smoothly and gracefully as some ot our river craits it never- theless maulfested a very perceptible determina- tion to get away from De Soto, Thus far Yazoo and Sunflower bottoms have not suffered irom the | break in Hushpuckana levee. which occurred 140 miles below oe last Thursday night, as the entire body of water which flows through is carried of tnrough the Hushpuckaua bayou into Sunflower River, and no plantation bas been inundated by 1t, though several are serious!y threatened. Ali efforts to stop the crevasse have ceased, as no lavor force could exert any beneficial influence. Tne Mem- phis Avalanche says it is now believed that this | levee was broken by some explosive compound, | the same ‘having been mined by some designing and interested persons, THE TELEGRAPH LINES suffered likewise irom the storm, and it was m- | Possible to get messages over the wires from more than a few points, and this accounts ior thé scar- city of our telegraphic despatches this morning. As we close our report the rain 1s still falling and | the river still rising. Heaven only knows where | it will stop, Speaking of this storm, the Vicksburg 2mee of Tuesaday says :— GLASS BAYOU was converted into a stream as large as the Yazoo River, which swept everything before ite poweriul | current. Two frame shanties, several cattle and much fencing were washed into the Migsissippi River. The underpropping of the Cherfy street bridge was washed away, and about seven o’cluck, while Mr. Frank Gallagher was Seren ave bridge, going to his store on the other side of the buy ou, 16 began to Five way. He jumped irom his horse just as it fell, and managed tureach the shore. His horse fell in the bayou with the debris, and was washed 200 feet down stream, but managed to | Teach the bank, and was saved. The bridge was | Dearly 100 feet long, and about forty feet of rhe | centre was washed away, leaving both ends standing. About eight o’clock, Mr. Galiagner and | several others hi a woman scfeam as sie fell into the bayou, and that gentleman seized a lantern and ran to the rescue, but no traces of her could be found. As there are quite a number of colored women doing housework in this city, who reside on Fort Hill, it ia supposed that 1t was one of them returning from her work, and as the night ‘was very dark she did not notice the break in the bridge and walked into the stream and was | drowned. The washing away of this bridge cuts | off all communication by wagon between this city and the Yazoo bottem. The Times turther say: HUSHPUCKANA LEVER. We find the following in an exchange in relation to the breaking of Husbpuckana levee :—Tne A, J. White arrived irom Chicot vity at two A.M. Her otlicers report that early on yesterday morning or the night before some wretch in the shape of a | human cut the packets levee at or near Sun- | flower landing, and that when they passed tne | break or crevasse made by the cut it was nearly a half mile in length, and increasing every mo- ment, while the depth was irom three tosix feet, and the water pouring through a¢ a ieariul rate, covering the whole country in its vicinity and be- | low. ‘This levee had, 1 learn, but recentiy been raised three feet, and was considered one of the best along the river, being about fifty feet high and hayins a base oi nearly 150 yards, Passengers upon the Capitol City contirm the report,* and state that many of the planters below are nearly discouraged, aud many oi themare endeavoring to dispuse of their plantations. One Mr. Strouthers, | who came up on the Uapitol City, has a plantation worth $100,000 that he woald willingly selliora | trifle over nalfits value, and give good time even | at that sacrifice. The outiook ior the coming crop | ig certainly not very encouraging to them, espe- cially when we consider that all the streams below here are rising rapidly and a majority of those above are swelling last. The Arkansas, | learn, is | rising its eatire length, and White Kiver cannot | fall to send out another swell that will add greatiy | to the vast volume of water that even now at | New Orleans 1s even with the bign water mark of | 1871, and will be higher yet should the present | rise now coming from above join that irom the | Ouachita, Arkansas and White rivers. Later iniormation trom the Hushpuckana cre- vasse is to the effect that over 900 laborers were at | work trying to stop the rush of the water which roils through, the break, and, Yelling adistance of twenty or thirty feet, iorms a perfect cataract, the roar of which can be heard for miles. ‘The break is in tront of Richardson’s plantation, which 1s en- | ‘ tirely submerged, as are also those down as far ag | Australia and Carson’s, and general inundation of | the country is teared, The water at last accounts ‘Was spreading over the country and seeking an | outlet im the direction of the Yazoo River. The | damage done can hardly be estimated now, but will amount to thousands of dollars. THE SITUATION ABOUT MEMPHIS. The Appeal oi the 14th says:— There are no new levee breaks anywhere above | the moutn ot White River. At Terrene, a landing | Place opposite the mouth, there is a small strip of dry land, and water covers everything else far and near. There are seve! points seriously threatened by the caving banks tearing off salients of the levees. This ts especially the case at Ben- nett’s and Harklerode’s landings, and Commerce Bend, where a cut-oif is threatened, ana all of these places are less than flity miles below this port. Below the mouth of White River the situation ts more alarming, especially on the Arkansas side, @ | large share o1 Chicot county and the county fur- ther down being under water, while the last rise from the Arkansas, already more than fifteen feet at Little Rock, is sending a still greater flood over that section. Backwater extends fifty miles or more up the Arkansas, and prevents planters of that region | from dog a stroke of work toward patting in their spring crops. Stock in many places are huddled together on mounds and rude platforms, where, hali starved, they patiently await an abate- ment o/ the flvod, waich the latest news trom the Omio and its tributaries fail to encourage. On the Mississippi side the breaks near Boliver Landing still remain open as belore, and numerous cotton Jarms near them are preted At Greenville the banks are caving considerably, | and several buildings have already been en: ¢roached upon. A saw mili below the town has | recently been abandoned, because the edge of the | bank got too close for comiort. The Yazoo Banner of Friday says:—- Tne river at this point is about three inches | higher tian it was belore it commencod falling, ‘The hews irom the upper streams 18 very discour- | aging. The Ohio rose titeen fect and the Arkansas | sixteen feetin one day and are stil) rising. ‘the Cumberiand is very high and ail the tributaries to the Mississippi aud Oulo, The Vicksburg Heraid | says that many predict that we will nave higner | water than that of 1867, The rise from the break | in the Hushpuckana levee will probably reach here | to-morrow. The general impression now is that | we are bound to have an overflow. We sympathize with all the 1armers who fail to raise enough corn todo them another year, for the merchants will not be abie to furnish them, as they will be materi- ally affected by the overtiow. On the Line of the Ouachita, Black and Little Beuf Rivers-Graphic Picture of the Floods. The Picayune publishes the following sad pic- ture of the suffering in the parishes of the State:— Messrs. A. W. Faulkner, Thomas J. Hough, W. 8. | McIntosh, Robert Ray and Lev! Haas, whose | names appear tn the subjoined document, and who | have come here to represent the inundated dis- tricts trom which the following dire intelligence comes, have submitted to us for publication this record of their misfortunes, We commend it to the perusal of all who jeel a concern in the welfare Of their iellow citizens, Ii anything could add to the eloquence of the following appeal we should gladly say it here; but such facts as these require no comment :— To His Excellency W. Pirt Kruuoce:— Govennor—Being requested by the action of the citizens of parishes on Ouachita, Black, Little and Bout rivers to represent to you, and through you to the President, the distress and destitution. of avery large portion of some five parishes in North Louisiana, occ. sioned by the almost unprecedented overtiow that for some time and now does aMiict the people and inter- é es of Culdwell, Catahoula, Concordia, part of Tensas and Kicniand, I shall be brief in this statement of woe and destitution, First the reason that the present overtiow is more disastrous gnd diretul in its effects than any former overflow is that the circumstances are entirely different, in thi that formerly when an overflow occurred the mercnants in the city were in # situation to advance to the people suffering, and the local merchants in country could advance, and many indiviauals in the county could help those that w ering. But now it is quite different; all are in the same category—no money and No credit. Now avout 10,00 souls, of both colors, are out of bread and meat, and no corn . feed starving mules and horses; have iost all their thet Guttle, and what few cattio, mee are starving an ; a great many o D in thete | nots, foot of and in sight, and about out of bread aud meat and nota dollar in money or credit to heip themselves. Taere never was more distress and wa in any district in Ireland, from potato rot, or, pernaps, none were ever in more distress and want in the amine districts in India than & partof our people are now threatened with in @ Jarge portion of North Louisiana. T have some twelve wm below Columbia under my charge and control (all of which are under ‘Water trom two to three fect), and about 200 people to feed on bread and meat in these places, and have done so up to the present time; but T have spent my last dol. lar, and am how trying to procure guppiles tor them by negotiation of credit, with but little or no prospect of success. There are thousands of rs in & worse fx, This is @ sad statement, but as true as sad, and in truth langaay a eg lg ‘to describe the condition of dis- eater, ess and want 1 sincerely nope: you will use your best endeavors to relie these unfortunate citizens of our Stave in their And great distress, LEAN, vi ef!) DELMAS Ae Wa LAUHENEBR nt | ern mails, therefore, for | themselves to the avocation o! | famines have caught enough wood to last them tor says -— The government ports a it the river at this point of two inches for the twenty- four hours ending at three o’ciock P. M. on the 12th, and no change at three P. M. to-day, mak! Bea ead in fron’ tnis city twenty-five feet an low water mark of 1872 We t Fulton is rising rapidly. On hes er than at any pre- you at Jefferson is ze ‘able, We arn Mr. Clark, of the Fannie Lewi the last boat up, that the river is falling and no danger whatever apprehended from high water. ‘The river be- low Alexandria is very high, but every one | feels safe from overflow. At six P, M. on Friday the gauge at the head of Canal street stood 2 inches und ¢-10ths below high water mark o1 1871. At six P. M. on Thursday it marked irom 1 to 4 inches above. At half-past ten o’clock last night the mark at the head of Canal street indicated a fall of 7-10ths of an inch since six o'clock, or 3 35 inches below the mark of 187}. The Times says of the Jackson Railroad, which has been flooded by a brook dividing the waters of Lakes Mausepas gnd Pontchartrain :— Latest intelligence concerning this road is to the eilect that travel thereon between New Or- Jeans and Pass Manchac hus been suspended, the last train having been despatched on Thursday evening at five minutes to six. ‘The train due on Thursday morning at ten o’clock has not yet reached Ares having been de- tained in Mississippi by @ fearful storm, and there- alter, in view of the condition of this end of the Toad, it was deemed unwise to proceed. The trains aue here at midnight o1 the same day and ten o’clock on Friday morning were similarly de- tained at Manchac. ‘The passengers and mails by these three trains will reach here to-day by way of boat trom Mai chac, and hereafter, until further notice, transpor- tation over this road will be eifected by boat be- | feaen Manchac and the lake end,.as was the case | 1871, It ts stated that the road is in no place under water, but in numerous localities the roadbed has been washed out of position, 90 that it is not con- sidered sale,to run the train thereon. The North- ursday and to-day, wu be in to-day by two P. M. The Situation Along the Cumberland | River. The Nashville Union and American of Sunday reports:— ‘There was more interest manifested yesterday | im the fooa than on the previous day, and large crowds of people came into the city to witness the high tide of water. A great many of the roads leading into the city being submerged they had to invest a small eum to be transferred across the water to dry landing places. They visited the Cap- tol, Suspension and railroad bridges and other ele- vated places, where they could get a good view of the surroundiugs. The river tell tourteen inches from three o’clock on Friday aiternoon to three o’clock yesterday, and the devth of water was forty-eight feet at three P. M. yesterday. About tnis time it com- menced to rise again siowly, and by six o’ciock it had rgen an inch, with the prospects of a further | rise during the night. The decline was watched with great eagerress by those most deeply Inter- ested, but the @udden change caused by another rise of the headwaters of the Upper Cumberland dispelled the gladness that tne fail had created. The turther rise anticipated last night will seri- ously affect those who were so periectly assured of an early restoration of their homes. Others say that the rise expected from above will not materi- ally affect the present condition of the river at this polat, The Ela Hughes came down from the upper country, and her officers report that where they | laid op last night the river rose eighteen inches. | In Robertson county the high waters have done considerable damage.. Wheat fields have been thoroughly drenched, and fences und outhouses been washed away. The farmers, who have been invaded De the flood, will be beavy losers, and it will require large sums to replace tneir fencing and repuir other property that has been injured, Dritt continues to float down the mad Cumberiand in large quantities, ana the Parone who apply “WOOD AND DRIFT CATCHERS” have made good use of their time, Some colored | along time. There are some of these, however, | that will pick up some lumber that they know does not properly belong to them and appropriate it to their own use. They, a8 well a8 some Oi the white | people, keep their eyes skinned, and whenever they see any steps or portions of porches or porticos flout away from the houses to which they are attached, they gobble it up and take it away. OfMicer Davies has been distributing rations to those suffering who are unable to purchase them for the last two or three days, and whenever he finds a family that are really objects of charity he | does not hesitate to issue them an order for sup- plies. Yesterday he issued one to an old lady named Bently that lives in the brick house on the corner of Whitesides and Front streets. Her house is surrounded by water but slie 18 safely quartered m an upper aan These orders call for $1 60 or $2 worth of supplies, and are issued by authority of the Mayor, Yesterday we noticed the steps and ieee attached to the house Leionging to Mr. ngler, and situated on West Line street, had been partially washed away. A number of houses have been securely fastened SO tuat when the water does commence to fall rapidly, they will not be carried away with it. These honses that have been stauding in the water | his neck, and asked witness to relieve his (de- for 80 long a time will be greatly damaged. The | ceased’s) bowels first. floors will spring and there will enough between the planks to “THROW A CAT THROUGH without touching a har.” <A vast sum of money will have tobe expended in repairing them and putting ‘nem in such a condition that they can be | comfortably occupied. ‘The families that have vacated their inundated | howes are being taken care of by their friends, in i the best manner possihie under the circumstances, Some houses have two or three tamilies in them, and some more fortunate families have, rented | comfortable houses, and are now only waiting a | suMicient decline of the water to return to their well scoured homes. HORSE NOTES. be holes large Mr. D. J. Bannatyne’s stable of racehorses have arrived at Monmouth Park from Canada, to be trained for the coming campaign. They are in charge of John Hyland, the hurdle race rider, The stable consists of the following horses :— Duffy, bay gelding, 8 years old, by Hunter’s Lex- ington, dam Otio. Milestan, chestnut horse, 7 years old, by Mickey Free, dam by Wagner. Stockwood, chestnut horse, 6 years old, by Asteroid, dam Alabama. The Ghost, chestnut colt, 3 years old, by En- dorser, dam Skedaddle. Vouved, chestnut gelding, 3 years old, by Ver- sailles, dam Susan Harris, Of the above, tne first two are hurdiers. Daffy has improved very much in appearance since last season, All the other horses are looking well. ‘Lhe stable of Mr. M. A. Littell have also reached | Monmouth Park, to go into traiming, comprising | five, in charge of A. Taylor. These are:— Mary Clark, gray mare, 6 years old, by Lexing- ton, dam Kagless. Fellowcrait, chesnut colt, 4 years old, by Austra- Man, dam #rolite. Wizard, brown colt, 4 years old, by Concord, dam Dolly Morgan, Kelorm, brown colt, 3 years old, ington, dam stolen Kisses, hestnut filly, 2 years old (sister to Silk. stockings), by Kentucky, dam imported Fluke, ‘The above stable are ail looking well, Reform by Leam- | has spread out and improved considerably since | last season, while Fellowcrait appears a racehorse of the tinest foru Besides the ve-named horses, there is the Monmouth Park stable in training by Jacob Pin- cus, comprising— Survivor, bay colt, 4 years old, by Vandal, dam by Lexington. Galway, chestnut colt, 4 years old, by Con- <r Gaus bay ay, year ry Constant, bay filly, 4 years old (sister to Tubman), by War Dance, dam Lass of Sidney, Weathercock, chestnut colt, 3 years old, by Australian, dam Weatherwicn. The Hoaxer, bay colt, 38 years old (brother to Tubman) 4 War Danco, dam Lass of Sidney. | Visigoth, ay colt, 3 years oid, by Asteroid, dam | Vandalia. Carline, chestnut filly, 3 years old, by Planet, dam Mazurka. Tom Ochiltree, bay colt, 2 years old, by Lexing- ton, dam Katona eee of Metairie). Lord of Zetland, chestnut colt, 2 years old, by | pn ae dam Lis Mardis (dam of Tammany and others). Examiner, black colt, 2years old, by Engineer, dam The Grand Dutch 8, hoes Scramole, chestnut filly, 2 years old, by Star Davis, dam Skedaddle (sister to Saucebox). Maggie N., black filly, 2 years old, by Leaming- ton, dam Maroon (dam of Baltimore and others). Lizzie R., gray filly, 2 years old, by Aster, dam Fairy (dam of Artist). The above string are all looking well, notwith- standing the backwardness of the season has kept them from strong work. Many improvements have been made and others are [0 progress on the track. The ditches have been opened ana outlets made between the pot to the inner ditch, which will prevent the tra trom washing out in spots, as heretofore, rend: ing it more safe and consequently faster than tor- meriy. THE BOSTON FREESTONE CUTTERS. Boston, April 22, 1874, The Freestone Cutters’ Association held a meet- ing here to-day ana resolved to hold out in their strike. As regards the wages of $5 per day, they argue that itis not so great as it would ap Pear, as that rate has only been given them trom the ist of March to December. Durmg the rest of the year they have only received $4 50 per day, 4 and in many instances, owing to cold weather an dull times, they have done uo Work at all, The Strikers have stationed men in various quarters to notify workmen visiting Boston of what has taken | famous for political revolutions, riots, murders NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, APRIL 23, 1874.—-QUADRUPLE SHEET. 7 Comtinuation of the Trial at Fleming- ton—A Physician Who Would Not At- tend the Murdered Man-—One Prisoner Holds the Victim Down While the Other Cuts His Throat. ‘The trial of the negroes Israel Morocco and George Thumpson, for the alieged murder of another negro, named Theodore Cruise, was resumed yes- terday at Flemington, before Chief Justice Beasley. The District Attorney offered in evidence the dying declaration of the deceased, but it was Tuled out on the ground that the prisoners were not present when it was made, Morocco is over six feet in stature, of slight bulid and possesses a countenance of a stubborn and hardened appear. ance. Thompson is not within four incnes of the height of his companion and he has a pleasant physiognomy. Each of their ages does not exceed twenty-two years. An old inhabitant of the county remarked to the HERALD reporter that Hunterdon, the quondam stronghold of the Jersey democracy, was becominz and éxpiosions, and that, even though it is in Jere sey, stillit was destined to resurrect itself Irom obscurity very soon. The first witness examined yesterday was Sarah Cruise (colored), the paramour of deceased. She deposed as follows:—Dory, the deceased, came home on Monday night, January 12, be- tween seven and eight o’clock, and ,com- plained that the prisoner, Morocco, had Stabbed him; deceased died on the following Thursday; laved with deceased for eight or nine years as bis wife, but was not married to him; don’t know how old I am; saw the two prisoners a short time after “Dory” came in; each one of them carried a club; Morocco went for some one to go fora doctor; both of them denied inflicting the. wound; deceased was not sober; he was bleeding from the neck. This witness was cross-examined at length by Mr. Hagerman, who found in her more keen repartee than he anticipated. She proved more than a match for the counsel, 4 DOCTOR WHO WOULD Nor Go, Dr. A. E, Merriane testified that Israel Morocco came to his house and requested him to go see “Dory”? Cruise; that his throat was cut; the wit- ness asked Morocco who cut tt, and he said he did not know, but that it was cut with a penknife so that the breath came out through the opening; wit- ness told him that he had gone to bed, and he would not get up to go; did not see deceased at all. Theodore Cruise (colored), a septuagenarian, de- posed that quite a crowd had been at bis house on the 12th of January; they were making baskets and drinking a little; alter some little talk a tuss commenced, and deceased and Amos Congo had a “clinche;”? after this “Dory” hit his (Dory’s) mother; she squatted down; Israel, one of the prisoners, happened to see it, and thereupon said, “The black sun of @ —— has killed my mother, and I will kill him;? Israei then com- throwing stove plates at de- the latter dropped his club and ran. away in the direction of the bushes, followed closely by Israel, who came back in about dive minutes alterwards and asked Amos Conxo to join in the pursuit; Congo declined; Thompson, the prisoner, then volunteered to go with Israel; each of them carried @ club, and Israei made @ threat that “Dory” wouid never hive to see morning; about an hour aiterwards Israel came back and said “Dory” got his throat cut, and he wanted mother and the old man to go down there; he said—*George nor I did not do it, but it was @ man who did it.” Samuel Cruise, a colored yout), corroborated the Main testimony of the previous witness, and de- posed iurther that Israel, the prisoner, nad an old razor kni.e, with which he cut at Jack Phillips be- lore the encounter with the deceased, Dr. Cicero Hunt testified that he made the post mortem examination on deceased, assisted vy Dr. Pittenger; 1ouna & wound in the windpipe, slanting downwards toward the lungs, avout two and a half inches in depth and five- eights of an inch. in diameter, and about an inch and a half below the prominence of ihe neck; the natural and legitimate cousequences of such @ wound are inflammation, that would cause not only the pouring out of blood but! of serous matter also, and would naturally descend to the breathing organs and irom thence to the lungs; these vital organs being thus affected would de- stroy life in five or six days; examined the ab- domen and found the large intestines inflamed and they aiso presented a variegated, mottled ap- pearance, indicating that violence had been per- petrated; came vo the conclusion that the wound in the throat was @ fatal one; cannot form any idea what kind Of an instrument it was inflicted With; it Wasa punctured wound, afd not lacer- ated, a A. 8, Pittenger corroborated the previous witness. Dr. Louis F. Hunt was next called and deposed that be was called to see deceased on the night of the atfray; found a wound in the windpipe three- quarters of an inch in length; deceased com- plained more of his bowels than of the wound in Hampton Probasco (colored) testified that the Prisoner, George hompson, told witness that he (Thompson) heid the deceased down while the prisoner Morocco was cutting his throat. Aiter the examination of several witnesses the prosecution rested. Mr. Hagerman then opened for the defence, and said that his clients were penniless and friend- Jess, and that he was confident of proving that | i they were guilty of no complicity in this alleged murder. He dwelt . forcibly on , the general character of the case, and said he would not hesitate to ask for a verdict of acquittal, He said it would be shown that Mo- rocco was @ peacemaker and not a murderer; that his character was good and no crime could be alleged against him, Thompson, he said, came Irom: tne South, and was only gailty of a few petty larcemes. Death was caused by the stamping on the abdomen by Saga. and not by the prisoners. The prisoners and about six witnesses will be examined to-day by the defence. THE PANORMO MURDER OASE, But Slender Hope of Convicting Car- mody and Finnin. The latest Brooklyn sensation fulminated through the agency of the Police Commissioners of that city, based upon the reported arrest of “the real murderers” of Professor Panormo, bids fair to fall far short of the anticipations en- gendered in the pubiic mind. The authorities would appear to have, in their lack of judgment, fallen into errors similar to those displayed during the “wild goose chase” after the imaginary Ros- coe, the murderer of Charles Goodrich. it now transpires tnat the most heinous crime that can be laid upon the shoulders of Timothy Finnin is | that of being concerned in the robbery of Mr. Wesserman and _ ‘Professor Van Nordnof. Officer Carr made ailidavit on January 15, 1872, that Finnin assautted Mr. Wesserman and robbed him ot jewelry and money, Another aMidavit against Timothy is to the effect that on January 1s, 1872, he assaulted Mr. Van Nordhofft and attempted to commit larceny from the person, Jonn Carmody, alias the ‘* Kid,’ it now transpires has been charged, before Justice Riely, with carry- Ing burglars’ tools, or having taem in his posses- sion at nis father’s residence, in Smith street, where they were discovered by the police after the arrest. This offence constitutes a misdemeanor, Officer Carr was the complainant in both cases, District Attorney Rodman and the police have done all in their power Lo ubtain a conjession touching the murder of the proiessor of music from the prisoners, but the latter assert positively and parents that they cannot tell that which they now nothing of. Yesterday afternoon Mr. Van Nordhoff was, at the suggestion of the District At- torney. conironted with Finnin, with the expecta- tion tuat he would be able to identify him as the rufian who committed the assault on him alluded to in the Carr affidavit. He could not identify the risoner as any person he had ever seen belore. | inuin was also stripped of his clothes, with the hope of finding certain scars of a police officer's istol ball, wHich were said to have mn Made on is body. None were found. Both parties wil! be arraigned before @ magistrate this week, and un- less more evidence can be presented than now ap- pears they are not likely to be tried ior the killing | of Piolessor Panormo. The reward of $1,000 ia still open for the competitive skill of the lynx-eyed | ‘‘Hawksbaws” of Brooklyn. THE LATE WILLIAM BARBER, His Death Regarded as Suspicious. Since the death of William Barber, late a mem- ber of the Lincoln Club of the Seventh Assembly | district of this city, Who died in Bellevue Hospital on the 16th inst., some of his friends nave waited upon Coroner Woltman and expressed tears that Mr. Barber haa met with fon! play. Deceased, who was a repuditcan politician of considerable influence, had been a member of the Fire Department, letter carrier, &c., but, unfortu- nately for himself, had contracted the habit of drinking to excess, which frequently mvoived tim in diMculty. On the evening of the 12th inst. two policemen of the Highteenth precinct found Mr. Barber lying intoxicated on the sidewalk at the corner of Third avenue and Twentietp street and learned that he had been ejected froin‘a Third ave- nue car. he was assisted to the station house and next morning, on being arraigned belore a@ police mugistrate, paid the fine imposed upon him and was discharged. At that time Mr. Barber entered no complaint of having been tn- jured or even of feeling unwell. Three days subse- | ing Captain Foon, There he rewained, fF severat hours, and, room. not reviving, he was taken to Bellevue Hospital, where death ensued the following day, and a post- mortem examination subsequently mace the body showed that deceased ‘The skull was unusi TUE NEWARK RING TRIALS, thin, unde tail or might blow might have caused |VUdge Depue Denies the Motion the fracture, Mr. Barber's friends incline to the belief that he Was the victim of intentional viol and Cap- tains Tynan and Gunner, of th teenth and Nineteenth precinets, are endeav to 1urnish evidence which wil clear up the ~ err When the case shall be properly work up Coroner Woltman will make an investigation. A DRUNKEN WOMAN'S MURDER, Last evening Mra, McMahon, who keeps a board- ing house at No. 193 Pearl street, Brooklyn, shot her servant, Mrs. Mary Bell, inflicting, it is be- lieved, a mortal wound. It appears that Mrs. Mc- Mahon had been drinking and was under the in- fluence of liquor. She went to her bureau, took out @ revolver and went to the kitchen, where Mrs, Beil and her daughter were engaged at work Preparing the supper for the boarders. She levelled the pistol at them, and in a maudlin manner said, “I'll shoot the poots off both of you.’ They were greatly terrified and attempred to make their escape from the room, but before they could do so Mrs, McMahon discharged the weapon and the ball entered the right breast oi Mrs. Bell, who fell to the floor. Her daughter ran trom the place screaming “murder,” and some of the neighbors and persons who were passing rushed in and took the pistol irom Mrs, McMahon, who scarcely bs a to comprehend what sne had done. Drs. Cushing and Stone were called in bus they Were unable to extract the bail, and the injured woman was taken to the City Hospital, where she lies in # critical condition. Mrs. McMahon was arrested by an officer of the Second precinct and jocked up in the York street station house, WALTZ, THE MURDERER. He Confesses to a Former Homicide. Hupson, N. Y¥., April 22, 1874, Waltz, the murderer confined in Catakill Jai! and sentenced to be hanged on the Ist of May, con feszed to-day tnat he killed an organ grinder three years ago and buried the body on the Waltz farm. He drew a diagram of the premises and designated the spot where the body was concealed. ‘The Stieriff of Greene county, accompanied by a large party, have gone to the farm to ascertain the truth of the statement, s At an interview Waltz says it was noon when the organ grinder was murdered. He had called to get something to cat, and aiter he ate Waltz killed him, his parents being sw: He killed him with @ hatchet, and, taking the body up, car- ried it to a ditch and buried it. He wiped up the blood with @ sponge ane buried the sponge. He | smasned the orga d put the handle, crank and | strap in a wall near a cedar tree. ‘he balance he burned and destroyed. parents of Waltz will | It is also reported that the be arrested in the morning. THE GREECE AND THE EUROPE. | | | The Refasal of the French Consul to | Let Captain Thomas Know the | Charges Against Him—Interesting Cor- respondence—Testimonial of the Pas- sengers of the Egypt to the Bravery of | the Salvage Crew. Below will be found the correspondence between Captain Thomas, of the Greece, and Mr. Hurst, of | the National line, with the French Consul, in rela- | tion to certain mysterlous charges said to have been made against Captain Thomas by Captain Lemarie:— Natiowa, Steausmir Company, 69 BRoapway, ‘New Youn, April 18, 1374." A_L. px ix Forest, Esq., Consul General of Franc Sin—Understanding that in the depositions whic been made betore you by the commander aud officers of the steamship Europe I am accused of piracy vent. in Lemarie trom returning to resut . T respectiully request (if ihe it which I have reverved be correct) that you wil tice to myself, be so good as to turnish me with such deposition t pute to me mis. sued by myself im regard to the Europe Iam. ‘sir, y obedient servant, CHARLES THOMAS, Commander Steamship Greece. To this letter no answer was sent, and the Cap- tain was allowed to depart. On Tuesday a second letter was sent to the Consul, as follows :— Apnit, 21, 1874, A. L. vx uz Forzsr, Esq., Consul General of Fraice:— to Quash. Opening of the Cases—Unravelling the Spring. field Avenue Conspiracy—Five Officials and Three Contractors on Trial at Once, The cases of the, Newark city officials and con tractors charged with plundering the city were commenced in the Essex county Oyer and Termi- ner yesterday. The public interest manifested was greater than on the preceding day, and this was heightened when the fact was noised abroad thas the Court had demiea the motion to quash the in- dictment in the Springfield avenue pavement con- spiracy case. Tiroughout the proceedings the spa- cious court room was crowded with people of a clase not ordinarily seen im couré auditoriums. As on the feast day, the city govern- ment was most liberally represented. Besides the indicted officials there were present many others, including “Boss” Dawes, City Treasurer Stour, City Clerk Gilten, City Surveyor Lénibach, Alder- men Durand, Pennington, Gurney, Armstrong, Malone and others. Judge Depue presided, with & full bench. The greatest attention was manifested: in the proceedings, Bose Stammaby looked ratheg dejected and was supported in the rear by bis venerable father, who holds some snug sinecure in the New York Custom House. “Joe” Young made desperate efforts to impress everybody with the idea that he didn’t care a tinker’s commission for the charges against him, while ex-Street Commis- sioner Rogers wore an unusuaily grim and surly expression. The proceedings opened with THE JUDGE'S DECISION im the argument to qnash the indictment for cone spiracy against Aidcrman William Stainsby, ex- Street Commissioner Peter F. Rogers, Street Com- missioner Flavel W. Sullivan aud Inspectors Wil- lam Dykes ard Valentine Bechier, and Contractors Thomas O’Connor, Michael Standley and Bernard M. Shandley. He denied the motion holding that the indictment was sound, The trial then pro- ceeded, Attorney General Gilchrist announcing to the Court in reply to a suggestion that he was prepared to give his entire attention to the cases on hand, Tne mpaneliing of a jury took ap con- siderable time, as botn sides used their privilege to challenge freely. THE JURY FINALLY SELECTED was as follows :—Joseph N. Daley, Walter S. Pree- mau, Adam Turkis, Charies W. Badger, John Fisher, William Hoagland, Thomas Farley, August Linder, Ehakans A. Vooper, R. Ichabod Williams, Thomas O. Woodrud, George Ougneitree and John W. Hacock. A well known lawyer, alooke?-on of the proceea- ings, made a remark in “‘Boss’* Stainsby’s hearing about the defence delaying the case by so much challenging, which so irritated the ‘Boss’? that he turned sharply and asked, “Do you want to have us all convicted?” Alter a few words ad- dressed tothe jury by Judge Depue, cautioning them of the great importance Of the case and their duty to listen caretully to the evidence and be im- partially governed accordingly, THE PROSECUTION OPENED by Colonel Abeel for the State, who suid it was the irst time men holding high positions of public trust had been arraigned for criminal misconduct in Essex cow Most of the frauds charged against the omiciais had reference to street im- provements, which offered many opportunities for men to combine for a fraudulent purpose. He said that it might be that che officials in the case under consideration might not have received a share of — the iraudulent profits; but contractors may have sé- cured tor them the consideration of votes. lt was clear to all tuat there was some consideration, No eight men could do what tuese men were charge with doing without having an agreement of some kind to detrand the city. The prosecatos then recited the facts in the inaictment. On Sep- tember 1, 1371, the city contracted with Oxonnor ‘Sm—On Saturday last 0: made application to you de betore you of the commander and oiticers of the Europe in which Captain Thomas may have been charged with piracy or misconduct in preventing Cap- tain Lemarie trom returning to his ship. No reply hav- ing as yet been received to that application I write at the instance of Capiain Thomas to inguire if his request to you can be complied with. Iam, alr, your, obedient servant, F. D. J. HURSI, Manager. ra following answer was then sent by the Con- sul:— New Yorx, April 21, 1874, Consotar Grngrat pe France aux Etats Unis:— Sin—Being absent on Saturday last, I gor Ca Thomas’ letter too late to be able to reply to it before his departure from this port. As I had the honor to inform you on a former ocvasto the depositions taken in my office from officers az crews of Frenc! my government, and not for the public or any other parties. I, therefore, regret not to be able to comply with Captain Thomas’ request, I remain, sir, your obe- A. L, DE LA'FORE dient servant, dy The Consul General of Fran LF the Manager National Steamship Company, Yor! THE RESCUB OP THB EUROPE, The letter given below adds another chapter to the story of the uniortunate Europe, and testifies to the bravery of the English officers in connection ‘With its fave. As will be seen, the document shows that there 16 little doubt but that the kurope Is at present at the bottom of the sea. A private letter irom one of the passengers of the Egypt, received in this city yesterday, also states that the last seen of the Europe she was plunging violently and evi- dently about to sink. Monpay, April 6, 1874 wuat Tis PASSENGERS OF THK RUROPE SAY. We, the undersigned, sal assengers per National steamship Egypt irom New York March 28, take this op- ortunity of testifying to the bravery and skill exhibited y Captain Grogan and oficers ander circumstances which fully developed these qualities—namely, the res- cuing of Chief Officer Buck and twenty-four men ¢rom the French steamship Europe, 900 miles from land, who volunteered trom the National steamship Greece as 8 salvage crew, the passengers and crew of the Kurope (400) having, forty-eight hours previously, been trans ferred to the Greece. We aiso have pleasure in fully indorsing and approv- ing of the sound Judgment displayed by Vaptain Grogan in abandoning the Larope after six hours’ ineffectual and the parting of two of the heaviest hawsers (thirteen inch) in attempting to tow her to Queenstown; and althougk we all regretted to leave sv valnable a amer to attempt to save the ship would have seriously imperiled the satety of his own vessel and have endangered the lives of his passengers, as at the tame, seven'P. M., the wind and sea were rapidly increasing and the barometer failing, showing every indieation of a heavier gale, which 'we experienced before morning and by which we lost many of our sails. A. G, Wood, Brooklyn, N. ¥.; Mrs. For. k; Mra. Croydon, New York: John Wilmot J. H. Lewis,"London, Engiand; Fran ni, Mass; K.'K. Sinclair, London, 01 Cuthbert Synne Ross, Herefordshire, England; Torrey, Orange, N. J., ana others, Or Sia, Sreawsurr Eaves, lat £0 N., long. 18 30 W. tain Thomas, ot the Greece, ce. New Indians Demanding Their Rights of the Government=—The Pacific Railroad Surveys—Outrages in Manitoba—Riel’s Friends at Work. OTrawa, Ont., April 22, 1874. A deputation of Six Nation Indians had an inter- view yesterday with the Hon. Mr. Laird, respect- ing the alleged non-fulfilment of cestain terms of a treaty with the government. The Minister promised to give the matter consideration, The Six Nation Indians will be strongly represented at the great Indian Council to be held at the Chero- kee reservation, in lowa, next fall. Sanford Fleming, Chief Engineer of the Pacific Railroad, has given instructions to the district en- gineers in charge of the exploration and survey- ing parties for British Columbia to proceed to that province at once and continue the explorations, VIOLENCE IN MANITOBA. A despatch from Fort Garry, Toronto, Ont., dated yesterday, says that two French hall-breeds went to the house of ex-President Bruce, ‘med with guns, and demanded that Mr. Bruce should cease writing letters to the newspapers on the subject oj the rebellion or Feat would shoot him, ‘They maltreated him feartully, broke the windows of the house and committed other outrages, to the serious alarm oi the family. The ruMans uttered all manner of threats against Mr. Bruce to deter him from making further exposures. One of the assailants was arrested. Great excitement pre- Vails in consequence of the outrage. Mr. Bruce | has moved into town, fearing further persecution, The Afetis newspaper insists upon the re-election of Riel ior Provencuer. PIRE IN MONTREAL. A fire occurred at No, 36 Latour street, Montreal, this morning, entirely destroying the interior of the buiiding. Mrs. Cohen, an old lady, who: oc- cupied the ouse, was barned to death, Her hus- band was. dangerously injured while attempting to escape. OASUALTIES, Widow Margaret Sullivan was found drowned in acistern at her residence in Newport, R. 1, yes- verday morning. A verdict of suicide was ren- dered, Margaret O'Neil, aged eighty-seven, while at- copies ot any depositions | sh vessels are exclusivety for the use of | er fate, yet we are satisfied that any further | to pave Springfield avenue with Tilford pavement. | The contract also included the two Shanleys. I¢ | required that there should be laid a full sixteen | inch pavement after all pressure, &c. When the | work wus begun it was said it was done well, but 81x Months afterwards it was done so badly as to | be plain to everybody. It was latd so that in | some places it was only four inches deep. The prosecution would show, the Colonel said, that not half the Jabor called for was put upon the work, and yet the job cost $121,000, Inspectors were appointed by the city to see that the work was ; done Properly, but this they neglected. The reason why they iailed to noufy the proper authorities that the work was being imperiectly doné was because they were PAID TO KEEP QUIET. He then went on to show the complicity of Roge.s and Sullivan and Stainsby, saying that the latter raust have known tne work was not being done »roperly, as, being Chairman of the Street Committee, ue took a deep interest in the matter, visitag the work often, The prosecuuon meant to show that all of the parties were acting in a common” design to deiraud the city, ‘It was not necessary,"* he said, “for us to prove that they con- spired in one “oom of the City Hall to detraud the city. If we show by good proofthat they were acting together ‘tls all we require, and you must find a verdict of ,uilty.” ‘The first witness called w1s a City Mall supernu- merary named Thomes W. Seaman, who was wanted to prove the genuineness of the contract. It waa admitted that Seaman was dismissed. Koss Dawes, the auditor, swore to the siguatures of the officials on the estimates, &c,, and the dgares in them, &c. | Mr. Paul Buchanan, President ot tne Springfleia | Avenue Horse Car Company, and long himself in | the contracting business, was called, He testified | to seeing Statnsby repeatedly on the avenze in- specting the work, as also re and Sallivan, Bechtel, one o! the inspectors, was seen by the wit- ness often Sieeping in the cars, aizo PLAYING CARDS AND DRINKING instead of being at his work. His attention was called to the jact that where fine stone ought to be laid there was dumped in one-third dirt. On call- ing Bechtel’s attention to this the latter told him to mind his own business; that he was ‘an old hog anda blower anylow.” Witness complained about this abuse to young Shanley, and Shanley said, “That’s right, Paul; give bim hell, Paul,” Mr, Buchanan testified that he was one of a committee appointed by the citizens to investigate the im- provement. He examiued it carefuily in a dozen places or more along the line, and found the aver- age deposit from nine and a half to fourteen inches. Alderman Trandt at frst thought the charges of improper work were wrong, out on examination he admitted they were right. Towards the close of his examination, some remark oi counsel for the defence, to the effect that Buchanan had some ax@ to grind, netticd Paul so that he caused @ bitor & sensation by retorting that he might tell more about tue matter than he meant, Counsel on bots sides pricked oP their ears and the prosecution tried to draw the witness out, but the Court he could be examined on this point on the redir examination. Mr. Buchanan was still on the stan when the Court adjourned till to-day. ‘The grand bazaar in aid of the building fand of the New York Infant Asylum was opened last evening in Lyric Hall, on Sixth avenue, betwe Forty-first and Forty-second streets, Bazaars in general have an apparent sameness that the lady managers in this special instance have saccess- fully overcome by giving a refreshing novelty to the different features of the entertainment. The immense good that has alreaay been accomplished by the New York In- fant Asylum is 60 universally appreciated that theré was no difficulty in attracting a 1ull at- tendance at the opening night of the Basaar In aid of its building fund, and for the space of twoor ‘three hours the hall was densely crowded with® speculative assemblage that gave plenty of ocoue pation to the fair clerks at the different tables, On entering the hall the attention of the visitor is immediately attracted to the inscrip- tion “May success crown our efforts” that is posted above the restaurant, an import ant branch of the fair, ander the ob: of Mrs, Charles Morford, At the sign of the “Owls Head” a store is kept by Mrs. B, F. Carver and Mrs. Darling, two ladies attired in black and, whi! | aprons and oe The country store is over by Mrs. L. M. B: anda Lee store, ander the sign “L’Esperance,” tempted ti e public with, a variety of smail articies of domestic eomiort thac: were offered for sale by Miss Somerville, Miss Fisuer Miss Vincent. A handsom@ Grand plano adjoins the last named store that is vo be Failed at J,000 chances of $1 each. The Rose Bud, the Jol Sagiate, the Fountain of Heal the Forget Me Nots and the Flower Stan are other interesting features of the iair that re~ ceive the Joint attention of Mrs, Van Auken, Mra. James Motley, Mrs. Joseph Wooster, Miss Kitty duken and otnertadts z uken and other ladies. ‘The literary efforts of the friends of the Infane Asylum are given to the public in the /nyui Asylum Gazette, a nandsome little sheet pul tempting to cross araliroad track near Trenton, N. J, yesterday, was suck by @ passing train and seriously injured, sequently Mr. Barber called at a lager beer sa- Suage and secure their co-operation, Joon in Third avenue, near Filty-third street, where be was acauainted, and, comvisining of feeling Lil, Daniel Sargent, a quarryman at Milford, N. H. was fatally injured yesterday dy the prematu } explosion of a hiast ‘under the editorsnip of Mr. Henry W, Livi Tne sales yesterday were very good, and at tel P. M. lag; evening quige o large sam was tureea vr to the treasurer, Mra, Van Anken. The fate, will open every slav at one P. M. and ciose at tem