The New York Herald Newspaper, February 18, 1875, Page 5

THE ICE KING. | More Facts About Frozen Hydrants and Water Pipes, ; A REMEDY SUGGESTED. Improvement of Navigation in the Rivers. SUFFERINGS AT SEA. Long Island Sound Opening Up—Staten Island Ferry Detentions THE THREATENED DANGER. During the past few days the HERALD has called the attention of the authorities to the existence of @ source of danger to the community through the possible breaking out of fire, which it be- hooved them 1.0 do their utmost to obviate and Avoid py every possible means in their power. Our forefathers and progenitors in the early days, when New York was but a village compared witn its present dimensions, suffered severely in com- lort as well agin pocket from thetr inattention to bois fruitiul source of danger. it 18 simply the performance of duty to again and again impress upon the people of New York that, as day succeeds day, while the present temperature lasts, the danger is daily in- creasing. The reports that are constantly coming to hand show that out of every ten hydrants throughout the city eight would be found unser- niceable ior immediate use IN CASE OF FIRB, »xoept after the expenditure of from five to thirty minutes of valuable time in thawing them out, during which the fire would be gaining a terrible headway. Some remedy must be discovered and applied by which the street hydrants can be pro- tected irom tne frost. The cost should be a sec- podary consideration, for upon their eMciency is tependent not only the lives of the whole com- muntty but the billions of dojjars’ worth of prop- ¢rty stored in our midst. It ts also further demon- strated that if the present weather continues | much longer, and there is every reason to believe | it wiil, the hydrants will be totally and utterly uo- serviceable under any conditions whatever. kvery day the Jrost 1s penetrating the ground to & greater depth, and even should @ thaw set init must necessarily be some days, or even weeks, betore any practical retief would be experienced, HOW TO AVOID THE DIFFICULTY. In order to aetermine upon some means by which, in jatur2 years, the danger now threaten- log irom tromen hydrants may be avoided, the writer yesterday visited @ number of practical tngineers and scientists witha view to gather thelr views ana opinions upon the subject. The result was that they one and all appeared to agree in the fact that a way exists m which the diMiculty can be surmounted and practically over- some. hydrants, or, in otber words, a pipe witnin a pipe, she interstice or space between being filled up with sawdust or some other non-conauctor. Tais double pipe, itis contended, should not only be | tarried from the main to the level of the valve, | but even up to the topof the barrel of the hy. Grant, This, itis thought, would notalone pre- rent any top freezing, but constitute an effectual | varrier against the frost below the surface, let it | ro down ever s0 deep. It 1s also suggested tiat INDIA RUBBER VALVES should be used instead of leather. The advantage in this respect, it 18 claimed, is that the india rub- ber would preclude any posaibiltey of water per- colating through irom the bottom tu the top of the valve. These suggestions are worthy of the considera- tions of the officials under whose charge the hy- drapts are. They cannot be acted upon, however, at the present time, jor belore the remedy coul be app lied the Cause may have disappeared. ‘Tey may, however, be put in before the cold season of the DexXt winter sets in. ‘the officials may, by the exercise of ajudicious and much needed vigilance, considerably mitigate the existing dificalties, So jar no inspection appears to have been made or efiortsr to kegp the byar 4 The Chief Engineer of the Department of Puviic Works says tuat he has men in bis employ wnoso sole duty it 18 to go round and inspect tho nyoranis, it 16 @® strange circumstance that in | she course of @ \horougo examination of every nydrant 10 tne ctiy by the reporters o1 tue HERALD oi One of these inspectors was met witn, | although innumerable irozen hydrants were dis- povered, | THE WATER SUPPLY IN DWELLINGS. ‘The annoyances and inconventences experiencea by the resivents io private houses, hotels and | jenements Irom the dedciency occasioned in the | water supply by tne present severe weather 1s | atili on the Increase. congratulated | elver that they bad not been visited by the rigid embrace of tne icy king were yesterday bewailing lis coming. To-day ths Humber of victims will be increased by the huu- drediold. On every side itis a common thing to Bee large holes dug and being dug | in the streets in order to reach the supply pipe conducting irom the mains -to the | houses 1D order to build tires bv which the ice may be than 'd out and the usual supply of water secured. li tue present state oi affairs continues | there ig ttle doubt but that four-fiitus of the pop- Dilation of tnis great city will to-morrow be witn- out water eutirely, Yesterday in every district the greatest diMiculty was experienced by:the in- habitants in securing & suficient supply lor their Immediate needs. In many instances whole blocks of houses were found witnout a single drop. HOW RELIEF Was SOUGHT, The methuds by which it was sought to relieve | the difficulty were a8 various as they were ineffec- | tual. Inside tae houses, in the cellars and pase. meuts, how rags, Water and glowing coals were applied to the main supply pipe mthe hope of thawing out the ice; while on the outside, in the street, holes were dug and fires lignted in order to secure the desired result. Tuese «perations were carried on under the direction of private enterprise; but, in addition to this, a large statf ol men were put to work by the Department of Public Works in the cross town streeis up town opening holes along the line of the mains, in which huge fires of wood were kept up in order to raise the temperature ol the water within the pipes. it is an “til Wind that blows novody any guod,”? acd so it is in this case; for, although householders aud tenants are _ sufferers | to no smail degree, picky hundreds = of | laborers have secured a day’s work out of | the very Cistress of others. ‘These holes above re- lerred to give @ most pecaliar aspect to the city. Vhe appearance o1 the street somewhat resembirs scountry Where prospectors after gold or dia nonds had dug down their claims and tnen aban- loned them. NECESSITY OF IMPROVED PLANS, The almost universal suffering in regard to a short supply of water clearly demonstrates the hecessity of the adoption of some such untior! and reasonable law as was suggested in Tuesda: HERALD, by Which the possivility oi a recurrence of the present evil may be reduce Miutinum | before the approach of the next winter, for a | stopp.ge in tne water supply means, to the | crowded dwellers in New York, sickness and featrn, Where, too, tite sub-celiars and ba ments become flooded from ovurated pipes, sue most eminent doctors say, the re- sult must be equaliy disastrous, for dampness thereby engendered must produce chiils, rheumatism, diphtheria, and even typaoid, spotted and intermitient levers, ‘These con- siderations should operate upon housekeepers to take every possible precaution to prevent nexc year & recurrence of the present unnoyances | which it 13 at present too late to obviate. Much | troubie anu aciual lo: however, may stil be | avoided if householders and others will even yet make @ daily examination of the water pipes un- der their immediate control; for, although many dave not yet suffered irom the freezing process, still Lhey may be attacked.at any moment, KITCHEN BOILERS. The dangers irom the explosion of the water boxes used in the heuwting of boilers Is alsu aay on the increase, and tenants are ugain cautioned to thorouguly examine these dangerous points in | their bousebolas each morning be ore tie fire ts hghted, They will thus avoid « possibility of dane | fer aud expense, | | | the | | | GAS PIPES. ° Another source of trouvle arising from the severe cold 1s the freezing up of the gas pipes, | preven‘ing any light beimg obtained, Water, as | Wh, viten, by some means Known to ,| kas companies alone, 18 found in the main pipes leading irom the trunk fipes to the houses, | the irost having now reachea as low | down as these pipes, the Water has become frozen | solid, stupping the gas. The greatest inconven- len Is Lius Caused, und people have tonow resort to candles anu lamps who lor years have never known what itis to sit by any other light than 4s. In the case of a police station house up town, oe lay Dicht, every ight was frozen out avout | ball an hour aiter it ‘was lightea and candies Ul@mined this preuminary hall of justice, Where people ase water meters the trouble has been wide- This is by laying & system of doubie | t Thousands who on Monday | y, The | Of Sandy Houk. | mules. read, sad bas proved, Siumperee @ periect Darvest to the gas men. ON THE RIVERS, Yesterday morning ushered tn qnite an improve. ment in river Davigation. The Hudson was frozen fast above Pougnkeepsie and no chat.ce has veen given for the floes to n their. grip upon eitner as im the case of the | dreds of ice-bound vessels liberated. shore, and the descent of the ice upon the city has | ceased, Sooner or Jater, however, another blockade must ensue in both the North and East rivers. A de- cided thaw, a warm raiu or a heavy fog would ae- tacn the enormous masses that have accumulated 1m the upper Hudson and they would inevitably be burled ageinst our uniortunate city, causing, in ali probabliity, an impenetrable burricade irom sbore to ehore. idom has Jack Frost 60 revelied in his relentiess work a8 (lurpg the present winter. Damage to shipping has been great, and, Mt the various losses cuused by ive celays be added, the total will doubtless exceed vy Jar the casualties of any preceding year since 1852. In the North River during the whole oi yesterday there was no apparent diminution in the quantity of ice, though its texture and thickness were re changed. Instead of the compact, hard joes of the last week, wh:ch frequently reacued a 100% In thickness, tue general character 01 the ice was broken and spongy. The terryboa's plied hout much dimculty, and were not to any important extent, All the lines were running except the boats irom Twenty-third street, which will continue laid up until the river is entirely clear, The appearance of the river was very beautiful yesterday morning. Until one P. M. a ligdt south wind was blowing, and the ice extended in an apparently unoroken mass entirely across to the Jersey side. ‘The sun shone brightly. and glistened with kaleidoscopic effect upon the Piled Up hummocks. Occasional foes DRIFTED SLOWLY DOWN the stream; but these, though !requently of great @rea, did not impede the progress of the lerry- boats, which cut through without sensible dim- inution of speed. About two P. M. the wind hauled to the westward, when the entire yee with the exception of some vagrant cakes, heape: itseliupon the New York side, diling the silps. In some instances miniature mountains 01 several NEW YORK HHKALD, THURSDAY, FEBRUAKY 18, 1875.—TRIPLE SHEET. All day long the weather bas soitened ana this evening it be- tokens rain or snow. The effects of the cold snap still linger, and tt will take several days of mild Weather to remove tt. Tne rare spectacic of skaters on the Charles Kiver, between the two bridges connecting the city with the Bunker Hill district, has been witnessed this aiternoon aud | evening. Dorchester Bay is one sheet of ice, and skates, sleighs and ice boats are ireely brought into re- quisition for pleasuve excursions. From the Point to i¢ Island the ice has formed a solid caus way over which men, women aud boys were yes- terday passing to and irom Port Independence. A narrow channel between Castlo and Spectacle islands has been kept open by a tug boat which Went to the assistance of wreckers, engaged in raising @ sunken schooner, ARRIVAL OF FISHING SCIOONERS, Seventeen fishing schooners arrived in Boston from the bay last night aud this morning, and several of them brcught good tares. Some of them | had no fish. Some of them lay off Highland | Light, and others had been frozen in at or near Provincetown. of them this morning. Eight out of tenof the crew of the schooner Arrow came up to Hoston, leaving two on board, with suMcient uel and Provisions for the present, ‘heir object in com- ing up was to provide sledges to convey sup- plies over the toe irom relicving vessels to the imprisoned craft. Captain Herbert, of the schooner Golden City, | had bis face badiy frozen while steering his cratt | for a sale shelter. ‘The schooner Starry Klag landed leet in heignt were tormed; but the spongy crysral | beneath was not stroug enough to vear the Weight of the ty structures, which slowly top- led Over as soon as iormed. Tals heaping up of roken fragments has been one of the most seri- ous annoyances that the ferrypoats have encoun- tered. rhe pieces become eutangied in the paddie- wheels and occasionally stop the engines, while iy § ve lu tn | in one case a large ole was sto e hull, | suffering from tack of tuel or food. several leet above the water line, IN THE BAY Much obstruction to navigation i6 stil! Offered, while almost incredible accounts are brought by incoming vessels concerning the conaition of the ice at sea. ‘The three-masted schooner George E, Young, ying at Hopoke eriul ap: ot ice. ‘the schooner, under command of Captain Marshall, had just arrived trom Satilla River, Geor- | an eight-day passage. Off Barnegat ice encountered, extending to the Nairows Ond reaching ten or tweive miles out to sea, On Sunday night a heavy northwest gale was expe- rienced, aud the weather became intensely cold. A@the spray dusbed over the bows it was in- Btantly converted into sulid ice. and 10 six hours, in spite of the exertions used to clear the vessel, gia, alter was br the ice had brouzht ner down by the head iully ; two lect. The weigbt must nave been immense to accomplish tnis, a3 the schooner Is of 400 tons bur- den and was loaded with atuil cargo. The ther- mometer ranged from ten to FIFTEEN DEGREES BELOW ZERO, and tm of the crew, who have since been sent to hospital, were severeiy irosibitten, One of them will probably lose one hand. Lines thrown overs bvard were drawn up in an instant solidly coated withice. Tne appearance of the schooner, as she lay at the whari, wos very striking. Forward she might have passed for a very respectable ice- borg. Her bowsprit aud bobstays were huge foicles, while masses ol ice several feet long and of pruportionate thickness covered her entire } stem and forward gear. The City of Chester, of the Inman line, arrived at eleven o’clock yesterday morning cvated with Folia ice over lier sides aud bow, and the ioremast as lar up as the lower yard was a colum2 ot crysial armor, The steamer Alexandria, of the Anchor line, ar- rived in the river yesterday morning a‘ter an unparalleled voyage. ‘the weather w. and tne crew suffered extremely. Several frostbitten in their extremes, while others naa ars and noses severely injured. The vessel Was @ solid sneet of ice tore dnd ait. The report oj the chic! oMcer shows an uuprecedented condi- tion of affairs to the northward. From Canso to @ buodred miles south of Halifax solid floes were encountered extending nearly fi.ty wiles to sea, in the lower bay much inconvenience still pre- Valls, and pavigatiou 18 both difficnit and aan- gerous, ‘foe East River was quite full of ice during the whole of yesierday, but it was so broken and solt that navigation wus not impeded. ‘The ferries Tan wito regularity, and the Harlem and Morris+ ania boats made their trips without ditticulty, In the HERALD article of a iew days ago, de- scribing the NEGLIGENCE OF BMPLOYES on the Roosevelt street line of ferryboats, it was not intended to reflect upon the Superintendent, Who hus been most energetic in keeping the voaté moving as regularly a8 the condition of the ice woud permit. The fact 1s, the pilots are not as anxious to perform regular trips in the early bours of the moruing as they would be if the watchful eye ofthe Superintendent were upon them. The account given of the absence 0} all the Of @ errybvat irom their several posts, a" tat @ game of cards was in progress, are simply records oi facts. 1, Mr. Chappell had been Present Oo! course this would not have happened, @nd nearly 100 passengers would no$ have been delayed. ON THE SOUND the blockade continues with unabated solidity, Nearly ail the steamers are passing by way ot Sanuy Hook. Tue Stoninuton, however, lels at tour P. M. yesterday by way of tue sound, lvis aoubtiul whether sie will be able to iorce a pas Saye. ‘The lour steamers whicn have been frozen 10 near City Isiand ior several days past managed to reach the city about one o’ciock yesterday alternuon. Their Dames are the City oi Hartiord, Bridgeport, City o! Fitcnourg aud Franconia. About nine P, M, on Tuesday the Fitchourg, by a mignty effort, broke the icy bonds toat held her and the other steamers managed to follow im her Wake. Wolle imptisoned in their icy fetters the sels were visited by numbers ol people, Who liked with safety between tiem aud che snore. City oi Fiicnburg satied last ¢vening by way were and the boats discharge gate at Mott Haven. Tne severity of the winter on the Sound is exem- Piitied by the act that yesterday morning a parry with a horse and carriage crossed on the Ice from Greenport to Sag Harbor, a distance of twelve A PROPELLER LOST WITH HER CREW. New Lonpon. Conn., Feb. 17, 1876, Last night the propeller E, A. Woodward, which had been driftiog about in the ice in the Sound for | several days, went to the bottom a few miles from | New London. The whole of the crew provably Perished, as nothing has been heurd of them, New London Harbor is stil filled witn ce, although but littie difficulty has thus far been ex- Perlenced in getting in and out, NAVIGATION TROUBLES. THE SOUND STEAMBOATS BREAKING THROUGH THE ICE--ARRIVAL OF THE NEWPORT AND THE OLD COLONY IN NEW YORK—ANOTHER COLD SPELL EXPECTED, Newport, R. 1, Feb. 17, 1678, Adespatch was received trom New York this evening, by J. H. Jordan, agent of the Old Colony Steamboat Company, which states that the Ston- ington boat would attempt to reach New York to» night by way of Long Isiand Sound. Should the experiment prove saccessiul, the Newport, Mr Jordan states, will take her place upon the route and arrive here to-morrow night, and the line ran upon its schedule time table, ‘This is nardiy probable from present indication. The Oid Colony left New York at two o'clock this afternoon for this port, via Sandy Hook. * The Newport reached her dock at New York at hall-past ten A. M. to-day, The steamer Albatross, which had been char- tered to load ireight jor the company trom here for New York, 1s prevented irom doing so by being frozen in at Bristol. It will all be forwarded, however, without further delay. The steamer Lhetis, Irom New York, arrived at Providence wis morniug vie Saudy Hor The sug Cora L. Staples barges in tow, Stuck in the ice in ‘The weather 1s ext with three loaded coal sed up yesterday, are ‘ovidence River, Mely cold tusnight and the thermometer 18 rapiiy lowering. nopes were ebtertatned during the wiud would be productive of a change, but to- migne it has shilted tw the portnwest wud 18 blow. tug pale, . 0: purpose 1 buying up ail tne coal which our dew ers vad Lo Spare, there betmg # scarcity in that city oD Account of the ice embargo, Being on the line oj ratiroad it cun be easily iorwaraea, THE OLD COLONY IN NEW YORK. ‘The steamer Uld Colony, of the Stonington Line, leit New York this aiternoun at two o'ciuck, ior ‘ne purpose of going through, but only suce | ¢ led In getting as jar as Sand’s Point Light- e, hous heu she had to return in consequence ot the great amount 0: Ice, to her docs at 81X o'clock. THE COLD SNAP IN BOSTON BAY. ACCEPTABLE CHANGE IN THE WRATHER—nrx- PECTATIONS OF THE LIBERATION OF IcK- BOUND VESSELS—ARRIVAL OF FISHING SCHOONERS—LOSS OF TWO SCHOONERS ON THE GRAND BANKS. Boston, Feb. 17, 1875, The change in the weather has come at last, and there aro hopetul anticipations that the ice deids on tao bay will be dissolved and tho hun. DP, presented yesterday & won- | arance; wonderful even in these days | terrible, | New Haven Harbor ts still rozen | stou parties have been in town to-day for the | | the various sailing regattas next summer. | let us have a decent funer @ cargo of cod and haddock, mostly the latter, which 18 valued at $3,000, Skippers and men de- serived the cold in the bay during the past week as intense, and the situation of the ice-locke’l fish- ermen is very trying, but they say the men can go ashore on the ice; that they can reach supplies by sled and aory, and that there has been no sovere CTILIZING THE FROST. Advantage is being taken ol the present frozen ; Condition of Dorchester Bay tolay out courses for The distances have been accurately measured on the ice, through which hol re out and stakes Prive gert buoys placea, Tois will insure more re- habie dat the sailing qualities o1 their cra Many o1 the 8 regular buoys in the bay have been seriously damage by ine ice. ice was continually making, there being as yet no prus- ect of an immediate thaw. Lhe wind, however, ad veered round to the suuthwest, wich ts looked upon a8 & precursor of warmel weatner. The steam tug Mayor, Captain Kobinson, oas arrivea down irom Boston, with @ supply ot provisions tor the fishermen, and at last accvunts was try- ing to lor-e her Way to the vess but probably will be unable to regen any of them, in which case the supplies will be landed on the ice and haued to the different crait on sieds catried down tor that purpose. AT WOOD-EN! D. ‘The cutter Gallatin is trying to pull off the ves- sels ashore at Wood-eud, and will force the ice moré firmly into Province- town Harbor than before, * Wi8H NG SCHCONELS Los, A despatoh som Wioucester tuls aiternoon states that all hope for the salety of the fishing schooners Josep Chander and David Burnbam 2d, of that port, which have been absent upon fresh haliout trips to tne Grand Banks since the 1st of Decem- ver, have been abandoned, they being given up as lost, witn the crews, The Cnandier was owned by Leonara Walen, vaiued at $6,000, in- sured ior $5,250 on vessel and $800 on ocut- fit by the Gloucester Mutual Fishing Imsurance Company, and had a cre 1 twoive me! 8 follows:—Frank McRae, er; Joel M Ls Charles Guunison, Duncan McIntire, Hugh Ken- nedy, James McDonald, F. A. Beatton, Henry Masier, Daniel McDonald, Alexander Campbell, Ovaries Anderson aod Alien McMullen. The Dam 2d was owned by Brainard Law & and Was valued at $5,600, avd insu: on vessel, and $600 on the outfit by 1! Pany. She bad @ crew oj twelve men, Alfred Doggett. masier Wilson, L. 4. Harrison, Wilbur, Jam Me COiL~ follow: 3 L, Reeves, Cnarles Patrick Powors, Poter H. Busbey, Frederick Lindsey, A. Michael Curtis, George W. Stuart, William Coolin | R. and Archie McDonald. > . NEW JERSEY LEGISLATURE. NEW JUDICIARY DISTRICTS—EXCITING PARTISAN DEBATES—THE JERSEY CITY DISTRICT COURT BILL, - In the New Jersey Senate yesterdey Mr, Hill in- troduced @ bill which provides that the Supreme Court o! the State shall consist of one Chief Jus- tice and nine Asaoctate Justices, and that there shall be created two additional judicial districts to be known asthe Eighth and Ninth; that the First, Second, Third and Fifth districts shall re- main as at present composed; thas the fourth | Gistrict shall be composed oi the counties of Mid- dlesex and Monmouth; the Sixth, of Bergen and Passaic; the Seventh, of Essex; the Eighth, of Hudson, and the Ninth, of Union and Ocean coun- ties, The regular term under tnis proposed new law shall commence immediately aiter the 1st of | April next, AN ANIMATED DISCUSSION. On motion of Mr. Cornish the House resoldtion to hold a joint meeting at noontime (yesterday) Was taken up, Mr. Jarrard moved that it be referred to the Committee on Judiciary. Mr. Abbett opposed the motion and said he hoped they (the democrats) would be permitted to be decently buried, if buried atall. He would prefer to have his throat cut rather than be poisoned to death. If we are to be buried at least Mr. Stone said he did not think # joint meeting at this time waa very important. Our excellent Governor had repeatedly advised us of the fact that there was too much partisanship. The object of this joint meeting 18 merely partisan, It is to | turn out one set of men and put in another. Those bow in office were discharging their duties well, and there was no necessity 1or their removal ex- cept upon merely party grounds. Besides this there was precedent in the year 1869 to follow. The democrats tnen had @ majority in the Senate and the republicans in the House. The former at that time reiused to zo into joiut meeting except tor the election of a United States Senator and county officers, Dut not tor State officers, and in the year 1860 nearly the same thing was done. Mr. Abbett complimented Mr. Stone ou the bigtt moral ground he tad taken in the matter of par- tisansbip and hoped he would remember what he had said and continue to maintain this nigh and honorable position. By this reiusal to go into joint meering they had destroyed all the purposes jor which joint meetings were intended. A vote Was then taken on the totion and tt was declared carried by 13 to 8a strict party vote. By this action it 16 probable that the republican State Treasurer, Prison Keeper and various county oMcers will continue in oilice for another year, ex- cept @ compromise is effected betore the Legisia- vure adjuurns. A Mrs. Packard addressed the Senate upon “the loose and unjust mode of confining persons in lunatic asylums without proper exaiuination.” ANOTHER LIVELY DEBATE. In the House a very lively debate (ook piace on the bill to establish District Cour.s in Jersey city. | Mr. Sheeran moved 1's tndeftuite postponement, and presented @ petition signed by 300 influential | and Wealthy taxpayers protesting against its pase sage. ‘The people o Jersey City, he said, did not wat It, lor ti pussed It would prove vory injurious to them. Mr, Carscaliau took the same vicws as those of Mr, Sheeran, aud said the bilt was in the interest Ol & Class ot Office-hoiders Who were greedy for omMce. If the vill passed Jersey City woul hundreds of thousands of doiluts annualiy, Mir. Cary @dVocated the measure aud made an | impassioned argument in its behalf, He said the | peution was & Iraudulent one, as irom tne looks day taat the southwest | Sed in Trenton. | gooo old democratic rule of submitting | bie to Hudson county was lost. ‘Tue Old Colony got back | it it seemed that nearly all the names were He was willlog the biit snould go before the people for action aiter its adoption by the Legisiature, for hv beileved in the every ques- tion to the will of tue peopie. ‘ Mr. McGill said the lawyers were clamoring for its passage and the justices o/ peace jor ite defeat. He knew that olnety nimes on the petition were signed by one honorabie justice of the peace, He opposed Indefinite postponement. Tie motion to indefint'eiy postpone was lost bv & Vote oO: 13 to At atMetament was adopted giving the power ot appoiutment to the Governor tostead of to the Supreme Court, and one making the bill applica- subsequentiy Mr. Carscailau moved to recommit, whtch was lost by & vote of 14 to 38, Alter the adoption of several amendments, in- cludng one t. have the bili snomitted to the vote O1 the people ol Jersey City, it was ordered toa third reading. ‘The Governor sent in the following nominations to the Senate, wiich were referred to the Judi clary Committee :— Prosecators of the Pleas—Charles KE. Hendrick- son, Burlington coi ney} James R. Hoagland, Cum- berjand county; Albert H, Slape, Salem county, and Joseph Fleet, Warren county. For Comiits- oi Pilotage, Henry W. Miller and Thoma: ‘he Senate adjourned to Monday evening next and the House uutil to-morrow morning, The tag Glide towed up several | ‘the wind 1s southwest, | lose | coed | THE WORK OF CHARITY. ia FLORAL PARK MURDER, | 4 CASE OF DISTRESS. The charitable are appealed to in behalf of Mrs. | Richards, « widow with four children, who at tle | present time is suffering sertousiy. ‘This family | arrived in this country irom England in August Jast. There is one fine jittle boy, ten years old, | who can neither go to school vor to work tor want | of clothing. The three little giris are youager and | very poorly clad. Tne HeaLp reporter on mak- | ing his vistt found that au old deat bux serves as a taole, and there was not a vestige of furniture | 1m the room e@Xcept a stove, and, of course, 20 bed, | Mrs. Richards is willing and able to work, and is | hopetul tuat a few weeks will end her distress, | The young lad ts very intelligent. WASHINGTON WEIGHTS. ‘The extreme severity of tne season and the re- sultant suilering among tie destitute have aroused the sympathies of the charitable in all portions Of the city. At Washington Heignts a movement is on ‘out to relieve the suffering of | Mat neighborhood, und in furtherance of the ob- Ject & Meeting of the citizens of the locality will Hart, lor many years connected with the Police Department ana weil KDows Jor hie philanth; opic tendencies, will deuver a lecture on a subject pertinent to the occasion. Au admission fee of twenty-five cents wil be charged and the pro- ceeds devoted to jorming the nucieus of a charity fund, HOWARD MISSION, As announced ip their circular the Howard Mis- sion, at No. 40 New Bowery, cares ior vestitute cuildreo, Jeeda them when wunsry, cloties them when Dake ucates and seeks to train them Jor useiuiness ana lor Curist., 1b also helps pvor aud worthy parents in weir Domes, and provides Jor 80 comiorts the sick, To assist lu repienish- ing the treasury, now empty, owing to the extra. | stabbed ordiuaty MAOdS upon tt, AN ANCIENT ‘SINGIN’ SKEWL" Will be beid by the boys ang giris vi the Mission on the 24th ist, at Stemway Hall. Tne manage- Meut piomires one of the Most nuMurous avd luteresting sights ever wituessed in the city. | Une bundred caiidren of the Mission, tp costum Of @ bygone age, will sing ancient music and represent an Olu iashioned Yankee ‘singin? Skewl”’ Aunt Polly Bussett will *starte ye tunes and beate ye tyme.’ ‘Tickets, admitting the bearer to all parts o. the house, fifty cents. A MUCH NEEDED CHARITY. Severa. ol Our well KnOWn citizens of philan- | thropio tendencies have organized themseives Int AD ASyuCIALION ANOWN as the Sobiety tor the Sheiror of tbe Destitute, and fitted up the prem. 1se8 NO, 49 Leonard streer, occupied last winter by tne Howard Reliei Assuciation. ‘the atm ot the society 18 to uiford tee lodgings to respeuraue men who are out of cmpivyment auu destitute, ana who are now obliged to go io (he station houses, for want of betier wccommodation, there to be herded jor the night with avandoned criminals and obverse of the most degraded character. ‘Lhe building 18 suppliea With comortabdle beds in weil warmed and ventilated rooms, and water, svap and towels ior the purposes vi aviution are lure nished, As it is deemed advisable vy the suctety to limit the amount ot ood besiowed, in order not | Captain Becker what the be neid at Mills’ Hali this evening, when Captain | | CONTINUATION OF THE TRIAL OF FREDERICK SCHEIBE FOR THE ALLEGED MURDER OF JACOB SCHULTZ. | The trial of Froderick Scheibe tor the alleged | Murder of Jacob Schultz, was resumed at Jersey City yesterday, before Judges Knapp and Quaife, District Attorney Garretson and Mr, McAdoo represented the State, while ihe prisoner was de- fended by Mr. Stout. dames H. Dewey, ‘estifed—Was at Floral Park | | on the 2ist of October with tne Stovepipe Guard; first saw the defendant there avout s1x o'clock, near the dining hall door; had seen Schuitz sey- | eral times; saw bim at that time near Schelbes heard Scheibe call some oné a Dutch son ofa b—n; did not know who was called that; asked trouble was; he saul he (meaning Scheibe) cailed his father- in-law that name; about a dozen were trying to get at the defendant; heard the crowd say, ‘et’s punch him, put him out of the yard, kick him out, he’s a ijoafer,” &c,; he tried to get away, aud the mob followed alter him; there were about tnirty in the mob; Scouitz was in the crowd; the prisoner was not running, but walking last; when he got about forty teet from the door he was struck by Scoulty in the back of the Nead with bis fist, staggering bim ahead; he did potiali; Schultz had no targets ic his hand at tuattime; the next | heard was Schultz saying, “Vm stabbed, I’m stabved;” Scneibe was then | about six ieet from Schultz, botn going towards | the roau; 1 then ran and caught the pris. cner, thinking he must be tue one who him; he raised nis hand as if throwing something away, and I heard a notse of something falling in @ bush nerr where I stood: Sergeant Woerver then got hold of the prisoner and the crowd got around and threatened to hang bim up; be got away, and in running, fe.) over a manure pile and several were beating and kick- ing him. Martin Neederman—Was at Floral Park on thé 21at of October; went there in the afternoon; was an invited guest; knew Schuitz but vot Scaeive belore that day; saw him as soon as he got there; his attention was called to him at once; he asked if @ man Of that character was allowed to belong to the compauy; next saw nim in the committee room and aiterwards at the door of the dining room; @&8W O.d man Schultz also standin there ith tary under his. arm; hear Mr, Schultz call, “Childreu, look out, be has a kote.” Immediately atier Scneive said, “Go to hell; can’t say whether he sali it to Becker or Schultz; Schultz then went toward him and sald, “How cau you call any one here that name? we | are all geutiemen here, but you seem to be a | loufer;” several said, “Put him out ot the park ;” theu Scheibe ran, and several ran aller bim, wits to encourage idieness, bread aione is distributed | ness among the rest; when the crowd had reached among Loe lodgers 1h the moroing. About seventy men are now accommodated every night and the | Society hopes to be ubie to increase the number to 150 1n @ few days, The salary of the empioyés is | paid srom we private means of the memoers, so ! that all dovations are applied eXciusively to the | objects o1 the society. Contributions in money , and while May be sent to the treasurers, Vau Scuaick & Ov., es . No, 49 Leonard streer. The this new organization having taken 118 piace. RELIEF FOR THE NEKDY POOR, Essex street, for the purpose of providing relief Dave aiready been received, and it was resoived to and dispense charity to those requiriug it. Tne services Of @ medical practioner Wili also bs fur- ST. JOHN'S GUILD RELIEF FUND. The following additional contributions were re- received by the Rev. Alva Wiswali, Ma: ‘W. Leggat, Almoner:— ks & Theali see me 8) 25 00 20 uy 80 00 3 ww lw lw 105 Mise’ W Foor box at barie’s Hotel Mrs. B. Sine ©. 3 ; Bale of empiy: barrels. Cash—#8 contributions SESELSSSECESESS 00 ow SesoeeEEStennns, HH lEbanien se PSEnStestcusccsctinct Cou a Berna! From a Hoboken BESSESSLESLEESSE: ‘The following contriputi ‘ceived trom | L. Willett... A | Br'kenm, bandmaster of West Point. H h.. ig is | \2 | 50) | 30 | 30 George A. Chapman: aooak essegee. | = oprah | | i EESECCSESSSSE SS rthur Thompson + dy, Back SESS SSESESESE 8 cpcasecons ar cunannereasouanaa song O DORE AnES hEOe: = Contributions are earnestiy solicited, and ma: be sent to the HERALD office, or to the Rev, Alvai Wiswali, Master, No. 62 Varick street. SALE OF THE JACKSON CLUB, BS Jackson Club occurred by tho sale of the club house, on Lexington avenue me Thirtieth street. Tho sale took place in the Exchange Sales- rooms, tn Broadway. The didding was not very | sce. fount | d. MeCuhill lor $23,000, by uo means an extrava- | Rant price, a8 the buuding is situatea in one of | the best portions of a fasuionable avenue, w | o | | wo i¢ w | 09 \ wo ® | : % c yA. aud '*F irom members of the Produce Bxehang J From meinbers of the late Oil Exchan | members ot the Produce ixchaug 209 00 | Charies F. Holts, three-quarters of one day's re- ceipts of restaurant 218 92 “A Iriend of the poor’ 30) 00 Total sees S191) 87 No. 13 Broad street; and of coal or preaa to the | lieve, oh, God! I must aie; 1 then saw A meeting of the German residents o1 the Tentn | ward was beid last evening at Nos. 77 and 79 | Witn bluod streaming [rom a wound, vver which open the house No. 104 Allen street this a ternvon | nished on application at the house in Allen street. | nappily die of big wound: rof st, | the crowd aud met Mr. Schaits; he orled out, “i'm John’s Guild, yesterday, aud paid over te Andrew | $10 09 | his side 50 | sway and I went to 43) | oner in charge Bt © | word to Captain Gienney to know what I 25 09 | Should do vu , scribed as tue ES SSSSESSSS SESE. the members of she Cotton Exchange, through | o) | w | ese Yesterday the final downfall of the Andrew | Spirited, and the property—a bruwn stone, high | }, 100X25—Was knockea Gown to Thomas | | hurryiug away itom the scene of the murder, | that opon Sullivan's arrcat th midway between tae hail and stable, Schutz turned and said :—*You damued loaler, you have stabbed me 5” Schultzs then dropped the targets ne bad under is arm and struck scheibe on the back. of the neck; Scaeibe tnen ran and all tue people ran after ‘him; 1 stopped by the staple, | there Schutz came back alone and said, “That fellow has stabbed me and I be- ‘geant three | Woerner pulitog Scheibe out o1 tae crowd; joward helief Afsociation no longer exists, | or tour men iollowed Lim, when Sergeant Woer- ner suid, “I have hi now in my possession, and | } @uy one Who intetieres will come in contact with | the police; saw Schultz lying in the aining hall, Wus @ black plaster; the prisoner was brougnt in; | ior the poor. Contributiuns of money and victuals | 1 ssxed Mr. Schuiw it that Was tie man who Stabved him, aud he said, “Yes, that’s the loafer;” | I then stepped in jront ot the prisoner and said, | “This 18 @ rad state of affairs, that you as Ger: , man nave stabbed this old man, and he may un- | 7 he iwoked down and { Said nothing; J then left the piace and went nome. Olcer Woerner testifiea:—i saw Soneibe at | | | | Florat Park on the day of the occurrence; saw a | crowd toward tne entrance of the park; followea stapbed!” T asked hin wuo did it, and be an- | Swered, “hat loaier;” Scheice was filteen or | twenty feet aistant; Schultz placed his hand on he said the words; could not tell whom he meant; @ crowd surrounued Scheibe, knocked him down, and [ saw six or seven mea on top of him striking and kicking him; t pulled the men away; some ol them talked about uanging him up, and | told them they had no right to take the !aw in their own hands ang that! would take him to the station nouse; I then tvok hold of Scneive; some one cried out that a kntie had been thrown louk for it, leaving the pris- ol Dewey and Kien ent | with the “prisoner; he told me to take bim down to ihe station | house; in going toward the Weavertown read there were threats made to take the prisoner | Bway from me; 1 told Dewey and Kieln to keep | hoid of the prisoner and that! would talk ¢ | Man Co the crowd and make fi | asked me to protect him or the crowd would kul him; 1 took nim to the station nouse and locked him up; Captain Glenney sent me to look for che | Kunue; wlter searching about an hour | iound t knile, sixty or seventy eet irom tne piace | hi ; met Schultz; tt was lying in a oush; the knule w: | open (Kolle produced and identitied) ; gave it to | Captain Glenuey; the place where 1 found the ' Rote was about forty eet irom where Dewey de- Place it was thrown away. On cross- examination the witness mentioned the names of ; three men who were crying out, “Hang bim!” and ho were beating the prisoner. | "Henry Klein testiflea—Saw Sonultz and Scheibe H Pr | | attne park on the day of the occurrence; | Saw Sohultz when the prigoner was orought in the dining room; when the diMculty occurred I heard some one cry out that a man waa stabbe Saw a crowd around a manure heap; they we: kicking aud caffloga man; I got hola of him and | helped to puil him out with Onicer Woerner; tne rs | crowd tried to get him away irom us; heard the i a examined :—Saw the diMoulty at rd the prisoner say, ‘You son uf & juare With you; @ man went up to him how he could call that man me; somebody said, “Put nim out; the no tie man tv whom he cailea the ‘2 | } deceased had nold of prisoner; 1 told him to let him go; decea: | “He bas staboed me;” the prisoner did anyining inr piy; several ot the crowd trea 10 et at the prisoner; | held back oue or two; the crowd rusned upon bim and knocked him down on @ manure heap; L helped to drag him out; Went iuto the diving 100m and saw deceased wita his clo hes loosened ana plood was fowing; the | Prisoner Was brought in and tue eased recog: nized him at once, and said that that was the man who did tt; Captain Becker ruxned at the ekg 4 and caught him by the turoat;1 nelped oO pull him ae ay. the next witness, and he cor- | said, not say John Hoefich roborated in every important particuiar the tes- timony of the previous witness, | ‘fhe case Was then adjourned ttll this morning. | The prosecution will ciose to-day. THE METUCHEN MURDER TRIAL. | | SULLIVAN, THE PRISONER, ON THE sTAND— | CLOSE OF THE TESTIMONY—SUMMING UP BEGUN. Yesterday was probably the most interesting, or Tather exciting, Gay so far o( tne trial in New Brunswick, N. J., of Michael Suilivan Jor tne mur- der of Dafiiel Talmadge at Metuchen, and wit- Nessed the cluse Oo! the case $0 Jar as testimony is concerned. The event was the recalling the stand aud cross-examtnation of alleged murderer, Sullivan, He is @ young mau of ubout twenty-three, born in Rahway, of lowly, uncultivated parentage, of medium size and rather forbidding features. It had been testified by witnesses for the defence that the old man was undoubtedly murdered by somebody avd robbed, nobody knows of how Much, that Sullivan nad been suspiciousiy about fe house on the day of the murder; that | aman answering his description had been seen = S 3 = 6 were fe T1800 & pocketbook, mone. pap ut not positively proven, to longed to Mr. ialmadge. Sulitvan’s ory, os told under oath on the stand, ‘was to the effect that on the evening of the mur: | der he meta strange min, a man whom he nad never seen beiore, whu asked him (Sullivan) to join with alm and they would “crack a job.” As ‘@n assurance tuat he “meant business’ Sullivan says he gave him A Pockeibook found on his whic! person, im there was a jar i sum of money, That nignt they sepa | Tated, agreeing to meet in Newark next | Morning, when they would proceed to “crack” the proposed job. sullivan kept the appointment, but the stranger he saw uo more, He said smith, the Newark ex-detective, tried to get him to tell Some stories to criminate oimsell, but be would Now and ‘old Smith nothing, Other witnesses had sworn previous to Sullivan that two tramps, One of Whom answered the description of the man seon coming irom the Talmadge barn, had been | overheard Speaking about putting up @ joo on some old man, Alter Sullivan leit the stan@ several witnesses | Were examined, amoug otuers Sergeant BE. bx Smivh, of the Newark police, who corryborated 1 the previous witness as to at's wareliabllity, By { disturbed | lastantanéous | lying on a division ; Mim nome, where a doctor was called, the fact of his being of the same d yet retained on the force, strength out of Pat's political exense for nis dismissal. At this point an hour's recess was had. On the reassembling of the court one or two other Witnesses were examined and the mony closed, To-day tne case will be summed and givea tothe jury. Throughout yesterday the 3 | court room Was crowded to suffucation, ALLEGED MURDER ON SHIPBOARD, Yesterday morning Coroner Eickhof received information that Michael Fanning, late a fireman | om board the steamship Henry Chauncey, which | arrived from Aspinwall the day previous, had died atthe Park Hospital from the effect of violence inflicted by Bernard McWoods on him un the Pacific Mat! Company's Dock at Aspinwall, on the 30th ult, It 18 stated that the parties eeened in toe hold of the ship, during whicr cWoods struck deceased on the head with @ shovel, causing @ ‘racture ot the sxull. Deputy vor upon the dece 1 that death wa: sed by compression of the brain due to fracture of the skull. roner Eick hoff reiused to ixsue & warrant for McWood’s commirtal, jor the reason that the tne juries were not committed in the United State: id ne therefore had nojurisciction over the at ir. The prisoner is hela by the Unied states @uthorities Jor their action. Fanning lived at No. llo WyckOffstreet, Brooxiyn, and McWoods lives corner of Seventh avenue and Twenty-seventh street. MURDEROUS AFFRAY SAILORS. A murderous affray occurred between sallors, on Tuesday bight last, on the dock ofthe smp Edith Warren, lying at Martin’s Dock, Brooklyn. During the rough and tumble figbt knives wers drawn by John Williams, John Lawrence and ‘rhomas Gailagher, Lawrence sraobed Wititams ‘Wito his sheata knife in the leit breast, inGrering a Woond which itis believed will prove mortal. Gallagher was cutin the bead and hands, Law. rence Was arrested and locked upinthe Butler street station house. Tne wounded man was sent to tne hospital, Henry street. BETWEEN JERSEY’S LATEST SUICIDE. A PROMINENT RESIDENT OF JERSEY CITY SHOOTS HIMSELF THROUGH THE HEAD. No case of soli-destruction In New Jersey for Many years occasioned so much surprise as that which occurred yesterday morning tn Jersey City, Jonn B. Drayton, a man widely known and re- | 8pected, 0: sober and industrious habits and of s quiet, steady disposition, was about the last mar in Jersey City Wuo would fali under the suspicion of even an atiempt to destroy his life. He spent Tuesday in company with his iriends and asso clates in business as usual, and nothing was om served in hts demeanor togive ground jor anxt ety. It was one o’ciock yesterday morning When he parted with his brother-in-law and old partner in business, Joseph W. Gilmore, He retired jor -the night but was in bis slumbers. At five o'clock yesterday worning he oumplained that he coulda not rest, and, taking o quilt, told his wife he would go into another room and see if he coula find repose there. He went down stairs and on the basement floor spread thequilt, Half an hour afterward the servant girl weat in ond saw him stretched and immovable on tne quilt, She gave ap alarm and tue family Were quickly on the spot, Biood was pouring from the right temple and the right hand clasped a Coit’s six-parrellea revolver, With one chauiber aiscoarged. Yet no one had beara report. Dr. Craven, who resides only a Short distance from the house, was summoned aud he pronounced life extinct. On a close exam- Joation it was found that the bullet entered the | right temple, crushing through the bratn struc. ture ani passing «out = through mastoid process. ‘When askeu if the Doctor bullet went in on the left death was replied tersely, the rigut “As the | Life went out on the left.’ Covnty Physician Stout was calleu in, but he deemed an inquest uv- | hecessary and granted a permit lor burial, Oo 2 Saelf ao the north side of the basement anc directly in front of tne place where Mr. Drayton had stood when he shot himself was found a bottie nearly filed with laudapum. From the fact that | the bottle was partially empty it was judged tnat he swallowed some of it so ag to insure his desta in case the bullet tailed of its mission. Dr, Cra: ven was 0! the opinion, hosever, that he had not taken any of the laudanum. His theory was that Mr. Drayton, who had brought a bed comforter down stairs, in:ended to lie down on that and end his lue by swallowing the laudanum, but that he | chagge’ his mind and shot nimseit, Mr. Drayton was forty-eigat years of age, and leaves a wile and eight children. He Wasa native or Jersey City, and was the son of English pa- Tents Ho was elected in 1864 to the Legisiature by the repuodlicans. The Legislature of 1874 ap- jointed hi Fire Commissioner iu Jersey City, and je was elected president of that commission. He Tesigned tue position, however, last iall, when he received the repubican nomination for County Uierk. He bent all nis energies in the prosecution of the cauvass and speot his moncy liberally, re- in thé democratic ranks; but he was aeieated by nearty three thousand votes, He was at tne time engaged in tie insurance business, and from this ne retired five weeks ago. His business wers wane, and the with him seemed to be rolling backward, Mental depression was the consequence. Yet, strange to say, he lett his iamtly in tae possession of @ prop- erty which Wil, sustain them against want. His ills were purely imaginary, and be bad not the resolution to 1ace temporary difficulties. nor the strength of vision to penetrate the dark cloud of Qnuncial embarrassment, SUICIDE IN A BROOKLYN STATION HOUSE. +Last evening, about seven o’ciock, an intoxi cated man was arrested on Hamilton avenue, and taken to the Van Brunt street station house, where be gave his name as Jonn Schering and Dis age as filty-two, He was looked up in one of the,cells. About nine o'clock Doorman O’Riely sound the unfortunate Man suspended irom one of the bars of the cull door vy @ handkerchie! which he nad tastened around nisneck. Sergeant Kenny cut the suicide down, and Dr. Hanuigan was inmediately sum moned, but lle was extinct when the medical mat arrived. Deceased resided at No. 84 Waicott street, and was a German laborer. Coroner Simms | was notified, HIGHWAYMEN IN NEWARK. A LEADING CITIZEN MURDEROUSLY BEATEN AND ROBBED, A few days ago, during the very slippery side. walk period, a leading citizen of Newark, Mr. Eliphalet ©. Smith, once a candidate tor Mayor and conuected with prominent financial institu tions, was reported to have fallen on the ice while going home one night and severely injuring him sell, Itnow turns out that instead of taliing he was waylaid on Broad street, the leading sireet oj ' Newark, felled to the ground witha bludgeon and robbed. After the first blow he rose and received a second. He was dreadiuily cut about the head, and for several nours wandered the street | umaoie to find bis residence. Finally Aldermen Sayre and Pine ran across him und condacted He 18 sti cunfined to nis ved, and is greatly disfigured. His Watcn chain and # pocketbook containing $15¢ were cerried off by the highway roboer or robbers. He ts unable to give any ciew to the aftair beyond tne toreguing. He was stunned so tht he did not know wnat strack him or what he struck, for he supposed at firsthe had fallen. No arrests have e. veen made, nor have any steps been taken io ‘hat direction because ol Mr. Smith’s inability te communicate witn the police. As may readily be imagined the dastardly act has created avery rr sensation among all classes in Newark, and as excited @ general feeling of unsaiety irom sim | lar treatment. A VETERAN JACK SHEPHERD. Yesterday atternoon an old man, with a curiom looking bundle under his arm, was arrested at tne Hoboken Jerry by OMcer Jacobus and conveyed to the police station on suspicion @ being a burglar, The contents of the bundle comprised a lady's dress and many articies of wearing apparel, which he confessed to having stolen, with @ business alr, Seeing him Chilled with cold the Sergeant in charge set him néar the stove adjoining the prison ceils, Wher left alone to oask in the heat of the rednot stove the oid Man nimoly ciimoed the wall, set his foot ob the Stovepipe and sprung up through the scut tle, landing on the roof, He then scaled a wat! to @ higher roo! which siopes down over an aliey Mm the rear ot tue station touse. He plunged for- ward unpremeditatediy and came down with a crash among @ lot of rubvisn, tn the presence of severai spectators, who never dreamed what @ character conironted them. Tae then strojied jeisarely down ul he reached the corner, dodged out of everybody's sight. Scarcely haa he disappeared when @ host of potce oiticers were out scouring the city for mm, but without success. In the evening Dr. Ritler, o1 Wasnington street, inlormed Cnief Denovan that his house had been robbed. The Chiet snowed him the goods found in the toiet’s possession, whey Ritier mediately recognized them. ‘The sne: thief gave the Dame oi Heary Smith and said ue was sixty-five years of age. A search is belug made for him in New York,