The New York Herald Newspaper, August 18, 1874, Page 8

8 THE C SUPREME COURT—CHAMBERS, Decisive By Judge Don hue. Reimer vs. Reimer,—uemrandum for counsel. Dorn vs. The Maunatias Metal and Chemical @ompany; Wheeler vs. Brady; m the matter of @).—Op mons. vttied Wyhe ve. Stiliweil.—Orcer settied. Alendinger vs. Mariin.—MoWon dented, NEW YURK HERALD, TUESDAY, for very comets. More yells benind him, and stil he sped on and on. Here Morgan doubled on bis pursuers and ran with terrific ECLIPSE OF GENIUS. guit up Fith avenue to Eighth street, where again he doublea and oraced Bimself, Pp Bighth E. G. Squier Insane—The Great Archce- street the Chase continued, and the prisoner waa ologist Gnder RKestraint-His Career gaining at every yard ie Tan oo tnose behind. But and Services. ) alas! for modern chivalry, At this juneture @ very . fat bd boy, coming alee 44 es A | hinicee re but few citizens in our midst unac- | Which Morgan was running, stepped aero | quainted with the name and fame of Ephraim ath of the criminal avd with charitable coolness | ” | Prpped him flat on his lace, where he lay with nis | Geoi'se Squier, one of the most talented American | See hanging i aacer ee 3 ia | 8 Mwxologists, Who will not regret to learn pee Dg perl Aged ia ry gag ‘ais mind has succumbed over study and thal the homestretch, aud William Morgan, aged twenty-six, was once more in the hands of the, Bicoes a few hours he will be the inhabitant of @ | mame of the aw. Then L md oes rie. | lunatic asylum, where bis mad vagaries will be Oe gl A etal + ill : fim | 2sed, ssarly last Week @n appiication for a) playfully, while Wiliam Morgan yielded © afeuy, | represse y Ppl OURTS. —-—__—— coMMoN PLEAS—SPECIAL TERM. rit of de lunatico inguirendo was made by aly. ing not a word. wi vs. PR Lie hs oF service of sum- “te Was brought into court and piace? @meemore | the brother of Mr. Squier, of Brooklyn, ate compiuint wanted, before the var o: justice, and 4udke *yérgau ques | who Is a resident and member of | bs 4 up the ped, tye National Guard of that city, to Said ;— “Lhear it was a good half mile, , boys?” The Juage said:— seas iite “You are Judge Donohue, of the Supreme Court of Nev, MARINE ooURT—CHAMBERS, York, for three commissioners to take evidence’ | in Decisions. AUGUST 18, 18, NEW YOP« orry. Belore the Young ¥en's ‘gaman Sunrage League, at Prmpton Hall Sn ag a marrow oveuing be Ja pony] wee penvesor to- ae fering sm St€ mngeip Acapulco, Commodore York’ direct, with gepiawall Augnst 15 for New sreight. passengers and 1,400 tons ines PO gore, of No. 340 West ‘Thirtteth residence _@@t of the third story window of his injured. gesterday Wworning, and was semously Thor ; 48 McGibney, aged thirty years, janitor at 42 Pearl street, acciaemtaily fell from the hi Md story window to the stdewalk and broke Aleit arm, ‘The Department of Parks announce that if the { Weather 1s tine there will be music on the jake at | Central Park by Dodworth's band to-morrow, at | three o'clock P. M. Amelia Henn, a child four years of age, living at jer next | nently sit on the edge of the len neat | By Judge Joachimsen, Lockwood vs Kector, £¢., of Coureh of Interces- &c.—Action for compensaiion as arcuiiect arged with t ging (rom the til of | Christian Mayer, No. 638 Figson street, a $20 bill, | & $10 bill and two $2 DI 12 What nave you got to | Bay and Why Was it th’ yr vou took tae money!” the matter of lis brother's insanity, The Pe’ srion | was made through Counsellor Joseph ‘gey), of | No. 500 Eleventh avenue, was killed yesterday Broadway, and three commissioners were ap- | afternoon by a train on the Hudson River Ruilroad. udyment qutendent. Qn verdict of Jur Well, Judge,” sa! Oat wale | Sor plalniu? for $1,028 03 and costs Rit ahowanoe, | wire and children, gy Morgan, vt Rave #y0unz | pointed as requested, vind took evider see before Brown vs. Jeserds.—Order of arrest vacated | was arresied Ve! gre and had todo itand take | Bheri’s jary in the“matter, and t'4e verdict ar ‘With costs to abide event. chances. Thav’y heen driving a truck with a man West vs. Brickson.—Motion granted. | Ramed Conre 4” ang work got slack andl was Michaelis va, Ossinan.—Motion denied with leave | three Weeks ile and had my rent due, I pawned | Wo renew. | my clothe?, this morning and got $5 towards my Tived at was that “be unfortanay”e discoverer and | author was four.a to be of ucsound mind. Dr. | Meredith Clymy.r, Presidext of the Neurological So- | Grenich vs. Butler.—Judgment opened on terms. | rent, 40", 4 fejt that 1 bad vo Support ‘or my wife | ciety, formery Surgeon ieneral of the department Frucher vs. Kaseiay.—judgment opened on con | and < gigren. 1 had to leave the truck. What | : : Pp G@itions. ene ” coul’, fo? i never commitied any offence of this | ofthe Unied States Army, examined him, and | do? before, and | did not know what I was doing. | pronouyced him “non compos mentis.” The result | ides, Jam charged with taking more mouey | of tht, ‘verdiot will be that Mr. Squier’s fine te: i did, 1 know very weil.” | mh Where do you come (rom /” asked the Judge of | au \ the poor devil, wno trembled so much that he | It{s no exaggeration to state that nosuch private | conld with diMiculty sign his name vo the examina- | } ry, 80 rich in special works of tis | tion peper. “‘Whal Morgans do you belong to?” =| kind, has ever been compiled on either side of the “My mother came from Jersey. estimated | Simpson vs. McNulty.—Motion denied with $10 { east, Witte vs, Schmale, Chuna vs. Thorn, Powers vs. Phelan, Newbauer vs. Hyde, Riley vs. Wilson, Hol. Btein vs. Trimble.—Motions to advance Cal grantea, Levy vs. Marks.—Order discharging defendant om custody. kip, B plorattons, will be brought to the hammer. | Abrary. consisting mainly of works on traveis | Ls Hoe vs, Adirondack Company.—Trial by‘court. tof dismissal, with costs and allow- TOMBS POLICE COURT. A MPritorious Arrest. Beiore Judge Wandell, OtMcer Davis, of the Second precinct, at stoat ‘Wals-past six yesterday morning, cleverly frustrated the ecousummation of a burglary committed on bis post, on the premises No. 167 Water street, occu- pied by Felix Garcia as a wholesale cigar store. ‘The details of the affair are about as foliows:—At ‘Me time mentioned OMcer Davis saw three men ®anding m front of the store above reierred to engaged im putting boxes of cigars on a truck which stood outside. The burg- Jara were in the act of Sone the door and were about to leave with the loaded trnck When the officer came up and asked them what they were doing. ‘It’s all mght,” one of them re- ied, ‘‘we have an order for these cigars (produc- a document purporting to be something of ‘that sort). Won't you step inside and try a Ha- ‘vana?”’ The officer, who is a clear-headed fellow, dmimediately divined there was something wrong @bout the whoie matter, seized hold of one of the men, & powertul fellow, and after a desperate Struggle succeeded in taking him to the station house. His contederate fed. The prisoner 1's pretty hard to support a wile and amily when | ¥ou Dave no work,” trembling and the tears in his eyes. “But now, you see, you will pot be able to support her at all. May have vo ge to State Prison. 1 can do nothing 7 but remand you for trial in default of $1,000 1, man gatd ina whisper, admiringiy, “Well, it was @ thandering good jump, anyhow.” THE NEW JURY LISTS. Present Year— Imcrease of Names the tiow from Jury Duty—How the Names Are Obtained—Grand and Petit Juries Those Who Are Exempt by Law. The present perted ia the annual one when the tionary, the Commissioner of Jurors, Francis, ahas Charles yond, alias Wilitam Be: Another officer ook the truck in charge. It was found to contam 000 worth of cigars. Francis was tuken before stice Wanvell, where he gave his residence as No. 226 West Houston street, and stated that bis aay pang was that of a paperbox maker, Ue was | eked up in default of $5,000 bail, Smuggling a Husband. Mrs, Margaret O’Dounell was in scarch of her Mege lord, who had deserted her, and found him in the liquor saloon of Maurice U’Hern, ip the First ward. The saloon keeper smuggled the truant husband irom the house. This aroused the wrath during the month of September exemptions may | be claimed. If the fasal day, September 30, passes without any claim of exemption being made, tnen there is no help for it, and the unfortunate citizen } Must go through his year without a murmur or | else may murmur at his ease upon the payment of $50 cack time, which may be made $250 if the Judge so pleases, and even imprisonment if there | be be any peculiar obstinacy on the part of the juror. | P@ \ was vorm tn | Atiantic, Mr, Squier’s estate 1s roughly Chis city, and my father came trom Massachusetts, at being worth upward of $50,000, He as a large number of friends, who are unremitting in their | attention upon him, and who do all in their power ‘ou | important duty of selecting jurors for tue ensuing , | year is gone through with by that important func- | As the new | jury year begins on October 1 and is supposed to | close on June 1, the interval of four months 1s | given to collecting the names of persons able, the | | ists being definitely made out in August, so that manner, | friends ‘during the sutamer, and as late as last | “Yes, [know that,” said the Judge, in a kind | to try and screen from him the fact that his mind | tone, for it was a pitiiul spectacie to see him has become deranged. His venerable father, who | ig a uninister of the Gospel, is one of his constant | Visitors at hia residence at No, 4 West Twent, seventh street. The duty of the three commis. sioners appomted by Judge Donohue enforces them to see that Mr. Squier is placed in @ com. | The prisoner followed the officer, looking very | lortable and humanely conaucted lunatic asylum, Sad and broken, and as he went down the stairs @ | SKEVCH OF MR, SqUIRE. | E, G. Squier was born in ihiehem, Albany | county, in this State, on the 17th of June, 182 Whue acting as United States Minister in Nica Tagua he obtained materials trom which he wrot in 1852, “Nicaragua: Its People, Scenery, Ancient Monuments and lnteruceanic Cana” ‘In 1861 he | plished “Monographs of Authors Who Have | Wriiten in the Aboriginal tre of Central | | The Universality of Claims for Exemp- | America.” in addition to this ie has written sev: | eral other works on American antiquities, The | Knowledge ana erudition of Mr. Squier on these | Subjects has rarely, if ever, been surpassed, He was pecuniarily 1aterested jn the nonduras Rail- road enterprise, which Was subsequently taken up 4 English speculators, He has ‘resided in this city, with brief exveptions, tor the last ‘dozen years, devoting his | tme to literary works, and also holding the officiai position of Honduras’ Consul, the vice consular Ottice being filed by Mr. Ansoatequi, whose offica 1s situated at No. 40 Broadway. It may be men- tioned that Mr. Squier was the owner of a small igignd in the Sound, laid out in the most exquisite and here he received multitudes of | year his clambakes were memorable affairs, while hospitality knew uo stint. A LOST CHILD. GAS fash Olt ts | Yesterday afternoon the uncie of Martin Nathan, | called at the HERALD office ana inquired as to the "8t Method of recovering his missing nephew. He | Simguiar to say, itis doubtful if there be any- | stated that according to the advertisement in the of the indignant wie, and resulted in her being | thing more utterly repugnant to the average cith | ked up in the station house. Upon belog rought before Justice Wandell, Counseilor Jot wep in good repute than jury duty. | He wi | Sth of Augast. appeared for Mrs. O’Donnell and satisied | URdergo any length of time lost, any amount of | the Court that ste was the injured party, where- mpon she was discharged. COURT CALENDARS—THIS DAY. money spent, any Lumiliations, any privations, to | escape the thing. He wil! get a hundred letters of | introduction, one a‘ter the other, if he can only HERALD bis nephew had been missing since the From the account given at the HERALD oftice, it appears that upon the day men- tioned the boy leit his home to go to business, He went to business and did not return. The loss of a bright, inteliigent boy naturally created some | Snalty reach the Commissioner of surors (who at | @X¢itement in the vicinity, and not only the | but the neighbors, were anxious ‘The Coroner will hola an mquest to-day. ‘The body of Joseph Johnson, who was drowned im the Harlem River afew days ago, was fonnd last night, by OMcer McDonough. of the Thirty- third precinct, at the foot of Lincoin avenue. Jacob Bater, of No. 88 Amity street, while intox- ieated yesterday, fell down the stairs at his resi- dence and fractured nis skull. He was sent by the reta of the Filteenth precinct to Bellevue Hos- i At six o’olock yesterday evening a horse at- tached to en express wagon {ell aown at tue com ner of Broadway and Barclay street and dislo- cated its hip. @ horse ambulance was tele- graphed for and removed the four-/ooted invalid, Thomas Feney, living at No, 148 Bast 119th street, while at work yesterday morning on the Dew buiiding at the corner of Sixth avenue and 1818t svreet, fell trom a@ ladder and was badly in- ured. He was sent to the Ninety-ninth street oapital. John O'Connor, aged fourteen years, residing at No. 33 Park street, was ron over yesterday after- noon by a truck in Centre street, and had his col- lar bone broken. The driver, Wiham George, was arrested and locked up in the [wenty-seventa pre- | ¢imet station house. A pretty straight story came to the City Hall yes- terday from Albany in reference to Mayor Have- Meyer’s case. A gentleman known to be in the Governor's confidence expressed himself to the effect that to-day the Governor would give, his de- Patrick Madden, aged sixty years, residing in | New Jersey, whilo walking on the railroad track } in Eleventh avenue, near Fifty-seventh street, yes- | terday afternoon, was struck by a down train and nad his right leg tractured. He was sent by the | police to the Reception Hospital in Ninety-ninth Street, | Frederick Newland, a child four years of age, Was found last night by OMcer Stanton, of the | Twentieth precinct, lying tm front of his residence, at No, 460 West Thirty-third street, with botn of | bis legs brokeu. It is supposed that be was run over by a truck that had passed down the street a short time before, The employés of the Cooper Union Frev Read place was again opened yesterday, to the delight of many hundreds who are in the habit of repatring thither dally to read the newspapers and maga- mnes, Some slight improvement in the appear- ance oJ the rooins is noticeable, BROOKLYN. nes The average daily consumption of water in Brooklyn ast week was 25,160,966 gallons, The Registrar of Arrears reports the receipts of | his bureau for the past week as being $18,989 83, Wiltam Englehart, who was run over on Satur- day by car 144 of the East New York line, had nis cision, and that it woud be in iavor of the Mayor, | ing Rooms, having completed a brief vacation, the | te ping mein A whieh the boa coming tn, and almost every day @ hal! dozen peo. ple, more or less, are likely to be crushed. ere should be @ railing to prevent unthinking people, from sitting in such a dangerous piace. At the November election in Kicumond ‘ounty the following officers are to be vored {or:~«A memes ber of the Assembly, a District AtioMhey in the place of the present incumbenj, Mr. Sitvaey F. Raw- sou, of Nortifeld; a Superintendent of the Poor in place of Emmanuel Kapheas, of Southfel Justices of the Sessions in the pliyte of Willlam H. Alien and Charles B, Middlevooxs two Coroners In the place of istac Lea and Punis Tappan, all of Whose terms of oflce expire at the beginning of next year, A meeting of citizens was recently held at Gif | ford’s Station, on the Staten Islind Railroad, to take action to prevent the further sale of bonds by the Drainage Commissioners of the Richmond Drainage district, and at which an executive com- mittee was appointed to take such action as might a pene to be necessary. This cominittee met at | Gifford’ yesterday and organized for vusiness by sppcndng Mr. Wellington Coster es Coairman and 1. Joseph Guyon as Secretary. A sub-committee ‘Was appointed, consisting of Messra. W. Coster and James Coyne, with authority to employ counsel and raise innds to defr: The committee will hold weekly meetings and are determined to protect the taxpayers {com ail further encroachments on the part of the | Commissioners, It is alleged that there are not over hail a dozen persons in that portion of the | township of Southfield no are im favorol drainage | there, aud that the majority of those are not free- i holders, while some of them are indirectly inter- ested in t/e€ auticipated jobbery of the works, ‘The neighborhood 18 a farming district, and every one is pertectiv willing to drain bis own land, as mucn for individual benefit as for the public good. There ia no standing stagnant water, and tue locality*has always deen regarded as healthy. NEW JERSEY. ‘The unfortunate man Willtam Connors, who had both legs blown off by the explosion of a locomo- tive cylinder and who died in St. Francis Hospital, Jersey City, was interred yesterday. Frederick Vredenburg fell from a scaffold on a building in Clinton street, Hoboken, yesterday af Vernoon and was so in)nred that siight hopes are entertained of his recovery. He was taken to iis home at No, 112 Meadow street. A young burglar named James Clark was found at an early hour yesterday morning by Oficer Eaton in the act of breaking open a basement door at the corner of Mercer and Barrow streets, | Jersey City, The depraved young rascal had just filled out @ term in the Penitentiary tor stealing mk A rumor bas obtained circulation m Hudson county that a few wealthy ofice-seekers intend to euter the Democratic Convention and buy up the | nominations for the fat oMices to the exclusion of joorer men, latter class, representing about twelve hundred Working men, threaten a grangers’ movement if the proposed scheme be carried out. Dr. J, J. Craven, of Jersey City, has been engaged by several prominent citizens on Jersey City and report as soon as possible. He will !eave to- day and will traverse the entire watershed of the | Passaic, noting the character of the facivries, tne sewage and other deposits into the Passaic, He will also visit Lake Hopatcong, Greenwood Lake | and the Pequannock, with a View to an analysis of | the different waters. BOLDLY DEFYING THE SUNDAY LIQUOR LAW IN NEWARK, The Police Authorities Confounding | Tmemecives and Confirming the Herald. Some time ago the fact was stated in the HEALD that, as the warm weather advanced, the | observance of the law prohibiting the saie of liquor on Sundays in the city of Newark was grow- all necessary expenses. | ‘Three candidates belonging to the | | Heiguts to make an analysis of the Passaic water | aap nremenin tin ts ———$———— “ LIFE BOAT,’ ane e —_——-——— ae Substantial Indoxsements or the Float ing Hospital fro Sandry Sources, Among the scores of ietters received daily at the oMce of St. John’s Guild, im Varick street, and bringing good cheer for the sick children of the city, are many full of sentiment and sorrow—iit- tle notes from mothers, in whick one recognizes,. Without thinking of the mourning-edged paper,. the deep bereavement which has come home tothe: hearts of the writers. No need to jook far for the bond of sympathy which unites this suffering mother of the rich to all these suffering mothers ef the poor, Then there are briel, dry, business let- ters, into wiich creep stray touches of aympathy, ; and longer and more carefully prepared commun cations, which the writers evidently thought to be- more vainable than their enclosures, as @ means of encouragement to others, Here is a letter, briei and to the point, enclosing: | 4 MUNIFICENT GUT FROM THE WILE OF A SHIP- BUILDER, a New Yorn, An: Bev. Ayan wane, Ma ter of St. ine oud DEAR SL pw me 1 should cont Destitute Sick Cnildren’s Excursion Punk T therefore, i gnoloss ia Der name ing check for emp to. be appropriated ard the exper rip of any Te en ei aut dag Wry 0: the floating hospital pectially, your convenience. eo re bd W. BL. WiSBB. THB CONTRIBUTION OF A CHILD. Rev, Wiswaut beige 65: Tam fost four years old. Wilt Pt | preseucto sion “Uny speck of babiens SNe Zt eRAy LIPILE MARY MEYERS, AN OFPICR COLLECTION, ENERAL TxsuRANOR O Apxnson & StaN70x, New Youe, August 16, ite} Rev. Avyau WisWAll, Master of St. Joan's Guita sm Dian Sin— Enclosed pleave fad ‘our check for $36 2; tributed, as foliows, tor ti Sek Uhiktren'e Excursion Fund :0. W. serene Siek Childres Fun tandas 4 aa ag eee ia i L varlons partie ‘rowa), $25 59. fro $45 send more soon, Very res Walesa Fe HON DECOM E Mea NTO FROM NEWPORT “FOR THE GOOD Worx.” Rev. Atvan WiswaL:— ‘ Sra—I see in the New Yore Meratn that contributions: to the Desiitute Bick Children's Excursion Fund are: earnestly solicited, and may be sent to you others, ‘[ there‘oré enclose you an order on Measra, Di cau, sherman & Co. tor $2), which I wish you to apply” to this good work. Yours respectiuily, Mrs. A. VAN BUBEM. Haua’s Curr Corrsce, August 15, 1874. FROM A YRIEND. tw Yorn, August 13, 187% Rev. Aryan Wiswart, St. John's Gulld:— ip Dean Sin—Ueartily admiring one exertions for the relief of the suttering children of the poor, I beg to en- close @ mite for the furtherance of your floatit tal, $10. Very truly your iriend, JW. FROM THE SUR? HOTEL, FIRE ISLAND, A letter received (rom Mr. Robert H. Boyd states. that a collection amounting to $57 85 was taken Up at the above seaside resort at the close of the rel | The letter ends as follows :—“Should nothing pre- vent I will try and repeat the coilection next San- day, trusting that you will go on in your excelient work and that other hotels may take the hing from our action’? THE SEVENTH EXCURSION of the Floating Hospital will take place to-mem row. The varge New Baltimore has been fitted up and will leave the White Star line whart, pier 62 North River, at eight o'clock A.M. sharp. Thi | barge will also touch at Market street, East | at mine o'clock, and at the foot of Twenty-thu | street, East River, at balf-past nine o'clock AM, { The sail will be up the Sound. Destitate Sick Children’s Fond. The foltowing additional contributions have been, received by Rev. Alvah Wiswall, Master of St John’s Guild, and handed to Henry C. De Witt, Almoner:: Excursion THROUGH £91 C. W. Standart. $5 0. dohn B. Arthur Anderson & sian Satterlee & Haitett CG P.......-+ E Ae THROUGH NEW YORK TIMES. Panl Smith's Hotel, Adirondack........ THOUGH D. L $. SAMMIS. jous services in the pariors on Sunday last. - SurrReMe CovURT—Citambins—Aeld by Judge | that moment becomes of colossal importance in , M@uilly, Y is right leg amputated above the knee yesverday, Jog weager and Weaker. ‘This statement sat sourly | Guests of the Sarr Hotel, Fire Island, kindness of 2 aee iid a, 122198 Sap ftio tii” 8 % | nie eyes) and convince that oMicer that ne (tne | 10 Rave some news of the little “wastrel.” | Adolphus Smith, the car driver, who struck ® | onthe stomachs of some city oMcials wno aonght | BOG os cin ornici * Marixe Covkt—friaL YERM—Palt 1—Held py | juror) is an idiot, a knave, @ broken down invalid, | pap enor Ae soxious mother, watched | Small boy over the head with his car hook on the | to ride two horses tn the liqnor traffic business— | ™2. 4. Yan Re eee % dudge McAdam.—s 08, 56! 6815, 5807, 5760,"5500, 5390, 5836, 5821, 5 8719, S022, 5854, 4444. Ground and Lofty Tambling at Jeffer~ won Market Police Court—A Half Mile | Run by William Morgan and His Cap- ture. Now and then our police courts are alternately the theatre of dramatic, pathetic and comic scenes, he magistrates occasionally are compeiled to Jaugh and to hold their breath for pity. Jefer- gen Market Police Court was, about three o'clock yesterday afternoon, the scene of a Most exctting event, Judge Morgan sat in his ample arm- ehbair, listening to the doleful utterances and made @ening complaints of half a dozen confused and bewildered people, who were demanding things that they dd not want and craving for justice in am iocoherent manner. While endeavoring to straighien ont the tangled we by these persons there came to the judgment seat, or rather the iron railing, a brave boy in blue, whose brass buttons sbone brightly in the shafts of moiten gold that fell gz: ing on the floorof the erowded court room from the window panes, The policeman’s name “it was” Vettch, and be belonged to the Ninth precinct, of which Charles Washburn Ms captain. At the end of Mr, Veitch’s fingers was @ Diack coat collar, which enciri the muscular weck of a young man named William Morgan, of Mgnt but sinewy build, who had a smooth shaven Jace, and wore a decent s of black clothing. Behind the oMicer, and pres: @i the unfortunate Morgan, came two excited and Yerocions Germans of athletic frame and irate fac “What is Judge M the Matter with this man?” asked as soon as he had succeeded in dismissing the woes of the several anxioas per- gons before him. “Your Honor,” said Policeman Veitch, of the gallant Nintn, “le stole $4¢ trom a till 1a Hudson street—the till was in a grocery store—and I ar- Fested him aud brougat him here, “What pave yon to say to the charge, prisoner?” esked Judge Morgan. “Vm not guilty of it all. They want to blame Me for taking all of the money, but I did not Go i.” The intertor of the Jefferson Market Police Court is somewhat like a twenty-lour foot prize wing-it hasan inner and an outer fron railing Painted in dark green, and these railings face the desk north and south. The outside railing ts about four feet in height, and the inner rating is about five or six feet in height. The napiess Mor- 8D was between the inper and outer railings, and the Judge, aiier looking at ihe prisoner a mo- Ment, sid to bis Clerk :— “Mr. McCabe, please take the complaint against this prisoner and let him be remauaed i $1,000 bail.” At this moment there was a creat uproar in court, a wild surge of the spectators and a tumt Rarly-burly among the devoted policemen, whose @uty is generally to chase excited fies around the eourt room on bot days. Wiiliam Morgan, aged twenty-six, residing at No, 43 Spring t, bad Placed }is leit band cn the outer r: had Bren asudden spring air and cleared it in manner of the lamented Mr. Richard Turpin, and was pounding toward the doorway, abont eighteen ject distant, belore the valiant police knew where they were. Leading trom tne statre Way 18 @ wiue, open and steep staircase, @f abont fifteen steps to the sidewalk on Tenth street, und this stairwWay is one of tne most dan- erous in New York. William Morgan took a fying leap down this stair and lit on his Jeet and bounded away. The women in the court rose and _— their hands on their hearts, and some of ef begay to cry, and one screamed out “Poor lelow! is be kilied ?"7 by this ime the municipal police had recovered $rom their stupor, and stx as fleet-footed men as ever drew their salary on a montily payday rted after the daring prisoner down the stair id into Tenth streer, The Clerk, Mr. McCabe, | 1d his pen in suspense, and Judge Morgan cried | Out in @ lon tone of youve :— | + “Order in court; order in court.” Wiliam ie evidently meant to get away— M be couid. The hue end cry were tremendous, The flying prisoner took the south side of Tenth street ior his route, and made several gigantic Jeaps which seriously discomposed toe valiant Police, who do not visit the circus very often. ser- Pony Tims, of the court squad, yelled out at the i a Jungs, as they fled apace “Front rank kneel and fire! Take Possible, Private Bloodgood!" baring The chase continued up Tenth street to Sixth | a@venne, down sixth avenue to Ninth street, and | Bere the modern Turpin was gente On tus pur- | @uers. A rabble of about one hundred noisy boys | and idje men Were in swift speed alter tue nym Morgan. Up Ninth street the chase continued, and deep and bead like drops of perspiration stood on | the massive jureneads of the policeme: The | eterans of many a clubbing ront were veginning $0 flag in their energies. The butcher, the baker | and the candiestick maker yelled again anu again, id pow the wide thoroughfare o1 Filth avenue , Sr etore ig 1 Whose eyes were ah, vi tapene was marched | be hed anticing! bg close on the heels | | anything that wili enable him to escape the hated » | duty. All this is, of course, on some occasions of | BO avail, as somebody has to serve: but the | superhuman exertions put forth cause pos- sibly three-quarters of those who are huable to escape on some excuse or other. Some people are even willing to commit and do commit any amount ‘of perjury to escape. ‘The timejtaken to select the jurors and make out the year’s lists is fixed auring the summer months Decause Oo the fact that the courts’ vacations make | the matter more easy at thai time. The plan isa | simple one. The Commissioner of Jurors, who 1s still Mr. Dongias Taylor, in spite of all the political | Changes Of the past four years, takes the new di- \ rectory, when it comes out tn Ju aid, carefully goes over all the names therein which took likely people, taking mainly merchants and smailer tradesmen as being the most answer- | able. These tables of names and addresses are used with toe poi) lists, Wich show the voters of | each election district, and a most valuable addi- | Hon tt 1s, being a hst which has been sworn to, Then the rosters of all the military and fire com- | panies are taken, and the names which are com- prised in them are stricken off as not being eliginie. Besides wm | persons are e hamea und firemen, the lollowing empt from jury duty :— | _ Aliens (persons not citizens), election office: dents, lawyers, ministers, physicians pu seamen, pilois or engineers, su and teachers in public schools and colcges, televraphic officers, operators I persons under twenty-one and over seventy. be these persons physically or mentally incapable and persons not worth $25) in real or personal estate. Alter these lists are fully made out and all who are eXempt on the face of it struck of, the duties of the Commissioner for a time cease, and the lists are sent to the County Clerk, where they are placed separately in large whe e the old tame draliing boxes during the war, and drawn out singly. Those who are drawn are notified by regular b! 8 flied out with the names and ad- dresses and siating the penalties in case of non- and, by ita | on-dentists, protessors | siceplessiy paced the bedroom, looking the eaiony might sor the child which came not home, | He appears to have becn a great javorite with all | Who came in contact with him, on account of his good-uatured, brilaant manners, and his disap- | pearance has created general astonishment and dismay. Previous to the 5th of August, it seens his employers in New York got short of work, and jorm his Jamily of what bad befallen him. He was engaged ut so much a week to strip tovacco leaves, and, doubtiess, wished to emulate his | elder brother; ior ti he had datly belore him | what epcounterea the eyes of the HEnaLp repre- sentative as he went into the house, he would have | had to be more than human’ not to have felt a pang jor his mother. The reporter made his | Way through a small, decent cigar store, and tm- | mediately ound himself transported into a chil- dren’s paradise, where smai! toys, rocking horses, washing machines, soap suds, Wriuging apparatus et hoc genus omne, mauve an ensemoie rarely to be met with. Previously to going to the residence the reporter had been informed that the eect produced upon the ming of the mother had been so great that re- pressive measures were contempiated a$ an aiter contingenc, Whep the HzraLp man deli- | cately tuyuired What might be th repressive non-rest- | measures, he Was caimly informed that it meant uring In a lunauc asy!um. he only evidence Of junacy Which the mother gave was a Spasmodic | ery jor her child, “Give me my child; tell me my ctilid 1s wave; you may say he is im Caittornia, or | China, or on the bigh seas, or anywhere, but tell | Me my child i8 alive.” | The case is yet wrapped in etery, but earnest | eflorts are being made to discover the Whereapouts of the little one. | THE VETERANS OF THE MEXICAN WAR, | The few surviving veterans of the Mexican war residing in New York and vicinity propose cele- | , Attendance, ‘ibe humoer oi these bianks just now prating the capture of the City of Mexico by a circulating round the city is sometning appalling, as is also the number of people made consequently wretched. The mames drawn are then thrown away, and at the neXt panel needed the neces. | sary number of names is again drawn trom the | Wheel unti! its contents are exnansted. When some big murder case is on where exceptions and objections use ip @ great many jurors the Com- missioner of Jurors generally furnishes an extra panel. 7 always has fome 7,000 oF 6,000 names in reserve, which can be produced at any moment, Dweuling or lodging by any ciuzen from October to June repders tim liable for petit jury, and it is oot necessary that he be assessed or vote, When jurors are fed a board, consisting of the City Judve, ommussioner of Jurors and County Clerk, sits each month to hear objections, Jurors are entitied to $2 per day for si Oyer and terminer and Geveral where, $1. With the selection of the Grand Jury the system employed is entirely diferent. This, of course, being # much more tnaportant body, is selected Witi more care. A board, consisting of the Miyor, Recorder, Judge of the Superior Court and Judge of the Court of Common Pleas and the Commis- sioner of Juror: ct the names they please tor ‘and Jury, all, of course, men of calibre and standing inthe ‘community, and ties names, like the others, are placed tn & box, whicl is used as Lhe one aiready described, Jurors mast be of sound mind, good characte aud must know how to read and write. Thus 13 the time for exemption, ana if those who are called have any reason to allege why they should not be employed as jurors the Way to avoid it is to call upon the Comimisetoner of Jurors, Just at present, of course, the office of the Commissioner is datiy crowded with ail sorts of people who allege ai] sorts of excuses lor not serving, even going so | jar as to declare themselves mentally incapable | forthe duty. All statements must be sworn to, There is a law which deciares that any person | offering money to anv public officer for exemption | Sultzer’s Park was a decided success, irom jury duty shall be considered guilty of a mis- demesbor—that is to say, imprisonment for one year and a fine of $250. All the points, indeed, are covered Which it is snpposed can be covered d yet there are loopholes whieh admit of the escape ofa great many, The new lists contain some 5,000 more names than last year’s, and there ts danger of there being any lack of jurors, no BURGLARY AMONG THE FLANAGANS, | George Flanagan was arraigned before Judge Kasmire yesterday at Essex Market Court ona | charge of burglary, preferred by Mortimer Fiana- gan, of No. 242 Monroe street, who averred in lis complaint that he went to sleep about ten o’clock |. (860) on subday night and woke up about tweive, hear. | ing @ Moise in the room, and saw George F walking off With his coat, vest and pantaloons, in the pocket of which was’$1i. ‘The windows had been forced open. prisoner, who wae are rested by OMcer O'Connor, of ‘the Thirtecuth precinct, pleaded guilty and was commitsed in $3,000 bail to answer. HIGHWAYMEN AT WORK IN BROAD DAY. LIGHT, Between one and two o'clock yesterday after- noon two desperate Buceley, a Willamsbarg barkeeper, at First av- agan | | | | ruMans stopped William | enue and Fast Fightieth street, wile he was on | his way tothe picnic of the Fentan Brotherhood in Sulzer’s East River Park, and gave him the option of dejtvering up his money or being beaten to death with the ciub which one Of the despera- does carried. Buckley hastily handed the jootpacs @ fllty cent note. ‘They then ordered him to stow them his pocketbook, and he obeyed, Finding notuing in 1t they made off toward the East Kiver, while Buckiey, chuckling with dehght at having Saved a roll of bills amounting to $60, which was hidden in the watch pocket of hts pantaloons, hur- ried to his home without the day’t ee with the expectation of getting the int ment, 4s no appointment nits ‘been Pans for ‘this district. have now, the four or five days, about sixty hi race on hand, and they are still accummating from to Ir my appointment oes not folio be compelled to let said dows loose upon the commun | and f shail not be responsible for the consequent cannot afford to have them well tea. I believe some of | grand picnic on the 14th of September. There will be @ short parade in the city aud from thence the old soldiers will proceed to Rubenstein’s Har- jem River Park by boat, where they will spend the | balance of the day in discussing’ old war times and ia leasting upon the good things that will be Spread bejore them, It is understood that ex-Gov- ernor Price, of New Jersey, will deliver an address of patriotic fervor and Listorical imterest on the occasion, Te object of the picaic, whuicn will be open to ail, is to cre 1 jor the benetit of | the Veteran Association, Which stands greatly in heed Of @ contripution to its treasury, | 8T. PATBICE’S MUTUAL ALLIANCE ASSOCIA. TION, The annual ptenic of the St. Patrick's Mutaal Al- | liance Association will take place at Jones’ Wood Colossenm to-day, 20d will doubtless be the largest affair of te kind in point of numbers that has taken place at this popular resort during the pres- ent season, The games will be numerous, the | music the best, and whoever fails to be present will miss @ treat. The games inciude a coubleand single scuil race, stone throwing, hop, leap and jainp, three Standing Juinps, iootbail and sack | race. A prize 01 gold bracelets will be given to | the best 1ady'waitzer and a gold chain to the best Jig dancer, The games will commence at three £.M. sharp. ‘Ihe general management of the af- | fair will be under tue supervision of President Wm, O’connell and lis fellow olticers, It is expected that many thousands will attend the picnic, THE PENIAN FHSTIVAL, Yesterday's picnic of tne Fenian Brotherhood at | About 2,000 | people were present and enjoyed themselves thor. | oughly. The competitive drill of the several com: | panies of the Irish brigade afforded intense | interest, and their military capacr reflects high credit on toem and their officers, The | result, as decided by the omecers and indorsed by the admiring spectators, was that the first prize | ‘as gained by Company B. Captain Roche; the pad ($90) by Compauy D, Captain Murphy; | and the third by Company E, Captain Muiled. There were any amount of fiddiers and pipers on | the gronud, stirring up the willing people to jigs | and reels, in addition to which was tae efMcient performance by M amusements we ment to a Jate hour, DCG CATCHERS’ PARADISE, An Official Appointed Through Intimi- dation, Mayor Havemeyer yesteraay received the follow- ing letter, whiob fully explains iteelt Monntsania, N.Y To the Won. Wrssax F. ‘Havaudvan, ilayot ot une afer ot ew York :— Sin—Expecting to get the appointment as official di catcher for the Twenty-second Assembly distriot an for which my application has Leen handed to you on OF about the 9h inst, I have already commenced aa such, BE. Manahan’s band. The niunued with unabated enjoy- them are showing signs of hydrop: 5 frou you soon, 1 remain very Teopectatly ioe | Aga UUAREES F MATTREA box 4 Morrisania Post office. Alderman Morris Instructed Mr. Wendell, the Mayor's citet clerk, to notily Mr, Mattnias ¥0 a] pear and take the oata of office, as he believes hi enjoyment that | services will be very valuable i lessen. pul: ssi S| DAF Of SUF JD the anBexed district ees j | some of the building material. 8th inst. in Debevoise street, near Flushing ave- nue, was coimitied to await tbe action of the Grand Jury yesterday. othe old ladies of the Home for Indigent Fe- males will go on their annual picnic to-day to Rockaway Beach. Mr. Reid, proprictor of the Tallroad ana steamboat line. tenders the enjoy- \ discnargea the boy. Tne ‘Hittle man” dia not in- | Meut to these veneravie pensioners of tie home, Justice Delmar yesterday committed Jonn Keat- ing to jail on a charge of stabbing Michael O’Don- | nell, of No. 169 Partition street, in the back with a pocket knife. The wound 1s not dangerous, Tne affray grew out of & quarrel which occurred be- | tween the two men a Jew days previous, The frst annual picnic and games of the Young Men’s Catholic Assoctation, of the Church of the Nativity, will take place at Boulevard Grove on Thursday next. Several valuable prizes will be distributed aimong the suecessiul competitors in racing, walxing and archery, in whicu latter amusement the ladies will participate, Fred kK Teves, a German grocer, tn good cir- cumstances, and having a@ large family, while laboriug under temporary aberration of mind, banged himseif to a beam in his residence, tn the | Outssirts of the city, at @ late hour Saturday night. He used a ladder to reach the beam, and then, kicking the ladder away, remained suspended. A disturbance occurred between a party of men, on the corner of Hicks street and Hamilton ave- nue, on Sunday night, when Patrolman Gill, of | the Eleventh precinct, attempted to arrest William Dunn, The oficer, who was aitackea by the crowd, Yunn knocking him down, discharged iour cham- bers Ol jis revolver, Dunn was wounded in the head and left jeg, but not dangerously. Michael Russell and Join and Wiiham Mckeuna were ar- — and locked up for participating in the as- Sault. LONG ISLAND. The Queens County General Democratic Commit- tee met at the Long Island City Hotei yesterday. Tae only business of importance transacted was the reading and accepting of a report directing tac committee how to act in reierence to the pri- maries. |“ Whe corner stone of the new office for the County ci of Suifolk county, at Riverhead, will be latd with fitung ceremontes to-morrow. The stone was to have been lala on the 12th inst, buta ; delay of a week was caused by the won-ar:ival of fue Work Will now be rapidiy prosecuted, Hydrocyanic acid killed a valuable cow velong. | img to Mr. George Brush, of Northport, last week. There being some doubt as to the cause o1 death, the contents oi the stomach were examined, when | @ sarge quantity of wild cherry pits, crushed’ by the animai’s teetu, were jound. There was a cherry tree in the pasture where the cow was kept. At the instance of the Catuolic women of Green- port the body of Rose Anu Fennel, ound in ihe Sound at Inlet Point recently, aud buried in the | cemetery in that village, has been disinterred and Temoved to tue consecrated buriai ground for Catholics at Southold, This is we that the body hay been disinterred, probably now “rest in peace.” The Shelter Island camp meeting commeneed at Prospect yesterday and will continue through tne | week. Tie Rey. GA, Hubbell, of the Greene avenue Methodist Episcopal church, Brooklyn, has cuarge Of the exercises, and 13 earnest in 13 eloris to Make the meeung a successiul one, ‘rhe opening sermon was preached iu the alters noon by the Key. J. W. Horne. 01 Greenport, A large number of ministers pave significa their in- vention to be present during the week. ‘The fine weather of Saturday and Sunday served to induce a very large attendance at the Merrick camp meeting, which formally closed on Sunday | at midnight, although & consideraple number of | neaiti-sceking Methodists still remain on the grounds, residents of cottages or teuts. The ex. | tension of the meeting trom Thursday last to Sun- day hws proved @ pecuniary advanrage to the Cainp-Meeting Association, whica otherwise would have conside “rau bebind.” Tae meeung Wis yeur bas extended over thirteen days. The travel to Rockaway on Sunday was unpre- cedented. Persons Who have been constant vis- {tors there during summer seasons tor the past twenty years say thut they never saw so many opie there beiore in une day, the beach was literally biaok with the crowds of people that thronged it and the hotels were overflowiug. One boat irom New York, it 1s reported, landed at least 3,000, und every train on both the South Side and the Long Island roads ran crammed witn pas- sengers, As evening came on there was much scrambling to get home, and the various modes of conveyance were found to be inaaequate to ac- Commodate the inimense crowd, although all the rolling SCOCK Of the railroads which could be made available was brought mio use; and, as a conse. quence, hundreds were forced to stay over night, with sach Imperiect accommodations aa could be provided in the emergency, STATEN ISLAND. ——— Pubdite pounds have been established in New Brighton for tue reception of animals found run- ning at large within the village limits. ‘There is @ danger at the siip of the Staten Island Railway Ferry Company at Whitehall which the Company should tako measnres to obviate, Pas < sought to appear *o the anti-liquor people as zeal- | 0us enlorcers of the law, while privately, ag is | believed, ixing things nicely so that the liquor men might go ahead and sellon Sunday with- out let or hindrance. the statement in earnest, Alderman Sayers, at the suggestion of Police Captain Dwyer, arted one Sunday on a tour of Inspection, The Alderman 13 a sincere opponent of the trafic. He Wes taking “the rounds,” and il the saloons were Closed, Whereupon it Was announced how strictly tne law was observed—thanks to the vigilance of the authorities. Kecently, however, MAYOR PERRY COMPLAINED mat the law was not being eniorced properly. | The result was that the police authorities were compelled to stir themeeives and issue orders to the men to report vioiations of the law. ‘The upstart of thts was that thlpgited morning it was found that on unday no less than 250 dealers openly | and quietly defied the law. This ts tae number the | Police have discovered; but it is safe to say that | fallas many more utterly aisregard the statutes, Ipasmnch as the politicians as a class generally figit soy of the liquor men, and as the charter and general Staie elections are not more than a few ; Months of, it will be mteresting to watch and study the antics and mancuvring of the ofice- ; Seekers and thelr partisans in gud out of office. In , Justice to Mayor Perry, it must be said that he has been, so far, thoroughly consistent regarding the eniorcement of the punday law, and regardiess of the liquor interests. THE SUICIDAL MANIA IN NEW JERSEY. ee A Pair of Self-Slayers in Newark=—A German Makes Sure with Pistol and Poison—Jealousy and Laudanum at South Amboy. The mania for suicide is developing itself strongly im various sections of New Jersey. Yesterday Newark witnessed two cases, one of them being the unfortunate outcome of ratner singular cir- cumstances, <A few weeks ago one Julius Richter, @ plano tuner and musical instrument dealer tina gmail way, @ native of Saxony, and about sixty | years of age, bad some trouble with a farmer Ramed Aurenheimer, and previously with hig wie, who lives in New York. The result was that Julins was arrested for threatening to shoot | On being liverated he attempted to kill himself, but Janed. still, the arrest and his domestic troub.es preyed on his mina, and yesterday morn- | a Neavy dose of poison iu the rear of his place, No. 105 Springfield avenue. He was found having by him # loaded pistol, which it 18 believed he t- tended using In case the poison fatied in tts work, a RIBLE LEAP. In Newark also yesterday moruing one Wende- line Longbecker, of No. 63 Eim street, literally jJamped the lie out of himseif by bounding jrom a second story window to the sidewalk. He | Was picked up dead, He was an old nan, nearly eighty years Of age, Some time ago he iried to hang himself, 0: 1g no doubt. i AT SOUTH AMBOY | a few days azo one F. 0, Brown swallowed a dose ‘of landanam and tried to Kill himself, His faraily | caught him in iime to pump out the poison and | save his hie. Jealousy and other domestic tron- bies drove him to the loolsh atrempt, At last ac- counts he wasall right, STABBING AFFRAY IN NEWARK, A Desperado Slashes His Stepfather and @ Policeman. Commerce street, near Mulberry, in Newark, ‘Was the scene last evening, about eight o'clock, of great excitement, consequent on the report that George Warren, @ notorious “tough,” bad mur- dered “Pink” Sharp, @ marketman, employed by Mz. Walters, of Centre Market, and had serlousiy stabbed @ special oMcer named Jaegers, who had hastened to the rescne of “Pink.” Upon investi gation it was found that the report, a3 in most similar cases, was greatly exaggerated; that “Pink? was not murdered, though stabbed | Seriously, and, possily, fatally, in the | Side. 16 appears that he und Warren | have not been on good terms tor @ long time, and last evening, upon Warren's enter. ing “Pink's” house while ander the influence of | liquor, # heated altercation took place between the two, which trom ugly words came to uglier blows, | and finally ended in Warren whipping out a knife and thrusting it into his steptataer, inflicting a Wound ihe cuaracter of wiuct could now be fully scertained last night. A ery tor help brought Officer Jacgers on the scene, The bully turned on him, too, and staboed him over the eye. ‘The stab Just missed the optic. The wound ts not serious, Alter @ desperate tussle the desperado was over- | H powered anil removed to the City Prison, where | Of the moat aangerous of his Class in Newark. | THE GREAT GERMAN SAENGERFEST, ; German choral societies of New Jersey for a grand Singing festival, which will be held in the middie of September, at the Schutzen Park, on Unton Hill. last week gave rise to the idea, and it is now pro- aelegations trom every part of New Jersey. Invi- tations have been extended to several societics in w York, and the orchestra will be the largest je awaits results. Tne police speak of him as one Extensive preparations are being made by the The success of the festival at Otto Cottage Garden posed to have an assemblage which will include SY@r assembled in tha Mannan PAS ly “ In order to prove | Aurennetmer, and bound over to Keep the peace, | H ing he succeeded 1n ending Nis life by swallowing | he fact that he was insene there | lewport The Turner & Seymour W. Ing Co.. 10 50 HL B. 10 0 109 Floating Hospital ind 2 09 108 | From Herberté Lilian 10 00 30 Miss S. D. 500 400 is8 Se +o ar | “EB Pe 800) 20 $201 85 + 3,624 2B Grand total............. = $3,826 10 Contributions to the fund are earnestly solicited atonce, and may be sent tothe HEeRaLp office, Mayor Havemeyer, City Hail; Arnoid, Constable & | Co., No, 885 Broadway; D. Appleton & Co., No. 662 Broadway; August Beimont & Co., No, 19 N. | street; 5S. L. M. Barlow, No, 35 William street; | | Ball, Biack & Co., No, 665 Broadway; Judge John AK. Brady, No. 19 West Thirty-third street, or Rev. Alvah Wiswali, Master of St. Jonn’s Guid, No, && Varick street. Another Children’s Excursion. A free excursion will take place for the children | of the Seventh ward to-morrow, August 19. Cap | tain Selbert and hts officers will be in charge of the | | i party. Tickets will be distributed by Mr. Williams this afternoon, at three o'clock, at the street police station. A VOICE FROM THE POOR To THE ED!ITOR OF THE HERALD:— ¥our attention is respectfully called to the tm- mense number of intelligent individuals out of employ tn this city. Still, no provision is made tor their support upon acheap rate; unilke the ladies, who have been furnished with accommodations | suitable to their requirements unaer the same ctr- cumstances. Gentlemen are walking the streets, seeking employment, and have no tixed idea where they are to get a night’s lodgng or even a meat | the next day. Are there not sufficient pnilan- ' thropists in the city to provide some temporary means whereby they can ve victualled and lodged tillsach time as they can procure employment? Something ought to be done. A SUFFERER, CAUTION 10 THE PUBLIO. * St. ViNceNT’s Home yor Boys, Nos. 53 AND 55 WARREN STREET, August 17, 1874 | To THE Epitor or THE HERALD:— I am credibly informed that boys are selling: | tickets throughout the city for an exhibition to oe | given at St. Vincent’s Home, on Friday evening,. | August 2!, No such exhibition 1s to take place, 1 and no boys ever were or ever will be authorized to sell tickets for any entertainments that may be ven in this Home. — by giving piace to this caution | 1M your vaiuable journal you will confer a favor on, | yours respecuully, J. U. DRUMGOOLE, Pastor. WHERE A PISTOL PROVED USEFUL James D. Humphreys, a well known business man of Covington, Ky., was accosted yesterday | Morning by two of the “steerers” for a chean bance swindle in Centre street, not far from Chambers: street, He allowed himself to be accompanied to their lair, where they let him win $20; then he started for the door, but one of the gang locked it and confronied Mr. Humphreys, saying that he could not leave untithe had given the honse an opportunity for its money, Thereat Mr. Hum- phreys coolly drew his pistol, and saying that the man atthe door had better get out of the way une jess he was anxious to be shot, he walked into the street with $20 ot the swindlers’ money mm his jocket, He says that he ts ready tor the nexs road way stave Who May Choose to accost him on the sidewalk, He never mado $20 with less physi« bt and has no objection to repeating the jol A STRIKE AND ITS FAILURE. Forty-two !aborers employed in laying the track | on tue line of the new Central Cross ‘town Raliway, which will unite the Twenty-third street and Chris- topher street Jerries, strack for higher wages early yesterday morning. Heretofore the men had been receiving $2 25 each per day, and six of the: number, who are members of a society, wishing an increase of wages, cousulted with the other laborers, whereupon all hands Beaty resolved te strike for $2 50 per day, They acquainted ther employers with this determination and were in- formed that the tncrease would not be given and they were at liberty to cease work altogether if they desired it. The contraccor alterwards, on the advice of the officers of the new road, agreed to take back all the laborers except the atx society men, paying them the former rate of §2 25 per day. They agreed to resume work at this rate and the Parties who incited the strike in the first instance will now have to seek work in another direction. The work on the new street car.route continues to progress rapidiy and very soon the cars will be runping on the It RETURN OF THE AMERICAN PILGRIMS. Another contingent of the American pilgrims returned yesterday by the steamanip City of Brus- sels, of the Inman line. Among these were Mrs. Bailiard and 6x-Ajderman McBride, of Jersey City, besides eleven priests. Mr. Patrick Farrelly, of Jersey City, arrived from Boston, baving come by the Cunard steamship Algeria. Many of the pile ‘ims, including th named, made a tour of Ire- jand, They expressed themselves highly pleeees ‘With the scenes they witnessed and the kind treat- Seaton” received everywhere on their long le