The New York Herald Newspaper, September 11, 1875, Page 3

HE PACIFIC MAIL. je he Suit Against William G. King for the Recovery of the $750,000. AFFIDAVIT OF RUFUS HATCH. Interesting Expose of the Doings of Stock- well, Schumaker & Co. Anticipated Return of One of the Expatriated Trio. WHAT IT IS EXPECTED TO PROVE. Mixwearouis, Minn., Sept. 10, 1875, Tho following is an abstract of the affidavit of Rufus Hatch, presented in the Court of Common Pleas of this city by the attorneys of the Pacific Mail Steamship Com- pany, on which His Honor A. H, Young, presiding Judge, granted a continuance of the case against King until the March term, 1876;— THE APPIDAVIT. ‘Unsrrep States or Amenica, State of New York— City and County of New York, ss,:—The Pacific Mail Steamship Company vs. William G. King.—Rufus Hatch being duly sworn, says:—l am now director of the Pacific Mail Steamship Com- py. During tho year 1874 and until March, 1575, was managing director of the plaintiff, My ‘duties were to personally superintend the business and inter- ests of the plaintiffand investigate the transactions of several agents of plaintiff, with the view to make them faithful in the discharge of their duties and prevent the misappropriation of funds. Also my duty, in case any such misappropriation had been made, was to take efficiont measures to have such misappropriated funds restored to the _ plaintiif. During 1872 and previous thereto Richard B. Irwin was the confidential agent of piaintuff, and was accustomed to receive pay out of and did receive pay out of large sums of money belonging to plaintiff. As managing director it became my duty to investigate the accounts of Irwin tor the purpose of tenting their wccuracy. I discovered that on the 24th of May, 1872, at New York, Irwin, contidential agent of plaintiff, had drawn from plaintiff an aggregate amount of $750,000 in six different instalments of $650,000, $50,000, $25,000, $15,000 and two of $5,000 each. Among the paid and returned checks of plainwit [ found six checks corresponding to the amounts above -named. The endorsements on each of said checks of “Richard B, Irwin” are in tho handwriting of Irwin, and the money was drawn {rom money betonging to the plaintiff ‘on or about the dates thereof, 1 have examined the ac- counts of Irwin and his vouchers, and all the book accounts and records of said plaintiff relating to trans- actions hat before, during and subsequent to the period mentioned, and, though I find money was drawn in the manner heretofore set forth, yet I Ond no entry indicating the purpose for which it was drawn, nor how or to whom, except to said Irwin for what purpose it was paid, nor can I find authority for the drawing, payment or dis- bursement of gaid money. I find no allusion to said money or any part in apy accounts which said Irwin has rendered to the plaintiff, nor is Irwin debited with the same, Irwin was requested to account to the | Pacific Mail Company for said money and explain what disposition was made of it, which he declined to do, Thereupon, during the month of Janu- ary, this year, suit was instituted by the company w compel said ‘accounting, The aforesaid facts having been brought to the attention of the House of Representa- tives then assembled, AN INVESTIGATION was instituted. A large number of witnesses wero ex- amiaed, and the testimony was published. I was present, Among the witnesses summoned was Irwin, who now resides in London; John G, Schumaker, George G, Coe, Dumont Clark, Jonathan L. Worth, Thomas Ellis and William B, Gage, all of whom reside in New York; L. Davis, who resides in Washington, and Wilham 8. King, Minneapolis. Said Irwin, after admitting he had distri- buted a hos portion of said money to dillerent persons, gefused to disclose the names. After reciting a portion of the testimony of Irwin taken upon the investigation, which has been already published, the affidavit continues, Subsequently Irwin testifed that he had paid said defendant, William S. King, $125,000 of said amount, in sums varying from $25,000 to $115,000 of the aforesaid $750,000, and about the sane time ‘he had paid to Jotin G. Schumaker the sum of $300,000 thereof, and other persons various other sums, amounting in’ the aggro- gato to about $1,000,000,’ These suns wero not paid by him in the line of his duties as agent of the company or through any authority conferred upon him by said company. I discovered that during the months of May and June, 1872, more than $2,000,000 had been extracted unlawfully and secretly from the funds of tho company by Stockwell, the president, and Irwin, the agent, and that Schumaker and defendant King and others, with the full knowledge that said amounts were ‘so unlawfully abstracted, appropriated to their own use a portion of said funds without rendermg any consideration or service what- ever to said company, and then secretly and corruptly made arrangement, each with the other, not to divulge the fact of such unlawful abstraction and misappropria- tion; and they did further ugrec, cach with the other, to prevent and baille every cifurt that should thereafter e made 10 detect such unlawiul acts, The books of the company were by Stockwell manipulated and prepared and so filled = with false entries that it was impossible to — dis tover the extent of the defalcation. Only by aid of evidence elicited upon said investigation, and a con- linued series of comparisons of entries with persons and Srms to which they referred, was the plot unfolded and the method and extent of the defalcation brought to | light; that during the progress of the developments made under the investigation the four chief conspirators and receivers of this stolen fund left the country—to wit, | Btockwell, King, Schumaker and Irwin. Immediately after said’ disclosures were made 1 took the promptest ‘and most efficient measures to compel the return of the money to the company. House of Dtprocestativen s Process to compel the at- tendance of King before the Jnvestigating committee Before the process could be served, King fled from the jurisdiction of Congress to a foreign country and there | remained till the process lost its force. Since the be- | ginning of this action I have been persistent in fecking out the whereabouts of witnesses whose testi- mony can support the allegations of this complaint, but, through the efforts of Stockwell, Schumaker, Irwin, King, and their confederates, I have been un: able to produce the witnesses. Stockwell is in London, Schumaker and Irwin are now also in London. Daring the last three months most strenuous efforts have becn made to induce those gentlemen to appear and testify as to the facts of the defalca- tion, and to identify the names of the rsons who shared with them in the abstracted funds, am informed that one has agreed to place himself within the jurisdiction of the Court on or before the Ist day of January next to testify as to facts bearing upon the case within his knowledge. THE TESTIMONY, which I believe he can give is as tullows:—That King, in the month of May, 1812, upon the allegation and | pretence that he could therewith corruptly influence certain members of Congress to vote in favor of an act then pending before the House of Representatives Mfecting the Pacific Mail Company, induced an re of that company to deliver to him $125,000 from funds belonging to said company, and’ thereupon promised that in case — said @mount was delivered to him he would distribute the greater portion thereof among the members of Con- gress; that on the faith of this promise, and {or that pur- , Said amount, without the knowledge of the Board of Directors of the Pacific Mail Company, was so de- livered to King, and that, instead of paying out the kame, he appropriated the Whole thereof to his own use, and never performed the service or made the payment | toany one forthe company. I aver that cach of the aforesaid persons, Schumaker, Stockwell and Irwin, has personal knowledge of the truth of the foregoing allega- | Vions, and tify to them in Court. J believe that | one of them has consented and agreed before the 1st day of January, 1876, to place himself within the juris- diction of this ‘Court for the purposo of having his testimony taken in this case, I am advised by H. 8 Bennett, counsel for plaintiff, in New York, and John M. Shaw, attorney for piaintif, in Minneapolis that it will tend to defeas the ends of justice and may prevent obtaining —_ tho aforesaid testimony if I reveal which one of the threo bas mado the foregoing agreement; no unlawful in- ducement has been mad him to give the aforesaid testimony; the only motive that prompted witness to make said agreement is a desire to tell the whole truth, Mr. Hatch then testifies to King’s and Schumaker's identification in New York, as has been already pub- lished, naming George 8. Cole, Dumont Clark, Thomas Ellis, J, L. Worth, ©. L, McDougall and William P, Gage as witnesses who will testify in support of his {Hateh’s) allegations, and continue Each one of the above named witnesses is material for the plaintiff, and without the testimony of said wit- eaves plainti cannot safely proceed to trial, In conse- ence of the skill and secrecy with which the alore- ‘aid immense sums have been abstracted from the company, the ingenuity and re with which the iracks of the defauiters ave been covered up, it has re- quired the united efforts of many detectives and ac- count to unearth their hiding places and trace the | | but I further asked from the | Ci Htolen funds, to discover the names of witnesses, who have a knowledge of the circumstances and events, by whieh uvietion of the defaulters can be estab- ished. Ihave been unable to do more than discover the aforesaid facts, but have not had time since to pre- fent the proper papers to the Court so that a commis- sion could issue to secure their testimony in me for the trial of this cause, 1 have, how: t insel e the proper steps to have a commission issue to examine all of the wit- hesKes at their residences respectively, so thei: testi- mony at least can be produced and read, [ aver that their evidence is as toliows:—In course of the investi. itiow at Washington in February, 1873, King appeared fore the committee in. Washin; and, with tho solemnity of an ovth, without 4 jcation or reserva- NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11, 1875.-WITH SUPPLEMENT. tion, averred that he did not know of the expenditure of one dollar of the aforesaid money, and that he did not himself receive one dollar directly or indirectly. Subsequently two respectable and unimpeached wit- nesses swore that he received $125,000, Immediately upon that announcement King fled the country and remained abroad till the power of the committee to Summon hin as & Wituess ceased, and till his confederates in receipt of the money had fled the country. During this _ period it was publicly announced by the press and telegraphed throughout this and other countries that the presence of King was demanded to explain this extraordinary contlict of testimony, but King refused ;to appear and justify himself. Here Mr. Hatch recites the action of Congress in ref- erence to the charge of perjury against King, and con- tinues:— Since the action of Congress reflecting on the integ- rity, honesty and truthfulness of King, the latter has not taken, so far as I can ascertain, one step or uttered one word in vindication of his character. I further aver that King would not have ventured to return to or be now within the jurisdiction of any court in this country did he not know that Irwin, Stockwell and Schumaker were in a foreign country, and did he not believe that cach of them would faithfully keep tho aforesaid corrupt agreement, under which they bound themselves each to the other not to reveal their share and participation, respectively, in the aforesaid defaleation, Mr. Hatch then avers that he will continue his efforts to discover the defaleation and the offenders, and makes his appeal for farther time to prosecute his case for the company. The affidavit is signed by Mr. Hatch and verified in New York by R, Herman, Notary Public, THE UNBURIED CORPSE. GUARDS STILL WATCHING THE REMAINS OF GUI- BORD—CRITICISMS OF THE BISHOP'S CIRCULAR— TROUBLE EXPECTED AT THE COMING FUNERAL. MoxtTREAL, Sept. 10, 1875, ‘The situation here remains unchanged. All that is left of poor Guibord’s body still lies in the vault of the Protestant cemetery and is guarded all during the night by armed men. religious strife stand like pugilists in a prize ring, each waiting for its rival to strike. The Institute Canadien is pledged to bury the remains of Guibord in the Cem- ctory Cote des Neges, and to accomplish their purpose they will call on the military to help them. The Church, anticipating this, states through the mouth of the Bishop of Montreal, that in case the body is interred by force, the ground covering it shall be interdicted and looked upon henceforth as a cursed spot, It is the custom of the French Canadians to inter husband and wife in the same grave. Therefore, if Guibord should be really buried and the ground be cursed, must not the resting place of Mrs. Guibord, whom the Church dearly loved, be oxecrated as well? It would certainly seem so, and then, again, how could the Church permit the body of one of its members to rest with that of the man whom it had ex- communicated? There is another point which is being discussed in conversational circles—Does the Church fulfil the mandate of the Queen in permitting the burial in the limits of the cemetery ?—that 13, barely assent- ing to it and withdrawing the consecration of that par- ticular lot owned by Guibord and making it a spot ac- cursed forever? The lot was purchased when its value was enhanced by consecration, and for a particular purpose, which could only be effected through the consecration of the ground, The Crown orders consecrated ground for the remains and insists upon its consecration. The lawyors are now carnestly discussing this phaso of the question. Iam informed to-night, by the French and the English, too, that these soothing and calming messages are a mere warning to action. In the quarter imhabited by French Canadian work- men there is great concealment and mystery, If you talk to them about the Bishop's letter they will shrug their shoulders and remark, ‘It is only to quiet the Irish.” They class all English-speaking people under the head of Irish, whom they hate, and by whom they are as cordially hated, From what I have seen of tho people of the East End it is evident that the Bishop’s curse will have little effect upon them, and they will turn out when the time comes, fully prepared to battle for rights they scarcely seem to comprehend, THE INSTITUT CANADIEN. I visited the Institut Canadien this morning. It is situated on the Rue Notre Dame, just within a stone’s throw of Bonsecours, the oldest church in this city. It is. a fino ‘structure, very large and exceedingly well appointed. The reading room is graced with a group of magniticent engravings, pre- sented to the institute by Prince Napoleon. The so- crety is thirty | agi old and is very powerful. It has numbered in its ranks the most famous men of the French Canadian race. There has not been a man of note among the French Canadians who fought for responsible governments and against the bureaucracy under the old régime, or a singie statesman or orator. who has not been connected with it, and to-day its list of members comprises the flower of French ability in the Dominion, It has been honored by royalty, and even Horace Greeley contributed to its record by lec- turing in its spacious hall, — Its room: open to the public, the only stipulation being that visitors shall be decently attired. The Gu.bord affair was the sole topic of conversation, Indeed, it could not be otherwise when it is taken into consideration that just at this time the society is pitted against the Chureh, “What! have you not known of last night?” I heard one man say to another in that peculiar dialect which only a Canadian can use when under the greatest mental excitement, “Dey go to de cometre Protestant; dey trow stones at de police; dey fire many, many shots; dey want'to steal de body un born him."’ At first I thought he was the victim of a rumor, for I was in the cemetery myself last mght till a late hour and heard no disturbance; but a most worthy and reliable Montreal newspaper, the Evening Star, in its last issue of to-day, contains the following item:—‘‘A stone was thrown at the police on guard at the vault atthe cemetery at one o'clock this A. M. The officers discharged fourteen shots in the direction from which the stone came, nothing further took place. This was the only incident of note during the night Sergeant Richardson has still command of | guard af the vault, Passing out from the Institute Canadien to the Rue Notre Dame | entered several stores: under pretence of examining and pricing such articles asa man would be apt to purchase, I was aware that though I was in the neighborhood of the institute I was at the same time among its most vehement and bitter opponents, What I heard there may be briefly ex- pressed in the following, which was ‘actually said to “Bury Guibord! Never! I admire my Queen, but I love my Church from my heartstrings.” ‘Apart from this nothing remains to be said, Armed | men constantly guard Guibord’s remains, The day for the burial has not as yet been fixed upon. He will be interred, not secretly, as the Church presumes, but publicly. It may be to-morrow. I anticipate trouble— serious, murderous trouble, It is inevitable, and I feet sure that the burial of Guibord will be such an one as the people of this country have never seen, THE WESTERVELT TRIAL. OPENING THE PRISONER'S DEFENCE—THE PRISONER'S WIFE ALLOWED 10 TESTIFY—A GLIMPSE AT THE HOME LIFE OF MOSHER. PuiLapenruta, Sept, 10, 1875. The proceedings in the trial of William H. Wester- velt to-day were not marked by that dramatic interest which bad been gradually increasing during the unfold- | ing of the case of the prosecution, The prisoner’ counsel to-day began his defence, and the session of the Court was mainly consumed in listening to the testi- mony of Mrs, Westerveit, the wile of the accused. THE DEFENCE. Shortly after the opening of court the prisoner's counsel addressed the jury, in opening the case for the defence, His address was very short, saying that but few witnesses would be examined; that at one time it ‘was intended to offer no evidence; that all the prisoner | desired was to tell his own story under oath, and that | he entreated a fuir hearing, Mrs. Mary O'Leary, of No, 233 Monroo street, New York; Miss Kate Morgan, of No, 724 Gilbert street, Philadelphia, and Mrs. Aunie McElroy, of New York, York at cortain dates in July, 1874, MKS. WESTERVELT CALLED, Mr. Ford then called Mrs. Westervelt to the stand, whereupon Mr, Hagert objected, To this objection Judge Eleock said, “Sho is not » competent Witness until he makes election, I deed, she is not then; but the Commonwealth waiv that objection.” Objection sustained, Mr. Ford, to the prisoner—Mr, Westervelt, do you desire to be'examined or not? Westervelt—I do sir, after my wife, MRS. WESTERVELT’S TESTIMONY, Tt was then agreed that she should testify, and accord- ingly she was sworn. the prisoner, and thoir struggles to get along in the world; of how she had come to Philadeiphia with him, and how subsequently he, on the advice of Moster, went into the ‘moth powder’ business; in this he failed and they returned to New York; on the night of the 6th of July she remembered he | was home, for the reason that on that night he went to | the J. J. O'Brien picnic, and w he came home he | broaght a cooked ham and $5 with him, both of which had been given him at the picnic, In Speaking of tho 6th of July, the day on which Mrs. Peet swore | sne saw Westervelt in Brooklyn, Mrs Westervelt said, On the morning of the 6th of July wo did not get up | very early, and after breakfast he took a pillow and | the ironing blanket and went into the entry aud slept most all day; he had a mustache that day, the same as "he always wore; had | no whiskers on that day; up to the middle of August he was about the police office all the time, | trying to get back on the police force, from which he had been dismissed, The remainder of the testimony of the witness did not develop anything of special interest. She will probably be cross-examined at the next sitting of the Court, ‘ To-day the two parties engaged in this | are free and | j bi ibs. severally testified to. having scen Weatervelt in New | 2uck Twitty She told of her marriage with | HAZING AT LAFAYETTE. OUTRAGEOUS TREATMENT OF FRESHYEN BY THE SOPHOMORES—-A NUMBER OF THE LATTER EX- PELLED—ACTION OF THE FACULTY AND OF THE STUDENTS. Easrow, Pa., Sept. 10, 1875. On Monday night the sophomore class of Lafayette College, numbering seventy-five, turned out in masks and white gowns, with torches, for a regular “horn spree.” They paraded the college campus and the streets of College Hill with diabolical noise, for some ‘time, after which they entered the old college 4 building and the several halls, hunting for freshmen. The doors of the rooms of Professors Hart, Owens, Baker and Silliman were broken open, as were ulso the doors of a number of freshmen, not only in the college building, but out in the town, Tho'freshmen were dragged trom their beds and submitted to the greatest indignities, The fac- ulty made a descent and captured four students, two of them in the act of depredation. On Tuesday these four—E, £. Hoyt, Kingston, Pa; J. E. Durham, De- walt, Pa.; Charles Newton, Nicholsgn, Pa., and Horace A om Allamuchy, N. J.—were “indefinitely suspend- ” Newton and Ayres left for home, but the other two remained until yesterday morning,’ when they were taken to the depot in a barouche, drawn by four white horses, escorted by the Easton Cornet Band and the whole sophomore class. The procession passed through the principal streets, causing great excite- ment. At the Circle they were choered by a crowd of students assembled, and the cheers were returned. At the depot several college songs were sung and the band pene vee Girl I Lett Behind Me” and ‘Home, Sweet ‘ome. The class adopted and handed the faculty a letter, in which they asked’the same treatment as was given the suspended men. The faculty is i session to-day, SUSPENDING TH WHOLE CLASS as fast as they can be heard. The action of the class was severely denounced in the Free Press of last night, and receives general condemnation from the public. There seems to be little feeling oa the subject in the other classes, though it is the absorbing subject of conversation. Tho conduct of President Cat- tell and the faculty in dealing summarily with the offenders ‘is unanimously approved, and the general opinion is that every par: ticipant should have been arrested and punished for the glaring outrage upon the public peace. A son of Governor Hartrantt anda son of Cyrus L. Pershing, the democratic nominee for Governor, are members of the sophomore class, and will be ‘handled. by the faculty. ‘At a meeting of the sophomore class held on Wednes- day evening, the following letter was adopted and a copy furnished to each of the suspended students, to be given to his parents and friends :— Easton, Pa., Sept. 8, 1875. We, the class to which your son belongs, wish to inform you that J. E. Durham is not suspended cy any individual Offence but for some disturbances made by the class as a body. Therefore, by receiving this, signed by the President nd Secretary of the class, you will perceive that he was merely unfortunate enouxh 'to be detected as one with the class at the time of the disturbance. }ORGE V, SHEFFIELD, President. W. Lesuxy Suxaren, Secretary. ‘The faculty held a meeting, at which the following minute was adopted, and will be forwarded to the pa- rents of all members of the sophomore class and widely published :— MEETING OF THE FACULTY. Tho minutes of the meeting of the faculty, which was held yesterday, recite the facts of the affair as above stated concluding with the statement that the “Faculty have no doubt that the patrons of the college will wonder at the — strange infatuation which has seized upon these young men. It is hoped that such advice will be promptly and fully given from home as will cause the young men to reflect seriously upon the perilous position they have taken in thus combining to resist the government of the college, especially when the faculty are endeavoring to suppress such grave disorders, happily very rare at Lafayette.” THE CHAMPION SCULLS OF AMERICA. THE RACE BETWEEN MORRIS AND COULTER ON THE ALLEGHANY TO-DAY—POOL SELLING ON THE RESULT. Pirrspvra, Sept. 10, 1875. The great aguiling match for the championship of ‘America and $1,000 between Henry Coulter and Evan Morris, which takes place to-morrow afternoon at Lo- gan’s Eddy, on the Alleghany River, will, it is said by professional boating men, be ono of the finest struggles ofthe kind ever scen in this country. Reports from the headquarters of the men to-night say that they both are in excellent condition and ready and anxious for the meeting. Coulter's condition is superb, and his friends say never since he began boating has he pulled such a strong oar as he docs to-day, He will row at about 165 pounds in a shell built by him- Self, Morris is very sirong and shows evidence of ex. cellont training. Ho will row at about 158 pounds in an | American built shell. It is said ho is a much better oareman to-day than when he pulled George Brown at Halifax last year. POOL SELLING on the race is going on_in quite a number of places to- night. At Sproul’s White House, Fifth avenue, there appears to be no choice, one man éelling as high’as the | other, though Morris seems to have the most friends, Pool selling 1s quite lively, and the indications are that much money is staked on the result, The hour fixed for the race is between four and five o’clock, LEXINGTON RACES. Lexinctox, Ky., Sept. 10, 1875, ‘The races to-day were well attended. A light rain laid the dust and put the track in excellent condition. SUMMARY, First Racr.—Produce Stakes, for three-year-olds. ‘Two-milo heats, Megibben’s b. £., by imp. Leamington . Goo. Cadwallader's b. f., by Enquirer, Time, 3:4034. A Skcoxp Racr.—Colt and hilly stakes, for two-year-olds, Nichol’s b. g. Vagrant, by Virgil.........-+. 1 Richards’ ch. f, Clemmie G., by War Dance.. a | Randall & Co.'s b. c. The Nipper, by imp. Phacton.. 3 | The following were not placod:—Richards’ ch. c, Bazaar, by Jack Malone; Megibben’s ch. g. Goldsberg, by Lexington; Swigert’s b,c, Bombay, by Planet; Swigert’s b. ¢. Berlin, by imp. Australian. Time, 1:4534. Tarp Race.—Purse $250, of Which $200 to the first and $50 to eecond horse. Three- mile, Swigerv’s ch. bh, Kaypl, 4, years, ol Ne Robinson, Morgan by imp. Australian... sAnibeces is Richards’ b. c, Redman, 8 years old, by War Dance. 3 The following were’ not placed:—Buford’s ch. c. Vox Populi, four years old, by Versailles; Grinstead’s b. f. Phoobe’ Mayflower, three years old, by imported Phaeton; Thomas’ ch. f, Georgie Bowman, four years old, by Lexington; Richard’s ch. ¢, Bullion, two years old, by War Dance, Time, 1:1734. PROSPECT PARK FAIR GROUNDS. LAST DAY OF THE THIRD ANNUAL RUNNING MEETING—POOL SELLING ON THE EVENTS. This is the last day of the third annual running mect- ing at the Prospect Park Fair Grounds, and three crack- ing events aro on the card. First is a handicap hurdle | race, two miles, for a purse of $400, of which $300 to | the winner, $75 to the second and $25 to the third | horse. Then comes a selling race, for all ages, one | mile and an eighth; purse of $250, the winner to re- ceive $200 and the second horse $50. Winding up the meeting will be a handicap for all ages, purse of $400, of | which $825 to the winner and $75 to the second horse, Pools were sold on these events last evening, the aver- age being as follows:— ol dis | ld, by Planet..... 10.8 br. f, Gyptis, 3 years old, MANDICAP HURDLE. by Tur) Johnson's. ll au 20 40 12 16 2 6 Camden, 98 Ibs. Long Branch, 98 Ibs. Bargoo, 98 Ibs. 20 30 Ida Wells, 85 Iba. ety 20 Mollie Darling, 85 nh be 3 | i | B. F. Carver, 108 Ibs. ‘ we Sesn Cont fi-4 Ib 7 Frank, bs. Wariate, 75 Ibs LO NEW YORK YACHT CLUB, ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE FALL REGATTA. A special moeting of the New York Yacht Club was held at the club house, Stapleton, 8. L, last evening. Arrangements were haem ag for the races to be sailed on the J0th of September for the prizes offered by Rear Commodore Kane, over the club course, and an appropriation was voted to defray she expenses of the occasion, A steamer chartered by the club will accom- pany the yachts over the course, YACHTING NOTES. Yacht America, Boston Yacht Club, Mr. Bon. F- Butler, from Boston for New York, passed Whitestone yesterday. Yacht Peerless, B.Y.C., Mr. Maxwell, from Sand’s Point, passed Whitestone en route for Now York. A LUCKY MISS. The store of William O'Rorko, corner of Wolcott and Conover streets, Brooklyn, was visited by a colored man yesterday afternoon, and snapped it at the proprietor, but the on missed recinet station house, where he gave his name as William Stevens, Hoe i neld to answer the charge of felonious assault, “day—very wet weather. CREEDMOOR. EXTRA RIFLE PRACTICE OF THE SECOND | BRIGADE—RAIN SPOILS THE SHOOTING. A portion of the troops belonging to the Second brigade, First division N.G.S.N.Y., went yesterday to Creedmoor for extra rifle practice. The force out pur- ported to bo the right wing of the Second brigade, but was, in reality, composed of men belonging to both wings and centre. The men had nearly all been out before for ball practice, and on two former occasions, when detachments from this brigade appeared before the butts, ¢hey met with the same misfortune as yester- | The majority of the men had | already shot the regulation number of rounds and | faited to qualify as competitors for the right of wearing | the Marksman’s Badge. | ‘The regiments that had detachments out were:—The Fifth, ninety-cight men from various companies, under Captain Lamb, Captain Bruor acting as inspector of rifle practice; the Eleventh, forty-cight men, belonging | to several compan: under the command of Captain | Baldendecker, Captain Brindis acting as inspector of rifle practice; the Eighty-fourth, thirty men, attached to different companies, in charge of Captain McKinley, Captain Ackerman being inspector of rifle practice; the Ninety-sixth, thirty-four men, under the orders of Cuptain Rodenberg, who also acted as inspector of rifle practice. The several detachments left Hunter's Point on the | thirty-tive minutes past nine o'clock A. M. train for Creedmoor, where they arrived in good time to begin shooting at about half-past ten o'clock before the 100 yards butts. This distance and the 150 yards were shot over by half-past twelve o'clock, at which hour the men were allowed to fall out of formation and go to ra- tions. At this time the weather, which had been ex- cessively sultry and hot in the morning, now took a sudden change. Banks of leaden colored clouds began to close overhead from the northwest; the thermometer fell rapidly, and the air became all at once chill and’ damp; large drops of rain were seen to fall here ‘and there, like dropping shots along the skirmish line of an ad- yancing army; sullen peals of distant thunder wera heard at intervals, and soon afterward rain began to come down in torrents. This was a little before three o'clock, The men, who had fired a few shots at the 300 | yards range, were obliged to leave the firing and seck refuge under the refreshment booth near ‘The number of men in the different regiments who | had qualified by making fifty per cent of their possible highest score at the two shorter, to enable them to shoot at the two larger, were distributed among the different corps out as follows:—The Fith regiment, forty-two mon; the Eleventh, forty-eight; the Eighty-fourth, nineteen; Ninety-sixth, fifteen men. This can by no means be taken as a criterion of the | a A COUNCIL OF WAR. SECRET MEETING OF THE TAMMANY LEADERS— AN ADDRESS BY JOHN KELLY—THE ANTI- TAMMANY DELEGATES AT SYRACUSE, At the secret meeting of the Committee on Organiza- tion of Tammany Hall yesterday afternoon about forty delegates wore present, every district being represented. John Kelly presided. After the regular routine of business was transacted the committee which had been appointed to notify the men who are to act as poll clerks and inspectors at the coming election returned a list of about ten names of men who either could not be found by the address given or were ineligible on account of their holding offices which debarred them, under the State law, from acting as such. This list was referred to the delegates from the districts in which the wanting men belong with the that the necessary correcti Ae y next. A resolution was adopted allowi Assembly district to . Convention, No other public tion was State Convention, No action has been tak the delegates shall act at Syracuse, ev ade of the ns to. how ‘ything being | left to their own judgment and discretion, Mr. Kelly, in his closing address, stated that, during the tour from which he has just returned, he conversed with many prominent men in thirteen different 8 and he found not one who found fault with the 4 of the democratic party of New York city. He urged upon the members to elect only honest and capable men to fill the capacities of poll clorks and inspectors at the election, and said that if care was taken in this particu- lar their party would carry everything before it. From the casual conversation of the members present it can be rred that they anticipate having a fall sweep wt Syracuse, They admit, however, that the question of admitting Morrissey’s party to seats will be serious, ANTI-TAMMANY RATIFICATION. A numerously attended meeting of citizens of tho Sixteenth ward, Thirteenth Assembly district was held last evening in Seventeenth street, betwoen Seventh and Eighth avenues, This assemblage was called to- gether for the purpose of ratifying the election of dele- gates from the districts to the Syracuse Convention. A platforin was erected in the centre of the street, upon which a band discoursed lively music. Shortly after eight o'clock the meeting was called to order by Colonel Max Friedman. A letter was read from Mr. Gideon J. ‘Tucker, expressing regret that he was unable to attend, ‘The following resolutions were adopted Resolved, That we hereby pledge ourselves to oppose, h all onr energies, the present one-man power of men’s proficiency who made the required percentago of | Tammany Hall in dictating to the democratic voters of hits to enable them to contest for the Marksman’s Badge. They had nearly all been unsuccessful at tho same ranges before, and’ until after concluding the fir- | ings at 400 yards (which was not done because of the Tain) it would have been impossible to predict how many of them could have made the required fifty per cent of the possible scores yesterday, much less to say what portion of them might have succeeded to quality | in the Marksman’s Badge match. At all events, the percentage of successful marks- men would have been very insignificant, so that the practice was altogether worthiess, excepting for the purpose of allowing ‘ward squad in ballistics to burn an extra twent: irty rounds of am- munition per man at the expense of the State, and with questionable benefit to themselves. Colonel Unbekant of the Eleventh regiment acted as Field-oMicer of the day; Colonel W. E, Van Wyck, as Brigade Inspector of rifle practice, directed the ‘firin| Major Earle, of the General Staff, Second Brigade, ap- peared on special duty; Surgeon Cook, of the Eleventh regiment, acted as medical Staf Oficer, and the Rey, Wil- | liam H. Buttner, (Lutheran) Chaplain, saw to the men’s | spiritual welfare. The reverend gentleman appeared in full military uniform, wearing a belted sword and captain’s shoulder straps, with a silver cross embroid- ered on them between the bars. It appears that Mr. Buttner wears this most singular garb for a Christian clergyman at tho bidding ot his commanding officer, Colonel Charles Spencer, whose love of rigorous uni- forms is well known, During the day good order was preserved on the fleld, and the men seemed desirous of making good scores, The united detachments returned to New York on the 4:47 P, M. train from Creedmoor, in a drenching rain, and without having completed the practice, THE NATIONAL GUARD. LIST OF LATEST COMMISSIONS AND PROMOTIONS. General Orders No, 26, under date of the 1st inst., announced the following commissions and promotions in the National Guard during the month of August:— Trp Reoreext oF Cavatry.—Justus Luhrs, captain, with rank from February 10, 1875, | vice Claus Hoops, resigned; Frederick Von Axte, | first lieutenant, with rank from February 10) | 1875, vice Justis Luhrs, promoted; John C. Kobbe, | second lieutenant, with rank from February 10, 1875) | vice Frederick Von Axte, promoted; William J. Klee, second lieutenant, with rank from February 2, 1875, | vice Herman H. Kinken, resigned. Sixtn RxGmext.—William E, Van Wyck, colonel, with rank from August 5, 1875, vice Frank W. Sterry, resigned; William H. King, lieutenant colonel, with | rank from August 5, 1875, vice William E. Van Wyck, promoted. Exevest Reortext.—Charies F, Baldenccker, captain, with rank from July 19, 1875, vice Robert Gross, resigned, TWENTY-THIRD ReGtweNt.—Charles E. Bridge, first lieutenant and commissary of subsistence, with rank | from August 16, 1875, vice John N Partridge, pro- moted; Wingfleld G, Burton, captain and inspector of rifle practico, with rank from August 16, 1875; original. Twanty-xiGHTH ReomMext.—Christian lig, captain, with rank from July 8, 1875, vice William Heerdt, Jr.; Promoted; Adolf Getting, first Heutenant, with rank | om July 8, 18%5, vice Christian Wolf, resigned; Albert Fries, second licutenant, with rank from July 8, 1875, vice Christian IWig, promoted; William Heerdt, Jr., captain and inspector of rifle practice, with rank from June 24, 1875, original; Francis F. ‘Miller, captain, with rank from July 13, 1875, vice John ©. E. Hinrichs; Emil Schieln, second lieutenant, with rank from July 12, 1875, vico Francis F. Miller, pro- moted. Sixty-xintH Rearent.—John J. Carton, captain and inspector of rifle practice, with rank from July 20, 1875, Original. SeveNty-rimst Reomtext.—William H. Chaddock, lieutenant colonel, with rank trom August 4, 1875, vice Henry ©. Lockwood, resigned; Edwin A. McAlpine, major, with rank from August 4, 1875, vice Thomas L: Raymond, resigned; William B. Knapp, second lieu- tenant, with rank from June 14, 1875, vico Emil Car- dozo, resigned. FAST MAIL TRAIN TO WEST SOUTHWEST. The Pennsylvania Railroad Company will on Monday next, the 13th iust., begin running a regular daily fast mail train to Pittsburg, Cincinnati, Chicago, St. Louis | and the Sonthwest. It appears that the company some months ago advised the Post Office De- partment of its readiness to run a fast postal train not only to Chi but to St. Louis and Cincin- nati, thus affording the same tal facilities to the Southwest as to Chicago and the Northwest. It was only onthe 27th of August that the department responded to this offer, and then it was understood that the train by the New York Central road would com- mence running on the 13th of September. This gave the Pennsylvania Railroad Company only thirteen working days to build three postal cars and three tender cars and alter the time tables of its various lines from New York to Chicago, Cincinnati and St. Louis; but the company succeeded in building cars and will have them com- pleted and at Jersey City ready for running the train on Monday, the 13th inst. The train will leave New York at half-past four A. M., arrive at Pittsburg at six P. M., Chicago half-past six A. M., Cincinnati fifty minutes past four A. M., Indianapolis fifty minutes past six A. M. and St. Louis two P, M. THE DIRECT CABLE. On the 15th inst, the direct cable will be ready for the transmission of public messages between America and Europe, and the East generally, The tariff rates will | shortly be published. The whole system of the com- pany between New York and London will be worked by | the company’s own operators. The name of the place at which messages originate will be transmitted freo of | charge. The company’s chief office in New York is at No. 16 Broad street, Messages will be received at all the offices of the Atlantic and Pacific and Franklin telegraph companies throughout the United States; algo at all the offices of the Dominion Telegraph Com- pany of Canada, ‘ MUSIC ON THE MALL, The Departmont of Parks announce that if the weather is ine there will be music on the Mall at Con- tral Park, under the direction of Messrs, Dodworth & Grafulla, this afternoon, commencing at four o'clock. The following is the programmo :— PART 1. 1, March “10 Madchen und Kein Mann’? 2 Overture, “Merry Wives of Windsor”... & Waltz, “Now Vionna”........0.6+ 4 Selection from “The Barber of Sovillo’ (introduciog “Una ha AND jent. PART I. Fackeltantz, No. 4, ‘Frederick Wilhelm’ Quadrille, ‘Gems from German Song” Overture, “The Pretender” , Solo for Piccolo, ‘‘Themo and 8. De Carlo, PART It, 9, Selection, “Mme, L’Archiduc”,,,. 10. Mazurka, “Fata Morgana” Il. Medley, ‘Shamrock Garland” 12, Galop, Jockey,” . Finale, “Nati Moyerbeor .Kuckon 5 6. % 8 ariations Strauss +Dodworth Godfrey ional Airs.’ SOUTH CAROLINA'S CENTENNIAL. Tho negro drow a revolver | | fire. The fellow was arrested and taken to the Eleventh | At Charleston, 8, ©., on the 28th of June next year, will be celebrated the centennial of the battle in the harbor at which Colonel Moultry acted so bravely, The celebration may be made a matter of conciliation, for it was at Charleston that the rebellion began, More- | cause of | Union was found dead in his room last evening. :Rossini | erformed on the Cornet by | «-Dodworth | over, the society which issues the address of invitation is called significantly tho Palmetto Guard, this city how and for whom they shall cast their ballots, Resolved, That we will labor unceasingly to secure for the democrats of this Assembly district a free and independent expression of their opinions at the ballot box at the coming fall election without the control or dictation of any person, Speeches were thade by Mr, Levy J. Isaacs, Walter J. Gibson and others, ‘These speeches were principally in denunciation of the one-man power of Tammany Hall, represented by John Kelly. The reduction of laborers! wages and Mayor Wickham’s policy since election also came in for a fair share of vituperation. DELEGATES TO SYRACUSE. ‘The anti-Tammany democrats of the Seventeenth Assembly district held a convention last evening at the National Assembly Rooms in West ‘Forty-fourth street for the purpose of electing delegates and alternates to the democratic State Convention at ‘acuse, ‘The following were — chosen:—Delegates—Henry Mur- ray, ex-Judge Michael Connolly, Morris Ellenger, Alternates—Richard K. Powers, William King and ‘Adolph L. Sanger. LABOR AND WAGES. THE WORKINGMEN'S UNION DENOUNCES TAMMANY HALL—AN APPEAL TO SYRACUSE—A MASS MEETING CONTEMPLATED, The Workingmen’s Union held a special meeting last evening at Military Hall, No, 198 Bowery. Hugh Dalton presided. Denis S Griffin made an address in which he bit- terly denounced the reduction of the laborers’ wages and tho part taken in it by Tammany Hall, and offered a series of resolutions protesting against any reduction of the Jaborors’ wages cxcept accom- panied by an equivalent reduction in the cost of the necessaries of life, declaring that this reduction cannot | be justified upon the pretext of economy while the city | is saddled with overpaid officials anxious to abridge their limited duties but not the salaries attached thereto, and calling for the appointment of a committee to wait upon the Commissioner of Public Works to learn the this reduction and the — instigators of it and for another committee: to call a mass meeting at Cooper Institute, where the working people could give expression to their views upon the subject and also for the appointment of five delegates to attend the Democratic State Convention at Syracuse ‘on the 16th inst., and on behalf of the Workingmen’ of the city New York demand a hearing before that body in order that t may be ap- prised of the manner in which the leaders’ in this county ignore the rights of the masses and the feeling at such treatment, These resolutions were unanimously adopted, and Mr. Griffin. stated that uny delegates they might send to Syracuse would be given a hearing by the Convention, as that had ‘already been promised them by that body. Tho delegates chosen were Messrs. Denis 8. Griffin, Michael R, Walsh, E. J. Corbitt, Thomas P. Masterson and E. H. Greeno. The committee to wait on the De- rtment of Public Works consists of Messrs. ugh Greenan, Patrick Gallagher, Daniel O'Callaghan, M. H. Haffey and James O’Reilly, and the Committeo on Mass Mecting of R. L. Raleigh, B, H. Cosgrove, Patrick O'Farrell, James Baldwin and W. Fitzgerald. Addresses denouncing the reduction of the laborers’ wages were also made by Messrs. Thomas Masterson, W. Fitzgerald, Hugh Greenan and others present. SUICIDE WITH * STRYCHNINE. Mr. E. Jancke, a German well known in Hoboken, An inves- tigation led to the belief that a dose of strychnine had Deen taken by Mr. Jancke with a suicidal purpose. Life had apparently been extinct for twenty-four hours, ‘The vody might have lain there much longer but for casual visit which his wife paid, when the horror was discovererd. Deceased was possessed of ample means, and owned the cosey dwelling No. 60 Park avenue, cor: ner of Sixth street, where his death took place, Though forty-five years of age and a longtime married Mr. Jancke experienced much domestic infelicity, which 1s supposed to have predisposed him to his rash deed. ‘A post-mortem examination will be held to-day. SUICIDE ON HIS SON'S GRAVE. In the Bay Cemotery, at Greenville, yesterday morn- ing, a man named George Grooby, of South Fifth street, Williamsburg, was discovered to have taken a large dose of laudanum. He chose the grave of his son, who died seven years ago, as the scene of the suicide. Ho was sent to the hospital, but little hope is entertained of his recover; THE PORTO RICO OUTRAGE DE- NIED. i e The following letter appears in the London Times o August 31, and is a denial of the hitherto credited story of an outrage at St, John’s, Porto Rico, by the Captain General, Sauz:— Based on a Reuter’s telegram published on Saturday last, many respectable journals, enlarging on the es- sence of that despatch, have favored their readers with a rather sensational “topic of the day,” and, arguing ‘on sup) authentic information, supported by ap- parent rong collateral evidence, arrive at the con- clusion that a grave international offence and barbarous act has been committed by the Captain General of Porto Rico. . With the object of dissipating the very erroneous statements which have been circulated, founded on which public feeling is excited against a friendly gov- ornment, I take the liberty of giving the following facts, for which I can vouch, having been on the spot at the time, w! my brother, who was a passenger in the Eider, was an eye-witness of the incident and acted as interpreter in the matter: — On the 13th of July last, on the arrival of the Royal Mail steamer Eider at St. John’s, Porto Rico, the Cap- tain Gqperal of Porto Rico, Don José Laureano Sauz (not Qauz), sent off an officer with a file of soldiers, with instructions to arrest and bring | ashore ‘one Luis Venegas (not Vergas), against whom acriminal suit was pending, he having twenty months previously absconded’ from the island, adesorter from the militia and defaulter of public money. Captain Crompton, the commander of tho Kider, at first refused to comply with the order, He, like many others inexperienced in such matters considering that tho British flag gave asylum an immunity to any one on board, but on my brother explaining to him that all private vessels are amenable to local laws he allowed the prisorier to be removed from the ship, and contented himself by De Carlo | bh | his protest to prove that he was not interferin; i with his passenger's freedom and to absolve himself of any responsibility in the matter, Luis Venegas was taken to the Castillo del Morro and delivered over to the judicial authorities; and, far fr havin, been shot, was up to the date of fast maail Favices’ from’ Porto Rico (the 13th of August) in the flesh awaiting the sentence ‘of the competent tribunal. The responsibility for this canard rests with Reuter's Agency; and it is to be hoped, for its own credit, that it will investigate the matter. Meantime, I trust you will agree with me in thinking my explanation not altogether inappropriate ie nor uncalled for, The case is one, to use a Spavish proverb, of “Mucha espuma y muy chocolate’ (‘Much froth and very little chocolate”), Your obedi- WILLIAM 6. LAMB, of St. Thomas and St. John’s, Porto Rico, 192 Langham Hotel, London, August 30, ent servant, OBITUARY. L, B, WOODRUFF, UNITED STATES JUDGE, Lewis B. Woodruff, United States Circuit Judge for the Southern District of New York, died at his country residence, in Litchfield, Conn., yesterday morning, in the sixty-sixth year of his age. He had been suffering from disease of the bladder since last winter, and since the Ist of June his condition was such as to excite grave apprehensions. Judge Woodrulf was a native of Litchfield, where he studied Jaw after graduating from Yale College in 1830. He began the practice of his profession in this city im- mediately after his admission to the Bar, and was asso- ciated for a number of years with the celebrated George Wood and also {with Mr. Goodman, the firm being Woodruff & He gained an excellent practice and a high reputation, His first judicial office was that of Judge of the Court of Common Pleas, in 1855 He continued on the bench of this Court until elected to a judgeship in the Superior’ Court, which he held until the expiration of his term of office. In the Superior Court he was assoctated with Chief Justice Oakley, Judges Duer, Hoffman and Bow worth, and fora shost time with Judge Pierrepont, now Attorney General of the Unitea States, Judge Woodruff then resumed practice at the Bar as a mem ber of the’ firm of Sandford & Woodruff, which in- cluded one of his sons, He continued practice for six years, until, at the close of 1867, he was appointed a of the Court of Appeals to fill the vacancy by the resignation of Judge Johu K, Porter. He remained on the bench of the Court of Appeals until appointed by President Grant, on the 22d of December, 1869, to the newly ereated office (act of April 10, 1869) of United States Circuit Judge, which he filled. All the time he has possessed the high respect and esteem of his profession and the public, and his death will be generally lamented, Judge Woodruff was married to a daughter of the late Chief Justice Hornblower, of New Jersey, another of whose daughters was married to Judgo Bradloy, of the United States Supreme Court, His wite died several years ago. He hada brother a Judge in Connecticut and former member of Congress, and it is said that his family is nily of judges. He leaves two sons and a Boti of his sons are lawyers; one, Morris, being a partner of ex-City Chamberlain Lane, and the other, Charles H., a member of the firm of Sundiord, podtrutl Judge We a had been an elie at Fifth avenue Goodman, as a lawyer pber and rmany years of the Collegiate Reformed Chureh Twenty-ninth street. A despatch bearing the sad tidings was received by Mr. Kenneth @, White, Clerk of the United States Circuit Court, yester« day morning trom Charles Woodruff, the son of the de- coased, who instantly gave orders to have the flag half masted on the Post Oflice building, which was done, He was formerly a whig, and in later years a stead. fast republican, Ht sidence in New York wag at No. 10 Wost Twenty-ninth street, whore he had @ very handsome law library, The district judges in his circuit were Benedict, of the Eastern district; Wallace, of the Northern district; Blatchford, of the’ Soutnerm district, and Smalley, of Vermont. ‘The burial takes place on Tuesday, Judge Blatchford will probably hold Court next Tuesday, when resolutions of regret on the subject of his death Will be offered, President Grant was a warm admirer of the late Judge, and, it is said, will be present at his funeral. He is reported’ to have Said that his nomination of Judgo Woodruff to office was one of the best he ever made, ‘The following minute was entered on the records of the Supreme Court, Chambers, at half-past twelve day, by order of Judge John R. Brady, presiding Court, in recognition of the exalted character of the late Justice Woodruil, both as a man and a jurist, and out of respect to his memory, direct au adjowrament until tor morrow at ten A. M. JACOB LITTLE. Mr. Jacob Little, of the stockbrokerage firm of Jacob Little & Co., died in this city on Thursday, in his thirty. first year. He had been ill for a long time, and it i supposed the shock occasioned by the death of his part. ner, Mr. 0. W. P. Schack (brother-in-law of the famous ‘acob Little), about one week ago, hastened his death, Mr. Little was ths ephew of his namesake, who was financial giant in Wall street twenty-five yearsago; The deceased will be universally regretted for his many amiable and honorable qualities. RICHARD WALTERS, AUCTIONEER. Richard Walters, an old and respected citizen of Ma Seventh ward, breathed his last yerterday forenoon at his residence, No, 27 East Broad He was born in the county of Cavan, Ireland, in 1818, and came with his family to the United States at a very carly age, Hig citizenship in New York has been tininterrupted for about forty years, and during that time he maintained nong business men an amiable character, Becomin, associated with, soon after his entry upon commercial pursuits, he attracted the attention of, leading business firms, Who, reposing contidence in his integrity and ability, gavo evidenco of their faith by aiding him with valuable patronage. Mr. Walters was for nine years Sheriff's auctioneer, Hlling that position under Messrs Kelly, Lynch and O'Brien. GENERAL ISRAEL HUNT. Genoral Isracl Hunt died in Nashua, N. HL, yesterday morning, at the age of eighty years. He was well known throughout New England as Major General of militia years ago anda prominent democrat, and held many positions in his party. He was also a prominems Mason. WILLIAM G. COLBURN. William G. Colburn, Assistant Attorney General of Massachusetts, died at Manchester, N. H., on Thursday last. ROBBERY AND OUTRAGE, The robbers who for many months have infested the northern part of Hudson county seem to be emboldened by their recent successes and the failure of the authorities to bring them to justice. Aman named Wilham Loh meyer, of New York, while returning from the Platt, deutsch festival, was met by three men in Division street, West Hoboken, who fell upon him, struck him down and clubbed him till he became unconscious, Ha lay a long time in a pool of blood, and when he rose he found that he had been robbed of his gold watch, chain and money. He could not remember the features of the highwaymen, and hence they are almost certain to escape justice. ’Lohmeyer’s wounds were dressed and it was found that no necessarily fatal injuries had been inflicted on him, ‘Another dastardly outrage was perpetrated by a mem- ber of the same gang on one Charles Dillman, the driver of a horse car for the North Hudson Railroad Company. | While he was on a lonely part of the Bull's Ferry Road, there being no ove in the car but the con. ductor and ‘a sleepy passenger, a stalwart man jumped on the car and, approaching the driver, asked what time it was, Having been promptly answered, he jumped off, but continued following the car, Afttera few moments he took up a stone and dashed it against Dillman’s head. The latter was knocked unconscious, and blood flowed from his head and face. He was can ried to bis home, and medical aid was summoned, The murderous ruffian ran into the adjoining woods, which affords a ready hiding place for all the high- waymen who operate in that section of the country, THE THIEVES’ HARVEST. The pickpocket brigade who have been gathering such an abundant harvest in the vicinity of the Schuetzen Park, Union Hill, are by no means done with their labors. Patrick Londrigan, of Hoboken, while joining the Teutonic revellers, was robbed of about $1,300 in Hoboken city scrip and $20 in money. The thief is unknown. Francis Clarkson, Mrs. McLaughlin and J. Ryan were arrested in the Park for picking pockets, On ‘their arraignment three watches and $120 were found in their possession, The prisoners are held to await the identification of the property. Another virago was caught in the attempt to reb Jacob Aeschbach. A policeman who conveyed her ‘to prison got bad usage from her. Several pocketbooks with nothing in them have been found near the festival grounds, having been evidently flung there by thieves. One pocketbook, containing @ note for $1,600, was picked up yesterday. It is in the hands of Justice Gerlich. While Mr. Moyer, residing ow Befgenline avenue, near Gardner street, was partici- pating in the carnival his house was broken into and ransacked. The burglars abstracted a few watches and chains, with some valuable clothing, a8 well as jewelry and money. The robbery was not discovered until the owner went home early yesterday morning. Several other depredations have taken place im the neighbor. hood, the police displaying the greatest indifference, A YACHT CAPSIZED. The sloop yacht Mauscheen, of Elizabethport, N. J. was capsized on Thursday night in the Lower Bay, where she had been cruising. A strong wind wag blowing and a heavy ground swell was running at the time, | The four men clung to the keol of ‘the vasvel for an hour anda half, but although they were seen from the shore no one dared to go to their rescue till Assistant Enginecr Donovan of the N. P. Hopkins put out to them ina small boat and took them on board in a nearly exhausted condition, One of them js said ta be a nephew of Dr. Carnochan, ex-Health Officer of the port, TOTAL DEPRAVITY ILLUSTRATED. Aman named Miller was discharged from the County Jail at Hempstead on Wednesday afternoon, The samo night he was caught in the act of stealing a valuable horse belonging to Mr. Simonson, of Jamaica, and locked up for trial. The samo day Judge Armstrong sentenced Gus Cook, a negro, to three years’ in State Prison, While awaiting trial for horse bryomp f he nearly murdered the jailer by striking him in the bead with a brick. Having served his torm of two years for this offence, he was caught stealing a horse porte as | to Mr. Conklin, of Jamaica, He was finally convic of horse stealing and felonious assault, and sentenced, on Wednesday, to three years,