The New York Herald Newspaper, July 14, 1874, Page 8

8 ‘CRAZY CRIMINALS ARRAIGNED. The New Act of the Legislature. erin The Case of Kate Stoddard, the Goodrich Murderess. es om STRANGE CONDUCT OF THE PRISONER. There was, literally speaking, a field day for in- ‘sane criminals held im the Kings County Court, before Judge Moore, yesterday. the appearance of two crazy criminals of note for she purpose of instituting legal inquiry as to their sanity and the degree of menta! capacity possessed | by them, in order that the Court may determine as ‘to whether the prisoners should be remanded to she Lunatic Asylum or be proceeded against erimi- nally as persons of sound mind, About ten o'clock Miss Lizzie King, alias Kate Stoddard, alias Annie | months. Kate Stoddard, as the slayer of Charlies Goodrich, the bachelor occupant of the Degraw street brown stone front house, is more ‘amiliarly known, iookea quite aristocratic by the side of her humble fellow demented crimi with whom she conversed freely, but patronizingly, upon topics extraneous vo the issue oi traverse, The attend- &nce of spectators was numerous as soou as it became Known outside that the Goodrich murder- ess Was In court. Prominent among Liose present were District Attorney Winslow, his assistants, Moore abd Faron; ex-Chief of Police Patrick Camp- bel, to Whose clever devices are due the detection and arrest of Miss King; J. Carson, P. Keady, Coroner Whitehill and otbers, who 1h mani- Jested interest in this remarkabie case. The huse band of Mrs, Dwyer, toe mau who received sach suiking proof o! bis wile’s aifection, in the sbape | ©) a cracked skuil, on the morning of June 2, was | iso present, and conversed quietly with his un- fortunate wife, the latter looking about her mean- while with a vacant, unmeaning stare that be- spoke an unsettled reason. District Attorney Winslow called attention on the part of the Court to the law passed by act of ‘the Legisiature of the State of New York in May last, entitled “An act to revise and consolidate the ‘statutes of the State relating to the care and custody of tue insane,’ stating that the case of Toe People vs. Lizzie King, alias Kate Stoddard, came, in his opinion, within the provision oJ this act of the gisiature. A large amount of testimony bad been takea by her couasel, Messrs. Grey and D. B. Thompson, upon the autecedents of the prisoner, who had been indicted for the murder 6! Charles Goodrich, and he should ask What it be read for the iniormation of the Court b de‘ermining its procedure. Judge Moor that the aMidavits taken by counsel im tue cus read. Mr. Grey, who is a Massachusetts lawyer, came before the Bar and was proceeding to read, Wen be was most ubexpectedly interrupted by Miss King, who abandoned her quondam friend, Mrs, Dwyer, and, rusting upon the counsel, seized hold of the sciemn depositions of her early Sriends and acqnaintances, Which he was about to Tread, and detore she could be prevented made a desperate effort to obtain possession of them. She wad they were fuise from first to lust and sbouid not be read; that Mr. Grey was not her counsel; he Was the meanes: man about.” At this juncture an oficer of tue Court approachea and Youghly thrust tne poor creature buck to her seat behind the jury box. Meanwhile she straggied Pght heroically in the grasp oO! the sirong mau in | blue coat and brass butions, and managed to get ¢n one biow with her ian on bis nose. Judge Moore directed the officer to bring her beiore the Beach, nq told bir not to use force, as she would come | TY own accord. ow,” said the Judge, as she approached be- fore tbe Bar, “you must keep qui You were brought here that you might be aware of all that Was going on, and if you want to stay here you must keep quiet, You thougut (hat you shonld be present.” ‘The prisoner suic bshould toink it ‘Was proper that I snouid be present. What right has anyone to be wy counsel. Mr. Grey don’ Krow anything about it when | was fourteen years oid or any ower time.” dndge Moore—It is uct yourself properly Prisoner—I don’t ‘consider it any privilege to stay here, 1 can tell you. Judge Moore—You must keep quiet or! shall have to send you somewhere else. orn t you should con- Prisoner—! don't care Where yousend me. You can’t send me to any worse piace than [am now. Kare was then led to her seat om'cer, aad Mr. Grey proceeded to read the iavit of ner motuer touching the evidence of Kate's insanity. The prisoner interrupted, saying, “{t is all a lie. I'l) bring my mother here to prove him a liar. My mother Dever wrote anything like that, and I will Hot sit here and have my motuer or myself insulted $m such a.manner.” The prisouer frequei Fupted the reading of the afidavit “itis a lie.” The aMdavits read we om bz 8. N. Harlow and Lottie R. Pearce, of Plymouth, Mass.; Susan W. Keith, of Bridgewater; Mrs. Harriet King, of Plymouth, and tre mother of th prisoner, touching the manner ane veuring of accused from ber earliest infancy up to 1869. solowing letter from Dr. Godding, Superintende of the Taunton Asylum, was read by Lhe District Avuorney Tarston, Mass, July 1, 1874. Joax W 8q.. District Atworney — Dean = fequest of Dr. D.'f. ¥rown, of the Bloomin Asyium, i send you this statement rela ve to Lizzie King, alias Kate Stoddard. The re of this hospital show that Elizabeth L. Bing, aiias “Alice Howard” (atuer, Isaac B. King, of Fiymouth, Mass.) was committed to the hospital Apr 2% 4967, trom Bomon, by order of the Judge ot Pro vate Ble was discharged,’ recovered, September 16, i further gatber irom the records that she was twenty old, single, the insanity se. nd th ather and a Mr. Loyd K at her. April r that he bad ! is vo record Youre, oud thor W. GODDIN Mr. Thompson read affidavits ir phine S. Clapp, of Attievorough; Miss Ma Arnold, Thomas W. Peters, Lorina Nimar George F. Cromwell. The affidavit oi Miss Arnold day e@ asked her where st tol, as “she said she wanted to shoot birds that she Would as 800n shoot a Man as a bird, ‘The prisoner arose aud eXciaimed, addressing the Court, “That is pretty counsel i lave! What hance would | nave belore a jury with such coun eel’ ‘They are a disgrace to Brooklyn. ‘The affidavit oi Thomas W. Peters set forth th Mise King came to board with me im 186%, and 2 jurnished room which she occupied; she n Groii acting girl; the first time that I aw her | thought she was deranged; se would sit m her room and tak aud sing to herself; she bad afavorive cat which she kept in her room; she thoupht the d fleas, and she wasned the cat in kerosene vil, which oll she poured all over tue cat; the reeuit was that t ©) took Of ali the hair irom tue cat, and because the cat was sick she crammed ite mouth with bons, and then, a# the cat would not swallow the buny, it Was put out of the house and died, y Jane d and The prisoner said, in a loud vou tisalie, It @idn't aie. it was the smartest ¢ 1D the neigh- borhood,” Dr. Charles Corry testified:—He has been a phy- eician twenty yeurs; has been im the habit .or examining and ireaung the imgane; he visited the accused jour times m jail: has no Memorabdum o1 the date; pretty soon after the District Attorney took office; he went alone the first two times and tie last two times in company with br. Brown; the first interview Was avout iour hours long: each time made such inquiries concerning her statements about hersel’ and rative oi her connec- tion with the deceas Witness pamphiet written by Ka ‘War Whe author of the pamph testimony read this morning whe is insane and dangerous in every respect, and 4 dangerous person to be at SAW the pase sae in the pamphiet that sue ate some ot Goou- rien’s blood which Was im # locket; asked ver why she did it; she said she placed it in tue iocket to preserve it; these things would not be consist. ent with sanity; I have made a thorough invest) aun in every possibie way; tt is not p e that there wiliever be any marked improvement Jn her: on the contrary, she wonld grow worse ; it J8 ap indication, this homicide, of What she would Ao if permitted to go at large. Dy. Chaate, jormerly Superintendent of the Taugton Asylum, testitied :—Lizzie King Was there; be came during the last week iu April, and in May I went to Kurepe and remaied unt): August; irom Wy knowledge of her condition, what oecarred alter she jeft tbe asylum ond in 1869 and 171, think abe has been conslantly 01 upsouid mind, abe, The occasion was | her | her offspring, | shown the | She acmittea that sue | hee NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, JULY 14, 1874.-TRIPLE SHEET, ; perhaps, some of the time to appear like @ sane | yes, out under any excitement to be unsound mind; do not remember the stated cause o} her insanity; 48 far as I can judge she is insane. Al this point the case was adjourned until this morning. MES. DWYER COMMITTED TO THE ASYLUM, The District Attorney then cailed on the case of | Mrs. Mary Ann Dwyer, who killed her three ¢! | drea, Dr. MeDonaid, who is in charge o: the | asylum at Flatbush, vestitica that pe had seen the prisoner twice at the jail, and his opinion was that She Was insane at the time of the murder; has a | Suicidal lendeney and 1s insane now. Dr. Coony u rated this opinion. | The Court then 1, “Lewitt make the proper | order consigning her to some lunatic asylum.” if ‘This is the frst case that has occurred under the | new Lunacy law in this State, JOHN MITCHEL. His Imtended Return to Ireland—Views on the Irish Question, The report published in yesterday’s HBRALD con- cerning the intended return to lreland of Mr. John Mitchel, the Irish exile, for the purpose of contesting | the representation of an Irish constituency on ad- | Vanced national principles, bas given rise to con- siderable curiosity as to his motives in taking tos step and the course of action he imteuds to pur- sue on his arrival in Ireiand. It is generally known that Mr. Mitenel escaped from the penal colony of Van Dieman’s Land when he had com- pleted but five years of the fourteea to which he was sentenced, and that, therefore, according to | British Jaw, he is lable to be arrested M found in | the British dominions and imprisoned for the space of nine years, The government having the right and the power to throw him into prison it is natural that people should eel some curiosity ag tone, alias Alice Howard, and Mrs, Mary Ann Dwyer, were brought into court and were ausigned to seats by a Window in the rear of the jury box. Lizzie King, who is charged with the kiliing of Charlies Goodrich by shooting him through the head on the 2lst of March, 1873, was neatly attired. She wore a | striped blue and black silk Gress, round dark hat, trimmed with biue silk and ostrich feather, black Jace sacque and light kid gloves. She wore a | whort, dark lace vell and no ornaments, the mys- | verious gold locket being conspicuous by reason of ite absence. In her hand she carried a plain fan, which she used energetically, By her side was seated Mrs. Mary Ann Dwyer, tne unfortunate wo- wan who was goaded on to take the life of her ree children, whom she fondly loved, by the wretched coopers’ strike, which threw husban@é out of employment for two Months, brought privation to the domestic hearth, preyed upon her weak mind and finally drove her to insanity, whion satiated itselfin the slaughter of ‘whose ages ranged from seven years to twenty | to whether it will be deemed expedient to do so alter the lapse of so many years. A HewaLv reporter was detailed to ascertain correct aud reliable information on these points, | and the following is the substance of a statement | obtainea from Mr. Mitchel himseif:— Mr. Mitchel believes, to begin with, that no good can come to Ireland from the British Parliament, and that Ireland can never be prosperous or happy tll she has complete coutro] of her own destinies and tre connection with Englana en- | Urely severed. In tuis he will admit of no com- | promise or half measure. A federal arrangement | between the two countries he repudiates, and | repeat of the union, he believes, would not be i} March of the Locked-Out Laborers in Engla: | (Cambridge (June 29—Night) Correspondence of Loudon News.) qT | laborers through the Northern and Midland couv- | tes has at length begun, This morning Mr. Tay- jor, the General Secretary of the National Uniop, selecred about seventy men in the Newmarket district, and started from that town for Cambridge All the men wore biue ribbons, and some carried fags, while others collected money along the route. The procession was headed by a wagon drawn by one horse, on which were placarded the words “money box,” trom which one was given to | towns whicn they propose waiting are understand that ample provision had been made for conveying almost any sum that would be forth- | coming, The weather, taking all things into con- sideration, Was everything that could be desired for the commencement of the march—not too hot or too cold, with @ 1ew drops oi rain to lay We dust, 80 that under these circumstances the first day's work Was by no meaus severe, considering the distance—thirteen miles, WHAT THEY WANT. # ‘The object of the march, as defined by one of the meu, who, by the way, ail appeared exceptiovaily quiet and respectable, is to “excite public sympa- thy and to collect subscriptions,” to which may, perhaps, be added ‘or the their moral and social condition and that of their ciass generaliy..’ From Cambridge they proceed to Bealord vis Porton end Gamlingay, where they wili arrive in the Course of to-morrow, doing of the journey by raul. Among the more im| wo ant ‘olver- hampton, Sheiield, Birmingham, Coventry and Nottingham, where the final demonstration’ 18 to take place, probably on tue tn of July. In some of these towns there are, as is well known, large and iafuential trades unions, who will, in all proo- ability, march in procession with the laborers through theirrespective towns, besides atfo: ding them material help in a pecuntary point of view. THE INNER MAN COMFORTED, On arriving at Cambridge the men were sup- tied With @ substantial dinner tnrouga tie iberality of a local gentieman, and afterwards | proceeded to an open space Known as Midsummer complete or satisfactory ili the ‘“golaen | < of the crown” “should be snapped asunder. He 13 @ Sepuratist. of the most absolute ana radical Kind. With regard to Wwe present home rule movement, he thinks it does not represent the real hopes and aspirations of the people; that it is @ sickly and nDerveless effort to patch up the national quarrel ju an in- complete and unsatisfactory manner. Their pro- gramme 1s not Clear and deiinive enough, or rather they are without any weil defined scheme of | Setuement at all. Lf Mr, Butts’ iederal arrange- | Ment were adopted Ireiand would sull be at the mercy of Engiand, as she must always be so long af she has not the power to keep hec own peace witmn her own borders and make her own laws in a free and independent Parliament, While some Of the home rule leaders are personal friends of his, for Whose character and patriotism he has the greatest respect, he yet dues not share their views on this question, and considers tne whole movement 4 mere milk and water kind of nauonal effort. MR, MITCHEL’S OBJECT suflrages of the people On the broad principle of Ireland’s right to complete independence. He will not place himself in antagonism with tue Strate to Engiaud and to the worid that there 1s something stronger and more determiued in Ire- landthan home rule. He that England will never grant sell-gov- ernment to Ireland wl forced to do 80, and that all her delusive concessions 10 Ireland have been wrung from her by force r the fear of it, He believes it is possible to in- fuse more life and vigor into the national govern- ment by the course of action he intends to pursue. If elected, as he 18 sure to be from fis well known popwiarity, he will “represent” his constituency by protesting agaimst the right of the Brivisn Par- jiament to maae laws jor lreland, From his well Known ability ana persistency of character there can be no doubt that ius action will have a very home rule movement, bat he mtends to demon. | in going to Ireland at this juncture is to seek the | | | | | | has a firm conviction | great influence on tne course of events in Ireland | lor seme time to come, His reason for not landing in Queenstown is to ayoid any demonstration police a pretext lor provoking a riot. direct to Liverpool and thence to some northern city in Ireland, One member of Parliament who has had some differences with his constituents has promised to resign ip his favor. He has a beiuef that the BRITISH GOVERNMENT WILL NOT ARREST HIM, but should they doso he is willing to let them have all the odinm attaching to such an ungracious act and is prepared to take the consequences. He sails to-day at three o’ciock by tue steamer \ Idaho, pier 45 North Kiver. SINGULAR CASE OF VIOLENCE, WITH FATAL RESULT. | The Guilty Party Said To Be in Sing Sing. Deputy Coroner Marsh, while oMcially engaged in Bellevue Hospital, yesterday afternoon was in- formed of the death of George Parker, a young colored man, twehty-4wo years of age, who was admitted to the institution on the 9th ult., suffering | froma cut on the forearm and a stab wound of the right leg, received with a knife or other sharp instrument, in the hands of Charles Williams, also colored, during an altercation between them in the Eighth ward. Williams was arrested at the ume of the occurrence and committed, and before leaving the bospitat Dr. Marsh was told ihat Wil- | liams had been tried and convicted of the assault and sentenced to four years’ imprisonment in sing Sing; but Oficer Evers, of the Kisheh preeincr, who arrested Williams, seems to Kuow nothing about Lis conviction, On the day of the occurrence Parker ana Wi'- liams met at or near No. 63 Thompson street, and had # Guarrel concerning @ sable beauty whom they both admired very much, and irom words Y came to blows, when Wiliianis drew a knile and stabbed his rival, as stated above. At first the wounds were hot considered necessarily fatal, but latterly the patient took an unfavorable turn’ and died yesterday morning. Coroner Eickhom has taken charge of the case apd will hold an inquest on the body of deceased. | MARY DIPPLE’S DEFENCE. ‘The case of Mary Dippie, of No. 105 First street, who Was arrested last Friday by Detective Shal- vey, charged With receiving stolen guods, came up betore Judge Bixby yesterday for examination. Mr. John H. Weeks, of the firm of Weeks & Silder, No. Canal street, testified that on Thursday Night their premises were entered by means of forcing open the scuttle and some $1,400 worth of cloth was carried of, On the day after the bur- glary fifty-five pieces of cloth were found on the premises of Mrs. Dipple, which Mr. Weeks identi- fied as the property of the firm by means of cer- tain marks used by them to indicate the price of the goods, Nearly the whole amount was recovered, Detective Snalvey said that on the day named he went into the prem!ses occupied by Mary Dipple, econd floor of No, 105 First street. she ed the object of his visit, and, on being in- ped, denied having any goods in her apart- ments. On being pressed, however, she admitted having some property which she said was brought house by some persons unknown to her, who ted permission to leave the goods until they could retarn for them, Counselor Hummel appeared for the defence, and, on the ground that the prisoner was innocent eutity Knowledge, claimed her discharge. » Bixby, notwithstanding, decided to hoid n $2,000 bail to auswer at the General DP Session TWO VIGILANT OPFICERS About three o'clock yesterday morning OMcers MeAdam 1 Grauam, of the Fifteenth precinct, saw four wen actung in a very suspicious manner about the St. Denis Hotel. Two of them, named Charles Woods and James Supple, were seen to en- ter the basement of Lhe hotel, the other two, Whose names are Henry supple and Join Gunning, re- maining outside to watch. The two who entered as well a8 the two watciers were then immedi- ately seized by the officers, On the person of Woods was found $10 worth of cigars and $& In money. The four prisoners we Murray yesterday at Jefferson bail fo answer. A REMARKABLE SWALLOW. A Dutch Boy Living After Having Swallowed a Two-Bladed Kuife, {From the Davenport (La.) Democrat.) ‘On the 1st of this month a littie lad named Char- ley, son of a German named Heinric Kiopke, re- siding near Princeton, in this county, swallowed— so says our cautious inlormant—“a two-bladed, brass handied knife, three inches long, three- fourths of an inch thick and weighing two onnces,” Which (he same Was ascertained by measuring and Weighing one @Xactly similar in sbape and size. he was playing with it, when he remarked he could put it in his mouth, Tays was doubted by one of tie playmates, and in making the attempt it slipped down his throat, It gave him no pain, nor Was if the cause of any podily distress. About | jour Jays after this stupendous swallow, while the boy Was returning from the Le Claire celebration. | the kniile departed jrom out the modern whale who had guiped dowp a Jonah in the shape of cat- | Jery. @ya the pey sub j Market in $2,000 that might give the | He will go | common, to hold what is usually deseribed as a demonstration, but which on the present vccasion Was nothing out of tue ordinary way as regards open air meetings. A large wagon did duty as a Platiorm, and on it were the Chairman, Mr, Hall, amember of the Cambridge Town Council. Messrs, fayler, Ford and one or two others, The spec- tators below were tolerably large in numbers, perhaps 2,000, but most of them seemed to be there more out of curiosity than lor any other pur- D8e. bo RESOLUTIONS were carried upholding the right of combination of Jaborers and according sympathy and support to the men. Mr. Taylor said the action of the jabor. ers Was not due to agitation, but to the dissemini | tion of the principles of unionism in rural districts, The farmers had adopted unionism, tlougn of an unjust kind, and as they employed as secretary a | lawyer, they had no right to object to the laborers having delegates aud advocates. The lavorers did not mtend making this “pilgrimage” a pleasure | trip, but @ means of circulating tne tacts of the case throughout the country, m order to elicit | sympathy and support. Jt was stated by other speakers that there were 3,000 upion men in Uam- bridge district. After a collection had been made the pilgrim Jaborers jormed a procession through the streers, aiid steadily ailing rain, and were then told oi 10 their respective quarters jor the night. ‘To-morrow they will proceed to Bedtord. Miners’ lifass Meeting. [From the London News, June 39,) The West Yorkshire Association of Miners held thetr annual “demonstration” and “mass meet- ing” at Bradford yesterday. About 12,000 mem- bers of the vartous lodges connected with the as- sociation arrived by train from different towns, At eleven o'clock they were formed into a proces- sion and marched throagh the principal streets of Bradioro to Peel park. Tuere were torty-seven bands of mus ags. A large meeting was a terwards held in the park for the transaction of the usual business ot the annual ineeting. wWaich was io the programme of the day’s pro- ceedings. THE BRENTSVILLE (VA.) POISON CASE, Pe Eight Persons Poisoned With Arsenic=— Arrest of the Alleged Guilty Party. The Manassas (Va.) Gazette gives the following account of the recent poisoning case near Brents- ville, Va., by Which the hives of eight persons, It ts alieged, were sought to be sacrificed by an il}-tem- pered servant girl:—On Monday evening last the — village of Brentsvilie was startled at the announce- ment that the iamily of Hon. Aylett Nicol, Judge of the County Ceurt, had been poisoned. Dr. J. | Willett Leach hurried to the residence, about a quarter Of @ mile outside the Villase, and iound eight of tue family, Mrs. Nicul, Miss Ida Nicol, little | Blanche aud Gracie Nicol, Mr. Join A. Nicol, who had just returned from William and Mary College; Ar. P. H. Eager, of Mississippi, and a college mate of Mr. Edgar Nicol, who had accompanied him from Richmoad Coliege home on a visit; a black man and a black girl, all suffering from tue effects of arsenic which had beep put in the coffee and bread partaken of at the supper table. The proper antidotes were promptly admin- istered, and, having the desired etiect, saved ull who bad partaken of the poisoned food. A re- porter visited the scene of the attempted slaughter, on Ghursday, and found the lamiiy all up, OUt Weak and ieebie irom the effects oF the poison, and all having the appearance ot a person wio had just awakened irom a deep sleep, ‘Lue tolluwing particulars of the aair were given by members of the tamuy:—Juage Nicol was hold- | ing his court on that ay, and being detained was not at tea, and thus escaped. Three otners—Judge Nicul's sister, Mr. Edgar Nicol ana te youngest —also escaped by not partaking o! tne poisoned victuals, ‘the ouly actor at present positively known, thoush there is @ suspicion that another may be gur i avout iour or filteen years, daughter o. a widow woman living near Potomac City, im this county, This girt has been living with the family three years, abd 18 said to be possessed of a very high temper, 80 much 80 that in her fits o: anger she Would break up articies about the kitchen, and had on the morning of the day ot the poisoning punched a hole turough the bottom of anew tin pan, having becn affronted at sometning said to | her by one of the family. re held by Judge | HOW THE POISONING WAS DONE. An ounce box of arsenic Was purchased over & ear ago by Judge Nicol, to be used en one of his orses suilering irom tie fistula, and only about one-lourth of it had been used, Eary in the even- ing, and about two hours vefore the time to pre- pare tea, tne giri carried the label Whicn she Whatit was. Mrs, Nicol being surprised at the girl havicg the lavei, asked her wilat sie was do- Ing With it. She replied that she “iound it on the Washing Machine.” As she Could nut read it 18 supposed she took the label to Mrs. Nicot so as to | be sure the articie she sntended to use was poison, ‘The bour for supper, which had been prepared by the girl, came on, and the lamtly was iniormed thatit was ready. Miss ida Nicol, who the girl informed that supper was ready, not sometinug rather peculiar tn her bearing, and remarked, “Why, Susan, you Speak as Ifyou Were inviting us to’ a funeral im- stead of supper.” To this sue madenorepiy, The jamily seated themvelves at the supper table, and the girl took tie buckets aud went out to milk. Aiter tea Miss Ida took a seat on the porch, and in a iew inutes was taken deatuly sick. dimmg room she jound her mother and the two lithe cuuldren ali suffering in the same Way. immediateiy all the rest who nad partaken of the bread and coffee were taken il, and at once suspicion Was aroused that they were all poisoned. question by toe girlavout the label now Was solved, and the culprit, who had just returned from milking, was accused of the diabolical 3 She of course denied it. Mrs. »1 told her to go and bring the box of arsenic, instead, she at once FLED TO THE WooDs. arsenic put in the coffee and nt twokil balfol Prince Willian county. ase that prompted so young @ girl to such a is unknown. Whether it was done to avenge some fancied wrong, or whether it Was @ sort 01 mania to administer the poison and see its effects, 14 @ question lor the girl to answer. Jatter May sevti a reasonavie theory, as she had some time zo asked members of the tamuy What effect the arsenic woud have u it were eaten, and Was void fut it would kill. Constable George &. Jones, we are informed, ar- rested the accused tn Hun on Thursday and Jodged ber in jail at Brentsville. “PBAOHING THE YOUNG IDEA.” On the 6th of July Solomon Rosenthal, of No. 53 avenue 8, lost seven pairs of shoes, which were stolen from his store by three young boys, One of them, named Louis Hamburger, aged seven years, Was tried in Special Sessions jast week, and on account of lis age sentence was suspended, The other two—Tony Reisert, aged twelve, and August Reigeibe, aged ten—tmade afidavit yester- Going into the but, The amount o 01 bread Was suilic way belore Juage Bixby, at besea Market, that wey, together with Louis Hamburger, were in- auced by ao Bernard Frank, Who keeps @ tailor’s store at No, 136 Attorney strect, to steal shoes, slippers or anything else they coula lay their hands on, Frank promising to buy the stolen ar- ticies and to get them out if tuey got in trouble. Judge Bixby placed @ warrant jer the arrest of Frank in the nands of Sergeant James, who pro- duced the prisoner in Court yesterday alternoon. His Honor heid him in $1,000 ball to answer at lived, wi healthy and banpy, | General Sessions, long-talked-of procession of agricultural | shortly alter one o’clock, arriving there about six. | urpose of improving | art | ic in the prdvession and seventy beautuul | Rain fell anu spoiled a gala | Duined susan Cisson, aged | ad | taken from the box to Mrs. Nicol and asked her | ‘The | NEW YORK CITY. | Comptroller Green reports the following dis- | bursements and receipts of the treasury yeaver- day :—Disbursements, $743,172; receipts, $35,138, The members of the New York Bar will take action to-day at noon, in the chambers of the Suoreme Court, upon the death of Mr, T. ©. 3, | Buckley, @ well known lawyer of this ci, eye | Edward Deery, who ass: #sa'4eed Officer Thillow, of | the Sixteenth précinel, Th Tenth avenue, near t Twenty-dita street, on Sunday night, was ar: | raigned before Judge Murray yesterday and held in $5,000 bail to angwer at the General Sessions, | The letters sent to the Dead Letter Ofice from this city for the week ending July 11 amounte¢ to 1,210, classified as follows: —Domestic letters, held for postage, 856; foreign letters, held for postage, 1,2615 unclaimed letters at hotels, 143; misdirected letters, 40; letcers not addressed, 28, One hundred and cleven bags 0: mail matter were received yes- terday at the Post office irom London, England, for New Zealand and Australia, The greater part | OF the matter consisted of newspapers, but nine pounds being letters, The montbly reception of the Young Men’s | Christian Association took place last evening at | the ‘rooms in Twenty-third street, There was & | very large attendance of members and their Iriends. In the lecture hall, at eight o’clock, there was a literary and musical entertainment. Tne | ig mend included a selection of readings from Hood, tennyson and Macaulay, by Miss Margaretta B. Moore, songs by Miss Lizzie C. Forster (con- talto), and the Symphonia Quartet, Mr. A. Mr. L. F. Weismann, Mr, G. M. Denniston . G, P. Warner. LONG ISLAND. A mare and colt, owned by Mr. Topping, of East | Norwich, valued at $5,000, while in the pasture lot during the storm of Saturday last were struck by lighting and killed, Between the hours of seven and eight o'clock on Saturday evening last four prisoners—George, alias Shorty, Lent; Charles Tracey, Herman Bock and William Jameson—confined in the Queens County Jatl at North Hempstead awaiting trial on the charges of barglary, succeeded in making their escape Irom that institution, Tne prisoners, it ap- pears, were confined in the lower tier of celis on the north side of the jail, and durtng the recent warm weather have during the day been allowed the ireedom oi the corridor. Lent, who had made a previous attempt to escape, wi pt shackled, The shackles he removed at bis pleasure, placing them | on when the jailer came in sight, With the nook | part of the shackles Lent and his companions man- | aged to cut a hole trough the solid side stone wall | one thickness 01 boler iron and the clapboard on | the outer side of the jail to the yard, Once in the yard, it Was but &@ moment’s work to gain the top or the water closet and drop over the lence, The fact of the prisoners’ escape was not known to the Keepers until they went their accustomed rounds about nine o’clock, when an atarm was | given and a party started in pursuit. early yentane day morning one Of the escaped prisoners, William Jameson, was tound lying in the corn fleld about two miles from the jail, where he had fallen, and was. | upabie to move irom the loss of blood, Jameson when scaling the ience caught the calf of his right | leg in the spikes that stud the top railing, where | he hung susperidea until Lent cut him loose with | aknife. He was at once removed to the jail, but his recovery 18 deemed impossible. Up to the present time no trace has been had of Lent, Tracey or Bock, Since the lst of January ten prisoners have succeeded in making their escape trom the Queens County Jai), and itis highly probable that an Investigation into the matter will be ordered by the Board of Supervisors, a8 it is not provable that so many daring escapes could occur were the pris- oners properly watched. Qi the ten that have escaped since the ist of January not one has been returned. WESTCHES!ER. The Christian Brothers of the Catholic Protec- tory, at Westchester, are actively preparing lor a | monster picnic, to be given on the grounds con- nected With that institution, on Tuesday, Wednes- day and Thursday of next week. The Commissioners of the new Board of Excise nave given notice to those venders of ardent | spirits whose licenses will expire in the approach- ing autumn that they must now make application | lor the renewal of the same, or otherwise accepé | the responsibility 0! violatung the law until May next. Within the past few days circulars, setting forth that a political conference will take place at Sara- toga on the 15th inst., have been received by nu- merous prominent democrats throughout the country. Some of the “older heads’ bave inti- | nated their intention to fight shy o! the convoca. tion, believing that it has been called in the it | terests 01 Samuel J, Tilden, who, they say, has | some hope of succeediog Governor Dix in the Ex- ecutive chair at Albany. STATEN ISLAND. ‘The first nines of the Staten Island Base Ball Club and the Nameless, of Brooklyn, will play a match game at Camp Washington, New Brighton, on Saturday afternoon next. The steamboat Americus, on her morning trip off Staten Island, broke her piston rod. The pas- sengers were transferred to the steamer North. field aod landed at Whitehall and the Americus towed up to the city for repairs. NEW JERSEY. The undertakers of Newark compiain of the dul times. The number of deaths nas been much less unis year than last. The ice dealers in Newark are fighting each other and the first fruits is a considerable reduction in the price, Ciuzens hope tie fight will go on, ‘rhomas Robinson, the fireman of No. 2 Engine, who was run over and injured by the macnine on the way to the Weenawken tire, is recovering. A rigid medieal examination of Broadwell, the Newark tax receiver, whose defalcations amount to about $15,000, bas just been made. He is de- clared to be too sick to be tried. Joan Bunyan has just died in Newark. John was a colored man, and the wealthiest of his race in New Jersey, being worth from $75,000 to $100,000, | Four clergymen helped to bury bm. General Manager Clarke, of the Erie Railway, stated toa HERALD reporter yesterday that the actual losses by the fire at the Weehawken oil | dock have not yet been accurately estimated, | Excitement of no ordinary character was caused | in Trenton yesterday by a mad dog running ata furious rate through the streets. The rabid canine Was captured aiter an exciting chase and quickly despatched, but not betore he had bitten two other curs. No human belng Was attacked, ‘The Jersey City Schuetzen Corps had a gala day yesterday at the Schuetzen Park on Union dtl, A Jar.e procession, commanded by Captains Ettling | and Lipmaan, proceeded trom Jersey City and Hoboken to the Park. ‘The lestival will be con- tinued to-day. been eagaged for the occasion, Myriads of Colorado potato bugs have made their appearance in Warren county, causing constdera- ble destruction to the potato crop. AS a conse- qence farmers are becoming greatly alarmed and resort to Various means tor the aunibiiation of the intoierable pest, Their ravages for a few hours on ® potato patch Will cause it to look like a newly ploughed field. INCIDENT OF THE WEEHAWKEN ‘FIRE, Among the records of disaster and wreck at the Weehawken fire it is some relief to relate an act which in all probability was the means of saving several lives. Alarmed by the loud cries of people on the Pennsylvania coal dock, near which was moored his vessel, the Edith, of Yarmouth, Hugh | Balston, a seaman, started irom bed to the deck and saw a number of men on the dock shrieking, gesticulating and holding on to the piles. With the aid O1 the Captain and mate a boal was quickly jowered, Baiston and the steward, who accom- panied him, rowed hard to the spot, succeeding, ‘With cousiderable difficulty, in rescuing those on the dock irom their extremely hazardous position. | On their Way from the vessel they passed a man | | in the water, but he heroically bade them leave him and get the others, Being a good swimmer he kept aiioat until their return, when he was taken in, Shortly after, so great became the heat o/ the lames, the Edith had to Itt anchor ) aud , With the aid Of a tugboat, further out in tue stream, | AN EAST ORANGE ABDUCTION EXCITEMENT. East Orange has just emerged from intense ex- citement over the abduction of @ bright litte girl, Fanole Wakeman, eight years of age, who disap- peared from her home on Saturday night under | mexplicabie circumstances, Ali night her frantic parents sought her, and next day (Sunday) tne citizens turned ont en masse, negiecting even to attend church, and joined in the search, nally iu the atternvon Fannie turned up herself, A mar, named Isien Lusher had enticed her off to pick cherries and took her to the mountains. There the storm overtook them and they slept in @ barn ailmght, Lusher was arrested, aud on the way | the Justice’s oMce some citizens, thinking that he had perpetrated violence on the chuid, talked | of lynching nim, She deciares, however, that he * harmed ber uot, He is @ hal-witied fow. and, from New York to Voney Island yesterday, when | ‘be Governor’s Isiand Band have | doubtless, bad no evil intention in taking the child off, He has been lodged in jail to answer charge of abduction. The whole town was agitated greatly over the matter, A JEBSEY GUN THIEF TRAPPED, Caught in New York and Caged 1 . Newark. In the Newark Conrt of Special Sessions yester- ; day George Kapp was arraigned to plead on & | charge of stealing $500 worth of rifles one night & week ago from the Newark Schuetzen Park. He put in a plea of non vult contendre and was remanded for sentence. After the theft the Newark aachorl- ties telegaphed to the New York police to be on | the alert for gua tmeves, Accordingly the metro- politan “cops” kept a sharp eye, and finally caught @ man, Who proved to be Kapp, whiie be was trying to sell a gun for little or nothing. ‘to New York the Newark detectives proceeded, identi- fled Kapp as an old Trenton State Prison bird aud conveyed him to Newark. In Newark he made a bold dash for liberty and got away from the oMcers, but was subsequently capenred a second time. All the rifles have been r&covered. Kapp | will doubtless revisit Trenton at the expense of the State, THE CORNER LOAFER NUISANCE IN NEWARK. For years the decent, order-loving people of Newark have been greatly annoyed by those noto- rious standing nuisances in all large cities—corner loaters. Even the blue-coated guardians of tue ace themselves are not secure from their at- Ks, as Ofllcer Woodrufl bears testimony. Late on Saturday night last he undertook to disperse a ga golthem, They turned upon nim and beat mm. After a desperate struggle and with the as- sistance of other officers he succeeded in over- coming the rowdies aud atresting a batch, each of Whom has been committed for trial. Meanwhile the police have resolved to make @ determined eifort to abate the nuisance, GOOD NEWS FOR THE UNEMPLOYED IN NEWARK, A slight change for the better is reported in Newark business circles, Yesterday several fac- tories which have been closed for months made a start again. The Industrial Exposition opens on August 25, and it is believed tne work necessary to be represented in it will act as a stimulus to those manulacturers who for half a year have been resting on their oars. ‘There 18 also some prospect 1 the city being able to furnish employment for hundreds of idie hands, NEW JERSEY CAMP MEETINGS, Camp meetings will be held in the following places during the present season:—The Newark Conference camp meeting will open at Camp Tabor, Denville, Morris county, on Tuesday, tne 28th inst., and will continue for ten days. Excur- sion tickets will be issued by the railroad compa- | Dies running trains in the vicinity, and board will be iurnished to visitors at the rate of $1 25 per day and lodgings at fifty cents per night. State- | rooms, contaimmg two berths, will be provided at | $1 per day. The Pitman Grove camp meeting will open on | August 4 and conunne two weeks. The grove is | situated on the line of the West Jersey Railroad, fifteen miles from Camden. The Ocean Grove camp meeting will open on Augnst 14 and continue two weeks. A colored camp meeting will be held at Beaumont Deer Park, two miles trom Lambert- ville, in connection with the American Methodist Episcopal Zion church, of Trenton, on the 18th and igth inst.” The colored people of Burlington county will hold a camp meeting at Florence Heiguts, near Bordentown, commencing on the 234 inst, and continuing over two Sabbaths, THE DOGS. The work of destruction against the rabid | canines goes on without cessation. The following is to-day’s list of summary execution :— OMcer Willams, of the Thirty-third precinct, killed a mad dog yésterday at 134th street and Third avenue. A mad dog was killed yesterday by Officer Rohan, of the Seventeenth precinct, at No. 139 | Avenue A. | Oficer Weher, of the Twenty-seventh precinct, ) k illed a mad dox yesterday at No. 20 State street. | | killed a mad dog yesterday at 149th street and | \ OMicer Petnel, of the Twenty-third precinct, Eighth avenue. A mad dog was shot yesterday afternoon by Oticer Evans, of the Twenty-ninth precinct, at | No. 469 Sixth avenue, | A mad dog was shot last evening, by Officer , Kenna, of the Seventeenth Precinct, at No. 61 | Third avenue. Oficer Downing, of the Eleventh Precinct, Lae amad dog at No. 194 Rivington street, last night. | _P. J. Moore and Mrs. Carter, residing at No. 257 West Fiteenth street, were bitten by a mad dog Jast nigit in front of their residence. ‘Oficer Fitz- pgerald, of the Sixteenth precinct, killed the dog. The Rabies in Westchester, At Yonkers yesterday morning some alarm was occasioned on North Broadway by the appearance of a good sized poodie dog, which by its wild an- tics and furious snapping at imaginary objects lettno reom to doubt that it was rabid. The | owner of the brute, Rev. Mr. Stratton, of the | Metnodist church, procured the assistance .o1 Po- lice Officer Carroll, who, after narrowly escaping | being bitten by the animal, succeeded in despatch- | ing it with his club. The Jersey City Canines. Arabid dog was shot in Jersey City yesterday by Inspector Murphy in Montgomery street. Another was killed by Thomas Coyle on Ocean avenue. Twenty-two boys form the squad for | | capturing the vagrant dogs and conveying them | to the Pound, over which Mickey Free presfues. Mr. John Carolan, of Washington village, was at- tacked by a cur kept in his family, and, seizing a — broken axe handie, he despatched the animal. | | In the Third precinct scores of dogs are runuing at | jJarge, and yet the police in that vicinity have | Imade no report regarding them, Chief of Police Champney is about to issue a stringent order to hill all dogs sound running at large throughout the | city. Remedy for Hydrophobia, The following ts a communication which the ‘ HERALD has received, purporting to afford a cure Jor hydrophobia in the human subject and in the | interior animals :—- CLosTER, N. J., July 11, 1874. To THE Eprror OF THE HERALD? THE ORANGE EXCURSION, @ Pleasant Day and No “ ‘Disturbance. ONLY ONE ACCIDENT. The first annual excurston and picnic of the Orangemen of New York aud Brooklyn, which wok place yesterday under the auspices of the Grand Lodge of the State, was most success{ul, so far as there being no disturbance created by the inter- ference of opposing factions was concerned, Now that the right of the Orangemen has been deter- mined to parade the streets in procession on the 12th of July they have wisely concladed to abstain from any such exhibition, being, as they confessed themselves yésterday, sat- isfied that they could obtain more pleasure and satisfaction both to themselves and their fam- ilies by enjoying ® pleasant excursion on the water. For this reason the parade was dispensed with this year and the first picnic organized. The steamer William Cook and the barge William Meyers were chartered for the occasion, the for- mer being stationed at Martin’s Stores, Brooklyn, and the latter at Twenty-fourth street, North River, to receive the excursionists, The William Cook was %Q have left her dock at seven, but it was not until long after that hour that she had embarked the last of the members of the Brooklyn lodges and their friends, She then started for Twenty-fourth street to pull up the barge, which had by the time of her arrival alongside received on board several hun- dreds of the New York members and tneir friends, @ large proportion of whom, both male and female, were gayly decked in full regalia and Orange party colors, Astrong body of police was on id ab. the dock to prevent any disturbance, Their pres- ence, however, at this time was scarcely needed, | for there appeared to be no desire at all on the part of the loungers along the wharf to interfere with the arriving guests. Company B of the Fighty-fourth regiment N. Y. N.G., under command | of | Captain fullerton, acted as @& guar of honor, accompanying the excursionists on their trip, A start was made ghortl after nine o’clock, and another call made at 125¢/ street, where a lew More passengers were picked up, the number on board being now close upon 1,500, The police boat Seneca acted as an escort as far as Youkers. All went well until [ona Island was reached, where a barge and steamer were | found waiting to lund, having on board some 600 | or 700 members of the Orange order from New- As the igetil gua approached salutes be- ‘ame in order, and pistols were somewhat reck- | lessly fired, causing A SCARE AMONG THE WOMEN, | and only by asuccession of miracies not doing any real mischief, for these dangerous Weapons were im some instances pointed directly at each boat. The picnic on the island was greatly. enjoyed by all, A start homeward was made at five o'clock, when, as the New Yorkers left before the good | people of Newburg, the pistol salute finng was again resumed, and even more recklessly than ever, and it Was not anti! A MAN WAS SHOT in the right arm that astop could be put to it The same landings were made as at starting, and | all were disembarked without other accident than the trifling one mentioned. The Seneca met the excursion on its return at Tarrytown and acted as convoy home. Great credit is due to the officers jor the excellent arrangements which they made for the keeping of good order. No liquors of any kind, except lager beer, was allowed on the boats. The Orangemen of Jersey City intend to con- tinue their celebration for three or four days, A prominent member of the order was presented Toca with a handsome cane by Justices arcy and Pullman, Freeholder Coyle and Alder- man Powell. THE DAY THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY. An Imposing Procession in Toronto. Toronto, Canada, July 13, 1874. The procession of Orangemen to-day was one of the most imposing for many years. The cos- tumes were notably fresh and the banners strik- ing. There were about 4,000 men in line, who, aiter parading through the principal streets, pro- ceeded to Queen's Park, where speeches were de- livered. 2 Orangemen Attacked and Insalted in Montreal. MONTREAL, Canada, July 13, 1874, The Orangemen neld meetings at their lodge rooms yesterday, after which alarge number at- tended service at St. Matthew’s church. On return- ing from church several small parzies of twos and threes were attacked, the lilies and badges torn from their coats and otuerwise insulted, A Small Procession in Boston. Boston, Mass., July 13, 1874, About 200 Orangemen to-day paraded through the principal streets in this city. The several lodges carried banners, upon which were in- scribed the names of the battles in which William Prince of Orange was engaged. The men wore regalia, and, though few in number, presented a fine appearance. The parade ended without dis- turbance, THE ST, PATRICK’S MUTUAL ALLIANCE, The St. Patrick’s Mutual Alliance nad their fifth annual picnic yesterday. It came of at Jones’ Wooa. There were 15,000, at the very least, of the alliance, with their feminine alliances and to-be domestic affinities. Order prevailed. There were plenty of police, but happily there was aot the slightest occasion for their interference. There were right manly games at football and “nurly.” Charles ons is President of the “alliance ama Mr. Ahearn the Secre- tary. Among the visitors were Colonel Cava- nagh, of tue Sixty-ninth, N.G.S.N.Y.; James M. Braun, President of the New Jersey and Brook. lyn councils; Mr. Ryan, President of New Jersey 2; Joun Callaghan, ex-President, a number of Aldermen, Assistant Aldermen and city and county officials too numerous to mention, THE RIGHTS OF HOSPITALITY, Being an old subscriber to your valuable paper, and noticing the numerous accounts of cases | affected with hydophobia, and the various reme- dies proposed jor the same, I take the liberty of | sending you the mode of treatment pursued by me | in my practice with almost unvarying success | where animals have been, and in two cases where | the human subject has been, bitten by rabid dogs, | and completely cured by its timely application :— | Take of prussiate of tron four drachms; gum cam- | phor, eight drachms; rectified spirits wine, eight | ounces. Dissolve and keep in close stoppered bot- ties. This I apply to the part bitten by saturating | a cloth, either of cotton or linen, and keeping the | | same wet with the solution for a day or two, when | | 1t will be found that the part bitten will have as- | sumed a bleached appearance and the poison en- | tirely extracted. Hoping this will be the means | of alleviating much suffering from the avove dis- ease, I subscribe mysell ‘ours truly, J. L. TURNURE, Veterinary Surgeon. | —__— ——————_— i ANOTHER CASE OF MAYHEM, | } | In the Fifty-seventh street Police Court cases of | maylfem have of late become quite common. On Sunday evening Bernard McGill, of No. 615 East | Fourteenth street, made an attack on Patrick | Mater, a former iriend, who had traduced Mrs, | MeGill’s character. Dui | MeGili bit off a large piece oi Maner's lower lip, for | which he was heid by Judge Sherwood to answer. | | Maher 1s in Bellevue Hospital at present. ANOTHER ESOAPED CONVICT, | Elizabeth Donabue, a perfect Amazon, whose } boast is that she cannot be kept on the Island "by | ail the power of the Board of Police Justices, was placed at the Bar. Ste was as innocent looking | €8 an infant until sne Heard “Three months on tue | island, liza,” spoken by His Honor, Then her whole demeanor changed. She cursed the Court and all about her, and swore that she Would ve | down again before Suaday, She was taken oi the isiand on Sunday night, sne admitted, by men in @ small boat, and she still wore when i court a it of convict clothing. THE BURNS HOMIOIDB. Autopsy on the Body. In the case of John Burns, the man alleged to | have veen Jatally beaten during a quarrel with Timothy Kelly, Dr. Shine made a post-mortem ex- amination on the body and founa two cuts on the forehead, but they were not of a serious character, No other marks of importance were discovered, | there being no fracture of the skull. ‘fhe brain Was much congested and, in the Ductor’s opinion, death was mainly due to alcoholism. Kelly will be {| Teleased on bail. A CORRECTION, PHILADELPHIA, July 13, 1874. The statement in Sunday's HERALD relative to the Fidelity Trast Company of Philadelphia being the holder of any of the bonds of the Bridgeton and Port Morris Railroad Company is erroneous,as that company is simply the trustee under the mortgage for the bondholder, and, ag such, 18 named in the Proceedings of foreciosure pro forma, | \. B. BROWNE. Pregdent | spring rains, As Thomas Thompson, residing at No, 61 Dean street, Brooklyn, was proceeding home last even- ing he was stopped, near the corner of Fulton and Pearl streets, at about eight o'clock, by William. Robinson, aged thirty-three, who boards at the Frankfort House, and pee in- vited to take a drink. Thompson, not having the pleasure of his would-be host's ac- quaintance, declined, which so enraged Robinson, Who had apparently been imbiving to excess, that he at once proceeded to redress his outraged prof- fer of hospitality, and strack Thompson a stun- ning blow on the head with his clenched » fell- ing him to the sidewalk, on which his head struck with 80 much force as to render him complete! insensible, in which condition he remamed until restoratives were applied at the Second precinct Station house. CHEERING CROP REPORTS FROM TEXAS The Galveston Mercury of the 8th publishes crop reports from nearly all the counties, ana sums up the situation thus :— The indications are that afar greater area ot a | Cotton has been planted tuis year than at any time since the close of the war. Better than that, the ee staple appears to have prospered, the flelds ‘ing reported much cleaner than usual and the Stand in good condition, As yet the worm has not been discovered m but one county, and this is supposed to be the grass worm, Another report o1 this dreaded enemy of our chef staple comes from the srontier, but it lacks confirmation. The it will be seen, have injured the corn crop to a greater or less extent through- out the State; but im the meantime the Jarmers have made the valuable discovery that late corn thrives far betier, and in condequence next year a lirger acreage of this variety will be planted. The Wheat crop throughout the northern portion of the State is harvested; and, although the yield has not been enormous, it is, nevertheless, encouraging, and will certainly turaiah bread to that section. Oats in several counties have given better returns for the iabor of planting than ever bejore, and we can look for several shipments to Galveston by the close of the present month. All things considered, Texas has reason to congratulate’ herself on the prospect betare her, and should no untoward acci- dent occur we hope for a bounteous harvest. GOING DOWN INTO THE GRAVE FOR EVI- DENOE, A correspondent of the Southside Sentinel, Vir- ginia, gives au account of the search for the re. mains of William Jennings, who is said to nave been buried about @ iiundred years ago near Jen- nings’ Ordinary, in Nottoway county. The object of the search is to establish a claim to the great Jennings fortune in England. This William Jen+ nings was an Odicer of His be army, and is said to have been burted in bis regimental suit. It i# thought that perhaps his sword also waa burted witn him. Could these be recovered a val- uable clew would be added to the evidence already obtained, On Monday morning there were gate ered at the old burying ground, which is now thickly surrounded by pines and grown over with cedars and enormous grapevines, a number of people to witness the excavations. Many grave ane ware et finding the desired one. The search was resumed next day, after the correspon dent had Jer,