The New York Herald Newspaper, November 4, 1874, Page 5

| | | eT rger; then that at Yorkville, 6 people come anhattanville, Cirmansvule, Mott Haven, tpl qose ama North New York to read the news, TAMMANY HALL. —_—_—-————- ‘The Tammany magnates and & host of democrats, | who packed every spot of standing and sitting room within the large ball, met leat evening in the wigwam, Fourteenth street, to receive ns from the various districts of | the election retur | Battle for the present the city, and, as the results proved, to cele- brate a democratic triumph. Ag early as six o'clock the hall began to Gil and the proceed- Ings were at once opened by Colonel Duniap calling the assemblage to order. Mr. John Kelly occupied a seat ata table nearly tn the front of the platform, which he never left to the close of the meeting. ‘Fhe returns at first came in slowly, but as they were read ous in stentorious tones by General Spinola they were hatied with cheers by the assemblage whenever & majority rolled up for a Tammany candidate. Groans were frequent for Ot tendorfer, while @ voice, when Jones’ number ex- deeded that oi Hayes, wouldshout, ‘rab that’ out, GENERAL DIX’S LAST ORDEB, Much amusement Was created by General Spi- pola reading General Dix’s last order, which was given as follows:— DgsPaToH,—Genoral Dix has issued the following order:—*Ii any man says Iam not beaten in this election, shoot himon the spot.” (Loud laughter.) A voice—Shoot him then. (Cheers) The proceedings, which for some time lacked all the entnusiasm of a democratic gathering, re at last enlivened by the strains of a band in the front gallery, and helped to keep the more exuberant spirits under, Captain Rynders, to responses for & speech, | satd:—Will you wait for more returns? I don’t ‘Wap’t to blow in advance. (Cheers.) O’srien’s name, when announced from the re- turns, was received with groans, while Hewitt’s majorities were greeted with applause. BYNDERS AGAIN, Fresh calls for Rynders brought the trrepreasibie Daptain again to the front, “I won't make you | to sav lo genernme it of the Ne for tne | pont fo ur United States. (Pere Ry Weare O drive back the tide of centralism, of | used to be in the days of & speech,” said he, “but I'l tell you a ttory, There was an Irishman once sat fown at a hotel table, and he pald | for the meal beforehand. A nigger brought him bis victuals, After Pat haa eaten up all the victuals the landlord peeped in, and, says he, ‘Why don’t you eat your dioner!’ ‘Why,’ says Pat, ‘I have ate all the mate and the praties. Do you want me to ate the nigger?’ (Cheers and laughter.) The returns for Register seemed to engross the Breatest interest. When not announced voices would call, “What about the Regtster?? When Jones ran ahead the announcement was received with cheers from his friends, of whom he bad Many inthe hall, At this siage tne general tm- pression was that Jones was elected, TILDEN’S ALLEGED MAJORITY, A despatch was read gtving Tiiden 2,000 majority, Great cheering and catnusiasm on the plauorm. Charles L. Spencer was announced as Geieaied in tolt uniform, helmet and all, and Smith Ely dlected. Cheers aud laughter. The announcement that John Swinton, the can- didate o1 the Industrial party, had received one vote Caused considerable merriment and chaff at the expense oj the “one vote candidaie.” “First gup” from the Nineteenth district gave majorities to Tilden, Hayes and Wickham, The teport was loudly cheered. FROM THE CITY OF ROME, Despatch received giving Tilden 566 majority over Dix. (Great chects; music by the band.) A MAJORITY FOR TILDEN, Despatch from the Secretary of the State Cen- tral Committee:—Alter a most careful estimate the returns received at headquarters show that Tilden’s majority over Dix will not be less than 85,000. (Applause,) General Spinola satd they had now received re- turns sufficient to satisfy them that the demo- cratic party had carried the State, and he would introduce One ol the Old-time democrats, who would now address them. (Cheers tor Rynders.) Captain Rynders then proceeded to addreas the asseinbiage. He nad waited to hear the frst gun BnuoCUnciDg Victory in the interior of the State, The first gun was iron tie city of Rome, and its echo would be repeated throughout the State. Ge! eral Grant said he made a great sacritice tn 187: He wasn’t then worth $10,000-and now he is worth $10,000,000. Who wouldn't make a sacrifice like that? But he wont be asked to make anotner tucrifice, General Dix—(zroans)—was Willing to make a sacrifice of himself jor anotuer two years, but the people will save him irom will triumphantly elect him to stay to recruit for two years. They are, it and at home (Cheers and laughter.) are all seli-sacrificing patriotu—they (Laughter.) Old Havemeyer was anxious to e asacrifice of himself for two years more; but there was noone so poor, save Oliver Char- lick and Cowan, who was willing to see bim im. molate nimself on the altar of his country, and he 1s algo elected to retire ito the bosom oi his fam- lly—the people wouldn’t give hima caance, no more than Grant or Dix. (Cheers,) BEN BUTLER IN TAMMANY HALL, General Spinola read a despatch irom the Chair- an of the State Central Committee :—“Ben utler is deicated. (Great cneering and groaning.) Did Cockeye is gone up in a balloon.” (Laughter.) Captain Rynaers—I want to know if he has been feteated by @ republican or & democrat. Ben Butler is the noblest Roman in the republican camp. There is no deception in‘him, and for one 1 would rather see him elected than any other re- publican, but I am told he has been defeated by an Anti-administration man, and I therelore congr: tulatesyou on that result. (Cheers.) A despatch {rom Monroe county, announcing a | with” people, abuses and of corruption that ts flooding the country, and to restore the government to what It the democratic party, and as it was in the days of Andrew Jackson, (Great cleering.) In Grgaitr o work the democracy of New York and their ailies, fathered Irom eve Plishea a work which Will resound throughout the Country and to future ages as creating a new era of American {fee government, (Cheers.) I bave not come here to-night to make @ Speech on the topics of the canvass, for tne ia won, [ come to tender to you, to tender to and warm hearted workingmen of the city, my thanks for the support [ have received trom them in this contest. I velieve, under God, if oar country {8 to be redeemed and saved, !t ig by the workinginen, the farmers and mechanics of the country (cheers); and as | have stood bitherto tu their controversies by their » to pobold their rights and vindicate their interests, believe their interests are far greater than any others in the preservation of civil lverty and constitutional government that we make the in our country. 1 propos: ep, @ stage tn the victory achieved to-day & grand and giorious futore that to-day dawns upon every American. (Cheers.) Thanking you for your support [ bid you guod night. (Applause.) Mr. John Keily, to repeated calls, made @ Drief speech, when the meeting broke up. THE REPUBLICAN HEADQUARTERS The headquarters at the Fifth Avenue Hotel were well protected trom the gaze of the st multitude which surged to aud fro in the tobbies. The Great Moguls of the Grant. party—General Sharpe, Collector Arthur, Tom Murphy, ex-Governor Morgan and other prom- {nent membera of the State Committee—had wisely locked themselves in, so as to be able to quietly peruse the private despatches which they received every five minutes. Nobody was al- lowed to enter the private sanctum, and one door was even boarded up, so that no impudent knocking should disturb the leaders, In the iobby where the bar is situated there wag ao linmense crowd, which was very lively and outspokeo in 4g demonstrations, As the returns were read aloud there were decided grunts of disapproval, bold shouts of satisiaction and other iree ex- | pressions of the various sentiments awakened by the news, The announcement, “butler deieated by 1,500,” created laughter and applause, and the returns relaung to General Jones elicited cheera of delight. The hotel, outside as well as inside, was literally In & state of siege. The entrance and great lobby leading to tue rear were packed who were discussing tue re- turns, and expressing their opinions as to the probabie results. The crowd out- side, who were jooking at the stereopticun returns, although not so large as che one at the HERALD Uptown Branch office, was pertectly im- mense. It vave no demonstrations whatever, but waited silently until all the returns bad dashed before their eyes. The trafic. of course, was greatly impeded in consequence, and no little swearing was induiged in by street car drivers and conductors, At te Bapnbiican Hail, corner Thirty-third street and Broacway, there were also great crowds, who cheered General Jones in the most enthusiastic manner, The returns relating to General Jones iormed the centre of popular inter- est during yesterday’s election, AT IRVING HALL. A more gloomy and uninteresting affair than the meeting of the People’s Liberal Demooratio Committee and of the Independent Liberal Dem- ocratic Committee last night, at Irving Hall, it is dificult to imagine. ‘The gathering took place in the box office. At one end o! the room sat Professor Glaubensklee, the presiding genius of the piace. Ona table at his side stood a beer jug, which was replenished now and again to the extent of 25 cents. Near the beverage of King Gambrinus sat General Cochrane, the living representative of the liberal republican party. The name of Mr. Ottendorier was rarely mentioned, he being considered, to lemferson, the father of , the bard fisted | ways | NEW YORK | quarter, have to-day accom- | quote the remark of an irreverent young German, | a “dead cock in the pit.” There was considerable enthusiasm, however, on the subject of Jones for Register, “For,”’ observed an old graybeard, who had been chewing on the stump of a cigar for a long time without opening bis mouth, “il we elect Jones we beat Jiminy Hayes, and ie to crush Morrissey’s power. The people oi New York, if they were not (ools, would elect Mr. Otten- dorier, jor he is an honest man. We are crushed down with the Tammany King, God belp us!” Meanwhile, while the oid tellow was making his Peroration, the sounds of triumphal shouting and fireworks Came across the street from Tammany Hall, Aiter this the meeting became prosier tuan ever, varied slightly by the reading of election returns, principal'y received irom Tammany Hall, The mame of Jones always brougut forth cheers. ‘hen dulness reigned again, till General Oochrane, after lookiag very wise, remarked, with the air 01 a man recent @ grave thought, “The lberat repubitcans hoi the balance o: power in the State.” This brought Jorward no reply, and the Geueral took a deep draugnt of jiager. ‘hen some quarpeiling took place between two laboring men as to who had | Worked harder jor the party, and after slunging Tilden victory and the election of three demo- | bratic Assembiymen was vociterously cheered. bamuel S. Cox came upon the platform and was galled upon juraspeecn. He said to-night tney had the city of New York by 45,000 majority. There 1s thundering music in theair. {A Voice—And the cocks are crowing.} (Cheers and laughter.) Mr Cox—Like my wile alter Sunset. In this con- test L did not work tor Sunset, for Sunset required fo work to be done. Ididn’t even know who my competitor was. Ivoted the regular ticket my- sell, and never get irregular till aiter the election, when I drink with the democracy, (Music—‘The Mulligan Guards.’’) ‘The next point of enthusiasm was reached when B despatch was read announcing, in addition to the defeat of Butler, that the democracy had elected their candidate Governor ol tne Ola Bay Scate. (Tremendous cheering.) D. C. Calvin made a brief speech. His voice nad been broken in the cause of democracy; but as long as he could speak he would speak in support of the glorious principles of democracy. He ex- ulted in the present triumph as an assurance that @ brighter dawn had opened tor the people and for the free institutions, under which only the people could live and prosper. Geperal Dix stood far above his party and yet he has been cut down, because he was the represenvative of an administration of the government that was odious to the people, an administration that had long trampied upon the rights of the people. Let all jotn in rousing cheers for the democratic triudmpn in the election of the democratic State ticket—Tilden anda all the rest— the triumph of the democracy of the Empire State under the auspices of the Tammany organization, (Applause and continued cheers.) THE MAYOR-ELECT ON THE PLATFORM. The appearance of Mr. Wickham, the Mayor. elect, Was the great event of the evening. When he came upon the platform the immense throng burst into ioud and long continued che Non the platiorm, save a few, stood up and waved bats and handkerchiels, When silence was restored MR. WICKHAM SPOKE AS FOLLOWS 3— FELLOW CiTIzENS—I thank you Jor this kind recep- tion. I thank you for the kind and cordfal and hearty support you have given me at the polls to- day. { here, on’ this platiorm where three weeks ago [ accepted the nomination, | now renew belore you the piedge 1 then made to your Gelegates in convention assembled, ‘that with God's help 1 should endeavor honestly and earnestly and to the best of my @bulity to discharge tne duties of Chief Magistrate of this great city. (Great cheering.) I shall enter on the periormance of my duties untrammelied by y pledge save what I renew here to-night, and while [I shall never forget my Jeally to the democratic party, 1 trust I never Shall forget my duty to the entire body oi the citizens Of this great city. I shail endeavor to be the peopie’s Mayor and no man’s man. (Cheers,) And, with the aid of those associated with me, 1 trust | shall ever be enabied to study and promote the vast and varied interests of the people of this metropolis, MR. TILDEN’S SPEECH. FELLOW Civizens—When I received & message that there Was an assemblage of democrats here Who dexired to see me I was not al to den, sell the pleasure of coming among them. gratulate you, my teliow citizens, on the trans- cendent victory which to-day has been achieved, It is @ victory we may rejoice in without uny elements of selfishness tn our rejoicing, for even those of our oppouents over whom this triumph has been won, equally with ourselves, participated in the beneficial in- Quence of the resuit. it is @ victory, not for our: selves alone, but tor all the people—tor all the country irom Maine to Georgia, (Cheers.) I had not aesigned, my lellow citizens, to enter into such & contest, | bad so often served with you and fought your battles side by side, that i thought, at leugth, | was entitied to an honorable dis- charge. Buton an asion jike this, wuen | ielt that the rank and file 0; the democracy demanded {suould lead them in person, | came'to the Lore frout of the vattie to receive its blows and to lead you to victory (cheers); to ors gauze and to guide that great revoluuon on which we have to-day mMplished the first step, and which, “in my — judgment, is a greater, Work and & greater duty than any the generation has been called upon to periorm, What Wit my MllOW Gitizana we are to save? Weare each other they were brought to order by Pro- fessor Glaubensklee. About this time Nel- son J, Waterbury entered the room apd looked very wise, giving Lord Burieigh nods, but ‘saying very ilttie, Alter tll» came the reading of soine more returns and attempted cieering. One very young politician cheered very heartily by mistake lor “Jimmy Hayes.” Next in order was a story by the Proies- sor, told him by nis irtend Dr. Schulz, of Th.rty- fifth street, respecting the shooting of McKenna, and of which the Doctor had becn an eye-witness. At nine o’clock Jones’ election to the post of Register was luoked upon as certain, and cheer alter cheer jor the new lucumbent was given, At last the meeting broke up, with the firm deter- mination of running the evitor of tue Staats Zei- tung for Mayor on tue first possible opportunity, HERALD, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1874.-TRIPLE SHEET. ERUTAL ELECTION MURDER. | Fight of the Factions in the Twenty-first Ward. BALLOTS OR BULLETS—WHICH? Dying Declaration of the Mur- dered Man. A PAINFUL SCENE AT BELLEVUE Statements of Coroner Croker, Ex-Sen- ator O’Brien, Patrick Craig, Steve O'Brien, and Others, The 8d day of November, 1874, will long be re- membered in the Twenty-first ward of this city. A bitter political feud, an angry altercation and exchange of brutal blows, a “rougn and tumble” mélée participated in by excited and overheated partisans, shree or four reports {rom pistols ring- ing out loud and clear on the morning air, a cry of pain mingled with oaths, a heavy thud apon the pavement, another Iile blotted out in the heat of political partisanship, and more homes made desolate and miserable—such was the record of the early moruing trom the Twenty-first ward on the day of eicction, and such is the ou line of the bloody tragedy herewith chronicled, ‘This, the tatest murder in our midst, by which a young man named John McKenna, about thirty years of age, lost his life, occurred ata quarier-past seven o'clock yesterday morning on the corner of Thirty-fourth street aud Second avenue, and the parties implicated in the affair are prominent iocai politicians and are known in political circles throughout the city. The men im- mediately invoived are Coroner Croker, ex-Sherif O’Brien, George and Henry Hickey, brothers, and John Sheridan, The murder grew out of the rival- ries of the O’Brien aid Tammany factions, each party ciaiming that the other was the aggressor; @ poor man’s life, however, being the forfeit of their political antagonisms, Party spirit in this district ran high yesterday morning in reference to the Congressional contest, James O’Brien, ex-Sheriff and ex-State Senator, Tunning against Abram 8S. Hewitt, a nominee of Tammany Hall, and a son-in-law of Peter Cooper. Crowds were early astir in the avenues where the | polling was to be carried on, and especially in the Twenty-first ward there was an unusual num- ber of rumors of rioting and disturbances caused, it was said, by the RAIDERS OF THE O'BRIEN PARTY, who swept down some of the streetsin that dis trict, destroying Tammany ticket boxes and as- saulting voters, To understand the story properly it 13 necessary to state that there has existed in the Twenty-first ward fora number of years a bitter political ieud between the opposing parties of the democracy, ex-Sheriff O’Brien heading the inde- | pendent democrats, while Coroner Croker has been the recognized leader of Tammany Hall. Eversince | O’Brien’s defeat in the contest for the Mayoralty he has, itis said, been losing ground, Being a candidate tor Congress this year, 1t was asserted that if he lost his election it would close his polit- feal career. When it was discovered, therefore, | that a party of his followers—supposed to be led THE BOYS, THE BONFIRES AND : TRE POLICE. If the citizens of New York hold their franchise a8 a treasured right, it is not the less true that the rising generation hold as a birthright the priv- liege to make bonfires, on ciection day, in the street, A corfupt and mercenary police has, how- ever, joined issue with them on the subject, and the result last night was that there was weeping in many a household over the absence of many a Jack or Tom who was flattening bis nose behind the cell of @ police station, meditating over retributive justice. As the shades of eve rell in Eldridge street a band of German boys commenaed lighting bonfires in honor o! the “beople’s baray.”” One buy, a pleasing young Hebrew, named Finstark, about fifteen years oid, was avout rolling ina large cask on to the buraing pile, but intent on his work he heard not the warning cries of his comrades, who exclaimed, as they look their fight, * Here's the German cop.” Like an eagle, the said Teuion- lan policeman circied round the unsuspecting youth till he was abie to make a rear attack, which he did by catching him by the nap of nis neck. ‘The boy looked round, and i he nad seen the devil could not have been wore frightened, and in plercing tones, which enlisted the sympa- thies of ali women present, cried, “Oh, mamma, mamma!” He was no street Arab, ‘this cap: tured firebrand, jor bis appeals tor his mother, uttered in a@ high iJaisetto gained bim great sympatiy, bat the i man cop” ran him into the station house at double quick rate, with his bony hand inserted tn- side the boy’s collar, wao yeled and screamed a8 if for dear iife, The boy was brought before the police, leaving about three hunared people in the street. He answered the usual questions put to him, and was then sent to the jower regions, where other oad boys ad preceded him, and there was weeping and gnasting of teeth, ‘The boys were brought in by dozeus, nearly ail of them pro- testing that they had done “nuiing,” ‘The east side contained bontires in almost every sireet, but one Of the greatest of all was in Pourth street, near First avenue, Where the “b’hoys’? had = stolen «about twenty barrels, and at one time there were jour of them biaz- ing simultaneously, supplemented vy straw irom old bedticks, During tue prolonged absence of the police @ party Was sent out to steal more wood at the southeast side o: Fifth street and Second avenue, and commenced oy hauling some elevated steps and breaking off the bannisters, which they were turning tuto frewood when the owuer, a Mr. Schaler, came along. The steps, about twenty ject in height, were about being hauled away as i! by Texus grasshoppers. Schater commenved using the boys and threatened “to of de young ioafers like nothing at all, young politicians turned upon him, catled him everything but a respectable man and hauied their siolen wood off to Fourth street. ELECTION SQUABBLES. canine emernsiee John Malloy, from Centre street, and Patrick McGuire, a liquor dealer on the corner of Thirty- fast street and First avenue, were arraigned before Judge Murray for fighting on Second ave- nue. McGuire was attacked by Malloy and a hal: dozen others, and he drew his revo.ver todelend himseif. He woud provabiy li used it had not udicers Hartz aud Curran, of tue Twenty-first pre- cinct, thrown lin dovu on tie sidewaik and Wken the pistol away from tim. The prisoners relused to make complaints against each ocner and they were discharged. Laurence 0’ Brien Was held to bail for examina- ton for assaulting and knocking duwn Luke Casey, of No, 401 Bast Taupy-iourth streets O’Brien de- mied the Charges by his brothers, Larry and Steve O’Brien—were raiding the streets, something like @ panic seized | ‘ue more quiet voters. Rumors were rile in Seo ond avenue of OUTRAGES UPON THE ACTIVE WORKERS of Tammany Hail, of ticket boxes upset, pum- melled citizens—among wiiom were several mem- bers of the General Committee of Tammany Hall— and, generally, actions more becoming the “Mo- hawks’? in the last century than free and inde- pendent citizens of an enlightened repubiic. “One man, by the name of Luke Casey, a member of the Tammany General Committee, was pretty roughly treated by the gang. He was struck on the head and otherwise assaulted. Mr. Peter Seercy, the Tam- many candidate for Alderman tn that district, also recoived some slight injuries. Tiis party at length arrived at Thirty-fourth street and Second avenue—at the southeast corner—in front of the liquor store of Jeremiah Murphy & Bro. It was then about a quarter-past seven o'clock. The polling place was @ few doors below, in front of which were congregated the voters and workers of Tammany, prominent among whom was Coroner Croker, who was in charge of the district for the regulac democracy. Croker remonstrated, it is said, with the disorderly parties in pointed lan- guage like this— “You had better get out of this district, you thieves! Go tou the otner side of Broadway, where you belong !”” This language, it is asserted, was addressed to the leaders of the disorderly party, among whom were Owen Geoghegan, William H. Borst and others. At this moment ex-Sheriff O’Brien appeared on | (the scene and said:— “What's the matter? What's the matter?” “Take these thieves out of this district,” said Croker, ‘‘or I'll have them sent to the Island,”” “Boys,” said O’Brien, “stay here as long as you like.” At this an angry altercation took place between the two politicians, “There is no use for them here, for youare beaten already,” said Uroker. The terms “repeater” and “thief? now passed | between the two men and they came to blows. It is said O’Brien struck Croker on the back of the head, and that thereupon Croker returned the assault by @ violent blow on the mouth of his opponent, They then clinched, and were at once surrounded by their respective partisans, number- ing between thirty and torty, allo! whom part pated in the fight, ‘The disturbance, of course, immevtately attracted a large crowd of persons to the scene, and tor a time the excitement was ver: great, During tne mcWe the shooting, it ts claimed, Took place On toe outer circle of the crowd, Jobo McK -nua—the uniortunate man who was shot— Staggered from tie sidewalk and teil in the street. le was picked up without delay and car- ried to the drug store at the northwest corner of ‘Tuirty-iourth street aud Second aveuue, and soon thereaiter to Bellevue Hospital on a stretcher. AY THY TIME O¥ THE SHOOTING Thomas Maher was also slightiy wounded tn the arm. ‘the police then arrested Coroner Croker, Who resides at No, 347 ington avenue ; Jonn Sheridan, ol No. 40 East ‘Tuirty-second street, and George Hickey and Henry Hickey, oi No. 361 ‘Tbird ave- nue, and they Were taken to the Thirty-fith street police statiod, Where O'brien charged them with felontous assault, Coroner Croker made a counter charge against the ex-Snertil, which Was not en tertuimed vy Sergeant Christie, for reasons given & reporter at length in anotuer portion ot this re- cital. The prisoners were searched and pistols taken from the Hickey orovuers and Sheriaan, but nous was ‘ound on Croker. Coroner Woltman ar- rived at the station house and proceeded to in- vestigate the charges against the prise oners. Officer Smyth was Who made the arrest of Croker, He testified to the fact of the shooting, but upon being asked to select the man who did the deed be identitied a gentieman by the name of James Maxwell, of the Sheria’s office, who asserts that he has not been near Second avenue for about two weeks, happening only accidentally to visit the station house, thus giving another evidence of THE VALUE OF POLICE TESTIMONY. The Coroner required the prisoners to enter ball in the sum OL $2,000 eac! r appearance to answer the charge a them, which was promptly iurnishea by Edward Kearney, @ butcher of Catharine Market, who resides at No. 97 Lexington avenue. During the ivestigation the room was filied with prominent politicians, among the rest William H. Wickbam, demi ue nominee tor Mayor; Abram 8. Hewitt, candiaate for Congress; Jonn Keily, the minany Hall jeade ihomas Murphy, of republican fame; Thomas Boesé, Rufus Andrews, Henry L, Clinton, Willy . Barvect, George W. Wingate and W. C. Whitney. POOR M'KENNA. * The murdered man Was a cur driver on the Sec- cond Avenue Rati oad ana lived with Patrick Craig, who keeps a liquor saloon at the northwest cor- het of ‘Thirty-second street and Second avenue. He ts described 48 a harmless and inovensiy 5 As the statements were so conflicting as to the shooting, the HERALD representauive cit most Of tuose likely to give the best Wilormation—tn fact, the eye-Witnesses and parlicipauts—and they Will be found below, CORONER CROKER'S STATEM Mr. Croker, on being questioned, lowing Vorsion Of the sad adaics—"Tue O' Briem, had been raiding in disgraceful manner through the district early 10 ihe morning and finally appeared before the polling piace in Sec- ond avenue, near — Thirty-iourth street, 1 remonstrated with Mr, O’Brien in regard to the men who were interfering in tho tney deserved. An altercation ensued, in which told him 1 wanted him to take the thieves out of that district or | would have them sent up on the Island, He called m Party to stay as lon; we came to blows, hey liked. From words ‘st oy U’ Brien I then struck Lim in the mouth, and we clinched. At this time, when we re surrounded by a 1arge crowd, the pistol shots were fired; I’ ao not know by whom. It bad hold of one another. | never saw McKenna until he fell. I do not know who fred the shots, but Lam confident tuat the intention was to get me out of the way, in order that the election could be managed {n their own manner. When We got to the police station I was searched, but ge rorerene relused to search O’Brien, and re- never carried a pistol in my life, and never Will as long as i can use my hands,” EX-SHERLFF O'BRIEN’ VERSION, Later im the day ex-Sheriff U’Brien was found na gave the jollo wing statement :— “I was passing down Second avenue when I found two iriends of mine, Mr. Costeilo and Mr. majority. I replied that they belonged to the “sour Gang,” and that [did not want any con versation with “repeaters.” Croker was sur- rounded by his friends the Hickeys and Joun Sberiaan—most of whom resided out of my dis- trict, He retorted. by calling me a “titel, and struck mé in the mouth,” (the ex-Sheriff’s mouto showed tbe marks Of & blow). *tAt the same ume the whole party drew pistols, I retreated, call- ing jor the police; they closed on me and several shots were fired at me, poor McKenna at this time knocked George Hickey’s weapon up in aiming at me, and Croker shot him, ile fell into the street and George Hickey fred again at lum. At this time the police arrested the crowd.” THE DEATH OF THE VICTIM. At twenty minutes alter twelve o'clock yester- | day morning John McKenna oreatied his last at | Bellevue Hospital, He received beiore his death extreme unction at the hands of Father Clowrs, and who, it is said, was conscious !or a iew Minutes belore he died, recognizing nis iriend Patrick Craig (with whom he boarded), Captain Allaire, of the Twenty-first precinct, and Sergeant Randall. When the writer saw tie body it had just been removed irom the hospttai ward to tie dead Louse, near the river. to be & man of medium height, of light com- plexion, with mustache and thick curling lair. ig coflin Was surrounded by weeping iriends, who bewailed his sad fate with piteous tears and him off in the “lower ot bis youth.’ Mr, Craig, on being questioned, showea the HERALD reporter all the articles found upon McKenna when he was taken to Bellevue; they consisted of @ pair of ordinary studs, a sleeve button, afew penules and a bunch ol soiled eiec- tion tickets, “Was fe conscious before he died?” asked the | Feporter. | "Yes, poor fellow,” remarked his weeping friend, ‘1 sald to bim, Jonnny, do you know me? He said, ‘Yes, [know you.’ Weil, Johnny, te.l us do you know who stoi you? He’ replied, “Croker shot me. I stood up tree or four moments belore I fell, and when you (meaning Craly) tried to raise me, George. Hickey fred his revolver into me.’ “Did you see tue tiring?” the reporter asked of Weapon at me asl was trying to raise Johuny, and sald, ‘17 Kill you, you son of a ——”’ A reporter wended his way soon after the tragedy to the JACKSON CLUB HovsE, atthe corner of Tiurcicth street and Lexington avenue, to interview some of the O’Brien ad- herents, as this was thei political headquarter. Mr. Stephen O'Brien, a brother of the ex-Sheruf | was 1ound thereim, and aithough he did not deny that there had been sume rioting in the early Morning in the district, he justified it on the ground that intimidation in tue suape of siung shots had been used by the Tammany | party. Upon being asked to give his ver- sion of the diiliculty between his brother and Coroner Croker, wi.ch led to tie death of McKenna, he substantially confirmed Other, Witnesses as to the Origin ol the aflray, but asserted emphatically that Croker, the Hickey brothers and Sheridan brandished their pistols, and that Croker shot McKenna, who teli’in the | Street, and that George Hickey then fired upon him with the expression, “l’ll kill you, you son of a 1 SERGRANT CHRISTIE'S STATEMENT, The sergeant in charge o/ the Thirty-fifth street | Station house was Visited shortly alter the alfray, and io auswer to the question way Coroner | Croker’s charge against Mr. O’Brien nad not been acied upon Sergeant Christie, who was on duty, replied “that Coroner ' Croker bore no evidence of having been badly used or even struck, but that O’Brien oad bis lip cut open, and believiug his to ve the graver arge of the two, he entertained it, O’Brien mply made a charge of assauit and battery against the Coroner, Upon being further que tioned the sergeant said that the evidence belore him was tou the edect that O’Brien came down into the ward early in the morning to 100k after his interests; tiat he met Croker and @ iriend of his named George Hickey; that some words passed between them, when Croker struck O’Brien in the mouth, Hickey then un- dertook to strike O'brien, when McKenna struck him; Croker then d. @ pistol and firea, and atthe same time Hickey tired; Croker then hastily passed his pistol 10 some one in the crowd, tb icKenna jell to tle ground shot in the ea. CAPTAIN ALLAIRE, om nelng questioned, refused to say what the rev- elations of the dying McKenna were, as he did Dot think it proper at this time. 1t was supposed that the autogsy would take place at once and that tue body of the murdered man would be re- | moved to the residence of nis iriend Craig. It re- mains lor the law to unravel the mystery and un- tangle the evidence of this bloody street aifray, in order that justice may be vindicated. STATEMENT OF AN EYE WITNESS. i A HERALD reporter, in search ot information h ydleseries to the affair, happened to meet Mr. rry Delmaure, formeriy one of Mr. O’Brien’s chiel supporters and an active member of the Andrew Jackson Club, In response to questions put to him by the HERALD reporter he stated, albeit reluctantly, his version of the affair as fol- jOWS — “Billy” Borst, a politician belonging to the West | side, with some of his friends, came across to the Twenty-first ward and happened to meet, near the olling place, on Second avenue, near Thirty- fourth street, Coroner Croker, with whom he entered into conversation, Croker addressed Borst as foliows:—“Billy, what are you doing over here? You have no business in this vicinity, and your presence here will only create trouble.” Just about this time Ex-Nenator James O’Brien happened to come along, and, addressing himseif to Borst, said, “Billy, what is that damned loafer a to your”? roker replied, “Lam no damned loafer.” O’Brien retorted, looking directly at Croker, “You are a damned joafer, and a God damnea loafer, and a repeater.”” Croker then sald, addressing O’Brien, “You are damned thiel.”” Upou this O’Brien made a strike at Croker, when botn men clinched. A number of the partisans of both parties to the scrimmage immediately considered the quarrel as their own, and rushed to the rescue of their re- spective leaders, The Croker crowd, being tne more numerous, succeeded in ousting the O’Brien- ites, who fled. As they retreated, headed by O’Brien, some of the Croker crowd drew revolvers and fired. Some sevea or eight shots were fired before the police interfered, When the mélce liad in a great Measure subsided it was found that one John McKenna had received @ bullet wound on the lett side of the head. He was promptly conveyed to Bellevue Hospital, where his injuries were attended Lo, Mr. Delmaure further said that the thing was wholly unprovoked, and that “Larry” O’Brien had been skirmisning through the whole district during the morning, with & party of Houston street ‘Roughs,” eiec- tioneering in behalf of his brother and intiml- ating honest voters, Other gangs, led by other chieftains, had been engaged in the same work, THE CASE IN THE POLICE COURT. After the release on bail yesterday morning of Coroner Croker by Coroner Woltman at the Thirty- fifth street police station the ‘ormer gentieman proceeded to Juuge Murray’s Court, at Filty-sev- entn street, in order to get out a warrant for ex- Sheriff O'Brien for assault with intent to kul. The Court, however, was closed until Mr. Croket Was accompanied by iment oliticians 8 Jolin Kelly, Colonel Fellows aud Benry Ll. Clinton, At the opening of the court in the afternoon appeared ex-snerift O’Brien, accompanied by Capiuiu Irving, of the detective police, bearing a letter irom Assistant District Attorney Lyons to Judge Murray, censur- ing the action of Coroner Woltman in admiuting Croker, the Hickey brotuers and Sheridan to bat The Judge tssued @ Warrant at once jor their re arrest, and it wi given to Captain Irving to execute. The following 1s Assistant District Attorney Lyons’ letter to Judge Marray W ong, Nov, 3, 1374. Hon, H. Mcraay:— 4 Dear Jovce—The bailing of Croker and others this morning by Coroner Woltman upon charge of assault with intent to Kill Wasextremely improper and trregu- Tam given fo understand that Jokn MeKenna wi Alinost certainly ai amined, and he in th but hat only one witness was Most Cursory manner, aod that exacted. U! cir ter it my y will immediately examir es Whose NAMES ANI Addresses | eneiose, With Aa view t) the rearrest of the parties implicate! aiid a ruil aud fair investigation Into the Whole matter, A cruel murder, or What Will result i a murder, appears to haye been commirced, and the community muse look to you for such prompt measures as wil tnsure the holding and etrators. respectiully, . W. LYONS, Assistant District Attorney, ‘The Corover had no autho. ity in law to interfere $5,50 bail punishment o1 its 7 a. W > ‘th “tine following ist of names accompanied tne letver:— PRISONERS, Richard Croker, No. 547 Lexington avenue, George Hickey and Henry Hickey, No. 361 Third avonue. 6 Joun Sheridan, No. 40 Kast Thirty-second street, Dae _ WITNE dEs | dames O'Brien, No, 144 Last Thirty-ourtn street. ‘repeater’ and told his | could not have been O’Brien or myself, for we both | tO take my counter-charge against him. ! | William Borst, taiking with Coroner Croker. Some | conversation ensued avout the election, when | Oroker said he would veat me by two thousand | Who was Ln attendance upon thé uniortunate man, | McKenna appeared | maledictions on the heads of those who had cat | | business of the election, and stigmatized them as | he applied most opprobrious epithets to me. | | | The Queen vs. Lepine, the following resolutions raig. | “L did,” was the reply, for Hickey levelled his | $$$ PP H. Borst, No, 187 West Forty-ninta John Reigan, No. 554 Second avenne, William H, Winters, No. 598 Second avenas Patrick Craig, No. 585 Second avenue. Eugene Haley, No, 31 Fast Thirty-sith street, Officer Smyth, Twenty-first precinct. Otlicer Hogan, ‘hteenta precinct, AD auropsy of the body of the murdered man will be made tu-day, Coroner Croker and the cane parties will probably be arrested imme- ately. Judve Murray, in accordance with the request of Mr. Lyons, took the compiaints at once of Senator O’Brien against Coroner Croker, who he swore was the person who shot McKenna, and against George Hickey, wuom he | charged with firing a loaded revolver at himself, intending to take his iiie. The warrants were placed in Captain Irving's bands to be served, and the Captain Immediately left toexecute his mis- sion, He wasto have brought the prisoners to court in the aiternoon if arrested, but as he did = it was thought that he had tailed to fund them, THE NORTHWEST INSURREOTION, | Meeting of Citizens at Quebec—Protests Agal the Prosecution of Lepine and Riel—-Members of Parliame: Present. QuEBzc, Nov. 8, 1874, ~ At a meeting held last night to take into con- sideration the verdict of the juryin the case of were passed, having been moved by Hon, Mr. Thibaudeau and seconded by the Hon. Joseph Cauchou:— { Resolved, That in the opinton of the meeting itis | clesrly established that on the investigation upon the tal Norihwest affair, held betore a committee ot the House of Commons ai the last session of the Pariament of Cans ada, aiulland complete amnesty was promizxed to all those u.plicated in the troub vs of 1859-70, in the Dame of Her Majesty ‘he Queen and in the name of the then gov- 1 nent of Canada that government.n notcarcyimg |, fuiled to discharge their daty and d the good name of Canada, and ibe solicited to secure to the rtawest troubles of 1S6d-70 promised them. It was also yived that a petition signed by the cilizeus of Quebec be presented to His Excel. lency the Governor General, praying for the par- dono! Ambrose Lepine. The meeting was pre- sided over by Mr. Rneaume and attended by about 2,000 persons. Several addresses were made, ana among the “akers Were the tollowing aa NT. Messrs. Pellets aschereau and Caron. The latter, ol his speech, said that be regretted the death of Scott as mucw as any one, but he couid not give to that death the name of murder, nor term Lepine or Riel murderers, He coald not condemn these brave mon Who, believing they had homes, rigats and liberties ‘to defend, had stood up in their deience and ior they coostitutional rights. ‘They were being overridden as were uever peovle before, but they had recoiled trom the attemps upon their nationality aud other privileges, ana the French Canadians of Quebec should be proud of the high spirited bretiven they had to boast of in that bi hortuwestern province. Unauimuy of decision would not only save Lepine, wich was the immediate object of the meeting, but save Rie!, the outlawed patriot of Manitoba, and all who were concerned witn him in the brier struggle for the inaintenance of constituted rights and liberty. MURDER OF A YOUNG WOMAN, A Porfidious Suitor the Supposed Murs | derex. Great FAuts, N. H., Nov. 8, 1874, Miss Susan Hanson, of Brookfield, N. H., was shot and instantly Killed in her own nouse, at eight o’clock last evening, by some person outside of the house, who fired through a window. Joseph Buzzle, Whom gne had sued for a breach of promise of marriage, fsuspected of the murder. Great excitement prevails in consequence, and several prominent citizens of the piace have gone to Brookfield to investigate the affair, TRAGEDY IN BOSTON. An Insane Husband Murders His Wife and Attempts Suicide. Boston, Nov. 3, 1874 A horrible case of wife murder and attempted suicide occurred at Norwood, on the Hartiord and Erie Railroad, yesterday. George Dunham, aged thirty, jormeriy @ railroad man, cut his wiie’s throat, Killing her instantly, Her body was fear- fully mangled, Their seven months’ oid mtant was found at the mother’s side unharmed. Dun- ham cut his own throat and was in an insensibie condition when the tragedy Was discovered, but he will probably recover. Ife gives no reason tor his acts and is evidently msane, DISASTERS ON LAKE ERIE, A Number of Vessels Ashore—Tugs Going to Their Assistance. BUFFALO, Nov. 8, 1874, A heavy fog hung over Lake Erie on Monday night, which continued quite thick to-day. The propeller New York, with a tow of five barges, is ashore at Point Abino. The bark S. S, Osborne, bound down, lagen with iron ore, is ashore at Gravelly Bay; the schooner John Weber, grain laden, from Toledo to Buffalo, is ashore at same place; the schooner Twin Sisters is reported ashore at Tecumseh Reef, near the mouth of the Grand Rivers; two vessels, whose names are un- known, are ashore at tie same place. Tne schooner Uncle Tom is ashore on Beach Back. Shipyard tug Gibney Is ashore at Kose Reef, Windmill Point, A Qumber o1 tugs have gone to their assistance, A MURDERER HANGED, Sr. Lovrs, Nov. 3, 1874 Joseph P. Hamilton, age twenty-one years, who murdered E. W. Hallock, of Mercer county, about three years ago, was hanged at Bethany, Harrison county, , on Friday last. He con- fessed a few days ocfore his execution, BAILROAD CONDUCTORS IN OOUNOIL, BALTIMORE, Md., Nov. 3, 1874. The Brotherhood of Railroad Conductors, now in session at the Lutaw House in this city, are con- ducting their proceedings with closed doors. Large Seieaations from nearly all the railroads in the Union are present. MUSIOAL AND DRAMATIO NOTES, ' Mile, Albani appears as Mignon to-night for the first time in America, Miss Lina Mayr makes her début to-night at the Stadt Theatre in German opéra douse. Durand’s troupe, Mme. Tonnelier prima donna, gave aweek of English opera last month at Edin- burgh. Mile. Albant sings in concert in Albany on Mon- day night, by special request of her numerous friends there. The first publio rehearsal of Thomas! orchestra takes place at Steinway Hall to-morrow afternoon, commencing at half-past two o'clock, Miss Rose Hers¢e, having recovered from the re- cent attack of illness that prostrated her in Dub- lin, has rejoined Carl Rosa’s English opera com- pany in Manchester. The present Italian opera company in Parts numbers among its members Mme. Pozzoni, for- merly of the Opera House, Catro, and Frascnini, Tamberlik, Verati and Anastasi. Mrs, Laura S. Webb, poetess, author, editor and dramatic reader, will give a costume reading of “Macbeth” at the Unton League Club Theatre on Wednesday, November 11, in which she will be assisted by Mrs. O'Donovan Rossa. When there was a rumor in Parts of the engage- ment of Mine, Lucca at the Salle Ventadour, com- munications were sent to cll tue journals denounc- ing her as being a most bitter hater of the French, and all because, being an Austrian, she married a German, sang in Berlin and nursed her wounded husband during the late war, SOME RAZOR CUTTING, Thomas Dunn, a white man well known tn the Fifth precinct, residing at No. 46 Thomas street, was standing last evening near his residence, quietly smoking, when Abraham Jones, a colored man went up to 1, quietly drew a razor and slashed at Dunu, making two bie gashes in bis neck, but not producin. q 1. Dunno ran away With Jones alter him endeavoring to cut mfurther, A police oficer came up in ume to yent her damage and arrested Jones, wh was rather drunk. D taken to tl rk Huspitai, where t Wilt recover. Jones was of course locked up im the Fitth precinct sta- tion honse, SPANISH COMPLICATIONS RELATIVE TO OFFICIAL LETTERS, {From Galignani’s Messenger, Oct, 22.) AMadrid letter mentions that the director of the Iguatdad bas been arrested for refusing to give ap some letiers to which he bad alluded in his journal, and which are of a nature to compro. mise sertousiy some Deputies of the radical face toa, Wao are alleged to have written last year to some generals in the Army of the North, mviting them to abstain from en iy putting down the artist Insurrection, a8 tt Would Jacuitave the re- vara of baeul party LO power, i over $300,000 in government bons | interest received from such bonds in the payment ; he marriage ceremony wi , and Mr. Thomas B, Neilson, of New York. WASHINGTON. The Imvestments of Generals Howard and Ballock—Opinion of the Attorney General Thereon—Their Criminal Lia- bility Barred by the Law of Limitae tions. Wasurnoroy, D. ©., Nov. 3, 1874, From 1867 to 1870 General O, 0. Howard invested and used the of bona Jide claims, in orderto make up the de ficit in public funds caused by the payment of fraudulent claims, On the 9th of October, 1871, the secretary of War made the following indorse- , Ment upon the letter of General Howard to the Secretary of the Treasury, which letter was re | ferred by him to the Secretary of War:— In my opi tioned by atv express statute, “1” “scoPrsuCR use 18 sande Certain questions having been submitted to At torney General Williams, October 24, he answers in the negative the first one, namely :— tr lene Meee! cA Balog ot ger ot meaning of the uct ot March 3, 1957, and other acts ree Reey shore y ‘ved by them into Unit Though, he says, the investment of the publie funds im question by Howard and Ballock was clearly prohibited by law, yet undoubtedly the profits derived from such investments in the | shape of interest and premium enured solely | to the United States, But it should have been paid directly into the United States Treasury, The Attorney General also answers tn the negas tive the second question, namely :— Had they, or either of them, lawful right to expend for any purpose whatever the premium or interest arising theretrom, and if so have they any lawful right to reimburse themselves therefrom, for any erroneous ot double payments made to claimants without aay fraudulent Interest on the part of suid officers, &c. The third question submitted calied for con- sideration of the iability, civil and criminal, of the abovenamed ofMvcers growing out of the transactions mentioned. The Attorney General says:— T have already intimated that, in my view, these officers, by investing the public junds entrusted to thems in the manner stated, rendered themselves liable to severe penaities ana to be eriimnally prosecuted theres tor; out l think that auy eriminal pi thein or either of them on ac those funds would now be posed i secution azainst ount of such disposition of rred by the liantations im> y still remain e1vitly | ; He certiticates, or interest and premiums derived trom the inentot the tunds, and suits may now be com: need avainst them to recover the same. Whatever Oe — thus reco ed should be turned into the sury i the same. manner ay is money recovered, from deliaqnent offvers in other casex THE THOMAS-SIMPSON WEDDING, The ‘Ceremony. at Trinity Church, Newe port—-The Hride and the Presentsa Bvestivities at Goat Island. Newport, R, L, Nov. 8, 1874, At noon to-day old Trinity church was well filled ‘With the dlite of thé piace to witness the nuptials of Lieutenant Charles M. Thomas, United States Navy, aud Miss Ruth Simpson, daughter of Captain , Edward Simpson, United States Navy, commands ant in charge of the torpedo station at this place. performed by Re: Dr. Drake, of St, Andrew’s church, New York, and | Rev. J. P. White, of Trinity church. The ushers were Commandant H. E, Wise, Paymaster John R Tarbell, Lieutenant Henry W. Lyon, Lieuténant yu. G. 0, Colby, all of the navy, in full uniform, There were no bridesmaids, THE BRIDE, who has the reputation of being very pretty, was dressed in an elegant white silk dress, with veil and orange blossoms, and the bridegroom in ull dress. naval uniiorm. tmmediateiy alter the ceremony bridal party were taken in @ handsomely decorated steam’ launch to Goat Istaud, across the harbor, to the torpedo station, where they received the congratulations 01 their triends at the residence of Captaim Sinpson. A sumptuous banquet Was spread. The ill band from Fort Adams was ut the landing to welcome the party, and also, dumng the reception at thi house, entertained the guests with excellent music, From the landing to tie house two rows Of streame ers were suspended, while luside Nags of all Da tions were linog, and the floral display was pro. nounced enchanting, Major General Hunt and staf, irom Fort Adams, and otner military digo turies from abroad Were present. THE PRESENTS were Dumerous ane, expensive, and came from Irieuds in differeat parts of the country. The happy couple lett on tie afternoon train ior Bos. ton, and are to bé; absent two months upon their bridal tour, tne bridegroom, who is attached te the United States gunboat Dictator, at Key West, having a leave of absence tor that time. Tha following ts a copy ot the reception invitation, af Which 700 were sent out: Qrnreee none ne ennnenenserese re none ne resone ne eon eees. CAPTAIN “EDWARD “SIMPSON, UNITED © N STATES NAVY, 3 Rrequests the pleasure of your company at the: marriage of lus daughter Ruth to Taeutenanse 3 Charles M, Thomas, United States Navy, 3 Tuesday, November 3, at twelve o'clock, BY ‘Trimtty chureh, Newport, R. I FS | Soveanedineettttesooeiestast one eel csticeosei MEETING OF THE NEW YORK HISTORIOAD SOCIETY. Reading by W. J. Hoppin, Esq. William.J. Hoppin, Esq., last night read to the members of the New York Historical Society, at their library, Eleventh street and Second avenue, @ paper upon certain historical portraits lately: exhibited in Paris. The gentleman in commenc- ing said it was generally supposed the French people were vacillating, but such was not alwaya the case. He had during his residence in different parts of France seen pictures of distress that led num to believe that the French possessed as muc! feeling as any other nation on earth. He pioponek €0 speak of the fine chinaware, the porcelain, the Jasper cuts, the fine watches and otner works of art; the magniticent pictures, Rembrandt's work: especially ; the splendid pieces of sculpture an the elegant buildings. Most of the pictures were of the French school, many of the Italian, but the speaker liked the former much tne best. Were more Ittelike, and those in the Alsace- Lorraine Gallery reminded him more strongly of home than anything he saw in his travels, ha Paper contained a brief description of the works of the great masters that the reader saw in differ- ent parts of France. He spoke in iy terms of most of them, and gave elaborat descriptions of many. He could only give the dee tails in most cases, but dwelt eloquentiy upon the portraits of the royal families, the nobles and the literary celebrities. The audience was large and fashionabie, and though Mr. Hoppin stated that the reading of such a paper was rather out of the general order of business with the society, they paid marked attention to him, and the ladies pare ticularly seemed deeply interested when the reader descrived the dresses and personal appear ance of the ladies of the French Court under iter ent sovereigns. THE LATE JAMES KBLLY. The funeral of the late James Kelly, School Im Spector of the Third district, is announced to take place to morrow (Thursday) morning, at half-past ten o'clock at Rev. Dr, Bellows’ church, corner of Fourth avenue and Twenty-first street, Among the provisions of Mr. Keily’s will are the following:—To the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum, $5,000; Widows of Deceasea Firemen’s Fund, $5,000; New York Blind Asylum, $5,000; Normal Colege, $1,000, and schools in Third district, $1,000; the balance of property not otherwise disposed of will be dis- tributed among the neeay and deserving charite able tilutions, by the ae | public spirited gentiemen:—Coaries O’Conor, Rev. H. W. Bele lows, Rey. Henry ward Beecher, Jona Kelly, Parke Godwin, Charles P. Clach, and the followin: executors:—O, P. Daly, George W. Duer ‘aud L.D. Kiern The |resident of the Board of Education hag’ issued the following order to the schools:— To Tue Scuoo. Ovricens and TEACHERS OF Tum Post Scnoous :— Again, by the death of Mr. James Kelly, Inspector the ‘ihira school district, (oilowing atter s0 short tine, the decease of inspectors Gerard and Hecker), we are called te ta the loss of @ taithtul and devoted friend, of our schools, a mark of respect for one so long identified with Gur schoo, sysiei I recommend that the flags upon the yeveral schoo! bulldings < the etty find the finil ot the Joard of kde: © Placed at halt sua until at tho funeral, and Tairect that the schools of the iiitd (inspector iiv’s) district, the Ninth and sixt wards, be closed on the day of the tuneray eee ILITAM H, NELSON, President of the Board of Education, NAVAL INTELLIGENCE. Orders and Assignments. WASHINGTON, Nov. 3, 1874, Lieutenant Commander §. L. Wilson 1s ordered to the receiving ship Independence, at Mare Island Navy Yard: Lieutenant Samuel W. Very w the Boston Navy Yard; Passed Assistant Lagineer to special duty at Martiord, Coun. ; y William F. Laigttoa to the receiving ship Oluo, at Hoston, Mass.; Lieutemaat Con mander Charles H. Davis is detac. Pensacola aud ordered to proceed home? Liewtens aut Robert /. Impey irom the receiving slip Ide Gepondeuce aud ordered ty tie PODsACOLde