The New York Herald Newspaper, November 20, 1875, Page 3

THE GALLOWS. ‘The Wall-Merited Fate of John Clark at Roches(er. HORRIBLE STORY OF AN OUTLAW. A Career of Robbery and Murder Continued for. Years. THE CRIME AND THE PENALTY. ——- Execution 1 Louisiana for the Murcer of a Guest. Rocuxsren, Nov. 19, 1875, In May, 1999, Johm Clark was born in Rochester; to-day be ended his life upon the scaffold in the city of bis birth. His father is in the grave; his aged mother wUill resides hire. Clark’s life has been a remarkable oné—that of ai outlaw for ten years, A MURDERER’S CAREER, As a boy nd was distinguished by the same traits that marked himas aman, ‘Those who sat beside him in school and who worked with him in the shop speak of his coolness in times of personal danger, his utter carelessness of consequences, his daring and his retusal 1 place confidence in any one. All the education he received was in the public school here; travel from place (o place and contact with men of all characters did the rest, Hys father, Wilham Clark, was foreman in a tobacco factory, and Jobn, when a ad, was put to work there, He was a “very wild boy, and the cause of much trouble, One day a farmer drove by the factory with.a load of mel- ons, and Johnny led outa youthful gang that robbed the rustic, The police came, arrested the boy and car- ried him into a room high up in the building. They thonght they had him, but he opened the door and Jeaped to the ground below, fully forty feet. Climbing a fence he slid down the river bank, and was next seen swimming the Genesee, The incideut illustrates the character of the boy. ‘Time passed on, William Clark died, and the charac. ter of his son grew rapidly worse. Surrounded by evil associations, his ways became wicked, and more than one petty crime was charged to him. threwd worker, however, doing his jobs alone and keeping his own secrets, and so he managed fora long time to escape detection, He beeame A GAMBLER AND 4 HURGLAR, His way of working was peculiar, He went out te the surrounding cities and villages, rarely committing any crime in Rochester. These excursions were made At frequent intervals, and Clark would return with his Ml-gotten.gain, From one of these excursions he came buck after an absence of nearly six years, five of which were passed in Auburn State Prison. One night the vaptain of a steamer lying in Buffalo saw a man emerge trom his cabin with his watch and wallet, Chase was Biven, and Clark was cornered inan alley without an utlet, He fired upon the police, who returned the firc, and it was only when his bullets wore all gone that they captured him. Five years’ imprisoninent was the result of this indulgence in his idiosyncrasy. Return- ‘ng to Rochester in 1862 or 1863, he resumed the old work, Forashort time he had an interest ina faro bank bh His associates were gamblers, thieves and women of evil character, He went out upon his excur- sions and returned as usual. He was 4 BOUNTY JUMPER during @ portion of the war, and many stories are told of the daring he exhibited in that work, He squan- dered his money as fustas he acquired it, and was Slways willing to do desperate work to replete his treasury, In May, 1864, be was passing along Main street with a woman named Frances Clayton. They had been drinking and were acting in a disorderly man- her, when a policeman interfered, “Why don’t you shoot the —?” said she, Clark drew his revolver and fired. The officer, Rich- ard Freehouse, fell, badly wounded. ‘The criminal fled to New York. An indictment having been found offi- ters arrested him on Broadway and took him to the Prince streot station house. On his way to the Tombs the next morning Clark attempted to escape, but was shot in the leg. Some friends who bad known Clark when they resided in Rochester appeared in his behal!, rocured @ writ of habeas corpus, and he was brought Peioce Judge Dowling, who discharged him. He resided aehort time in New York and then suddenly disap- ured. He was next hearJ ot in Mexico. Why he left ew York so mysteriously is mot known, but it was robable that he was afraid of being brought back to chester or that he had committed some new crime, He says he landed at Vera Cruz and went from there to the City of Mexico, whore he remained for some ume, He then went to Matamoros, on the Rio Grande, where he fellin with James Monaghan, another desperado from Rochester, who had left this city on account of trime and who afterward escaped trom the jail at Titus- ville, Pa, and fled to Brownsville, Texas, opposite Mat- amoros, If the reports tn circulation about the exploits vt me two wortnies while thero are trae, they were then fit SUBJECTS FOR THE HANGMAN. They travelled in Mexico, and it issaid they were arrested at Monterey or Saltillo for some desperate trime and sentenced to death. Clark escaped, but Monaghan is believed to have died there. Ciark denies this, and says he was merely a gambler whey in Mexico and ul he was not arrested there. He went to New Urieans, then to Chicago, where he became attached to ® notorious woman and went with her to New York. She soon left bim, however, Clark continued hie evil practices and now became a daring and desperate bar- jar, On one of lis plundering expeditions he visited cranton, Pa, wheres Goodham Clark, a prominent to- bacco mapufacturer and uncle of John, resided He lured his cousin, a young, girl, from her father’s house, married her and went to New York, This was in 1871. Since then he resided in Brooklyn, though he passed most of his time in New York. He visited Rochester Deensionally, but always escaped the police. He ia be- heved to have committed several daring burglaries ere. Tite MURDERER, On the night of June 29 the residence of Austin H. Cole was entered, bis bedroom visited and his watch, wallet and store keys removed. An umbrella was taken from the hail below by the thiel, who went to the large store of Moore & Cole, entered by means vf ialse keys, aud sheltered himself with the umbrelia while he opened and robbed the safe, The next morn- ing a mail carrier in going bis rounds found the keys in a letter box with a request to return them to Moore & Cole's store. The next day two boys in chasing ® rabbit through a lumber yard feuud a small satchel 4 bag. The poltce were informed. In the cl * was found some of the jewelry siolen at bag contained burglars’ toola, The pol{ce sapposed that the burglar had secreted them ans would retarn. They determined to replace them, and while officers Kavanagh and McCormick were doing so that evening (July 2) @ man appoared, saw them, Lurned and walked loward the street. They followed him; when they reached the sidewalk there were two men in sight. Not knowing which had ieft the yard euch officer {ol- lowed aman. Kavanagh met his man on Atkinson street, and, after waiking beside him and asking ques- Hions till they reached a bridge, turned, caught him with both hands and said, “UM AN OFFICER T ARREST You,’ The man lifted his band, which beld a revolver, and fired. Kavanagh feil back, exclaiming, “My God! 1m ehot.” He recovered in’a moment, and, jomed by McCormick, followed the fugitive. They fired at him bud cried “Stop murderer.” Running along the bank pi the canal, Clark, for it was him, vorned tuto Waveriey place, In'that thoroughfare resided John Trevor, a private bank watchman, d thirty-dve, With bis wife aud four children. Ulark had thrown t! revolver with which he had shot Kavanagh beneath tart, where it was ound the sext day, and was now running with a half cocked pistol in his haud. ‘Trevor, ‘as standing at his gate chatting With a friend, and his fe stood beside him. Ho heard the ery, and recog- pre McCormick's voice, Seeing the man be crossed q je strect to intercept him. Clark slackened bis pace; rovor had reached the sidewalk and placed one foot phee it with his arms out, when Clark fred. It was Joon Trevor's death signal, but he was mot the man boo shrink = from = duty) under) any = carcum.- stances, He grasped = bis. = murderer —_ with ‘strong arm and pinned him against the fence until the piticers arrived. ‘Theo he fell into the arms of neigh- bors, who carried bim across the road over the thres- pod of his door, and jaid him upon the bed, which e only left three days after to be placed in a coffin, A trowd gathered, Kavanagh believed himself to be mor. Jally wounded and wanted to kill Clark. The moo also wanted to lynch him. McUormick, however, with Hrawn revolver, burried him away to the police office, Kavanagh went int® a house, removed his clothes and the bullet dropped to the floor. Tt had hit him fall upoo the breast bone and flattened itself, Ii was a very rar. fow escape for him, At the police office Clark was ‘Rearched and a wig, a cloth mask, a dirk, a skull cap, faiee whiskers and other things ‘were found, Inside the fence yore Trovor stopped hin was found a smail box containing a set of bargiar's small tools, The next Gay Clark was sont to Juik The public and the press rlamored for "i WIS IMMEDIATE TRIATe Governor Tilden was «ppealer proclamation for the holding of a special and extraordi Bary Court of Oyer and Terminer, appointing Judge paves C. Smith, of Canandaigua, to preside, The ‘ourt opened September 6; on the morning of the Mab. Wag foungpnd.tie Hag beng yung |. Mais 201M to, and he jesued a | He wasa | NEW YOKK HERALD, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1875—WITH SUPPLEME afternoon. William [. Howe defeided the prisoner; District Attorney Gewge Raines srosecuting. Clark Was cool and collectedduring the ¢bole trial, did not seein to care much atout it, and thought himself safe, On the 16th the jury afler a shot absence, brought ina VEIDICT oF GuurY, and the Court passedthe sentené of death. As the slow, solemn tones fl from the {ps of the Judge, amid the silence of the Cogt room, bf wife was borve faint- ing from the hall, Chrk did mt seem to care, He ‘acted as if he were ofiron, incayble of emotion. The | auly remark of regrt that he 44s been heard to utter was the day after hissentence, when, looking through the bars of the condemned cell, be said :— “Poor ttle wife, this will killher.’” When he heard then nailing ste scaffold together, he said, with a sinile:— “That sounds like business, ” APUK THE SRITENCR. Since his sentenceClark has yccupied the condemned | cell, « large, airy roan in the upper story of the jail. | He ts the sixth man a has left that cell to swing on the scaffold below. fe has passed the time quietly, full of hope of repricie to the last. About religion he | cared nothing, thougi he yermitted w clergyman to | visit him daily, Hisactions have been the same all | the time. Long nsedto danger, be bas not given much | thought to the end ofthis lif, “He has slept soundly | and eaten heartily, tuked with his guards pleasantly, Aud passed the time a thouxh he were to go out into the world to-day insbad of going to the grave, Last night he felt ‘first rate,? us he expressed it, aud awoke this morningh{ter asound sleep. Ti LAST MOMENTS. ‘The prisover ate ahearty meal this morning and was then sha Duritg the process he said :— “This ig amasing}0 mne,? ‘The military were then gathering about the Jail, and | he saw them from jhe window. Most intense excite ment prevailed, anjumense crowd being present about the jail, There w# no gepathy manitested tor the condemned. His vife and mother were with bim a short Lime and thgfarewell parting was very affecting, his wife being finaly led away, but he remained cold | aud indifterent A clergyman was with him a short time. | THE PROCESSION formed at eleven o'clock A. M., and Clark took bis piace, smoking acigar. He walked with a firm step Aud showed no feir, AT THE SCAPPOLD he shook hands with his triends, smiling and smoking. His bearing was wot deflant, but’ he eeemed utterly in- | diferent to the eager gaze of the large crowd about | him. The deathWarrant was read and he was asked if | he had anythingto say, He replied, quietly, that he | had not bad a far trial, but had nothing to say. Then his clergyman payed with him, Clark kneeling. Just | before he knet he threw away his cigar, which was eriy caught by a curiosity hunter. He then'stoot p straight andiirm, without a tremble, ‘The rope was | put about bis mck, a moment aiter the Sheriff pulled | the cord, and Jin Clark was IAUNCHED INTO RTERNITY, The knot slipped around to the back of his n if which was dishcated, He died game to the lust, such | an exhibition of nerve baving been rarely witnessed on the scallold. Ke maintained his reserve to the last and suid nothing alout the past, The remains were taken | to Greenwood Cemetery for interment beside his only child, a boy, vho died i Brooklyn in 1870. AX ATTEMPTED RESUSCITATION. After the jody of John Clark was taken to his mother’s resience, several physicians attempted to | resuscitate bin, bat failed, The affair bas created | much excitemert, HUNRY NICHOLSEN FOR THE A PEDLER—STORY OF THE EXECUTION oF MUEDER OF CRIME, Covsuarra, La., Nov. 19, 1875. ‘The majesty of the law was vindicated at this place to-day in the execution of Henry Nichoisen, convicted of a crime which in ali ages and among all people, from the moet barbarous to the most enlightened, has been regarded as among the greatest which can be perpetrated—namely, the murder of his guest He | Was condemned conjointly with his brother and partner im the dreadful crime, out for reasons hereinafter mentioned he ascended the fatal tree slona The tragedy for which these brothers were doomed to death, and for which one of them suffered to-day, oceurred on the 25th of June last upon the plan- tation of Colonel Rubis, near the town of Coushatta, Red River parish, a locality already rendered famous in political annals as having been the scene of a formid- able negro insurrection and subsequent massacre, ‘THY MURDER. Upon the day referred to apedler named Marcus Young, described ag being a weak and inoffensive man, arrived with his pack and male upon the Rubis planta- tion for the parpose of trading with the people there employed. One of the first to mect him and offer the hospitality of the house was Henry Nicholsen, one of two brothers long noted throughout that section of country as being very des- perate characters. The unsuspicious vietim accepted ‘the imvitation and repaired to bis house, Before nightfall be was persuaded by some pretence to cali with Henry upon his brother, George Nioborson, who resided about amile distant, From this short journey the pedier never returned. Suspicion was aroused, and the belief generally gained credence among the neighbors that Young had been inveigled to some retired spot by the Nicholsens and there de- | with impatience, MOODY’S FAREWELL. IMMENSE GATHERINGS IN THE BROOKLYN TABER- NACLE. The Brooklyn Tabernacle was well filled yesterday morning, and the services commenced at eight o'clock sharp. After the singing the usual requests for prayers were read, Mr, Moody eaid some persons had complained to him that this good work was about to stop, but for his part he thought the work had only just begun. Owing to want of time much had not been done during the last month, baving 8o many meetings to attend, but if those who attended them bad not the spirit of the Lord in them now, then he would say their work had been ‘a failure, He then read some verses from the fifteenth chapter of John about work to show his bearers what was expected of them, Faith was the outward sign of work, but if that were dead they bad better bury it, He wanted no dead faith, Men who had not the spirit of work had not the true faith of the Lord. Mr. Moody said he regretted to notice there were so few people in Brooklyn who car- ried their Bibles with thom, God’s people were pecu- Mar, and Paul, and Christ himself were peculiar men, We shrank from the very thing Jesus wanted of us, There was a battle now going on in Brooklyn fur the Lord, and be hoped they would carry the torch of sal- vation to light men ito the kipgdom of heaven, Mr, Sankey then sang Nothing but leaves! the spirit grieves. Mr. Moody suid only $500 had been received for the Young Men’s Christian Association, and tey wanted $10,000, AFTERNOON MEETING. ‘The afternoon services yesterday took place at the Tabernacle, althoagh not afew were disappointed on proceeding to the Rink and finding it deserted. ‘The throng was, if possiblo, greater than ever, not a vacant seat being in the house shortly after the doors wero thrown open, which event an eager multitude awaited Human beings rolled in like a tidal wave and later comers were content to stand on tip-too atthe very doors. Indeed, the interior of the edifice presented a very animated appearance, and for over an hour the exercises wero looked forward to with the most intenso interest. Promptly at four o'clock, Messrs, Moody and Sankey, accompanied by several clergymen and others, took their seats on the platform, and the vast congregation, which bad broken. forth into a bum of admiration, was hushed to silence. ‘A prayer was offered by Mr. W. B. Dodge, Jr., after which Mr, Sankey prayed and then sang in a melodious strain the famous hymn *‘Ninety-nine,”” Mr, Moody came forward aud announced that the subject of his discourse was ‘Faith in the Lord.” He said there were three “things necessary for the attam- ment of faitb—knowledge, assent and the laying hold. He vigorously pointed out the necessity of putting faith in Christ, for without it no man could be saved, They must not put their faith in men, but in God, for to-morrow men would turn their backs upon them, It was better to trust in God than in their own feelings, He showed what he considered the fallacy of people saying that ‘they believed what the Church believed, without know- ing exactly what the Church did believe. A great many persons went to church just as they would go to a theatre, simply because others went, Whatever was done must be done for the glory of God; that was the great’ point he wished to impress upon the hearts of his hearers, and every person couid y that in performing an act they would do no wrong. It did not mean much to be a Christian, Christianity must be on a higher plane, People have got to be bolier than they are, and they will never have any power with God until they are. Men mast bave faith inGod. Some say they pray for faith and they cannot get it; but the best way was to decome acquainted with God. Men have got to become acquainted with their Bible, and in that holy book they would find faith, People do not have faith tn their neighbors until they know who they are, and every year we know the more faith will we get. ‘The reason men have so little faith is because they know go little of God. Mr, Moody quoted from the twentieth chapter of 8t. John—“‘And these things are written that ye may believe that Christ the son of God.” The whole Gospel was written that men might believe in Jes' Christ If men wanted faith let them read the Bible | and see what God has done for them, There was not ‘one promise that He ever made that He fatled to keep. “Faith cometh by hearing, and hearing by the word of God.” Mr. Moody’s remarks wore interspersed with several appropriate anecdotes. Tho faith that brought people to Christ was the right kind of faith. There will be no trouble about peace and happiness if men have faith in Christ. In conclusion, he asked those resent to trust themselves, soul and body, to God, and fie would take care of them for all time tocome. He thanked the cag gg and the people of Brooklyn generally for their attendance, and hoped that the work {ntrusted to him would have fruitful resolts. | They might forget him, but he trusted they would | throne by and by. After singing the Doxology the pro- ceedings were brought to a close. THE EVENING MEETING. spatched in order to obtain possession of his mule aud | scanty stock of goods, | THE DISCOVERY. | No active steps were taken in the matter until after July 4. Upon that day the Nieholsen brothers, whoap- | vared to be unusually flush of money, gave a Foarth of Sax celebration at Coushatta at their own expense, and, | us it subsequently appeared, out of the proceeds derived from the sale of the murdered pedier's effects. This celebration was attended by all the influential people in the vicinity, among others by Colonel Rubis and Dr. Richardson, both -of whom made patriotic speech upon the occasion. After diner Colonel Rubis’ sus- picions, already aroused, were confirmed by seeing th ‘The rush to the Rink last night was enormous. With the opening of the doors came the irresistible sweep of human beings—men, women and children—and almost in a twinkling the great building was crammed to its uttermost limits, It was Mr. Moody’s farewell, and the vast assemblage seemed to be improssed with this fact, for when he and Mr. Sankey appeared, shortly after seven o'clock, a visible sensation was created throughout the building. Mr. Sankey | opened the proceedings by singing the twenty-fourth | ® o | hymn, to which the choir and the congregation did | yy have faith in Christ and they would all meet at the PLYMOUTH PRAYER MEETING. MR. RERCHER’S LECTURE ROOM TALK, Notwithstending the fact that some 8,000 or 10,000 of Brooklyn's religiously inclined citizens went to at- tend the farewell service of the revivalists the lecture room of Plymouth church was crowded last night on the occasion of the regular Friday night prayer meeting. Mr. Beecher had been at Peekskill during the week, but returned in time to preside at the meoting, He entered promptly at __half-past seven, actompanied yo his wife, and tmme- diately followed by Dr, Edward Beecher and Colonel Heary Beecher and wife. Dr. Beecher and the lwlies were accommodated with seats among | the audience, while Mr. Beecher took bis accustomed chair beside the table, on which was placed the 1n- evitable vase of flowers, and Colonel Henry Beecher also seated himself upon the platform bebind his father, where he sat throughout the service with his head and shoulders tilted back against the wall and his, left hand leaning lightly on a bamboo cane which he carried, The exercises were begun by singing “Rock of Ages” While it was being sung Mr. Beecher was observed to gaze steadfastly in the direction of the gallery on the left, in the front of which sat a lazy worshipper, whose fect were thrust between the iron rails immediately over the heads of Jadies who sat on the main floor, and the soles of whose boots were exhibited to the congregation. The annoy- ance of the pastor had no effect upon the gentleman, for ho retained his position for a long time, and only relinquished 1 to adopt another equally comfortable, Mr. Beecher began his “talk” by referring to the fact that Messrs. Moody and Sankey were holding their last meeting in Brooklyn, Now, said he, the question will naturally be, What next? What has been accomphshed? What is to bo further done? I do nos propose to examine either of these questions, except so far as they relato to ourselves, I only say in a general way, without being specially inforined, except from what I indirectly heard Mr. Moody say, that In his meetings the ingather- ing of persons (rom the world, while not inconsider- able, has yet not been large, and that, there- fore, we must derive comfort’ from the ‘thought that the benefit ts yet to accrue, and that the services which have been held in the Rink and the Tabernacle have been services whose fruit will fall out in the differ. ent churches and as the result of the tndividual fidelity and effort of those several churches, The question now becomes, How shall the different churches take up the work? Shall we adopt those monster mevtings? I think that would bea manifest mistake, which we coutd carry on those Rink in the absence of the gentlemen who have super- mtended them. Well, then, shall we imitate their Incthods and manners and attempt to have ALITTLE RINK IN BVERY CHURCH, and shall everybody try tobe akind of Moody and Sankey in every charch? tmitations are always in ferior; they are always on the road down bill, and to attempt to imitate those men successfully re- quires that yon should be those men—it requires that you should have their standpoint in theology, for certainly they are not careless workers, There never were men working from a more definite conception of truth than these men are. I had the pleasure of a conference of two or three hours’ duration | from the pleasure | should in any case have bad, I had | @ peculiar interest in learning ‘of the interior forces | that were at work, and I thought I saw in a second the secret“ of his working plan, I am not now speaking of the secret of his Christian life: 1am not speaking of his own adaptation to his work; of that I sball speak in another place at the right time. But it is one thing that gives point to his labors. Mr. Moody is a believer in the second advent of Chris, Ho con- tinually wants to die and says there is no use in at- tempting to work for this world; that it is a thing Diasted; that there is no help for it'so far as human in- stitutions are concerned ; that you are never going to BUILD THE OLD THING UP. He says it Is a wreck and is bound to sink, and the ' only thing to be done fs to get off as many of ‘the pas- sengers as you can and let her go, und that, therefore, | the business of every Christian 1s to waitfor the Master, | for he believes that when the Master comes theré shall be a destruction of the wicked, and the earth shall be filled with righteousness, and the devil will have a good time; and that up to that time it’s no use to attempt any'of those large recreations of #o- ciety, as they are useless before Christ comes. And for the rest, our mood of mind should be as if waiting, saying, “Christ may come this yeur, Christ may come this month, this week. He may come to-morrow.” Now if I believed that, 1 should be a burning fire all the time; bat Ws no uso of my, trying to believe it in order thatI may bea burning fre, There are a great many things that I know would fire | 4f I believed them. Catholic does, in the Virgin Mary. | hungered for it many times. boat Thave lonyed and I would like to believe PRIESTS WERE ORDAINED OP GOD to hear the confessions of sinners and to absolve men, | #0 that, after I wont up smutty, 1 could come a clean, It would be comfort to ma I should like to leun on some ona I would like to lean on a man that I believed had been commissioned by God. But then the Lord has not done any euch thing. Nobody has ever been able to make me believe He has, and I dou’t believe any body ever wil Mr. Beecher then proposed that if his people wanted to hold morning prayer mectings he would be glad tos attend = them; ~—s buts they — should uot be considered the ‘pastor’s meetings, but the people’s meetings. I don’t propose to blow the trumpet or unroll the banner, he said; bat if it 1s inthe hearts of the people let us have the meetings, | and I don’t want @ mother’s son of you tocome that does not want to. | Dr. Edward Beecher made a few remarks abont the | uses of revivals, which he claimed were of transitory nd not permanent benefit, A stranger arose and made a brief address, to which ir, Beecher listened with great interest, When he bad Nicholsen, brothers spear upon the ground ample justice, It may be mentioned, by the way, that | cotcladed and ‘sat down) Bev. Mr MeKay eal aitired 1b some of the very articles known | , | “L think, perhaps, ought to tell you to have constituted @ portion’ of the pedier’s | ‘Ms choir in appreciation of Mr. Sankey’s peculiar | 94, “Unis reilow ia” Hee then’ introduced hatte authorities |\mmediately, the timidity or carelessness of the Sheriff, who was dilatory in acting, the accused parties got wind of the charge and fled to the swamps. Numerous arrests | were made, however; among others a man named Thomas Hinton, who was charged with being accessory | to the deed and who subsequently turned State's evi- dence. THE BODY FOUND, | Through these arresis the body of the unfortunate victim was next day discovered, partially buried, in the woods, a short distance from the house’ of | George Nicholsen, and upon the very spot | where he haa’ been #0 foully murdered. The unearthing of a crime go horrible tn tts nature | aroused the indignation of the entire community, Old | and young, black und white, tendered their services to | the Sheriff to assist in hunting down the criminals, | Armed companies were formed, and a thoroughly | organized search of the vicinity was instituted, wluc in # few days resulted in the CAPTCRE OF THE FUGITIVES from justice and their safe lodgement in Coushatta Jail “They were tried at the subsequent sessions of the Seventeenth Judicial District Court, commencing on the th day of September last, the Hon. O. G. Chap: lin Presiding Judge. The evidence being clear, both were prompuy FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER in the first degree and sentenced to be hung. Owing to the absence of Governur Kellogg from the State during the summer months, some delay was experienced im carrying ont the ‘sentence of the Court, but upon, his return, early tn October, one of his frsw official acts consisted = in’ signing the death warrants of the prisoners, fixing the date of execution for Friday, November 19. These warrants were duly (orwarded by registered letter mail to the Sheriff of Coushatta, aad the receipt of the Coushatta Postmaster was also in due time received atthe Ex- | ecutive Office, Novwithstanding this, and through some as yet unexplained accident, the Sheriff failed to acknowledge (heir receipt autil November 10 In the meanwhile, and upon the 8th inst., it was announced that the Nicholson brothers had succeeded in MAKING THVIR RSCAI from Jail by completing amino left uafinished by crimi- nule previously confined therein, and which the gross | negligeuce of the officiaix had nogiected to fill in and repair, The country ‘was again aroused | end = another criminal hunt instituted. Two ayn Bubsequent to the escape Henry Nicholson was recaptured by the Sherif of Bienville parish, near Sparta—a smali town tn that locality. was im. mediately restored to his former quarters and closely watched. THE BROTURR'S PATH. There is yet some uucertaiuty attached tothe other brother's tate. He ia reported to have beeu sbot and Killed by one of the armed parties organized in pursurt, This report Is believed to be correct at the Executive OMice, although no official advices have been received in coulrmation, | THE RXRCUTION. The large crowd gathered in the vicinity of the jatlat an early hour this morning and waited patiently for the dread scene about to take ,place. Nicholson was conducted to the gallows after eleven, and after the preliminary of reading th warrant the fatal noose Was fixed about his a and at precisely eleven o'clock and forty minutes the drop fell, and the mar- derer remained swinging in the air.’ His death was easy, the neck being broken by the fall. After remain- ing for the length of time prescribed by the statate he was examined by the physicians in attendance, and, being pronounced dead, his body was delivered to bis | friends, ROBBED HI8 MOTHER, Some three weeks ogo Francis Hurris, a fast youth, living at No. 4 Jones street, rabbed his aged mother of | $400 and began keeping house up town with » woman | fair bat frail Mrs, Harris has beon very anxious about tho boy ever since, but expressed herself as quite will- | ing to let bim go to the dogs, provided she could recover the amount he had appropriated from her wailet, Last evening OMcer Adams, of the Twen. | ty-first proeinot, discovered him Jotvering in the vicin- jiy of the American Institute Fair. after wavching | him awhile the officer saw him go to the rooms of his | Eliaa, and then laid violent hands upon lim. Tho youth blushed and stammered badly, but was ruth easly torn from Eliza’s embrace and consigned to s cell at the Central afllce, He will be taken to court | A prayed earnestly, in the course of which he called for blessings for the people of Brooklyn. This was fol- lowed by the seventy-ninth hymn, “What shall the harvest be?” | Mr. Moody then came forward and stated that to bim the present was a very solemn meeting, for perhaps they would never meet again in this world, and he asked ail Christians to pray that the Lord would help him to make the way plain, He read from the elev- enuth chapter of the Acts, and then proceeded to stute that he did not intend to preach a sermon so much as to point out the way to de saved. In the frst place they would have to be saved all at once. Every conversion recorded in tho Scriptures was instantaneous, Thero was none other kuown. When Noah entered the ark he stepped in ina moment and out in amoment. Men, | in order to be saved, must step out of themselves and invo Christ. He cited several iljustrations to show that the gift of God came at once and that those possessin ft would be saved. ‘The moment a man got the gift oI God he was as supp of heaven as if be were walking over the crystal pavement of paradise. After some further observations in a similar strain Mr. Moody concluded by expressing his regret iat he bad not imore ably performed the ‘ssl allotted tohim. He said he had tried to be at least faithful, and he was only sorry the Lord had mot a better repre- sentative than himself. He had tried to tell them what to do to be saved, and if he had failed he asked God's forgiveness, | He and brother, Sankey, he said, thanked thom from the depths of their hearts for coming to listen to them. Ho also thanked the members for their co-operation, the choir, the ushers, | the policemen and the reporters, for ail of whom ho offered ap prayers, He exhorted the congregation to follow out the teachings of the Gospel Mr. Moody, toward the close of his address, was apparently over come with emotion, and many ladies among the andi- ence shed tears. ang, ‘Shall we Meet beyond the river?’ after prayer, the caoir rendered tHe filty-fourth hymn, which brought the pro- | ceedings at the Rink to an ‘end. THE LATE EVENING SERVICE. At nine o’clock the farewell evening meeting was held in the Tabernacle, at which ladies wero not ad- mitted The size of the audionce was only limited by the capacity of the building. After the introductory services, including singing by Mr. Sankey, sr. Moody said that he had at first intended to preach adifferent sermon from that given at the Rink, out further consideration had induced lim to repeat what | he had previously said illustrative of sudden conver- sion, In conclusion he said (t was the last night of his work in Brooklyn, and made an earnest appeal to all who had not already sought salvation. Mr. Sanke. the song commencing Oh, soul! you are weary at heart; Ali'the way has been dark. A portion of the auditoriam was cleared for those who wished prayer and personal conversation, and the meeting finally closed at half-past ten o'clock. A rayer meeting Will be conducted at the Tabernacle b; esera, Moody and Sankey from eight to nine o'clock this morning. UNION PRAYER MEETING. A gathering of the faithful from congrogations of various Christian denominations was held yesterday aiternoon, for the purpose of prayer, in the rooms of | | the Young Men’s Christian Association, Twenty-third street and Fourth avenue, Among the reverend gentle men present were the Rev, Dr, Prime, Presbyterian, editor of the New York Observer; Rev. Dr, Hamilton, of the Fourteenth siroet Presbyterian church; Rev. De. Tyng, rector of Holy Trinity church; Pro- fessor Samson, of Harlem, and Rev. Dr. Armitage, of the Fifth avenue Baptist chureb, Mr. William K. Dod and afew other layiwen were on the platform. Dr. Armitage called npon Dr, Prime to deliver the opening rager, which ho did with mach fervor and effect. Dra ty ng, Hamilton and others addressed the meeting; #0 also did Messra, Scheiffelin and Dodge, Although the ationdunce was not numerons the singing was heartily Joined in by the people prosent, Soon atter five o'clock the devotions were concluded. The aext an meeting will be held thie doy mack in ths sa Ok Cyr, ase ap pepansouan, es. He accordingly laid the matter before the Cou | ‘vocal talents presented him with a handsome timepiece | jim as the Rev. Robert Patterson, the evangelist, but owing, it is said, to | for himself and a purse for his wife. Mr. Moody then | whom he had known when a boy in Edinburgh, and | whom he had met only twice in twenty-four years. Assistant Pastor Halliday related some details of a great revival which occurred gome years ago in a country town, when the religious feeling was so in- tense that the business people were obliged to close their shops, Mr. Beecher took excoption to that state | of ira being held up for imitation here He | thought that religion, so far from incapacitating men — for business, should make them better business men. This statement was hailed with a loud clapping of | hands and stamping of feet, Mr. Beecher resented this, saying:— “How would it have looked if they had clapped Poter on Pentecost? 1, to be sure, am not Peter, but I am Prociaimipg Pentecostal truths.” | DR. STORRS’ CALL | A letter from the members of the church presided over by the Rev. Dr. R, S. Storrs, and from alarge num- ber of his friends in Brooklyn, has been received by hin, urging the reverend gentleman not to accept the eall recently made to bim from another city. Tho let- ter is as follows, and is signed by 127 of the prominent and wealthy citizens of the City of Churches :— Buooxtyrs, Nov. 15, 1875, Rev. R. 8. Storrs, D. D. — Deak Sta—The undersigned, who ate some of your Brook- lyn brethren and friends, desite to express to you the deep concern they foel in learning that you are seriously consider- ing the question of mremoval from the Chnreh of the Pu- Eris and from our city. We beg leare to represent th Such @ removal would be a great public toss—a loes not only to tho Chureh of the Plign to all our congregations, d a calamity especially felt by our oldest and best citizens, Your ministcy of nearly thirty years’ duration has become « | Power for good which you could not bequeath to another, | A whole generation has been moulded in no sinall degree by | your pablic life and teachings, and uo one can be to them | What you are. Wo also believe that Brooklyn has had no more bountiful not ouly @ great and universally recognized y in the pulpit of our city, but one scarcely less ur social aud religions life. Piaces ‘ork I are now vacant may be wisely and well filled by new men; ‘but the place you have so long and with seb frowing trate: y fuiness tiled in Brooklyn cannot be filled by a stran, Without deep and lasting loss te the best interosts of whole commanity. Permit ns, therefore, to earnest and imanimous dest spheres of infuenes with such manifold w ite in the expression of our that you shonld not leave the wave so long occupied among us ings of God on you and on us. EFFACING A CHURCH SCANDAL, The members of the Church of the Scandal in Jersey | City have changed the name from the Prospect avenue Presbyterian church to the Westminster Presbyterian charch. The newly elected elders are John Gordon and 0, ©. Jowell, and the deacons William Fisher and Joseph Decker, ' Glendenning’s place will not be Miled for some months. Special prayer meetings will be held | in feparation of the scandal which fell upon the chureb, | /NEWARK INDUSTRIAL ~ EXHIBITION. A special committee of the Trenton Board of Trade Visited Newark yesterday for the purpose of examining everything of interest connected with the exhitition there, They were met at the depot by a special com- mitteo from the Newark Board of Trade, who escorted them to the rooms of that body, where a collation was partaken of. They were then conducted by the Board of Managers of the Exhibition through the building, where they spent about two hours examining the articles exhibited. | They were then invited to the reception room, where | Tefreshments were served aiid speeches made by mein. \ bera of both commitieos, the Trenton. gentlemen ex- \ Pressing themselves bighly satisiod with the rosult of oir visit ACCIDENT TO A SHIP. While the ship Thomas Lord was being hoisted npon the Merchants’ Sectional Dry Dock, at the foot of Mar- ket street, yesterday afternoon, the supporte gave | Way, damaging the dock and throwing the ship on hor benm euds upon he stocks, but ouly slightly injuring + ham : 1 see no way in | reat meetings at the | with Mr, Moody at my house last Saturday, and, aside | me | I would like to believe, asa true ; 7 | overflowed; Newtown Creek sometimes comes down CANAL FRAUDS. pa wa Yesterday's Testimony Before the Legislative Committ ». CANAL CLAIMS — CON! {DERED. | SEE eeeee earn a | | Cost of the Oneida Lake Im-| provements. | CHEMUNG | Atnany, Nov. L The Legislative Joint Committ frauds r@assembled this morning in the Appraisers room, Mr. H. Boardman Smith appearea to make astatement, | ‘as he had acted ag Counsel for the State in the Chemung | | Canal claims, heard in 1869, Judge Brooks called on | hit and asked him to appear for the State, He vaid:— | “I understood then, as now, the Commissioner has no power to employ counsel, but that they can employ counsel to aid them as far as possible; at the time re- | ferred to Judge Brooks led mo to understand, and | I did understand, that 1 was only to examino the | witnesses who should appear; the understanding was | that I was to come up to the Court House and cross. examine witnesses; I never was retained to defend the | State; 1 had no time to prepare a defence; 1 am positive 1 was not spoken to more than one day before the examination; Judge Brooks gave me no | papers, nor any information as to the character of the | clams; if 1 have been derelict 18 was not because I knew of Commissioner Haight being along the canai to | examine; I appeared to examine the witnesses; Judge | Brooks and Wasson were present; the cases wero | pressed sharply owing to Judge Brooks being obliged to | get away to attend other cases; I did the best I could in the cross-oxamination of these witnesses ; the question of interest on these claims was never mooted in my hear- ing, and I never knew of it being allowed till last might; T understood that it was tho duty of the canal ap- praisers to view the premises; the appraisers, in view- ing the premises, are under no reatraint in estimating the damages as to the spikes; there was considerable merriment occasioned by my asking Locke if these spikes floated away; I assume, aud I submit l had the right to assume, that the inter. ests of theState were being guarded by efficient and | faithful public officers—the appraisers; | had no oppor- tunity to prepare the case and was not expected to; 1 hever made a brief and was not expected to; I never | summed up those cases and was notexpected to; still I recollect I made this remark to Judge Brooks:—This | isa one-sided case, and undoubtedly witnesses could | be found who would reduce these estimates of dam- ages; Judge Brooks replied the appraisers would | look after that; the witnesses, of course, were respect. | | able gentlemen; 1 recollect I made some remarks | about the absence of Clougherty, the Superintendents; I said 1 thought witness ought to be examined on the main question of the liabilities of the State; Iam told by Hill that McWhorter was brought to my office and examined there on that point; as to the amount of the claims, deducting the twelve years’ interest, of which I heard nothing, they would be reduced one-half, I think; though Judge Brooks owned no property there at the time a son-in-law of his had a mill there; still 1 | thought @ practical lawyer would make a proper re- | duction. Mr. Peckham he substance of your statement is | then that your retainer was simply to go there and cross-examine the witnesses? Witness—Yos, sir. | Mr. Peekham—And you actedyon that supposition, | and, therefore, tt was merely a one-sided caso? Tho | view of the State was not presented at all? Witness—With this exception the fact of cutting ont | the waste sewers, and shutting @he puddlo gates was made fully toappear; that 1s there was no satisfactory explanation for keeping the puddle gates shat | Mr. D. P, Hill had permission to ask the witness questions. ba¥e any consultation with Smith and"Hill? | Witness—No, sir. | ‘Mr. Hall—They supposed you were counsel for the | State? | Witness—From appearanees, I suppose so, Mr. Hill—They treated you as such f Witness—Yes, sir; [ have said nothing against them; | as far as I could see’ their conduct was highly bouoru: vi le. Mr, Hill—Did you see the law of 1869? Witness—Not Ull I got in the room; I did not ex- amine the claims; caunot say that they were imado out to include intereat; don’t recollect whether the act of 1869 allowod interest; I can’t say whether it is (he custom in this State to ‘allow interest; Ido not mean to say that it18 improper in this State, Lsimply said | it was not customary with the general government; I have no knowledge of the time when I knew Smith | and Hull were retained. | Mr. Smith—From the way you try causes out there | they must have had ground for suspecting that you | Were not trying the caso a8 you would for an in- dividual, Mr. Hill—Did you cross-examine the witnesses? | Witness -1 did the best 1 could under the circum stances. Mr. Hill—Wero you paid for your services? | Wiiness—Yes, sir; Judge Brooks asked mo to make out bg ! bill, | Mr. Hill—Was it not your opinion from the evidence | | adduced that there was a claim against the State? Wituess—Yes, sir, I could see no escape. | Mr. Cole—If you had been employed in the ordinary way you would have thought it necessary to procure witnesses in behalf of the State? Witness—Yes, sir; if Thad understood Haight had | been looking for witnesses, if I had had any such inior- mation, I would have deemed it necessary, Mr. Peckham—Respectable men way at times set | their claims too bigh ? | . Witness—Yes, sir; I haveno donbt witnesses could be roared a4 all Limes to reduce estumates twenty-tive | cent. To Mr, Smith—If the banks of the canal wero broken Away it Was not mater! whether the puddle gates were opened or not; the water would rush out of the break instead of passing through the gates, To Mr. Peckham—If the flood was so great as to carry away the banks of the canal down below the suminit | level, by. water coming in from the creek, that would | be a question of fact whether the State was liable, Mr: Peckham—I am assuming this to be the fact, that pss espe was not materially raised in the summit | evel. Witness—But the testimony shows that the waste | weirs wero cut on the summit level, | Mr. Smith—On what authority do you assume the waste weirs on the summit level were ent? | Witness—If that is your question—tf you assame they were not cut—then I think the case would be dil. | ferent, TRSTIMONY OF CURTIS NILES. Curtis Miles was sworn:—Ho was acquainted with | the section of country where this flood occurred and knew of the flood; he described the topography of the | country, and also the storm and tlood; it was a groat | storm; never witnessed one like it since 1834; the | flood passed down the creek into the canal. Witness here described the course of the flood the same as | other witnesses. The summit level was not injured; I am of the impression that the waste weir referred’ to | by Judge Smith in bis testimony yesterday was not cut out; if st was it would not cause damage; there is an | extent of land there which is level, and would hold two-thirds of the water in the sumuit level; the day aiter the dood the tow-path on the summit level was | i} | overflowing the land thereabout, so that it te impos- | sible, 8o much so that you can’t get into Horscheads; | Catherine Creek would have been overtiowed without the canal being there at all; it would uot have been in the power of Clougherty to let the water out of the | canal; if the Superinoendent had drawn the water off | | the level, he would have damaged the boats on the | | level; then perbaps the State would be liable, and I do | not think it was in the power of any one to ‘do in the | short time allowed any moro than was done. To Mr. G. KH. Smith—There is a litte stream, which | flows down toward the summit level and runs lato it; it don’t amount to much, but there might have been considerable water in it at this time, After the examination of several witnesses {t was | Understood that Mr. Hill will be given au opportumity to Produce testimony. ONEIDA LAK® IMPROVEMENT. | The matter of the Oneida Lake improvement was | then taken ap. | H. Hart was called and sworn and examined as to the value of ¥rench’s Island. He had kept a ootel thera, | and paid $200 to $260 rent yearly; the bank had been | washed away, as it was said, by the water being s back in the inke; owing to adam ia Uneida Lak acre was washed away; that was ail the damage; doa je worth $6,000 at this M | $5,900. Now what do you think the damage was? Witness—I don’t see how they could make it over oo smith— Would not that bo a very liberal allow. ance? | Witness—t think it would be, To Mr, Cole—The island bas no value excent on ac. count of beng am altraction Wo pleasure seckers two months in a year, | EVIDENCE OF BR. A. CLARK, | B.A. Clark, sworn and examined as to French's Isiand:—Did hot think the island could be dainaged, as Stated, to any appreciable degree; | would not want to give $5,000 lor the whole property; could not tell | done vo | he put it overflowed \ Hill—While appearing at the hearing, did you | short editorial 3 He did not think they were very valuable: they werd low and swampy; take the land at any thme | would not want to give more than $40 per acre for it; there bas been a good deal sad about the Phasnix Dam caus ing damages, bat I can't see how it has. Mr, Smith—You know the value of these lands ane know they hod no} been ploughed and tilled ? Witness—Y. P Mr. Smith—The testimony of one witness says thes¢ lands were good tllable lands. Witness—The witness might bave thought so, but 3 do not, Mr. Smith—Walrath, the engineer, says he found 229 acres of land all wet and saw no good grasé on it, Wituess continued—The cotfer dam is about three- quarters of a mile off, cutting off one-third of the rive! Uhat was putin to enable the Slate to excavate th rocks; 1 could not toil the effect of these coffer dams am not an engineer; | have seen the water run up the river and jnto the Inke, but that was thirty years ego; if there were obstructions which prevented the water | from going out of course it would set buck; we had thought these improvements had drawn the water off quicker and our flats were dry sooner; a rise im the water Would occur, but it would get off sooner; the contractors built these dams to enable them to sot back the water so they could work. THSTIMONY OF R. B, PETTITT, Rufus B, Pettitt, sworn and examined as to the Joseph Poutite furm:—He paid for it $8 per acre; it was swap land; never was cuitivated, owing to the water on 1t; never was worth more than $$ or $9 per acre; can’t say whether they have been damaged by the works referred to; thivk they are as valuable now as ever; shutting off one-third of the river would tead to injure the land above the dams. The committee then took a recess till half-past three o'clock P. M. APTRR RECESS. The committee reusseiwbled at quarter to four o'clock P.M William H. Carter was sworn and examined with regard to Freneh’s Island, its value and’ the damaxé it He did not think it was damaged a quarter ©. the allowance, In twenty-two years he thought tne | island had been washed away about twenty feet, RVIDENGR OF SAMUEL KENT, Samuel Kent was sworn aud exatmined concerning the ruising of the baks of the Oswego Canal and the damage to Cooney's Salt block. Witness said Cooney’s block was not as valuable as those on high ground) don’t know what it cost Cooney to raise his block, Mr. Peckbam—Do you know of 11,080 yards of earth being used on Cooney's bieck as filling? Witness—No, air; it was not doue; there was no Olk ing of that amount; if he did putin any I don’t think in 250 yards, Witnoss said if this block was situated alongside the canal, and if the canal was raised three feet, which he denied, the water would run inte the block; but he swore positively that Cooney did not fill in his block TESTIMONY OF B®. CHAPMAN E. E. Chapman was sworn and examined on the same subject, Ho sald that all these blocks were on low ground; they conld bo raised for from $800 to $1,300 each—at least some of them; to raise some and make them complete it would cost all the way from $1,000 to $3,000; to simply raise one it would cost $500; after raising them they would be worth much more, because, being low, they were lable to be overflowed every year from the lake; the water did not filter from the canal, tn times of flood, and there was in one ce a leuk; the overtlow occurs in the epring, before sult making ‘commences, KYIDENCR OF J. F. BARNES. Joremtah F. Barnes was called and sworn, and was examined on the same subject, saying:—I liad blocks on the same level with Cooney's; | was damaged some 700 or $800: Cooney lamage was about the same amount; I raised mine for two reasons, viz. :—to in- crease their height and to increase their capacity; L made a claim for damages, but sold out before getting any; I sold the blocks and my claim to Lynch and, Mare; T was to get a third of the allowance after all expenses were paid; my suure came to $720 17; I did not get quite my damages, bat L got a third of ‘the al- lowance after deductizg expenses; I was not called as a witness; I suppose they had better ones; the award wae §: and interest $1,661 96; total, $4,634 96, Adjourned. “RECORDER HACKETT SAYS,” (Prom the San José (Cal.) Patriot, Nov. 10.] For ingenious and powerful advertising the New York Henarp will bear away the palm from the whole newspaper world. Previous to the late election in the State of New York that great journal took up the gage of battie in favor of the people as against the Tammany Hall gang and other corrupt rings which sought to per- petuate their infamous rule over persons and property. Tho Heaacp said Tammany should be dethroned, and declared war to the very death ow the sacheims and braves. It weut for the scalp of Jobn Kelly, the second Tweed, and to-day that doughty leader is prone on the cobble stones of Gotham, Tatmmany assailed the ju ciary, iv the person of Jobu K. Hackett, who has been ten years on the Bench, and distinguished throughout tue country tor the integrity of his character as jurist and citizen, The Heranp said Hackett must be by ® majority which bas utterly tic dynasty of Tweed and Kelly. ‘Ono of the many ways in Which this paper wrought the deliverance of New York city ts that suggesting the caption of this article. For days. betore the election paragraphs, with quotations from , Hackett’s rulings or speeches, would appear between the lending articles of the Hekaup, those sbarp para graphs attracting every eye, and alternately some of the insolent propositions of Kelly were placed in con- trast with the words of the honest Judge. The effect of this gystem was appalling to the Kings of the Ring; bat on the day just before the election the Henan sur. passed all its previons efforts, Not only among the editorials of that mammoth newspaper, but all through its local department, the reader's eye fell at every square of type upon, what “Recorder Hackett says”—and “then turning to the _ foreign correspondence to see what was the iatest from Rome, London or St. Petersburg, when lo! in the centre of a cable telegram came the emphatic lines, “Recorder Hackett say#”—and then the story was again resumed. Half way down in thospeech of a French statesinan “Recorder Hackett says’ something, and between every half @ dozen advertisements the same graphic notice grips the astonished gaze. When some happy father told, uuder the head of “bern,’’ that an heir or heiress blessed his house, the next neighbor was com- pelied to step over what “‘Recorder Hackett says” be- fore getting the ear of the world. So with the mar- mage column and all the hundred or more save one— the mortality list, which the good taste of the pub- lisher alone omitted from use in the emergency. We refer to thia way of supporting a good cause as an in- cident of the power of the HexaLp, and as the influence it lent to the good of the public was voluntarily reu- dered it commands our more earnest admiration, RECORD OF CRIME. ‘The residence of William Sheridan, at No. 42 Grove street, was entered by burglars, who stole clothing and Jewelry to tho value of $150, While riding in a Grand street car, between West street and South Fifth avenue, William H. Morrell, of No. 34 West Twenty-fifts street, was robbed of a leather valiso containing $100 worth of property. The cigar shop of Edward J. Sweetzer, of No, 590 Third avenue, was robbed on Tuesday night last ot $700 worth of cigars, tobacco and clothing. Alexander Wells and Mortimer Grady were arrested by Officer Cussidy, of tho Twenty-first precinct, on suspicion of having dommitted the burglary, and on searching the cellar of Wells’ bonge, at 136 Kast Thirty-ninth street, Captain Marphy found ail tho stolen goods. Charles ©. Carroll, of No. 402 Decatur street, Brook- lyn, reports that while attending a ball at No. 403 West Fourteenth street, he was robbed in the anteroom ot a gold watch, Robberies are stil! quite frequent on Staten Island, particularly in the iine of harness stealing About a dozen stables bave lately been stripped of valuable harness, The last one robbed was that of Mr. Barnes, at Port Richmond—barness, blankets, robes, whips and other valuables being taken to the amount of $200, Anew houso in process of erection on Shelton ave- nue, Jamaica, L. 1, belonging to Mr. Felix Bogue, was destoyed by fire about nine o'clock on Thursday night, There had been no fire about the premises, and there is no doubt that the louse was on tre Lose about $1,000; uninsured Thieves eniored the old Methodist Episcopal church at Rockville Centre, Long Island, and stole the car the communion service and the money trom the eon- teibation robbed boxea Tho Sunday school was nber of books, lay afternoon the resktence of Mr. Hor- race Farrington, at No, 109 Hall street, Brooklyn, was cntered, ihe thieves forcing open the- basemen door. Mrs. Farrington had left the house to visits trwnd. The thieves took her silks, furs, Jewelry, silver- ware, &c., amounting im all to nearly $1,000, The police were notuied. ‘A gang of boys were detected yesterday in the act of breaking she lock of @ door where the cattle drivers store their clothes at the Jersey City abattoir, One of them, named Thomas Powers, giving his residence ag No, 462 Thirty-third street, New York, was arrested and committed for trial. ‘A boy named Thomas Dunne, twelve years old, war committed to she County Jail, at Jersey City yest day, on the charge of breaking into the store di Jobo Baggs, on Franklin street, and stealing $3 from the till, A notorious wile beater named Philip O'Reilly was tried and convicted tn the Court of Quarter Sessions at Jorsey City yesterday. He was sentenced to two months in thé Penitentiary, Diedrich Stegman, one of the witnesses in the prose- entioa of Johu Ramsey for gambling” in Jerse: Ciy, was arrested yesterday and bejd to bail in 1,500 fo admitting that he leased the premises to Ramsey Knowing that a aro bank was vo be establiahed there, The Most strenuous efforts wers made yesterday in Jersey City vo obtain the release of the alleged emi 1 swindiers now in jail atJersey City. Several New York. thieves appeared and represented that they were erty owners and would furnish bail, but Justice erts drove them out of bis court One of this gan; giving his name as Christian Carter, was arrested an locked up asan accomplice. The examination wiil bo resumed this afternoon, Justice Roberts states that he wiil place uoder arrest all suspicious persons who may de in attondance. ATTEMPTED SUICIDE. Frank Kischenhider, of No. 745 Tenth avenue, took ‘wo drachms of arsenjo at seven o'clock last evening, for the purpose of committing suictde. The poison had but little effect, however, Kischenhider has been drinking very hard for the past five or six days and was ite market value; don’t know as I could’ see where the | island was damaged vo the extent of $6,000, DAVID VOORMERS? RVIDEN David Voorhees was sworn and examined as to the walun ai | UUli's lands alongside the Seveoa Ri ite drupk at the time of taking the jon, A Dietrich, a druggist doing business No. 150 Tent vennd, sold the arsenic to Kischenhider without a pra. ription, and when the officer went to arrest him he. Seomed to (hWwk the ailair & capital 10Kay