The New York Herald Newspaper, June 13, 1874, Page 3

A NEGRO HANGED. Just Application of the Law at Culpeper, Va. The Assassin of Farmer Durkin on the Gallows. A REVOLTING CRIME. A Man Murdered for Eight Dollars and | a Suit of Clothes. OuLrsPzn Court House, Va., June 12, 1874. Friday bas again brought work for the hangman, and it certaimly seems that Virginia 1s to be con- moered as a great practising ground for the ques- tionable profession, Tnis afternoon Edward Brown lias William Jones, an escaped negro convict, who murdered William 0. Durkin, a young farmer, in ‘this county on the 26th of December, 1873, for his elothes and $8 or $9 in money, was hanged here. THE CRIME. On the night of the 27th of December last, this usually quiet and orderly community was startled by the anpouncement of a murder committed the night previous, ofa young man named William 0. Durkin, a native of Dinwiudie county, but at that | ‘time residing here. In addition to some mercantile Dusiness he was engaged in young Durkin also cultivated a farm, which he had recently pur- ohasea, near Rappahannock Station, on the then Orange and Alexandria Railroad. The circum. gtances of the murder, as gleaned from the testi- mony elicited at the trial of the murderer, and also from subsequent confessions made by him, are briefy to the following effect:—On the night of the 26th December Mr. Durkin had occasion to go lo the railway station on some business, having transacted which he started home. about half way he saw a light in a house that had some time previously been vacated, but was then im charge of a negro named Willtam Jones. As Durkin was suffering from the cold he entered the house, and, explaining to the negro that he wished | to warm himself, was invited by that individual to | take @ seat at the fire. Glaaly avail. tng himself of the hospitality, Durkin warmed nis hands and then took a newspaper from his pocket, which he obtained at the railway station, and began to ready Unfortunately for the young man, he had not closely observed the sinister looks | and expression of bis sable host, who was moving | cautiously about the house while the guest read by the frelight. Intent upon his newspaper, with Riis head bent over towards the fire, the unsus- pecting victim presented a most favorable oppor- tunity for the design of the murderer. Durkin Bad scarcely been a quarter of an hour in the house when the negro Jones stealthily approached irom behing and struck him a heavy biow with a large from coupling pin, weighing about ten pounds, ‘which sent him reeling from his seat to tne floor, the blood from bis wound spurting in all direc- ttome. ‘The murderer, thinking that his victim ‘was dead, then proceeded to search his pock- ‘ets for money, the small amount of $5 only fewarding him for his murderous deed. Be found, however, on his person the Sey of Durkin’s residence, and with this he hurried there, in the hope of obtaming more valu- | able booty He entered the house, and, after ob- taining a itght, rifled ali, Durkin’s trunks, cabinet Grawers and presses, taking with him such things as he could conveniently carry, but only finding in ‘this robbery the insignificant sum of $3 30, mak- tag in all $8 301n money. But even this did not ed the crimes of tve night. With the combined Plunder of both rovderies the negro then returned ‘Wo the hetise in which lay the unconscious, but not lifeless, poay of Mr. UVurkin., Soon after his en- ‘trance Durkin exhibited signs of animation, when the fiend at once attacked him agam with the game terrible weapon, and alter repeated blows about the head, COMPLETED THE BRUTAL MURDER, and Durkin was leit a mutilated corpse. The mur- derer then became slarmed for his own safety and determined to fy; but betore he set out he stripped the body of Durkin of his overcoat, dress coat, pants, vest and hat, and, taking of bis own clothes and arraying himself ia those of his victim, he burried to the nearest railway station. There he took the first train to ths town, and here he waited for another train going in the opposite @irection, when he proceeded as fur northward as Alexandria, From Aiexandria the muraerer went tv Maryland, thence to West Virgipia, thence to Bichmond, and tinally to Charlottesville, Where he Was arrested, THE DISCOVERY OF THE MURDER ‘was not made -until the morning of the 27th De- cember, when some negroes found Durkin's dead body, cold, nude and disfigured. His -skull was crushed in on both sides of the head, the brains Pe eaaine. His face was covered witb blood and is entire chest was bedaubed and bespattcred. 48 s00n as the people in the vicinity heard of the Joul deed they assembled in large numbers at the scene of the murder, when, after viewing the Dody, they were loud and vehement in their ex- Lig oe and threats against the perpetrator of he crime. Suspicion at once attacted to the negro Jones, and his sudden disappearance, ‘desides the finding of his ciothes in the house, which were readily identified, only too well con- firmed what was so generally believed. Large re- ‘wards were offered for his apprenension, boch by the county and the State, and so extensively was he advertised that Jones had great trouble in evading the oficers of the law for a period of nearly two months, when he was captured by an artifice of two of the most expert devectives in the | country. After visiting the scene oi the murder and investigating every circumstance that could be obtained in rejation to Jones’ habits these off- cers laid their plans to effect dis arrest. They as- G@ertained during their investigation that Jones haa & wite residing somewhere i or about the city of Richmond; and as she went by another, and, to them, unknown name, it was no sma! matter to discover her whereabouts, without at the same time exciting her suspicion as to their objects. Alter weeks of diligent inquiry they at 1engtn found the woman, and were iurther enlightened by the imiormation that she corresponded with her husband, William Jones, Acting upon this, they set a close watch upon ner house to see if the mail carrier would bring her any letter, and one | day they saw that official enter with the desired communication. Witsout losing an instant Om- cer Wren followed in and demanded to read the letter. The woman at first refused, but, finally, yielded, and the letter revealed the tact that Jones ‘Was then at Charlotteville waiting for some clothes, which his wile was requested to send at once 60 that he could shake the dust of the ld Dominion from his teet ard depart jor the Far West. Following up this clew Chief of Detectives Knox, accompanie a his assistant, Wren, pro- ceeded to Chariotteville by the next train, and, directing their steps to a house in the western @uburbs of that city, at about two o’clock in the morning, one of them went to the front and the other the back door, 80 as to leave no chance for escape. Wren knocked at the front door, which was partially opened by a negro with a light in his Rana. This man, upon seeing the officer, retreated ‘to the centre Oj the apartment, when he was com- Manded to stand still and not dare put out the Ught, at the peril of his Ife, and the glistening igs in Wren’s hand but too forcibly backed up words, He then pushed the door, and as he Was abont to advance in he felt an impediment behind the door, and, looking to sec what this ould be, founda the man they “wanted.” Jones threw up botu arms in token of capitulation, and “1 SURRENDER—I SURRENDER." ‘The “darbies"’ were then expeditiously placed on Bis wrists, and on the same day Jones was safely Jodged in the jail here, where he has been closely guarded until to-day, wien he was taken out to expiate his terrible crimes on the gallows, When arrested he had on the clothes of the murdered Durkin, the pants and overcoat having blood stains on agin whch Were additional evidences of his Jones was brought to trial at the spring term of ‘the Circuit Court here in April last, Tits case Was the first on te docket, and he pleaded guilty, ‘when evidence was heard as Ww whether or not lt Bi Sorte eva mastien she Prisoner was y 1, e was convicted 4 tenced to be executed to-day, oan ren ee ‘Shed OTHER ORIMES, jones was no novice in crime and has been on O1 the most desperate and reckless negroes in che tate. He was sent to the Penitentiary from Hanover county in 1868 to serve a term of fourteen years for tne crime of horse stealing. After re- maining there about one year he escape id con. ‘tinued at large until 1870, when he was again ar- rested and imprisoned in the jail o1 King William county for burglary. While awaiting his trial for this crime he again escaped by knocking cown the jailer with an tron bar and leaving him for dead, ‘and he has since continued at Jarge. uninterrupte: fn bis career of crime, until he stained his @oul with the blood of a murdered fellow creature ‘which to-day brought him to the gallows. He was ty @ slave ly Albemarig cQuaty. Was about The night was | excessively cold, and when Durkin had proceeded | NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, JUNE 13, 1874—TRIPLE SHEET. of the medium height and or sien ler Dalla’ countenance at times Indic: nce, but at ated @ brutal orderief intelliger Others was duil, heavy apd brooding. tople of conversation recently has been religion, ‘and he spoke upon this sul with @ considera- bie degree of animation essed a thorough conversion, besides @ certain of future glory. He had no hope of a respite, and expressed him- self willing to expiate bis crime on the scaffold. The Sheriff several days since had made all tne necessary proparations for execution apd for the security of the vonde! THE EXECUTION. At abont eleve: gslock A.M, the prisoner was taken froin the jail to t 6 place of execution, some one and a half miles from town, guarded by # posse of 200 men under the command of Colonei Critten- den. At about 12 0’clock M, the condemned man ascended the scaffold with p firm step and with- out any perceptible emot! whatever. He was attended by three Baptist clergymen, two of them Sobre and the ee: Mr. zmlriage. ae Leen ing and praying he was bound hand asked by Shertf Pulliam if he any thihg if bs Jones grasped the rope and with a wave ol ) tied hands said:—‘Come on; I am ready.” rope was then adjusted around bis peck aud at a word irom the Sheriff the drop Was sprung and Jones’ body dangled im the alr. five feet, but his neck was mot broken by the fall, the Knot slipping round vo the back of the neck, tighten by degrees, so that he was literally stran- gied to death, there were movements o/ the limbs, and the pulse continued to beat for fully ten minutes, Drs, Thompson and Rixey pronounced him to be dead alter banging fifteen minutes, but, in order to be cer- tain, they did not order the body to be cut down until it had been suspended twenty-seven minutes. | The execution was witnessed by nearly 3,000 per- sons, principally negroes, men and women. The prisoner coniessed nis crime before the trial, and did not want counsel to defend him. He said the face of the murdered man haunted him every- where until he confessed. and then he felt much better. He was the most self-possessed man in meeting his fate ever seen by those who have tre- aneney assisted on similar occasions, Some per- sons of the crowd of spectators cut the rope to pieces to be kept as souvenirs; others obtained his shoe strings, and two men were anxious to pay ten cents Jor his suspenders. THE BRUSSELS CONGRESS. What the International Congr Aims Bullets—The Geneva Cross. Ever since the conclusion of the American con- of the civilized world has been directed towards the adoption of measures for the mitigation of the horrors of war. The Convention or Congress held in Geneva in the fall of 1854 was the first step in the direction of extending assistance to the wounded and dying on the battle fleld by persons recognized as neutrais by contending armies. | However, during the civil war in this country the Sanitary Commission accomplished the greatest amount of geod by its exertions and was instru. mental in alleviating the suiferings and saving the lives of tens of thousands of men, who would otherwise have suffered tortures before a re- lieving hand could come. It may be said that the idea of non-combatants appearing on scenes of slaughter to perform works of charity and mercy ig @ new thing in our day, but it has now gained such a strong grasp on the minds of philanthropists that an international cenvention, consisting of authorized agents, is to assemble in Brussels next month, to consider the drait of a treaty to be recognized by the whole world, in which the mghts and obligations of belligerents, the classes of arms to be used in case of hostilities and the manner of treatment of prisoners are to be defined. The members of tms body, no doubt, derive encouragement from the beneficent results of the Geneva Convention, which were manifested in on every occasion during the war between Prussia and Austria, in 1866, and the Franco- German war, in 1870. It secured from France, Prussia, Switzerland and Italy a pledge that the badge and flag, 4A RED CROSS ON A WHITE GROUND, should be protection at all times on the field. ‘The United States, though represented at the Conven- | tion in 1864, did not give in its formal adhesion to | the principles agreed upon; but Americans were | conspicuous in w wounded in see ate the late campaign in | that country, and Contrjputed most liberally and substantially towards their relicf, The Brussels arms to be used by hostile forces. It is, perhaps, that when discharged and entering the body burst and tear the unfortunate victim to pieces. A | Wound from one of tnese balls not only disables the soldier aud renders him powerless to continue fighting, but shatters his irame to the extent of defying ali the skill of the surgeon. ab enemy sbould be only to render pow: erless .his opponent; it should not be to kill ~bim = with certainty, and that in most cruel manner, Efforts were made to prevent the introduction tnto general use of the explosive bullet, and it is understood tus Emperor of Russia was the first to declare against it. If the convention or congress succeed in obtaming the consent of civilized governments to solemnly agree that the explosive ball shail not be em- ployed, it will have accomplished a great deal in the interests of humanity. The question of THE TREATMENT OF PRISONERS OF WAR is another important subject. According to the recognized principles of war the entire people of @ Vanquished town, State or nation become the absolute property of the victors; but civilization has greatly modified the stern rule, and except where a country is devastated for military pur- poses it rarely is made to suffer beyond levying contributions in money or provisions. The lives and liberties of combatants who lay down their arms are at the disposition of the conquerors, and even in modern times their lives have been some- times taken—as, lor put Turkish prisoners to death in 17v9. ‘the abhorent crueities of the British during treatment of Americans heid captive im the prison sbips of New York was 60 intolerable in 1782 as to cause 4 revolt, in which many of the patriots were killed and wounded. They were ted on putrid beef and pork, were deprived of proper clothing and of fire for days together, and were so ing on each other, | by the groans of the sick and dying and by the wild ravings of the delirious, driven to madness by their cruel treatment. But times have changed since. Raies have been established for the treatment of prisuners of war founded upon princtples of humanity, due to the advance of civilization, the violation of which cannot fail to stigmatize the captor as a barbarian or criminal and to subject him to such punishment as tne power of his antagonist may be able to inflict, while it also renders him amenable to the censure of the ctvilized nations of the earth. The Brua- sels Congress can hardly claim that the coaqueror has no right TO KILL HIS ENEMY after capture if the safety of his own forces shall Recessarily demand it, can only ve refused the enemy when itis necessary to the protection of the victor. While we may lawiully kill those who are actually in arms and continue to resist, the victor cannot take the lives Of those who are not tn arms, or who, betng in arms, cease their resistance and surrender thoin- selves into his power. No harshness or severity is allowable except such as may be necessary tor the safety and security of the captor. With an honorable foe the rules of civilized wartare obtain, and when Cat! falls into his power, by cap- ture or surrender, he seeks to alleviate his suifer- ings to the extent of his ability. He becomes for the time his trlend and protector as well as captor. The treatment of Vee tcth of war is 4 significant test of civilization in any people or nation. It is the one amenity that redresses a thousand vio- lences engendered by belligerent relations, or it 18 the one cruelty that casts ail others In the back- ground. CHARACTER OF THE CONGRESS. It must be understood that the Uongress to as- With that class oi agitators who have from time to time during the past ten years met for the purpose of denouncing estaodlished governments and the maintenance of armies. ‘he former act under authorization of several European Powers, who seem to be actuated by @ sincere desire to lessen the horrors of war. Something has already been accomplished for the wounded. The hideous pic- ture of a battle fleld loses some of its most repul- Sive features, The tens of thousands of brave men who but yesterday were full of life and strength, and who with crushed limbs, thirsty and rest! are strewn on the ground, are now made hopeiu by the appearance in their midst of the Geneva Cross, which ensures to ita wearer immunity fr danger and affords him an opportunity of succor- ing the suffering. Tite shock that war gives to civil zation ts somewhat relieved by the merciful care of the wounded, and it ts to be hoped that an inter- National agrecment will be reached next month by which the use of explosive bullets will be do- nounced, and that the treasment of prisoners of war will be placed on a foot in keep! with the present enlightened age. IRISH TREASON FELONY PRISONERS, A return procured by Mr. Butt, M. P., has been printed by order of the English Parliament, giv- ing particulars as to eighteen persons now suffer- ing imprisonment for treason-felony, of whom fourteen were tried for breach of the articles of War, and eleven were transported in 1866 to Western Australia, and the Home Office bas had no information since their arrival. THEIR NAMES AND OFFENCES are aa followg;—Edwarg Shope, accessory to the murder of Police Se in 1866; Patrick Me conspirtt iniormation; Robert ant Brett, at Mancl dy, same; Michae: Dar ing to depose the Queen, to lev: for supplying arms to tne Fentans; J same; Charles McCarthy, coming ‘o the knowledge not giving information to his commandin, Thomas Chambers, mutinous conduct, p O’Brien, same; Thomas Darragh, coming to the | J. E. Haring’s b. m. Scotland Maid knowledge 01 an inte! fed | rai and endeavoring to induce a soldier tu become @ ; James Kiely, coming to the knowledge of ‘an tended mutiny, &:.; Michael Harrington and | Bt yatniok Kenta os sett, ne conduct and desertion; James McCoy, Delaney aud John shine, mutinous conduct, jer, ‘and panne and not giving R. F. Galloway’s br. 8. Dixon mM, mMutinous conduct | J. Sunmons’ b. g. nan Be Day—Tairp $100; mile heats J. Bougnrum’s bi Thoina: Same i best three in five, in harness $200 to the second and $100 to t! ‘Rack—Rvywi) divided equaily ; cat k. g. Gerald, aged, by Mickey hd to the first, ¢ third horse. ee. war William E. Weeks’ gr. g. Tanner Boy. ° 1 in Wilson, | Alexander Patterson’s br. 8, Manhattan. 4 George Moore's gr. g. Dan. 2 of an invended mutiny in Her Majesty’s troops, and | James Dougrey, Jr's, st. B Ben Smith 3 oMcer; Charles H. Smith’s 8, m. Lady Shotwell c.; Jonn | M. H. Whippie’s ob, m. Isabella. i Pui B ot rs Si weights. | The Memorable Visit of Mr. Bergh to the POOR DOG TRAY. A Hot Crusade and a Terrible Time for the Canines. pat tae hdc Sas oe and 1s not allowed to enter his house, and yet, strange enough, Sheording to their rei ”, they are forbidden to kill them. If transmigration of souls ever takes place and Mr, Bergh 1s to be @ dog, the worst barin his enemies can wish him i@ to be # dog im “Constantinople.” Yours obedi- ently, BOW WOW. PLYMOUTH CHURCH. Beeeher’s Friday Night Talk to Talke ing Christians, Plymooth lecture room was crowded, as usual, | last evening. Mr. Beecher’s table was adorned by | two besutliul bougcets, After the customary | services Mr. Beecher said:—Tbere ts danger in Chamber of Death. The ernsade against the sca The drop was | and, the rope being too thick, causing it to slipand | ‘or two miuntes alter the drop fell | at—Treatment of Prisoners—Explosive | fiict the attention of humane persons in every part | who, by an international arrangement, would be B THE AMERICAN JOCKEY CLUB. Pool Selling on To-Day’s Races. ‘The attendance was very large at the rooms of evening, and the bidding was very spirited and | excited, The Belmont Stakes was the most im- portant event of the evening, and it is said that | $20,900 was put on tlis race last even- | ing. The Withers Stakes was also favorably | received, andthe steeple chase came up well towards the latter part of the evening, At John- crowas, and the betting was spirited. In both places, as atthe Jockey Club room, the Belmont Stakes carried everything before them. The pools on the diferent races sold as follows onan aver- Fellowcrat $20 Fadladeen 30 | Katy Pe: 150 Jury. 80 | Bingamon. $170 | Wizura y Village Blacksmit ) Cariboo, Lorillard Red Dick, fiily.... a 30 45 | STEEPLE CHASE. | George West.... $140 ullet. 95 Mary Clark Henrietta. Litrell... Crown Prince. GOSHEN PARK, ee ee eee ing—Rella, the Winners, GOSHEN, N. +, June 12, 1874 dull, threatening clouds of the ear cheer the hearts of the managem improved somewhat by light harrowing. $800, for norses that never beat 2:50, mile heats, | $200 to the second and $100 to the third horse. | the American Jockey Club in Madison avenue last | son's and Chamberlin’s there were very large | age:— | McGrath. $120 | Saniord.. 400 130 | Betmont. 5 105 Puryear. 8b | Swigert. oO | | Field... 130 | TWO-YEAR-OLD STAKE. | | Belmont dee arecee 100 $1 | McGrath 16 115 Puryear. 45 McDaniel. Morris....... Hunter & ravers. Littell. | Fei 70 | Third and Last Day of the Spring Meet- | Tanner Boy and Gerald track was in fair condition, but would have been | Free dam Rosette (Perrine) .. Wm. Mack's 8, g. Sorrel Colt, 6 Lexington, dam by Glencoe (Cook): SYRACUSE DRIVING PARK. The Syracuse Driving Park Association anno | fourth, = BACING IN PITTSBURG, | Was won by Siow Go, | Time—2:37%, | The pacing race, purse $200—Siiver Cloud the first heat, in 4, and was distanced 1 | 358 Me. forbes » Little Jjm, 4 years y janet, dam bec MCKe@)...0.066 3 8 Tin op Fe Va } SYRacusg, N. Y., June 12, 1874. unce PirrssuxG, Pa., June 12, 1874, The trotting match today tora purse of $400 | that the natives of Staten Island have lived of 2:35, 2:39, won in the dogs wae renewed yes- ! terday with redoubied vigor. It was more ani- mated and extended than on the day before. Its limits were hardly bounded by Manhattan Island, | | and asbrewd suspicion prevails at the pound on | Thirty-seventh street that dogs from Staten isiand and Hoboken are being imported for the merce- nary object of securing the head money of filty | cents, Westchester being annexed dogs from that | for Tuesday next, among others, @ purse of $600 | territory come iegally under the provisions of the for horses that have never beaten 2:38; $800 to first horse, $150 to second, $90 to third and $60 to Morris ordinance, It 18 an !mposition on the treas- ury, however, that it should be compelled to pay | for dogs trom Jersey City, Hoboken, Brooklyn and | Staten Island. The public of New York might be | Palned to hear of any native of Staten Istand be- ing attacked with hydropbobia, but considering | the natives of New York for neariy 200 years they should be.able to alford a pound of sheir | own, We might tolerate Brooklyn, but Staten | this time, when Curistians m all oburches are taught to labor for Christ, and tf am sorry to say many sacred phrases and endearing terms, by being rua around the world, are becoming mere cant words, ana so the name of Jesus, I think, is in great dane ger of being unballowed by the inrpulsive way im which t¢ is continually used—Come to Christ,’® “Work for Christ’’—until, instead of being @ Mame thet sheds divine influence, it becomes the handle of a door, a mere latch, Now, in & time when there are organized effort to bring Knowledge home to all persons and alf communities, organized efforts to repress dishon- esty, to educate men to truth and manliness, to ® beneficent development of tne spirit of Christtan- ity, instead of @ decrease in seal, it should be the duty of every Ubristian man to augment the scope | of his infuence. Nevertheless, as the heart tm continually tending two the lower and carnab second heat by Sorrel Jim, who won tie race Island is a gross imposition. Let the Staten | things, so these very institutions by which we en- in 2:33, SEASIDE AND COUNTRY. Mr, Robinson, the banker, and bis family have a | Cottage at Cape May. The Alburg Spring Honse and Franklin H Highgate Springs, Vt., are open, life at the Variety Springs, Virginia. Hugh Hastings will occupy his cottage at Mon- mouth, near Long Branch, this summer. Hampton Boads has a resort called “Vue de | PEau” that is largely patronized this season. Hampton, N. H., bas made great preparations 140 , for, but as yet has been honored by few visitors, Mr, and Mrs. John Jacob Astor leave for Newport being bowled in a few days and will occupy their cottage there. The Albany Academy Cadets made an excursion to Saratoga last Sunday, and put up at the Claren- don. of their country seas at Garrisons, N. Y., last week. | Mr and Mrs. A, T. Stewart and Commodore Vanderbilt and tamily leave town for Saratoga this | Week. rived, guests, Mr. and Mis. Levi P. Morton, | enue, leave town this week for their residence at Mr. Fletcher Harper and family, ; “third turn.” are the Jane Mosely and River Belle. | The accomplished wife ana daughter of America’s louse, You may naturally expect to find the spice of Mrs. Hamilton Fish and family took possession Oscar Coles, Mayor of Aiken, 8. C., will spend the summer at Saratoga, where he has already ar- | | ‘fhe West End Hotel is still carpetiess, yet great The Spring Meeting of the Goshen Park Associa- preparations are being made for the reception of tion closed to-day with a large atvendance, fine sport and many attendant incidents of note. The | morning gave | Way to bright sunshine about ten o'clock, in time | “bores,” to woo the country people from their homes and | ent, Who wished the winding up events to pass off with dolat. ‘the | Newport. “The Boar's Head" is the name ofa Hampton | Beach Hotel, which is probably celebrated for its | With doggerel symphonies during the night. Cap- of West | Twenty-second street, willspend the summer at There were two events on the card, and these | ‘Tarrytown, were supplemented by an exhibition of running, | mile heats, for a small purse, between Gerald, | petween sherry and champagne and it is called tne Sorrel Colt and Little Jim, who were on the track the previous days, The tirst race was a purse of | i At Brandywine Springs, Maryland, they take it The boats between this city and Sandy Hook, to 9 | connect with the rail for Long Branch this year, best turee in five, in harness; $500 tothe first | | Islanders aspbyxiate their own characterless and | abandoned curs, New York has quite enough to do to take care of its own. SHORT-LIVED DELIGHT OF THE DOGS. There was a mingled feeling of delight and | despair among the dogs of the city yester- day. It is now a recognized fact that, | without any primary education, the dogs of New York rank ip intelligence with those | ef any other city under the sun. Thousands can of our dogs ran over by &@ Broadway stage. Yet what acommon occurrence it is to hear of one of the superior race, standing on two legs, heir to a thousand yeurs of intelligence and claim- | mg acquaintance with the rolling spheres, over in his transit trom one side of the street to the other! but the ear of science will listen to the | Phenomenal news that the dogs of New York dis- covered the Ponnd was closed yesterday. By what mystic telegraphic process this was iound out it is jmpossivie to say. Nevertheless the fact re- mains that there was Joy throughout the whole canine kingdom or republic. Of course it was a | short-sighted teeing of elation, yet excessively anthropological in the analogy. THE POUND WAS CLOSED | yesterday throughout the entire day. When tt gates were being shut on Thursday night it was discovered that no more accommodation re- | mained—that dogs enough were received to fill the entire place and entertain the neighborhood | tain Marriott, in his dogmatic way, declared he had of Fifth av. | quite sufticient prisoners to attend to aud prepare for execution. WHEN MORNING DAWNED | among the drays and ash barrels on Thirty- seventh street, near Eleventh avenue, a large number of men and boys of wayward habits and of dress, that scorned sympathy with any decent | Standard, besieged the gates of the pound. Some had come from Harlem, some from the opposite extreme of the city, and between them ier had dogs " enough | to furnish tne commissariat of the Chinese rmy. dA man from Cherry sireet brought fifteen jogs in a wagon. tion, and great curiosity prevalled among the crowd to find out how be became the possessor of bear witness to the fact that they never saw one | it may provoke the smile of ignorant incredulity, , He was quite aceutre of attrac- | | deavor to correct Christians become snares, ang | so 1tis my daty to put in question what I may IMPERSONAL LABOR. Tne kingdom of God is increased not by | means of churches or communities or Sunday | Schools or books or tracts, but the kingdom of Go@ 1s righteousness, peace, joy, sweetness, gentie< | Ness, humility. So real increase in a community of | the cause of Christ is to be measured by the in crease of interior disposition. If the Chureh is | only another organization for social purposes, if you only spread its particular bettef, there is just as much pride, just as much cold- ness, just a8 much quarretiing. You may build a Sunday school in every ward and multiply asso- ciatiuns, and yet make no progress, for it 1s in the inerease of sweet fruits that the Goapel is measured. Therefore, when men go out, beware: Ouare not like some. Some go out profession- ally, because tuey are hired to do 16316 ia their occupation; and o great many go oUt’ pat ronizingly. They are those persons who found out something and condescend to tell it ta others, They are so good, uhey are 80 sorry tor per- eons who don’t feel as they do and they offend; , they don’t represent the spirit of the Gospel | they don’t represent the lovely side of Christianity. Then there are a great many die are routin! | They have an_ unwritsen turgy. They tall liturgically. “What the state of y soul to-day??? and repeat it day after day. | They do aome good, it is to be hoped, but not mpok, ' Ifancy;and some Work in vanity. Nothing i¢ so ‘ beneficial in the point of the influence you cam | bring to bear as yourself—a Christian disposition, | patience, charity, laigeness of mind, being true and just and gentle and generous; that is, in the manifestation of that disposition, That ts the strongest testimony that we are allowed to make. Now, @ man can go to a watering place or th | mountaing, and in the hotels evince an anxiety to | have prayers in the parlor, aud look out for an: trivolous and vain persons who ought to be talke to, and press religion om the people aad do it sin= | cerely, and yet they may not be acceptanle, sim because the natoral lan, of such persons be proud, worldly, and they fall to represen! | tne Master. And I can understan iw ; another person, very timid, never opening their lips on religious subjects, yet impresses evel one wita @ sense of their goodness. I no at horticultural abows, -wuile books have givem: you descriptions, it is the trait that attracts your attention, I see the same thing in regard to new | fowers. There ts & fashion in roses and tulips, aud you pick out the rose that is most beautiful and fragrant; and if one's religtous life is such as tobe seen by men it has more influence than, uw you were to talk for ever, and that, too, withous’ of charity towards the | Convention, as stated, is to consider the classes of not widely known that it was proposed a few years since to introduce explosive bullets, missiles The object or | the | instance, when Napoleon | the war of the Revolution are not forgotten. The | crowded that they could not move without tread- | The nights were made terrible | In other words, quarter | For this eleven of the fifteen entries came for the word, and the contest was of the most excit- inasmuch ing character, | George H. Mitchell even against the field. occur; but, majority ot as to the final result. pecame the favorite at $50 to $2) over the fleld. In the fourth heat the strong limbed Bella repeated nee and went under the wire lengths, Mi Bella a stil grea filth heat ending as “dead”? b The exhibition of gameness on the who lias been terribly out of con- is stay in Goshen, induced his Inany backers to believe tnat he would ultimately prove the victor, and so ventured a jew more In the sixth and final heat, however, Bella showed that she possessed great Staying qualities, and aitera grand struggle she landed winner of the heat and race amid enthusi- Mitchell took second premium | and Dohiman third money. | in @ year that have so many changes as marked the incidents connected with this. heat all but Mitchell, Lady Dohiman and Bella were given the positions they came out the first heat, | owing to the consternation In the third five starters and in the balance of the race but three, the others being Withdrawn by permission her gallant perfo: the winner by two Dohiman last. and Bella, art of Mitchell, ition during ‘hi a dollars on him. astic applause, John’s condnct, of the judges. and Gre: averaged, the field §$: betting very spirited. and the brown mare Lady Dohiman, old tivals, were among the number | Whose owners were sceking to secure the first | ' premium. In the pools before the start Mitchell | Was the favorite, the sales rupning—Mitenell $69, | Lady Dohiman $40, Walden Maid $28 ana the fleld ' mer, $56. Dohiman won the first heat, the send-off for Mitchell being of the worst possible character, ne | being twenty lengths in the rear and Dohimana good fourth, but the bettting still held Mitcheht The second heat was very exciting, Happy John’s sulky being accidentally | smashed, when the horse ran among the big field of contestants in such a mapner as to impress | the spectators that something dreadful would yuckily, such was Mitchell won this heat, when be became a greater favorite, bringing three to one over all the others. During the sandwiched heat of violent shower passed over the track aud deluged it to that extent that it resembled a canal. he betting men did not know how the favorite horses would act in the mud, and so were “ail at sea;’’ but Mitchell still retained first piace in the pools, Bella, a bay mare, entered by Z. E. | | Simmons, an unexpected aspirant fer honor, won the third heat, When there was great speculation Mitchell showed signg of The second event was for a purse of $800, for horses that never beat 2:34, mile heats, best three in five, in harness—$500 to the firet horse, $200 to the second and $100 to the third. Of the nine entrics, Taner Boy, Lady Shotwell. Ben Smith, Manhattan | Dan responded to the bell. th Tanner Boy $16 an he first heat was won so _ a part of the summer at St. as the bay gelding Gunning mer. not the case. | the ‘34 rave @ | sons in the afternoons.”” The rod are inexhaustible. hell second and r favorite, the tween Mitchell there. But few races occur Inthe second sammer consumption, roduced by Happy ence o1 glory. eat there were but i | | | The pools | the | tive manner. favorite Gezeral, Sherman, wili probably spend dozen in Albans. Picasané Gardens, McDowell county, North Caro- lina, Was once a noted resort; but as itis near Bald Mountain, few will patronize It this year. Mrs, Dr. Bedford and family, inciuding ex-Judge Bediord, have engaged rooms at the Cooper Béhse, Cooperstown, N.-¥., for the sum- | General Elijah Ward and family bave left their residence on Filth avenue, and gone to their coun- try home, Locust Knoll, Roslyn, L, I., for the sum- The Sentinel states that all the hotels now open at Saratoza “are doing @ fine business, and we are pleased to recognize the familiar faces of many visitants of former years once more in our streets.” The woman who ought to be queen of Cape May, we learn from the Wave, “attends hec garden,cooks for the farm hands, does the housework, keeps four children in good order and gives music les- Or Put-in-Bay, Lake Superior, a writer says:— | _ “The objects and elements for the boat, gun and Plateaus for games, con- servatories for flirting, halls for dancing and re- freshments are there in plenitude.’” Among the guests already arrived at the Ocean House, Long Branch, and not previously announced, ara Health Commissioner C, F, Chandler and wife, reat fatigue when pulled up, and Dohiman now | Drs. G. Grant and J. U. Draper and their families, M. P. Cook and wife, and H. H. Ireland, How and son, of tins city; E. Coon and wife, C. D. Partridge and wife, and A, Baker and sisters, of Philadelphia; T. | D, Haskell, of Maine; 0. J. Hurbut, of Chicago; H. P, Jessup, of Boston; EB. B. Butterfield, of Detroit, and Mrs, F. T. Carrington, of Oswego. | Of North Conway, N. fi., a correspondent says :— “Twenty guests passed Sunday at the Kiarsarge House, at Noyth Conway, and were treated to a rousing thunder gust at sundown and glorious weather the rest of the time. Trout are a drug The Thompsons are ready for the season, and are raising no end of vegetables and milk for Griddle cakes assatl the sense ana maple syrup putwon its amber aflu- ‘The streams are full, and dance, | laugh and prattle like Carroll county democrats | since the change in New Hampshire politics.” The manager of the Whfte Sulphur Springs, | Greenbrier county, W. Va., can claim originality | if nothing else. His map of the Springs, done up | im the finest green, just received by us, is well cal- culated to attract the verdant, who find shady | walks and abrupt turns marked in a@ most sugges- Entering “Lovers’ Walk” tne lovers soon take @ turn by the left flank into the walk marked “Hesitancy,” from which there is no exit. ; 80 much canine fest. It seems he had a dog disparaging talkers. When you ‘are yourself of his own that prevailed upon over & peautiinl by the fragrance of the Goapel—by the others to come into an alleyway , similitude in you to the Lord Jesus Christ— when the Sixth ward, where they were y you carry that, then ofiicial-duties become more powerful; but the want 1s apt to be this—we rum vhe machines, BUT WE HAVE NO WHEAT vo grind, Keep the mils ETUDE all the um and talk, talk, talk and after we don’t 88] anything, jor ft is out of the abundance vagged as soun as seen. Marriott refused to tako any more dogs, thongh 500, in their tgnorance of what awaited them inside, barked ior admission. , ‘The great time of execution tixed ior to-day may ' have to be postponed, for che carbontc actd gas is not ready, whereat the dogs rejoice and hope it may never be. | the heart that the mouth speaketh, and my‘ MB. BERGH APPEARS ON THE SCENE. exhortation to you ts to be useful, and, im | About noon Mr. Bergh pant a visit to the Pound _ oruer to be useful, be Christianly Taon't’ aay. | you are to pray sO many times every day. I merely Bay this that you should be such, that when a per-> son comes to kuow you he wiil have a better It is easy for yor ‘ol | and threw in @ compiussionate ginnce, such’ as Howard the philanthropist in his walks threugh Newgate, might have extended to the batches of unfortunate Old Balley crimimals condemned to | be nanged. He then took a survey of the wicked ' looking boys and men who stood With guilty looks in their eyes and innocent dogs in their arms on the eige oi the sidewaik. He did everything cal:niy and deliberately. He tapped the policeman understanding of Christianity. not to Fes angry at things that don’t provoke ; and call yourselves Christians. I¢ is @hrisi , © ve gentie, serene in thiugs that hurt you; it is. quedy OP be fuil of ety fi charity, a y al on the back and inquired if he had seen any dogs Mer Hut qrties yout Aorood I Dad tethet: ae a subjected to undue pressure. He hoped every dog sprig of mignonette than a cartioad of sunflowers, came of his own iree will and in the publicinter- and eo the fragrauce of Christ, the beauty 0! ene ae Mentone Pepe Teale Nien eae Christ, the loveliness of Christ, may God grant you a pees the Se eeras at ane were superior anny, DEVE s'40 Cae pereleny ae Landauer ised 0 all other considerations. he was sorry itcy | known of allmen. Here Mr. Beecher gave an oj srould be ‘onsigned to premature death and portunity bs any one to apeak, and a hpories said, burial, but Luere was no resisting the inevitable. he wisued to ask a question and first to make@ WHAT HE REMARKED TO [HE POLICEMAN, simple statement. le said in visiting a town in From them, ag he remarked to the policetaan, Kansas, he vistted a prayer meeting and was much who was affected even unto tears, a new race of strack by their exercises; the prayers were short, dogs would spring, disduiming hydrophobia and the speaking was short aud the proceedings very commending themselves more favorably wo the interesting, and in speaking to ine leader alter= kind consideration and brass collars of a higuer , wards, be asked where they bad Jearned their | order of humanity, Mr. Bergh was received b: cyle. “Why, said the man, “we are Brooklyn | Captain Marriott, who had one dog over bis baci ae we Seeined it at Plymouth Paes and jour under his arms at the time, with every | Here were the fruits, Now the question, Mark of respect, THE REGIMEN OF THR DOGS. Mr. Bergh kindiy inquired after the regimen of the dogs and jound that they were being fed on toast and Croton water. His humane eye feil pon one unfortunate animal of the wolf species, wno had evidently peen brought to the city from tue West. probably from Chicago. Newt tat 3 city, he was misled, fell into the worst kind of comphily and was captured on a spree. He was suffering | from what 18 known around the City Hal in | Brooklyn and New York as the “jim jams.” Mr. | Bergh discerned his complaint in an instant and handed over to Captam Marriott, on a sheet | ol brown paper. the following prescription :—'One- haif galion bromide potassium every hour until the bark ceases.” The President of the socie for the Prevention, &c., made an exceedingiy kin and careful inquiry into the condition of every dog present. Quite a silence reigned during tts presence in the chamber of death. Marriott, who | KNOWS DOGS LIKE A BOOK, ' says he saw a vear stand in the eye of a biack and tan that Mr. Bergh patted in his humane | way on the bac Reverence and sadness were the marked characteristics of the unhappy | ; captives. In the extreme corner of the room a | large dog drew the eyes of many visitors, He was ®@ rough unkempt brute, that nad fought bis way | among the rocky fastnesses on the westside of town. Where whitewashed shanties lend a Swiss | Alpine feature to the landscape. He was sufer- ing from the St. Vitus’ dance, and hia misery could clearly be met ouly with asphyxiation MR, BERGH AS A PHYSICIAN. Mr. Bergh thought otherwise, and ordered “one gallon citrate magnesia every half hour till the tail Lieb ce tibucveeges and ears droop.” One very touching sighi was Qui ont produit la somme de 3,322 40 irancs, par found in a remote corper of the room. This wasa ; une traite achetée chez MM. Caylus Deruyter & | dog thatin the period of her confinement had Co., No. 57 Beaver street, qui ont bien voulu se said he, is, Ought we, when we feel that we have not tue ability to talk, try todo it? Is it our duty? Well, said Mr. Beecher, 1t ijt becomes me to talk ) against talkers, 1 tank faicing 1y a Tree country is a safety Vaive, aud pedpfle on ood deal that otherwise might make mischief. In eu ard the spirit it is different. I am always glad whe 1: aa oe Shas any to ag) On the subject of Fees lke, baY if théy have not tue git they wili do better to keep silent. have seen many Chnistiang stacked up like fifteen-inch guns im the Navy Yard; paey, are ready, but they never go off; but the truth fs, if We ould strike an average, it would be better on sides, but as for these spiritual bummers they do a great deal’ of barn, COLT ga Mae aiter text, like boys making a Kitetail. e rise and fall of a kingdom, in a spiritual view, is not so great as the rise and tall of an imdividual, and the experience and testi- mony of such as have been trained for immortal glory is worth more tuan all the talk. THE ROCHEFORT LECTURE. New York, le 11 Juin, 1874, MONBIRUR LE REDACTEUR DU HERALD:— Veulliez, je vous prie, insérer dans votre journal le compte rendu de la lecture donnée par M. Roche. fort&® Académie de Musigne le 5 Juin, 1874, aw bénéfice deg déportés de la Ualédonie:— Receties géuéraics Depenses........ Bénéfice net....... $722 2 $1,274 50 562 25 semble in Brussels has no connection whatever | gamely to his wheel until they shot under the wire. During the second heat of thts race the heavy shower above alluded to swooped down upon the track, and, with the violent wind that accompanied it, drenched many o/ the spectators as thoroughly as it made the track tor a time @ canal, Manhattan, who acted very well in the race, obtained second money and Grey Dan the third premiam. Shotwell was distanced in the heat jor running, but if Was owing to the check rein breaking soon after the word was given, which proved unlortu- nate for her owner, who thought very highly of the mare’s chances in the contest. The last stfair of the day was a purse of $100, mile heats, for the runners, Gerald, Spotted Colt | and Little Jim, the money being equally divided. This was eran by the association that the attrac. tions of the day might be remembered. It ended by Gerald an under the wire first, Spotted Coit second and Little Jim third each heat. SUMMARY, GOSHEN PARK ASSOCIATION, GOSHEN, N, JUNE 12, 1874—THIRD AND Last Day’ or tr | SPRING MEETING—FiRsT RAcE—TROTTING.—Purse Of $500, for horses that never beat dest three in five, in harness; 200 to the second and $100 to the third horse, 'udges—Shepherd F. Knapp, Amos ©, Littell and | Major Morton. % EB. Simmons’ b. m. Bella (M. Roden) 81101 0. W. Mi Mitchell (Ali McDonald). 143038 Isaac Dohiman’s b. m. Lac man (John Murphy). 22232 George |. Ferguson’: Sweetmeats. . 43 ar W, 0. Trimble’s ch. er é 5 6 dr | John L. Doty’s br. m. Agnes....... 6 6 dr, | Alexander Patterson’s b. g.Wullam Walsa . teesseccerseseenes ToT GM Wiliam eks’ b. m. Waiden Maid... siecveseee 8 8 AT. William Wilson’s br. m. Whalebone 9 9 ur, G.P, Giibert’s gr. m. Oora F.. 10 40 dr, | J. H. Philips’. g. Happy Joun....11 dis, Half. First heat. 41 1:19 Second neat 40 1:20 Toird heat, 4 1:22 Fourth heat. ie 1:203¢ ay Fifth beat. dial 2:40 Sixth heat. . MG 1:23 2 a Same DAY—SECOND Rack—TRorTING.—Purse 0! Grey Dan challenged him in the lasi heat and hung | easily by Tanner Boy he became the favorite | three to one over the field. He won)! ‘the race without great aiMcuity, althongh | Lady | | | or to the left, througn worse, MUSIC IN THE PARK. They must then make a actour of half a mile into Louisiana row, from which they can enter the | “acceptance way to Paradise.” At the end of the latter they can turn to the right into “Rejection avenue,” where the victim receives his dismissal, “Courtship Maze” to | | “Lovers’ Rest,’ where he can be accepted, and, | after kissing, pass through “Lovers’ Walk” to “Lovers’ Leap,” from which it ig supposed the victim will take his final plunge into matrimony | and abandon the White Suiphur for something If the weather permits there will be music at the Mall in Centra! Park, at four o’ciock this afternoon, | by the Central Park Band, under the direction of | The programme will | commence at four o’clock in the following or- | Mr. Harvey B, Dodworth. deri— PROGRANME—PART 1, 1, Introductory, march—"Union” 2 Overturo—"Gusiayus Ii.” & Walw—"“Elfen Reigen”. 4 Polka (cornet)—' | i} | QUBES VICTORIA AND THE MILITIA. (From the London News, May 22.) There was an extraordinary scene at the L Frewl | tngton Railway station on Wednesday evening. few minutes before the train conveying Her Maj esty en rowe for Scotland arrived the Kari of | Aylesford rode up witha troop of Warwickshire Yeomanry Cavalry, now training ar Warwick, and | Constantinople, Pera and its vicinity is a perfect | fortably, -Heamn | gas required canno ", | to be made in Philadeiphia. It ia carbonic acid | in 1h Medioy "ord aun: nance e peawortn lone ana le: rie I, Mazurka—"La Hee Burger Waterstein 12 Galop—"Ohne Kuh'ohue Rast”... Doppler Finale—National airs eam- A given birth to a litter of pups. It is better to draw { @ veil over @ scene lik » this, though 1a] of so much | that 18 truly tender and pathetic. Poor thing! | One and all must be asphyxiated, for nobody will come to claim 80 extensive a responsibility. NEWFOUNDLAND DOGS have not yet been turned in. It would excite tears of pity that any of the canine patives of that coun- | try should suffer asphyxiation. Considering that | they belongtoa land that directiy unites us by | cable with Kurope, some consideration should ve | shown them. Favor might be extended to Skye | terriers in view of the approaching transit of ' Venus, and ladies, iIapdogs are cruelly treated in being muazicd with wire. Let the ordinance of Alderman Morris be amended, and lapdogs of gentle breeding be uilowed to wear inuzzles made of mosquito net. Sixth wara dogs shonld be muzzled with iron. Boys who steal dogs belonging to spinsters who lave no other companion in their daily walks should be muzzied a8 Well as the dogs. THE TANK OF DBATH. ‘The tank in which the canines are to draw thetr Jast breath is finished, The awful apparatus of death is ike an exaggerated ice refrigerator. It is air tight and will uccommodate forty dogs com- wisnout crowding. The pectar kind of t be had in New York, and has | | ] | | | gas of such a poweriul character that it will use U1 iP | the condemned in exacily twenty seconds, | & Overture—"‘Jubel’ sq Weber a shin i ; Nout | MB, BERGH AND THE DOGS IN ON, STANTINOPLE. odworth | TO THE EDITOR OF THE HBRALD:— Thave just seen the extract irom Mr. H, Bergh’s | statement in your limpression of the 10th inst. in | which he talks of ‘that paradise of dogs, Con- | stantipople.” Why do wen write of things they know nothing about? and who can have told Mr. | Bergh of the “superior humanity and intelligence of the Turk?” Why, sir, their humanity cannot | be superior, because it does not exist, and Wf ior intelilg sculity, villany, cheating and crimes of the lo agd dithiest description, | then they may have intel nee. A dog's life in demanded the admission of the troop a8 a guard | hell upon earth. Knocked, kicked, starved, neg- | of honor. This was refused by the oMcials, where- | lected, flithy and full o1 vermin, they are a perfect | upon an altercation took place, his Lordship in- | nuisance to themselves and to ali decent people, | sisting upon his right to be in the station. rd | besides being at umes even dangerous, and hav. | Aylesiord’s family motto, it may ve observed, is $800, for horses that never beat 2:34; mile Beate, | “Te live with will umsettercd.” ing been kDOWN © allack children trom mere Starvation, Adeg iv an avowiuation w 6 Turk | charger de la ‘aire parvenir @ 8a premiere destina- tion. Pour ie Comité, A. FLAURAUD, No. 487 Broadway. TRANSLATION. To Taz EpiToR oF THE HERALD: Wii you please insert tn your journal the ac count of the recetpts and expenses of the lecture delivered by M. Rocherort at the Academy of Musio on June 6, 1874, for the benefit of the exiles of New Caledonia :— + $1,274 50: 552 26 General receipts bxpenses,. Kealizing the swum of 3,322 franes, for’ which has been drawn by Messrs. Caylus Deruyter & Co.,, $722 26 @ bill No. 57 Beaver street, who ave undertaken, forward it to its destination, On behalf of the | committee, A. FLAURAUD, No. 487 Broadway. | parescestocrsneasetotenlis rie | LARGE FIBE IN TWENTY-BIGETH STREET. Loss $60,000. Ataquarter to nine O'clock last evening was discovered by Officers Smith and Stanton, of the Twenty-eighth precinct, in the three story brick building Nos, 660, 562, 564, 966, 568 and 600 | West Twenty-eighta street, ocoupied by the National Ohemical Wood-Treament Company. Before the engines could get into position the fre had gained such headway as to preciude the pos- sibuiity of 3 @ is before it should consume the entire building. About haif an hour alter the en- @ines got to work the tront wall in Twenty-eighth street fell, and came very near crushing several firemen who were throwiag water on it, The butiding was a new one, having been erect- ea but six months, at an expense of $40,000. The loss on building and stock Will foot up to about: $60,000, insurance on whton could not be obtained, last evening. The fire extended to the building, No. 698, which is occupied by J. W. Jobbs, asa sugar mould factory. is loge will loot up to $3,000, principally by water, LUMBER BURNED, 82. JouN, N. B, June 12, 1874, Giynan’s lumber yard, at St, George, containing’ neariy 1,000,000 feet of dry lumber, caught fre 13% { | | terday and a¢ last advices wae still burning. insurance,