The New York Herald Newspaper, December 13, 1874, Page 7

| THE MKENNA MURDER. TESTIMONY FOR THE DEFEXCE CLOSED. ‘Summing Up of Counsel for the Defence and Prosecution. JUDGE BARRETT’S CHARGE, Waiting for the Verdict— Scenes in Court. Adjournment of the Court Till Eleven o’Clock To-Day. The court room of the Oyer and Terminer was crowded yesterday, it being understood that the trial of Coroner Richard Croker, for the shooting of John McKenna on the morning of the 3d of No- vember last, would be certainly given to the jary and a verdict fendered, This proved to be the fact, The closing testimony for the defence was brief, in consequeuce, in fact, of several witnesses having, 1or Some reason or other, absented themselves or not appearing when called{or, This, which under other circumstances might have been very em- Darrassing to tne defence, was not in this case thought to be of serious moment, as tbe prisoner’s counsel intimated that they Were as well prepared to rest their case then as at any otner time, This conclusion Seemed to be one in which the mass of spectators themselves concurred, for the unanimous imprea- sion was that the prosecution had failed in their case, and that the defence had already proved conclusively that the fatal shot by which the unfor- tunate McKenna was Killed was not and could not have been fired by Croker, from the fact that the great preponderance of the testimony exculpated him; im tact that he was ebtirely unarmed on that. day, and that when the shot was fred by which McKenna tell, he was engaged with O’Brien or in the hands of tne police. However, the defence rested, and then the duty of summing up after a recess was proceeded with, Close of the evidence for the defence. TESTIMONY OF LAWRENCE O'BRIEN. Lawrence O’Brien, of No. 301 East ‘Tnirty-frat ~ gtreet, a plasterer, testified that he was going to nis work On the morning of the shooting; he saw the disturbance, and got as near the two princi- pals a8 he could get: he saw O’Brien strike Croker apd Croker strike back; he turned around alter Ubis in time to see @ man near the car track pull Out @ pistol and fre the first shot; ovher shots fol- Jowed with great rapidity ; et the moment of the first shot he could not see Croker, BUT CROKER DID NOT FIRE THE SHOT; it was a strange man; when Croker struck back at O’Brien he had nothing in his hands; when the firing began every one commenced to run, and witness dodged into a liquor saloon to escape danger; Witness is nota relative of the O’Briens Actively connected with the trial, Cross-examined—I don’t know at what shot tt was that McKenna tell; I don’t know whether Qroxer fired a shot; did not see O’Brien and Oroker fight after the shooting commenced, To tne Court—O’Brien struck the prisoner some- Where about tne head—itkely on the forehead; O'Brien struck out with bis right baud, then Croker ataggered back, as it were, TESTIMONY OF THOMAS LALLY, Thomas Lally, of No. #40 East Thirty-fourth street, a laboring man, said :—Knew the defendant and knew James O’Brien; he remembered some unusual occurrences that ook place in Second avenue on the morning of elec- tion; he saw Croker and O’Brien were exchanging some pretty hard words; O’Brien struck Croker and the. latter returned we compliment; when Croker bit O’Brien he had nothing in his hand; when the officer was between the two men a pistol shot was fired; did not see anybody fall, but saw them carrying McKenna to the drug store; was watching Croker’s hands, and saw no pistol in them. Cross-examined briefy and dismissed. Jar, Fellows at this stage found he bad no more witnesses to goon with. He said tbat he would have to ask the harsher intervention of the Court to compel the witnesses to present themselves, as counsel had exhausted all the means at their dis- posal to force the attendance of the parties wanted, Alter waiting a iew moments, _ Thomas Feeley, clerk to ove of the deputy sher- 1 in the Sherii!’s office,.appeared and testifiea— Had known Johu McKenna in his life time. Mr, Clinton informed the Court that he proposed vo prove that the night before the election. Mc- Kenna had assauited the witness in a brutal and outrageous manner, making tne remark that that was the way in which he would serve Croker and Bis (riends the next day. The defence wanted to show, Ifthe Court pleased, the ruManly char- acter of McKenna, The Court—Weil, if Croker dia ‘not fire the fatal shot, whaton earth is the use O/ showing the Character of McKenna? After some cross Dut harmless shooting by coun- sel Mr. Clinton withdrew bis offer, and the trial proceeded tn order, ‘TBSTIMONY OF RICHARD L. JOHNSON. Richard L. Jonnson, of No. 619 Second avenue, ‘was sworn:—He saw the occurrence om Seconu avenue from a window {in hia house; he saw O’Brien and Croker meet; O’Brien came from Thirty-fourth street and Croker from the direction of Thirty-third street; there seemed to be an al- tercation, and both men apparently were excited; Croker gradually moved up towara Tuirty-fourth Btreet, lollowed by O’Brien; when the parties had moved along @ little O'Brien strack: the police rushed in and he saw ciuvs used; immediately man fell, with his head toward Ins (witness’) house; he saw a rather Gne looking man fire three shots from the ratiroad track; he was ceriain chat meither O’Brien nor Croker bad pistols, Mr. Fellows here took out his watch and asked that perfect silence reign forthe space of one minute that the jury, the Court and counsel might torm.an idea o1 the space of time in which all the Violent occurences of that morning might be ac- curately ascertained. The witness listened jor the minute, as every One did in tact, and con- Ciuded to tell counsel that all tne trouble was tn the minute's time. ‘The cross-examination did not materially change the evidence givenen, the direct examination of tere followed through the absence Of the witnesses that were called. Judge Barrett said:—Gentiemen, this case must proceed; we have tle jury waiting all this time, Mr, Fellows pleaded the inability of coanset to get the witnesses’to court.’ In the meautime a Witness hamed Feeney, who had been examined briefly before, was recalled and asked some fur- ther questions. ‘The Court asked the wumes of -the contumacious witnesses, and granted attach- ments to compel their attendance. PATRICK FEENEY ON THE STAND. Patrick Feeney testified that he ‘was between | Thirty-third and Tuitty-foarth streets all or elec- tion day; he was there in the interest of a Li jor Barney Biglin, the can- ate for Assembiy; he saw the trouble be- tween O'Brien and Croker;. heard. them using hard words and saw them half clinch; they struck each other, O’Brien striking first; George tickey struck at the same time with Cro: ker, aiming at u’Brien, but ne did not reach bim; & tail policeman came upon the scene and pushed the prisoner out {nto the street; beara tne shots alterward, and saw the mau stagger and fall; Croker at the time was between the up and down, towa tracks in T'nirty-iourth street, in charge of the tall policeman. THE DEFENCE RESTS. The defence here rested their case, as they could not do anything else, having no more wit- nesses. There were Other witnesses, whose testi- mony was merely cumulative, bul us they did-not attena they rested, District Attorney Phelps conceded here that the | ball that caused the deain of McKenoa did not come irom the pistol produced in court, and which Was taken from Sheridan. 4 recess was then taken. At three o'clock the Court reassembied, SUMMING UP FOR THE DEFENCE. moni over sueltentimony of Eng parians, Muigeases « mony of the vari 1 ses for and against the prisoner He contended that even the testimony for the prosecution rightiy construed, proved that Coroner Croker did not, fre Spe fecal shot by which Joun McKenna fell, Out of jome twenty witnesses but one, James O'Brien, Swore that he fired it, aud that witness the one of ail others most likely to be contusea »and unob- servant. No one proved that Croker isa dastard who would turn from the well directed blows of bis assailant and coolly shoot down a man whom me never saw belore; never heard of Were Sastt, nO other witness but, James the case ‘for the delence’ would “made out from ts pg teh tt, my eye on Croker, bec: We was alter me all Sahat snaSu Cea aR Pree oie u is otner anti! the affray was over, ker sours is aamailan| and Cro! Bot torn away from bis ib to moot dowa | be etimi another man. O’Brien swore that he did not strike Croker; bis owo witness, Downey, says he did. There is uot a scintilla o/ evidence in the Case, spart (rom the testimony of James O’Brien, % Uroker used any violence except with hig fists. Hf the delence rested the case on the dence of the prosecution It would have been the duty of the jury to acquit, but they desired to vindicate @ ioully traduced man; and well would it if the city had more om. ciala who would see it by every fair means that the ballot should be protected from violence and fraud. Counsel then took up the testimony for the defence, and said they were uot pound to prove. who killed McKenna, yet they had done 80; they did not identity the man bj name, but they proved by thetr witnesses that @ map other than Croker and from another location aid fire it. What motive coulu those men have for gwearing bejore tneir God to the fact? What motive could influence more powerfully the mind of James V’Brien, the solitary witness who swears to the epee. than that of getting rid of such a powerful adversary? ‘The next branch of the argument entered upon was that from the rellable evidence in tne case the accused could not fi fired that shot could not, with McKenna’s left side to him, bave inflicted that wound a little to the back of th rightear. Nime-tenths of the wituesses prove that the accused did not fire, that the man uid nothing’but bis duty, and yet, with one solitary witness to swear that the accused coolly and de- liverately shot down an innocent man. the Grand Jury indict himand be is thrown tuto prison, irom which he came after his clamor and demand for a speedy trial, to submit the case to a jury. The de- fence called men of both political parties, among them Mr. Bighn, brother of the present member 1 Assembly, and he swears that the defendant had no pistol, and Mr. Biglin ts airiend of both Croker and O’Brien, Numerous other disinter- ested witnesses gave similar testimony, and it was Proved beyond peradventure that Coroner Oroker was ag innocent of that crime ag his Honor on the Bench. inton spoke for an hour and forty-five 2, Mr. minute: SUMMING UP FOR THE PROSECUTION. District Attorney Phelps then proceeded to ad- dress the jury. He said:—it is no part of my junctions to Say anything which may arouse passion or prejudice in yourminds. The auty of the public prosecutor should be discharged with- out passion or prejudice ; without resort to the arts of the advocate or the tricks allowable ip forensic coniests. and if there shall pe anytning in the arguments which I shall have to lay belore you betraying the earnestness which would be pardon- able in the advocate I trust that you will disre- ‘ard it, I seek to discharge the duty which the law devolves upon me, to lay before you as plainly as I can _ the facts developed in this evi- dence, and to assist pon, if possible, in arriving at @ conclusion. have no feelings to gratify, no desires to be carried out. Lseek the conviction of no man, I seek the punishment of-| be | twenty or no man, I ask nothing but that we may all iguigee in the exercise of our best Jogkment and intelligence to the discovery of the truth relative to the unhappy tragedy which it is our misfortune to have to investigate. Counsel then set out by conceding that the case Wag nov one of murder in the first degree, and, in reply to the abuse of the friends of O’Brien, he asked who was it that se! out with @ band of men, stationing them here and there in the district? Who were there armed for bloody deeds, prepared to deal death and destroction to ail who opposed them? With the Cg of the prisoner and his imm diate iriends, there was not 4 particle of evidence that oy one was there armed and ready for bloody deeds, except the prisone: and his imme- dlate adherents, Sheridan and the Hickeys, Tne latter did not fire the fatal shot, were not in a po- sition todo it. McKenna was a friend of O'Brien, rusbing to his aid, and ne fell in his tracks, close beside Croker, or between him and OBrien. The first man accused was Croker, the first man on | whom the officer laid his hand was Croker. another man fired the shot why aid not the wit- ness ory out, “The an that did it has run away?’ Why did the oMcer immediately proceed to earch him, and to search bim a econd time at the. station? No _ pistol found = with Counsel laid stress on the fact that O’Brien, at the Station house and in presence of the ofMicers, charged the prisoner with murder, and no evi- dence was produced to contradict this, and that one of the witnesses for the defence testified that O’Brien called out to the officer, ‘arrest the murderer.”’ He said the jury had to pas# upon a question afecting the lair fame of the Sate ana the free institutions we cherish, and concluded, after nearly an hour and a hall, by exborting the jury to a firm and fearless discharge of their duty. | Tue speech was @ remarkably calm, able aud ar- gumentative one. JUDGE BARRETT’S CHARGE. Judge Barrett then proceeded with bis charge to the jury. He said:— GENTLEMEN OF THE JURY—The first and most important question you have to determine in this case is whether the prisoner at the bar fred the Jatal shot which caused the death of Jonn Mc- Kenna. There are other questions to which I will refer presentiy; but that is tue first and most im- portaut one, because if he did no* fire that fatal shot he ts entitled to acquittal. If he did fire tnat shot, then there are considerations as to the degree of guilt, to which | shall presently advert, It has d that vhis was in the nature of a political ; been brawl; that it was one of those matters in which it was dificult to get at the bottom of them, to Ee at the truth of them, and where much mignt ¢ said with refererice to conflicting passions and interests, In my judgment, it is of as much m- portance, ii not more, to solve the probiem of guilt or innocence arising oat ‘of » political brawl a8 apy Other fracas or disturbance of the peace; because it is an extraordinary disturbance of the peace. Jt ls extraordinary from the fact that it tends to lessen not only the geperal secufity but the special security o! people desiring to exercise their right of expressing thelr wishes at tue polls; it ts of the utmost importance itn a com- munity that there shuuld not treedom of election, but. that there should be freedom from corruption, and that there should be special ireedom from violence. That isa propo- sition to which all good men ought to give ther as-ent, be they of whatever political parties they may; and we ought to jrown down any attempt at violence on the part of those who are assoctated With us in politica, those with whom we sympa- thize on genera) political questions. We ought, as | said, to frown down of violence on their part, if possible,. more severely than’ acts of violence on the part of those who are opposed to us, becauce our sense of justice comes in aswell as our sense of indignation es tly wrong, and it wilt be a happy day when all parties shall desire to see elections pass of freely, not only with reference to honesty and purity, but with absolute freedom as faras any questions of violence are concerned. These assertions are purely of a general character and have no reference to the surroundings of this case. Now, it was claimed bere by the learned counsel for the defence that disturbances nad taken place prior to this occurrence on the morning 0! election. It was claimed that these atsturbances were in the Interest of one political candidate; that there Was @ settled plan, by means of disturbance and violence, to bring: aboat Bs reg result, and that the prisoner a ie bar Was simply discharging a duty which ne | \ rt) fering sucn stan aiter this pistols were fired; at ihe second shot a | aeenaint cocdswan alte pet at ce by intending to offer such. resistance as might be proper and ‘appropriate in view of those occur. rences, It seems to me that these elements of this case ought to be withdrawn entirely from | your consideration, for two reasons. In the first place there ls mo evidence of any such exist- jng settled plan of creating disturbances for a par- ticular purpose. named Casey was beaten betore this occurrence, and that there was some other slight aistarbance, but no evidence that on either of these occa- sions weapons Mala used, or that there was anything extraordinary in the character of the violence, and certainly no evidence of any preconcerted design or plan to frustrate the pur- ose of the'electors by means of avy such -vio- ence. But there {s another reason. The prisoner does Hot put himsell on that as a delence, that having heara of deeds of violence he went about for the purpose of patting a stop to It and, Onding that such deeds were perpetrated, had im sell-de- Jence fired that shot, or that he for the purpose of /protecting his party fired tuis: sios; on the con- Wary, be says he did pot fire the shot at all, so it is very evident that the matters to which 1 have porn your eaten soar which » were rene. mentiy, passionately pressed uv. you, ought to inbtea from yout constacratton, henuee. on is reduced to simply Whether he fired the fatal shot at all, Dot Whether he waa justified, and there were’ considerations which rendered it proper.jor him to dre, ‘There is nothing oi that sort in this case, but simply whether he did fire the fataishot, He plants himself on the position that ne did not fire the shot and did not have a pistol, and that is the question before you, and that only, in the first instance. Now, there is an immense Mass of conflicting testimony, at least seemingly conflicting — an it ia tor you to say whether it is substantially conflicting on the main point or not; but there are some jacts about which there is no confict, and one of them 1s this:—It {s an undoubted fact that the Very origitiof the affair, the abvediute com- mencement ol it, all emanated from the himself; that is, he, in company with the two Hickeys aud Sheridan, met Borst and Vostello. He threatened Borst; substantially Se ey, i" ta tout ofthe district; told tim if he didn’t do so ie Woula get into the State Prison. Now that was the origin of the affair. It commenced at that Point, and I am bound to say to you that the pris- | josition as | Oner had no right to take any such vo Borst. e have no eviden Borst or Costello had tuat morning to justity ing on the part of the Tunetion in orde ‘whic he nad 00 Fight to do, Borst add Oos- 2 ieoy be Lbere, whether they lived trict or not, as long macives decently and violated no law. They ny if they bad friends in that district, and they do not live there, to solicit their votes in any proper manner; there is no law which-renders it Improper; @ violation of the peace or other- wise incorrect. for @ citizen to remove from bis oWn district, or gointo. another where ne tninks be may exercise proper Pata pay more ry orator. ey | come irom the West speak in the Cooper In: aidate. it eqieae what either any such species of hector- defen ante, ct the man, out of it 5 BY on peneil ob any can. ufined to winl and in ae katy col crease of in- fence, Now, its aleo-an uudoubtou Tact—that 18, there 18 no eyidence to the contrary—that Borst and Costello and the two O’Briens were unarmed, Its eqnally an undoubted tact that: the two Hickeys ‘and | Sheridan, who were in the im- Mediate conmpagy oO! the prisoney, were armed, only, be | the | We have evidence that a man | Breer | done any act of violence | somed a ! je district they behaved | NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1874.—Q UADRUPLE SHEET. There is no evidence that the prisoner was aware Of that fact; no evidence that he knew they were taking out their pistols. | Costello; whatever their | purpose @ bee! know not whether lawful of ublawful we know vot. As iar | a8 the evidence ts concerned, as far a4 it ought to | appear to the prisoner’ at the bar, they Ww doing nothing at that moment uniaw- ful, that ie the posture of events when O’Brien arrived. Borst says that, fearing @ disturvance, he beckoned to O'Brien and O'Brien came up, and from that point begi e confiict—a conflict as vo whether 0'B: struck first—a confict as to who fired the first shot, the second or third shot— | all alter that is involved in confict and in the em- | barrassment attending an exciting scene with great Lumber of witnesses, who were themselves | excited, The other fact about which there is uo | doubt ia that the two Hickeys and Sheridan were armed, and that at least one of thetr pistols pas | been made away with after this occurrence or during it; becanse it is an undoubted fact on the tesumony that there were three piscols, each Hickey and Sheridan having one, | and ii iS an ndoudtied fact shat two were taken away at the station house— one from George Hickey and one from Sheridaa— | go that the Pe which Henry Hickey bad was — removed; and if you believe the testimony, a wit- | ness who sald that Sheridan fred three shots, | then Di pest was also made away with, because the pistol bere diaco' a had but one chamber sop that is if the pistol taken away trom nim a must have been that one had two pistols, but in | any other instance but one of the three pistols ‘Was removed; so that if you believe three shots were fred by Sheridan then two pistols must have been made away with. Now it appears that in the station house an accusation of murder was made, and it appears that the witness Cratg came run- ning in and made an accusation that the prisoner had killed his cousin, McKenna—that | is, you believe the testimony of the Witness, Craig says that he never made yse of the word “cousin ;? and 1t would appear from the Vestimony of that witness that an accusation of Murder was made, Now all the rest, except the circumstances to which I have called your atten- fion is in confitct, and all the observation I have to make avout that ts this—you ave the final arbiters in reference to the credibility of the wit- esses, It does not follow that the preponder- ance of evidence depends upon the quan- tity of witnesses, jury may believe the testimony of one witness against the testimony of a dozen, provided the twelve wit- nesses had not testiNed to a story which is cre bie in itself, or which by the light of the surround- ing circumstances cannot be believed. You are to snag. of the witnesses by their appearance upon the stand, their manner of giving their tes- timony, their seeming frankness or otherwise, their seeming intelligence or otherwise, their seeming Hy aay or otherwise. It by no ‘means Jollows that. witnessea commit perjury because thirty having seen an occurrence | @ilfer in reference to some _ facts, Oo | the contrary, that suspicion would be more apt to be raised in reterence to the witnesses If they all } G19 agree about the details. Ifa host of witnesses | tae aa seen th opgurrenoe aheu come Jp spd tei} e Vourt and jury @ stor Ich does not deviate | aNateut ines aeeount, if would be, in my judg- Ment, 2 very suspicious circumstance, as tending to show that the men had been schooled together | and induced to ri their testimony tn a partic- ular manner, and had not been left to those na- | tural imperiections which attend us all, If we are leit to those imperiections to which I have referred, it invariably happens that there is always some doubt thrown upon. some facts by witnesses, and that there is always confict tn ref- eren-e to minor detalis of the case. It is natural | it should be so, The question for you, then, will be | #8 to the credibility of the witnesses, whether their stories in your judgment as sensible, iutelll- | ieee men, are plausible and reasonable, and credi- 1@ and in harmony with the undoubted facts of the case, it is as I have said, then, reduced to this—not the quantity’ neces- | sarily, but the quality of the evidence. Quantity is of importance where all other things are equal. It generally happens, alter all, that no matter what the quantity or quality of the evi- dence 18, when it 1s sifted by the jary, they, speuking from an enlightened reason and tie honest dictates of their hearts, arrive at a | conclusion as to what is most reasonavie, natural and plausible as to the one Brent main fact, which in each case is 10 be govat. And that one great, | Matn fact here is whether the prisoner at the bar fired the fatal shot or not. Incidentally to that, and in a measure likely to determine it, jg the question whether he had a@ pistol ornot, if you beileve he had it 1s one circumstance in the | Chain of evidence against him. If he had no pistol at all on that occasion he ts absolutely entitied to acquittal, because he could not fire the shot witn- out one. If he had @ pistol 1 does not absolutely | Jollow that he fired the shot; but if he had a pistol and concealed it that would be a circumstance to be weighed by you, and you have to ask yourselves the question, whether it would be likely if a person had a pistol, if be had not discharged | it, he would bave made away with It. Now, gentlemen, If you come to the conclusion that the prisoner at the bar had no pistol and did | not fre the fatal shot he is entitied to an acqatttat at your hands. If you come tu the conclusion that he did fire the fatal shot the question then arises as to the measure of bis guilt. I feel bound to say | to you thas under no circnmstance 16 this a case of murder in the frst degree. There is nothing | whatever in the evidence to justify the idea that the | tatal shot was fred with a deliberate and premedi- tated purpose, such @s the law requires and de- mands betore that verdict can be rendered... The question, then, arises, Was it murder In the sec- ond degree? ‘The law says that murder in the second degree is when perpetrated jrom a deliberaie and premeditated design to the death of the person killed or of any human being. Formerly the law only re- quired the prosecution to show a premeditated de- sign, andthe Vonrt held that {fa ofan intended or designed on the instant he fired it was premedi- tated, and mer were executed who had formed no previous deliberate purpose. That law was amended by inserting the word “deliberate,” with the view of putting ah end to.conVictions for mur- der. in the Grst omnes where the purpose was con- empormeocus with the fring, ar hgee. eed no elenients of previous haalice | that indicated deliberation, Murder in the second adegree—such killing, unless it be murder in the first degree, where perpetrated intentionally, but without premeditation or deliberation. question of intent. Was it fis intention to take the life of McKenna? You are the exclusive Judges of inten!. The Jaw no longer infers intent as a legai interference; it 13 always an interfer- ence of lact jor the jury. If the prisoner did fire the fatal shot, and did fire it at the head of the deceased, it is for you to say whether or not he in- tended tu take life. If you should come to the conclusion thatit was intended to take McKeana’s | lie it will be @ case of murder in the second de- gree. Ifthe shot was fired without intent it would be @ case of manslaughter in the turd degree, which. is defined by law as the killimg of another in the heat of passion by @ dangerous weapon, with the | design to take tife, thus Rouen !or a case | | where death ensued, but where there was no in- | tenttotake life at the time it happened. The case comes fo this, if the prisoner at the bar did | not fire the fatal shot which caused the death of | McKenna he igentitied to your verdict of not | | guilty; i ne did fre that shot, and with the intent | totake the lite of John McKenna, your verdict | butone chamber discharged; if not, then tt | 2°: ere had mabing | If you come to the conclusion that he fired the | total shot then you are to address yourself to the should be murder in the second degree; it ne fired | | the shot in the heat of passion, witnout intent to | take the life of John McKenna, your verdict should | be manslaughter in the third degree. These are all the observations I think it necessary or im- | portant to make to you, with the exception of one other, The prisoner {s entitled to the benefit, in all cases, o! a reasonable doubt i the minds of the Jury. I need not say to you that tt must be | @ reasonable douvt, a doubt that is born | of honest, earnest and serious thougnt In all | Cases, and on @ case like the present as much as | @py other, The doubt must not be capricious or | unreasonable or Nht; it must not be the resuit of | carelessness or iInteliectual indolence or thought- | lessness, but must be the resuit oi sober, earnest, | thoughtial senile of the evidence. If, aiter the , have giveh attention to the case, they as | | onest, enlightened and intelligent men, should te Unable to arrive at @ rational conclusion, satis- | factory | pound to give the to their minds and consciences, they are easonable- doubt, The case is now i hands, {t's alt pon risoner the benefit of that ur H nt that a tesult SHoutd be arrived | at, important’ to this prisoner that he should have speedily his liverty il he is Innocent; tmport- | ant to the people that he shoud not escape | Mf he is guilty, and important to na al. You have given the case patient attention, It has | been ‘tried fairly, with rigorous and strict impar- tality. It nas oeen tried Im au excellent and | proper spirit by the learned connset for the de- | dence, as it always ia by the prosecating officers. No efforts were mave to impede the administra- tion of justice or cause delay. From the time the | |_prisouer was indicted to now is a very short Space of time, Everything has been done with fairness and impartiality, and eiforts on your part to get at the truth, aseviienced by your Irequent ‘intelligent questions, Ileave the case im your hands, trusting that yoo will arrive ata result Salisiactory to yourselves, your consciences and , the pub.te, whom we serve. ‘The jury fires at twenty migutes past seven , clock P, M, te THR JURY COME INTO COURT, The jury came ito Court at ten minutes past nine P.M. The court room dlled almost in an instant, the deepest silence prevailing when Judge Barrett resumed his seat on the bench, tollowed by the Clerk, Mr. Spark. There was a moment of quiet excitement as the jury re-entered, the om- cets having considerable’ trouble in clearing tne paseage ways inside tne bar wyaded by the Phe jary then resumed their sears. | |. The Clerk—Gentlemen of the jury, answer to | your names, } Mr. Spark-Gentlemen of tne jury, have you agreed upon your verdict? ‘ne Foreman—Your Honor, we desire to have the teatimony of Richard &. Johnson read. Mr. bert Bonyngl, the Stenographer of the Court, by direction. of Ju: Barrett, then read Out the testimony Of the witness Johosou, Toe jury Sr ae ee WAITING FOR THE VERDICT. After the Judge’s charge, which terminated at ten minutes past seven, the jury retired to the room on the bad to floor of the Court House, while many of those who had crowded thi court left after ‘their long sitting. An imme- Siate. rush Was made by those who had been kept . hen lounged aroun ie benches, and dig:ussed tha vane on this aide by Colonel Stone, Pr cious to morality apd more injurious to all religion thi ohuaren to read without incurring deadly guilt. or charitable pur; Sanction to the book out wen’s Weaknesses and Shepherd. rather than ainong the Birls Who devote their time to charity tairs. atratagem, i of the boldest and advertise aud to sell | means of the aforesaid wro! of the said defendant six eredis and otherwise uty doings Of the defendant to bet damage $25,000, | knowledge, except as to the matters therein | Mose nAtters ghe believes it to ve true, | county, ana teat. The almost general opinion was that it would result in an acqnittal: but, a8 the jury con- tinued to remain out for some time, this opinion grew with many into a nervous feeling tnat it Might not be as favorable as was first expected. In the meantime @ Juli squad of po’ were brought up to the court room tn charge Of a sergeant and remained stationed about the doors and in the court room itself, as if they expected something tn the shape of a rescue. Whatever gave rise to Lbis.opinion it was impossi- bie to fathom, as the prisoner remained seated | in the chi he had occupiea all day for | fully three-quarters of an hour aster the {ory bad retired, He was surrounded by & num- er Of personal and political friends, among Whom were Coroner Woitman, Judson Jarvis, puty Sheri Keyes, Dr. MacWhinnte, the Coroner’s depusy; Aldermen Lysaght and Flanagan, County clerk Walsh and a number of others, He ap> peared to be personally much less nervous and agitated than the friends around him. He, in tact, took the matier with so much stoicism that no one would have picked bim out in the throng as the man tor whom such a momentous Issue was hanging by @ thread. He spoke quietly and logically, and submitted to the g@uze of the crowd witnout bi Of annoyance or trouble, After some retired ‘© another room, where he wa: publicly exposed. It was noticeable that the court room was in large part occupied by the friends of the prisoner, and among the spectators wi the Sheridan over whom still hangs ap leasant doubt as to his share tn the election day tragedy, The class of people present was in the main a good one, and all the conversation which took place was of @ quiet character, and aimost exclusively bearing upon the matter under trial, This man’s | evidence and that man’s were quoted aud com- mented upon, but with no show of violent ete and even the Juage’s charge came in for its share of praise and blame. During the recess Judge Barrett retired to his | private room and took a light Junch, The counsel on both eides also leit the court room: and auae pores pending the coming back of the anxiously looked jor jury.. It was evident, trom the appear: | ance of things, that the public was excited to an | upusual devth by ihis singular case. As time wore on the opinion became prevalent that the jury was diagreeing, and public expectu- tion was on tiptoe when this body of twelve men, “good and true,” returned and took their position in thelr chairs. This was at fifteen minutes past nine. Tben the counsel came in, smiling and sel(- complacent, and finally the Judge himself, louking entirely indifferent to the whole matter. The rigoner entered the court room last, All was jush and expectancy and the room in a moment became densely crowded, Then came the usual formula of the Court on these solemn occasions, | Clerk Sparks arose and said:— “wentiemen of the jury, you will please answer to your names," The jury did 30, one by one, Judge Barrett—“fHavye you agreed upon a ver- | dict?” The foreman of the jury arose and said:— “We desire to have the testimony of Mr. John- son read,’? ‘The testimony of Mr. Johnson, wno testified to having seen the scuMe on Second avenue from a. window, and who was one of the witnesses for the defence, was read. The main point of this testimony was that he had not seen a pistol in the hands of either Croker or O'Brien, ‘This. reading was listened to with breathless inte:est, and Was taken as being an index of what the jury thought, The jury itself paid the most undivided attention to this testimony. As this Was going on a shade of anxiety came over the immobile countenance of Coroner Oro- ker, and he sat back in his chair, seewing in- stinctively to avoid the gaze which be feit to be | neon him. The jury, after the reading, again retired to deliberate, and this gave rise to a new avalanche | Of opinions from all sides as to how they stood | and what they meant by asking for this testi- mony. At 4 quarter to eleven supper was sent for and | served to the jury. The impression thereupon aren an that tt would be a disagreement, At twenty minutes to twelve o'clock, the jury falling to come in with @ verdict, Judge Barrett came into Court and announced that the jury would be locked up for the night, and the Court agjourned until eleven o'clock this morning, “MARIA MONK’S DAUGHTER.” An action has been instituted in the Supreme Court of this city by Lizzie St. John Eckel, the au- thoress of “Maria Monk’s Daughter,” plaintis, | Qgainst the New York Sun Printing and Publish- | ing Axsociation, for an alleged false and ae‘ama- | last the store of George Palmer, at Long Ridge, | tory libel contained in a@ criticism of the above named work, which appeared in the Sun under the signature of “A Constant Reader,” headed “Maria Monk’s Daughter—A Word of Warning.” ; Damages are laid at $25,000. The following ts the | complaint sworn to by the plaintiff in the case :— New YORK SUPREME UoURT.—Lizzte St, Jonn Eckel, plaintif, vs. The New York Sun Printing and Publishing Association, defendant.—The com- plaint of the plaintia respect ally shows;— 1, That the defendant at tne time hereinafter mentioned was and still is a corporation, duly in- corporated under the laws oi the State of New York, doing business in the city of New York. JI, Tnat the platotid is the author of a book en- | titled ‘‘Maria Monk’s Daughter,” which, bore the committing of the grievances by the defend- ant hereinalter mentioned, was printed, copy- righted and published, iL That said book, being & history of her. life, among Other things contained a trie account of the erly sufferings of the plaintif?. her subsequent conversion to @ belief im the doctrines o1 the } Christian religion, the means whereby she ob- tained an abiding fajth in God, the reasoning which finally compelled her to adopt religion as | her guide, her subsequent ‘ife as induced by her reading of the Holy Scriptures and explanations Christian. religion, aud especially of he Cataoh | itll, or Sat . IY. That before the plaintit’s said book was published the plaintiff submittea the manuscript, or the advanced sheets thereof, to several re- ligious and id shech men, tor their opinion and criticism Ol and upon said book, and hus received Jrom them the strongest encominms in regard to said book, and assurances from them that the cir- | culation of said book was likely to aid and benetit the cause Ol religion and morality; and that to Promote such cause was among the chief objects of her writing it, V. That on or about the 7th day of November, 1874, the defendant, well knowing the premises, but contriving and maliciousiy injure the plainuf in her good name, fame and credit a8 author of said book, and to bring her, as such author, and her said | book into general contempt, disgrace and | infamy, and to cause it to’ be and believed that the Hania eee had intentionally and from unworthy an base motives, aud under | Benjamin | nated. THE SCANDAL. The Tilton-Reecher C ~The Order for Particulars AppeAled From. Notices of trial were fied by the counsel for the defence in the Tilton-Beecher case yesteraay upon the attorneys for the plaintiff. The note of issue was also filed, Messra. Morris and Pearsall, counsel for Mr. Tilton, served a notice of appeal from the decision of Judge McCue granting @ bill of particulars upon Mr. Shearman, Mr. Beecher's attorney, yesterday afternoon. The appeal is taken on the ground that the Court shall not umit the prosecution on the trial to the proof of any par- ticular time and place. They hold that althougn the discretion of the Court tp granting the order ts not appealable to the Court of Appeals, so much ofthe order as protibits the prosecauon from The argument will be beard before Judges Neilson and Mooue, in General Term, during the ensuing Wee! The referee tn the Proctor-Moniton case, Mr. Judge Woodruff, United blates Circuit Court, to- morrow (Monday). General Tracy sald yesterday, while comment- img Qpon a rumor to the effect that Tilton wouid receive @sum of money and that the case would end there, “You can rest assured that he will re- ceive ‘nary a red’ trom us, There will Le no com- promise by us, The idea that Mr. Beecber would consent to such 4 thing 1s too Outrageous to be believed. Mr. Beecher, personally, bas been ready for triai for the last two months, trouble ts with the counsel, As a matter of fact, the counsel on neither sid@ bave veen ready. They donot want to fo into it unprepared, as they would have been had the case gone on this Month, Justice could not.be done if they were crowded tuto fifteen days.” A Daughter’s Evidence. To THE EprtoR oF tHe HERALD :— Im your article of this morning you tmpute to Mr. Tilton the avowal of a purpose to call nis daughter asa witness in the trial of bis action against Mr. Beecher. Ifyou will read Mr, Tilton's timate any such intention. Indeed, his daughter is an incompetent and tnadmissibie witness to prove: the confessions of Mra, Tilton, In resisting he application fora vill Of particulars Mr. Tilton was fequired to stute the sources of his informa- tion, and thos he necessarily pointed to the daughter, I happen to know thut adder po clir- cumstances will Mr, Tilton silow nis daughter to A LAWYER, | appear on the tria' for any purpose. ew YORK, Deo, 12, 1874. A FAMILY OF ROBBERS. Details of Their Operations—The Mili- tary Called Out to Arrest Them—An Unsaccessful Search. " StaMrorD, Conn., Dec. 12, 1874. The community was thrown into great excite- ment this morning by the call of High Sheriff Leeds for twenty-five men of Company G@, Fourth regi- ment, U. N. G., Captain E, B, Lever, to go to what is known ag “Roxbury,” in the northwest section of Stamford, and distance from the railway station about three miles, to capture a band of rob- bers, In that place have resided for many years a family of seven persona named Mackey, whose depredations iu thieving and burglary have been the disgrace of Stamford and have put to the test the best efforts of the authorities to arrest and cause them to be punisbed. Ten years ago this family worked in woollen mill near the vil- lage, then in full operation, but getting tirea of hard work the father purchased a farm at the point named, and, under the guise of bonest hus- bandmen, he and his four sons liave pursued WAYS THAT ARE DARK, -headquarters for thieves and the receptacle for stolen goods. It seems that on Tharsday night I was broken into and a quantity of groceries stolen. | A light snow fell during the night and Mr. | Palmer tracked 8 wagon to the Mackey’s house and arrived just in time to see the father and his | sons unloading their plunder, He ov once sent word to the Sheri, who, with five Stamford men started for the hous, which they reached | aaring the afternoon, ‘As they approached | the thieves seemed to have | warning, took to the woods, and all | escaped = exrept the old man, whose | Dame is yonn Mackey, He was brought to the lockup in this place, and the party then searched | the house and remained all night. Tnia morning, a6 stated, to proceed to the capture of | offenders, Seventeen men responded, | at eleven o'clock. They scoured tho where, and in their movements called to min some Of the scenes enacted hereabout tn 1861; but | Ro trace of the Mackeys could be found. Jn their | opinion the thieves had eA tae during the night Jor more distant parts, and at balfpast three the party retarpved tv Stamford. The Mackeys are a notoriously desperate tamily, with crime alone for abistory. The numerous robberies committed in this yicinity lately may be attributed to them. THE WEEHAWKEN MODOCS DISPERSED. The Outrage on Old Anne’ Deering Avenged—A Desperado Sentenced to Twelve Years, Some weeks ago the report of a shocking out- rage perpetrated on Anne Deering, ) of sixty, by a gang of ruMlans, at Weehawken, ap- peared in the HERALD. This outrage, which was ouly one in the long catalogue of crimes perpe- | trated by this gang, aroused tne indignation of the community to such @ pitch that it was intending to getermined the rowdies should be extermi- | the gang were hunted | Three = of down and indicted by the Grand Jury. The ring- , leader in the attack upon the old woman wasa young desperado named Patrick Kirwan, He has just been convicted in the Court of Quarter Ses- the guise of religion, pubitshed a vile and {ndecent | sions. While confined fm the jail he attacked bis Look, which Was pernicious in its influences, es- | pecially upon the morality of the young, and cal- culated to inflict disgrace apun the Catholic Church, 4nd further caused it to be believed that b means of tricky management she had obtained suppors and favor irom said book {rom Catholics, published tn a certain daily newspaper known as the Sun, of which the defendant was then and now is the proprietor, a false, maiicious and de- famatory libel of and concerning the plaintif as the autor of the book aforesaid, and of and co n- cerning her book and the matter therein con- tained, in the following words:— “MARIA MONKS DAUGHTER—& WORD OF WARNING, To Tue Epiton oF tx Sus Str—You have done a good deed In exposing the true Nature ot the autoblography ot the pretended daughter of Maria Monk. The awt isclosures of that aban. doned woman, as well bad long iain buried out of sizht like carrion whose 8 ve No one cared or ‘ed to disturb. itis doubly un- jortmaate tzat this il name should again be dragged from keepers and fought with the jury of a wild beast. Judge Motman’s remarks in passing sentence were the most wholesome delivered in that Court since the conviction and sentence of the notorious Tommy Hadaen, the Water street missionary. In sentencing Kirwan the Court, alter enumerating the crimes attributed to tms gang, said:— “The crowning act of crime committed by them -was the ouirage on the delenceless old woman—an outrage which the Court aetea has any equal in the annuals of crime. ad have these jaw breakers become that they are evidently past redemption. The Court knows you to be a bad boy, and 1s satisNed that M any commission of your crimes. ‘The Court intends to put you where you will be of no further trouble to This community ior some time, and the sentence is twelve years at hard lavor in the State Prison.’? the lower darkuess to the light ot day, and that. th hand guilty oc tats outrageom moraftiy and decency | shyata claim to be the hand of Maria Monk’s own | ld. What is worse is, that this new book is calculated to | inflict a deeper disgrace on the Roman Catholic Church | and more tatat injury on the morality of. our young ecople than the plundering slanders exposed log azo At hynoceitically pretends to be “a | work of reparation."”” while it is iu reality more perni- ungisguised epee. ‘The soul of the writer is so thorouchly defiled and sat- urated with moral poison that we must charitably bo- lieve her (o be utrconscious of the evil effect of her reve- dacions on the pure minds of the young. Her book is one which no Christian father or mother can allow their hat is worse than. abis that it is sought to poplar. ize this production among Catholics by putting its au- thor prominently forward in fairs gotten up tor relicious ing ereny, wivang an indirect writer. She tells us that the ‘Stade ot her life has been ‘to find ‘o use them" It is precisel. ty fairs who have the least | the persons who © ‘ema, experience of such desigus as hers. Her place should be, | to the effect that in iutare the doors would be iY her story be true, among the Penitents of the Good fT nocent and guileless It may be. However, quite suficient to expose the | rider to warn the community against one everest artisces ever employed to | a bad book A CONSTANT READER. Vi. And the plaintif farther shows, that by | ul acts aud doings greatly prejudiced tn nd reputation #8 an author as aforesald, aroetip wronged and injured in Wrongiul and malicious by the aloresai Wherefore the plaintuf demands. judgment in the aum of $25,000, cogetner with the costs of this | action. TOWNSEND & WEED, Piaintia’s Attorneys, 254 Broadway, New York. City and County of New York, $8.:—Lizzie St. John Eckel, of amid city, being duly sworn, says that the ioregoing complatat is true of her own stated on information aad betief, and that as to L. ST, JOHN ECKEL. Sworn to before me this 11th day of December, 1874—THKODORR, AUB, Notary Pubiic, New York No return has yet been made to the summons snd complaint. A STRANGLED BABY, ; ence near the side THE COOPER UNION FREE COURSE, Lecture on the “Ancient Glaciers of the Country”=—By Professor Morse. The large hall of Cooper Union was filled last evening with a highly intelligent looking audience, who had come to hear the last of Professor Morse’s | course of lectures om the “Ancient Glaciers of the | Country.” The. platform was so crowded with | bett and Rovers Si ladies and gentlemen that finally not only the new | arrivals had to be turned in among the ranks, but | Beveral occupied chairs had to be removed 80 that afull view ofthe blackboard upon which the 1 turer Was to illustrate mignt be had by the au doors. As usaal, ter Cooper occupied prominent seat on the platiorm, | receiving a fattering reception on ane arrival. Projessor Morse was introduced oy Secretary of the Union, who made a fe closed promptly at eight o'clock, and not re- opened until the. lecture was over, this course und necessary, owin: ats at the beginning of former meetings. fessor Morse, of coarse, discussed the subject of glaciers fully, tracing theif progress in tore mation of the countries, and explainin the theories io regard to them that had ever nm ad- qances by acientists., The lecture lasted the usual jour. a ae a oreo THE JERSEY WATER SUPPLY, The North Hudson County Water Commissioners, charged with the initiation of a scheme by which the upper townships of that county, held a meet- ing last evening, wneb the secretary's report was Presented and read, This document sets forth That Teal estate owners, representing dearly 000,000 Worth of property, have entered protests ay inet the fouuguration Nur the enterprise. The ontrageous jeature of the scheme is that all the property owners who did not protest positively against it are'set down as having voted for it, and | Bence the report makes it appear owners Of $17,000,000 worth of real estate favorea the project. ‘he Commisstoners, accordingly, have requested attorney. General Giichrist to pre are @ bili for pistes yy the Legisiaturé pro’ ing for the construction of the water works, The y of & newly born female infant w: teenth atseete The. cinid had evidenty tees + ¢ e n Hepes ad ev, en re a by MEAs Of @ cord tied akpaut ite neck, me is Obe Of the Many emanations of Hoboken fot nu, and the Attormey General 1s not likely compromise himself by Savit Oy thing to do with @ project which will ulum: entail a debt Of $5,000,000 upon the Srervurdened taxpavera, proving any otner acts than those specified may | be argued upon exceptions taken by the platntity, | D. Sitliman, will make his report to | ‘The only | amidavit critically you wiii observe he does uot in- | and their house bas at all times since been the | | the nel having petescteny Reventon: (Shane on the village m| organization, Ueotitecs ceed for copies $ the | stand ghey had taken, and, | gion was a great variety of foreign and American | thorongniy, atmed and equipped, | they lett fl 00! very- in old woman | leniency was shown to you you would renew the | to the disturbance | it 18 proposed .to saddle a $4,000,000 burden upon | bY 7 THE 'LONGSHOREMEN, Die ea Condition of Affairson the River Fronts Yesterda Matters along the river fronis yesterday, so far asthe songshoremen were concerned, seemed an- changed. The owners and nts of the sailing vessels are paying the old rates In most instances, but the steamship men, with one or two minor ex- ceptions, bave adhered to their schedule of re- duced prices with great uuanimmy, On the other band the anion men seem careless about the | peculisr condition tn which they have been placed, | yet take evident pleasure in assuring all inquirers that they will never again work fr the steamsuip men un! they agree to their \ terms, On South street the impression of many | of these locked out laborers was that they could continue idie for weeks to come witnont being } compelled to seek their old employers, and would | do so happen what may, They scouted the ides | that the firms and corporations against which j they are Aghting have the least power to work destruction to the anion, as their organization is | Just as strong asever with no signs of weakness. | Notwithstanding the bold attitude which is assumed by them, however, some of their older | members have cut adritt trom the relations which | put them im a@ false position, but this number is | Dut small compared with the thousands that are | steadfust and.iuil of zeal, On pier No. 20—Meszrs. C. H. Mallory & Co.—the pon-society men were Working Well in finishing | the loaned the steamers City 0! Waco, tor Key | West ana Galveston, and the City of Dallas for Moorehead City, The gentlemen in charge of toe | dock compliment the ew ands on their ability and are confident that the wages will ve lower ratner than higher in a lew weeas. The Oceanic, of the White star line, left her dock on the morning tide, ag did the Vile de Paris, of the French line; also the City of Brooklyn, of the Inman line, and the Spain, of the National line, whiie the Elysia, of the Auchor iine, and (he Henry | Chauncey, of the Pacific Matl, left later in the day | With sacisiactory cargoes and fairlists Of passen- ers. f The disagreement which has grown out of the strike between the ‘longshoremea and their former emp.oyers is to be sincerely regretted. While at present there does n0t seem apy chance | of eltner party relenung, yet itis to be hoped that | some arrangement may svon be made pointing to @ peaceful solution of the whole matter. Mean- | while 1t is not inappropriate to aise the strikers | that they must not shut the door to common sense | if they wish to hold those pleasant relations with the community which suci a body of laborers de- serve and are entitled to, The delegates of the several branches of the 'Lopgshoremen’s Protective Association met in } council last evening at Nos. 76 and 78 Varick | Street. There was a large attendance, but the | business of the session Was not ascertained, as | the proceedings were conducted with closed doors. THE SAILORS’ STRIKE. The Shipping in Philadciphia Abane doned—What the Scamen Demand— Grand Parade Upon the Street with Music and Banners. PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 11, 1874. The principal streets of Philadelphia to-day have Presented a strange and unusually excited appear- “ance. From an early hour this morning untt quite late in the afternoon, 1,000 sailors, carry- | ing flags and transparencies, and headed. by a | band of music have been king up and down the main thoroughfares, presenting a sight which the city has never before witnessed. The proces- sion represented seafaring men of almost every nationality, and was made up of the sailors of every ship now in port. At an excited meeting | beld last evening, in which hundreds of sailors | took part, A SERIES OF RESOLUTIONS was adopted declaring that the rates of wages should be as follows:— Tothe United Kingdom and the Continent of | Europe, 5 per month; Spanish Main and West Indies, $20; coasts of Airica and North America, $20; British provinces and coastwise, $20; Ground the Capes, $18; foreign vessels, by the run to Europe, $30. Tne resolutions also call | upon Congress to repeal the “Shipping Commis- sioners’ act,” oppose seamen’s societies, and call | Upon the courts 40 redress the alle; ed wrongs. | A committee was appointed to walt upon the | owners of vessels to arrange terms of agreement, | and the meeting decided to have a processjon received’, through the streets to-day. At an early hour this morning the wharves along | the Delaware and Scbuylklli were crowded with | Beataring men ofall nationalities, many of whom | were entirely ignorant of the language, but who nevertheless understood the significance of the Through the long proces: | fags, Including the starry Union Jack. There were several transparencies aiso, bearing inscrip- | tions suck as the following :— EEN ONION OOM ANION EOE DE LOLI LE DOLE NE GONE DOO ‘Remember we defend our couutry in time of war,’? FY AO NANEIODE TODO DODE DEED DPELOPSO DODD POLO LEOD HD DOD) _ ARAN ARON OE HERE ENE ONE: capeaadanatateres “Lhe friendiess teen eg for only what 1s ¢ r eNO N AONE NRE EEOE DON DOOEIONE DE ND NEOELE DO DEI TED There are 136 vessels of diferent classes in the | harbor und the sailors deserted them all, and | hence they are Jor the present virtually “wrecked | in port.” Their cargoes are rocking on vhe tide, | and the commerce of the port, which amounts to , hundreds of thousands of dollars, aaddenly and unexpectedly heid in check. AMONG ‘THE SAILORS, The sailors, contrary, to What wight have been expected, were not riotous or disorderly, but { quiet, sober aud determined, They consider the | reduction of their wages to the extent of twenty- per cent as highly unjust, and claim that the es previously given were barely suficient to enable them to support their wives and | tamihes. At the forming of the procession this morning there were no drunken or threaten- ing demonstrations, and the parade, while ap- pearing, (rom its radé, motley dress, exceedingly peculiat and grotesque, was very orderly and dig- nited. There is no telling how long the strike Will last nor What its final issue will be, but the excitement along the wharves is very great in- deed. THE SHIPPING MASTERS. The action of the men took the shipping masters entirely by surprise, and at the hour of this writ- ing they have not had suMcient time to decide | What they willdo. All they state is that the ship- ping. business irom the port of Philadelphia has | been so dull of late that they cannot afford to pay | the eee as much as they have given them in the pas! ot i ll THE CARPET MAKERS, A meeting of the operatives lately employed ta the carpet factory of E. S. Higgins & Co., of West Forty-third street, who, to the number of some | 1,500 men, boys and girls have been on a strike, re- | sisting a reduction of wages since the Ist instant, was held last evening at the National As- sembly Rooms, West forty-fourth street. Mr. Murphy, the factory superintendent, presided, and Made a speech detailing the grievances com- plained of, He sald, “Mr. Higgins bas treated you a@ though you had never nelped him. Hence we have now to devise some piesa by which we {cau obtain redress.” A committee to wait | om the company was then ap) ted, con- sisting of lessrs, Charles Otfenshee, | William John Wilson, Joho Bearing, Wiliam Cor- the, with @ committee of la- | dies, con: ng of Misses Alice Buckley, Jane Ap- ergeie, Mary Jane Fe! nand Bridget Flynn. ‘nis commitiee was ordered to walt on the com- | pany at the office or store on Monday morning, | aud to report.on that evening to a general meet- | Ing of the hands, THE SINKING FUND SECURITIES, tion To Be Made by the | Commissioners of Accounts. | Mayor Vance yesterday issued the following letter:— To th Anceepesen ee ‘0 the Commrsstonans oF Ac — | Gusriammr—At a meeting of the Commissioners of the Sinking Fund a lution was adopted by | which the Mayor im were, ap: pointed “a committee to examina and report | on the Sinking Fund. | sec ry 4 does not meet with my are | of the Sinking Fund sre nustoduane of, die, | Securites artdas oth the Mayor. a hamveriain aro | Boni lg ane i erates aaa 1 eterm! 4 \ ky ye upon an a by some rks: jority. By the charter the @ety te. ‘ I have, terefore, iat, With Wii icing at ossible, you p t al and thor- ough examinat be secur sinking fund, and repo at this oftieg and. publlad, tee f BAMUEI ARCI ‘Mayor. od. the | MUNICIPAL HONORS TO BING. oa. * Tada! ; The Common Council have not yet devised any programme for the entertainment of King Kala- kaus. The Committee of the Board of Aldermen In charge-of the affair are Aldermen McCafferty, Giion, Koch, Ottendorfer and Feiconer. His to arrive here before the Ma: r we'not expected eh eee ct car corr Metta Se oateaeetserenasts wil be invited. to take 4 i ie ext a mi of the Common am atestaL ge wit be weld fo make dennite Grtancqmene