The New York Herald Newspaper, December 1, 1875, Page 5

“BANK TROUBLES. What Happened at the Savings Banks Yesterday. . DEPOSITORS STILL RAIDING. The Run on the North River and Franklin Banks Continued, The Mechanics and Traders’ : in Difficulty. THE SUSPENDED BANKS. ‘The want of confidence in the solvency of certain of the savings banks in the city appears to be slowly but surely gaining ground and fears are freely expressed that the run already maugurated may become general instead of remaining isolated instances as at present, Yesterday the onslaught of tho depositors on the North River and Franklin Savings banks on Eighth avenue were continued with, if anything, greater vigor than on Monday, These banks, bow- ever, both continued paying out during banking hours, ‘and the officers announced that they would continue to do so until they had either paid off all their depositors ‘or the run ceased by a resumption éf confidence, Their ability to satisfy all their Mabilities is un- questioned, for their securities are known to be of the best order, consisting mostly of United States, State and city bonds, which can be converted into cash at almost an hour’s notice. At ‘both institutions the depositors filled the tnterior of the offices, but, owing to the inclemency of the weather without, there were no persons congregated on the ‘sidewalks, Policemen were on duty inside arranging ‘the depositors in line as nearly as possible, in order that cach new-comer should take hig proper place and turn, Behind the iron railings sep- erating the clerks from the public were stacked huge piles of greenbacks, conveying anything Dut an idea of impecuniosity. The work of paying ou, was necessarily slow, for each passbook had to be com- pared with the bank ledgers before the correct balance due could be ascertained. The clerks, however, in both banks did their work as quickly as possible. Tho Franklin is supplied with funds by the Chemical Bank as fast as needed, while the West Side Bank and the Bank of the Metropolis is doing the same for the North River Bank. The following official statements, rendered on January 1, 1875, which were the last made, will be found interesting, showing as they do the con- ition of their affairs at that date. THE FRANKLIN BANK STATEMENT, Assets. Bonds and mortgages. Stock investments, viz, :— $661,000 Stocks and Bonds. Cost. . United States....... $15,035 13,500 15,782 Cities in this State.: 697,596 591,500 619,225 Counties in State... eeeese+ 90,809 $9,000 92,950 Towns inthis Stute,. 23,500 25,000 22,500 Total $726,041 719,000 750,457— 726,941 Real estate—c market value and stand- |. ing on books at...... miivitaeeonencas. | Sete Cash deposited in banks and’ trust com- panies.. + 137,768 Casb on band + . 9,269 Amovnt of assets of every description not included under above heads, viz. :— Interest due + $23,671 30 23,516 47,218 Liabilit Amount due depositors, viz Principal... He ‘ Interest credited January 1, 1875.. Excess of assets over liabilities Total... $1,530,616 40,287—1, 579,904 65,705 ceteee cece ees 1,645,009 | STATEMENT OP THE NORTH RIVER BANK, Assets. Bonds and mortgages. $270,000 Stock investments, Stocks and Bonds, Cities Towns in this State.. «+++ $408,486 411,000 423,820— 408,486 Amount luaned on public stocks............ 5,500 00 Cash on deposit in banks and trust compa- Te er mete kere + 167,624 03 Cash on hand not deposited in bank. 6,743 20 Amount of asse' pot included und Rent......++ Cost. n this State. . $357,280 355,000 368,020 51,206 56,000 55,700 Total. 8 Estimated value of stocks over ++ 15,333 29— 35,514 87 cee e+ $889,868 81 Amount due depositors, viz. :— Principal ..-.-+... $820,922 53 Interest credited for January 1, 875. 20,961 47— 841,884 00 Other i (rent). 2.22022. + "866 67 Excess of assets over liabilities. 41,618 14 Total...... r $888,868 81 THE MECHANICS’ D TRADERS’ Savings Bank, which is situated on the Bowery, sus- tained quite a'run yesterday. Every one, however, was pa as fast as possible, and the President says the ank will not take advantage of the sixty-day law, but go on paying depositors as fast as they’come in to with- draw their money. The President further states that nstitution is inancially sound and perfectly able to meet al] demands and satisfy all liabilities. The follow- ing is their last annual statement, made to the Banking Department on January 1, 1875;— Assets, Bonds and mortgages... Stock investments, viz Esti- mated Par — Market Stocks and Bonds. Cost. Value Value. States other than New York..... $465,942 603,600 260,530 Cities in this State 778,540 792,000 820,300 Counties in this WI vesavessss 10,000 10,175 10,000 Total. .......$1,254,482 1,405, 600 1,103,008 —1,254,482 Real esiate, cost $120,646 47, market velue $147,619 27, and standing on books at... 126,646 17 Cash on deposit, in banks or trust com- panies. 416,218 08 Casb on band. “ 2000 00 Amount of assets not included under above heads, viz Interest accrued Judgment secure tate. sees 5,178 48 Suspense account. + 89/127 07 Estimated value of real estate,, 20,972 50— 107,389 72 + + $2,644,081 82 p = $2,357,404 77 Interest credited January 1, 1875.... . 70,199 77—$2,427,604 od Other liabilities, viz:—Excess of cost er mar alue of stocks. . 149,477 20 Excess of assets 01 67,240 08 Total.. ++++ $2,084,381 82 BANKS. THE OTHE Among the other savings there was but little appreciable excitement, The amounts withdrawn in every instance were slightly in advance of the usual daily outgoings, but, a8 @ general rule, the accounts closed were small in number and not suificient to cause any fear on the part of the presidents and other oiliciais that they would have to sustain a run, ‘The impression ong bankers is becoming more and more pronounced that the best course that could ve ‘adopted for the benefit and protection of all would be tho appointment of receivers to the well known weak banks and their epeedy liquidation. This course if adopted, would, itis thought, at once put a stop to the public uneasiness, while at the saine time tt would put it beyond the power of the banks to unite the money ‘of depositors by sacrificing their securities in order to sustain a run if such should be made on them. The Bank Superintendent's departure for Albany last Sav urday is thought by many to have been with this view, ‘THE THIRD AVENUR BARK. Mr, Carman is still in po jon at this bank, Judge Westbrook not yet having appointed b The name of 4 Mr, organ ® clerk in the Surrogate’s office, is mentione as the probable new receiver. It is said he ts recom- mended by the depositors’ Committee of Thirteen and 1s friendly to the trustees. In fact it was reported among the depositors that Mr. Dayton had even gone 6o far as to perfect bis boud, which ts required as security, His appointment would be received unfavorably by the great mass of depositors, who hope to see some gentleman of Position and well known in the community put into she A. Dayton, RB SECURITY BANK, which suspended last week, is still refusing to receive deposits or to out money. From what could be learned yi rgest depositors it ap- t bank should resume jusiness again, and that some ten or fifteen of their Bumber s)ould be nlanad an tha haand nf tawehane fom NEW YORK HERALD; WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1875.-TRIPLE SHEET. ‘tle protection of themselves and the depositors gener ally. There are many of them bi stig Baad $3,000 to $5,000 on deposit who promise, if the k resumes, to leave their deposits untouched for at least twelve months, ‘aud draw no Interest, The depositors generally appear to have confidence in the bank, There ought to be room for it to do a good business now that the Third Avenue and the other weak institutions on the avenue have been closed up. ‘THE PEOPLE'S BANK will certainly go into liquidation. The prospect of they! depositors getting over fifty per cent of their deposits appears to be getting worse every day, The officials yesterday notified the Attorney General that they did hot intend to answer the order to show cause why a receiver should not be appointed, and were only now awaiting his appointment THE MUTUAL BENBYIT BANK. There was nothing new developed in regard to this institution yesterday, The trustees will hold a formal meeting to-day and determine what their action will be in reference to the bank. ‘There was nothing new to recount touching the Cen- tral Park Bank yesterday. The depositors, it is still thought, will be paid in full by the trustees, who will, it is asserted, take over the building and lot, THE TRADESMEN'S BANK, Mr. Richard Berry, President of the Tradosmen’s Bank, was called upon, and said substantially that this is a time when the conditions in business are such as to more readily cause alarm than if they were more healthfully lively. With the coming in of the crops, however, which are heavy throughout the entire coun- try, it will be found that the effect will be healthful, and that banking business will be better. With the re- ception of returns on the crops an impetus will prob- ably be given to business operations generally, and then there will not be any cause for alarm. The cause of the present troubles has been greatly through the shrinking of values, which shrinking has been the cause of am very general indisposition on the part of business men to embark in any new enterprises, or, in fact, to enlarge their operations in those in which they are now engaged. I have, however, and go have many other oflicers of banks, hopes that the bottom has been reached or néarly so, and that the progress will soon be upward again, if the depth of the depression not Deen nearly reached the effect of these fail- ures would have beon far more disastrous than it has been, Their tendency even now, however, is to destroy confidence, And it is a not at all pleas- ‘ant view of the case to know that the ‘conditions exist- tng here with us are the same as can be recognized throughout the business world to-day at home and abroad. The trouble everywhere has been over pro- duction in, I may say, everything. I have, nowever, confidence in the early future. Iam one of those who believe that we have too many savings banks. The savings bank business has been greatly overdone, and Ibelicve that the influence of @ superabundance of such banks {8 detrimentat, The banks that have failed were gotten up, I believe, simply to furnish sinecures for friends and ’ take the poor people’s money for peculfiie uses, There are $170,000,000 deposited in the savings banks in this city and $40,000,000 in Brooklyn, This enormous amount in the hands of the savings banks, causes, at times, very gorious apprehensions on the part of the people, and particularly when we have so many of these mushroom concerns receiving their money. ‘There is, however, ho reason why the public should be greatly alarmed.’ There has been a great shrinkage and we must expect failures. Money 1s plenty here and else- where, Look at London, Money there is a drug as it is here, even at two per cent on call, These failures, then, are no indication of general weakness, and should not be 80 considered. ‘THE MERCHANTS’ EXCHANGE BANK. At the Merchants’ Exchange Bank, the President, Mr. William A, Thompson, was found, and inquiry was made of bimin the main the same as those above re- ported, He said that nothing was to be feared in any of the banks that are recognized as well founded, or any of the banks belong. ing to the’ Clearing’ House, ‘The trouble hag been, said he, with the little irregular banks, that they have been trying to do both a suvings bank business and a general banking business. ‘The complications in these peculiar banks began long ago. We all saw that the -method was wrong, and while ex-Mayor Tieman was in the State Senate I endeavored to have him present and have passed a bill to correct the evil. He said he wanted a bili that would apply to the banking business generally through- out the State, and I, with others, drew such a bill, but we could never get him to present it. Our desire was that savings banks should do _ business only on United States stocks, New York State stocks and securities, and those of the large cities in the State, but at the time we could not getit. Now, here with us in this bank we bave a rule by which a debt, when sued and there is nothing received from it on an execution we charge its account to profit and joss, and it 80 appears in our reports. That has beena rule of this bank for thirty years, When the state- ment of the bank appears it can be relied upon it as being full and accurate, I may say, in addi- Uon, that there is nothing tn the condition of any of the banks of issue and deposit that are known at the Clearing House that need cause any apprehension to any one. In fact, there have been very few of the banks of the city of New York that have even called on their stockholders to pay any of the liabilities of their banks, I know really of but one in- stance, and that was the Knickerbocker, and, perhaps I might add, the Ocean, but I am not quite sure of that. ‘With all the old savings banks there has uever been any trouble. The Bowery has a very large surplus. The banks that are gone were institu- tions that did not follow proper rules in banking. They failed to recognize the value of the system of doing business adopted by the older and more experienced concerns, and were therefore not of any health{u! account as financial institutions. For imstance, when the Bowery Bank buys United States government bonds and pays a premium for them, or other government bonds, they are entered on the books simply at par; the additional price goes down to profitand loss That rule givesa clear understanding of the bank’s condition, and is universally recognized as a good one, Many banks while perfectly good, would, if forced to put their securities on the market ‘suddenly, do so at a serious loss, and therefore itis possible that some of the banks that are reported as intending to take advantage or the sixty days allowed for settle- ment, may do so simply to save themselves from un- necessary loss, and not because they are not able to pay, so thateven in such cases the conditions are not so bad as they may seem to such as are not familiar with banking conditions and rules. MR. SHAY'S VICTIM. Coroner Eickhoff was summoned yesterday to take the ante-mortem statement of Mrs, Mary Shay, who was kicked in the abdomen by her husband, on Mon- day night, at her house, No. 166 West Twenty-seventh street, but, upon examination, found that Mrs. Shay’s injuries were not fatal, For’ that reason he did not take her statement. RECORD OF CRIME. Sneak thieves entered the residence of Mrs. Charles E. Miller, at No. 136 East Fifty-cighth street, opening the hali door with a faise key. They stole jewelry and clothing worth $385. ‘The liquor store of Michael Blauvet, at No, 2 Clarke street, was robbed of clothing valued at $60. Aroll of carpet, sixty yards, worth $24, was stolen from in front of the store of Benjamin F. Post, at No, 2,348 Third avenue. Ap unknown thief robbed the shoe store of Jacob Schmidt, boots and shoes. Charles Krumer was robbed by a roommate of $33 worth of clothing, at No, 415 West Thirty sixth street, t No. 94 Forsyth street, of $70 worth of | Detective Looney, of the Third precinct, Brooklyn, | yesterday morning ‘arrested James Holmes, sixteen yoars of age, on a.charge of highway robbery, The prisoner, ag alleged, assaulted Ebenezer Walker while the latter was on his way home through Hamilton ave- nue, about two o’clock on last Thursday morning, and robbed him of @ smallsum of money, The accused, who was identified by Mr, Walker, is held for examina- tion by Justice Delmar. Early yesterday morning a burglarious entrance was eilected to the nouse of R. P. Topping, No. 369 Frank- lin avenue, Brooklyn, by forcing open the rear base- ment window. Wearing apparel and other property, to the value of $150, were stolen. The office of the Loy iy of F. G. Buckenberger, corner of Flushing and Kent avenues, Brooklyn, was visited by burglars yosterday morning, who blew open the safe, but found no money. The residence of Mrs. J. Burgess, No, 109 Taylor street, Brooklyn, was broken into and robbed of money and other articles. The residence of Stephen Crowell, No. 166 Leffert’s place, was robbed of a gold watch, worth §250, by a sneak thief yesterday. Two burglars, while ransacking the apartments of Dr, Anderson, No. 18 Bedford avenue, Brooklyn, on Monday evening, were surprised by a servant and fled. Daring @ quarrel last evening Thomas James, aged thirty-one years, of No. 86 Vandam street, was struck ‘on the vino with a hammer by Henry Ralf, receiving a severe scalp wound. Ralf was arrested. At four o'clock yesterday morning officers Thompson and Glenny saw a fire in the basement of the Avenue House, at the Five Corners, on Jersey City Heights, ‘An investigation showed that a deliberate attempt bad been made to fire the building. A gang of thieves broke into the premises of Charles Saunderman, on Ogden avenucy Jersey City Heights, early yesterday morning, The proprieter opened fire and the thieves escaped, Jobn Hull, aged twenty-four, was arrested by Officer Gallagher ona charge of oe. committed in the house of Mr. Spellmeyer, of Eleventh street, Hoboken, where he stole a finger ring. He was held for trial by Recorder Bohnstedi. Oscar Holstein and John Joyce, aged twenty-two, better known as “Yellow” among the thieves, and John Buck, were accused of committing a bg nt fn the house of Mr, Buck, @ liquor merchant of Hoboken, the father of the John Buck above mentioned. Sentence was suspended on “Yellow” and young Buck was ad- ues to vail The articles stolen were worth avaut 70, ACCIDENT, A serious accident happened yesterday morning to Valentine Gebringer, ® workman, at the unfinished Episcopal church No, 122 East Fourteenth street, Ho was on @ scaffold torty feet above the foor, when he made @ misstep and fell the entire distance. Both arms and one of his legs were fractured. He was taken to the Seventeenth precinct station house, where Sar- goons Maclay and Monell attended bim, The injured man was subsequently removed to Bellevue Hospital. His age is twenty-three years and his residence is No. 95 Kighth avenua, Barbara Barril, aged . venteen years, living at 3ixty- seventh street, near Ninf! enue, /elland broke rm last night on Twenty-sixth street, near First avenue, Pa was san} to Bolleyue Hospital. i} | } out “MURDERERS’ ROW.” HOW THE FIVE MEN WHO ARE DOOMED DEATH, LOOK, ACT AND TALK. It was with no levity of tone or manner that the writer inquired yesterday of Keeper Finley, in the Tombs Prison:— “Which is that awful place called ‘Murderers’ Row?” ” “You are in it,” sir,” quaintly, but not without some solemnity of voice, replied the keeper. This somewhat unexpected announcement was made by a Stont, elderly man, who has acted «s keeper inthe Tombs for over forty years, And oh! what fearful boenes of misery, woe and suifering has he not wit nessed within the dreary walls of that living sepulchre, If you want to visit the Tombs go in at the Franklin street entrance. Upon ascending the steps the visitor finds himself in @ narrow, vaulted pagsageway. On the left, fenced in behind an iron network, \g the office of Warden Quinn, where all applications for ingress or egress must be considered, On the right a strong iron gate closes the passage, and behind its stout bars three trusted keepers are at their posts, One has charge of this gate, another guards the inner iron and oaken doors leading into the prison yard, while the third examines all passers to and from the cells, At the outside of the gate was a number of pooplo of both sexes, the majority of whom looked miserable and sorrowful enough. Packages of various sizes and kinds were handed in for DELIVERY TO THE PRISONERS; letters were passed and anxious looks seemed to in- quire the fate of the unfortunate friends whose evil passions and worse deeds had made them amenable to the lash of the law. ‘The writer had handed to hima press pass which was scrutinized at the inside of the gate, and in front of the inner door. It was noticable that tho keeper at the gate was prompt enough to open its ponderous jaws for ingress, but his movements were slow, ous and catlike when turn- ing it but a short way on its hinges for egress, The in- terior space between the gate and the inner door re- sembles a lion’s cage, and was speedily traversed, while the keepers of the beasts of prey looked sharply, and he at the igon door turned a massive key in its well | worn wards and admitted the reporter into the prison ard. It soemed strange that nobody appoared to care where one wandered in the jail court; there you were, securely caged, surrounded op all sides by:frowning, iron-grated windows or thick and lofty granite walls. A person who, in the garb of a workman, moodily crossed the stone paved walk divid- ing the offices which had just been traversed from’ the body of the jail, pointed to a door in the south side of the main interior edifice, and said that Keeper Finley, who has charge of the ward in which ‘“Muruerer’s Row? is situated, could be found there. The door was placed ina stout, wooden lodge, which appeared to adhere to the outside of the wall like @ barnacle on a ship's side, In this little box a solitary keeper counted the passing hours, and admitted the writer through a low, narrow iron door into the body of the main prison ward, atmosphere was close, warm and tainted. Several per- sons were walking about or disposed in various atti- tudes, denoting languor, listlessness, wearmess and even hopelessness. Keeper Finley was at his desk, which was placed at the southern end of the war: and commanded a full view of the lines of cells along both sides. He examined the reporter's pass and gave a good-humored nod of assent to the implied request to see the unfortunate men whose lives had been declared forfeited to the vengeance of the law. . SACOB STANDERMAN—NO, 5, It will be remembered that this convict was tried and found guilty of fatally shooting on Chatham street, ‘a few months ago, the young German woman to whom it was alleged he was betrothed, but who had finally rejected his addresses. “Standerman,” said the Warden, in a kindly tone, “this a reporter of the HunaLp, who has come to seo ou. 9g “{ don’t want to talk,” said the prisoner; “I have nothing to say; and, anywuy, they never print right what I do say.”” “He seldom talks to any one,” remarked the keeper, as Standerman turned away from the grated, barred and locked door of his cell, He nowcommenced pacing Tapidly backward and forward in the narrow space in front of the iron bed, on which be had recently been sitting. The wretched man’s step was that ofa restless hyena rather than a rational being. As his figure passed to and fro between the light and the observer it was seen that he was rather low in size; the head was round and not badly shaped; forehead gh; hair cut short and rising up in front, 'He was dressed in ordinary citizen’s clothes, but without vest or collar. Of all the five prisoners who | are awaiting the execution of their death sentence his countenance is decidedly the least prepossessing, ex- cepting, perhaps, that of the colored man William Thompson, and yet the face of Standerman was not one of those villanous visages that people are apt to couple with the idea of men doomed to capital punishment. He seemed to feel most acutely the awtul condition in which he is placed. . WILLIAM ELLIS—NO, 6, Man's inhumanity to man Makes countless thousands mourn. Such might have been the words of the philan- thropist at casting his eyes upon so much sorrow and suffering as could not tail to strike him by avisit to Murderer’s Row. And yet, even hero, men are not without the alfections, hopes and fears which binds them to mother earth; nor are they insensible to the Kindness of friends or sympathizers, who would ameliorate the convict's suf- ferings. While stepping from Standerman’s cell to that of the colored convict, William Ellis, the writer's atten- tion was attracted to a beautiful girl eighteen or nineteen summers. She evidently be- longed to a good circle in society. Her well gloved hand was resting upon the rough grating of the coll door, and she was conversing in tones of sym thetic kindness with one of the colored convicts, Who could it be, or what relation could that rosy-cheeked, bright-eyed girl bear to the unfortunate Airican with ‘whom she was speaking ? “Is only Miss Delany, sir,” said the keeper. “She is very good entirely to the poor condemned men. She comes to see them all very frequently, and always brings them both good advice and some delicate token of sympathy—such as books, and the like,”? Upon our approach to’ the cell of Ellis this Kindhearted American ; girl flitted past and was of the ward at ouce. Ellis, who 1s of pure negro blood, showed no unwillingness to converse, but not ‘about those topics imme- diately connected with his participation in the crime for which he has been sentenced to suffer. He is small in stature, heavy about the chest and shoulders, and has @ not unshapely head. He does not look the least like the stereotyped class of horridly repulsive murderers that one sees de- scribed and pated so frequently, If he were on the street, one might be inclined to take him for a hotel waiter or servant in a entieman's family; —but no one would, from his looks, think him capable of the foul crime of murder. Bilis has no hope tor this life, and believes that on the 17th of next month be must’ die, unless in the meantime something very extraordinary turns up. He is articularly desirous, in the first piace, to mako known is gratitude and ‘thankfulness to Miss Delany who, since his conviction, has been “kind as a mother! to iim. He is also much’ indebted for the good advice | and friendly counsel received from the Rev. Mr. Bed- | ford, Mies Parsons, and Mrs. Jackso His conversa- tion'and manners are calm, rational, and resigned. Ho thinks that bis punishment is uniust; prejudiced jury- trial, WILLIAM THOMPSON, NUMRER SEVEN. This colored man, who,with Ellis and Charles West- on, was convicted a short time ago of the murder of a | er’ Hebrew pedler, in West Farms, impresses the be- older more unfavorably than any of the other con- demned wretches who are so soon’ and so violently to pass out of the world for taking human life. He is a puye black, heavy, thick-sct and sullen looking. He has a bullet-shaped head, with rather lowering brows and heavy eyes. He evinces no desire to talk with any one, says that he is resigned to his fate, and receives frequent visits from well intentioned ministers, : WILLIAM WESTON, NUMUER RIGHT. ‘This is the most interesting of the three negro con- slender in figure, not ro} ing oval shaped He looks like an intelligent, smart He says that his mind is made up for what be has to undergo, but expresses much dissat- isfaction at the manner in which bis trial was con- ducted, JOUN DOLAN—NUMBRR FOUR. ‘This unhappy man was tried and convicted on whe! f circumstantial evidence for the killing ot Mr. James Noe, at bis store in Greenwich street, some three months ago. He is a rather young man, of short, very stout and square build; he hasa wellshaped head and high forehead; good gray eyes; his look is disembarrassed and firm, and he is far from ap- pearing the hideous wretch that the illustrated papers have represented him. Indeed, if the twin sciences of physiology and phrenology be so much apparently at fault in other cases as In those of the present fated inmates of murderers’ row, they mast be of very little value in predicting or estimating @ man’s character by his looks and bumps. Dolan says that he is innocent. “Dolan,” said the writer, ‘the papers speak un- favorably of your appearance ; turn your face to the light and let me see you. “There, sir,” said the unfortunate ma: and see if ain ke a murderer," And at that moment he certainly did not make a bad impression, “Why, sir,” continued the prisoner, ‘1 can face my doom like @ man; it is not the fear of death that I care about, but the way I must die, I bave never been bad wo any one, When the wall of St. Andrew's Catho- Hic ehurch in Duane street fell in last winter I was standing at the corner of Chambers street, I ran to the church; was among tho first to go into it, and — carried out three girls on my shoulders, At the time of therow atthe Excelsior Grove excursion, when Mr. Griffin was nearly pounded to death by roughs, I jumped off the barge, swam half & mile to get a boat, returned and had Mr Griffin low- ered into it, and 80 saved him, I took him to Mount St. Vincent Convent and brought his little daughter to him. Mr, Grillin warmly acknowledges all this and was here yosterday to see me. Algo, Dr. Amible, of the ambulance corps, can testify to the efforts which I made at the time when Zin’s glass warehouse took Siro, by assisting to rescue somo officers who came near being suffocated in the burning “Jook at me house, Consider how hard it is tor me to leave a loved wife, to whom | had been married only two weeks before the time of my arrest."” JOHN SCANNKLLe This person was walking up and down the ward corri- dor, warning bimself comfortably at the stove, while ad The | of | | men tried him, and he was used brutally during the | | above an around the birds of seeming evil omen wore Benging rey and half perched upon the railings of the upper like 80 many,buzzarde perched upon the limbs ofa withered oak. Scannell looked well and said he felt wi “You ve been lucky, Scannell, and no doubt will be glad to @t home again.” “If bud not feel that it would be tne great of insarty that I could give,” remarked the slayer of Donohut’ How vastly different are the cases of olan and Scamell! What a contrast is to be seen ip the result of the tw trials! But then American Juries are such unaccoustable strange things, and justice 1s sometimes deaf as yell as blind. The Spaniards were not far 2 it proof wrong itsaying of the blind goddess :— Con balanza y acero CHUSTIANITY IN THE ORIENT. PRIS Ee a LECTUR) BY REY. N. BJERRING, OF THE GREEK CHURCH. Tno Hees of “The Orient Church and Its Friendly Relationo Other Religious Bodies” was discoursed upon lastevening at Association Hall, The lecturer, Rey. N. herring, of the Greek Church, was introduced by Rey. Ir. Osgood, Mr, Bjerring, a blonde-whiskered gentlema, came forward with a pleasant emile, and said thathe had the honor to appear through the in- Vitation that had been extended to him by differont ministers of the churches of New York. He pastes all religions, like the sun, arose in tho khst, Christians must feel a patural cu- riosity to {now what the condition is to-day of those churches thich received the faith early '» the days succeedin|Christ. The New Testament was written in Greek, nd the early Church was conducted by Greeks, aml in point of antiquity the Greek Church must be ca@sidered the oldest. In the little kingdom of Greece, in spite of Turkish persecution in past years, the }hristian religion flourishes in all its pristine vigor. Th{Russian Church was first regarded as a child of thGrecian. In the twelfth contury the whole Ruseian Eqpire might have been called Christian. The lecturer wait into along narration of the progress of Christianiy, in Russia, and the union effected between [the Constantinopolitan —_ ecclesiastical councils ald those of Moscow, resulting in the present Greck chich, The present Russian Church has $4,000,000 hembers, The cloistered, order of priests has the pivilege of selecting the higher dignitaries of the Chich. The parish priests may be married, but are notallowed to marry a second time. The most celebrated foisters are those of Moscow and St, Peters- bury yun moncit LE OF THE RUSSIAN NATION isadmired py all those who have an opportunity of observing i] The churches are open to the devotees at all hourdof the day, and the ceremonies are con- ducted in sfendid form. The great feast of Russia is as if for some great visitor, At night the the churches, and at the stroke the bella’ resound at once, without sayng his prayers. The Oriental Christian into anew house without sanctitying it with the bigsings of the clergy. In the maiter of baptism th) godparents alone attend the ceremony, which is peformed forty days after the birth of tho child, In children i, communion at Easter. very highl esteemed by the Russians, and is accompanie( with great festivities. The rule is that the bride af bridegroom attend communion before marriage, the Oriental churches the great thing of the nothingpess of life is kept prominent, The cere- mony of intrment is simple and the most important events in th OP AN ORIKNTAL CHRISTIAN, birth, marrige and death, are intertwined with his chureh lile. are those ¢ St, Basi! and St.Chrysostom. With the general awkening of the Russian people under the preset Emperor, Alexander, the Church also awakded, and in the fruits the Church has produce/ there is great hope that the Russia of the future will mt fail to show to the world a condition of Christian prity and progress that the world will not fuil to obser. Mr, Bjerring said that his object in lecturing wé not to make proselytes, but to eflect a union of all he Christian Churches. It was the dream 0: many, bulhe hoped to see in his lifetime the realiza- tion of thi) hope, and as he cast his eye toward the future he saw the nations coming together, and shakinguands under the banner of Jesus Christ, Substantial inity, and not unitormity, was what be desired. Ld the different churches come together and let each retap its distinctive national peculiarity, and let nothing of a mere technical character keep the divided Chritian communions separated any louger. He closed bjthanking his brethren of the Anglican churches forthe kindness with which they urested him. OUR WATER, Pro‘essor jicketts, of the School of Mines, Columbia College, delivred a lecture last night in the chapel of | thé Charlierlustitute before an audience composed ot the pupils ad friends of the academy, upon “Our Water—Croto.”” Most elaborate preparations had been made for the\xperimental illustration of the discourse. | Upon a table h front of the speaker’s stand were dis- played modeli of a steam engine and of a water mill. The (ront of the platform resembled a plumber’s work~- bench, beixg sirewn with bits of lead, iron and block tin tubing if various forms and sizes, representing tho pipes throgh which ‘‘our Croton” is conveyed. Upon either han of the lecturer were long tables, the central figure oneach of which was an immense globe. ‘These wes surrounded by an imposing array of vials, glasstubes, retorts, Leyden jars and other ap- pliances caamon to laboratories, ‘The Professor be- gan with exlaining the formation of clouds and tho manner in ‘nich they are transported and discharged upon the arth. He exhibited the elements of which water is foried and their respective qualities, bringing into play fothat purpose the numerous apparatuses by which b was surrounded. A stereoscope and an | oxy-hydrogn microscope were also brought into requi- | sition’ to play the vurious organisms, invisible to the naked ge, that disport themselves in the beverage ! brought toils from the Croton ponds. Althongn the | title of hi lecture was ‘‘Croton,” the Professor said very little bout that specilic water, except to remark thai for putty it stands ‘A No. 1.” MDICO-LEGAL SOCIETY, ‘The Mewto-Legal Society met at the College of Phy- sicians an Surgeons tast evening, Mr. Clate Bell delivered his retiring address, He re- viewed te labors of the Society during the period of his presidncy. He spoke of the practical usefulness of a simar society in Paris, which has # com- | mission to | examine into abstruse ques- | tions ff medical jurisprudence, whose labors are of great benefit to the officers of justice, A similarommission here, he thought, might be ap- pointed, fd if appointed, it could greatly help the courts | in the soltion of many problems now puzzling them. Mr. Beli pncluded by introducing his successor to the presidenf, Professor Frank H. Hamilton. After tanking the society for the trust reposed in him, Prassor Hamilton read a brief paper on “The Effect ofLoss of Consciousness on the Memory of Pro- ceding Hents.” His examination of this subject—a | graver de, perhaps, in law than medical science—led obliteraul or greatly confused by any event which suddenlweprives a person of consciousness and that this affelion of the memory Was in a measure pro- portiond to the period of unconsciousness. Many | mnterestig instances in his personal practice were cited in sappét of this theory. At the conclusion of his paper h invited a discussion of it. Profefor Yeamans said he considered the faculty of memry possibly the greatest mystery in nature, At leasit was the most difficult thing to comprehend, In discwsing it they could very Lana on a basis of fact, A data were not at hand he suggested that the discussin be set down for a future occasion, Afveririef reterence to the topic by other speakers the suttct was laid over and the meeting adjourned, having rst voted thanks to the retiring President for past iatirs and to the incoming one for his interesting paper. DOLUMBIA LAW SCHOOL. The Glambia Law Association of this city will hold its irstegular meeting for literaty exercises at the law schoi, No. 8 Great Jones street, on Thursday DwightLL. D., will deliver an opening address, after this cit, and adebate will low “Upon the Value of the Usty Laws.” Graduates and friends of the law school fe invited to atte PIRES ON THE NORTH RIVER. | A dang burglary was committed at an early hour yesterdy morning on board the sand sloop Guide, lying athe foot of Forty-fourth street, North River, by a gag of river thieves, The amount of the booty stolen Fas small, hot exceeding $37, but the robbery wasarexceedingly bold one. ‘The time was half-past | three clock A. M., and in the cabin of the sloop were | sleeyig the captain, Thomas Kaiter, and three sailors, Thefomer was awakened by @ strange noise in the cabin, ind looking around he saw the dusky forms of thre Aen prowling about, evidently bent on robbery, Cojsuerably startled, he was about to scream to bis | siepig companions when one of the burglars seeing hin afake rushed at him with whatappeared to be are- voverand struck bim on the head with it, The robbers thin lurried outside and turned the key on the cabin ace, jocking up the sailors, A few minutes afterward thy were ina boat and made their escape. After sqnelittie delay the imprisonea seamen succeeded in fdcitg open the door of the cabin, but found no traces om robbers, Captain Kafter reported the facts to th police authorities of the Twenty-second precinct, Ut could give no description of the robbers that might Ind to their arrest. The injuries inflicted upon him ith the revolver were slight, being oniy a bruise and small cut on the head. the property carried away re desperadoes consisted of four coats, one vest, © pair of pantaioons, one pair of boots and $2 in cur- bney. ussia the custom exists of bringing | Marriage is | The liturgies used im the Onental Church | to the delusion that the memory was either entirely | eveninmext, at eight o'clock, The Hon, Theodore W. | § Which paper will be read by Dr. Jon Storer Cobb, of | fol THE SINGER WILL. Additional Evidence in Behalf of the Contestant. THE OTHER SIDE OF THE QUESTION, | What Counsel Say About Offers to Compromise. olercntew Upon the arrival of counsel for the proponent in the Singer will case, at White Plains, yesterday morning, sympathetic inquiries were made by Surrogate Coffin re- | garding the condition of Mr. Charles O'Conor, who, as previously stated, occupies the position of advisory counsel for the executor in this cause célebre. Before the proceedings commenced Mr. Carter, coun- portion of the statements of the proceedings as pub- lished in the newspapers. Counsel said he knew that the reports indicated could have no possible influence on the Surrogate, but, in regard to the published inti- mations that those interested in sustaining the will had made large offers of money to the contestant for acompronfise of the case, he would state that they commencement of the present proceedings, and in or- der to prevent the unnecessary exposure of domestic matters, counse! said, offers were made by the children of the alleged widow in England, These offers, as he understood, were rejected. They have not been re- peated since and they will not be. Mr, Van Pelt, counsel for Mrs, Mary Ann Foster, the contestant, rejoined that, although he had observed the published statements alluded to by Mr. Carter, he would have said nothing about them; but since that gentleman bad asserted publicly that no offers or propo- sitions having for an object a compromise of the claims of his client had been made, he would state that the reverse was true, Offers had been made, not, however, by the counsel or directly by the executor, but by parties who professed to come from the other side. Surrogate Coffin intimated that he could take no cognizance of any statements outside of the case, all he had to deal with being the evidence. He recognized nothing else. all the parties interested on their side of ‘the case ex- plicitly deny that any such offers had been mad the commencement of these proceedings. ‘MR. VAN PELT DISCLAIMED any and all responsibilty for the appearance of the Statements alluded to, and added that although no one present had made the overtures indicated since the case began, yet such offers and still being made by those claim to represent the party most interested in the | will, He concluded by saying that when the offers were again made the parties making them must go to head- quarters and receive their answers from the same | source, ™ Counsel for the contestant having announced to the Court that one of his witnesses, an elderly lady who was en route trom a Western State, was ex- pected to arrive by the next train, proposed that in order to occupy the attention of the Court, he would commence the reading of a legal document which had been pee in evidence through the instru- mentality of opposing counsel. was then read and proved to be a Voluminous com- plaint in a suit commenced in the Supreme Court by Mrs. Mary “nn Foster against Isaac M. Singer in the year 1864. Tne complaint com- mences by recounting the manner in which the tes! tor induced her to enter upon marital relationship with him, setting forth that he was a single man, and, after giving a résumé of their domestic troubles down to and after their separation in 1860, describes the charac- ter o THE CONTRACT MADE BETWEEN THEM, wherein it was stipulated that the deceased should pur- chase a house and lot in New York for the contestant, and in addition allow her a weekly income of $50 tor | the support of herself and their infant children who were at the timo living with ber; and | alleged fraudulent manner, It was to recover her prop- erty and rights under this compact that the suit alluded | to was commenced. It appears she abandoned the suit, bigamy. poy Phelps, having been called for the contest- ant. testified that he was sixty-one years old, and had first become acqhainted with Isaac M. Singer tn 1849, in the city of Boston; had busiuess transactions with the deceased from the date mentioned down to 1860; to his wife, in New York; had seen some of those letters addressed :to “Mrs. Singer, New York ;”” in October, 1850, deceased told me that he was the most lucky man'in the world, as his wife had, up to | that time, presented bim with a son and a daughter rnately; visited deceased at his house in New York id was introduced to Mrs. Singer (now Mrs. Foster); | the latter acted as the mistress or lady of the house. Cross-examined—The last of my acquaintance with Mr. Singer was in 1860; never saw him to speak with him but once after the in Baltimore; had seen Mrs, Singer previously, but never was personally acquainted with her until within the last two months; have re- cently made the acquaintance of Mr. Foster. Mra Mary Ann Foster, recalled, testified in answer to questions by her counsel, a8 follows:—The card banded to me is one of my visiting cards which I carried when I went out visiting with my family pro- vious to August, 1860 (the card is engraved “Mrs. LM. Singer, 14 Fifth avenue’’) ; recollect having been present | in a photograph gallery when my busband, children and myself were taken in a family group; think 1t was in the year 1843 or 1844; received letters trom Singer while he ‘was at Boston and other places; have not got the let- | ters now; whien they removed me trom the Fifth avenue | to recover them since; never saw the document knowa | as the “Fuller” paper alter 1 signed it until it was pro- duced in Coart the other day; | ATTENDED A BALL GIVEN BY SINGER | in New York to all the employés connected with his establishment; this was, 1 think, between 1856 and | 1809; on that occasion he took me and my eldest daughter on either arm and introduced us as his wite and daughter to a great many ent whom he knew; did not go on with the guit com- menced in 1864 and known as the McKeon suit, because J feared Singer would make trouble about my marry- | ing; Mr. Foster had beard that Singer bad made threats to that effect, At this stage of the proceedings counsel for the con- | to introduce bis only remaining witness whenever she | might arrive. To this the counsel on the other | side readily assented, and Mr, Carter at once called his first witness to the stand, THE DEPENCR Horacg B. Haley, on being sworn, testified—I live in PhiladeiMiia and am a sewing machine operator; wa: born near Croton, in this county, in 1824; my parent names were Henry and Mary Haley; have two brothers and one sister; her name was Catherine Maria Haley; my sister was ‘married to Isaac -M. Singer in 1890! the marriage took place in Palmyra, im this State; was present at the ceremony, which was per- formed by a justice of ‘the peace named Smith; there were also W piece my brother William aud @ woman named Amanda McMichael; they acted as groomsman and bridesmaid on tn occasion; my father and mother were also present ai the marriage, besides some of the neighbors; after the marriage Singer and my sister bonnted with us fora short time and then went to h the samo neighborhood; | Singer pat: was then, as near as could learn, | that of a wood turner; my sister's oldest child, Will | Jam, was born in 1834, at Fort Gibson; she had another child born in New York in 1837; my sister is still liv- | ing in Brooklyn; think it Was in December, 1830, thas | the marriage took place, Cross-examined—Singer and his wife lived only a short time with our family after their marriage; Singer | travelled occasionally about the country; at that time he was @ poor man; he was occupied tor ors time in a dry goods store at Fort Gibson, and at another | time he worked in Hoe’s press shop in New York; most of his time was spent in travelling and in giving performances; my sister came back from Ni ‘ork to father’s house after her daughter was born, in ; she remained. at father’s house about a year then we moved to New York; my sister went with us; Singer and herself were then virtually separated ; in New York we lived at No. 28 Broome street; my sister lived with us; we afterward lived on the block above; think my sister was then keeping house, with ber a 1 | 183 she afterward lived im Eighth — street her children; she also lived in rd avenu where she kept a . boarding hou afterwar she lived in Yorkville with no one but her children; then she lived in the Bowery; ain not aware that any one lived with her beside her children; was at her house when she lived im the Bowery; never saw a man about the hous she afterward went to | live on Long Island; was at her house there; her | family consisted of herself and children; ea ™m: there; bis name is Kent; saw him first in 1840 or 184 he came to our house frequenwy when we lived io Broome street; my sister was living with us atthe time. The next question, as to who Kent went to see when he called was olyected to by Mr. Carter, who said they had no appetite for DISCLOSURKS OF A PURRLY SCANDALOUS CHARACTER and which were not material to the issue, Mr. Van Pelt said that he also bad no taste for prari- ent details, but be wanted to show that from the time Singer first saw the contestant until he dnally procured ‘a divorce from Catherine Maria Haley with or cohabiting with th to show that the relations 4 his client were oeither clandestine oor surreptitiou but, on the contrary, that they lived as man and wife beforg the world for a period of twenty-five years, Ex Judge Porter here asked qounsel for the contest. ant ifthere was any authority for saying that marriage is to be presumed from @ meretricious intercourse? Mr. Van Pelt repled in the negative, adding that he The locality where the robbery occurred has long Jeon the resort of bold river thieves understood the term as denoting an improper sexual relationship between & man and woman, je denied that any such relationship exited batween his client sel for the executor, addressed the Court, deprecating a | were entirely without foundation in fact. Prior to the | Ex-Judge Porter, counsel for the English legatee and | the alleged widow, said it was proper to observe that | have been | who | The paper in question | | how this contract was afterward taken from her inan | | however, on being threatened with a prosecution for | ofter. saw him write letters, woich he said were | | house they kept these letters; have never been able _ rsons pres | testant said he wouid rest his case, reserving the right | iad ‘and the testator, and contended that the law would declare that their relations were those of man Ex-Judge Porter argued that {t was the absolute ofathird party that ber name should not be dragged into a scandal, except It be material. Counsel said he never saw the person whose name had been introd\ but had no doubt that if arraigned she would be able to offera Larinry bongs atiten of apy charge that might be made against her. Mr. Van Pela disclaimed any other intention than to show that Singer in 1860 obtained an absolute divorce from his first wife for the only eause kpown to the laws of this State, When she married Kent, counsel said, 1m Qe to her, he would mention that Singer aving absented himself from her for seven years, and 4é she had not beard from him, she thought the law gave her a right to marry again. The Surrogate having excluded the question, the wit- ness was permitted to leave the stand withogt furtber cross-examination, Nicholas A. Appollonio, City Register of Boston, testified to baving filed’ a certificate of marriage be- tween Mary Ann Sponsier and John A. Foster, in that city, in 1863, Rev. George W.-Ficld, a clergyman who was con- nected with the Salem street (Boston) Congregational cburch in 1862, identified his signature to the e certificate produced by the last witness, but as he had been in the habit of marrying a great many couples did not recollect the circunsiance of marrying the parties in question. A | Neither of the last two witnesses were cross-ex- amined, counsel for the contestant conceding all they had testified to, ‘The case. will be continued to-day. ST. ANDREW’S DAY. A SKETCH OF SCOTIA’S BAINT—THE DAY 18 | THE EPICOPAL CHURCHES, ‘Throughout the world the sons of Auld Scotia cele- brated yesterday as the natal day of their patron, 8t Andrew. Ireland has its patron in St Patrick, Wales | its own St David and England celebrates St. George, | of wonderful memory, but it lies with Scotland to | claim as her patron one of the apostles. He was a brother of Simon Peter, end was, like him, » p fisherman on the Lake of Gennesaret’ When John the | Baptist was preaching in the desert Andrew went to | bear him, He was so filled with the doctrines he heard I that he at,once became a disciple anda follower, Om the day when St. John, seeing Jesus pass, cried out to his disciples, ‘Behold the Lamb of God|”” Andrew and another followed Lim. Jesus spoke to them, and An- drew at once accepted His invitation to follow Him in His mission of mercy and salvation. Neither Simon Peter nor Andrew were constant attendants on the Son of Man, but they continued to fulfl their calling as fishermen, and also to preach the doctrines of their Master among all those | with whom they were brought in contact, . They fol- lowed Him to His death on the cross, and were with Him in His last agony, After the death of the Saviour St. Andrew disseminated the Christian doctrine in Asiatic and European Scythia, Thrace, Macedonia and Epirus in Achaia It was at Patrae in Achaia that St, Andrew suffered martyrdom, and found his reward for all hig earthly labors in the service of his Master, Ho was tied with thongs to an X-shaped cross and left to die, suffering all the tortures of hunger and thirst. His head was placed downward and his arms and his legs spread out. While thus hanging and in the midst of bis tortures he cried out, “Hail, thou pre- | cious cross, that has becn consecrated by the body of My Lord and adorned with His limbs as with rich) jewels; I come to thee exulting and glad that you re- ceive me with joy into thy arma.” ‘he body was subsequently interred by a lady named Maximilia, and in the fourth century it was removed to Constantinople. During the middle’ ages a pious monk named Regulus or Rule, it is recorded, brought the right arm, of the Saint to Scotland and it was deposit- ed in the Cathedrai in the city of St Andrews. The right arm of St. Andrew was looked upon as the shield of the nation, and hence this saiut and apostle became, | according to the earliest tradition, the recognized pa- tron. "Three years ago the Archbishop of Canterbury, in» communication to the Anglican bishops, recommended that St. Andrew's Day be observed by all churches of tne Anglican communion as a day of intercession for laborers in the missionary fiel At Trinity church, at St. George at St. Ann’s, and in fact at all the churches of the Anglican communion, | there were services aud prayers for the purpose men- | tioned, in the morning, afternoon and evening. | _ A special missionary service was held at the Anthon ' Memorial church, in Forty-eighth street, and addresses | were delivered by several prominent Episcopal minis- | ters, The Rey. Dre Tyng preached at St. Ann’s in the | evening and the sermon was interpreted tor deaf mutes | by Rev, Dr. Gallaudet, At Trinity church the services were conducted by the Rev. Dr, Morgan Dix and Dr. ) Ogilby, assisted by Rev. Messrs, Hitchman and Robin- | son, DINNER OF THE ST. ANDREW'S SOCIETY. | The St, Andrew's Society had {ts annual dinner last | evening at Delmonico’s, A very large company was present, and Lord Houghton was the guest of the even- | ing, The large banqueting hall was beautifully deco- rated with the flags of different nations; a band of music was in attendance, and all that flowers, bright lights, gay wit, good cheer and mirth ; could do to render the occasion festive was | done, and successfully, It may not be out of place to name here the officers of the society selected for the ensuing year. They are as follows President, Robert Gordon; First Vice President, James Bram; Second Vice President, John S. Kennedy, Managers—Bryce Gray, John Paton, John Sloane, William Lyall, William Coverly and Alexander Rbind. ‘Treasurer—Robert Dinwiddie, | Secretary—William J. Ingram. |. Assistant Secretary—Thomas Maitland. Chaplains—Rey. William M. Taylor, D. D., and Rev. Wilham Ormiston, | Physiclan—R. K. Colville, | Quite a pleasant diversion was created during the | latter part of the repaset by the marching around the | room of one of the members, in full Scottish costume, playing the bagpipes, while bebind ‘him — stvode six stalwart waiters —_ bearing huge dishes on which smoked the Scotchman’s favorite | “haggis” The enthusiasm and cheers occasioned by this exhibition could almost be divided between the j pegutpes. aud the “‘haggis,’’ with a trifle in favor of the latter. | “After the removal of the cloth, a brief blessing was | asked by Rey. Dr. Ormiston, and then the President, Mr. Gordon made a brief address recapitulating the condi- | tion of the society, in the course of which he said that telegraphic congratulations were received trom Sai | Francis Philadelphia and other éities, to which pore responses had been sent. Before the first regu- toast, the national anthem, was sung, the solo parts taken by Messrs. MacPherson and Ellis, the whole company joining in the chorus with great spirit, | Mr. Archibald, the British Consul General, was intro- | duced tn a neat speech by Mr. Brand, the First Vice President of tho society, and responded to the fourth toast. He reviewed briefly, but with humor, the era of | orators, and said that this’ is a season when orajory raged, He finally paid a fitting tribute to the statesmen who had cemented the friendly relations between Great Britain and the United States, Dr. Ormiston responded very eloquently to the toast of “The Land 'o Cakes,” and ended by saying:—"May plenty and prosperity ever be within her ounds.’”? He was followed by Postmaster James, who responded to the “Land we live in.” His was a happy effort and provoked prolonged applause, His allusion to the HeRALD’s representative in Africa was received | with an enthusiasm which showed that the efforts of , Btanley in the cause of science had a deep hold on the sympathies of those present. The President then introduced Lord Houghton, who was made an honorary member of the society. Th bonorable guest said, in efect:—There is no man—no yablic man, at least—who has felt at all times ow valuable is the connection of England with the world. I have felt this particularly in regard to the relations of England with America, I let my fancy go back to 100 years ago; I look upon the St. Andrew's Society still a8 a British colony, as a col- ony which disseminated the English language—how far you hare done this it ill becomes me &@ Scottish society to say. (Laughter.) Why, the first time I came Into tho country, in Detroit, almost the first man I met was @ Scotti 4. Thomas Carlyle once gaid to ae “Your West Riding of Yorkshire is a younger and better Scotland, ’? I don't speak Yorkshire, but one of those men once said to me, “You speak the English language so weil we can speak to you in any tongue”? So strangely, however, do arrange matters in costume that IT Sara some years ago, being in Rome, seeing a com iy of your countrymen gor the steps of the Vatican and the 7 neeple ag | at them in wonderment The observ. ers Gnally concluded that they were some strange ¢ribe of Indians who had made their peace with the Pope, Lord ‘ton then made a happy al- lusion to this being his last night in America, and con. cluded amid prolonged cheers. After afew more brief speeches the company at a late hour adjourned. DELANEY'S EXECUTION. The Local Visiting Committee of Queens county, ay their last meeting, adopted a resolutio: requesting Sherif Sammis that the approaching execution of Dela- Rey be conductea as privately as the requirements of the law will permit, Yesterday the new hibed ordered by the Sheriff was taken to the jail. the past week Delaney, has given his keepers but little trouble, Ho talks lightly of his ing doom, aod Father MoSherry, bie’ spiritual driver, vi him but seldom, Delaney refusing to listen to Hons, ————_—— A SHOCKING DEATH. oe Attwo A M. yesterday the fromag at Leight’s brew. ery, on Jersey City Heights, was lighting the Gres, when strange sound attracted his attention, and in the main tank be found the body of s man scalded to death, Wh 6 clothes werd removed the flesh peeled o! That, giratierie pola Stake We inches in helght and abou ‘ himself and. rif he entered the building te warm to the tank, a -¢ Se