The New York Herald Newspaper, December 3, 1874, Page 4

THE TWEED TROUBLE Proceedings in Court Yesterday. THE MOTION DENIED. An Escape Rumor About the Great Criminal. HOW IT FOUND WINGS. Excitement Among City Officials and the General Public. When the habeas corpus case of tue Tammany vig chief, Boss Tweed, was catied up yesterday morning in the Court of Uyer ana Terminer none thought what @ sensation was to follow close upon the heels of the termination of the case in court, Crowds filled the court room at an early hour, while @ press Of people thronged the passages and endeavored to force their way beyond the guard lune, which Chief Crier Ricketts bad judiciously marked out and protected by court officers and police from the anticipated mob. This proved a perfect estoppel from encroachment after the court room became filled, but nevertheless it was with aifMfculty that counsel and others entitled to seats within the bar could penetrate the excited mass | of people so eager to catch a glance of the impris- oned Boss. But no Boss appeared, tn accordance, as it was understood, with an agreement to that effect concurred in by the District Attorney at the prisoner's request. None of Mr. Tweed’s relatives were present throughout the session. His late | private secretary, Mr. Dewey, however, sat near counsel and gave absorbed attention to the pro- ceedings, The points presented by prisoner’s coungel om the writ of habeas corpus were, in the first place, that the Court of Oyer and Terminer, before which Tweed was tried, had no jurisdiction to try the case, and that in consequence the ver- dict, the judgment and the sentences were illegal, and also that the first sentence, for the term of one year, having expired and the fine paid, that the enforcement of the other sentences was illegal, The theory of Tweed’s counsel that, on the legal points raised by them and the authority cited, their client should be discharged was ably but briefly combated by Mr. Phelps, District Attoruey, on his motion to quash the writ,and who argaed that it was only through an application upon a writ of error that the ground taken by counsel could fairiy come before the Court. Jadge Barrett sustained the view of the District Attorney, deciding that the | corpus should not have been | granted, and that the motion to quash it ought to | the record and show you that the Court was in- | ceedings in the Tweed case, in the Court of Oyer writ of habeas be granted and the prisoner remanded, THE PROCBEDINGS. Immediately aiter Judge Barrett had taken his seat ‘Mr, Phelps, May tt piease the Cours, I have received notice of | a writ of habeas corpus, issued upon the petition | of William M, I'weed, made returnable beiore this | Court this Morning and I am bere in response to | that writ. Iregretto say that tue learned coun- | 8@l who were associated with me in the trial of | this case are neither of tnem present. [ had ex- | pected the assistance of Mr. Peckham this moru- | ing, but he went to Albany to the Court of Appeals | bejore the writ was served and I am informed that he has not returned trum that Court. I dis- - to pote the hearing, but | would not like wW go on in absence. [am in the hands of the court, however. I would say before presenting a _ return to this writ that I desire to be heard on a | Motion to quash it, if the Court see fit, and | 1 can © On with that mouon now. Th motion {is based on two grounds—first, the affidavit upon which this writ was granted is not verified, pursuant to the statis and does not entitle the prisoner to the benefit of the writ; and that is not merely a technical objection, a3 | might at first appear. Il there are facts in the pe- | tition the Verification would be sufcient, because | facts are always trae; but the verification did not | assume in any way to Verily the allegations in the | petition. | subi the petitioner is required to negative, in pis ap- | plication jor a writ, certain particulars which are detatled tn the stacuce, One Of these particulars | is, 1t must be alleged in the petition that the | prisoner is not detained by virtue of final judg- | ment or decree in a tribunal of competent juris- | diction, There is an allegation Of that im the pe- | tition, but it 18 mot verttied. And that brings me | to the second ground of the motion to quash. The petition or the papers accom- panying it themselves show that the prisoner | 1s Not entitied upon this Writ to a discharge | from custody, and the writ was therefore | improperly issued and should be quashed. | It 18 not necessary for me to call Your | Honor's attention to the provisions of the | statute which reguiate this proceeaing im this | State, They are very simple, very direet, and there ts no question but they are very {amiliar to | Your Honor, The twenty-secoud section of that | act describes the persons who shall not be entitled | tO prosecute Lhe writ—persons committed or de- tained by virtue of final judgment or decree of & competent tribunal of civil or criminal jurisdic- tion. By the twenty-fifth section it is set down, | “and it Must be ab allegation under oath that the | petitioner is not committed or detained by virtue | of aly process 0! juagment o/ decree as specified in the preceeding section.” That is, 1t must appear, as in the preceding section, that he is not detained by virtue of any judgment or competent tribunai of eriminal or civil yarisdiction. The lan- guage of the statute is not that he is detained by yirtue of # competent pro- cess or legal process, but that he is not detained by virtue o anv judgment of any com- petent tribunal of criminal jurisdiction. The tour- teenth section, as illustrating the meaning, says: “It is the duty of the court officer, to whom the writ is revarnabie, forthwith to remand the pris- oner if devained in custody by any decree,” &c., | trate, Suppose the Special Sessions, which can try | Was intense; it was the topic of the sidewalks and | Coroner and to make it plain beyond peradventure what the Legisiature meunt it is only necessary to cail | attention to sections 41 and 42 of the same statute. Section 41 says:—“if 1t appear on the return that the prisoner 18 in custody by virtue of the civil ea authorized by law, such prisoner can only pe discharged as follows:—Whoere the Court has exceeded its jurisdiction as to time or place, or in some other manser.”’ Then comes the forty- second section:—“No court or officer stall have power to inquire into the legality or jus- tice of any decree or judgment specified in the preceding section, 22; but what ne has got to ascertain is is it & judgment or decree ofa competent tribunai of criminal jarisdiction ? If so he cannot inquire into the legality of justice but must dismiss the writ and remand the prisoner. The construction svems to be so clear on Its iace that it would hardly seem that a question could | be raised upon it; butit has been ad/ndicated in two careiully considered cases, and to these two only | wili Call your attenuon. The People vs. Kavanaugh, just decided in the General Term of this Court, and the opinion of Judge Westbrook in the matter of W. F. G. Shanks. In Kavanaugh’s | case the principal question that was raised wa: whether a Court of Oyer and Terminer of King’s | county could sentence a man to the Peniten- tary. ‘Ihe prisoner was discharged by the magistrate who issued tbe writ to inquire | into the cause of his detention, and on | a certiorari to the General term the action was re- versed, and it Was held that the prisoner should | have been remanded, In the case of Shanks I hold in my hand a copy of the mauascript opinion of the Court to whom was presented this question. Tae prisoner had been committed by the Court of Oyer and Terminer of Kings county for contempt in retusing to answer a question put to him by the Grand Jury. The commitment was for an aplim- | ited time—or until he should answer the question. | He was brought suosequently to this cily on @ writ of habeas corpas ad testificandum, while bere an- other writ Was taken out, and he Was taken belore & judge of this Court, That justice held, on the re- turn of the writ, that the commitment was beyond | the jurisdiction of the Court, because he shouid | have been committed only for thirty days, and tne | commitment was not limited in potnt of time, | ‘That case weut before the General Term on certio- rari, and te opinion was delivered by Mr. Justice Westbrook, and concurred in by Justices Davis and Daniels in which the decision of the Court below was reversed aud the commitment held to be legal and valid. Tnere‘ore I submit, on the facts of the petition itsel!l, that sufficient facts are s6t forth to show that the prisoner is not entitied to the discharge sought ior by this writ, even as- suming the verification to be good; and conse- quently I move this Court that the writ of haveas be quashed and the prisoner remandea. MR. DUDLEY FIELD IN surPoRT oF THR WRIT. Mr. Field said :—It is a litue remarkable that at ) District Attorney, rising, said:— | NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 1874.-TRIPLE SHEET. Dy me In tne anove petition are true.” Hore is a petition on a Writ Of habeas corpus that has just come from the Court o! Appeals. It 1s the case of Joab Lawrence, who alleges he was restrained of his liberty by Mr. W. C. Conner, Sherif of the cit of New York. This is the vertfication :—‘Joal Lawreuce, being duly sworn, doth depose and say that the facts set forth in the above peution sub- seribed by him are true.” Hi the gentleman pro- duces the verification in the case o/ Shanks [ have no doubt he will find it the same. 1 pass that as & theory that cannot be very seriously urged, for if it amounted to anything it could be amended. in auswer Co the petition lor the writ of haveas cor- us, alleging that the Court which has pronounced the counsel says, it is enough to show that there is such @ thing, Suppose the Courtof Oyer and Terminer sentences a m: for murder, who has committed piracy on the high seas, Could fot you show that? Suppose it had senteoced a man for a crime commitved in New Jersey, nothing having been done in this city, and he ts sent to State Prigon, and we should apply on the ground that the Court assuming to be a Court of competent au- thority had no more right to sentence bim than @ny man in the street. Could not you investigate | that on writ of habeas corpus? The very ob- ject i# to investigate the jurisdiction of the tribunal and tae competency of the Court. The guage of the statute is carefully drawn. It means that he is not confined on a judgment rendered by a court having power to render the judgment compiained of Suppose in this case he ‘wag sentenced to State Prison and aad gone there and awrit of habeas corpus was issued. The Court of Over and Terminer, tney sag, is competent. So itis, but wot for all purposes. But it is aot competent to sentence a man to State Prison fo: miscemeanor, and such a sentence would be a nullity. Persons committed must be detained by | virtue Of the final judgment of @ competent | tribunal. it means competent to pronounce in judgment and competent ‘o pronounce & judgment of the character of that whicn | 18 pronounced. The other section which the gentleman refers wo provides that i it | Shall appear upon return that he is detained by virtue of the jadgment of a competent tribunal he | 1s to be remanded, but that is to be investigated | upon the return, I call your attention to some cases. The Shanks case proves nothing, except | that @ writ of habeas corpus issued in New York to bring up @ person impiisoned in a common jail | for @ contempt must be returnable ata Court of | Oyer and Terminer, He also referred to the case oi Kavanaugh. He did not read enough of that | case. That case held not only that this writ could | be maintained on matters subsequently aring: but “by showmg want of jurisdiction.” In | ex parte evidence, where @ pardon had been obtained by fraud, the writ was held good. In Divine’s case the writ was sustained, because it was shown by the record that bat two jus- | tices sat when the law required three to cousti- tute the Court, In ex parte Lang, recently decided | by the United States Supreme Court, a prisoner re- | sentenced by @ competent Ccurt, but illegally, | Was released on habeas corpus, In liinois @ Ul nearer case had been decided in Manix vs, Whit- | son, Sheriff. The prisoner nad been sentenced on forty counts for ten days on each by a competent | | Court, but the Supreme Court of that state ae- | | cided that all the sentences began at the same | time and the party was entitied to release at the | end of the first ten days. in @ very late case, that | ot Haggerty, in this State, tae Court of Appeals held that where the commitment was extra judicial it mignt be attached on nabeas corpus, | ‘and, in fact, that was tue only proper remedy. How | can'we, wuen one term oi imprisonment nas ex- | pired and the fine has been paid, and the second | imprisonment 1s, a8 we think, witnout jurisdic- tion, raise the question? | | Judge Burreit—You ask how. I suppose there | | 1s no doubt you can raise it by writ o error. | Mr. Field—No; in this case we cannot. The | | Court quashed the writ of error because the writ of error was the true remedy. Aiter his term is expired the only remedy 1s by habeas corpus. But even if we are entitied to our process o1 writ of | error, if the sentence 18 void for want of Jurisd‘c- | tion, We are not bound to follow that tedious pro cess, If I show you that it is plainly illegal—and, of course, if 1t 13, you will not shrink irom saying so—we are entitled to adiscnarge. We pat in competent. The Court cannot avoid the trial of | that question. Our petition avers three thines— | first, thas the Court was not competent to try | | the case at all; second, that it was not competent | to render the judgment that was rendered in the case which iuciudes ali the judgment; third, It was not competent to render the second sentence. Now, sir, are not you to hear that the forty-first section provides exactly what you are to doit it appeared on the return tnat the pris- | oner 1s in custody on a civil process? The torty- second section ia that no court or officer skall bave power to inquire into the legality or justice of any proceeding specified in the preceding sec- tion. Does thatinciude the question of jurisdiction? What will you say. then, to the case of Kuvanagh, | just cited, where the Court say you can inquire | 1nto the jurisdiction though the juagment be valid | On its face? It never was the intent of the Legis- lature to prevent the examination of the legality of imprisonment when there was aciaim of no jurisdiction. Ii the case called for it 1 should be prepared to argue, I think, to show that the Leg- islature could not deprive the citizen of his might by this writ to inquire mto the competency and jurisdiction of the Court under whose orders he ts held. It is @ constitutional writ, but itis unneces- | sary to argue thut now. EX-JUDGE COMSTOCK’S ARGUMENT. Ex-Judge Comstock—I will say a word or two | Upon tis particular matter, and only a word or mit that that is imvortant, because “two, because in the examination which | nave given to the general cuse I have assumed waut seems to be disputed by the learned counsel tor the prosecution. Ihave assumed that the case would be heard on its merits; I may ada, I have assumed that when the Coart acts without juris- diction or power it was the same as thougn 16 nad not acted at all, because it is correct to say that a jospen or sentence without power to pronounce t, IS mere waste paper—as it is in the eve of the law, All these statutes to which the counsel has reterred, assumed a Court sitting ana acting within its jurisdiction; then questions of jaw and equity may arise as to the true meaning of the statute. But on &@ writ of Dabeas corpus, which goes to the juris- diction, We may not rai-e a question of mere error or propriety. That 1s what is meant by iegality. The counsel for the prisoner are exceedingly sen- sible that in this particular form, on this writ of habeas corpus, the ciass 0! questions which we can raise is quite limited. Ihe number of ques- tions which were raised upon the trial is legion. There may have been, pernaps there were, a great many errors committed in the decision of those questions which can only be reached uoon a writ Oo! error; but the view of the law we entertain is, that so far as this writ is concerned, it went straignt and direct to wie power upon which this sentence is Jounded or these sentences are founded; that these are jurisdictioual and properly belong to the inquiry under the writ of habeas corpus, Now, your Honor will see the question more clearly as the case proceeds. alter the return 18 put in and itis traversed. J may just indicate, however, in a general way, that we shall chailenge, in the first place, the power of the Court to sit io the case; and if we are right in that proposition What possible doubt can be entertained that tne | proper remedy 1s by habeas corpus? Let me illus only misdemeanors, arraigns a mun for man- slaughter, tries him and sentences nim to impris- onment jor five years, would not your Hoxor re- lease that prisoner on habeas corpus? Why? Why, because, alttiough that was a competent Court in & certalp sense, that 18, a Court competent to be a Court, yet, it was not a Court competent to hear that matter; aud hence its judgment is not a | | judgment of any Court at ali; itis @ mere nuga- tory and waste proveeding. That may apply to any Court. If we are right that the Court uf 0, er and Terminer had not jurisdiction in this case the remedy is the same, by habeas corpus, We shall challenge in the next place the legality of the | jury. We snail try to maintain and want to be | heard on the question that the jury was not em- panelled according to the law oi the land, and that, therefore, they could not sit and render a verdict. I won't indicate how we are going to present that question. suffice it to say | we claim the right to be heard, and the writ of habeas corpus gives it, goes straight to the ver- dict and sentence upon the verdict. Once more, | after the verdict, upon the most extraordinary indictment I have ever seen, alter the verdict was rendered, the Judge pronounced one sen- tence, which may be a jawiul or an unlawiul one. | Then he proceeded to propounce fifty otner sen- tences, on the same indictment, in consecutive order. Well, the authority for pronouncing | judgment is the verdict, and we want to try to | } | show, and ask leave to show, if we can, that the verdict did not authorize him to pronounce that sentence; neither the indictment nor the verdict. | just look at the question in broad light. Here is @ prisoner arraigned at the Oyer and Terminer for the crime of petit jarceny, assuming that the Court - had jurisdiction and the Jury brought in @ verdict for | ett larceny and that then the Court sentenced im for grand ag 4 Is that a jnagment of a | competent Court? It is not the Pg raed ofa) Court; it is the wholly unauthorized decree of a | person who, in doing that act, acts without au- | thority, and it is waste paper. Or, If your Honor Please, suppose that on an indictment and con- viction for grand larceny or burglary a juage | should arbitrarily sentence @ prisoner to death, | would not that be without jurisdiction and whoily void? Or, if he should sentence him to imprison- ment during life, if you piease, it would be equally contrary to the law and the sentence wontd be @ nullity. And if @ man to await | the slow process of @ writ of error such af Outrageous proceeding as Well, if I am right in iliastrating the case | im that manner, it is equally plain that where the law can pronounce a judgment for one | offence, and one offence only, and cannot pronounce jt for two or three or hundred, these questions are jurisdictional. I beg to say we are not here upon & question of excess of a single sentence. are here to review a great this day an objection of this sort shoud be urged | against the writ of fiabeas corpus, the great privi+ Jege of the citizem against tliegui arrest and in prisopment; but it 1s (he wore remarkable t cause the objection has been made aud overruled in and again. Why, sir, the gentleman con- rounds two tings entirely distinct; first, the jurisdiction o| the Court to render the judgment, nd, the legality of the judgment. The and, seco first objection he makes 18 to the verification of | i018 petition, and he says it is defective because | he really does not swear that the Jaw is incorrect. That is the substauce of it. He swears the jacts alleged are true, Mr. Phelps—No, sir. Mr. Field—What ese is there in it but law or jack? ‘Ihe veriiication 18 “that the facts set forth number of sentences for imprisonment, each ad- | justed to the other In point of time, so that when one ends the other begins, and we challenge the legality of the sentences entirely aiter the first one. The first sentence is now | Immaterial, because It has been explated. These Statutes to which tne counsel refers are half a century old, and go back of the revision of 1830, The question has been up a great Thany times, and the rule has unitormly been that Where tue question 1s of power to do anything that can be raised on habeas corpus jurisdiction under- lies it ail, Now, I think it would be far better and {ar more discreet to pass upon this question, and, if upon the views now advanced by the District | Attorney Your Honor sees ft to remand Mr, Tweed udgment against him is pot a competent Court, | | the criminal Court in a proper situation fer review. If, on the other hand, Your Honor shall hold that we are right then the prisoner will be liberated. DISTRICT ATTORNEY PHELPS IN REPLY. Mr. Pheips replied:—If the Court please, I do not iutend to be diverted into any departure from the prect polns now betore the Court he petition alleges that Be ry upon my motion, | imprisonment of the petitioner is illega) and t | its illegality as his counsel tells him is that the | Court was wanting in jurisdiction to convict him. | He has nowhere alleged that he was advised vy counsel oF has any reason to believe that the Court of Oyer and Terminer was not a competent tribunal in its constitution, organization or general erun Jurisuiction, tne si is that i this cific case the Court ex: led ite furisdic- tion, or did something not within its jurtsdic- ton, which he claims to be legal, How it can come more properly, within the scope of the tu 1 am at a loss to conceive, I must I has 'P- osed thal the ingenuity, learning ana zeal of my earned opponents might have developed some- | thing against the doctrine I laid down. From the apparent earnestness of manner in which Mr, Field, as 1s his wont, pronounced his flat that this matter was settled years ago | supposed he was about to produce authorities which in appearance at least settied the question. He has produced but four cases, cited. Mr. Phelps briefly reviewed the four cases plied to the judg. jiction, and that cial! that none of them ment of a court of superior there was neither necesst: ww nor precedent for reviewing this question in thia manner. supaR '8 BULING—THE BOSS REMANDED TO ND. THE ISL. Judge Barrett said:—The statute seems to call for a summary disposition of a motion of this de- scripuon. It's clear througnout, it seems to me. The Orst section cited enumerates among the per- sons who shail not be entitled to prosecute a ha- beas corpus persons committed by the final juag- ment of any court of competent jurisdiction, and the petitioner must state that he is not committed by virtue of the tinal judgment of any court of competent criminal jurisdiction; and it shall be the duty of the officer of the court to forthwith remand the pemcnas ir it appears that he 1s detained by virtue of such a Judgment. No court or officer, on @ return’ to habeas corpus, shall have power to inquire into the legality or justice of any such judgment, This is too plain to admit of any discussion. Section 26 says that any court or officer having power to grant a writ shall grant it without delay unless it appear from the petition or documents annexed that tne party 18 not entitled to prosecute & haneas corpus, and that plainly appears from the record, There is a distinction made between courts of civil and | Criminal jurisdictiun, for tae statute says that if the prisoner be in custody by virtue of the judg- ment of a civii court be snall be discharged ir it | appear that court exceeded its autnority. But that is left out in the other case, and there 1s no provision for reviewing the jurisdiction oi @ criminal court. One cannot inquire into the ie- | gality of the sentence; but the statute provides | that one may do it by writ of error. If a case was | | made out of a court of general criminal jurisdic- te | Mr. Tweed did an for him and took him to the city at nine o'clock this morning. Other than this he bas not been of the Island in several montha, since the last time he ‘Was sent for on @ writ of habeas corpus to appear at Court. As for what hasbeen said that we crossed together ina small boat last night and | drove away, it ts all nonsense, He is now pre- cisely where hi nul nine o’ciock this morn- —that is t in his cell,” om What Warden Liscomb went on to say, It appears that Mr. Tweed, alter eating a hearty meal, as usual, accompanied uis keeper to the New York side, where @ carriage was procured, ‘This was driven to the office of the District At- torney, and there, by mutual consent of this officer and Mr. Tweed's counsel, 1t was decided that he ould not appear personally in Court during the argument of the motion to discharge him from | custody, which, af stated elsewhere, failed. What WHERE HE WAS during that time Warden Liscomh did not state, but said it was known to the wistrict Attorney an was done with his permission. When the case was over Mr. Tweed and the Warden again entered | @ carriage and remarmed 90 Biackwell’s Isiand at four o’clock yesterday afternoon, “His condiuon,” continued Warden Liscomb, ‘ts the same as it was previous to this morning and he continues to remain in my custody, in which, I can assure you, he is periectiy safe."” ‘AS the reporter of the HEALD was leaving the Island Commussioners Bowen and beer apparently in great haste, and not @ littl troubled in appearance. They came to verify the Btate of affairs, believing, nO doubt, the rumors which were circulated as true in the city, They hurried to Warden Liscomb’s office, and were ratified to receive the intelligence that Mr. Tweed was safe in custody, and that the reports they had heard were all wrong. They only re- mained on the Island about ten minutes, and returned to the oity. Both stated to the HERALD reporer that Mr. Tweed was safe and in his cell, arden Liscomb declined to allow Mr. Tweed to be seen, on the ground that he himseli had re- quested tiat none but his relatives and particuiar friends should be allowed to visit him in hig mis- fortune, and this injunction haa been rigidly aa- hered to. Tweed’s demeanor when he retarned to the Island was very sad and thoughtful, as he | felt that another prop on which he had built a | hope had been taken from under him. He spoke | very few words to the Warden a8 they returned | together and requested to be left alone in his room. : THE JONES MURDER. Conviction of Lewis Jarvis of Murder im the first Degree—Elbert Jackson Placed Upon Trial—Vincenzo Inamo- rata Sentenced to Sing Sing for Four Years. The Queens county Court House at North Hemp- stead was crowded when the Court convened at ; tion which had none by virtue of some defect, as when three judges were required instead of two, | then the question might be investigated. But there is not any question that the Court of Over and Terminer had general jurisdiction, and the | question sought to be raised ts that it exceeded 11s jurisdiction, Nothing of that kind ts provided for in regard to | courts, for the obvious reasun that the statute has provided Jor it by writ of ; error, The statute provides that no judge shall | review the act of a brother judge sitting in the same court. There 18 a place Outside tie court ior | such investigation. A case has been cited where @ person was released, though sentenced by & competent court, but he was not detained by vir- | tue ofit. He had been pardoned and was a iree man. These facts appearing on the face of the papers, the writ should not have veen granted, | and the motion to quash it where these facta do appear ought to be granted, and the prisoner re- manded. ‘Yhe Court then rose. THE ESCAPE RUMOR. Very sbortly after the termination of the pro- and Terminer, yesterday morning, there was a | rumor that the reason that Tweed did not appear | in court was not the one that was alleged, that of sickness, but that he had fled the country. This Tumor received confirmation when it was stated that weed had left the Island, in company of two warders of the Penitentiary, late on the night previous, To test the correctness of this state- ment @ reporter of the HEBALD went to the Sheriffs ofce and saw Ulerk of arrests Quincey. Mr. Quincey said the writ in| the Tweed case had not been placed in the hands | of the Sherif, ana that Mr. Tweed was not in the custody of the Sheriff's oMcers. Mr. Quincey, however, said that he aid not know that Mr. | Tweed left the Island the previous night in a row- boat in the company of two warders. As to bis further whereabouts he knew nothing, but he had been told that Tweed was not expected back at the Penitentiary until the afternoon, White this did not strengthen the rumor much it did not contradict it, and the reporter crossed the Park to | the District Attorney’s office, where he saw Dis- trict Attorney Phelps, who, on hearing wiiat was | sald to be the facts as to Tweed’s escape, replied that he was not surprised at it, and he thought that it was very likely he bad gone. The Commis. sioners of Charities and Correction in Eleventh street were next waited upon. At this oMice the reporter found Commissioners Bowen, Laimbeer and Stern, all of whom were very much surprised at the existence of such a rumor, and were con- siderably startled when told that Tweed had not appeared in Court on the habeas corpus proceed- ings. Commissioner Laimbeer and the reporter went immediately to the room of the telegraph | Operator and communicated with the Peniten- tiary. | The answers which were given, and which will be found below, seemed to con- firm the supposition, aud Commissioner Laimbeer Tequested the operator to communicate with Police Headquarters, Superintendent Walling re- plied, and the Commissioner informed him of the supposed escape of Tweed, and requested a gen- eral alarm to be sent to the various precincts, Mr. Laimbeer and Mr. Bowen then stepped into & carriage and were driven to the steamer at the foot Of iwenty-aixth sireet, and were speedily within the walls of tne Penitentiary, where Tweed | and Warden Liscomb had & few minutes betore | fully explaining the law in reference to murder | | Lewis Jarvis, the prisoner at the bar, asked the | filty-three years old, born in Italy, had no trade | ten o'clock yesterasy morning, the impression having gone abroad that Lewis Jarvis, charged with the murder of Samuel J. Jones, at South Oyster Bay, on the 27th of Jane, 1873, would be found guilty as charged in the indictment, and many people conseauently being anxious to hear the Judge’s charge and the verdict of the jury. The impression, it will be seen, was verified, and when the verdict was announced a murmur of approbatien ran through the crowd, Judge Pratt charged the jury immediately after the opening of Court, reviewing the testimony ana and the various degrees of homicide. At the con- clusion of the charge Mr. Cogswell, counsel for Judge to instruct the jury as to certain points | which had been discussed during the taking of the | testimony, and he refused; but he consented to | charge that the finding of the articles in Jarvis’ | possession did not of itself constitute positive evi- | dence of guilt. THE VERDICT. The jury retired at twenty-five minutes past nine o'clock and returned in fifteen minutes, witha verdict of “gutity of murder in the first degree.” The prisoner was remanded to his cell to await sentence, appearing to he very little affected by the verdiot just rendered agaist bim. THE SENTENCE OP VINCENZO INAMORATA. Vincenzo inamorata, the Italian indicted for the murder of Roccv Frederica at Flushing on the 6th of August last, Was next arraigned, and through | his counsel, James P. Darcy, pleaded guilty of . manslaughter in the second degree. The plea was accepted by the District Attorney, who moved for sentence, and Juage Pratt sen'enced bim to hard | labor tn Sing sing for tour years, In answer to the usual questions Inamorata said that he was aud had been in prison once before tor assault, THK Cast OF BLBERT JACKSON. THE 'LONGSHOREMEN’S STRIKE, Tobin honine ‘The DiMeulty Still Existing—Steve. dores and Merchants Resolute—The Men as Determined as Ever—Sixteen Union Men Arrested in Hoboken. Along the North River front yesterday the strike of the "longshoremen continued without avy ma- terial changea, The number of men on the street was scarcely noticeable as compared with the rash and demonstration of the first days of the lockout, An extra force of policemen was on duty, a8 usual, but the strikers acted in an orderly manner, and no disturbance oc- curred. The union men persist in saying that the merchants cannot get along without them, and that they are seeing that more plainly every day, while, on the other hand, a few of the stevedore: affirm that the new hands are gaining rapidly, and will be able eventually to do the work. No new movement was made by the men yesterday; but the leaders were busy in watching the effect which the action of rescinding the resolution ordering a general strike mighthave in helping to bring about a settlement, Work went on, though slowly, where vessels are now lying at the steam- ship companies’ docks, Asfor the Hast River side, the utmost quietude prevailed throughout the entire day, Pursuant to @ resolution adopted at their meeting of Tuesday even! the East siae ‘iongshoremen offered to go to work yesterday at the old rate for day work end sixty cents for night work. Greatly to their astonishment, however, the stevedores refused to employ them,’ It should be stated i this connec- tion that this action of the stevedores was forced upon them by the merchants and owners, who re- fuse to allow union men to do any work for them in preference to the new han ia or non-union men, who are working well for thirty cents an ur, At twelve o'clock some twelve or fifteen steve- dores assembled in Captain Wilson's office, No. 41 South street, tor the purpose of taking some action im reference to the strike, Their number was 80 small, however, that they very wiacly refused to take any action; but, from the conversation which ‘was carried on by all present it was evident that the men will have to accept thirty cents for an hour’s Work or remain tdie through the winter. A fall Meeting of stevedores will be held to-morrow (Friday) afternoon, at three o'clock, in the office of Captain Wilson, No. 41 South street, when a resolution will undout ly be passed refusing to pay any man more than thirty cents. essrs, Sutton & Oo, are getting along well with the loading of their two ships, the St. Paul and the Sargeant, the new hands filling the biil as well as wasexpecied. The Uarrier Dove, of this line, sailed from port last evening. eIndeed all the ipping houses along South street are carrying on their usual business, and, go ‘ar as the HERALD reporter could ascertain, wiil stand by tueir reso- lution to pay but ubirty cents. Taken ail in all, the prospect for the strikers on the East side is anything but bright. Threatened Riot in Hoboken. An extraordinary event took place in Hovoken between ten and eleven o’clock last night. The Police Commissioners held a special meeting and heard the representaiions of the agents of the Bremen and Eagie lines that the new bands em- ployed by them were in danger of being attacked by the union men to-day. The Commission- ers immediately ordered the whole night | force out to arrest all the men to be found near the docks of those companies, and accord- ingiy the policemen marched out and withous ordering the ‘longsiioremen to disperse or a single commaud of any kind, arrested sixteen of them gad brought them to the station house, putting them tn cells, where Oe, were kept all night, The general Opinion is that the Police Commis- aioners have put their heads in a haiter. THE FOUNDLINGS. A Field Day Among Humanity’s Waifs— One Thousand Children and Their Benefactors—Progr: ofthe New York Foundling Asylum. It were idle to atvempt to picture the spectacle presented yesterday at the New York Foundling Asylum, an institution that has deservedly won the sympathy and support and commanded the admiration of all classes of the community. With- out exception no charity in this or any other city 80 eloquently appeals to the benevolence and liberality of the people at large, for, after all, the Elbert Jackson, the colored man indicted with | Jarvis for the murder of Samuel J. Jones, wads then arraigned for tria), with Messrs. John Flem- ing and George A. Mott as hits counsel, and tne | work of ovtalaing a jury was commenced, Tne | process was a tedious one, a6 Most 1 those called | ad \ormed a decided opinion regarding the guilt or innocence of the accused, and were conse- quentiy rejected. The jury was finally empanelled, | | upwards of one hundred names having been culled. | The Court took a recess Of a. hour, after which | District Attorney Downing stated tne case for the | Prosecution to the jury and the grounds upon | | Which he should ask Jor a conviction, necessarily | | going over tue circumstances of tae murder as in | the case of Jarvis, jus: disposed of. The witnesses examined were in the main the | sate as On the trial of Jarvis and told the story stantially the same as on that occasion. Charies Watts testified that he had seen Jack- | son in the cells, and that he made admissions to | him (Watts) of complicity 10 the muraer—that ie 1 | wasa*put up job.” Jackson told him that he | threw some of the stones into the well and helped to ransack the house. He was closely cross-ex- amined by Mr. Fleming as to the circumstances | under which the admissions were made, and the | manner in which heconvected Jarvis with the | crime, and at the conclusion of his testimony the Court adjourned until this morning at ten o'clock. THB ELECTION DAY MURDERS, Impanelling # Jury in the Marra Case. In the case of Thomas Marra, who died tn Belle- vue Hospital on Monday evening irom the effects | of @ pistol shot wound in the arm, received on the preceded them. The alarm from Police Headqnarters gave the | news Of Lhis supposed escape to the city about | three o’clock in the aiternoon, and the result was that the buileums ot every evening newspaper | office made an announcement o1 the escape of Tweed, The last editions contained a few lines | giving the supposed fact, and ‘extras’! followed Telating the details of the flight. As the alternoon | glided Into evening the excitement over this pews | the Cara, and, strange to say, @ feeling 01 regret at | the escape of the ex-Boss was seldom heard. The | popular feeling was that the twelve months’ im- | prisopment was sufficient, and that if he pad really escaped it was a matter of rejoicing rather than of sorrow. TWEED AT THE PENITENTIARY. A reporter of the HERALD called upon Warden Liscomb at Biackwell’s Isiana Penitentiary to as- certain the truth or falsity of all these rumors and current gossip, and to find beyond doubt the real Whereubouts of the great convict. The reporter crossed by means of the steam launch, and ob- served no unusual mark Oo! excitement in the Pent- tentiary. Affairs were orderiy and going on in the usual Way. On proceeding to the office of the | prison, situated in the central pavilion, in which Tweed’s room 18 also located, it was found that Warden Liscomb was not on the Isiand, nor tne Deputy Warden. Both were stated to bein New York by the old clerk, who has been for so many years in his present position. When toid the re- orter’s mission was to find out whether Mr. weed had croxsed the river the evening defore, as stated, the old gentleman said that the report must necessarily have beeu untrue, as he had him- sell seen Tweed in the morning at seven o’ciock, and had enjoyed two minu‘es’ conversation with him. He was certain, thereiore, that Tweed had not left the prison the night before. WHAT TWEED’S GUARDIAN SAW, The reporter saw the hall mao, who guards Tweed’s room and opens itin the morning and closes it at night. He stated that he locked the door of Tweed’s room on Tuesday nigot as usual, and saw that the prisoner was inside at the time. He opened Tweed’s prison in the morning at seven ‘clock and again saw that the prisoner was in- side. He was positive that Tweed haa not leit the room in the meanwhile. The clerk of tne prison added that Mr. Tweed had not yet returned irom the court, and that he knew Mr. Liscomy was with him and nad departed with him in the morning with the intention of bringing him back In person. The escape of Mr. Tweed was not within the bounds of possibility, The Warden, however, would ovtintrust such @ prisoner to anybody but himse'f, and he was mo- mentarily expected. The reporter was requested to wait until Warden Liscomb’s return, THE EXCITING TELEGRAMS, While waiting a telegraphic message came from Police Headquarters and the headquarters of the | Board of Charities and Correctiou, tn Third ave- nue :— arden LiscomMB:— Report m tie city that Tweed has escaped. Is he on the island %" It was at tois time just four o'clock, but no sign of Tweed, and the confidence of the clerk seemed to waver slightly, and he answered:— “Warden Liscomb not yet retarned with Tweed.” It must have been this report throngn the city which surengthened the minds o1 those who be- | heved that Tweed had escaped, TWEED AGAIN ON THR ISLAND. Not ten minutes aiter Warden Liscomb entered | the office and sat down at his desk, | “Have you heard tne report that Tweed has e8- | caped?”’ asked the HERALD reporter, | “Yes, I heard something of the kind, but of course itis entirely untrue. 1 bave just brought Mr. Tweed back to the Island myself, and he t¢ in | safe custody. J don’t see why such a report origi- | nated, for the prisoner did not make the slightest attempt at escape, nor do | believe that he bas ever contemplated such a thing seriously.” “Is there @ny truth that he leit the island last to confinement. wa than bave the judgement of the night in your custoay 7” “No truth whatever, [ received a reauisition morning of the 34 of November during the politi- cal affray in Second avenue, near Thirty-fourth street, Coroner Eickhoff yesterday inipanelied the following jury:—Thomas Clarke, No. 64 Third street; Oscar Purdy, No. 81 Second street; John Riegiemann, No. 316 Filth street; Cnristopier Bendinger, No, 1 avenue A; Andrew Beckert, No. 117 First Street, and Louis Brzer, No. 111 Fifth Street. Alter Viewing the remains o! Marra E.ckhof discharged the jury un- til eleven o'clock on Friday morning, at which time he intends commencing the investigation at the Coroner’a office, ihe police have as yet found no ciew to the party who shot Marra, and it remains to be seen whether the trial of Croker willsbed any light upon the mystery. A OUBIOUS MURDER CASE. [Special aespatoh to the Chicago Times from Cold- water, Mich., Nov. 29.) Miss Almeda Davis, aged seventeen years, lived at her father's, one mile and @ half east of Bronson, in this county. On Friday night thg young lady re- tired to bed at the usual time, and soon after a two, who has been living with the family and who bas been paying attention to Miss Davis, went up stairs to bed, as the family supposed; but, coming down soon afterward, he put on his doots and left the house. In s suort time an older sister went up to bed, and in passing ber jter’s room called to her, and, not getting any swer, looked in and found the girl lying on the bed, her throat cut irom ear to ear and quite dead, From the appearance of the face it would seem that the assassin bad put his hand over the mouth to prevent screaming, for the print of a hand was aoe the face when she was discovered. The family started immediately in search of Bunnell, They found him at his father’s house and immediately arrested him and accased him of tne murder, put he stoutly denied it, He ts still under arrest, await- ing examination, The young lady’s father is farmer, and the family are very respectable and have the sympathy of the neighborhood. There 1s much excitement over the matter, THE SALOON KEEPERS. Concerted Action in Opposition to the License Rate, Under the auspices of the German Saloon Keep- ers’ Central Organization a general meeting of German saloon keepers, hotel and restaurant keepers, ball room proprietors, &c., was held at the Germania Assembly Rooms yesterday, to con- sider what course they should take in reference to the excise question. The attendance was very numerous, and considerable anxiety was manifested concerning tne final consequences of their revolt against the Excise Board in refus- ing to take out any licenses whatever. John Fricke was called upon to_ preside, the Executive Committee of the Organization submitted a report detalling the proceedings taken on behalf of the convicted saloon keeper, Schwab, to obtain his rele: on bail and a rehearing of his case. Inasmuch as no decision in regard to a motion to that effect had a8 a em rendered it was decided to await the result, A mass meet- ing is to be beid to-day to take jurther action, and & committee will bably be appointed to call on the &£xcise Board to see whether the Commissioners can be prevailed on to redace the license ice from the rate demanded— $100—to a reasonable amount, which, they say, the} ol willing to pay, and always have been w » Day. young man named Martin Bunnell, aged twenty- | ve notice of the murder and oMcers | feeble cry of the fluttering, helpless, uncon- scious babe teft destitute and forlorn can never fall to arrest the attention even of those whom prejudice, bigotry or callousness may have rendered cold in the cause of true philanthropy. Rising above the mist of sectarianism, and with an objectin view nobier and more humane, it appeals to the heart- felt appreciation of all who love charity for char- ity’ ke. The Foundling Asylum on Sixty-eighth street now stands as a glorious monument, firat to the indefatigable and almost superhuman ex- ertions of the good sister in charge, and secondly to the munificent bounty anda genuine humanity of community proverbial for its charity in the broadest sense of the term. It would, indeed, be @ superfluous task to dilate On the solid bene- fits conferred by the asylum, which, commencing with a circumscribed estab- lishment in Washington square, scarcely over five years ago, now commands, by its splendid proportions, tue attention of the passers-by— | @ home, as one of the reports states, “ior the in- ; Docent offspring of passion or poverty, tor woom the doorstep, the street, the sink, the river, the string and the knife presented such a means of riddance to those who, suffering trom poverty or fearing disgrace, sat in final judgment upon it,” as Well as for “the rescue of fallen women beiore they have sunk to the hopeless depths of misery and crime,’”” But the necessity and influence of such an institution have been 80 well proved by its results that comment ts place. Suitice it to say that a visit yesterday to the asyium only confirmed the prediction long ago expressed that the day would come when the house tu Washington square would pe totally inadequate to the demand made upon its re- sources, Day"—an event which occurs ouce @ month, when the outdoor nurses are remunerated jor their almost out of | Yesterday was what ts known as “Pay | utmost care and discrimination are exercised in | the selection of these nurses, ployed who cannot present a certificate of good health from a physician and another of good char- acter from some known and retlavle person. Kven she small sum allotted for this service proves of none being em- | incalculable benefit, securing, 48 it does, a rool sor | ; Many a poor jamily, which is, in ttself, a great charity. Now it may be a8 well to explain that, although the dimension} of the butiding are large it has been found nec@sary to care for many Oo! the infants leit at the ‘ium py means of outside nurses, and that the hfipless little watts may be properly attended to A detective is de- tailed to tue institution, wm frequently visits each nurse at times when he is least expected. The result of this experiment has provea highly successiul. This was umply efeu plified yesterday by the presence of over 1,000 beautiful and healthy children, averaging irom a moth to three years old, whose nurses had coi for their pay as well as to receive clotnhg, all of which, by the way, is made /in the asylum, | It was @ wonderful ene, and those | who witnessed it, however ha@d-hearted the vis- itors might be, could not fail fo be impressed py the heavenly thoughts that prompted the estab. lishing Of an insvtution whic} worked such won- ders, scribes neither creed, nor dass, nor color—and there was a goodly representation irom every source—must, in itself, commend the broad and noble principle upon which the asylum is based. That this crime of inianticiqe has been success- fully grappled with and dimmished through the instrumentality of the fastRution, trustworthy Statistics already show. Alljthe wards are now foil, there being at presen cared for in the buildin, which, from the basement to the roof, prefents in the interior ® picture of order, cleanimess and regularity which speaks volumes for the uniiring exertions of the good sisters whose lifes are devoted to & cause than which vo nobler & Known to the devo. tees of charity and religion, That deep interest is taken im the asylum is event trom the throng of jadies, embracing in theinnumber those whose labors and substantial support in the cause of charity are well known, id the fact that they almost rivalled each other 1g contributing the live. long day, with needle and th. walfs, is In itwell significant of their commendabie devotion on bebalf of yylum whose canse ap- aga to all the world. Sist@ Irene—and her name is Synonymous with the sucdess of the institution— esterday, a8 she ever has, a gigantic task on hand, but the regiment of n@rses and their charges | were well provided for ere|they left the building. The advent of Christmas will, of course, touch the hearts of the humane, ant, apart from the great debt on the building, whith, indeed, should be romptly wiped out, it may’ be well to mention hat donations of clothitg, provisions, to say nothing of money, witho¥, which no charitable inatitution can exist, will go far to secure tne ph objects which the Asylum has done so much 0 accomplish. THIS WINTER'S POOR There will be @ meetingof citizens to-night at the Church of tne Holy Trinity, Madison avenue, corner of Forty-second #treet, to consider the question of the outlook fwr the poor during the present winter. The Rey, Alvah Wiswall, master of St, Jonn’s Guild; rf Gottneii, rabbi of the Temple Emanuel; Vv. ing, H. Tyng, Jr, ‘ about 360 children D. ».; Rev. Thomas 8. Hajtings, D, D., and Colonel Frederick A, Conkling, [Wil deliver addresses, The subject is of great ifiportauce to ali classes, and the church will doutlless be crowded, ead, to clothe the little | | many departments of the public service. Above all, the fact thai the institution pre- | | Flider,@ stipendiary mi eee upenmmmenemme en med JAMAICA. The Island Swept by = Haurricane< ‘Widespread Damage on Shore and Along the Coast—The Losses Estimated At $350,000—Industrial Progress and the Supply of Labor. KrnasTon, Nov. 25, 1874 The event of greatest importance since the transmission of my last letter to the HERALD has been the occurrence of a severe wind storm, & hurricane, in tact, which visited us ou the night of Sunday, the 1st inst, Considerable injury bas pee done to houses, growing produce, cattle and other property in all parts of the tsland, while different Parts of the coast have been strewn with the wrecks of small craft, through which the coasting trade of the isiand is carried on. The storm may be said to have set in on the previous day, Octo- ber 31, witha very heavy rain, lusting through- out the entire day and rendering the streets of the city very disagreeable. On Sunday the Tain continued, almost without interrup- tion, mot in & persistent drizzle, but as if Jupiter Pluvius had availed him- self of all the buckets that he could muster, and had set all bands to fill and empty them fora Wager. In this state Of affairs, such a thing as going to church was not be thought of, and it is doubtful if even the ciergy- men of the several places of worship put in an ap- pearance. Toward night the wind freshened, in- creasing in fury as the hours wore on, till it was evident that A HURRICANE was at work somewhere, and that Kingston was feeling some of tis effects. Ever and anon a loud, booming sound announced the falling in of some roof or the falling out of & wall. Simal- taneously with this turmoil of the elements above the sea rose to a great height, the waves lashing the shore in fury, and carrying away such batla” ings as were in their way and too frail to withstand their force. What added to the horrors of the night was its pitchy darkness, Not @ star was to be seen in the frma- ment, which was covered as with a@ pall of inky blackness. Trees, too, were torn ap by the roots, large trees being laid prostrate, as if they were so many cabbages, and in many cases falling on the roois of houses, involving them in destruction, In fact, there are very few persons of any age who remember to have experienced such a hurricane as was now prevailing, At first the wind seemed to blow from a southwesterly direction; it then veered round to the southeast, from which point it worked itself round till, after nightfall, it blew direct from the northward, the most dangerous pomt of the compass from which a gale can blow in these latitudes. Of course the range of the Blue Mountains in the rear of the city and some miles distant served as @ sort of shield against the full force of the blast as far as Kingston and other parts of the southern coast is concerned; but the north side of the island came tn jor the full fury of the blast, and melan- choly indeed is the record of THE DEVASTATION of vessels blown ashore and totally wrecked, houses completely destroyed, buildings on sugar estates and other industrial ceutres unroofed or entirely demolished, cane flelds devastated, the provision grounds of the black peasantry laid waste und the hopes of their owners ent: blasted. Indeed, so extensive has been the dam age in this particular direction that @ scarcity of native provisions may be expected, and ti island will, more than ever, be dependent on the Unitea States for its supplies of tood—animal as well as vegetable. A VERY SERIOUS CONSIDERATION. There is another phase Of this sad disaster whic: will be severely felt, but which must nevertheiess be looked squarely in the face, and the best en- deavors used to apply a rewedy, apd that with the least possibly delay, That is the wrecking and dismantiing, and, in some cases, the complete prostration of a number of places of wor- ship and school houses, AS far as the latter description of property is concerned, this is the more unfortunate, as the government—the island government, I mean, and not that of Greas britain—seems to have at last awakened to some- thing like @ proper idea of its responsibility in the education of the rising generation to the extent of providing $100,000 per annum for that purpose, in heu of the paltry sum of $30,000, which was the annual grant jor educational purposes a few years ago. CASH ESTIMATE OF THE LOSSES. It would not tuterest the majority of the Hen- ALD'S readers tg enter into a detailed account of the mischie/ dohe; Dut persons who are supposed to know something-ef such matters have roug: estimated the loss at something like $350008, This, however, seems to be lar below the amount 01 mischie! done, especially in regard to the ruined crops of the planters, which it would be exceed- ingly dificult to estimate, even approximately. TRAFFIC BUSPENDED. About the most serious immediate consequence of the storm was the suspension of traffic on our ; Short line o: railway, portions of which between this city and Gregory Park station, avout eleven miles distant, were submerged, and other parts covered with the débris of fallen trees. The water-way under the railway briage over the Rio Cobal was completely biocked up with uprooted trees and Other obstructive matter brought down by the swollen torrent, and the bridge itsell was found by the engineers of the road to have been twisted from the pressure thrown against the giraers. Other bridges on the line have suffered considerably. In fact the river had never, within living memory, risen so high. In the space of half @n hour it nad risen apwards of seventy feet above its normal level. The peopie living in the vicinity Ol the river barely had time to escape to the open road ere their houses were washed away, together with all their small stock and ports property of every description. The new irrigati works Ii Course of consiruction, and about which there has been s0 much newspaper controversy, have, however, not suffered materially; but the temporary workshops, laborers’ houses, tools and materials have beeu carried away. Among oiler inconveniences caused by the storm was delay in the arrivals of the mals, in consequence of the manner in which the roads have been cui up and obstructions, in the jorm of fallen trees, &c., thrown across them. But perhaps one of the most servioes It may bes wellto fenton that the | starting evidences of the fary of the gale is the almost unprecedented jact Of the sca having washed OVER THE PALISADES, that spot of sand forming. @ natural breake water to the harvor of Ingston that runs from Harbor Head, parallel with the shore of the main land, ending with the town of Port Royal, a length of about fitteen miles, LOCAL REFORM AND PUBLIC PROGRESS. The Jamaica Association has had several private Meetings, at which certain matters have been brought beiore them and discussed, with the view of vringing them to the notice of the British government, in the hope that measures may be adopted having in view extensive relvens Oe in absence of any transactions of @ public nature is would be of no use to encumber this letter with Vaxue conjectures that, alter all, may be wide of the mark. A movement has veen set on foot having for its object the establishment of a line of coasttl steamers around the isiand, jor the carriage freight and passengers. COOLIE LABOR, Generally speaking, If the Hindoo coolies in this island wave not progressed as well ua their coun~ irymen in Demerara, nesther can they be charged with the murderous disposition that these latter have manifested from time to time. Sometimes, however, the Kast Indians among us are success- Jul mm getting up something like & ser ous row. An instance of this sort oo- curred ® Week or two ago at a sugar estate called Gayle. It seems that strate, had sentenced coolie at Gayle to a short term Of imprisonment for persistent refusal to work, on which the latter caugaot hold of @ portion of the magistrate’s cloth- ing, With tue object, a8 stated on the part of thi covlie, of speaking to Mr. Flider, and without ai intention of striking. The employer of the coone, who was near by, interfered and & scume ensued, in which Mr. Flider wag tripped np, but receivea noinjury. A great deal was made Of this trivial affair, such as the cooites designing to rush onto kill Mr. Flider and that they were prevented H4 the opportune arrival of another geutieman wit “shooting Irons,’ and lot of such stuiT, which bad not the least foundation. NOT INTENDED, A Newark United States Commissioner In Trouble. Somewhat of a sensation was occasioned im Newark yesterday by the report that United States Commisstoner John Whitehead had been arrested and held to bailto appear Uelore the Grand Jury on @ charge of embezziement. Upon investiga- tion it was found that about a week or ten days ago@woman irom Brooklyn, Mrs, Margal nelly, visided Newark and stated to Justic there that some time previous she had pl Mr. Whitehead’s keeping $1,00, which sne desired to be invested in Morris county mortgages, He bought for her a $1,400 mortgage and retained the balance. This $400 she declared she could not get alter repeated applications, The Justice declined io take the complaint, but a lawyer was found who drew up an afMdavit. Upon this Paalin, companied by a constabie, called upon Mr. Whitehead, and took his own recognizance Im $1,000 to appear if called pom Aiter this Mr. Whitehead arew a check jor the full amount claimed by Mrs. Connelly, Nobody in Newark supposes that Mr. Whitehead withheld the woman's money through ang evil intent, bat merely through aimeulty to place, hand> on’ (, at ® moment's hatice,