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‘tn consonance with the spirit of the proclamation issued NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, AUGUST 26, 1875.-TRIPLE SHEET. TH GOLD. SORERS, | Progress of Affairs in the Black Hills Region. patel RA A ea Aca GREAT INFLUX OF EMIGRANTS + A Canvas City in French Creek Valley. Arrival of Spotted Tail and His Braves at Custer’s Gulch. AN INTERVIEW WITH SPOJTED TAIL, Attitude of the Miners Toward the Government, A MERTING IN THE HILLS AND RESOLUTIONS. All the Northern Indians Coming Into Council. Camp on Freveu Creek, Five Mites Norra oF Camry Harney, August 10, 1875, In accordance with General Crook's programmo Lieutenant Colonel Dodge and Captain Russell's and Licutenant Hall’s companies of the Third and Second cavalry on Sunday left Camp Crook for Custer’s Gulch and arrived here yesterday, encamping in a little hol- low off tho main valley. Lieutenant Colonel Dodge, having been given by General Crook a supervision over the inovement against the miners, came here to be an observer of the measures taken by the latter at their meeting to-day. On reaching French Creek company H, Seventh cavalry, belonging to the Department of Dakota, was found encamped upon a small plateau bver the stream. Tho major part of the Black Hills Mes in the Department of - Dakota, and Captain Benteon was ordered hither by ‘Gen- eral Terry, with strict orders to search the country for miners, arrest them all, and put them across the Missouri River at Fort Randall, Captain Benteen left Fort Randall with sixty days’ rations, ex- pecting to remain in the hills as long as there were any miners here to expel, It is now twenty-six days since ho left Fort Randall. On meeting General Crook, who was on his way homeward, he received counter orders, tothe minors. He is to start for Fort Randall on the 1th, in charge of the miners who wish to go in that direction when they depart from the delusive land of promise. A CANVAS CITY, The valley of French Creek is now populous. Two log houses have been erected on the flat bottom, on which Custer had his camp, three miles west of the stockade, and an ideal city already is in existence; the plots have actually been measured and the thorough- fares laid out, One of the two new structures is called “the store,” probably a bitter sarcasm, because there is nothing within it, and the other is the “City Hall,” but looks like a barn. Not less than 300 tents whiten the little nooks of the valley between pine-tufted hills that kindly intercept the arrows of the noonday sun, and the inhabitants number about 600. Probably 600 miners have already left the country, homeward bound. LAND GRABBERS, No sooner were the ideal lines the now city con- geived of than a mighty contest began between two Btubborn elements, as is usual in infantile communities ‘bn the Western frontier. Two parties have sprung into Bxistence; the one composed of the miners, who Baked their claims some weeks before the idea of the tity was born fn the very soil upon which itis to be established; the other of those whose claims are else- where, The latter are, of course, in the majority. The smaller party were headed by one Harrison, who is the “recorder” of the ‘mining district” of Custer’s Gulch, and they had formed a company who laid out the town and intended to hold and control it. Of sourse here was an embryo ‘‘job’’—a budding specula tion, The community of miners were indignant, They slaim the “City Hall’ and the whole town site as gen- eral property, andare ready to enforce their pretensions, The conflict is absurd, because neither party has a legal right to a foot of ground; but the motto uttered by one of the municipal gladiators is that “tminers know no law but their own.”? The first outgrowth of this principle is the quarrel just begun, which might easily reach the point where the miner’s manner of executing his pwn law would be displayed—namely, by the tyranny of force, On Sunday, the day before the ar- rival of Lieutenant Colonel Dodge, it had already waxed fo warm that a general pistol scene seemed imminent. ‘The first tragedy of Custer’s Gulch was, however, post- poued by more peaceful councils for the time prevail- Ing. Lo! THE POOR INDIAN, A body of red men suddenly camo up the valley, past the stockade and the miners’ shelters scattered along the edge of the bottom, and the hair of the brave adven- turers who saw their approach literally stood on end. Bome of them had been habitués of the agencies on White Earth River, and they saw at the head of a dozen stalwart warriors the redoubtable chief Spotted Tail. Major Howard, the government agent for the Brulés, ‘was not at first recognized, but he was among the In- dians, and the miners from his presence gained pluck. Spotted Tail made his bivouac at the foot of a butte, which rises bebind Capthin Benteen’s camp, and here the chief overlooks both military and miners. With him Bre the following braves :— Whitewash, Slow Thunder, Bad or Sassy Tongue, Blue Tomahawk, Jobn, Yellow Breast, Blue Teeth, . Rose, the wife of Medicine Bear, is also of the com- pany. They came from the agency by a direct route, hnuch shorter than any of the military trails, Spotted Tail has not visited the sacred hunting reser- vation of his nation without a politic purpose, None of the rod chiefs of the present day have so much | shrewdness and wisdom as Spotted ‘Tail, and | m= his countenance he wears the marks of superiority of mind. He has not so much of that dull stolidity of expression which in the Indian reminds one too much of the brute. In eonversing with him human intelligence gleams from bis cyes. Hoe is more affable than many would suppose & member of the race next to aboriginal could possibly be. A smile accompanies almost every response, which expresses not only natural courtesy—so far as it may enter into the actions of a savage—but also a degree of geniality. i | Spotted Tail informed Captain Benteen that he wanted to see the country that the whites desired so much to | possess, and in which he knew there was a great amount of gold. He came over to see this gold so that he could talk about it in council, SPOTTED TAIL’S SPECT. Spotted Tail addressed the assembled miners after his @rrival; asked them indignantly if they ever had heard of a people being #o bad before now as to come and take Jand not belonging to them and dig it up and steal tho gold, He denounced them very severely. He subse- quently, with some of his braves, went down to the brook to see the miners washing out gold, They saw pnly a few small particles taken from a pan, but Spotted Tail expressed his cynicism by shrugging his shoulders and declaring that the miners tried to deceive him by Jetting much of the gold wash over with the sand. He ‘was undoubtedly right in his shrewd penetration, A VISIT TO SPOTTED TAIL, I paid a visit to Spotted Tail in the cool shade of the Pines, near his bivouac, which cover a steep side hill. Several dusky braves were stretched upon the ground, ‘Within the shadows, indulging ina sound siesta, and Rose, the only Indian woman in the camp, was reclin- ing, half waking and half asi@ep, in a pose of natural grace. I cannot say, however, that her broad and stolid face was a crowning compliment to the lithesome lines of her igure, The reigning chief of the Brulés was fated at the foot of a largo pine, leaning against ite Medicine Bear, Walking Eagle, | Bear Gliost, Long Face und | | qa tuka hala wasicu connalla heela sloyapi ¢ lo, . THE BLACK HILLS GOLD FIELDS. Official Map f falls “i(\ eAiU, Yy i; PSE Re WINS bag Ti and WSS MIS & ions Pi’ CAMP JENNEY 7 A'¥#250 FT, ah oa aL trunk, and seeming to be in the enjoyment of repose and meditation; but he roused from his reverie, and, with a welcoming expression, shook me by the hand with a cordial ‘How!’ He remembered our former meeting. Louis Bordeaux, tho interpreter, upon con- sideration of perquisite of dimensions duly large, served as the medium of our intercourse. The interview was as” follows, Spotted Tail being always addressed by name by which he is known to his people :— CorresroxpeNt—I am glad to see you again, Linte- galiska. Srorren Tam—I am glad. wonna maganaya kte, qa imarati kte cin tuka le makoce maza zi ota yucon iye sloya imluxcel lo. I have come here to see the white man dig gold. I want to see so as to know for myself, There is much talk about this country, The whites want it, I want to see before I let them have it, ‘ CorresroxpEent—Is there much gold in the Black Hills (Kesapa)? Sporrep Tart (laughingly)—Le makoce ataya maza zi ota yocon lela Hehanni Lakota Wicaxsa iyuha sloyapi The white man wants to deceive mo; he wants to laugh at me when he asks such a question; but he knows very well that there is plenty of yellow iron heré—a great lot of it. Lakota he nakamala yubapi ka is wasicu jyuha maza zi fyokipipi, heon Lakota turreni Ke Sapa hel yapi kte sui, Wasicu ofa kte fyuxcapi qa lukti maza zi yocon keon sloyapi kte. Woxkate kin hel ota yocon ka is Lakota tuwen{ olepi kte sui, Woxkate Lakota anapta kte cin pi heon tuweni olepi kte sui. Lohan Wasicu Lakota tamakoco yahapi kte qa tohan woxkate yucon kte sui luon le makoce kupi kte qa tohanni tuweni akihanpi kte sui. Before the white man guessed about it our people knew that there was gold in the Black Hills, For a long time before we knew it. The Sioux kept it a secret, because they knew bow much the white man loves the yellow iron (gold). ‘That is one reason. why they never used to come into the Ke-sapa to hunt. They never would enter them at all. They were afraid that the white man would follow them and find out where the gold was, Because my people did not kill any of the game it is now so plenty. They wanted to save it, so that, when at last the Indian would be poor and hungry, when his other hunting grounds had been taken from him by the whites, he would have Ke- sapa, where he could not starve. Corresvonpent—Is Lintegaliska displeased that the Great Father has sent scientific men into the country to explore it and to find out about the gold supposed to exist here? Sporrkp Tat—Makoce woonspe wasicu mi tonka- sila tyasi lila iyumakipi qa cante waste kagamasi, qa hel miaza zi ota yocon mi tonkasila slotkiya rigomakipi keon le makoce opeto kte qa unkiye maza ska i ota ukipi kte, Wonna Tonkasila taku wagi stoliga eyokipi seca, Mi tonkasila ti letahan wahi qa heon taku iyuha waste maku sa, taka makoce le iyecica tohanni wam- Wasicu wowapi kagapi, Jake sui on le makoce lila waste e, Can hanska ata yocan qa tukto makoce —iyocica le yocon sui imluxcu. He is very glad that the Great Father did send a geologist to find out for himself where there is gold in Ke-sapa. He is glad that the Groat Father bas found {t out for himself, so that he can now purchase Kesapa, and so can help the Indian so that he can live well and be good all the time. The Great Father is now perhaps satisfied. Spotted Tail, after a pause of deep thought, resumed ;— of the Nae: | SLD SP) AMM YS ANYON ENR CTS oN INS on 3 Dakota ‘Territories. Auriferous Regions in Wyoming and 108 103% Box Elder \Cr “%) am 6 i RS wera’ NN A x x aN, A\ Fie ez Wie inte abonnrert cs eMC GOLB, : Sat? in Runsy ik Me T86 he Cnigy SEM = ae ae . Me. nf, SS UN Goi Pi | Fy Wel = SOS wf Whiz. St : oy = 7 rt EINEM IY = Ss a mee S i D = RS E"7 ing mI ie a perms tse fz 9 Sw je EF coi Witty Fates Mowtigs 4", GOLD 4 = R r 9 py osyny I so 2 aes is AA ANI N S = ss 2 Meg pea Sess, : = aes ES = & = NU ZAZA SUN ARTT S = 5 BAN RLZAN R A N SS = Amys npetsn teens SS = s f Pic i 7 = . 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Corresronpent—Do you consider this conntry very valuable ? Sprorrey Tatt—Inyan tonktonka lila terila u qa tohan apewatokte heon maza ska zi ota ucinpi kte naku can hasiska, The rock here is rich; it is worth a good dea of money. So is the timber, the land and the gold. The Sioux have always thought that if they were to keep the country as long as possible and then sell it it would make them rich for a long time, for the second and third generations, and our people would never more be poor. 7 BRIRING SPOTTED TAIL. Spotted Tail at this point said that he had spoken all that he desired, unless, indes@ (with a diplomatic smile), he could get something for his trouble. I wished to extract ideas from him further and so asked of Louis what would bribe the condescension « of Lintegaliska, He answered, “Money,” and, with humility, because of the smallness of the gift, I prof- fered to Spotted Tail a national “promise to pay ten dol- lars to bearer,’”’ A serene smile crossed the features of the Sioux chief as he caressed the crisp note; the oracle was propitiated, But evidently he valued his words as drops of silver, for he closed the interview by & peremptory sentence soon afterward, ConrespoxpeNt—I shall repeat the words of Linte- galiska in the great paper, Srorren Tart—Wasicu wowapi Kgapi (the Great Paper Man) itanca, le wowapi kin mi tonkasila waji ku kte wacin qa le makoce ku kte okujaki kte heon wa- sicu tuwe nakamala u slotkiye kte, Tuwe wasicu u kihan wowapi anokatanhan ytaupi yu takun sui qa ukuje ganayapi sa, I would like for the Great Paper Man to give one of his papers to the Great Father, Tell him to come here so that he can see for himself that there are miners here; that his government, in letting them come and stay here, is violating the treaty, and failing to keep the promise made to the Sioux. ConresroxpENtT—Do you not think that the Great Father and his government are now endeavoring to do as was promissed ? Srorren Tart—Thoy are trying to do so now. CorkesroxpeNT—Are you willing now to sell the country to the Great Father for a just price? Srorren Tai—Of course, the Sioux are going to séll the Black Hills, but they will ask for them a big price (maza skazi ota); they must have what they are worth. ‘The Great Father ain’t going to got them cheap; but for a big price. The Sioux have not lived in this country, because there is gamo in it, which they want to keep for the future, and, if the Great Father wants it, he must pay a big price, Corresronpknt—How much will the great chiefs ask for the hunting grounds? Srorrey Tat—I don’t know how much yet. 1 want to make a treaty with tho Groat Father for a great many years and to receive so much money every yoar PINS ROM YN ling # ayy ANN ey 5 hay M0341 for the sale of the country. I want to get money—not goods, CorresroxpeNt—If this is done do you mean to keep at peace with she whites always? Srorrep Tau—I used to fight with the whites once, but sinco the treaty I have been at peace. My Brulés have not raised a hand against the whites. I do not want any more fighting. Conresroxvent—Suppose the Great Father should also desire to get from the Sioux the country of the Big Horn (Inyan Kara), would you be Willing to let the Great Father have it? Srorrep Tatt—Well, Ido not know anything about selling thie Big Horn (Inyan Kara) country yet, but (after a pause) if the Great Father would pay enough, I would sell that, too. Cornesronpent—Would the great chiefs prefer to re- tain their hunting grounds and let their people depend upon the game for support, or would they rather give up their hunting grounds and live on a reservation under the care of the government? Srorrep Tat.—I want now to make a treaty and a good one, that will last from this on, so that there won't be any more need of making treaties, I want to live on white men’s food. (Wa sicain wota wa nilkte.) It is impossible for my people to live on game again, because there is not enough game, and I am going to live on the reservation and am going to be a white man myself, CorresroxpENtT—How do you like the food that the government now gives you? Srorrep TarL—I am satisfied with what the Great Father gives me. The sugar and tea suit me, but the coffve is rather old. Two years ago the flour was bad, but now it is good. The meat is good, I want it so all the time, Spotted Tail here remarked that he had no more to say, Throufh the interpreter it was learned that Spotted Tail had seen White Antelope, the Southern Cheyenne chief, at Red Cloud’s Agency -lately. The mili- tary authorities are anxious to cause his arrest, Ata subsequent meeting Spotted Tail told me that his people were afraid of the Hills and woods, because of the thunder, which they think is the voice of a god. ATTITUDE OF THE MINERS. Captain Pollock’s command is not expected to arrive here before August 18. The total desertion of the Hills by all except the military and the explorers before that time seems probable. There are rumors that certain miners on Castle Creek have declared their intention of resisting forcible expulsion by all that cunning can af- ford them of aid, at least, They will hide in canyons and rocky fastnesses. But these rumors ure very improbable, and aro scarcely _ believed by military officers. In the march from Camp Crook Lieutenant Colonel Dodge met a party of three miners, mounted on nimble ponies and accompanied by pack animals, who, when halted, said that they had Just come into the Hills, They desired to go as far as Spring Creek and examine the ‘‘bars’ along the stream, and promised to start on their return to French Creek on the next day, Lieutenant Colonel Dodge gave them the desired permission, The lenient policy toward the miners seems to produce more cheerful acceptance of the position of their affuirs In the minds of those who really regret being obliged to leave the country, MERTING OF MINERS, About 300 miners were assembled to-day at ten o'clock at the site of “Custer City” in mass meeting. Mr. C. L, Craig, a miner who was escorted out of the ‘Bills lags apring by Lieutenant Rogers’ gommand, was < \ aw RS bi Ms others to believe that Donahay and Tomer—his confed- eraté—had really been found and had been left swinging under the pine trees by hempen ropes. Of course, the men who followed Donahay deny this suspicion. THE GREAT POWWOW. AGENT SAVILLH REPORTS THE ARRIVAL OF MOST OF ‘DIKE NORTHERN INDIANS, Wasiixerox, August 25, 1875. ‘The Indian Burean reeeived the following letter this “morning in relation to the division among the Northern Indians about attending the Grand Couneil, to be held September 1:— Rep Crocp AGexey, Neb., August 16, 1875. Hon. EF. PY. Swiru, Commissioner of Indian Affairs Sin—The messengers sent for the Northern Indi have returned. They found the Ogullas, Minneeonjoax, Uncapapas, Sansdres and Cheyennes all camped on Tongue River. The Indians are much divided im their counsels. The Cheyennes are all coming in, The other bands ure divided, part coming in and rt remaining. “Sitting Bull,” or, as these ndians call him, “Slow,” the Uncapaps leader, refuset to come, and says hv will remain there as long ay there isany game, and, although they do not want to tight the white poople, they will do so if any of them come iuto that country. “Many Bears,’ the San Ares chia? and “Many Ground Squirrels,” the Minneconjoux ehie indorsed “Sitting Bull's’ speech. ‘The Big Little Man" 1s coming in, “Crazy Horse” and “Black Twin” say they may be in after a while, but that they will agre treaty that is made by the Indians at’ this agency. messengers report game very scarce, and express thé opinion that all or nearly ‘all of these Indians will come in during the fall or winter, They report 1,800 lodges, altogether, out there, This number I'think too lurge. “Most of the Indians who are coming to the council will be here about the Ist of September, 1875. “Lone Horn,” of the North, whom I have men: tioned in several of my reports, was killed iu » battle with the Crow Indians about two weeks ago. Also #13 of lis men were Killed. Very respecttully, your obe- dient servant, J. J. SAVILLE, United States Indian Agent. “Sitting Bull,” above mentioned, is not the “Sitting Bull” to whom the President presented a rifle last June while the delegation was in Washington, but it is the fathor of young “Sitting Bull.” ‘Lone Horn,” wha was killed, will be recollected as the old man in Majos Bingham’s party. THE DARIEN CANAL WHAT PROFESSOR NOURSE TOLD THE GEO- GRAPHICAL CONGRESS. Wasurvorow, August 25, 1875. Professor J. Nourse, of the Naval Observatory, who was the delegate to the Paris Geographical Society, and who was instructed by the Navy Department to in- form the Geographical Congress in regard to the surveys and reconnoissances made from Tehuantepec to Napipi for an interoceanic ship canal, in a private letter to @ prominent naval officer, dated August 20, says:—“The chief items, in my letter of instructions, will, I hope, be satisfactorily answered, so far as regards the experi- ence of the Suez Canal; for M. Ferdinand de Lessep: immediately placed one of his engineers at my co mand, who has furnished me with printed, writt and oral information of value as to the construction and muintenance of the canal. On the second item, as regurds the different forms aud character of dredging machinery, 1 have obtained drawings and descriptions of that used in the Clyde and in the Amsterdam Canal, together with other ap- paratus recommended by engineers in Kurope. I have reason to believe a good impression was made at the Geographical Congress, and a truer idea conveyed of the work which is needed on our isthmus. As [ antici pated, some absurd ideas were attempted to be urged. M. Lesseps himself presiding at a section which dis- cussed the question silenced an attempt to urge these ideas, telling the Congress that the government of the United States had been moking these reeonnoissancer of which M. Nourse had now informed them and that it was not the province of thi Congress to indorse in advance any particular scheme, To my surprise I was advised that an impression had been in part created that the United States were op- posed to the construction of acanal. 1 do not mean ‘that this impression existed among the members of the French Geographical Society. They knew better and had our reports before I placed copies at the exposition, but among a number of others it had been boldly as- serted. I was asked, after reading a résumé the day previous at the section, ‘Have the United States gov- ‘ernment made any surveys in Darien?’ It was 8 pleas. ure to advise them again that a number of si had been mespcarefully made, under the strictest instruc tions of tue Navy Department.” A MYSTERIOUS DEATH, WAS THEODORE LOESCH KILLED BY A WOMAN? A post-mortem examination was held on the body of Theodore C. Loesch, proprietor of a drinking saloon at No. 77 Chrsytie street and another at No, 405 Sixth street, yesterday by Dr. Cushman, who found that the man came to his death from a scalp wound, two inches in length, on the back of his head, which produced ex- travasation of blood on the brain, How this wound was made the police are ata loss to determine, Subjoined are the facts connected with the case, Charles Stringer, a young man whom Mr. Loesch em- ployed, says that on Sunday, the 15th inst. while hig employer was in his saloon, in Sixth street, two boys, the sons of a Mrs. Bier, who resides in the same house, went into his garden and began to annoy some of hia customers, who were enjoying their Sunday potations in the pavilion which is erected there. Mr. Loesch went ont to remonstrate with the boys, and attempted, in a mild manner, to put them into the street, There. arene) chosen to preside, and the proceedings that ensued were characterized by promptitude and despatch. There were occasional rough exclamations and retorts which exhibited the desperate disposition of the men as- sembled, but no disturbance occurred. General Crook's proclamation was read and a resolution was adopted de- claring the belief of the miners that the Black Hills is the richest in gold of any country which they have yet seen, The following was then passed, despite the ob- jection of a minority:— Resolved, That we, the miners of the Black Hills, do establish a town site to be called Custer City, on French Creek, in Custer’s Park, about three miles above the stockade, the same to be owned by the miners of the said Hills; thata committee of thirteen men be elected to make laws, &c. ; that we have one President, one Marshal, one Town Clerk, one Treasurer, to be elected as directors by the voters of the said town; the salary of each to be agreed upon by the Town Diregtors; the said officers to be elected on the 10th day of August, 1875, and their term to expire July 1, 1876, That the building now erected by the miners be dceupied as the City Hall to do business in, and to be under control of the Town Directors. The Clerk shall be in duty bound to remain until the 11th of August, 1875, to make record for each and every miner’s town lot, and shall be hold responsible for said record, That at present he shall make no charge for same. Resolved, That the lots be distributed among the miners in space of 50 teet front by 150 feet deep, to be drawn for at the general meeting on August 10, 1875, Resolved, That each owner of a lot shall have four or more louse logs on said lot on or before the 1st of May, Bt and that $60 worth of improvements be made on said lot on or before June 1, 1876. Neglect of the same will leave the lot at the disposal of the city authorities. Resolved, That all streets running east and west, com- mencing at the City Hall, as No. 3, or Third street, be known by numbers, and that the avenues commencing at Crook avenue, City Hall corner, be known as Custer, Harney, Dodge and Pennington avenues. Messrs. Osborn, Gay and Schwarenger were appointed a committee to direct the drawing for town lots, which took place in the afternoon. Further proceedings were had at two o'clock in the afternoon, ‘The miners passed resolutions to support one another in the reoccupying and holding of the claims which they selected this summer when they shall return next year. Officers of the town were elected, Six men were selected to remain in the country and protect the property of the miners—namely, claims and town lots—from invasion by others until the coun- try is legally opened, This latter action was taken in accordance with verbal advice given by General Crook to the miuers, who promised to make an application to General Sheridan for the permission requisite for the advice to be carried out, The following resolutions were also adopted ;:— Resolved, That we, the miners of the Black Hills, tender our kindest thanks to General Dodge and other officers of the army for their courteous and gentlemanly treatment of the miners of the Black Hills. Resolved, That, as the representatives of the New York Henatp and the Chicago Tribune are present, we tender them our thanks for their attendance and re- quest that they publish the action of this meeting in their respective papers. The minors gathered in Custer’s Gulch during the last ton days have been greatly excited over the theft of | about twenty-two of their horses by one of their brother miners, The guilty man is named George Donahay, and the party of minors with whom he was associated in mining near the Bear Hale were all arrested on suspicion of complicity, They were, howev' ubsequently discharged, having cleared themselves of suspicion, Three or four men were de- tailed by the irate community to pursue Donahay. They did so, but returned reporting that they had found one of bis recent camps, but not Donahay, A chance re- mark, however, dropped by one of the pursuers, led upon one of the lads rushed up stairs, crying that Mr, Loesch had hurt him, which brought Mrs. Bier down te the garden. Stringer says that she carried a club undes her aprou and with it struck Loesch a blow on the head. Loesch, in his efforts to wrest the club from her, accidentally hit’ her in the face with but’ finally secured it. Mrs. Bier then ent a complaint against Loesch for selling liquors on Sunday, and had the barkeeper arrested. Mr. Loesch accompanied his barkeeper to the station house, but soon returned and had a few drinks with some frends who were present, after which he started for his home in Chrystie street, Stringer was present during the whole affuir, and was corroborated, in the presence of a Hxraup reporter, by one of the frends of Mr. Loesch in all the particulars except as to what occurred in the gurden, which part the gentleman did not see, Nothing more was heard of Mr. Loesch until he was icked up in the middle of Chrystie street, near G: late that night, by an officer, who conveyed him, in aa insensible condition, to the Tenth precinct stavien house. The next morning he had recovered his senses, and was taken to court and fined $10 tor drunkenness, which was paid by his barkeeper of the saloon in Cbrys- tie streets From there he was taken home tn a semi- delirious state and put to bed, from which he never arose, Mrs. Bier’s story is that Loesch struck her son with a wet handkerebief on the back of the neck, causing com- siderable pain, while the boys were doing no mischie? whatever. She went to reprove Mr, Loesch, when he struck her in the face with his fist. The idea that she had anything like a club 18 preposterous, a fan being the only thing she had in her hand at the time. She was sent for by Coroner Croker yesterday, and !mme- diately presented herself before him. “He examined her, and, seeming confident of her mnocenee, allowed her'to return home. Sergeant Webb, of the Tenth precinct, said that he saw no wound on Loesch when he was brought to the station house. The Coroner’s inquest will take to-day, SUICIDE OF A MERCHANT.: Shortly before nine o'clock yesterday morning the family of Mr. Charles W. Benedict, residing at No, 363 West Thirty-fourth street, were startled by the loud re- port of a pistol, proceeding apparently from the chamber of Mr, Benedict. An investigation revealed the latver lying on the floor, bleeding from the wound made by # bullet that he had lodged in his brain, Dr, Burdick, residing near by, was promptly summoned, and admin. istered all the relief possible under the circumstances, but it was apparent from the nature of the wound that death was imminent, The unfortunate man sunk | into unconsciousness, and remained in that state until the time of his death, which occurred a little after seven o'clock last night. Notification was sent by the attending physician ta the Corouer’s office, and Deputy Coroner Cushman yes- terday afternoon proceeded to the residence of ‘the dying man to take his statement; Dut Mr, Benedict's condition was so low that it was impossible to do so, although repeated attempts were made to arouse him by stimulants to consciousness. The deceased was a paper merchant, doing business at No, 118 William street, and leaves, it is a large family. Of the causes that led to the commil of the rash act the Coroner could learn but little; but it was asserted that of late Mr. Benedict has been un- usually gloomy, Itis understood that some business complications had for some little time past pressed heavily on his mind, and, being an of extreme sensi- tiveness to the slightest blot on his commercial integrity, he became in consequence temporarily insane, The Coroner will hold an inquest to-day, SUICIDE OF A WOMAN, Mrs. Paulina Kehibaum, residing at No. 226 Belmont avenue, Newark, died yesterday morning from the effect of phosphorus, For several days past sho had shown symptoms of insanity, taking repeated doses of mee ey obtained from a quantity of i in her possession. On Tuesday night jowed an extra large quantity. A mi shortly in attendance, but failed to aa suffered excruciating agonies from cramps in stomach. She was mother of three young children ‘and was forty-two years old. PARIS GREEN AGAIN. Marsella A, Patten, agod twenty-five years, living at No, 633 Hudson street, attempted to commit suicide Fillo Sungron Weluar and taken 1 Buen