The New York Herald Newspaper, February 13, 1876, Page 7

» THE COURTS. Effort to Save John Dolan from the Gallows. Proposed Stipulation to Carry the Case to the Court of Appeals. Mr. Stockwell's Broker Gives Up An- swering Further Conundrums. linsadaijeiniledtiaielint OUNCAN, SHERMAN & (0.8 BANKRUPTCY, Every possible effort is being made to secure a new Wwial for John Dolan, convicted of the murder of James @ Noe. The following communication on the subject was sent yesterday to District Attorney Phelps :— ‘The People vs. Jobn Dolan, on. Bensamin K. Puxirs:— ‘Deak Sin—In view of the tact tl ited all th edings in the wv and Termi: ry Attention as prosecut- ice, to Judge Barrett's froma rieaity al eapiag his case. toriewed ul ave an opportunity of baving his case reviewed b; Court of Appeals,” I, as counsel for John Dolan, respect iy ask that you sign the enclosed Hep ater. Yours very teapect ful WILLIAM F. HOWE of counsel for John Dolan. The following is the stipulation referred to in the wove letter -— ‘Whereas the Supreme Court has at its General Term Beenest against Jobn Dolan, affirming the convict: mn of ion of of the crime of murder by the Court of Oyer and Ter- | er; and whereas ouly the said judgment remains on file said Su Court, but the transeript of indictments tnd judgment record and bill of exceptions, upon inspection by said Supreme Court, it adjudged as aforesaid, ave been transmitted to the’ Oyer and Terminer for Parpose of resentence, and is not now on file in wid preme Court; and whereas a wit of error. founded spon said judgment of affirmation has been duly ailowed by SJustice of the Supreme Court, and with the orally éxpressed intention of said justice, made in open court, that it was so Allowed in order ‘that the Court of Appeals might review said Judgment; and whereas no stay is asked for, and the id John Dolan takes the risk of having his day in the jourt of Appeals before the sent. now, therefore, it is stipulated that the Clerk of th Dyer and Terminer may, at the proper cost and ex- fonts, of said Jobo. Dolan, furnish, “in the. Supreme jourt, anothor: certified transcript ‘of the indictment jent und record, which was in snid Court prior to thi irmation aforesaid and bill of exceptions in the crimina setion of The People vs. John Dolan aforesaid, that they then, being filed in the said Supreme’ Court, may be removed by waid writ of error into the Court of Appeals for revicw. i Mr. Phelps, being absent in Washington, was unable, of course, to return the stipulation with his signature. In case he sigus it, which it is expected he will do without hesitancy after the action of Judge Barrett, it ts expected that Dolan’s case will be argued this week | at the Court of Appeals, ahd that a speedy decision may be anticipated. THE PACIFIC MAIL INQUIRY. ‘fhe proceedings in the case of the Pacific Mail Steam- ship Company vs. William 8. King and John @. Schu- maker was adjourned till eleven A. M. yesterday, when it was expected that Samuel J, Harriot, A. B. | Btockwell’s broker, would again appear and give | further evidence in regard to terious checks that passed between the Pa- tific Marl Steamship Company and the firm of Harriot & Noyes during the year 1872 At those mys- half-past twelve o'clock Mr. Harriot had not appeared, | and Mr. . Bennett, counsel for the Pacific Mail Steamship Company, offered the following checks in evidence, which checks he wished explained by Mr. Harriot:— Two checks of March 16 for $50,000 and $200,000; one of April 11 for $20,000; three of April 16 for 185,600, 4 $320,600 and one of April 17 for $85,500; and also the folluwing, a portion of whieh, counse said, no record could be found on the books of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company :—One beck of February 23 for $100,000, one of February 14 for $205,401 one of March 5 for $21,000, one of ril 17 for $19,000, two of April 19 for $162,187 50 and $176,800, two of ‘April 16 for $142,560 48 and $96,000, two of May 15 for $232,200 and $201,412 60, and one of May 21 for $228,735 83. ir. Bennett, counsel for the steamship company, here Stated to Commissioner Edwin M. Wight that he had expected the appearance of Mr. Harriot on the wit- mess stand, but was disappointed. He had also seen ther parties who had promised to be present and tes- tify, but they had also failed tocomply. He understood that there was a conference held between the witnesses, called by the Pacific Mail Steamship Company for the urpose of arranging their testimony. On motion of ir, Bennett the further bearing was adjourned till \welve o’clock to-morrow. DUNCAN, SHERMAN & CO. In the matter of William Butler Duncan, William Watis Sherman and Francis H. Grain, composing the rm of Duncan, Sherman & Co., the hearing of the ar- gument on the petition of the United States, the gov- prnment of Mexico and others, judgment creditors, for revocation of the adjudication of bankruptcy, occupied the attention of Judge Biatchiord, in the United States District Court, yesterday, and will be continued next Waturday. SUMMARY OF LAW CASES. In the case of Jacob H. Groesbeck, committed by Judge Sheridan for contempt of court, and brought be- fore Judge Lawrence yesterday on a writ of habeas cor- pus, the writ was dismissed and the prisoner re- manded. ‘The two lots owned by Mary L. Tiffany, on south aide of Sixty-ninth street, 150 feet east of Madison avenue and 125 feet west of Fourth avenue, have been released from the lis pendens in the $6,000,000 Tweed suit. The order bas been granted by Judge Lawrence, and was yesterday filed in the County Clerk's Office. Judge rence yesterday refused to vacate an order of arrest against William Durant, chief mate of tho bark Havelock, arrested on a charge of assault at sea Herman Baur sued the Loriilard Steamship Company to recover $1,220 78 damages for the loss of his barge et piers 33 and 34 East River through the alleged negligence of the company. The suit was tried before i Van Brunt in the Court of Common Pleas, and yesterday resulted in a verdict for $562 50 for the in Supreme Court, Special Term, before Judge Dono- hue, a motion was ‘made yesterday on behalt of Mra, Eldridge, daughter of the-laie George Barmore, for a Teceiver in a suit to set aside a trust deed executed by Barmore in his lifetime. The motion was opposed on the ground that the trustees had not acted under the teed, ‘The Court took the papers. Judge Larremore yesterday denied a motion for | eave to amend the answer in the suit of Louis D, Rucker against the New York, Housatonic and North- ern Railroad Company, Erastus F. M Thomas Clark, Jr., David 8 Duncombe and George W. Meade, pin saked recover on note for $6,735 34 It is ad- D at note Was given, but tue defendants say _ that it was an accommodation note made without con- sideration and discounted usurious rate. DECISIONS. SUPREME COURT—CHAMBERS, By Judge Lawrence. f Bippel ys. Sippelk— Report of referee confirmed and wegen of divorce granted to the plaintitf. felson vs. Shwing. —I cannot grant a positive order, but shall grant an order to show cause, oer vs. Herbell.—Findings as settled. M Maiter of Borden. —Rule 66 requires that the security to be given should be a bond im a penalty of double th amount. r eee Simpson v& Armstrahg; Cambeiort vs. Schedel; Andreas vs. Perl et al.) Matter of Berham; Matter o Kaiser; Traissiob ve, Jones. —Granted. Harbman ys. New York Sanitary and Chemical. 0- y. —Order as settled, Explanation required. syles vs. Eyles. —The referee should attest or certify that the testimony of the different witnesses was sworn to before him by each witness, ‘Matter of Stephenson. —Bonds approved. Jones vs. Doady et al. (three cases).—I wish to know whether these cases were upon 79 a a ether the motions were granted upon defau! “ORS va. Groesbeck.—Writ dismissed and prisoner eemanded, Memorandum, By Judge Barrett, Levy vs. Harris,—Motion denied with $10 costa 7 =o Company vs. Tyrell.—Order edeina; 04 sare im posed. aenian Savina Bank vs. Caverly,—Order settled lowing the principa amendments of the purchaser, eS) iy vs. ratty. —Order settied. Quigiey vs. Guardian Mutual Life Insurance Com- |. — Mot) granted in partand denied in part as Spedltied ry margin of the notice ot motion, with weasons therefor; $10 costs to abide the event. Wilson va Loinbach ot al —Motion granted as to the Wfth separate acfence, and denied as to the third; no ‘vs. Lalor. —Motion denied. Cameron vs. Keeley.—Motion denied and stay of pro- feedings vacated, with $10 costs to the defendant, uw rand ‘Matter ‘of Hebra Hased vs, Emet —Mandamus denied, with costa. Memorandum. SUPERIOR COURT—SPECIAL TERM. Judge Sahford. Lang va. ert dgoeon requiring plaintif® to file aoe ere Er eage Sedgwick. : ju cl Fallon va. Watson et ry nee va, Atlantic Matual (ngurance j.—Reforence ordered. wual rtington ra, Reve et al; Spofford etal vs. Texas Land Com- “Barta Yared iad art Hartung va. Hieber. —-Heceiver's bond approved. WASHINGTON PLACE POLICE GOURT. Betore Judge Morgan. A COMPLICATED CASE. ° Louis H. Redfield, of No. 106 West Fiftieth street, sharged James Thompson, of No, 66 Amity street, with | Deer f | United States. | ‘NEW YORK HERALD, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1876.-QUADRUPLE SHEET. Stealing a pair of seaisRin gioves, vained at $15. The complainant stated that he was in the company of the prisoner in @ lager bees saloon at Sixth avenue and Thirtieth street on Monday even! Playing cards at the time the gloves were stolen, 1! risoner admit- ted the possession of the gi jut claimed lent Redfield $5 on them, He was in the lensing Redflela money on his overcoat and other cles, and no larceny was intended. Mr. Redfield, who 1s @ lawyer, contended that it was ‘constructive Jareeny,”” e prisoner was juired ‘ive $300 balte ewer, -— cy wiht FIFTY-SEVENTH STREET COURT. Before Judge Duffy. 4 DOMESTIC’s Loss, Bridget Turner, a domestic residing at No, 158 East Sixty-third street, charged Daniel Foley, of No. 327 | Hudson avenue, Brooklyn, with the larceny of $69 worth of jewelry. Foley and his wife kept rooms on | the corner of Fifty-sixth street and Second avenue on the 4th of Lecember last, and Bridget left her trunk in their care. They removed to Brooklyn without ; informing her, and thus committed the larceny com- plained of. Foley was held for trial. He denies the , charge. POLICE COURT NOTES. | At the Washington Place Police Court yesterday John | Kane, of No, 536 Hndson street, was held in $500 to | answer for violation of the Lottery laws, At the Tombs Police Court yesterday, before Judge | Bixby, Patrick MoGuire, of Chicago, aged nineteen | years, was held to answer on a chargo of rifling the | yoor boxes of St. Patrick's Cathedral of $26, The | prisoner bad conceaied himself under one of the pews | | during service on Friday and was discovered breaking out of the Cathedral at two o'clock on Saturday morn- ing. Bail $1,000, ‘At the Essex Market Police Court yesterday, before | Jadge Otterbourg, John N. Hoffmann, of No. 62 First | street, was required to give $3,000 bail for examina. | | lon, on complaint of Eliza Rammelskamp, corner of |; Stanton and Orchard streets, who charged that Hoft- | mann had seduced her under promise of marriage. Some interesting facts in connection with the case will be brought out upon examination. BROOKLYN RING SUITS. Yesterday Mr. Demas Barnes, proprietor of the Argus, who has been sued by Colone) Julius W. Allen, | Chief Engineer of the Brooklyn Board of City Works, | for libel, damages being laid in the sum of $25,000, i filed his answer to the complaint in the City Court. | | ‘The anger reviews the history of the reservair con- | tract, Hudson and Third avenue sewers and the Wall- | about jobs, and pleads justifcation in every respect | for tho published article to which Chief Engineer | Adams took exception. In the suits brdight by Mr. Parsons in behalf of the | | Attorney General against Messrs, Bliss, Fowler, Kingsley and Keene, for alleged irrogularities in the storage reservoir and Third avenue contracts, notice | of appeal from the decision of Judge Barrott was yes. | | terday served upon General Pryor, counsel for de- | fendants, The suits in question were originally com- | | menced by the State in the Supreme Court, and coun- | Was yesterday, in the Kings County Court of Over | and Terminer, found guilty of that crime and sen- | in cold blood, | pression upon him. The jury were promptly on hand, | sel for Commissioner Fowler argued at length, | betore Judge Barrett, a motion tor the change | of . venue from ‘New York Yo Brooklyn, | where tho alleged malfeasance, if any there | existed, had been committed. Mr. Parsons opposed | the motion to transfer the suits on the ground that the | political influence of the defendants was so strong in that city that 1t would be difficult to tind a jury that would be entirely uninfluenced by the defendants: | Judge Barrett, sitting in the Special Term, Supreme Court, rendered a decision in favor of the motion to | change the place of trial from New York to Brooklyn. Defendants’ counsel is now notified of the intention of | the plaintiff to appeal from the order of Judge Barret to the General Term of the Supreme Court No date | has,been fixed for arguing the appeal. | HEAVY SUIT AGAINST A LAWYER. | Yesterday Sheriff Daggett served a summons and ‘complaint upon Mr. Benjamin £. Valentine, a well known member of the bar of New York and Brooklyn, | in a suit which has been instituted against him before the Supreme Court, The complaint, which is signed by | Henry Snell, attorney for Richard C. Langdon, plain- tiff, allegés that in the month of February, 1874, the plaintiff sued Charles E. £vans, in the Supreme Court | of Kings county, to recover the value of certain | property worth ' $6,000. | | machinery and other At that time Mr, David Barnett was his at- | torney. The defendant, Charles £, Evans, was in the concrete payement business, and is very well | known in Washington and Bepoklyn) where he has a large number of pavements. In Washington, it | said, he had business relations with “soss” Shep- | | herd in the matter of patent paveme Langdon pur- | chaged the machinery for which he sued from Theo- dore A. Stratton, who had previously purchased it | | from Evans. The latter aljeged that the sale of the | property to. Lai d therefore re- fused to deliver it county, how- ever, seized and delivered the machinery to Langdon | on the replevin suit. In the Supreme Court of the Dis- | trict of Columbia, some time prior to January 11, 1876, an action bad been commenced by Mr. Langdon st Mr. Evans to recover machinery used by him in | ington. Mr. Benjamin £. Vasentine defended Mr. Evans in that suit’ Tho suits in New York and Wash- ington were precisely the same, and it is alleged that a | discontinaance of the first action would be beneficial | to Mr, Evans. The Brooklyn case was called for trial before Judge Pratt on January 11, but Mr. Evans’ coun- | sel was not ready to goon, and the plarntifl’s lawyer | was about to take inquest when Counsellor Valen- tine entered into a written jpulation that if | the suits were discontinued without costs to | party the nti, Langdon, might retain the | property. e Court sanctioned the agreement ana the usual order to that effect was entered. When the case at Washi was called the stipulation was re- | pudiated and Mr. Langdon was mulcted for costs, Itis claimed that by this failure to observe the stipulation | he is lable, ander the statute, for treble , and | in this suit against him Mr. Langdon demands judg- | ment in the sum of $37,500 and costs. The Bar Ass ciation of Kings coumty is much exercised over the resent suit and threaten to take action im the case, | Mr. Valentine 1s a son-in-law of Mr. Augustus Storrs, | of Monroe place, Brooklyn. | , UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT. | Wasunorox, Feb 11, 1876. In the United States Supreme Court yesterday the following cases were hoard :— | No. 144. Kobi et al. vs, United States—Error to the Circuit Court for the Southern District of Ohio. —Th: ernment to oust the plain- | tills in error of id estate held under William 8 | | Groesbeck, of Cincinnati, the United States claiming | under the right ofeminent domain. The object was to | appropriate the lot (in Cincmnati) for a post office, &e., | and other public buildings. The plaintiffs in error ob- jected to the jurisdiction, but t Cireuit Court } | j ‘affirmed its jurisdiction under the power of eminent | domain claimed, andthe judgment was fot the govern- | ment. While disclaiming any intention to discuss this point here, it is still said that there i@ nothing im the action | of the legisiative branch of the government for the , | past eighty ro providing for the exercise of such a © power by the federal government. It has beun the , | policy of Congress, say counsel, to avoid a collision | with the theory of State rights by raising such @ ques. | tion, and it is argued thatif tho State had cow H thority for the proceeding the aporsreanioh tan ho | made through the State Lgwana GY the degision of the | State courts. Fror algo, {k 18 céniended to re- | H foray débiahe of the plaintiffs in error for a separate ri to value of their estate in th taken, Tie Siate law provides for such a sepa | 824 ine proceeding should accord with the 3 Btello & Kittrid) id Henry Stanberry for plaintiffs in | error; E. B. Smith, Assistant Attorney General, for the No, 147. Burns va the District of Colombia—Error | to the Supreme Court of the District. —This was another | | action to recover damages for injuries sustained by reason of negligence in respect of the public streets. | There was a verdict of $3,500 for the plaintif at the trial, but the General Term ruled that the District was not liable for the condition of a street under authority | ofthe Corporation in Washington, and reversed the | Judgment, and rendered # judgment for the defendant. ‘It was also ruled that the whole responsibility for the condition of the streets was in the Board of Public | Works. It is here contended that these ruliugs were | error on the same gtounds maintained ia pcm | cases presenting the same questions. R. K. Piliot an: W. D. Davidge nti in error; E. L. Stanton tor | defendant in error. | RECORD OF CRIME. / The cigar manufactory of Peter Nichol, No. 1,608 Third avenue, was entered by thieves during the ab- sence of the propriclor and Havana tobacco to the value of $140 stolen. Mra Frances Hall, of No. 10 Bond street, reports to | the police the joss of two diamond pins, stolen from her Toom. Between six and seven o'clock on Friday evening sneak thieves entered the residence of Charles H. Well- ing, No, 18 East Thirty-sixth street, by means of false keys, Tbe thieves then ed He race ror ransack closets and pantries and made thelr escape with worth of property, consisting of jewelry, silverware and clothing | ‘The number of persons arrested during the week was 613. a were 479 persons arrested in Brooklyn last week. é James Dowd was thrown down a cellar at his place of abode, No. 140 Butler street, Brookiyn, yesterday af- ternoon, by George jer, ve whom he quarreiied. He was severely Injured about the bead. On Friday evening last an ivory handled dagger and Gowanus, There were spots of blood on the blade of the weapon. Captain McKellar is investigating the iter. Geeree Golding, of No, 154 Freeman street, Brook- | Of the detectives who worked up the case, submitting | | fidelity and trutp{ulness throughout the entire case. | | to sustain it should be caref ness’ oath, nor because of any prejudice for any reason against that class of citizens. He (Mr. Beach) asked the Court to charge the jury that if the testimony | of Abrabam Jacobs, Dora Ruben. | | went on to recite the charges against the prisoner, and, ) Was admitted, and the question for the jury was as to | had been convicted on perjured evidence and RUBENSTEN'S DOOM, Convicted of Murder in the First Degree. The Prisoner To Be Hanged on the 24th of March; THE SCENE IN COURT. Pesach N. Ruberstein, the Hebrew who was charged with the murder of bis cousin, Sara Alex- ander, on the night of the 12th of December last, tenced to be hanged on Friday, the 24th of March. This verdict was not altogether unexpected, though many anticipated @ disagreement, the evidence ad- duced being entirely of a circumstantial character. It was conceded that the victim was decoyed onthe night mentioned to a cornfield and there butchered nd the testimony as to the where- abouts of Rubenstein at the time the deed was sup- poged to have been perpetrated being somewhat con- | tradictory, it was thought thatthe jury wonld havo considerable difficulty in coming to a conclusion. ‘The result, however, was otherwise, for after deliber- atingabout one hour and ahalf they returned to court and announced their verdict THE PROCEEDINGS. ‘The court room was crowded to the doors yesterday morning, and, the means of ventilation being some- whut defective, the atmosphere became heavy and disagreeable. The prisoner, in whose general appear- ance no change was visible, took his accustomed seat, surrounded by his friends and relatives. He bad re- fused to ride in a coach to# the court house, the day being the Hebrew Sabbath, and walked through the |-every soul in court, every eye was fixed upon the | treets to the judicial sceno. Throughout the day he | maintained the same listless expression that has marked his deportment since the commencement of the trial, Not understanding English the forcible re- marks of the District Attorney seemed to make no im- and shortly after ten o'clock the proceedings were re- sumed, District Attorney Britton commenced his address on the part of the prosecution at a quarter past ten o’clock. After alluding to the duty of the jury in this case, he drew a vivid picture of the horrible murder in the corn field, where the young Jewess was decoyed and foully murdered. No human eyes save those of tho | murderer saw the deed, and the case was, therefore, one of circumstantial evidence and the only kind of evidence that could be produced. He then read several extracts on the subject of circumstantial evidence, | and pointed out the great importance that mast almost | in every case be attached to 1, ‘The District Attorney then reviewed the evidence as it had been presented, and claimed that a complete chain of circumstances had been fully proved implicating the prisoner. The boots of the prisoner fitted the tracks in the corn field; blood, corn husks and u fibre of the murdered girl’s | shawl wore found on one of the boots, The prisoner | had been identified as the person who had purchased the knife, with which, it was conceded, the foul deed | had been committed; and he had also been identified | as the person who accompanied the girl on the street car, He contended that the chain was as complete as it was possible to make it by circumstantial evidence. The District Attorney eulogized the efforts | that they were ent: a t0 gr credit for their zeal, He submitted, further, that any one of the circam- stances proved was sufficient to convict the prisoner, to say nothing of all the facts that pointed to his | wilt. He repudiated the idea of the prisoner being at | fis father’s house on the te in question, and alluded tothe fact that nearly all the witnesses called to prove an alibi were relatives of the prisoner. It | was conceded by all that the girl in the car was the unfortunate victim. The testimony of the wi.nesses who saw the map in the car pointed with almost certainty to the prisoner. Then, again, the prisoner’s words to Alexander about bis sister bav- ing been decoyed into the country by loafers and mar- dered, and the prisoner’s dream in connection with it were, he submitted, corroborative proof of hie guilt Tne District Attorney quoted several authorities to show that the detence of an alibi was often attempted by connivance, subornation and perjury, apd the evidence a ri ‘physically’ ineapebie of jelence soner was physically je 0} perpetrating ised, counsel claimed that before the murder was committed the prisoner had been engaged in his fs Darvel business occupations. A girl of twenty ears 01 would be more liable to fall upon her nees and for merey than offer any resistance. It ‘was evident, he said, the murderer had stood behind the girl when the deed was done, and that grasping her by we hair at the back of the head he inflicted the fatal gash across throat. In that position the mur- derer would not be liabje to be besmeared with blood. In conclusion, the District Attorney submitted that the chain of crrcamstances was complete in ry respect, and that in view of all the evidence conclusion: could be arrived at, He asked for justice, and justice only, The address of the District Attorney was terse and forcible, and as he resumed his seat a loud burst of pplause rang out the court room, which, how- ever, was speedily pressed. A recess was taken afew minutes before one o'clock. THE JUDGE'S CHARGE. Mr. Beach, at the reopening of the Court, said he re- quested’ that the following instractions be given to the ‘That the jury have no right to discredit any wit- of race or faith as an Israclit nes: cause of the manner of the administration of the wit- ‘acob "5 and Mrs. Bobolinsky in this case, the - defendant cannot properly be convicted. He haa selected these names from the numerous witnesses who were produced to prove an alibi, and he desired to direct the Attention of | the Court to their relation to the case out of considera. | tion to the hasty manuer im which he closed his ad- | stein to be believed Rubenstein lived, and that there might have been fia on the sidewalk, where were also corn- weigh t) HA aa ome The Judge then adverted to ea te the purchase of the knife, and stated that @ Ea he according to a weil Known law of evidence, believed that witness going on the stand told the truth unless there was evidence to disbelieve. But the great ques- tion in the case was as to the identity of the prisoner. He was recognized at the jail, among Others there, by the girl who sold’ the knife, There was little doubt owing to the surroundings that Sara Alexander was recognized by witnesses who were in the same ear, and among them were Buchkolz, Louisa Kerr, Waters and others, Yet one lady said that Rubenstein was not the man she had seen in the car. It was forthe jury to determine that eues- tion, Having stated all the principal facts relied on by the prosecution for a conviction, the Court added that Mt was maintained by the defence that the prisoner was hysically unable to attack the girl, but, on the other ‘ad, the people maintained that since his illness on the 18th of May he had been able to attend to his ordinary business. Having aiscussed the question of an alibi, the Court added that the previous good character of the prisoner was an element in his favo: He warned the jury not to be guided in their deliber- ations by any outside influences or opinions, and con- cluded by — that the law was no respecter of persons, high or lo Jew or Gentile, All were entitled toa fair trial at the bar of justice, Upon the jury now rested the re- sponsibility of deteruining ihe issue, THY JURY RETIRE, The jary left the court room at twenty-five minutes past two o'clock, The 1 that they would disagree prevailed, and many accordingly sought tho fresh air. ‘The prisoner was removed toa corner of the court room, hear a window, where he sat almost motionless for nearly an hour and a half. Shortly before four o’clock a rambling sound was heard in the corridors and the word having been passed that the jury were coming into court, a rush was made for seats, The jurymen filed into the court room, and from the gravity and settled appearance of their looks there were not a few who predicted an unfavorable issue for the prisoner, who staggered to his former seat. He bore no semblance of agitation. THR VERDICT, The jury roll having been called the Clerk of tho Court pat the usual interrogatory as to whether the jury had agreed upon a verdict, and the foreman re- plied in the affirmative. The jurymen were then directed to look at the prisoner, who in turn was directed to look at the jur d amid the most pro- found silence, the Clerk 8: “Gentlemen, you find that ee prisoner is guilty of murder in the first de- ree : The Foreman—We do, At this announcement, which sent a thrill through |i fowls were killed in the im whicn prisoner, who even at this stage of the case showed no symptoms of tefror or excitement. He resumed his seat and looked from the’ bench tothe jury box in | me ingless mauner, He was then summoned to the r. the prisoner, said he had no object in asking for a de- lay of sentence. ‘ A SCENE, “Have you anything to say,” asked the Court, ad- dressing ihe prisoner, ‘why sentence of death should | not be gassed upon you?” The services of an interpreter were secured, and the jy Prisoner, at once comprehending his terrible situation, ) burst forth in German and Hebrew in a wild and im- passioned appeal iu which he asserted his innocence ot the crime. He pulled down the lon; | dark hair from either side of his pallid temples—a custom among the Hebrews in making a solemn statement—and looking the picture of misory and despatr, proclaimed, in strident tones, his ignor- ance. He almost shrieked out words to the effect that he had never seduced Sara Alexander, that he had never laid a hand upon her and that he was as innocent as the child anborn. Meanwhile the crowd collected around him, and his remarks became 80 confused as to be unintelligible, “Have you anything else to say?” asked the Court. ‘The prisoner, throwing up Lis hands, shouted, “Yes, yes,’’ and again loudly asserted his innocence, THE SENTENCE. Judge Pratt then passed the sentence of the Court. The prisoner, he said, had been patiently and carefully tried by a jury remarkable for its intelligence. He had had tho beneiit of counsel whose ability and eloquence could not be surpassed, but whose labors for bis acquit- tal bave been in vain, The result of the trial had been the conviction of the prisoner of a terrible murder, the details of which he would not recapitulate. It pre- sented a picture teo horrible to contemplate—the mur- der of one allied to the prisoner by ties of raco, religion and blood—of one who naturally look: to tho prisoner for ‘protection, but who, instead of affording it, butchered her without mercy. The law required that criminals pronounced guilty of murder should be given some time to prepare for deqth, which the prisoner so brutally refused to his unfortinate victim, “And now, Pesach Rubenstein,” concluded Judge Pratt, “listen to the sentence, which is that you be taken to the ja from whence you came, and that ou Friday, the 24th of March next, between the hours of nine o'clock in the morning and two o'clock in the afternoon, you be hanged by the neck until you are dead, and may God have mercy on your soul.” The prisoner was then removed and the vast au- dience dispersed. THE SIMMONS MURDER, ‘As soon as order had been restored upon the conciu- sion of the summing up of the Rubenstein case for The People by District Attorney Britton, Andreas Fuchs was arraigned before the Court of Oyer and Terminer, Mr. King, the counsel for Fuchs, said that he had re- cently taken the case and it would requiro some time to prepare the defence. Ho desired to see all the im- plements of the murder which had been taken from the accused. The District Attorney said it was his practi to give all privi to counsel in that respect. Judge Pratt Gnally set case on the calendar for trial on the third Monday in March. It is understood that the defence will be based on tho lea of insanity. Fuchs enjoys excellent health and become quite at home in his cell in the loathsome Raymond Street Jail. Mrs. Fuchs is also a prisoner, but is not permitted to see or speak to her husband, ANOTHER MURDERER CONVICTED. PATRICK WARD FOUND GUILTY OF MURDER IN THE FIRST DEGREE. In the Warren County (N. J.) Court of Oyer and Terminer, at Belvidere yesterday, Chief Justice Beasley presiding, the trial of Patrick Ward for the kill- ing of Peter T. Miers, at Phillipsburg, on the 17th of May was concluded, bya bab returning @ vordict of guilty of murder in the hiret degree. Chiet Justice Beasley delivered his charge yesterday morning and the jury retired at noon, returning ut three o'clock with their verdict. The prisoner evinced great sorrow when he listened to the verdict, and was remauded for sentence, BLOOD STAINS. To tae Eprror ov tas Heratp:— Contradiction has a contrary effect on persons of dress without having alluded particularly to these wit- The District Attorney said that if he could reply he | would have no objection. Mr. Beach then called attention to the witnesses | mentioned whose testimony related to the hour at | Which they stated they saw Rabensteim—six o'clock in | the evening on the day of {ne murder. The District Aticrne¥ submitted Should be thay cnéy were to be belie’ 1 COS padi Pratt said he Would charge their propositions, | Und then proceeded to charg jury. He said the rotracted trial was now drawing toa close. The jury Bea been selected from a, large body of their fellow citizens, to whom they conilded the determination of | this issue. Having passed a high eulogium on the | manner in which the vase had been presented by the counsel on both sides, who, he said, prepared it with almost unparalioled skill, industry and ability, he t the charge if they were reviewing the — evide sieted the cigcum- stances which t) prosecution relied for conviction. That the girl had been murdered whether the prisoner at the bar had committed the deed. If it had been proved beyond all reasonable doubt that he had petpetrated the murdor there was thing for the jury to do but convict him; while, if a reasonable doubt existed, the prisoner was entitled to the benefit of it, Having defined what the law méant by a reasonable doubt he proceeded to dilate on the subject ef circumstantial evidence, Crimes were committed in darkness and in secrecy, and testimony vided into direct and positive evidence and into was known as circomastantial evidence. Peopie wi what untrue confessions, because § mis- takes had been made in tribunals it did ot follow that evidence of the various classes | shoald not be believed, otherwise crime would be ram- | pant and malefactors would unpunished. This case | was an instance, At the time the tracks were made in the corn field the weather was soft, avd th the weather was frosty and the footprints hard. In the phil of circumstantial evidence there were li of evidence oftentimes ging to- ot like the links of a chain, but if the links were | y then the evidence must be d Now, it was asserted that the person accused was not at the scene of the murder. If the jury believed the evidence to that effect he was entitl to an acquittal. If they could make any hypothesis that would fit with the innocence of the accused he was entitled toa verdict of acquittal. It was for the jury not only to determine whether the witnesses told the truth, bat to draw natoral inferences from the same. Upon the subject of motive, the Court went on to state that for nearly every crime there was some mo- tive, although it waa not for conviction that the motive should be proved. hat was an adequate motive to one person might not be so in another. When it was that an act wag done the law 1 ferred \t was done for a motive. An attempt had been made to prove prev: relations between the prisoner and Sara pattie. , and the jary bad heard what hac been said on the sul It was alleged’ that the prisoner in going im search of Sara Alexander mad certain declarations when in company with Detectiv’ Zandt, These declarations sh: be carelully scrat; nized. Then there was the probability of the gil paving been away by other person. ‘The Court then reviewed at length the testimony ar duced in feference to the boots which were producd in court and the footprints in the corn field, and sad lyn, wag attacked by thtee men while on bis way home last night. They knocked hun down and robbed him or Be spice trode ned 9 & pe xine ij wa i¢ Town Board of Ly a 10 offer a re- ward of $4,000 for the elucidatiob or the mystery of the Wagedy, : that the Patt must weigh every circumstance beloe any copelusion was arrived at. ‘He also alluded to te coincidence of blood, corn husk and the piece)! woollen garment id the mud which bd been found on the boot, which it was claimd belonged to the prisoner, They had been Ud different mental development. With the strong and robust it is welcome, affording a scope for honest re- Joinder and @ relief from that dead level of mediocrity where allare of the same opinion; au contraire, with the narrow-minded and the weak, as Mrs. Partington says, ‘It does so fly to the head.’” Had I written anything needlessly offensive respect- ing Dr. Richardson my own self-condemnation would have been far stronger than that caused by any, “vulgar abuse” he could hurl, That Dr. Richardso n unable to answer my article, should in bis dire neces- sity “go” for somebody is possible; but I believe my article contained nothing calling for rudeness or any breach of decorum. With humility I accept the name of “novice” and of being ‘‘ignorant.” Indeed twenty- five years of constant study with the microscope and its literature has but shown to me the poverty of all the accumalated research into the vast fleld opened to us by the use of this instrument and the immense ter- ritory wnexplored. The expression ‘‘iudicrous bianders’’ I respectfully return to the Doctor. He will Ond it convenient for the next occasion on which he replies to a courteous but perhaps severe criticisin with abusive epithets. The desire of Dr. Richardson to leave his vindication to time is somewhat inopportune. Now is the time to settle this question; posterity has already sufficient on its hands, { apprehend Dr. Woodward has al! ven the solution, and that little remains for Dr. ardson, with his discoveries, but to fal leasant to contemplate anged on the evidence of experts who left the witness box with a mental reservation, w! out reckoning these who have suffered from false testi- mony, given in ignorance, The London ‘Medical Tii ferring to the of an expert, states that vidence of must be looked upon ‘as m what we might expect to hear when of the microscope form of jon tom gaping audience than the solemn jae OM oath of ® man of science in a court of justice. mm are specially interested to have this cleared up instantly, Into the bands of bis counsel the prisoner intrusts his case, his hopes, his life, With such a momentous pvc ag can he who pleads for life neglect to avail himself of the facts I have but gathered to when systematic suppres- sion has been avowed)y practised? Restricted to the compass of an article, I endeavored to cover the ground of this erry and, sys evidence ex rage a theme subject from technical detaii, | for the firey time pi 4 a8 & whole before the general public. The authorities of this pred ty had consent in writing 06 place my name under the and the: in the ofa decided to the contrary, THE W: R OF THE TOLE ON “BLOOD STAINS.”” ATTEMPTED SUICIDE, — At half-past eleven yesterday morning Cornelius Gleary, of Newton street, Greenpoint, attempted to commit suicide by jumping in the North River from the ferryboat James Fisk, Jr., as she was entering tho slip foot of Twenty-third street. He was rescued b: Otheer Lee, of the Sixteenth precinct, and Martin Greany, of No. 100 Tenth avenue. At the station house he was attended by Dr. M and was afverward joLeod, sent to Bellevue Hospital. The cause of bis atte unknowa, 5 Pee ang w, Tich oF poor, black or white, | In response to the Court, Mr. Mott, of counsel for | MAYOR WICKHAM’ DEAL. Republican Tactics to Con- trol City Patronage. RUMORS ABOUT COMING VACANCIES, What the Politicians Say of New York’s Chief Magistrate. Never in its history has the city’s political situation beep so peculiarly mixed as at the present time. | Prominent among the topics which now disturb the local political mind isthe alleged defection of Mayor Wickham from the democratic ranks over to the bosom of the republican party. After the late election mooted question as to what political barbor ‘“‘my can- didate”’ would next steer to, whetber he would again trim his sails with Mr. John Kelly, who had made him Mayor from a combination with the anti-Tammany party, or go over body and soul to the Castom House. According to recent actions and the complexion of the news from Albany “my can- didate”’ seems to have taken tho iron-clad oath and to-day stands with the latter body. What the con siderations are tor this peculiar change of front, to us a mild term, have not yet been clearly developed. That it isa fact few who have watched the political situa- tion of late can scarcely doubt, PROOFS OF HIS HONORS RRBRLLION. On the 3lst of December Mayor Wickham appointed two republican Police Commissioners, Messrs. Ehrhardt and Wheeler, in place of Messrs. Disbecker and Matsel!, removed, This was the first part of the deal. Now comes: the news from Albany that a resolution was passed by arcpublican Assembly favoring the passage of a bill tak- | ing away the confirmatory power in the matter of ap- | pointments {rom the Board of Aldermen and giving the | exclusive control to the Mayor over those matters, | But what is Mr, Wickham to give in return for those | favors from the republican party? Curious rumors are circulated around the City Hall on these potnts, It | would not make the Mayor’s ears tingle with pleasure to hear them repeated, First came the assertion that | @ spring election was to be staved off, Then is heard the curious statement for an independent nomination by a new taxpayers’ party (represented by the lately organized Municipal Society, of which Mr. Salem H. Wales seems to be the guiding spirit behind the scenes) and an indorsement | by the reppblicans, It is thus urged that the lato Chairman of Apollo Hall, convert to Tammany and favor- ite protégé of ‘*Boss’’ Kelly, has sold out in this manner to his political enemies, The great statesmanship which picked out “my candidate” for the Mayoraity of New York is here again eminently exemplified, COMING VACANCIES IN PUBLIC OFFICES, It is also alleged as part of this bargain that Mayor Wickham has promised to appoint none but republi- cans of tho sternest type to the following offices mado vacant this year by the expiration of their terms; A comptroller in place of Andrew H. Green. A police commissionor in plage of John R. Voorbis. Three excise commissioners in place of William H. Stiner , D. D. T, Marshall and J, L. Stewart, A park commissioner in place of David B, William- son. All the ‘city marshals who were appointed for three years, and whose terms of office expire on the lst of May next. | In view of this plan it will be seen how necessary it | is for the republican Legislature to pass a law takiog | away the confirmatory power trom a Board of Alder- men where there is a democratic majority. The game looks plausibie and may be carried out in this way. | THE COMPTROLLERSHIP, The term of Mr. Andrew H. Green as Comptroller of the city expires on the 20th of November next. Wickham will then have the appointment of a cessor unless the Legi § fitto prolong Mr. Green’s term by an amendment to the charter, A prominent politician yesterday informed the HeraLp representative that part of the present pro- posed to piace ex-Collector of the Port Thomas Krorphy is the Comptrollership. however, seems visionary, as it is pretty well under- stood in political circles that Mr. Green’s term will be extended by the present ture if he wishes to.ro- main as chief of the Finance Department. It would certainly prove a dangerous experiment on the part of the republicans of this city to engineer through a scheme unmistakably indicating th arc) ofa mayor for party aggrandizement and the spoils of office. Success of the State campaign for Governor and As- sembly might hinge upon this very action. The re- poblcase ope even to obtain jon of the whole fe a og aye at thay pnt election. A ‘atep in city, such as forcing a stroug part man Hike Mr. Thomas Murphy for tas tes ‘of Con 5 troller, by the operation of a pase political intrigue, aalght result to killing the chances of the republican ticket throaghout the State. The rumor yesterday of Mr. Murphy’s proposed ap- pointment set the politicians at work in framing objec- tions to his selection. say that he would be totally umfitted for the place; that he was identified with Tweed, Sweeny, Connolly and company in real estate lations. y point to legisiation fur the im- provement of part of Park avenuo in the year 1867, by which the value of this property was greatly enhanced, aring having been previously formed to purchase a large number of lots in the vicinity. They also bint at | Certain irregularities in the matter of opening and ex- tending Madison avenue from Kigbty-sixth to 120th street, by whica appropriations for damages were mys- teriously and fraudulently raised. Then they go on to dilate upon Mr. Murphy’s bistory as a contractor during the war. These are but a few of the various ru- mors freely circulated yesterday im connection with the | name of Mr. Murphy as the ‘deal’ candidate for Comptroller of the city of New York. A BREAK BETWEEN THE GOVERNOR AND COMPTROLLER. It is now openly alleged on good authority that a ruptare hae taken place between Governor Tilden and Comptroller Green. The first cause for this bi | underztood to be arefusal of the Governor to take tho Comptroller's advice in the matter of removing Police Commissioners Disbecker and Matsvll. Mr. Oswald | Ottendorfor backed up this request. The plan of re- moval, taking into co tment of Wheeler and Ebrhardt by M, was declared as injudicious and ill Governor is said to have promised to remain inactive on the removal. But the contrary was the result, and Disbecker and Matsell were made to walk the plank. The friends of the Governor assert that Mr. Green does not help him apy; that he is an ally of the anti- Tammany party and engaged in a vigorous effort to break down the present odious rule of Tamman; They point to the fact, as evidence of this conclusion, that the Comptroiler has given place and patronage to several hard workers in the anti-Tammany orgaui- zation, among them Mr. Charles H. Swan. The latter was formerly Assistant Secretary to’the State Central Commitiee. In that capacity he became acqaainted with a majority of the prominent democrats through- out the State, He carriés in his breast pocket a long list of names of the best workers in the democratic party in each election district of the State, and cor- Fespondence is constantly kept up with them asto political affairs in this city, The weak points of Kel- | ly’s and Wickham’s administration aro thus shown up, ample room being left these statesmen for lengthy epistles. This line of conduct on the part of the astute Comptroller, it is said, bas given great dis- pleasare to “Uncle Sammy,” and accounts for wide breach recently established between the two gen- | friends have, theretore, of late | Last week 6 gp viet to his old ie Finance Depart- | th Mayor’s office, but failed to pay a friend and former law partner at ment. ‘TRACING, THE COMBINATION. It isa well known, fact that Governor Tilden has Presidency onthe | in. He thinks of scarcely any- ‘thing else, morping, noon and night but the chances which exist (Or his occupancy of the White House. lt has been asserted that he showed a copy of his famous je to Cx-Sheriff O'Brien betore it was sent jo the Legislature, while that gentieman was on a visit to Albany last winter. The Governor stated its con- neri pind, slapping bim familiarly on “Simm: 1, rophecy has not yet been fulfilled, and the prospects vrow jews and less that it is ever likely to be. But it | appears that Hie Lo ge Goes not view the chances in such & dabioas light. je ig as sanguine as ever, and catches at evry straw to help along bis ambitions in | this direction. Colonel Burton N. Harrison, formerly | secretary to Jefferson Davie, is now the bosom friend | and private secretary of Mayor Wickham, He is familiarly acquainted with many prominent | politicians and other leadin; men-of the South. When | freely extended, Then an entering wedge is sup) to be driven home in advocating Governor Ti nomination for the Presidency, By smooth talk from the oily-tongued secretary and a lavish dispensing of “Mme. Cliquot’s’’ arguments are used in bringing over the Socthern delegation. Politicians claim thatthe Governor, Mayor and Mr. Jobn Kelly have @ perfect understanding in this matter. Wuile Mr, Wickham thus threw dust in the Governor's eyes so as to induce bim to consent to sheng vg : eect loners he secreuly bargai! with the republicans om the other tand He tovebes Tilden on his sorest point—aspirations for the Presidency—while he se- cretly intrigues with the republicans to save his own bead and for other rumored considerations, which may or may, not be true, NOW THE ALDERMEN YIEW THE SITCATION, ‘The democratic Aldermen are on the “ragged edge,” in view of Proposition made at Albany to give Mayor Wickham entire control of afl otments, taking away the confirmatory power They and the overthrow of Tammany Hall it became an oft | that Wickham is booked | | were her principal Mayor | Such a statement, | Of events subsequent to this I can, of | nothing fro own personal knowlsdge but 1 have say of them come to New York they are invited to call | improbability re vq) the Mayor. Every atiention is shown them. | Bombay just five The hoepitalities of the ‘‘sidedoard’’ and the city are : bg do not hesitate to speak out plainly on this topic, The enténte cordiale, which never existed to apy pn ex. tent between the legislative and executive branches of the city government, has now been completel; stroy: and it is war to the kuife hencefor ‘The Board passed a resolution calling upon the Legisia- ture fey law giving them the power to confirm im cases of vacancies by resignation or death, but Bia Honor has thought fi apparently to attempt ihe taking away of what little power remains to the City Fathers, He treated their resolution with disdain, and bas re+ turned it without bis signature. THE ANTI-TAMMANY COMMITTEE, PRELIMINARY ORGANIZATION FOR THE COMING CAMPAIGN, | The Committee on Organization of the anti-Tammanyt | democrats had meeting last night in Irving Hall for | the purpose of eleeting officers. Mr. KE. B. Hart called! the meeting to order; Mr. Charles Crary was electedt chairman, and Mr. William B. Mitchell acted as secre; tary. Mr. Hart introduced a motion which provided! that the credentials of district delegations be bande: in, eo that it might be’ascertained what assembly dis- tricts were represented. Upon this a discussion arose ‘as to the expediency of the motion, some members contending that it was too early to ask for credential: from the several districts, a few of these not having yet) | elected their delegations while others were of opinio: that the creden| of members present should passed upon, in order that the meeting might be en- abled to judge of the claims of members to seats in the meeting. Altera good deal of talk it was finally re- | Solved to call the roll and require that members claim- ing to represent districts should hand in their ereden-4 tials, After the roll, by Assembly districts, had were| called, it was ascertained that fourteen districts were represented. ‘beso were the First, Sixth, Seventh, Tenth, Kleventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth,’ Nineteenth) Twentieth, Twenty-fitst, Twonty-third and Twenty-fourth wards The Second, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Highth, Ninth, Fit. teenth and Eighteenth Assembly districts were not re- presented, and the representations of the Fifth, Bighth, | Ninth and Fifteenth districts were contested, Colonel Murphy introduced a motion whicti had for its | object that of bringing both wings of the democratic j arly together, andof enabling them to work under the auspices of a single representative organization. | Alter some debate the motion was withdrawn, At this stage of the proceedings a delegation from the Workingmen’s Trade Union was announced. These delegates, in the persons of Messrs, Cashman and Mallon, were admitted to the body of the hall. Mr. Cashman obtained the floor to explain the nature of | the tradesmen’s desire, which was to ask tha | co-operation of the anti-Tammany democrats for the purpose of defeating the Couyict Labor biif | which is at present before the State Legisiature, and also to aid in throwing out the bill introduced into tha | Legislature asking for the repeal of the Eight Hour Labor law. | _ It was resolved to appoint a committee, consisting of | Colonel Murphy, Judge Spaulding and Mr, Keller, the | duty of which would be to co-operate with the working- | men to obtain the object to which they aspire, and re- | port at the next meeting. | The Fourth district delegation now presented their | credentials, | _ The meeting, after transacting some unimportai | Toutine business, adjourned, subject to the call of the chairman, WRECK OF STEAMSHIP OITY OF GALVESTON. THE VESSEL ASHORE ON MAYAGUANA ISLAND, WEST INDIES—THIRTY PASSENGERS OM | BOARD -THE CARGO COFFEY, | New York, Fob, 12, 1876, The steamship City of Galveston, Captain Evans, Cape Haytien for New York, went ashore on the night of the 5th inst, on Mayaguana Island, West Indies, and, jt 1s supposed, bilged. A heavy sea was running at tha | time. The vessel was coffee laden and carried thirty passengers, She will probably prove a total loss, DESCRIPTION OF THE VESSEL, The screw steamer City of Galveston was owned by ©. H. Mallory & Co,, and bas been running recently in the West Indian trade, having formerly been employed in Mallory’s Galveston line, She was built in 1870 at Mys- tic, Conn., by her owners and has always been consid- ered one of the stanchest craft sailing out of this port, She was of 1,253 tons register burden, and the following dimensions:—Length over all, 225 feet 6 inches; breadth of beam, 82 feet 5 inches; depth of hold, 16 feet 3 inches, She was schooner rigged and built of oak. Her engines were surface condensing, with 36-inch stroke of piston and cylinders 38 inches in diameter. She was a sister vessel of the ill fated City of Waco, recently burned off Galveston, when all on board perished, On a recent ! occasion she carried a large amount of war material to | Port au Prince for the Haytians. She was due m this | port within a few days, when important news as to the progress of the revolution in Hayti was expected by her. Her value was about $300,000; principally insured in New York. THE LOCALITY OF THE WRECK. Mayaguana is one of the group of the five hundred islands or rocky islets constituting the Bahama Islands, delohging to Great Britain, lying northeast of Cuba and east of the coast of Florida, the Gulf Sires passing between them and the mainiand. They extend from the Grand Bahama or Mantanilla Cays, in latitude 27 deg. 31 min. noi and longitude 79 5 min. west, tothe Mouchoir Bank in latitude 21 dog north and, longitude 70 deg. 32 min. west, a distance of about 600) miles, A number of vossels of all classes are annually. wrecked on these islands. On Watling Island, one of} the group, a Pacific mail steamer, the Guatelema, Jost a couple of years ago. YACHTING NOTE, Yacht Dreadnaught, N.Y.Y.C., Mr. A B. Stockwell, from the eastward,’ passed Whitestone yesterday eq route to New York. DIED OF OVERCROWDING, At quarter-past eight o'clock Jast evening one of the | | horses attached to car No. 47, of the Thid avenue line, on the down trip at Grand street, suadenly halted, staggered a moment and fell dead in his harness. The animal is a veteran who has been @ car horse ay years, The cause of death is unknown, but probab! a Bergh jury was called the verdict would be “Di | overcrowding.” é SUICIDE BY HANGING, Patrick Slater, living at No. 637 West Twenty-sixth street, committed suicide last night by nanging bim- self to a ferice in the neighborhood of his house. The body was discovered at nine o'clock and removed bis residence by the police. The motive for the was unknown, i Naw York, Feb. 1, 1876 To Tux Eprrox or THR HemaLy:— ‘The great fire on Broadway having suddenty taken away the support of two families, would it not be well for those firms who were buraed out, but who were ins sured, and the firms doing business in the vicinity of | the fire whose places were saved, to raise a tand for the benefit of the families of the two firemen who were | 8o suddenly killed while endeavoring to save property of others? I think if you will make this ements ey ly paper that our liberal business men will cl respond. Yours, JAMES P. ACKERLY, THE “TENNESSEE” MUTINY. To THe Eviton ov tHe Heraip:— A fow days since paragraph appeared in one of the New York dauy papers stating that there was a rumor in circulation that a matiny had occurred on board the United States steamer Tennessee, at Bombay, and that it required the use of the marine guard of the vessel to restore order. The circulation of such a report as this is injurious to the repatation of a good ship, as well a8 unjust to those on board of her, and cannot but cause anxiety and annoyance to those having friends among the officers. and men of the vessel, and for these reasons I feel it my duty, since I am able to do so, to give the rumor @ most emphatic denial. ‘ Iwas but recently one of the officers of the Tennessee, and@ porformed duty on board of her while at Bombay, as weil as before ber arrival at and after her departure. from that port, and nothing of the Kind Bor did any incident occur which coaid idly give to such aramor, neither at or about Ume, nor at. other time previous to my detachment from the (October 10, 1875). » been in cominunication with some of fellow of. | Cers on board of the Tennessee by ged sipee leay- he kk! ing bere, and bad anything of id Occurred it ie more than likely I should have heard of it, ’ Unless the Tennessee has returned to Bom! nee her first visit there this story as to the muti the face of it, Thi Dey i Hopi will 10] mont nd¥isable to give a denial to tl Yolleve (he ousioly of Shove " Sesnaiad in the matter, ‘oar nt a ‘a HONTSR, Laeutenant, United States Navy.