The New York Herald Newspaper, November 23, 1875, Page 4

4 NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER ft was resolved to postpone the race nntil the first good day and track. ‘This was the only course whion the rules would justify, and will carry the pools until the race is decided. NEW YORK FOOT BALL CLUB, Fifteen well known amateur athletes assembled at Wood’s Gymnasium last evening for the purpose of forming a foot ball club, Mr, James Watson was called to the chair, and after briefly stating the object of the | meeting invited suggestions from those present. One and all admitted the penencabiianine succeeding in the enterprise. On motion of Mr. John Pullman, it was re- solved that a committee of five, including the chairman, be appointed to nominate permanent officers, draft a coustitution and bylaws, obtain grounds to practice ang play upon and arrange all other preliminary mat- ters. ‘This committee 18 composed of Joba Pullman, Jobn Jellicorse, Harry Nugeut, D. P. Murray, Jr., and James Watson.’ The meeting then adjourned to meet ‘The Donohue hounds met yesterday at what !s known | at the call of the Chair, as the Halfway House, between Hackensack and Pater- ————_____—__ son, N. J, This is the meet that has been talked of and ATHLETIC GAMES. so eagerly anticipated for several weeks past, and al- | 9, entries for the athletic tournament at Gilmoro’s -«paLLY Wor ‘Fox Hunting in the Forests and Across the ; Fields in New Jersey, A FINE DAY’S SPORT. Reynard Outfoots the) Hownds. BROOKLYN REVIVALS. MORNING AND EVENING MEETINGS—MR. BEECH- En’s DIscoURSE ON THE TRIALS OF HIS CHURCH. The morning meeting was held in the church corner of Clinton and Falton streets from eight to nine | o'clock. Tho meeting was under the direction of Mr, | Needham, and was not very largely attended, owing, Mr. Needham thinks, to its not being generally known, His subject was ‘‘ Pomegranates and Bellis,” or, practl- cally speaking, fruitfulness and praise unto God. THE AYTERNOON MEETING. The afternoon meeting was held at Dr, Cuyler’s church. About 200 were present. This meeting was under the direction of Mr, Needham. Dr, Cuyler sat im the front seat, listening very attentively to Mr. Needbam’s very earnest discourse. ‘The subject was, “Lepersand Leprosy.” Mr. Needham | read part of the thirteenth chapter of Leviticus, where | The pro- | wo are told if there is only one spot we are utterly un- | 3, 1875—TRIPLE SHEET, dear old mother in Dundee is praying forme." He ‘and said ho, bad found faith become a follower of the Lord. When he went out Mr, Sankey made him ise that he would send the good news to his m in Scotland. The nextday tho speaker mot him and inquired if he had written to his mother, “Yes,” said he, “but 1 have sent acable telegram in advance.” He cabled to bis mother, “I've found Jesus," and she answered back, A moment of silent prayer followed Mr, Sankey'’s remarks, and then the congregation was led in prayer by a layman. Rev. J, Henry Appleton then made a fow remarks, after which a verse was sung from the song book of the revi ists, The benediction was pronounced by the Rev. H. 0. MeCook. At the close of the servi in enthusiastic crowd gathered around the revivalists to exchange a few words with them, Ladies, as well a8 gentlemen, pressed forward, one old lady being especially earnest, grasping Mr. Sankey’s hand and thanking him over and over again, EVENING SERVICE, ‘The second evening revival service was held to-night. The choir opened the meeting by singing the eighty. eighth hymn—“Guide me, oh! thou Great Jehovab.” Prayor Was then offered by Rev. Dr. George W. Musgrave, Mr. Moody opened his talk by reading the fith chapter though it was not so sugcessful as many had hoped it | oo. oe, Garden closed yesterday afternoon. would be, it nevertheless aiforded those who had never | Csimeof the contests is a varied one, and asure witnessed @ fox hunt an opportunity of judging | treat is promised those who attend the Hippodrome to- of the merits of this exciting sport. As is well kuown | morrow, by every sporting gentleman, fox hunting is the most | yg yRIgH NATIONA NATIONAL MEETING. | popular of all the English sports, no fewer than 352 itch meets being regularly advertised. In this country the | he preparations for the demonstration of the Irish sport is.as yet in its infancy, although before the war | nationalists at the Coopor Institute to-night are now | thero were a number of really five packs of bounds im | complete, and the proceedings are likely to be of much | the South, when it was often made extremely lively for | greater interest than is usual on such occasions. The | Reynard. The war, however, destroyed the wealth of | meeting is ostensibly called to commemorate the exe- | that section of country and scattered the hounds 0 | cution of the three Irishmen banged eight years ago in that to-day fox hunting is but little indulged in im the | Manchester for the bold resouc of two of thoir asso- States, | ciates from the police in the streets of that city; but | Mr. Joseph Donohue—and what sportsman in this | the chief incentive to the unusual activity of the | section of the country does not know him—has fol- | nationalists is a widespread belief that the principles lowed “Mr. Wiley’s” nimble peregrinations through for which the “Manchester poop ys pee are y | being tnsidiously attacked. They also jeve | Meryiand, Virginia, New York and New Jersoy for | 2S 10" broad principles of civil and re. | upward of forty years, has long been strenuously en- | ligions liberty which have formed the groundwork of | deavoring to organize, in connection with Col. Skianer, the policy of the advanced nationalists are being quietly | iption pack, , and steadily undermined by some of the home rule another old follower of the hounds, asubscription pack, and steadily undermined, by some Of the na | to be kept on Long Island or over in New J * purely ultramontane aspect. The ablest speakers either of which places foxes are very plentiful. The Senn the nationalists will deal with those questions | ‘f | tosnight, EE re rennet thle prio | laugh, the English republican, who is in this city, wil On Sunday afternoon a number of gentiomen mounted | grrend the meeting, and’ will probably seek their hunters in this city and took a quiet canter out | to obtain a hearing. Mr, Bradiaugh is willing to Hackensack, the place appointed for the party to | to accede to the demand for home rule, but talks of It is gonerally understood that Charles Brad- | el for tho organization, with whom | | of January, when delegates to the General Committee | clean, Itis in the system and is breaking out, but | of the gospel of Luke, twelfth varse. His sermon was the moment he is covered with the leprosy then he is | upon the subject of taith, Faith looks beycid all ob- : pac 4 | stacies. The illustrations were homely and expressive, Pronounced clean, That seems strange, but as s000.a8 | Whitthe Lord God does He does thoroughly, If ono a man is white with leprosy he isa fit subject for the | cannot bring one to Christ let two try it; if they con- priest. So with us, when Christ looks and secs the | not, Jet tures or four, and it is certain to be accom- plague spot, He prouounces us unclean, but when we | plished, are putrid with Uncleanliness then we are tartan la meee THE METHODIST MINISTERS, Pit BUBaCTs to come to the priest. You see the leper was cleansed when all tbe leprosy came out, but a leper cannot come Ps jute followship tll te priest pronounces him clean, | THE HOLY SPIRIT’S WORK IN THE PROMULGA- Tole is "very, in@resing Geencae. 1h 18,8 typo. Ail | cron cw um acapnt-<coMepamiion’ CF LAGE Scripture is given by inspiration, and in all these ¢ WEEK'S RESULTS OF PRAYER. types we have Jesus, This sets forth Jesus our only An excellent paper on the work of the Holy Spirit in mode of salvation. The leper Jesus healed came to the priest and there he stood, and as soon as he had finished his work then the man began to work, | the promulgation of the Gospel was read yesterday be- but, till the priest pronounced him clean, he did not | fore the Methodist preachers by the Rey, George Lan- lite’ Wis finger. We find this aw antetype'to the Lord | ging Taylor, of New Haven, Conn, The recont revival Jesus Christ, All our efforts are uscless till Christ makes ‘atonoment and says, “It is Mnishea.” Note, | efforts in Brookly& and the appointment by different | | the priest takes two birds, wrinus the neck of one, and | denominational adghoritics of a special day on which dips the living bird in the blood and then lets it fly, | 1 nisters snould preach on this or kindred topics, have then sprinkles the leper seven times with the blood, | tad be Is heated. why two birds? Because the two aro | Called particular attention to the office and work of the needful to bring out vg rie oo bi ka) killed | Roly Ghost, and hence the essay read yesterday was brings out the truth of Christ. dying for sinners; without the shedding of blood there is ne remission’ of:| ™arethan) acceptable td the, preachers, ‘The subject sins, but that is not enough. We must haye the | Was a difficult one, well considered, and, as Dr. Curry | resurrection, As the living bird rose in the air so | remarked of it afterward, the essayist presented tho | Christ rose from the tomb and ascended to heaven. | Christ had remained in the grave we would not know | whether God accepted the sacrifice, and Christ's resute | | rection is the receipt in full that God accepted the offer- | Christ is the corner stone of Christianity, s0 is | ing. We have God's great evidence to us that we are | diknaed, “Tem not sheating about the matter of per- | ‘Be Holy Spirit’ tte motive power. With the Saviour’s fection; we bave the old Adam in us, and it willbe | death and resurrection the work of salvation was FL ty Pom della cog before God, | completed, Tho work of the disciples was to witness Shrist has pat them away, Then when a man is Shanty | cleansed ta, oust work, the moment aman. stands ac. | tothe facts of Obrist’s life end death’ snd resurreo, cepted by Christ he begius to live a life of activity for | tion, The great machinery of salvation was complete, | and their business was to run it Mr. Taylor, com- 1m, ‘Another thought in connection with lepers, A leper | cannot have access to the temple, buta.cleansed leper ig | ™enting upon the disciples waiting in the upper many an accepted worshipper. There is a great deai of | until Pentecost for the coming of the Holy Ghost, ro a OE 1. | Marked that the call to preach is one thing, aud the abroad, but a man cannot work until he becomes spirit- | 6. 4owmont for the work is another and quite a differ. J, and, Scripturally, speaking, nome are worshippers pwns 4 z etait elie le ita leet PPers | ont thing, Mr. Taylor then considered this baptism of | _ ‘The last thought—A cleansed leper has been touched power in its nature and design, and answered tne crude thoughts, Mr, Taylor began by declaring that as by the blood, and he is. consecrated with the service | query—‘“Is it given to the Church sili?” Men and work of the Lord God of Israel, God has put His recognize the supernatural when they feel ita | mark ov you, and because you are not your own, glorify | power in their own hearts, ‘This power can God in your body. Tho body 1s the spirit’s temple and must not be deflied, Preserve your body a reasonable sacrifice unto Christ, May God help us to realize this mighty power and Know that God has dedicated us as children, and when the world looks upon us may they | lake knowledge that we are living in Christ. be got and retained by the Church putting herself ina condition of receptivity as the disciples did. They were of one mind—no divisions or alicnations among them, They were in one place, and that their own ac- customed piace of worship. They spent the interven- ing time between the resurrection of Christ in prayer | And reading.of the Soriptures.and maditation, either in EETIN | their own room or in the temple, and thus waiting they Siig shaadi Giaky-o ceacd pe: nd. | received the gift of the Holy Ghost. And any church A meeting was held in Plymouth Jecture room last | that will put itself in a similar attitude cannot fail to | evoning, anda smaller number attended it than bas | obtain the same power, Aud then by using this power | foauy to witness of the death and resurrection of Christ, not assembled at auy meeting in that church for inauy ss ebesuirenis. in ueist Bot | seata./ Who paaiare were acbuandabalbend the lopicre, | Senne! pawaeeeerm se a sciousness, itcan be retained, | room was only moderately filled. After two prayers , Rev. L. R. Dunn followed Mr, Taylor in a few re- marks on the personality of the Holy Spirit, which he | meeting with the beaten oil only and not with his own | repelling the demand for independence by force, If he rendezvous Others sent grooms out with the horses | speaks he will put this view. forcibly before the meet- and followed in the | fair hearing, but will receive his answer on the spot from speakers well able to cope with him. evening the Mansion House at Hackensack was swarm | Tih sakes it probable that the meeting to-night will ing with spurred and booted gentlemen in corded | be of considerable Enportation, and may have very de- hunting breeches and riding jackets. The utmost deco- | cided results on Irish home politics. six o'clock yesterday morning, and as the work in hand ed cool beads and steady nerves, early retirim; twos tho rule. It was very. much feared That Jue | The executive eommittes of the ‘association ot Frost, the great enemy of the fox hunters, would stalk | owners of property on Third avenue, the Bowery and about during the night and do his work effectually. | Chatham street,” had a meeting last night at No. 554 yesterday morning the ground was found frozen hard | Third evenue. as a rock, AS early as four o'clock gentie- | Parsons as co’ ri men” began’ coming in from, the surrounding | Will be associated Clarkson N. Potter and ex-Judge perty atid all who bed taken ‘quarters, at the Mansion louse were routed out before daybreak and sat down GERMAN ANTI-TAMMANYITES. was depicted upon more than one countenance as ove a A eee eee red out at tke Geof and caw the | ‘The German anti-Tammany organizations have com. ‘ost, Old hunters said there was boiyeae sph paolo f | on the Sth of January, for the election of delegates to off, as it would be necossary to walt until the sun had | |e Assembly district conventions, and also on the 10th ‘The best time for a pack to run is when the ground is | ° : ete will be chosen, The General Committee will meet to moist and the sky overcast. When there is a frost the | will Dé chosen. the Gant stn of January. follow it. ‘The horses, having been properly groomed and fed, having looked weil to their flasks and cigar cases, agen- | Undor the above heading a startling exposé of a fraud Se ee ee tescs cabin neti G Pikes. | committed bya sewer eta i) r ve ublished in the was clear, the light breeze coming from the northwest | wrong Heniesaiteiveobtyalg jot P in to many a cheek a ruddy, healthful | glow. As the horses were led out of the stable by the grooms they began champing their bits | some of them could be kept sufficiently quiet to adinit of their owners mounting. And there was good blood represented in the gathering. Milton, a full brother to | among the frst, followed by Little Jack Horner and the well-known horse Modoc. Remorse, Gray Rack, Black | Mary and several other animals not’ unknown to fame | THE HOUNDS. Six and a half couple of hounds constituted the pack. They were brought out of acouple ot box stalls, where covered wagon for the purpose of being transported to | the meet. Some of them were super) canines, bony and powerful, heads and ears large, with much loose skin Their countenances wore expressions of solemn sagac- | ity, rendering them highly interesting and even magis- terial. One could not help thinking, as he looked at nificent olfactory orgaus contained a world of serious mischief for poor Reynard. It 1s not pretended that they will compare with the Quorndon pack, of yet the ening by the train on the New | ing, The organizers of the meeting say he will get a Jersey and New York road. At nine o'clock Sunday 1, the start had tf teaeony 3 rum was observed by all, and as thes been set for ANTLRAPID TRANSIT. Nor were these fears groundless, for in turning out | 1 wesiadeded Cian eo country, mounted and in vehicles, The New York | George fF, Comstock. at six o’clock to a superb breakfast, Disappointment ass and herbage glistering with its silvery mantle of | pleted arrangements for primary elections, to be held started the frost a little before putting the hounds out. | fox’s scent will not lay long enough for the hounds to THE “PUBLIC WORKS SCANDAL.” wore saddled while the party wasat breakfast, and, after nipping the ears and fingers of every ove and impart- | in, and pawing the earth, and it was with difficulty that Monarchist, a magnificent sorrel gelding, came ont | bore gallant riders in the crisp morning. they had been confined during the night, and put ina or leather about their mouths, and noses rather obtuse. | these hounds, that those broad heads and those mag- Duke of Beaufort’s, but yet they are good for this coun- try. After half an hour’s light cantering up the road toward rson the party reached the Haltway House, where a halt was made. Here the hounds were | let out of the wagon, and the old veteran, Donahue, | Started off with them toward un open wood a little to Whe left of the road. The pack was cast here and went at once eageriy about their work of finding a | scent. The field now numbered twenty-two, anda lit- | He back in the rear and down tbe road were from fifty to one hundred carriages and buggies, each bearing such gentlemen of the Vicinity of the meet as have ar- tived at too advanced an age to longer permit of their fiding across country, After righting cigars and tapping the flasks the fleld @oved on alter the pack, encouraging the hounds with cries of ‘Hark-away!” The hounds worked for about Heratp of Friday last, It was subsequently announced that the Department of Public Works would investigate the condition of the sewer and soon make a report upon it, Yesterday Commissioner Porter said that the en- gineer in charge of sewers, Mr. Toal, had not finished his investigatioa and would not make his report to him until he bad done so. In any case, however, the city will suffer no loss, he said, as no money will be patd upon the work until the sewer shall have been put into a proper condition and shall have been accepted by the Commissioner. Mr. Toal said that the investigation he was now making would not be finished for three or four days, The work would, in any case, not be completed for another year, and would certainly not be accepted until all the defects bad been fully remedied. The trouble arose, in his opinion, between the contractor and the sub-contractor, and the latter had now been discharged, as the department's rules forbade the sub- letting of contracts. It would probably take an cx- penditure of only $500 to remedy the present defects in the construction of the sewe! BROOKLYN RING PROSECUTIONS, Mr. John E. Parsons, the counsel to whom the aM™- | davits in reference to alleged frauds by Rrooklyn officials and contractors were submitted, yesterday | told a reporter that the papers prepared by the Tax- payers’ Association were completed and he should soon make bis report to Attorney Gencral Pratt. He | would give no intimation whether, in his opinion, the proofs warranted a prosecution. Mr. E. T. Backhouse, Of the commie, said the duty of drawing the affl- | davits aud submitting the case to Mr. Parsons had been | confided to two lawyers who were thoroughly co: versant with the subject. They have confined the charges to a few of the frauds complaiued of. BROOKLYN COMMON COUNCIL. A stated session of the Board of Aldermen was held | and hymas Mr. Beecher sald:—I should be | tious the church did not sulliciently recognize, glad to hear the brethren without being | aisins nem ecoierel called, Ishould be glad to have more freedom and | At the close of the preachers’ meeting the New York less regularity than on Friday nights; therefore I leave it toyou to pray or speak as you maybe moved On some accounts 1am glad that we are 60 few to-night | compared with what wo usually have. I ghould very much dislike that you attempt to transplant the sceues and excitement eminently proper where they belong; but frequently a capital mistake is made by attempu | ing to transpiantinto another condition of things the spirit which we have seen somewhere else. There is ample feeling to develop bere under God’s influence, which shall exactly ft the want here. And there are gome reasons why we should be grouped together with- | out any particular attempt to move the outside com- | munity. This church for the last two years has hada severe history—a history that perbaps was needed. It has been for many years that we have lived in the FULL BLAZE OF PUBLICITY; acharch that has prospered excellently and hada con- siderable conscrousgess of the fact, achurch that has had a great influence, its natne constantly in the papers, the pastor constantly remarked upon; adedicated man as Paul asked for a thorn in the flesh lest he should be puffed up. He recognized the necessity for something to keep him down. Now we may say of this church, lest we should be puffed up, it has pleased God to send many thorns, enoagh to go all around and to spare. We should humble ourselves before God, not in a disparaging way, but that we may confess our sins and desire with ab earnest purpose to be consecrated to God, to be a church that shali be a centre of light and power. Ishould be glad to have the brethren now take up the meeting. ‘A brother rose and offered a very earnest prayer, fin- ishing with:—“God bless our pastor, though malice, envy and persecution have sought to break him an * crush him to the earth, We thank Thee that Thy arms | have been about bim and sustained him. Give him new consecration to his work, and may he be as suc- | cessful as in the past in bringing souls to the King- perbaps it needed humbling, needed to be brought | | down and made to feel that iis power was of God aud | not of man, Even so whol city pastors met to coitpare notes as to the result of last | week's revival efforts and to adopt measures for meet. ings this week also, 1t appeared that a few churche: comparatively, held afternoon meetings, but ail hel evening meetings. These will be continued this week in Second stre English and German churches; in St. Luke's, in Allen street, in Willett street, in St. Mark’s peared: Some of the results reported are as fol- ow city is in Willett street, Rev. J. V. Saunders, pastor, whiere on Sunday last sixty-six persons professed con- version, About a score more were couverted during the week. In St, Luke's church thirteen were converted during the week; five rose for prayer on Sunday night and two more were converted. In | Fourth street there have been conversions right along every night lor weeks past, In Grace chapel seven rose for prayers on Sunday night and four were con- | verted. In Seventeenth street church thirty were at | the altar Sunday night and twenty-one were converted, {n Thirty-tifth street a few bave been converted. In Second street German church thirty or forty have been to the altar as penitents. In Lexington avenue church five conversions are reported, and in Morrisania church seven, besides four that rose for prayer Sunday night. Forty-third street had eighteen conversions and St. | Mark's thirteen. A group of churches on the east side | have held union méojings during the week with such success that they will gontinue them during this week | also, and on Friday eyening a union love feast will be held in Willett street church, In a few Brooklyn churches on Sunday the reports seven converts at the altar in Simpson Methodist Episcopal church, ten in Wastingtof street church, twenty-three in Fleet street chureh, eleven of whom } professed conversion. Among them was C. Myers, the | first liquor dealer who succumbed to the crusaders. In Embury church, Rev. Charles Miller, pastor, forty-five | ‘were at the altar on Sunday, and in the Brooklyn Tab- | ernacle fitty rose for prayers. These results encourage the we THE BLACK VEIL. —The largest ingathoring in any church in the | jstors to press the work with greater vigor this | dom.” pice mariaty | | JOWN SCANNBLL’S TRIAL. The Story of the Shooting of Donohue Rehearsed. A SPEEDY TRIAL ANTICIPATED. The trial of John Scannell for the murder of Thomas Donohue was commenced yesterday morning in the Court of Oyer and Terminer, Judge Barrett presiding. The court was not inconveniently crowded, As the case has already been tried once and the facts have been fully developed, the investigation created but litte interest, The prisoner, John Scannell, took his seat m the court room about half-past ten o'clock. He was very calm and self-possessed, and listened to the e@idence with great attention, His wife and sister eccupied seats near him. District Attorney Phelps, assisted by Messrs. Lyons and Rollins, appeared forthe | prosecution, the prisoner being defended by Mr, Beach, Mr. Charles Spencer and Mr. Peter Mitchell, THR DEATH OF VICE PRESIDENT WILSON, At the sitting of the Court, District Attorney Phelps rose and said he supposed that under ordinary cir- cumstances attending the administration of justice in the progress of ordinary trials, such intelligence ag had just been received would result in an adjournment of the Court as a testimonial of respect and esteem for | along tried and faithful puble servant, The death of the Vice President of the United States was certainly an event that called for some manifestation of public sor+ row. The eminent gentloman whoso career had just closed in death was himself for many years a faithful and industrious servant of the people, and he was sure, could he express himself, he would not wish that serious public duties should be interrupted even for the purpose of paying a tribute to his memory, | and, therefore, while he (the District Attorney) most heartily expressed his admiration and esteem for the late Vice President of the United States, and while he would most willingly join fn any tribute to his memory and public services, at the samo time, under the cir- cumstances, he thought that some expression by the Court in regard to the event should be entered on the minutes, and, that being done, the cause shoald be pro- ceeded with, Judge Barrett said he learned with pain of the death of the Vice President, an eminent public servant, | whose loss would be deeply deplored, and a memento | would be entered on the minutes bearing testimony to the fidelity, usefulness and ability of Mr, Wilson during a long, honored pubjic career, The time had now come when the administration of Justice must | proceed in the usual way despite the unfortunate oc- currence which they were called upon to mourn. It would be no particular tribute to the deceased; |\t would | rather be an embarrassment to the administration of justice if they should delay the trial of a cause like the | present, which had already been somewhat protracted, of the number of witnesses to be examined and the fact that a holiday is about to intervene, the observance of which the law compels, He had no doubt that an | expression on the part of the Court of its sorrow in token of its esteem of the deceased would, under the would, therefore, enter a record of the proceedings on | the minutes. THR CASE POR THE PROSECUTION. Assistant District Attorney Lyons opened tho case for the prosecution, and briefly narrated the facts of the | discussed the question of insanity, which was the de- fence set up on the part of the prisoner, and submitted whether the prisoner had gufficient mental capacity to | know t e consequences of his act before the shooting took place, FEO, oe Rpeun, erxeamescr. Edmund Stephenson was the first witness examined, and, in reply to District Attorney Phelps, deposed as follows:—I knew Thomas Donohue prior to November, 1872; knew Scannell by sight; saw bim on the { | evening of November 2, 1872,'at Jobnson’s pool | | room; I saw Mr, Donohue aud Mr. Nesblit ad- y vancing toward the bar; I heard the clock strike mine and started to go out; { met some | friends and stopped to gpeak with theth, when I heard | the report of a pistol; everybody rashed to the north end of the room; | saw aman pointing a pistol, but | did not see what he was firing man with black curly hair, who exclaimed, ‘For God | sake, help the man up; he may not be dead!’ I rec | nized Mr. Scannell as the person with the revolver | his hand, and on looking ut the man on the ground I saw he was Mr. Donohue; he lay with his face down | on the floor parallel with Broadway. To Judge Barrett—The shots we idly as they could be. Cross-examined by Mr. Beach—Whon I turned around, after hearing the pistol shots, Scannell stuod near the door. fired about as rap- and likely to be still more protracted, in consequence | circumstances, be all that would be desired, The Clerk | that the question for the jury to ‘determine was | at; presently I saw a | Twenty-eighth street, across Broadway to Fifth ave- nue, and then Proneh b gs ga street toward fo! B witness followed about 100 fet elad him; witness overtoo! him om ‘Twenty-ointh at an ordinary beyond Filtn avenue, he walking it; witness said nothing to him b came alon; ide of him, when he said, ‘What's the matter?’ Scannell simply repeated my question; witness recognized him; Scannell said, “Hallo, ser- Frank comaln, is Dow, © belloves® witness im what was the matter, and he said, “Come and take adrink;”” witness said he did not drink; “Come and take a cigar, then;’? witness said hoe did not smoke; kept walking with him upto Broadway and Twenty- ninth street; witness said he wanted him to go back to the pool room, and Scannell said he would not rum away; went to the pool room and saw Donobue lyin; on the floor, dead; witness sald, addressing Scannell “This is a nice job you've got into;”” and Scannell said, “This is the end of a long race; when the prisoner was searched a holster pistol was found upon him, Cross-examined by Mr. Beach—The noise | heard was like the sound of heavy bodies falling on the hoor; I then éaw several persons come out of the pool room; when I overtook the prisoner I observed that he was very much agitated; he was trem. bling when we stood in front of the store at the corner of Twenty-ninth street and Broadway. Inreply to Mr. Phelps the witness said that when he returned to the pool room with the prisoner threats were made by the crowd aud subsequently at the sta- tion house. Sergeant Martin Maloney testified to having found the pistol under the stoop of a house in Twenty-eighth street, Officer John H. White deposed that he assisted in ra- moving Donobue's body to the station house; his clothes were searched and a pistol was found in the right hand pocket of his overcoat. At this stage of the proceedings Dr. Marsh, the Dep- uty Coroner who examined the body of the deceased, was sont for, but it was found that he was attending an inquest at Manhattanville, and, he being the ovly re- maining witness to be examined on tho part of the Prosecution, It was to postpone the case until this morning, when, alter the examination of Dr. Marsh, the defence will be opened, THANKSGIVING DAY. HOW THE PREPARATIONS FOR THE CELEBRATION ARE GOING FORWARD, ‘The preparations for the celebration of Thanksgiving Day go on with commendable activity, and the various institutions are straining every nerve to appear to ad- vantage on the national holiday. The charitable insti- tutions, in particular, are endeavoring to. make a good display on that occasion, as, owing to the bad times, there is a greater number of poor people depending on them for assistance. The Five Points House of Industry has issued its customary appeal for aid. On Thanksgiving Day sor- vices will be held at noon and at two o’clock P. M., and the children of the schoo! will be put through the usual exercises, They will have dinner at one o'clock, and, if sufficient funds are provided, the outside poor will also be regaled with a solid and substantial repast. During the last year this institution has relieved over 1,100 persons, supplying them with shelter, food or clothing, according to their various wants. An aver- age of fir “childrew have been kept in the achool. ‘Tho institution ts $6,000 in debt, and must depend entirely on its friends for the liquidation of it. ‘At the Wilson Industrial School, No. 125 St. Mark's place, the day will be celebrated as usual. The morn- Ing religious Services will be conducted by thechaplain, and 250 children will sit down to a hot dinner. The managers also hope to be able to supply seventy-five or eighty widows or destitute families with dinners at their homes. Contributions of money or eatables will be thankfully received, as, owing to the depression ta | business, the institution is burdened with fuancial difi- culties, ‘At the Newsboys’ Home it has not yet been decided to give any dinucr, and, as this will be a great disap- pointment to the newsboys, itis hoped that Mr, 0’Con- nor will be enabled to make the necessary prepara- tons, The yetergns Of 1812 of this and adjacent counties i rama day at Military Hall, No. 193 Bowery, at twelve o'clock. yompany H, E:ghty-fourth regiment, have their ane nial ball ty oe Reaper sera orner Fourth street ana way, on Thanksgiving Eve. Te ‘arse SanUar hatilleap.gimes of the Scottiab- held on Thanksgiving be American Athletic Club will case, Ho said that on the 10th of February, | Day at Jones’ Wood Colosseum. 1873, Scannell was _ tried, but the jury | yeep Meer exclusively occupy the Creed- | moor Range on Thursday, falted to EG TRO interes OE eae Counsel | The American Rifle Association offers a serlos ob rizes to be contested at Glen Drake Range, near Pel- | hain ville, Westchester county, concluding with au “told time turkey shoot.” Company G, Reventy-first na ment, Captain Weber commanding, will hold a friendly contest at the same place with Compay B, Twenty- seventh regiment, of Westchester, Thursday, . The American Rifle Association of Mount Yernon have made arrangements for sport on Thanksgiving | Day, Company G, Seventy-lirst regiment, N.G.3.N. ¥. | will participate in the shooting matches to take | place at Glen Drake. At Mount Vernon the company will be received by Company B, Twenty-seventh regi- | ment, and escorted through the village, and thence to | Glen Drake, The Depuyster Badgo and several other prizes will be contested tor, alter which some old poal- try prizes will be shot for. ‘At Greenpoint a sumber of running and walking | matches will take place in the afternoon, immodiately in the rear of the Arlington boat house. The compet- itors must be amateurs and residents of Greenpoint, | and the prizes will be of considerable valuc. | At the court of the New York Bagket Clab, No. 404 Madison street, a hand-ball match for ns side will bo played between the McQuade Brother’,.of New York, | on one side, and James Everett, of Chicago, and “The | Unknown” on the other. An Elizabeth pedestrian named Jude Decker, J. Pont, ' and William Clark, the champion pedestrian of New Branswick, will for the champion’s belt of New Jersey from the ‘sey City ferry to the depot at | | ee Rlizabeth. TESTIMONY OF GEORGE LADD. | George Ladd wis the next witnesyamemined:—t re. { , Mayor Hunter yesterday promulgated a proclamation side at No. 213 West Thirty-frst street, and my place of | fF the observance of Thanksgiving Day in Brooklyn. | business is at Tiffany's; 1 was at Jobnson’s pool room on the night of the 2d of November, 1872; I was pres- ent at the time of the occurrence in’ question; when L | first heard the pisto) shots I was sitting down near the door; a3 s00n as I heard the shooting 1 looked around and saw a man firing downward at a person lying on the floor; he fired several times at the object on th bn hour and a halt, but were unable to strike even the | yesterday afternoon, President Bergen in the chair, | faintest cel a poncluded tg. whip them” off “ana Ma | The attendance of politicians tn the lobby was unasu- | being done the hounds were returned to vhe | ally large, it being known that action was to be taken | wagon, and the field moved off down a road leading | flue north, Arriving at a bill skirted by heavy timber | the pack was again taken outand cast about 100 yards | to the right of the road, They bad not been at | work more than ten minutes when the famous old | Maryland hound “Greeley "’ began giving tongue. The ory was quickly taken up by the entire pack. It was believed that it would take the hounds at least half an | hour to drive Reynard from cover, #0 most of the field femained on the spot where the cast was made expecting the fox, when finally hard | ressed, would run ‘down the wind ‘he baying of the hounds continued for about fifteen minutes when a fox, a magnificent red one, was seen coming down the roa directly toward the ‘Aeld. He | ran within 300 yards of =the moants | 6 end then doubled into the woods hounds came on about a minute later. Mr. Biassen, on bis famous horse Jack Horner, took the fence and entered the woods, following close upon the heels of the pack, who now made it so warm for Mr. Wily that be’ broke cover and struck a bec- line across one of the worst countries ever | geen, toward Saddle River. As had been expected of him Reynard rau directly down the wind, ‘The entire fiela set up 4 shout of “Tally ho!” us soon as the fox reached the open, and set out in hot pursuit. & few of the horses could take the stiff | and rail fences which intersected the country ja every direction, andin less than half an hour the gallant Biassen was left with but two or three follow ers, and these soon afier gave up the chase. | Las 8On rode like a Centaur. Fence fer fence was taken by his noble Mttie horse, and no obstacle seemed too great for him to | overcome. He jumped a five-rail fence, which stood at least fi feet high, and sailed over innum four-rail lot markers. He held the chase good four miles, bat the tut of the country was such, and the height of the fences #0 great, that he finally lost the hounds, or rather they lost Lim, toa swampy hollow. Such nding as was done by Mr. Blassen was never seen ala fox bunt in this country, | ‘and certainly has scarcely been excelled in England, One by one the hounds came trotting back to the Half-way House, and at about twelve o'clock the fieid | assembled and decided to follow the buntaman, Mr. | Jos. Donahue, Jr., down a iane leading in tho direc- | lion the fox had taken. After galloping about three | miles the hounds were pat out and cast in & wood, but were unable to pick up the scent because of the heavy frost which still lurked in the timber where the sun bad not penetrated. ‘The field started at two o'clock to return to Hacken- sack well satisfied with the day's sport, notwithstand- ing they had failed to overhaul the fleet-footed Reynard. Some good riding and horsemanship were shown by Messra, Bamont, Feray, Clason, Sevey, Smith, MeC! Jough and Simon, POSTPONEMENT OF THE FOUR-MILE RACE. {From the San Francisco Chronicle, Nov. 15.) The rain which began to descend shortly after mid- Right yesterday morning continued throughout the night, and consequently the Bay District race track was In no condition forthe great four-mile race. While many hoped early in the morning that the day would | elear and that the race would berun notwithstanding the storm throughout the night, their hopes were shat | en asecond edition of the rain storm was | down upon us, and a postponement of the race | of persons, who came to the city for of attending the Bay District it necessary to take their departure, and of ‘Associ @ small quantity of rain bas a Willing the members of the Pacific Jockey hold a meeting last evening. by im the rules laid down ernment of the contest all pools Be gett hed the rules of the Bay which res pools off if a race after the day op which ibe’ Facile Jockey Club iast night At the meeting of | Chamberlain | Western lines which jutely necessary. | upon the reorganization of the Board of Park Commis- | sioners and that the nominees of Mayor Hunter for commissioners of that body would be, probably, con, firmed. Alderman O’Riely moved that the report of | the Law Committee in relation to the appointment of Park Commissioners be taken from the table. He | moved, as a substitute for the report of the committeo, | to conilrm the names of Edward Rowe, as president, and Cornelius J. bergen for Prospect Park Commission- ers, and moved the previous question, | Tne motion of Alderman O’Kiely prevailed amid applause from the lobby. j The old Board, with President Stranahan at the head, continue in charge of the boulevard and the Parade | Ground. They serve without pay. | SING SING PRISON. Up to yesterday afternoon no traces of the convict | William Guiner, who escaped from Sing Sing Prison on | Saturday, had been discovered, A portion of his prison | donned the garb of a citizen. In one of the pockets of | his cast-off pantaloons was found a quantity of red pepper, in # loose state, having evidently | been intended for use if occasion required, | Guiner was serving out a term of seven years for grand larceny. It appears that the escape of Guiner was owing to palpable negligence on the part of the guards, four of whom have since been suspended by Warden | Walker. The President of the Board of State Prison Inspectors has called a meeting for the present weok, to investigate the cause of ercapes, which of late have been so numerous, A party of citizens from New York, composed of | Sheriff Conner, Aldermen Billings and Morris, City son J. Tappen aud six or eight others, | visited the prison yesterday. After being escorted to | the mess room, where the 1. male convicts were at dinner, the party was con d through the yariou shops and then to the female prison, A collation having been served the visitors were entertained with sever musical selections, by a convict, who exceuted some intricate pieces at one and thé same time on two pianos placed at right angies to each other for the better display of his skill. His execation of a walte composed in prison by himself also elicited the ad- miration of the party. Another convict went through 8 series of exercises with Indian clubs, which be handled with all the grace and dexterity of a first class juggler, to the manifest delight of the visitors, } NEW FREIGHT RATES. | ‘The war between the great trunk lines running west from Chicago is at an end, and all the reconciled com- panies have agreed to work together and charge the same rates, the rule to take effect to-day, The advance to St. Pan is on a basis of thirty per cent. These rates are:—On rst class freight from this city, $1 70; second class, $1 55; third class, $1 90, and on fourth claw, $1. Ata meeting of the general freight agents of all the 3 held in St, Louis the 12th and 18th inst., the following arbitrary ri o apply on business from the Atlantic sea coast, were | adopted, and have just been made public through @ ctrealar which is officially signed by all of the general froight agents of every road in intereat:—From West Quine: w ioe ae City, Atchison, Leavenworth, East Nebraska | Oty, East Plaismouth, Pac’ Junction and Council Bluffs on freight by the first close, AS cents; second class, 49 cents, third class, 31 cents; fourth class, 24 | cents; fifth class, 27 cents; and from Chicago to same nts first class, 90 cents; second class, 70 cents; third a Le cents, fourth class, 40 cents; fifth class, 85 cents, EXCITEMENT N IN A CATHEDRAL, A large section of the ceiling of the right wing of the Roman Catholic Cathedral (Su James’), Jay street, Brooklyn, fell on last Sunday morning at nine o'clock | mass, Causing a momentary panic and a loss of several bundred dollars, | knock and it shall be opened uuto you.” ‘annibal, Louisiana, St Louis and Burlington | Assistant Pastor Hatliday then prayed, and after one or two more remarks Mr. Beecher brought the meeting to a close, RELIGIOUS REVIVAL IN THIS CITY. An interesting religious awakening is being developed | at the Church of the Strangers, in Mercer street, under the charge of Dr. Charles F. Deems, After sermon on “Coming to Christ,” on Sunday evening, the pastor in- vited those who desired prayers to remain after the usual service was concluded. Out of a congregation of about 1,500 some 400 stayed for the prayer moecting, which was conducted by Mr. J. Blackstock, assisted by Mr. A. D. F. Randolph, a prominent member of the Produce Exchange; Professor G. W. Clarke, President of the Mount Washington Institute; W. F,’ Blehdorn, a converted Jew; T. F, Jobuston and E, E, Sterns, both of A. T. Stewart & Co. Last evening a churell “sociable” was attended in the chapel by the young members of the society, and to-morrow evening @ | series of special revival services will begin, MOODY AND SANKEY. | suit was found in an outhouse, where he had evidently | THE GOOD, WORK GOING BRAVELY ON uN QUAKER CITY—IMMENSE GATHERINGS. Purnapenruta, Nov, 22, 1875. The morning services to-day were held at the same early time as on yesterday, but in a far less capacious building than the mammoth depot, Dr. Chambers’ Presbyterian church, at the corner of Broad and Sansom streets. It is the largest Protestant church in Phila- delphia and holds 1,800 people. The church waa com- pletely filled and crowds lingered outside in disappoint ments, Mr. Sankey entered before his coadjutor, He opened his book and suggested that the congregation sing “Rock of ages, clett for me.”? and that ail join hemtily. This familiar old favorite, known to every clurch- goer, was rendered as heartily as Mr. Sankey bid re- quested. Mr. Moody came in during the singing. After it had finished he rose and asked the congregatin to unite in silent prayer for afew moments, Request for | rayer were then read. Right Rev. Bishop steve offered up a supplicaion. At Mr. Moody's request the congregation them jung ap “sweet Hour of Vrayer.’’ Mr. Moody read a ter of Matthew, beginning with the sev “Ask and it eball be given you; seck and verses from the seventh th ver ye shall ‘There is a clase of Christians who are always askpg, and yet they fail to seek. The consequence 1# th & great many people are wondering why they are alwys asking and never receiving; und they find that theyhr displeasing God. Good Christians, whem they 4d receive by asking go to seeking, and if faith 18 not reacled by seeking let us knock. We want some few knockng Christians in Philadelphia. Here, in these praler meetings, is where the work must be done, If wetet God by or He can move the whole city. Whenwo | come to God ask for something. In these meetings | want special prayer, right to the pointy. When we cope | to these meetings Wo ought to have one cortain thi | to pray for. 1 have dread of prayerless prayers, we don't pray from the heart we had better pray atall. We are the channels for the Holy Ghost | work through. God is the fountain and we are oj the channels. The question is, Are we ready for God work through us? Are we ready to ve nothing—to | down in the dust at His feet? If we ask for bread, Tho vilest monster | He give us a stone? ever lived, if his chiid asked for bre: | would not give it ® stone, Now, | you suppose our God would do less than that? we want a revival in this city let us look rightup | God. Now, let us ask Him to give us a pure revival religi Vhat we want is God's word, the Holy Ghor working in our hearts, We aro not so anxious to the world right, but let us right ourselves, Mr. Kankoy ‘said he wished to relate an_inelde a8 proving that God answers prayer, Whi was in Brooklyn @ young man came into the in ean room one night, all broken down. thought there was uo help for him, and said tl his mother, in Scotland, bad written to him to g | and hear Moody and Sankey, He said. “1 believe IN THE CONVENT OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD. Yesterday was another gala day in the annals of the Good Shepherd nuns, as their already large commu- i l nity Was tnoreased by the, adilition of five rdligiéuses, | as tn Johnson's pool rooms on the night of the 224 of | who made the vows that bind the devout soul more | closely toGod, At the appointed hour the choir in- | toned the first notes of the “Ave Maria Stella,” andthe procession of white-robed nuns entered the chapel, the novices, who were to make their vows, entering lust, in company with the Mother Superior and her assistant. The religiéuses retired to their stalls and the candidates knelt before the altar, while the celobrant intoned the “Vent Creator” and the choir concluded the hymn. The officiant then carefully examined each one as to her knowledge of the obligations—the vows of poverty, chastity and obedience—entailed upon those who enter | the community of the religiéuses. Tho novices replied in a clear, distinet voice. The officiant bade them pro- | ceed with their resolution, and the choir sung the an- | them, “I w'll offer my vows to the Lord before all His people; I will consecrate myself to Him at the entranc of His tempie;’’ while the novices knelt before tho altar, and each in turn PRONOUNCED THE FOLLOWING YOW!— “In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, Amen. I, Sister Mary, of —, in the resonce of our very honored Mother, Mary of St. jagdaien, Superioress, and of the comfhunity of the | religiéuses of which it 18 com to God perpetual poverty, chastity aud obedience, ac- | cording to the rule of 3. Augustine and the constita- gions of the congrogation of Our Lady of Charity of | the Good Shepherd, under the jurisdiction of the Cardinal, Archbishop McCloskey, of the diocese of New York, and of the holy Apostolic See; and under the immediate authority of the superioress of the mother house of Angers, who has been established and con. | stituted by the Holy See general superioress of all said congregations, and to whom I promise obedience and submission, as also to employ myself in the in- struction of the penitents who submit themselves | petent authority to submit to the guidance of the relig- téuses of this congregation, to be converted to God aud to do penance. “All for the greater glory of God, and in honor of the most blessed Virgin Mary, mother of this congre- gation, Amen.’ After the reading each novice signed her name, while the choir sung an appropriate anthem and the officiant offered a special prayer for the newly professed. The black veils were then blessed hearts which the professed wear aa a mark of their con- Secration to the Blessed Virgin Mary. |The veils were afterward placed upon the heads of the postulants, ‘The newly professed then sung “This is the place of my rest; HERE SHALL T DWRLL, for I have chosen it.” The officiant pronounced them dead to the world and self, to hive but in God, tm soli- tude a8 in a tomb; the choir chanted ‘‘Biessed are the | dead who die in the Lord,” the new sisters prostrated themselves on the floor, the community gathered about | them and held the funerai pall above them while the choir chanted the ‘Libera me,” from the office for the dead. The officiant then prayed for them, sprinkled them with holy water, bade them ‘‘Arise, come out of the | shades of death and of this wicked world; and, giving to each one a lighted candle, bade them ‘walk in the favor of this divine light, and in the ways of perfection to the end of their lives.” They sang in rept “The | Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?)” A crucifix was given to each of them, with the admoni- | tion to remain fastened to it until death, they replying, | “God forbid that 1 should glory in anything but in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, by which the world is | crucified to me and I to the world.” While the com- | Inunity received the kisses of peace from their new sis- | tera the choir sung the “Te Deum,” and at the close of | the coremonies in the chapel the postulants presented themselves, with crowns of white flowers over their veils, in the parlors, where friends and relatives offered the warmest congratulations. Father Trainor officiated, and the names of the young ladies aro Mis Ellen Curren, who will hereafter be known ag Sister M. Bonaventure: Mias Mary McUrath, | ws Sister M. Presentation; Miss Mary McGail, as Sister M, Fidelio; Mrs, Ann Whelpley, as Sister M. 8t. Jane Chantel, Miss Agnes Sorrin, aa Siatgr al, St, Aguos | | FIVE NOVICES MAKE THEIR PERPETUAL VOWS | sed, do vow and promise | voluntarily, or who are forced by legitimate and com. | , as were also the silver | | ground, and seemed to change his position at each | shot; { saw Scanneil leave, and again w he returned | in charge of an officer; I did not know either Scannell | or Donohue TESTIMONY OF SHERIDAN SHOOK, Sheridan Shook testitied—1 knew Thomas Donohoe | and John Scannell prior to the death of the tormer | November; 1 saw Scannell there a few minutes before the shooting; he was bear the oyster stand; I had a | few mmutes” conversation with him; he let ne there and I did not observe where he went; when I beard the firing I was between the post.and the oyster stand; the | shooting took place a few minutes after bi | Witness indicated on the diagram where he stood when | the shooting occurred and continued:—After I heard | the shot I turned around and saw a man stretched on the floor, with his face down, near the steps o! the doorway’; I also saw the prisoner, and I think his lett foot wag on the step, with his right foot on the floor; Le hada pistol in his hand and he was standing over the | person on the floor; I saw Scannell go ous, | Mr. Beach—How soon after you beard the report of | the pistol did you turn round? | Scannell three or four years; | remember the occasion of the shooting of his brother, Florence Scannell; th prisoner seemed to me to be an excitable man, of a ner- | shot, but do not remember his appearance as to health, TESTIMONY OF JAMES HARTLETT. T was in Johnson’s pool room the night of the occur- rence; I knew Scannell and Donohuo; I saw Scannell | he went over to the pool selling and remained at the | oyster counter, and in a few moments beard tho report of a pistol; Isuw atnan fail near the platform at the bottom of the steps at the entrance; 1 heard four or | five shots and I saw Scannell fire them; he was stand- ing up, shooting downward at the man, who was on the ground, whom I recognized as Donohue. shirtsleeves near the door, nor did I see Scannell point the direction where he was standing; if urrence took place I would have seen it; I had not seen Scannell for three or four months before that time; I remember the shooting of bis brother Florence; I saw Scannell a month alter that; ho did not look’ woll; he seemed to be wild and excited; I saw him several times and he always looked bad; he jooks about the same now as he did when I saw him in | the pool room, though he seems to be somewhat stouter, TESTIMONY OF JAMES CASSIN, James Cassin testified that he was in the pool room at the time of the shooting; he was approacting the door from the west side of the room; he saw some shots | fired; he was about fifteen or twenty feet irom the | door; witness saw a man fall and another with a pistol in his hand; the latter moved toward the door and tired again, AFTER RECESS. ‘TRSTIMONY OF JOHN N¥SnrTT, Treside at No, 406 Secoua Donohue and was with him atJohnson’s pool room about half past eight o'clock on the niglit of the 2d of November, 1872; we were there only a «)ort time be. fore the shooting; I separated from him when I went to the | room ; I went to a little side room; Donobue entered it some time afterward; be left first and I fol- Jowed bim in consequence of what he told mo; we then stepped into the pool room and I stopped in the mid. die of the room to speak to some friends; we wei going. toward the door to go out; | saw Scannell when I rst went into the little room, but did not see him when. Lame out; L heard the then, I saw Sannell after the first shot, with his back toward Twenty-eighvh street; Donohue was then lyinj on bis face; Scannell had one foot on the steps and had a Rete! in hie hand, ‘o Mr. Beach—There was a faro bank in the smail room that night; I remained there only a few minutes; the room was crowded; when Donohue came to thé door I followed him out; I did not see Scannell point his pistol at any other person except at Donohue, Redirect—I was on tarms of intimacy with Dono+ hue; sometimes he called me John and sometimes he called me “Tough” —(laughter), TRSTIMONY OF CAPTAIN M'ILWAIN, Captain Meliwain testified that in November, 1872, he wasin charge of the Twentieth precinct; on the | evening in question he was in the pool room and sub- sequently left going to the opposite side of the street in view the entrance; his atten- tion was attracted by a noe in the pool room, like the falling of a dry goods box on te | floor, saw a versou come out and goan a glow trot Jefe me | Witnoss—Inimediately; prior to that I had known | Yous temperament; I saw him after his brother was | there; he came up and spoke to Mr. Shook and myself; _ ‘To Mr. Beach—I did not see any man standing tn bis | ‘enue; | knew Thomas | hots and saw two or three of | BURNED AT SEA. |THE BRITISH BARK SENATOR TOTALLY DE- | STROYED—CAPTAIN PORTER'S STORY. The following account of the burning of the British bark Senator is supplied by Captain Harding Porter, the facts having been sworn to by him before the British | Consul at Sanday Point, Colony of Magellanes, on the | 20th of September last, | The bark Senator sailed on the 9th of June, 1875, from Philadelphia, Pa., with a full cargo of semi-bituminous | coal, consigned to the Pucific Mail Company /at Panama, The cargo was well stowed under the superintendence of the insurance agents. All went well till the 1st of September, wl in tack- ing ship during a gale, a sailor named George Zels was | knocked overboard by the main sheet and sunk im mediately, Strong gales were experienced up to the | 14th, and, on that day, about noon, smoke was dis- covered coming up from the after hatch and from the sides ot the poop deck. A force pump was immodiatel; | ordered to be rigged, and water was pumped \hreugh | the lockstroak into the hold, where the heat and smoke pepeete to be strongest, This was continued till the 17th, @ strong gale blowing all the tume, ac- companied by aheavy sca The ship grew heavy and labored considerably. The poop hatch was then taken _ off and the crew cotomenced THROWING CARGO OVERBOARD. | On working to the beams hot ashes came with the coals. Being about ninety-one miles from Cape Pillar, at the western entrance of the Straits of Magellan, it was determined to run for the Straits, so as to get inta smooth water and be able to work with groater facility. The batches were fastened down and the men were | allowed to rest, as they wore tired out. | At four A. M. om the 18th the Strarts of Magellan | Were entered. By this time the smoke im the cabin | and storeroom was so dense that it was um- possible to enter to get provisions oF clothes, At six A. M. the boats wore got ready, the fire having burned through the side of the veasse! | forward of the port mizzen chams. At eight A. M. the | whole of the after part of the ship was in flames, After | dropping the anchor with thirty fathoms of chain, | which did not strike bottom, TICK SHIP WAS ABANDONED | ana every one got safely into the pimnace and longboat. Atnine A, M. the crew saw the mizzenmast fallover the side and the sails on the mainmast in flames, As no provisions had been taken, the boats kopt eastward in search of assistance. AL might they landed and camped under the boats, collecting shellfish to eat, Rain fell heavily. On the Lyth they started again to thee stward ina heavy snow storm, suilering severely from the cold, They landed again at night and proceeded again next morn- ing, the cold continuing very severe. The captain’s wile became delirious and was sinking from exhaus- tion. She died next morning. After several days of this kind of life thoy Janded at Port Famine, and on the 24th saw the light of a steamship but could not attract her atvention. On the 26th started for Sandy de the entrance of Fresh hi Governor of Sandy Point sent a steam launch with pro- visions and all necessaries and took the crew to that | port. Alter this they came by steamer to Now York. LORD HOUGHTOD The Union League Club will give areception ana banquet to Lord Houghton on Friday evening next at nine o'clock. It is expected to be avery creditab! affair, notwithstanding the drawback of baving been got up rather burriedly, THE AMERICAN CARDINAL, Cardinal McCloskey, who left Queenstown in the steamer Abyssinia on the 14th inst, is expected te arrive here to-morrow or next day. His well knows | dislike for won arto like display has hindered tha | various Catholle societies of this city from attemptii any demonstrations on his arrival. “His reception wil probably be Imited to a few distinguished clergymen, | pir} “ho meet him when the steamer arrives at the whart NEW HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. A meeting of florists and others interested will be hold at No, 12 Cortlandt stroot at three P. M, to-day, } for (he burpose of organizing 4 boruguityral societe