The New York Herald Newspaper, September 14, 1875, Page 4

MOODY AND SANKEY. Opening of the Revival Campaign in America at Northfield. SERVICES OF SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. fir. Moody on the Blood of the Covenant, the New Birth and the Exeuses of the Impenitent, THE SWEET SINGERS OF ISRAEL. Future Movements of the Twin Evangelists. MR. MOODY'S ORATORY ANALYZED. The Waste Places in the Great Metropolitan Centres To Be Made Glad, Nonraviern, Mass. Sept. 13, 1875. Such meetings as Moody and Sankey conduct cannot ‘$e carried on in any town very long without a marked mncrease in the number of attendants, and, as wa’ to be expected, the meeting on Saturday evening in the little old North Congregational church was ‘the most trowded one that has thus far been held, The people flocked in from all the surrounding towns, many com- dng on the trains from the north and south. George B. Davis, chairman of the Executive Board of the Ver- mont State Young Men’s Christian Association, was | present from Burlington, and Colonel L, K. Fuller, of the Estey Organ Company, of Brattleboro, drove down jwelve miles with wagon loads from Brattleboro, and Dolonel Frankhn Fairbanks and others, of St. Jobnsbury, were also present, The great evan- elists could hardly have selected a humbler spot for ‘their work than this small, country church, with its | plain, old fashioned Puritan primness, And at the Jame time there is a wonderful fitness in the plain- mess of the room to the plain, sincere words spoken here, The less there is of art surrounding Mr. Moody the more in keeping with his appeals, One noticeable | feature of the meetings held here is that the people | tome early, beginning to gather an hour or more be- | fore the hour appointed for the service. When Mr. | | | | | Moody came in, Saturday evening, and had laid his overcoat aside, he sat a moment in his plain frock coat, but moments are precious, and jumping up he Said they would sing a little while they were coming tn. So the hymn, I heard the Saviour say, ‘Thy strength indeed is small, was started up by the congregation, and verse after verse of it was sung. Soon Mr. Sankey, Professor Bliss | and Colonel Whittle entered, and Mr. Moody stepped forward aud opened the meeting by requesting Mr. Sankey to sing his song of Wondrous Love and the people to join in the chorus. Mr. Sankey sat at the cabjpet organ and sang the simple song in his full, free, clear voice with its very telling and original modulation, his face ajl the time beaming with the love of which he | sang. The thought of each line of the bymn was expressed on Sankey’s face and every eye was upon him, showing how close is the sympathy he instantly establishes between himself and his audience. Chairs were brought in, filling up the aisles, and Colonel Whittle followed the close of the hymn witn a fervent | prayer that God would take possession of the meeting. ‘Mr. Moody then gave out the hymna, ‘There is a fountain filled with blood, apd followed it with a prayer that all present might ex- pect a blessing in the meeting, and then, at his request, Professor Biiss sang alone the hymn, “No other name,” ‘which 1 append :— One author of salvation, To all the world m ‘The only true foundation Is Christ, the corner stone, No other name is given, No other way is known; 'Tis Jesus Christ, the first He saves, and lie alone. One only door of heaven Stands open wide to-day; One sacrifice is giveu— ‘Tis Christ, the living way. No other way is given, No other way is known, °Tls Jesus Christ, the first and last— He saves, and ile alone. i Mr. Bliss’ splendid strong bass voice is just such a voice as you would expect to proceed from such a mag- Bificent appearing man and his singing is strikingly eilective. and last— THE DISCOURSE. Mr. Moody rose after this hymn, and saying that he Wauted to speak on the subject of blood, read from | Genesis the account of Cain’s killing Abel as the first glimpse of blood found in the Bible. In his blunt, honest, carnest way, one thought springing up on Bnother in the richuess of his imagination, he expanded | nd commented upon the passage and took up others through the Scriptures, marking the dispensation of | ‘dlood. The first thing that took place after Adam came out of Eden was founded on blood, the | killing of animals to get their skins for clothes. The | second dispensation of blood was the eacrifice of doves, | and the third, Abraham’s trial in the offering of Isaac, God Joved Abraham so much that He spared him his fon, but He loved us 89 much that He gave His own | fon for us. ‘The twelfth chapter of Exodus is a very | important chapter, and one with which all Christians | ought to be familiar, Now it doesn’t say that your | Tighteoysness shall be a token of your salvation, or that | when I see your good deeds they shall be a token; but | when I see the blood I will pass over you, Those are the words of the living God. Now let us | look into Egypt for a moment. God wus to visit Goshen with death that night, and He saysto them, | fake a lamb without spot or blemish and kill that lamb and take the blood and strike it over your lintels and | door posts and I will pass you over. But some say that Dlood has nothing to do with it, They say preach up His | life, bold Him up as an exemplary man. Don’t preach His | death, that is not what the world wants. It must be | bumble, meek and filled with His spirit. That is all right, but God didn’t say, you take a live lamb and tie it up to the door post, and when 1 see the live lamb I | ‘will pass over. But He says when I seo the blood [ | will pass over. Withoat the shedding of biood there is | no remission of sins, 1 know a live lamb would look | much better tied to the door posts than to sprinkle the door posts and lintels with blood. ‘There is hot a word said about putting it on the threshold, for God will not have blood trampled on. Now a man be- uind the blood is just as safe as if he had been working jor God fifty years; but a man who believes he is behind | the blood, and thinks he has novhing else to ao butto | fold his arms, I don’t believe in. I haven't much faith in H that kind of religion. I don’t beheve such men Lave | got a glimpse of religion. SICK OF DEAD ORTHODOXY. and sick of this dead orthodoxy. I fear | to-day more than all the isms of | ‘There is power in the gospel | to-day; there is as much power as there ever has been, and What the perishing sinner wants is a clean, clear gospel, that «will bless. man, and ‘show him how’ he can be ¢aved. Don't let any inan here to-night think that he is going to | save himself by bis works and good deeds. The only | Way for a man to be saved is by the blood, It isn’t our | | strength, but Christ’s blood Now the little fly in Noah’s ark was just as saicas the elephant, It was not the @lephant’s strength that saved him nor the elephant | ‘tbat saved the wrk, but the ark that saved the elephant | ms weil as the fly God demands blood, [ think | have heard sceptics say, 1 detest a man that demands blood; | Why should God demand blood for the remission of sins? | In Leviticus xvii., 11, learn that itis the life of all | flesh, and God demands lile, You take the scarlet | thread out of the Bible and the leaves tly apart. The Bivie is one book, Old and New Testa ment, bound together ‘by the scarlet thread. | The blood of Christ lias two cries. If I tramp it uader | my foot it cries out for my damnation; if [ accept it it | out for my salvation, And the blood of Christ | out to-day against the Jows, At a meeting in Paris some time ago one of tie most prominent men in | the French government presided, and in bis address he said, “We J: have had the honor of killing the Christians’ God. the Only eighteen hundred years after | death of the Sou of God at Calvary, in the city | of Paris, at a public meetin, are rejoicing ovor the most infamous act ever committed on earth. “We did it, We killed the Christians’ God!” saia the | Jew, and the blood of God cries out against them, And every man who iliite up his voice against him and will not havo him is guilty of anact of Calvary. In Jobn xx., 34, we see the Roman soldier pierce Christ's side with a spear, | Why didn’t he look at it before he bought itt | to take up some of | derstand, that are dark and mysterio’ and covered the spear—the crowning act of Heaven and love—covered with blood. All of Christ but His blood Was taken away with Him—His bones, His tlesh—but His blood came trickling down upon the ground and re- mains here, and the Ce question hereafter will be, “What did you do with the blood of my Son?” There are only two things we can do with it~ trample it under foot and make fun of it, or accept it and Lake refuge behind it, Are you saved to-night? Are you behind this blood? May the last words of all hore to-night be those of Alfred Cookinan, upon which is founded the | song, Robed in whiteness, I'm sweeping through the gate, which Mr. Sankey will now sing. ‘The stillness of the hushed audience was perfect while Sankey sang this beautiful melody, aud every one was watching the expressions that passed over his illuminated face. The meeting was clo: with the Doxology, and a general hand-shaki! nsued. Mr, Moody was out of the pulpit in a twinkling and over the seats speaking to ull whom he met, aud was soon engaged in earnest discussion with a group of friends loth to leave the house and bis inspiring presence, THE SUNDAY SERVIC! A much larger crowd came on Sunday than on Satur- day, At eight o'clock in the morning Sankey, Bliss and Whittle conducted prayers in the ladies’ parlor of the Pickard House, At nine o'clock a pr. opened at the church, and continued till the sermon at eleven o'clock. Protessor Bliss sang some of his best hymns, ‘neluding “Where are the Nive!” had passed into the little church, and yet hundreds were unable to get. admission, whereupon Mr, Moody The people | announced that, a8 so many could not get inside, | those inside would go out and service would be held before the church, That was a curious con- gregation. There were cripples on crutches, the aged, infrm and the young, men trom far and men trom near; people on foot and people in ever manner of vehicle; sitting on the church steps and standing on the fences and swarming over the green out into the wide road. Here they came to hear these plain men tell the plain truth, After the singing of “Jesus paid it all’’ aud prayer by Mr, Moody, Mr. Sunkey sung im his ef fective manner Jesus of Nazareth passeth by. Mr. Moody then said he would read from the third chapter of John the account of Nicodemus coming wo Christ. He spoke particularly upou the third verse:— “Except aman be born again he cannot see the king- dom of God.” THR SERMON, Now, I believe in the Bible, and for that reason I take my text from the Bible, If believed that Shakespeare was as good as the Bible Il might take my text from Shakespeare. If a man is unsound on the third chap- ter of John aga general thing you will find him un- sound on every other chapter in the Bible. corner stone of religion. After speaking at some length on the importance of being born again, he said:—It is God creatung a pew heart, anew conversion, a new inspiration, It is not our own trying that will save us, Some of you, perhaps, have been addicted to strong drink, and you have resolved that you would stop, You try to overcome this Tuining appetite and fail, You try again and again, but always fail. Some of you are profane. You dete imine to break yourself of the disgusting habit, but, pe haps, at the next provocation you find yourself swear- ing Worse than ever, and so all your determination to overcome your Vices are utter failures, It is uot your own efforts that will save you, but the receiving of the Lord Jesus Christ. The moment you receive Him then you have power over Satan and over sin, The work of | Tegeneration is the work of God, aud God's work alone. | It is impossible wv save yourselves, We are no match | for Satan; he 1s a good deal smarter and shrewder than we are; be has had more experience; he has been at 1t 6,000 years. You may be surprised’ when I say that I can’t yeason out regeuerution, I never saw @ man that could reason God out, You might as well try to reason out creation. A great many people grumble and find fault because God says, “Except a man be born again be cannot see the kingdom of God, Hasn't God a right to say who will come into His kin, dom? Now, God has just as much right to say who shall come into His kingdom as we have to say who shall be President, You say you are a moral man, you go to church, you pay your debts, you are a man of character, you don’t need to be born again. Let me say right was Nicodemus to whom Christ said these words. glad he didn’t say them to Zaccheus, the chief publican, or to the poor Samaritan adulteress, but to Nicodemus, one of the chief men of Jerusalem, aman of tuituence and position, Why, if we had Nicodemus here he would be one of our greatest men. 1t would be KEY. MB. NICODEMUS, the Rey. Nicodemus, D. D., LL. ). ‘Yes, the highest man on earth, as well as the lowest, must be born again, THE APTERNOON MEBTINGS. An interesting meeting for the children was held at three o'clock in the church, A meeting was conducted simultaneously in the open air opposite the church, where D, W. McWilliams, of Brook) and Colonel Franklin Fairbanks, of St. Johnsbury, spoke, The great meeting of the day, however, was the preaching service at lve o'clock, before’ the church, when the wide street was literally blocked up with the multitude of vehicles filled with people and by those who stood about. Professor Bliss sung, “ Alinost I’e suaded,” prejacing the solo by the remark that a great many present to-day had told them they were gomg to | start with them for heaven, and many others had said | they wanted to, but had not quite made up their minds, | | | | | MK, MOGDY ON EXCUSES, Mr. Moody said he wished to speak especially upon erse in Luke xiv,— They all with one accord be- ” said:—I want to call your wttention to one clause in this verse—that is the way they made excuses; they didn’t have any, and so they made one. I never met a man who wasn't a Christian that badn’t an excuse, and if he didn’t have one he made one. Now, I want to call your attention to the excuses offered by these three men. The first one—I don’t kuow what his name was, it ay have been Mr, Levi—the messenger comes to him and sa: “Mr, Levi, the King 18 going to have a g feast in honor of the marriage of lis son wants you to come” Mr. Levi swid:—Tell ‘our master I should like to go, but I have foaght sowe Jand to-day and must go to look a fa} man here in Northiield should buy a piece of land with. | out first seeing it you would call him green. His land wouldn’t ruu away; be could jook at itafter he had | been at the feast. His excuse was not that he wanted | th gan to make excus' to go and get a deed for it, but that be had | bought uw piece of land and go and look ot it, It was a downright Ii Now Jet us look at one of the other's:—“I have bought | five yoke of oxen and can't come.” Well, I declare, the third had a worse excuse than either of the others.’ He had just taken a young wite and couldn’t go. Why, | who likes to go toa marriage feast better than a young bridef Why couldn't he take his young bride with him? They were all downright lics. Now, I have never found a man in all my travels who had a better | excuse than these three men, You can just bundle | them up and label them ax downright lice, That is | | | what the devil does, He just gets thei into this cradle of excuses und rocks them to sleep, No man can give | 8 good excuse why he does not come to church, 1 Want | THE POPULAR EXCUSES ofthe present age, Fur the last 1300 years the wisdom | of the world has been contriving to invent better ex- cuses aud have failed. Their excuses are not as good as those the three men used in the Scriptures. popular excuses of to-day is the dear oid Bible itself. They say that book keeps me out ot the kingdom ; there are agreat many things in that book that I don’t un- Because they to back they epties | have from back to don't understand the book irom buch don’t believe it. Now, of this class of » never found one Who has read the Bible buck. ‘They read a pealm, then they turn over and read o short chapter or two iu Jeremiah; | read @ chapter or two of the gospels, picking out those verses that none but the regenerated mind can understand, shut it up and say, “1 don’t believe | One of the | | | | the eleven weeks of their stay to an audi | | It is the | pleasant Sabbath day I received an Invitation from one of Zour servants to be present af the marringe feast of your onl wotton Sou and Lasten to reply, By the grace of God will be present Who will put their names to that? My friends, are you not willing to say to-night, “By the grace of God I | will sign itt? A SONG BY MR, SANKKY, | Mr. Sankey thea sang Bouner'y hyma— Yet there is room, which Dr, Barnard, of Edinburgh, set to music for them w. they were there, EVENING PRAYER MEETING. of the day was the praye and & most precious on appropriate crown to the day's labors. h was crowded, Many requests for prayers ented and a large number rose for prayer. | conversions were announced is having occurred during | the day. Mr. Moody, Major Whittle, Mr. Sankey and Mr. D. B. MeWilliams, of Brooklyn, spoke at this meet ing and when Professor Bliss sang:— Is any one watching and waiting for me ? the andience was melted into tears, Mr. Moody him- self among the number, and the scene was a very sol- emn and impressive one. Mr. Sankey sang, in closing, the solo, “Go, bury the sorrow.” Alter the benediction the people slowly retired, some, and they were not a few, remamtng wo converse with some one of the four evangolists, MR. MOODY'S SPEECHES. The meetings of the day, &@ whole, have certainly been remarkable ones, and have shown very clearly Mr. Moody's remarkable power in reaching the inasses. He preaclies for souls. He says nothing tor rhetorical meeting at effect. He preaches the Bible, and not physics | or science. — It not w discourse; it 18 not @ sermon; it is not an ‘address, It is an appeal. He himself is converted and must have ail men the same. He pictures Christ’s love and puts forth the offers of salvation, He preaches like John the Baptist, “Repent ye, for the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.” "This is the’ spirit that animates lim and infuses such enthusiasm into all that he He has a rare fund of thoughts upon ever th theme. ‘This was well illustrated, as Mr. tome to-day, when Mr. Moody was in Gi: months ago.’ He spoke every Sunday m saine said some ning during ce of Chris- tian workers and never once Fepeated himself, So one might be in constant attendance upon him aod never hear the same illustration twice. ‘This richness of im- | agination, buckled to uncompromising common sense, 1s | a strong point with Mr. Moody. | MESSRS, WHITTLE AND BLISS. | | A tew words as to Mi Whittle and Bliss will be of interest to your readers, as they are scare prominently identified with this great evangelizing | work than Me Moody and Sank Colovel | Whittle, better known as Major Whittle, was formerly in the employ of the Adams Express Company, at | Springfleld, Miss. He lett Springtield some twelve or | fiteen years ago for Chicago, where he soon came into prominence as a Sabbath school worker. He was for a toe lume Superintendent of a mission school connected with the First Congregational church, Rev. Dr. K.P. Goodwin pastor, anu from that school grew the Tabernacle eburch, During the war Mr. Whittle w jor of a battery raised and equipped by the Chicago merchants. He returned from the war as a colonel, by brevet, I be- lieve, though he usually wears the ttle of major, and | after his return he went into the employ of the Elgin Watch Company aud a few months ayo relinquished a | $6,000 situation With that company to take up the work ot lay preaching and Bible reading in connection with Professor Bliss. Major Whittle has labored with great acceptance at Detroit, Mich.; Memphis, Teun., and other places, Proivssor Bliss is a native of Ohio, and was formerly | chorister and superintendent of the Sabbath school in Rey, Dr. Goodwin's church, His singing is wonder- fully impressive, YUTURE MOVEMENTS OF THK EVANGELISTS. The Executive Committee of the Massachusetts Young Men’s Christian Association will be here early this week to confer with Mr, Moody and his associates in regard to participating in the annual meeting of the State associations at Fitchburg next month, On Tuesday there will be a conference here to ar- | range the fall campaign of the revivalists, which will here so | Tam | Whittle will leave probably commence about the Ist of October. Wedues- day afternoon Mr. Sankey, Professor Bliss and Major orthiield for the West, stopping at Holyoke, where they will hold a meeting, after which they will go to Springfield and leave for New York on the midnight train, It is currently reported here that the Evangelists will this tall labor in New York, Brooklyn, Philadelpiia and Springfield in successive order, key and Professor Bliss are compiling a book , Which will be issued goon, to be used in their meetings in this country. The book will be com- posed of the best hymns now in use. Mr. Moody will remain in Northfield for a few weeks longer, and he proposes to preach in the open air every Sabbath this month from the steps of the North church at four P. M. There will be meetings in the Little church every evening this Week, with the exception of Wednesday and Saturday evenings. THE METHODIST MINISTERS. DR. CURRY REVIEWS HIS SUMMER TOUR IN EUROPE—THE MODERN MIRACLE AT OCEAN GROVE PRONOUNCED A BIG PIECE OF SUPEL- STITION. A week ago the Methodist ministers gathered at the Book Rooms and opened their fall and winter campaign with prayer and the narration of yacation experience, ‘They wero ready yesterday, therefore, for something | more solid and to many of them mach more interesting. it”? Now, suppose I send my little tw school to- morrow; he comes home at night and I say :— “Weil; my son, have you learned reading, writing, arithmetic, philosophy and astronomy ?"" “Why, father, whatare you taikiug about? I have | been ali day trying to learn’ A, B, “What! don’t know anything about history, arithme- tie, philosophy or astronomy? I'll take you oat of that sehool to-day. You shall not go there any more.” Now, if I did this what woud you # Why you would say, “Moody hus goue Well, that is the way some people in the churches read’ the Bible, ‘There's aman over there in the audience who suys, “That's not my excuse. I believe my Bible; but! know of some men iu the church that are & good deal meaner that than some out of it.” So dol; but woat b to do with itt Lwilladmit that there ar in the Church, One of the disciples chox proved to be as black hearted a hypocrite as ¢ lived, “E don’t want to associate with by crite.” We don’t ask you to associate With hypocrites, but to come’ to God and follow Christ. [will show you one hundred hypocrites out Ot the Churet for every one you will ind mit I you don’t want to associate with hypocrites in eternity A man over there in is that [ believe in elec. come to the feast of the Lamb. that carriage suys, “My ¢: tion, If I am w be saved I shuli be saved.” Now why don’t you apply the doctrine of election right t on your farms in Northiield? Don’t your hay or gather your grain; if the Lord wants you to have it it cut. Dow’t put itinto your barn; if it is de- be put in it willbe, Don't take your grain to the mill; if itis decreed that Mr. Webster shail grind ts | it he will grind it, Don’t plant any trees nor raise any apples; if God decrees it you will get them, If you are sick and the ductor gives You medicine don’t put it in your mouth; turow i ant | the stove. You will get well just as quick if God has decreed. But God says, “Whosoever will, let hua come.”’ Pwul’s letter on election was written to the Church, and novto the world, “Whosoever will be saved jet him come. Whosoever wi a take of That ction for ine the water of hile treely,”” settied the doctrine of It heart. Ifyou will you will, if you won't you won't The other excuses mentioned were, “That we are not fit to come; “That we can’t Leneve;” That it is too good to be true.” We must work out our salvation, but cannot Ull i is given When I left Northtield at seventeen years of ay went to live im Boston I was looking every day for a letter from my sister, and at lust one caine, and ste wrote cautioning me agaist piekpockets, Who, she Lad heard, were pienty in the city. 1 thought 1 shou have to get something in my pockets veiure any « could get anything out, So salvation must be given to us belore we can work it out Who would write such a jeter as this Nogturixcy, Mass. To the Kixe or Heaven :—~ Wihile attending @ moeting In the street at Northfield, , Preceived a pressing invitation to be present at the marriage y ceremony of your only begotten Bon, 1 pray thee have we excused. Who would come up here and take hes pen to-night and put his name to that’ Is there a man im this town who woula come forward and put his name to such | anote? And are you not refusing His invitation in re- Jecting Christ, Will any of you sign this? Nowturienp, Sept. 12, 1875, To the Kixa ov Kixas »— If you want to get the most hellish act in history yo to aly for there you see the crowning act of earth mod ‘The next thing, biood, game out of His side While attending meeting ia the sireot at Northfield one | minister and on This was given to them by the Rev, Dr, Curry, editor of the Christian Advocate, of this city, who recently re- turned from a three months’ tour in Europe. He briefly reviewed matters and things that had come defore bim during his travels, The historic points of interest. in Great Britain and Ireland were set forth one by one, and made as familiar as possible by contrast or resemblance | to things and places in this country for those who had | not been on the other side of the Atlantic, Butas a large proportion of the ministers in and around New York are British or Irish born many scenes and places described by the Doctor were familiar to bis brethren, He took note not only of the morals and religion of the people of Great Britain and Ireland, but also of their social life, of their methods and means of agriculture, of the land tenure and the value of labor, of the growth or decline of the population in different local- ities and of many other things of alike nature. In re- gard to the land tenure, he thought that men who are properly protected in their leaseholds are very much Detter off than those who own lands in fee-simple, either there or here, The former get their farms at | two and uw half per cent, while the latter pay about six or seven per cent. A farmer so protected and doing moderately well in England or Ireland, the Doctor thought, had better stay where he is than come to the United States. The city of Belfast, the seat of the linen trade of Ireland, Dr. Curry 's, has more than doubled its population since 1847, while the rest of Ireland has sensibly decreased in population, The Giant's i | THE LAKES OF KILLARNEY, Lough Neagh and the round towers received their share | of description and praise froin his lips. | attention to the growth of Methodism in | He gave special ritain and in the latter country there are about 20,000 st church members atid about 120 preachers. gland the Wesleyans are the largest dissenting body in the kingdom, Their wnnual conference num- bers about $00 ministers and their session usually occa- Ireland. | pies from two to three weeks. ‘The body is 80 large and | unwieldy that its business proceeds very slowly, and much of it goes over from one session to another, They hold to the circuit system there, and each it contains from two to five preachers, A certain nuinber of ¢ stitute a district, answering to presiding ¢ ts in this country. Quarterly conferences ts and setni- annual conte on the distriets The appointments 1 committee, consisting of ono 1, chosen’ from each of the st in the place selected for srence one week before the and the repre- are made by a several circuits, who holdi the annual con session of that body. sentatives of churches are hea this committes for or against the appointments thus made, Appeals can be and sometimes are taken before the annual conference, which makes the final approving or disapproving of the appoint- but when he d wel provided for for li nd his family after his ¢ ase, The lowest salaries paid to preachers averago 00 in gold, and the highest (that paid to De. Punshon) THR BRITISH AND IRISH CONFERENCES sit with closed doors, and visitors can be admitted only by resolution of the couferenc dence of the charches and societies Dr, Curry con sidered to be intinites this side of the water, though we | nore oF less, $800,000 for thas kind of joes not cost a penny, and Bot 0: from the work of the ministry. ‘This was a point w thinking about when elurcbes are groaning und financial burdens and crying out aguinst the increase of presiding v8 and districts, Dr, Foss, having accepted the Presidency of Middle. ton University, sent im his resignation as President.of the Preach Association, It was referred We a com. f who will report next Monday. 4 adiscuasion as to the topic fur next wee Buckley moved that ly eting iny 6. i. Pi of Brookiyn, tw repeat betore the story of his cure—this modern miracle in Methodisth, They wanted to discuss it altorwurd, and if it shail prove what he believed it to be— the biggest. piece of superstition im modern times—le de the pu to know it WM, mn » work of the Holy Spirit, ith through the m a persons © ore that, too, ought have, he said, } hondreds who mb or mind Who possibly m s cured in the same way. His : 4 olfered ag a substitute to another then | Lit was oppo: Dr. Curry, Who, though | officially related to it, he saul, ax an editor, bad | LET IT SEVERELY ALONK, | on the principic that he could not touch piteh without being deilled with 1, Dr. Wheatley thoaght they ought | to know if it could or could not be accounted for on | psychological or physiviogicai as Well ax Uneoiogical | | groumda, Mr. Lioyd wauted not the substitute, but tue miracle "itself, laid on the table oF under the table, it wos placed om the i Te is very disticult fora young man to | in ‘Their saperinten- | table finally, and, that the brethren might not be wholly disappointed in their fun, Mr. Buokley was in- Vited to read for their amusement next Monday morn- ing an essay on modern miracles, He agreed to meet ‘the bill, so that the preachers’ meeting next week will | doubtless have a rich ¢ voral ladies were pres- emt yesterday, and y ‘© will probably be out next Monday to hear and be charmed with the reeita- tals of the tnarvellous, Just as the bi en closed their discussion the subject of the mirack al, but, having printed the story in pamphlet, he declines to repeat it anywhere in future, He advises those who don’t believe it to look at him and see for themselves, | COLORED PEOPLE'S CAMP MEETING. The camp meeting of colored Methodists at Winant’s Grove, Castleton, Staten Island, which opened on ‘Thursday last, proved a very attractive place of resort. On Sunday the camp was visited by over 5,000 people from New York and other places, The meeting repre- sented the colored churches of New York, Long Island and Staten Island, and the services were under the di- rection of the Rey, Jacob Thomas, pastor of the Zion Methodist Episcopal church im West Tenth strect, New York. The meeting closed last evening. THE VETERANS OF MEXICO. To-day is the twenty-cighth anniversary ot the entry | of the American army into the capital of Mexico, and the occasion will be fitly celebrated by the Mexican Veteran Association of this city, ‘The programme com- | prises a parade and a banquet, and general jollitication at Sulzer's East River Park, | The procession will start from the Worth monument | in Madison square and march down Fifth avenue to Fourteenth street, and Broadway to the City Hall, where the Mayor and Common Council will review itt ‘Thence the Veterans will march to the Battery, where a steamer will be ready to transport them to Fast River P Here the day and evening will be spent in an emoyable manner. A good dinuer will be one of its principal features, and Hon. George Pugh, of Obio, will deliver the principal oration at six P, M. THE SUABIANS. THE CANNSTATY VOLESFEST—A SOUTHERN GERMAN HARVEST FESTIVAL, Under the auspices of the Cannstatt Volksfest Asso- ciation, composed of Suabian residents, a harvest fes- tival was inaugurated at the Jones’ Wood Colosseum and Washington Park, yesterday. ‘The festival will continue for three days, Large crowds ot people were in attendance during yesterday. In the evening the Belve- dere and Colosseum grounds were brilliantly illuminated, It is estimated that some 5,000 persons visited the festival grounds during the afternoon, were principally composed of natives of Suabia or Schwabenland, who in their native country were ac customed to celebrate their “harvest home” at the an- ae town of Cannstatt, under the patronage of the ing. The festivities of Jones’ Wood early in the forenoon by the procession on the festival grounds, In the cen- tre of the Colosseum grounds a column has been erected, which is richly decorated with fruits of every variety, which have been artisti- cally arranged, This column is called the Festsacule. It is surmounted by a statue of Hermann, or Armin, the ancient defender of Germany against the Romans, During the afternoon this statue was unveiled with great ceremony, Bells were rung and a national hymn | was chaunted by the vocalists of the Suabian ‘aengerbund, An address was delivered by Professor Straubenmueller, who briefly reviewed the history of the ancient German liberator, On the festival grounds and on the daneing platforms at the Belvidere a number of men, women and children appeared im the costumes of the Suabian peasantry. ‘These gave the crowd a picturesque appearance, THE DEAD CALIFORNIA BANKER. esterday were opened ring of a salute and a RALSTON VINDICATED. A large meeting of old Californians was held last | night at the Sturtevant House to pay respect to the memory of the late William ©. Ralston. General H. G. Gibsou was President of the meeting and F, D, Clark Sécrctary, After the meeting had been called to order in the grand dining saloon of the hotel several letters were read:— Mr. F. M. Pixley, of San Francisco, and General E. F. Beale were then announced and addressed the audience upon Mr. Ralston’s private and public character. Mr, Pixley denied the fact that Mr. Ralston committed sui+ cide, or that he died so poor that his assets would not pay the Bank of California all he owed that institution and leave a handsome surplus for his wife and children. Votes of thanks were then pass@ to the Messrs. Leland and the members of the press, after which the following resolutions were passed :— Whereas the Associated Pioneers of the Territorial days of California, in common with their former fellow citizens of the Pacitic const, have heard with profound sorrow und re- ret of the inisfortunes and untimely deuth of the late W, ESfulston; and whorous, recognizing the inestimable value of his services to the people of California in the w My devotion of his gr ergies and tnarvellous financial abill- ties toward the pro 1 of public und private prosperity, and his generous plilanthropy wud charity toward his fellow then ; realizing also that while his death is a public bereavement whieh tine m: wage, it is atthe sume time a calamity and loss to the wunity in which he lived which no lapse of tine can recompense unto them ; it ix hereb: Resolved, That the sympathies of. thiy association are in entire accord with those recently borne such emphatic testimony to the character of the man, and paid such warm-hearted aad deserving tribute to his name and memory. Resolved, tnily ind relations we extend our erOst Col i our tenderest sympathtos hour of their sad bereavement, and offer them the ass that we shall always bold his tame and memory In he reverence and honor. THE LIQUOR DEALERS’ UNION, The regular weekly meeting of the Liquor Dealers’ Protective Union was held last evening at Masonic Hall, Mr. Henry Cunningham presiding. The Committee on Excise reported hi to the trials, and stated that thus far t the liquor dealers had proved a failure. On the motion of Mr. Townsend, Messrs. Mark Lani- gan, Moritz, Herzberg and Senicken were appointed delegates to attend the Syracuse Convention in the tn- terest of the trade. ‘The Chairman urged that the liquor dealers were en- titled toa fair representation at the Convention, and as the Senate and Assembly would in all probability be democratic, he contended ‘they should yote only for those who attended to their interests, no matter to what party they Welonged. ‘The meeting then adjourned, “I WILL.” “YOU SHALL NOT.” A CONFLICT ABOUT SABBATH WHISKEY—TEM- PERANCE MEN ROUTED BY LONG ISLAN! CITY DRINKERS. A circular was read on Sunday mofning in the churehes in Hunter's Point announcing that a ineeting | would be held to-morrow evening in the Methodist Episcopal church, on East avenue, for the purpose of forming a law and order association to prevent the sale of liquors on the Sabbath in Hunter's Point. During the afternoon two negroes, with two white men from the Temperance Union of New York, visited Long Island City and, under the auspices of Mr. Frank McNamee and Dr. Z P. Denner, of Hunter's Point, attempted to close the saloons In Blissville. When the tact became known the four men were set upon by ruilians, and barely escaped with their lives. The negroes swam Newtown Creek and the white men led through the meadows, and took refuge in Dr. Denn- Jer's ofiice, ‘The meeting to-morrow night, it is feared, will be attended by disturbance, LOST IN THE SQUALL. On Friday morning last, Captain Alfred Munroe, residing at Jamaica South, L. L, in company with Mr. William Driggs, of Canarsie, started from the latter place in the sloop yacht Clara to go blue fishing. They wore last seen cngazed in trolling about five miles out- | side of Rockaway Beach, On Sunday morning the yacht was found drifting bottem up near the Light- ship, and was towed to Barren Island where she was yesterday claimed by ner owner, Mr. John Hopkins. Jp to the present ‘time no Gdings of the missing men have been received, and there is little doubt that the yacht was struck by the squall of Friday last | and that the men were drowned. Captain Munroe was 4 good satior. hopes that he and his companion ha n pi His wite and five ehildr stances, Yesterday two sailboats were picked up in th same locality, both of them having been capsized, ‘They also were towed to Barren Island and identified as be- longing to Canarsie, CRIME IN WE An unusual amount of criminal business is at present | occupying the attention of the Grand Jury of West- | chester county, sitting in connection with the Septem- ver term of the Court of Sessions, ‘The calender in- cludes some of the highest crimes known to the law, embracing those of murder, arson, rape and burglary, with numerous offences of a lesser grade, indictments found yesterday was one for wilful mur ist Joln Reidy, convict im Sing n, who killed’ a — fellow nained Edward Hogan in that institution, a few weeks Decause the later had refused to ‘assist him in secreting himself on a Vessel for the purpose of exeap- in Ever since the occur Reidy has kept up the rol ofa lunatic. Some of son ollicials now be | lieve him to be actually ts: it J will take place at the next Court of Oyer and Term H wards Weeks, the‘laborer who so wantonly shot | and almost instantly killed an nequamtance bamed Juines Fisher, ut Washingtonville, ine the town of Mumaronee! immediately atterward, 8 still at large. A reward of - 5) has been offered by Sherif Carpeutor fur the appro- | bousion of the fugitive, " STCHESTER. ‘The visitors | tizens of San Francisco who have | Among the | Jailbird | NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, 1875.—TRIPLE SHEET. , wfow days since, and who disappeared | | hand bei WHO SHOT LINCOLN? 4 PROBLEM YOR THE POLICE—A MYSTERIOUS SHOOTER IN A GREENWICH AVENUE ‘TENE- MENT. On Sunday morning, shortly before six o'clock, Mr. George Lincoln, @ horse dealer, residing at No, 30 Greenwich avenue, was awakened by the report of a pistol near him and felt that he had been shot in the head, He jumped from the bed, crying “I’m shot! What have I done thot any one should shoot me?” Seeing no ono in the room, he rushed into the hall and fo | the front door, He saw a telegraph mes- senger boy on the sidewalk, to whom ho shouted, “For God's sake get me a doctor—I’m shot!” and then returned to his bed. ‘The boy ran to Dr. Deming’s house, at No. 6 Charles street, and told the doctor that he was wanted at No. 80 Greenwich avenue by a man who had been shot. The doctor immediately repaired to tho designated house, and, entering Mr. Lincoln’s room, saw the wounded man lying on the left side of the bod, his nightshirt being covered with blood. Ho also saw Mrs, Lincoln lying on the lounge in the room in a fit of hysterical convulsions, but, thinking that the man was in the more dangerous condition, proceeded to the bedside to examine the latter’s wound, He found asmall bullet hole in the right side of Mr, Lincoln’s forehead, and concluded that his patient was ina critical condition; but, upon closer examination, he saw that the ball had struck a temple bone and glanced off, having made a wound which was NOT LIKELY TO PROVE PATAL He then cared for Mrs, Lincoln, whom he soon restored to consciousness. Mr. Lincoln was perfectly cool and told’ Dr. Deming that he had been shot by some- body in the house, but that he could not conceive who the culprit was. Dr, Deming asked him if he had aay trouble with his wife, and he replied that he thought that she was jealous of him. Ho said that she had gone to bed about the same time that he had retired, and that about four or five o'clock in the morning her sister had come down stairs and taken a seat in the rocking chair, which was on the right side of the bed—the side which his wife occupied, He had awakened then, and seen his wife, but, having returned to slumber, he did not see her again until after the shooting. When he was talking to the doctor his wife insisted upon being placed on the bed with her husband. When carried to the bed she threw her arms arouad the wounded man’s neck and kissed him. Seeing that he did uot return her caresses she asked him, “Why dou’t you SPBAK TO MK, GEORGKY"? but he made her no response. Dr. Deming searched the room for the pistol and the ball, which must have dropped on the floor, but did not succeed in finding either, nor has either been found since, which proves that somebody had a motive in hiding them. After leaving Mr. Lincoin’s house Dr. Deming notified Captain Kennedy, of the Ninth precinct, ot the occur- rence within it, Sergeant Wilson was sent to investi- gate the matter. He learned no more than what is stated above, He, too, looked diligently for. the pistol and ball. The powder marks on Mr. Lincoln's pillow show that the shot was fired from the right side of the 4, on which side Mr. Lincoln gays his wife and sister.in-law were, It is singular how the person who fired the shot escay from the room without being seen by Mr. canoe There is no modo of egress at that side, excopt by two windows, which wero closed. There is not the slightest ground for supposing that Mr, Lincoln would commit suicide. Coroner Croker took his statement, which is given herewith verbatim:— MR. LINCOLN’S STATEMENT. “ET went to bed last night between ten and eleven o'clock, My wife went to bed about the same tume, About four or five o'clock in the morn- ing my wife's sister came down stairs, and sat in the rocking chair, alongside of the bed. She was in the habit of coming down to our room whenever she was sick. I went to sleep while my wife and her sister were talking. I was awakened again by the report of a pistol close to my head, and a feeling that I had been wounded. I immediately jumped up and cried, ‘I’m shot! I'm dying! What does iy one wantto shoot me for?’ Iran out ito the hall and saw my sister-in-law by the door, I culled to have a doctor sent for. When 1 jumped out of bed there was nobody in the room but myself. My wife was not in the room. I have not had a pistol in the house in four or five years, and I did not know that there was one in the house. I was asleep at the time I was shot. Idid not know that I had an enemy in the world, but now I know Ihave a good one. Iran and examined the front and, back door, and found them secured, The window in the further corner from the bed was open, but the blinds were closed. I have always felt ver friendly toward’ my wiie, but cannot tell oe she felt toward me, I had no dispute with her last night, She has told ie I was too jealous of her, and we have liad some words of disagreement on that subject, I cannot say whether my wife knows anything about this affuir or not, but I think she would be A VERY FUNNY WOMAN ifshe did, I cannot swear positively whether my wife and I have ever threatened to take each other's lives, 1 did not shoot at myself, I am positive of that; but I can- not tell who did it” My wite is a steady woman, I have been jealous of her. We have been married thir- teen years, She has told me lots of times that Twas uot in my right mind and had not been since Thad the measles, two years ago, Some- tunes I have got up and gone into the entry to frighten her, but I knew perfectly well what I was doing, I never have been crazy, and am not now. I have often found fault with ny wife because she was in the habit of staying out until ten or eleven o'clock at night, and 1 did not kuow where she went to or what she was doing. The bolster was blackened with the powder. I had not been drinking last nigit, except one glass of lager beer, 1am not im the habit of drinking. I have hot secn a pistol in my wite’s hands since wo lived here. Itold her, a week or two ago, that it looked very curious her staying out, I cannot say who shot me, but some one evidently wants to get me out of the way.” THE POLICE HOMICIDE. THE SHOOTING OF ROBERT GILMORE (COLORED) BY A BROOKLYN OFPICER—INQUEST BEFORE CORONER SIMMS, Yesterday forenoon the office of Coroner Simms, in the Kings county Court House, was thronged by a very earnest delegation of colored citizens, chiefly members of the Fleet street African Methodist Episcopal church and of the Colored Coachmen’s Benevolent and Social Association of Brooklyn, The Monrovian Vigilance Committee was also largely reprosented and kepta close eye on the proceedings, which were to elicit the true circumstances attending the shooting of one of their number, Robert Gilmore, by Patrolman Redmond Joyce, The first witness was William Pitt, a plumber. He testifled to having seen Officer Joyce and the doorman at the Fourth precinct station bring two prisoners back to the cells, one of whom made some re- sistance; Gilmore, the deceased, then followed, and while going through the recess between the cells and the station house he ran out of the side door on Bergen street; Joyce came up from the cells just in time to seo | the escape, and be immediately followed after him, run- ning up Bergen street about seventy feet; Gilmore was running rapidly, when the officer tired and deceased fell; another officer then came up and they turned Giimore over, when there was a@ wound disclosed on his forehead; the offleer said, “My God! this is a bad job!” he said that he did not intend | to killhim; the body was removed to the station house and three physicians were summoned; witness did not see the pistol in the hand of the officer till after | the fatal hot had been fired; did not hear the officer call on deceased to stop; there were five or six persons near by at the time the shooting took place, George M, Shelton, of No, 514 Bergen street, testi- fled that on the afternoon of the Sth inst., while seated by a window in his house, he saw Gilmore running | away and Officers Joyce and Heary in hot pursuit; Joyce was about twenty fect in the rear of the man, and Heary cried ‘out, “Shoot him!’ at that Joyce put his blouse back and 'put both hands back to his pistol pocket, pulled out his revolver and, putting his lett and on it, pulled back the trigger; he then brought up the pistol and fired; Joyce brought the pistol to the | height of his shoulder and dred, and the @olored man | dropped, falling face downward; Joyce slackened his pace when he pulled lis pistol, but witness would not be ive Whether he was standing still when he fired or | the officer to! ess afterward that he did not nd tu shoot the man; witness did not hear a word said by the officer to the prisoner, telling him to stop; | could Lave heard what passed, a8 he distinctly heard the cocking of the pistol; Joyce had no club in his re he pulled out his pistol. Joseph Pearce, of No, 601 Bergen street, saw the col | ored nun running up Bergen street, and an off pursuit; ¢ the offices saw the when in more was within about thirty-five feet of ; saw Joyce raise bis hand and fire and deceased drop; the arm was extended the — shot was fired; did not hear call to the negro to stop; heard no one tell the to shoot; he held his hand on a tine with his | breast when he fired; did not seo him take deliberate aim. Mra. & in corrovor nina Marsh, of No, 495 Bergen street, testified tion of the account given by the latter wit- hess as to the shooting, Mrs. Haunah Levy, of No, SLL Bergen street, also testified in the same tenor, . The ing t then adjourned till this morning at hall- past nine o'clock, District Attorney Britton was in at- tendance on beualf of the people, and the defendant was Tepresonted by Congellor Ridgeway. POST'S PENITENTIARY PERILS, ‘The irrepressible Warden Post, of the Snake Hill Penitentiary, on the Hackensack, is again in trouble, During the German fostivities at the Schuetzen Park, last week, Post asked pertpission from the Peniten- ary Coumittee to join in the sports and let the insti- | tution run itself, Permission Was relused. Freeholder Curran, however, told Post he might go whether the culmmittee consented or not, Post followed this coun- | aud for hie disobedionce the committee aye | adopted a resolution recommending his dismissal at the | Woxt meeting of the Board of Freeholders, siesta ccaiabsiteiaceatstaalant WALL STREET NOTES. AN ALLEGED CONSPIRACY IN PACIFIC MAIL-~ GRAVE CHARGES—WILL THE PEKING AND TOKIO BE SOLD AT AUCTION ?—VIEWS OF & MANAGING DIRECTOR-—A PAILURE CONYIRMED, Another Pacitic Mail sensation seems to be on the tapis. Yesterday a Heranp representative had ao interview with one of the company’s largest creditors, when the following language wad used charge that the Pacific Mail Steam- ship Company is being managed, not for the in terests of the stockholders, but by a company of stock jobbers who care not whut interests they jeopardize 8¢ Jong as their aims in Wall street are subserved. 1 charge that four men in the Pacitic Mail direction have been the persistemt enemies of the corporation, ané have sought to A DESTROY THE COMPANY. If they challenge me for facts I stand ready to give them, No word in the English language save ‘com spirator’ can adequately describe each one of these persons, who are chiefly led and controlled in the inter- ests of the Union Pacific Railroad, There is a league between the Central and Union Pacifle railroads by which the steamship company named will be deprived of all profitable business, and all of the paying traffic go by the overland routes, <A leading director isa party to this agreement, The City of Peking and City of Tokio will probably be condemned by joint com mission at the instigation of the stock gamblers, and it is not improbable they will be sold at auction; and ‘then it wi}l be found that three CHARTERED STRAMERS OP THE WHITH STAR LINK will get the China trade, and the Pacific Mail Company be torcod to the wall, their steamers sold for a song, and a reorganization take place by which the company will lose its identity and its ships be sailed under@ foreign flag or under some other company name, The article which appeared in the Hknanp a few days since, purporting to be an interview with Mr, Roach, thé shipbuilder, tells soine wholesome truths, and if John Roach could be put on oath he would disclose some of the chicanery and bad faith of the Pucitic Mail directors. Even now it is doubtful if th new ship—the Clty of San Francisco—lying in this harbor will be delivered to the company. At all events 1 stand ready to vouch for the trath of what I say, and 1 CHALLENGE AN INVESTIGATION, Where is the statement of its earnings promised nearly one year ago by the eX-managing director? Where are the reforms which Mr, Seott proposed to inaugurate Kyery stockholder is interested in cleaning — thi Augean stable, and in protecting a property which i truly American und should be a source of national ride,” Pitter the foregoing information tho roporter visited the oflice of Mr. Scott, the present managing director, but could not find that gentleman. Mr. Hatch, the late manager of the company, said he had nothing to say as to the trath or falsity of the charges made, He sup- posed the party in power would manage the company 10 suit themselves, and that it was presumgbly to their: interest to make it profitable. There was oue thing certain, however; the business of all steaniship con panies Was unproiitable at the present time, and Paciti¢ Mail could not be expected to prove an exception, when several hundred first class steamers were laid up im Liverpool for want of freight, There always would be grumblers.”” MORE ENGLISH INVESTORS TRAVELLING. As an item of news iv may be interesting to note that Sir James Heron and Solicitor Morris, of London, have started on a tour over tho property of the Cleveland, Columbus, Cincinnati and Indianapolis Railroad, They are accompanied by General Devereux, receiver of the Auantic and Great Western Railroad, and it is supposed the result of their mspection will be made known very shortly. Itisa good sign that the foreign owners of American railway properties are coming over to look for themselves at the character of their investments, A PAILURE CONFIRMED, Messrs, Mallory & Buttertield, No, 41 Broadway, the largest dealers in paper board ‘in America, represent- ing some fifty different mills, owned up’ to-day that they had suspended. ‘They had been in difficulties for some days past. Their failure is due to the contrac- tion of Values, as wellasto the fact that they have been keeping a large stock on hand, fn the present im- security of the paper trade they have sought to deal ag far as possible for cash, but this they have found im- practicable. The creditors have agreed to allow the firm to continue business as usual, without an assignee or receiver. Upon an application yesterday to Messrs. Schuchardt o., the suspended bankers, of No. 40 Exchange place, for their statement, the writer was informed ‘that it would not be ready until Wednesday. WILLIAMS AGAIN TRIED. THE WONDERFUL POLICE CAPTAIN WHO CAN’® KEEP OUT OF TROUBLE. ‘The irrepressible Police Captain of the Fourth precinct, who figures more frequently as defendant before the Board of Police than any other member of the depart ment, was up again for trial yesterday before Commis- sioners Voorhis and Matsell. Tho charges this time were that on tho night of July 31 the said Captain allegally arrested one John McKeever, applied abusive epithets to him and had him locked up during the night in the Oak street station house; and further, that the said Williams falsely charged the complainant, on the following morn- ing, before a magistrate, with having interfered with him (Williams) while the latter was in. the discharge of his duties, on which charge the said magistrate di not hold the complainant, . Mr. McKeever tok the stand and testified:—On the night of July 31, while sitting in front of my door im the Bowery, near Grand street, Captain Williams and an officer passed by, having between them a prisoner named “Scotty” Lavelle; the latter called me by name aud made some remark, to which I replied, “You are IN A PRETTY TIGHT PLACE,” Captain Williams then turned on me and asked me if I would not like to get him (the prisoner) out of his fx; T answered that I did not interest myself in his busi- ness; Captain Williams replied, saymg, “You tried it ‘on with me once and I made you take water;” he then called me a liar and ordered the officer who was with him to arrest me, which he did, and took me to the Oak strect station house; there Captain Williams made use of very insulting and abusive language, saying, amon, other things, that he could lick forty such’ fellows us was; he also dared me to go into the yard and fight him; when I was taken to court next day the Judgé discharged me from custody. ‘Two witnesses corroborated the complainant ment as to the manner of the arrest. Captain Williams, conducting his own defence, thes called Sergeant Keating, of the Fourth precinct, whe was on desk duty at the time McKeever was brought into the station House: The witness denied that the Captain used abusive language or offered to fight the prisoner. Officer Flynn, who by orders of the Captain arrested McKeever, testified that the latter first addressed the prisoner, who was being brought by himself and Captain’ Williams to the station house, usin the words, “Why don’t you make a break an GET AWAY FROM THE IG SNAKE” and otherwise inciting the prisoner to attempt an escape, The witness had heard that the complainant was a des- ge character and an associate of thieves and gam Hers, Roundsman Bolster, of the Fifteenth precinet, swort to the past character of the complainant, who had beer dismissed from the Police Department for brutally kicks inga man in the face, According to this witness McKeever was an exceedingly wic man, A Mr, Garei, the proprictor of a cigar establishment testified to having found property stolen from him it the possession of Me! Captain Williams then a case, saying that he arreste because he interfered with him in the discharge of bis duty by inciting his prisoner to resistance, The case was referred tor decision to a full Board, CORONERS’ CASES, ‘The following cases were reported at the Coronerd office yesterday :— Margaret McCloskey, aged forty-five years, died sud denly at No. 41 Spring street. An infwnt, named Hugh Dolan, aged ouly four days, died at No, 32 Madison street. An infant, two hours old, died at No, 90 Catharine street, ‘Phe body of an unknown man, aged about thirty years, five feet seven inches in height, was found yesterday floating in the North River, at the foot of Vestry street ‘The deceased was dressed ina light colored thin coat, white vest, dark pantaloons and gaiters, The body waa sont to the Morgue, THE ROBBERY REGISTER, The following robberies were reported yesterday at the Central Oilice:— : ‘The apartments of Charles Rosenthal, in No. 710 Fifth street, were entered by thieves und robbed of two gold watches and other besides $30 in money, The total value of the property stolen is $495. Mr, Josep Wheelock, of the Graud Opera House, lost from his dressing room at the theatre a gold wateh val- ued at $100, Wearing apparel to the value of $60 was stolen by sneak thieves from tho residence of Peter Lenergan at No, 250 avenue A. he store of Charles Lindners, at No, 184 Mercer street, Was robbed of a quautity of tobacco by thieves, who broke « pane of giass in the show window. ne Sylvanus, mate of the schooner W. H. Jones, lying at pier 28 bast River, lost a spyglass, a quadrant and half a box of tobacco, in all valued at $80, Burglars entered the premises No, 84 William street, kept by Evan McCaflll, and stole cigars and tobacue worth $137, state kod the dismissal of the the complainant solely FRACTURED LIMBS. Alfred Lofland, aged twenty-four years, a workmap. on the steainship Richmond, at picr No, 37 North River, fell from the deck to the lowor hold and broke his lew. Duniel Lent, aged twenty-nine years, residing at No, 716 Ninth street, yeaterday fell aud broke bis ( was taken to Bellevue Hospital,