The New York Herald Newspaper, May 20, 1876, Page 11

THE COURTS. Another of the Roberts-Gleason Gang of Forgers on Trial, How Wall ‘Street Brokers Were Vietimized by Forged Bonds. A BOSTON JEWELLER IN A BAD FIX Right of Assessing:the Roosevelt Hospital. Charlos J, Williamson, aifas Charles J, Perrin, alias Charles £. Farnham, analleged member of the noto- Sous Roberts-Gleason gang of forgors whose oper- Stions startled the country two years ago, was before Judge Sutherland at tho bar of the Court of General Gessions yesterday, prosecuted by Assistant District Attorneys Lyon and Rollins, There are about forty- Ove indictments for forgery pending against the pris- ner, besides several for burglary and receiving stolen goods, ana the case will probably occupy the time of the Court during the whole of next weck. The pris- ner is defended by Mr. A, Oakey Hall and ex-Judge Wilham M. Curtis, The story of Williamson’s connec, tion with the operations of the gang, as detailed by Mr, Lyon in his opening, are substantially these:—The prisoner had, in the summer of 1873, an offico in tho ‘ame building with Louis J, Keopers and one Joseph ', Franklin, by both of whom he was introduced to Mr, Hardenberg, of the firm of Landers & Hardenberg, drokers, at No. 112 Broadway. Williamzon and his \wo friends had many conversations with that gontlo- wan, in which it was made to appear that the former had been unfortunate in business, but had a Sophy and induigent mother who was willing to Jead him bonds upon which to raise advances \nd take a fresh start. Deceived by these representa- Nons, Mr. Hardenberg on the 2d of Auguat loaned to ee eee $12,700 Seen twenty-two forged $1,000 of the New York, Buflaio and Erie Railroad, On August 26 Williamson brought thirty $1,000 bonds of the New York Central Railroad, upon which he ro- seived $25,000, Two days alterward ho went to the office of Haskins & Braine, No. 12 Broad street, and raised about $18,000 upon twenty forged $1,000 bonds of the New York, Buffalo and Erie Company, and later on the same he appeared in the office of Eddy & Co,, No. 26 Pine street, with thirty Central Railroad bonds of the same description as those furnished to Mr. Hardenberg. Mr. Hoibrook, of that firm, exam, toed the bonds und stated incidentally that he was per- lectiy familiar with the issue, most ol which had passod ‘brough his hands. After a minute of conversation he ose ‘out one of the bonds and started out to nego- learn it Williamson seemed very much frightened to that Mr, Holbrook was so familiar with the when that gentleman leit the suddenly recollected an engagement elsewhere, and departed, leaving his securities behind, Mr. Holbrook on his return had his suspicions aroused by the pomennes absence of his customer, and closely sctutinizing the documents left in his hands, found every one of the thirty bonds a forgery. The investi- gation which followed this discovery showed that be- tween $300,000 and $400,000 of these bonds had been put upon the market between the 2d and 26th days of August, 1873 The excitement which followed 1s, doubtiess, well remembered by the readers of tho Heratp, Meanwhile, every exertion was wadé to secure the arrest. of Williamson, but without success. {¢ has subsequently been discovered that he was ar- rested in Philadelphia in 1875 under un indictment tor veceiving stoléh goods, under the name of Perrin, and ronfined in the Tombs for a week. Nobody discovered bis identity except the lawyer who defended him and who procured his release. “Nothing was geen of hita by the authorities again till Fevruary of this year, when under the namo. of Charles KE. Farnham he doeliverea to the Messrs. Rollins, bankers, eighty-eight New York Ceutral Raiiroad bonds and seventeen of the Union Pacific and California and Oregon Railroad for negotiation. Tho elder Mr. Rollins took some $60,000 worth of them to Europe to dispose of them. The authorities there discovered them to be forgeries, and arrested Mr, Rollins, who had some difliculty in effecting bis reloase. He is now on his way to this country. After this discovery the police were pat spon Williamson's ‘track, and he was caught one day in Wall street, and locked up, under his new name, in the Tombs, where he has since lain. His alleged contederates, Roberts and Gleason, are lying in Ludlow Street Jail awaiting trial on a civil suit, tho juries having disagreed when they were prosecuted criminally. Kdwin D. Wooster, Secretary of the New York Cen- tral Rajiroad, and Charles G, Miller, President ot the Buffalo and Erie, were examined yesterday in reference to tho bonds a agian| to be waued by their respective companies which were regotiated by the prisoner. They cach exainined large numbers of bonds and pro- nounced them forgeries. The next witness was Luuis J. Keepers, who testified to his share in the transac. tiou substantially as stated above, The case was then adjourned till Monday morning. BAD FOR A BOSTON JEWELLER. George Foye, formérly a jewellor in Boston, failed in January, 1874, acd offered a compromise of sixty cents on the dollar. A committee of creditors appointed Mr. Efseman, a leading jeweller, to examine into tho case, Ur, Elseman went to Boston and reported in favor ot the compromise. The first instalments became due in September last, but were not paid. Foye fled to Cali- fornia, but threo weeks ago he arrived here, and his goods were seized by Custom House officers for non- payment of duty. ) he Custom House officials took the Pag to the leading jewelry nouses of the city, and ir. Etgeman recognized some of them as solu by Lim in 1874, General M. Gano Dunn, counsel for the cred- itors, under an act which makes it a misdemeanor fora bankrupt not toturn over ull his goods to the assignee, obtained from United States Commissioner Duell a war- Traut of arrest, and Foye was arrested at the Windsor Hotel, where he was living in splendid style. The pris- oner at frst refused to tell where his diamonds were, but, after a writ of haveas corpus had been granted by Judge Barrett, he changed his mind and produced the dia- monds yesterday aliernoon, when they were ‘ by experts. They are about $3,000 in val mostly diamond rings. Hansyepe fe prisoner was turned over to a United States Marsha! to be taken to Boaton for trial THE ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL, The late Janes H. Roosevelt, as is well known, be- queathed $1,000,000 to the city for the purpose of founding a hospital. The legacy was made conditional, that if the Logislature did not within two years grants liberal charter the amount of the bequest should be paid over to the United States government, Within thetime specified an act of incorporation was parsed by the Legislature exempting the hospital from taxation and sonterring on it other benefits vouchsafod to charita- die institutions, The hospital was thereupon built, with accommodation, ax is well known, tor some 1,600 patients. Last year an assessment of $9,835 was \mposed by the city upon the hospital for the cum tion of a sewer, and in consequence of a tailure to pay such assessment the city threatened to sell tho institu- tion. This brought the matter into the courts, and after passing through variots stages of litigation (ro- ported from time to time the Heraup) the case tame up for argument yesterday in the Supreme Court, General Torm, on an by the trom an order denying a judgment on the pleadings, The whole question t: wher undor the act of incor- orn the institation Xempt from assessment for improvements, The Court took the papers, re- serving decision. THE CONVICTED BOND FORGERS. Valentine Gleason and Andrew Roberts, the convicted yond forgers, are becoming wearied of their continaous wojourn to Ludlow Street Jail. Sometime ago an effort was mado in the Saperior Court to obtain their release, which proved unsuccessiul. A motion 1s now pendin, j@ the Court of Common Pleas, betore Souge J. ¥ » Daly, to obtain their discharge, on the ground that they ‘are pauper debiors. The case camo up for argument lay. ication was strenuously resisted by t. William Wert Howitt, who appeared against them {m the suits in the Superior Court, in which heavy ver- @icte were obtained against them, in consequence of which they aro now languishing in jail. claimed ‘that they nuve conveyed large sums of money to ir » friends in fraud of their creditors, The further hear- tag tm the case was adjourned until next Friday. SUMMARY OF LAW CASES. The trial of William D. Barchard, the Florida (Orange tounty) Postmaster, was resumod yesterday morning vefore Judge Bonedict and resulted in a verdict of gaiity. Burchard was allowod to go on bail to appear a4 the end of the term for sentence, Felicia Montell, a French milliner, obtained yester- day before Judge Van Brunt, in the Court of Common Pleas, & Yerdict for $203 against Mathilda Sjahi, in whose millinery ostablishment she was omployed. {a the case of Dr, Edward B. Foote, indicted on a tharge of Herren} improper articles It the trial of wi! @ motion was made his counsel, Mr. A. H. Pui for post- wae Sue hey medias denied the moton, the cure wi Ws MB. Murray Drouget IT Judge suit before Hoesen, in the Court of Vises, apsinetvances julfiiment of a contract in regard to stone in the erection of 4 pallding at the eqrnor of Worth street bof gtere fe he defence was Bon-measurement of the stones whey were in the a baflding of tne Central Branch of the Union Pacific yesterday before Judge Larre- Special Term of the Supreme Court No new evidence of any importance was elicited, and the ge rene and uninteresting. contin! oD a Saroni Fé Lindeman, shirt makers, sold their Western ive notes, drawn on a California aud which it afterward turned oat were was not a The Su General Term, is hi ing through ie May Siete: with commenaablo pits . Ab unusual number of cases was argued yesterday, facts of which eget ey Weeaclem ar rik Pn 4 those argued was the caso ie ex rel. Morgan Jones vs, Allan Campbeil, Commissioner; the le ex rel. Martin Frei va. George W. Matsell, and the claim of William Ti jpson for $92 ‘as attend- ant of the Court of Oyer and Terminer, usual tho Court took the rs in each case, Before Judge Dykman, holding Supreme Court Cir- cuit, there was tried yesterda: suit brought by the Mutual Life Insurance Company against William H. Florence to recover the sum of $8,000, the deficiency on a mortgage which the plaintifis allege Florence as- sumed by wecepting # certain deed trom Thomas C. Fields, The defence was that the deed, which was ex- ecuted by Fields in Havana, was never delivered to or accepted by Florence. The jury were directed to bri sin a sealed verdict this morning. Messrs George W. Cottereli and Willard Bartlett appeared fer the plain- tiffs und Messrs, Turner, Kirkland and McClure for the defendants. ‘ DECISIONS, SUPREME COURT—-CHAMBERS, By Judge Brady. David va, Gumperts.—The discontinuance will be sustained, which disposes of this case on the payment of $10 costs; such an order will in effect discharge the attachment and end this cuse, Costs are given because tne discontinuance did not occur until the motion was Boticed, Plammer vs. Belden. —This motion ts denied because it 18 apparent that the grounds on which it is based were passed on or should have been presented when the order objected to was applied for; $10 costs to abide the event. Foster va. Ellis—Receiver appointed. Ellis va, Foster.—Opinion. Garset va. Clark.—Memorandum. By Judge Daniols, Taylor vs. Ashley. —O: granted. SUPREME COURT—SPECIAL TERM. NOTICR TO THE BAR. In all cases tried during this (May) term in which points were to have been submitted and havo not beep counsel are requested to hand them in to the Clerk on or beiore Wednesday, May 24, 1876. By order oj RL, LARR«MORE, Justice. COMMON PLEAS—SPECIAL TERM, By Judgo Van Brunt, Sage va. Vermilye ct al. —Findings settled, MARINE COURT—CHAMBERS. By Judge McAdam. Floming vs. Amos,—Default opened conditionally. McEnerney va. O’Connor.—-Motion granted on pay- ment, within three days, of $10 costs, Loeser vs. Burns.—Judgment for defendant on de- mpurrer. Jn ro E, S, Caldwell.—Leave to sue granted, Schaffer va, Meyer.—Complaint disumissed. Scherer vs. Deckinger.—Motion denied. Delano ys, Boynton.—Motion denied, without costs. Southwick vs. Applin.—Judgment for amount claimed. Brammer vs. Cohn.—Judgment*for $8. Van Buskirk va Smith; Edson va Smith —Edward W. Avery appointed receiver, Mankin va, Cohn; Reynolds va, Erbard.—Motion granted. Downs vs. Newburger.—Motion to punish for con- tempt denied. Binkman vs. Oliver.—George N. Hale appointed receiver. Clarin va. Delaney; Walliams vs, Mapes;‘Sanxay vs. Caro. —Receiver's bond approved. Schultz va, Panser.—Defuult opened on terms, Webmmoyer vs, Gootlcib,—Judgment tor defendant on demurrer. Downs vs. Newberger.—Motion for new trial denied. Hanson vs. May.—An indorsement on papers, Wills va, Dexter; Asbestos Felting Company.— Motions denied. Martin vs, Martin.—Motion denied. Wilson vs, Loeser.-—Defauit opened conditionally. In re Reilly, —Defendant adjudged to pay $53. By Chief Justice Shea, Swiffter ve. Hartman.—Case settled. TOMBS POLICE COURT. Botore Justice Wandell. LEONTIFF DISCHARGED. Dr. Leontiff, the Russian physician. who alloges that Mrs. Olga Tchetchulu: bas abducted his two children, had an interview on Thursday afternoon with the lady, at the Russian Consul General's office. Mr. Bodisco, the consul, endeavored to smooth matters over. the interview had concluded, and as tho lady and the two children were going into the street, Loontiff at- tempted to get possession of them. He was prevented, however, He then commenced to harrangue a crowd who had gathered to see the fun, saying that he was an American citizen and claiming protection. violent and boisterous and wus vociferously cheered by the crowd. He was ordered away twice or three mes by Ofiicer Hogan, but rejused to go. Ho was then arrested, On being brought to the Tombs the Court had been adjourned, consequently he was taken back to the Now strect police station, where he passed Thursday night. Yesterday morning be was arraigned before Justice Wan- dell on a charge of disorderly conduct. His Honor, alter bash g the evidence, discharged him, concluding that he had been more sinned against than simning. ALLEGED FRAUDULENT CONVERSION OF PROP- ERTY. John A, Machado, Jr., was yesterday arraigned on a charge of perjury. In August, 1875, the defendant and his father boarded with a Mrs. Isabella Berrand, at No, 476 West Twenty-secondgtreet. Some months stbse- quently the latter died and Machado, it is alleged, took out letters of administration for ber property, which ‘was valued at something between $8,000 and $10,000, swearing that he was her nephew and her nearest of kin. In this way ho got possession of the property, which, it Is charged, he converted to his own use. Robert Lalia, of No, 259 West Forty-third strret, ap- peared and testified that he was the only lawful brother of the deceased, Mrs. Berrand, and that Machado in swearing that he was her nearest of kin was guilty of deliberate perjury. The father of the prisoner, who is an old slave trader, is now under $6,000 bail on two charges of per- Jury. jachado was held in $2,000 bail to answer. FIFTY-SEVENTH STREET COURT, Betore Judge Kilbreth, . DEFRAUDED BY HIS FRIEND. Some time ago Thomas Logan, of No. 53 Spring Stroct, was sent to the Isiand on a chargo of intoxica- tion, In the meantime bis friend, John Smith, ob- tained possession of his bank book and by means of it made out a check on the Dry Dock Bank for $8, to which he forged Logan’s name. He got the money and with it went to see the Centonnial. Yesterday he was arrested and at this court was committed for trial, A HORSE THIEF COMMITTED, Frank Campbell, of No. 400 West Seventeenth street, was held tor trial on a charge of being implicated in the theft of a horse belonging to Isaac Doorman, of No, 840 Greenwich street. alter Skiff, of No. 540 West Forty-fifth street, bas been indicted on the same charge. WASHINGTON PLACE POLICE COURT. Before Judge Duffy. 4& YOUNG HORSE THIEF. Ernest Felt, aged eleven years, of No. 240 West Thirty-sixth stroet, was charged by Officer Casey, of the Ninth precinet, with stealing a horse, About six o’clock on Thursday evening tho officer arrested Felt in Hudgon street, on comp'aint of Wolf Rogers, of No, 641'Hadson street, who stated that ung It offered to selt him » horse for $100, and finally ‘reduced the price to $12 When asked where he got the animal he Seid that he found it running loose in Spring streot Felt was remanded to await an owner for the horse, A SELF-CONFESSED THIEF. For some time past vaiuable goods have been disap- pearing trom the Appraiser’s office, No, 402 Washing- ton strect, A watch was set, and on the 16th inst a man named Henry C. McCabe, a loiterer around the piace, was seen to leave the oilice alter having con- cealed three pioces ot embroidery valucd at $8 50 under his cout. A warrant was at once procured, Thursday Roubusman Warlow, of the Court squad, ar- rested McCabe at bis residence, No, 546 Broome street. When brought before Judee Duly, yesterday, McCabe confessed bis crime, and also stated that he had often stolen goods from the office of Mr, Gibson, and being deeply, tent restored a portion of them. The Court held him ‘n $600 bail to answor. POLICE COURT NOTES, Peter Fiaherty, of No. 6 Batavia stroet, was yester- day committed to the Tombs by Justice Wandell to await the result of injuries inflicted by bim on hie wite, Eliza, on Thursday evening. Mra Flaherty is in the hospital. THE HEMPSTEAD RESERVOIR. Yesterday for the third time this week the case of Wilham C, Kingsley ana Abner C, Keeney to recover $178,000 from tue city of Brooklya for labor and ma- terial furnished in the Hempstead storage reservoir, was called in the City Court, Part 1, before Jadge MeCue, Mr. J. M. Parsons, who appeared as rep- resentative of the Attorney General, in conjunction with Corporation Counsel De Witt, for the defence, asked that the case stand over until he should oe re. Neved of bis engagements in New York. It it was put over to tho June term it would be an accommoda- om to him, Mr, M Ven Cott, counsel After | Ho became | aod on | : i 5 : i : i = if i € F i iL Court of A day calondar 22, 1876,—Nos, 174, 48, 177, 179, 180, BOARD OF POLICE. Ata meoting of the Board of Police beld yesterday a communication was received from the Secretary of the Grand Army of the Republic asking for a police escort or Decoration Day, and also requesting the Board to Ppornslt the veterans of the iorce to participate in the ong asc to vad Nag mova seen ° rgeant Thompson, 0: ‘anitary Corps, was transferred to the Seventeenth precinct. co Arthur Arlander, J. W. Shiol, R. H. Clark, J. T, Mi teraon, Cornelius Kirby, George N. Boyle, Martin nerty and George H. Dilks were appointed policemen. ‘The jast named is the son of Inspector Dilks, and was formerly in tho detective oilice, from which he re- signed on being remanded to post duty. On motion of Commissioner Nichols a resolution ‘was adopted requesting the Department of Docks to sink cribwork on the exterior water line on the south side of Randall's Island, to furnish proper and conven- fent places for depositing the dirt resulting Street cleaning. TRIAL OF CAPTAIN, WARD. Captain Ward, of the Twenty-second precinct, was yesterday arraigned on the charge of allowing liquor to be sold on Sunday in the Central Park Garden. The Captain submitted the case after testifying that be saw notbing in the garden on the day specified to indicate a violation of tne law. ae caso was then referred to the full Board for de- cision E NAVAL, INTELLIGENCE, Admiral Rowan, Commandant of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, will be relieved from duty by Commodore Nichol- son on the lat of June next. Tho United States steamer Alert, Commander I. D, Marvin, will shortly proceed to Gibraltar. ‘The storeahip Supply, which hag arrived at Phila- delphia with Centennial goods, will act as a tender to the frigate Minnesota, and take the apprentices of that ‘vessel out to sea for a practico cruise. Captain Bishop, commanding the marine guard at the Navy Yard, whose commission, giviug him fall rank since the lst of January last, has been received, will start for Annapotip this morning in charge of a Yarge draft of men for the United States ship Constella- tion, Captain Bistiop’s force on the United States frigate Colorado i a credit to the. service. Everytning 1s exceedingly dull at the Nary Yard, Operations belt enerally suspended. The frigate enton, concerning which there aro expectations, is getting her new boilers at oach’s works, She 18 to twelve eight-inch rifles, mounted on the now style of iron carriages, the recoil check by hydraulic pressare. When thoroughly fitted out she will probably be detailed as the flagship of the Mediterrancan squadron. The old storeship Guard, which bas seen so much active service, especially in connection with the Darien Canal surveys, is lying in ordinary at the Cob dock, The torpedo boat Intrepid, Commander Huntington, now lying alongside the Ordinance dock, will probably proceed to the station at Newport for practice. Several officers have been detaghed irom the yard to join the torpedy school, and daring the summer some Very in- teresting experiments may be looked forward to. Estimates arc now being made for the repairs of the Ordnance wharf and forthe gradiog of the Ordnance + dock itself. CUSTOM HOUSE NOTES. Several hundred cigars and cigarettes, and a quantity of aguardiente, smuggled ashore at pier 13 North River, and captured by Customs Inspector Dumont, were turned into the Seizure Room yesterday. Two cases of cigarettes ex Canada, for Havre, were also turned in. Ng disposition has yet been made of the six tranks of silks ond laces which bolonged to Mme. Mo- ran seized by Special Treasury Agent Captain Chalker, abgut two years ago, and valued when cap- tured at $16,000, About a your ago they were confis- cated to the government, but'a writ of error which was granted has caused the goods to awatt a rehearing of the case. The silks were for fashionable residents of this city and placed in the lowor part of the trunks, and the top was filled with arsiclos of Mme, Moran's clothing, IMPORTANT TRKASURY DRCIBION. The following Treasury order was received at the Custom House yesterday; and settics the question of “packed packages” lor foreign express companies, which has been related ut length in these columns-— To Coutecrons or Customs axp Ornnes— owing act of Congre: Drove Mahed for the information of all concerned:— 7s PO AN Act to pi for the separate entry of packages contained in one tmportation. enacted. by the Senate and House of Reprosenta- of the United States of Amorica in Conyross assem. ‘at a separate entry may be made of one or more puck- ntained in an importation of packed packages, con- id concerning which ment of packed packages ho involes or value hax been received, Every x poecngen if a Fobaogpe isd ory nal pac package, an ‘ andine imported it —— imported tn the for account ‘of jus. an account of all tho ——, wheroof 1s mustor, —, whieh oath 20 modified shall, in onch on the entry of one or more pack; nal package, Hut nothing in this act construed to reli the fi porter, consignee or agent to eo case, be taken mntalnod in origh. containod shall be 10 consignee in to provide that en im- Aes consigned in one voseel at ono time to one importer, cot ee OF ayeNt. tae pa of law inconsistent herewith Ske. 3.—Thas all are hereby re} ‘Officers of the customs will be governed aceordingly. GC, ¥. CONANT, Acting Secretary. MUNICIPAL NOTES. , Alderman Lysaght, who is suffering from consump- tion, has beon unable to be out tor some days owing to the state of the weather, For a short time yesterday he was about the City Hall among his confréres, look- ang quite iL It is said that be contemplates a trip to Florida, The bitter word-war betweon somo of the republican and Tammany Aldermen on Thursday was the excite- ment about the City Hall yesterday, snd there is danger that there may be biows struck Pon growing out of the eulogy by bre peags Pinckney ot the colored troops, who fougut nobly, The privaia secretary of Commissioner Campbell wishes it oflicially announced that his bie! has no idea of resigning the office of Public Works Commissioner, ‘This settles an absurd rumor. President Lewis, of the Board of Aldermen, acted as Mayor yesterday. The fa text of George Ticknor Curtis’ opinion az to the rights of the city in the ferry of the New England ‘Transportation Company trom Mott Haven to Jersey City and the ferry from the 10ot of Liberty street to Jer- sey City had a circulation yesterday among torty-rev: taxpayers who read the City Record, Tho 1D, at their next meeting, will likely order legal d- Ings to be commenced against tho compuntes interested, with a view of preventing the running of through sleeping cars between Boston aud Philadelphia, Baltl- more and Washington. INVESTIGATION NEEDED. On the 15th of Febraary last Mr. Henry Hanks, a bachelor, about seventy years of age, committed sui- cide at one of our city hotels, and the impression was at the time that it was on account of pecuniary embar- rassment, Sinco that time friends of his who knew him intimately have appeared and have been looking into the deceased ieman’s aftairs, It is their i ression that he leit $150,000 in United States coupon bonds, but though they bave searched through ali the sale ‘deposit compa pinces the — cit they have been unable to find them, some days before his death it is sald that Mr. Hanks mado a will, bat what has become of tho will is not known, At the time of hisdeath his offects were escent beng or few memoranda of income tax payments clo bothing was found to sted nati acon acy ie tollowing in tow 's paper is in connec- tion with this sal — parties batity had any busi- ness connection with, or knowledge of the affairs of Henry Hanks, inte of New York city, will conlor o. favor by addressing 8. J., box 661 Post office,” A CORRECTION. To tne Evitor or tne Herato:— In your edition of the 18th inst. you mado an error milar to one made in the City Record of 17th inst, which was corrected in that paper this morning, as fol- lows:— >! In the quartar! of the Department of Public pabnaned tu the c Record of the 17th inst, Works, Po gp sel error Commissioner of Public ‘orks was mado to say that by a modification made him in an existing contract for tho city C ing had been “(more than sien Pee saving A yay rae “| saved to the city was $80,000, Please correction and respect- fally, Re FEM a toned 0. a A Naw Yon, 10, 1876, QUR OLD PEOPLE. The Life and Recollections of a Sailor and Soldier of 1812. A Delaware Lady at Ninety-One Discussing Revolutionary Matters. PIONEER LIPE AND TRAVELLING IN ALABAMA, 1816, WILLIAM BATCHELOR. THE BLESSING OF THE FATHER OF HIS COUN- TRY—BALTIMORE AS IT WAS—JEFFERSON, LUTHER MARTIN, BURE AND BLENNERHAS- SEIT. Batrimorm, Md, May 17, 1876. William Batehbolor is ninety years old, but no one would suppose so from his appearance. He stands six feet in his stocking feot and is as straight as a ramrod. He has a bold, flery look out of the eyes utterly incon- sistent with senility, and when he talks it is witha confident voice, such as one would expect to hear from @ man just starting outin life. His laugh is a perfect guffaw, ringing clear and distinct, as though he meant to enjoy the joke and he didn’t care who joined im. No person in the State of Maryland is better ontitled to speak of his ancestors in the Revolution. His fathor lost four brothers, slain at Germantown and Brandywine, as did also his mother, and the former, after fighting through the Revolutionary War, was at length killed at Fort Goorge, Canada, in the war of 1812 Mr, Batchelor was born at Fort McHenry, in the harbor of Baltimore, A NONAGENARIAN ON THE CENTENNIAL. When asked his views with reference to the Conten- nial, ho said:--"1 am an American, and I think the celebration ought to be grand, It ever thero was an occasion for thank/ulness and rejoicing it will be when thie great Republic reaches the hundredth year of its existence, I have suiled pretty much over the world, lave becn into nearly all the ports of any importance, ‘and have had abundant opportunities to observe the workings of other political systems, and novor yet havo I bad occasion to regrot that [ am an Amorican citizen. WASHINGTON'S BLESSING, “TI have seen General Washingtou, He put his hands on my head und biessed me at West Point Fort. (Hero the old gentleman was movod to tears.) It was some- where about 1798. West Point was nothing like what itis now, Washington was ona visit tothe fort. He gat in a chair and the childron were brought up to him. When told that a child was the son of un old soldier, he would place both his hands on his head and say, ‘God bless the child,’ with the greatest fervor; but if noth. ing was said about its parentage, ho would simply say, “Bless tho child.” “[ subsequently returned to Fort YcHenry with my Parents. Tho fort 1s very ditfereot now from what it used to be, The stur fort which was there then still Femains; but all clse is changed. At that time it was gaid to be threo miles from tho city, and we had to waik down to it. Now, 1 believe, the city extends nearly, if not quite, tothe fort, Jones’ Falls at that time emptiod into the river, about forty yards below Pratt street bridge. There were no wharves and piers 4m those days, and I have seen ships come up to the foot of Gay sircet and take in cargoes, They wero small in comparison with those which now ply between Baltimore aud foreign poris. . EXTINCT MORALITY. “There wus an old wooden thoatre here. Tho first circus I have any recollection of exhibited at the cor- nor of Lombard and Exoter streets, I have nover danced 'or played a game of any kind inmy hie. I went to sea fur twenty-four years, but never touched a drop of liquor aad don’t know the'taste of it, My wife there, who is eighty-six years old, 18 the same way.” At this point ihe old lady, who is slightly ‘doaf, thought we were speaking of the colored population, and vurst in with ‘Out upon ‘em, the nasty, dirty, treacherous wretches, 1 never allow 'ein to come into the housg, | always detested 'em,” and she walked out of the room, evidently highly incensed at tho recollection, perbaps, of some vunoxicus clause of the Rignts vilk “There were none of these lager shops or dance houses in old times. We use by boar fights sometimes out here on Landeusiager's Hill, generally about Christmas Old Landensiager kepta Brugge! ‘Y up there. You can see the old house now, and they would chain the bear up and set the dogs on him, Some thought it rare spart, but I never could see the fun of it. I sappose Landensiager did it to draw castom to his shop, People were more friendly then, it appears to me, than they are now. We had no to-do about religion. Pretty much all thought sane thing, There was no talk about slavery—it w: ail right then, (Hore the old lady took ancther shy at the Alricans and was ee ncn ee, Teproved by her Jord and master), We had no woman's rights por Spritualism—the peoplo had more sense. The old women used to belheve in witcheralt, but as they did Ot act on it it was porfectly harmless, BALTIMORE'S KARLY COMMERCE, “The trade of Bultimore was large both fn flour and tobacco, Thomas Tenant, Billy Patterson aud Bue Chanan were the promincat men in the city about 1801, 1802 und 1808, Patterson lived on Philpot street, where the negroes have a manufacturing establishment now, J remember when his daughter married Boua- parte, There was a good deal said about it at the time, PROMINENT FIGURES OF THE PAST. “The house whore Luther Martin used to live is still standing out ou Monument street, I have seen him often, but [do not know that I cver saw Lim sober, He generally had a black fellow to toliow him around and take care of hi I recotloct when he was counsel for Burr and Bleunerhassett, I have often seen Wil- kinson, Who took Burr prisoner, I bave seen Mr. Jeiferson mi ime in the city. here. He used to stop at Bria jovel. He was a plain-looking old chizen, He used to look like a country farmer. Ho to Baltimoro en horseback, I served will me Wirt, Robert Goodive Harper and General Stricker, 'l was in the velghborhood when the riot took pl in 1812, at the time General Luigan was kill 1 always regarded it as a bad affair. [nev taste for rioting. Tho * boys and the town’ boys used to have stone fights, but | alwa; away from them us far as FIGHTING Ix 1812 * ‘At the breaking out of the war in 1812 many of the ships were turned into privatecrs. 1 was mainly cu- gaged in this business during the war. ' I served on the Comet and the Chasseur. The last fight I had on tho water was with the St. Lawrence. She was a Baiti- more built vessel, aud at one time belonged to Mr. Tenant. She was captured by the British and recap- tured by us 1 reached here from New York just as martial law was declared in 1814. Thad not been in the house twenty minntes betore I was summoned to the tied, 1 picked upagun and joined tho Futy-tirst regiment MM: jusotts voluntecrs, ‘The hills around the city Were" covered with soldiers, but they had no arma to give them. We marched down to North Point and fought the 1 thought it rather siow, 1 bad been used to going into battic with sword and pis- tol at close quariors, As soon as the fight was over 1 returned to New York and went to sea on the Chas- ur. ‘41 took very little interest in elections; never both- | cred myselt about politics; but this 1 will say, 1 nove voted for General Jackson.’ i Mr. Batohelor talked with votubility, and bis recol- lection seemed to be very clear of the scones through which he had passed; bat ax he is an attacud of a bunk the interview was cut short by the hour striking for him to resume his duties, MRS. ROBERTS. RECOLLECTIONS OF AN OLD DELAWARE LADY— AN ENGLISH MISSIONARY WHO CLUNG TO THE CROWN—WASHIXGTON AS PRESIDENT OF THE CINCINENATL Mrpptetows, Del., May 16, 1876, Mra, Roberts, of this place, is ainety-one yeurs of ‘age, bale and hearty, and bids fair to behold the dawn: ing of the twentieth century. She told me to-day that she was born about fiity miles from Middletown, in the centre of Kent county, Many of the houses now standing bere were old and decayed thon. St. Anne's church was built of English brick in 1705, “The frst missionary that I ever heard of as sentto the church from England,” continued the old lady, “+was Philip Rodding, He preached for somo years before the Revolution, but whon the war broke out his allogiance was 80 strong to the Crown that he coulda’s give up praying for the King, #o ho was requested to ‘stop down and oat.’ My grandfather, whom I ro- thenber very distinetly, wore small clothes to the day of his death; that+ ts, knee breeches and a cocked ba. He died in 1800. Joba Vance Hyatt, a lieutenant in tno army during the Revolution, was an uncle of mince. lie was a prisoner for sixteen months on Long Island. Daur- ing that time he made for himself some clothes, small clothes and a vest, in which he was buried. He was buried at Drawyer's church in 1806, (This isa very old Presbyterian church a few miles trom Middle- town.) My uncle took a pretty active part in politics upto the day of his death and was an cldor in the Prosbyteriau church, He didn’t talk much about the war, though be must have seen « groat dealof ‘NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, MAY 20, 1876—TRIPLE SHEET. it, I know he was in s good many battles. Ho Was a member of the Cincinnati,” ACERTIVICATE OF TUR CINCINNATI At this point the old lady produced a certificate of membership signed by General Washington in 1787. It ran thus:— Be it known that John Vanco Hyatt, « lieutenant in the Inte army of the Cnited States, is a member of the Societ of the Cincinnati, Instituted by the officers of the Amori- can Army xt tho period of iis dissuwution, as well to commemorate the great event which ave Independence to North Americn as for the laudable purpose of Inculeat- ing the duty of laying down in peace aruis assumed tor pub- | lic defence and of unitin, Donds of perpetual frien in sets of brotherly affection and | ip the members eonstituting the same. In testimony whercof I, the President of said socioty, h hereunto set my hand at Mount V ul siniu, this twenty-sixth day of Apt one thousund seven hundred and eighty-seve: eleventh year of the Independence of the United stut ; order, J.ENOX, Becrotary. G: WASHINGTON, President, Tho signature of Geuerdl Washington, in o bold, | round hand, is in the left hand corner of the docu- pat the waters. Murrel rose, bat there was in bis arme tha lifeless body of his daughter, His wife also came t# the suriuce, with a babe at her breast, both happily alive. Malone and others, swimming ashore, became active in assisting many of the party in reachil Mmbs of trees by extending to them grape vines canes. At Jengta all who survived huddied upon a small piece of land, surrou: by water. A MGT 01 RROA, “It was now night. No succor came to the wrecked Benumbed with cold, they hovered together, ring and knocking their limbs against each other, while their wet apparel seemed to freeze upon them. It was two miles back to their last camping place, and the route lay through thick cane and water and ovet small islands. A resolute youvg negro volunteered ta find their last camplog He plunged into the low rounds and groped his way toward the mn Two long hours passed away, when the cheertu! bailoe of the negro was heard. It was answered by a shout from the whole party. In the darkness was seen an indistinct light, which shone over the tops of the dis- tant canes, It was a brand of fire, which the cour. ageous negro had brought from the deserted camp. He ment, while that of Jolin Knox is on the right. In the centre is the American eagle. In the Jett hand corner is a man in armor, bearing the United States flag; a lot | of chains are at his feet, the British lion is couching, while the eagle is in the act of pouncing down, Benesth | all stands a woman with the British crown sliding from her head, At the toot and in the centre of the certiti- | cate are a number of ships representing commerce, | while om the right Fame blows her trumpet, In euher corner is the obverse seal of the | society, The whole is beautifully exceuted. The paper is yellow with age aud of rather coarser material than would be employed nowadays for the | Tho old lady prized the relic vory bad tt framed and covered with glass and | to game pur, highly. si was evidently somewh alarmed when it a other hands than her own. She also showed th & painted medallion of John Vance Hyatt, with made of his hair, also a portrait done in fndia i what seemed to be hor treasure aud avaluable relic, was a mantle of silk and linen.’ 10 | whieh her grandtather was baptized. It was lined with white satin, trimmed with pink, and was made expec- tally for thut occasion. It was 147 yoars old undin an | excellent state of preservation, though here and there 1 the folds and creases timo had made its murk, tho satin was yellow with age and the pink bad almost faded mto white, It was a curious relic. ax showing the customs that prevailed regard to baptism 17 | yearsugo. It is styled a mantie because there is no | other name to give it, but it w utterly unlike any gar- | Meut 1n use now for the samo purpose. DELAWARK’S GAY Days, Tho old lady said that 10 hor day Cuesar Rodney, tho Bayards and Claytons and old George Read were the Prominent men, ‘This country wore a far different as- pect then from what it does now. During the Revolu- tiou they were so neur the water that there was uo pro- tection, and there was almost a cessation of industry, The people were gay and lively whon she was young; in fact, that was the reputation Deiawaro bore, or this part of it, up to tho time of the war. But hard times | had come} the country was impoverished, and the spirit | had Ina great measure died out. She had heird that better times were coming, and she trusted this might | ‘be the case, as the hundredth anniversary of American | independence should be celebrated in a manner beiit- ting the importance of the event. “CAPTAIN” FITZPATRICK. INTERESTING REMINISCENCES BY AN OLD ALA- BAMA PIONEER—S8AD TRAVELLING ZEXPERI- ENCE—GENERAL JACKSON OUTDONE IN BRAVERY BY BILL WEATHERFORD. Moxtuomery, Ala, May 14, 1876, 3 but | at, no doubt, 18 county, Georgia, in 1798, and is one of the pioncors of | Alabama. Ho resides now ifn a solitary farm house, nine miles porthwest of Union Springs, and your cor- Teapondent, in his trip thither, had quite a rough | horseback ride over prairie roads, in whose sticky mud and treacherous mire bis horse sunk knee doop at almost every step, The Fitzpatrick family has taken well known throughout Alabama. The youngest brother of tho old gentleman on whom 1 called was | the Hon. Benjamin Fitzpatrick, who éied in Novem- | ber, 1869. He had served two terms as Governor of Alabama, On tho death of Senator Lewis in 1848, Governor Fitzpatrick was appointed by Governor Chapman to fill the unexptred term In tho Sonate of the United States. In 1853 he suceceded Colouel King im the Senate, by the appointment of Governor Collier, and was elected by the Legislature to fill tho unexpired torm. In 185 ho was re-clected to the United States | Senate for a term of six years. The highest honor of the Senate was conferrod upon him, in his cloction as President of the Senato pro tem, in which capacity ho served in four sessions of Congross. At the Democratic Convention at Bal- timore, in 1860, bo was nomiuated for Vice Prosident of the United States on the ticket with Mr. Douglas, but decined the nomination. Whenever, during my wuterview with Captain Fitzpatrick, any allusion was made to his deceased brother, he spoko of him in a tone which showed how fondly he cherishes his memory, DECEPTIVE APPEARANCES. I found Captain Fitzpatrick well presorved for bis age and possessed of a remarkably tenacious memory. He was attired ina suit of common homespun, con, siderably patched up, and neithor big dross nor his mao- | ners, which had still a tinge of tho early pioneer life, | would have betrayed a momber of the distinguished family. However, under the discolored and thread- bare coat beat a warm, sympathetic hoart, and in his eyes, dimmed by age, was still an occasio: the old fire, Captain Fitzpatrick came to Alabama in 1816, and ho and the other pioncers that accompanied him first sct- ted at the junction of the Tallapoosa and Coosa rivors, five miles above the present site of the city of Mont. gomery. The following wore tho first settlors in that locality, all of whom had come from Georgia:—Jeseo Evans, a brother-in-law of Fitzpatrick; Benjamin Bald- win, also a brother-in-law, and the fathor of Colonel B. J. Baldwin ; Steven Hawkins, ‘old man” Hall and tho brothers Philip, Joseph, Byrd and Benjamin Fitzpat- | rick, | TUR ROUTH OF THE PIONEERS, “Wo travelled’’—I here use Captain Fitzpatrick’s exact words—‘‘iu old fashionod wagons, with linen cov- erings, with four horses to each wagon, We had to go through the Creek Nation, who wero then tolerably friendly to the whites We travelled over the old State road, which ran from cast to west, and was oily | @ blind wagon trail, and as wo drove our cattlo and | hogs with us wo could make an average of only twenty miles a day. We had to swim crecks and make bridges; tho Indians frequently as- | sisted us in making bridges, We first crossed tho | Ocmulgee River, which was tnen the dividing line be- tween Georgia and the Croek Nation, We constructed a flat and crossed on it, We next crossed Flint River ona ferryboat. There was a regular ferry kept thore | by a hall-vreed named Marshall. We then reached the Chattahoochee River, which we crossed at the present site of the city of Columbus. No white people wero | living there at that time. A half-breed, namod Mela. | tosh, kept a regular ferryboat on the Chattahoochee. Some twenty years later this same Mel ntoga was killed by the order of a Creek ch nained Uputhlevhois, tor having sold (0 Georgia a tract of Creek lands extending from the Ocmulgee to the Flint River. We next torded. Line Creek, which was then the dividing line beiween the Crock Nation and. Mississippi ‘terrwory. Li Creck 18 twenty miles distant trom the janction of the Coosa and Tallapoosa rivers, where wo settled. ‘e mado 200 miles in about ten days. We camped out | every night. There was lots of guine along our route, | such ag b deer and turkeys, Out wo bad no time to gohunting On our whole route wo passed nota sin- | gle white setilement, Indian settlements, however, | were quite frequent. It wus only the Fitzpatrick fam- ily that travelled together; the others tollowed on be- hind on our trail. SLOW, TEDIOUS AND FATIOUING as was the mode Of travol im 1816, sull it was ah sm. | (raveling only iifteen years previous, | hen it took @ party of emigrants 120 days to reacn the section of country soutuwest of this place from North Carolina, in boounber, 1801, & party set vat from North Carolina, consisting of Thomas Malone, a | young clerk in the land office at Raleigh; Join Murrel | wad his lamily, James Moore, Guodway Styriek, ueorge | Nosworthy, Kobert Catier, Wiliam Murrel and sixty negrocs, With great difficulty they ascended the Blue | Riage with weir w aud descended through its | dark gorges into the valley of the Tennessee. Con- | structing fat boats at Kuoxville they floated down river to the head of the Mussel ho: weg they dis- | embarked at tho wigwain of a Cherokeo chief named Double Head, Piacing their eflocts upon the horses, | which hed been brought down from Kuoxville by Jana, | they departed on ioot for tho “Bigby settioments’” | avout ¥L Stephen's, some eighty miles above Mobile, and to wkich not @ solitary direct path led. Afver a fatiguing march they reached the pluce ot Levi Cat- bert, a celebrated Chickasaw chief, who gave them the necessary directions. They then came upon the Tom- bigbee, at the cotton gin which had, not long before, been erected by the American government to encour- age the Chickasaws in tho cultivation of cotton, DIBARTROUS VOYAGE IN A CANOR. “To lessen the fatigues of tho long and patnful trip the party constructed two canoes at this polut, each torty t in lepeth and very large, bus of miserable work- mansoip, being built with no other tools than axes and grubbi ‘These they launched on the river in | paraliel positions, five fect apart. They were con- | nected | | by @ platform made of cane, upon which were deposited the eifects = high above the heads of the emigrant in Tows im the two canoca A fow of the men went by land with the horses toward St, Stephen's, to mako preparations for the arrival of the main party, Savage regions, bad proceeded but two miles down the rapid, erooked and swollen stream, whon it struck with great lorce against # log which extended half | swamps of the Southwest. “Captain” Byrd Fitzpatrick was born in Greene | © aa active partin the development of the State, and is | fi | with a humorous twinklo in hiseye, pushed on, with a cracking, crashing noise, familiar only to those who have walked through the dense Fires were kindled with dry cane, and around them sat the sufferers until the morning sun dispellca the horrid night, It was now ascertained that one white child and twenty-one hegroes were cutombed in the watersof the bee THE #URVIVOKS groped their way to the eotton gin without provisi without huts, without tools, without firearms, wit! moocy, and with ne clothes except those whiet drooped upon their weary limbs. They were irendiea and alone in a savage country, far trom their point o destination, and still further their mative ‘They wore only saved trom starvation by their dogs, who hunted rabbits, opossums and raccoons for thels famished owners.” “When you arrived at the junction of the Cooks and Tallapoosa rivers,’ asked the correspondent of Captaia Fitzpatrick, “how did the country look ?” “Thore wag only wild forest and dense capo brake, Alter having secured some little comfort—and it was mighty little in those rough timos—we proceeded to cut down the cane, which, ofter it had remained on the ground for about two weeks to dry, was burned. After the ground had thus been cleared we planted corn, We only had one plough between us, so we dag holes with our hoes and planted ihe corn in the holes, The Indians, who lived on the west side of the river, wera friendly aud good neighbors, They sold us venison, fish, turkey and honey, and we paid thom in silver coin or in Spoiled flour. We got.tho datnaged flour trom Uieg Reertenmaaeee at Fort Jackson, and paid $1 a barrel for 1,” FORT JACKSON IN 1816, “How was tho fort provisioned at that time?” he provisions were brought up irom Mobile im which were about four weeks coming.” a3 there much of a garrison, Captain 1”? ‘he garrison consisted of 150 regular United States troops, and was commanded by Major Cavanaugh. In 1819, wlagn the State was admitted into the Univn, thir same Major Cavanaugh ran for the Logisiature, but was defeated by my brother, Philip Fitzpatrick. » It was ut Fort Jackson where I Orsi saw the celebrated Creek chief, William Weathertord. He was a man, of power(ul frame and vory commanding ia his appear. ° ance.” ‘The following is Pickett’s accoant of Woeatherford’s surrender after the battle of the Horseshoe, It it characteristic of the man who, for so long a time, had proved a terror to the American settiors;— Deputations of chiefs continually arrived, and submitted, in behalf of themselves and their people uch terms at General Jacksou thought propor to Among the most conspicuous of these was Willa ‘thertord, wh lod the Indians at Fort Mims and at the battles of Cale! and Holy Ground. Jackson bad directed that he should be captured, 11 ponyib) ht to hit, confine to colve such Y rited, jatber- ved ‘to appear voluntarily, nting tho same dwhich had borne him over the luff at the Holy Ground, he rode within u few miles of Fort Jackson, when a fing deer crossed his path and stopped within shout: ing distance, w' firod killed, Relonding his ritle with two bal of shooting the Big Ware rior, should he give him “4 tho. deer behind his saddle a porta, Some soldiers, 5 Jack: son's wherent outa, gave him somo unxutisfuctory und rude replies, when a gray-headed mar, a few stopx beyond, polnted him to the marquee. Weatherford rode up to it und t tho entrance, where sat velnimies ‘dotermined tone, you g insolence I will blow a# ball through your cowardly Genorat Jackvon now came running out of the que with Colonel Hawk: * furious manned exclaimed, “How dare y i having murdered the women ai Weathertc “U you. I foui . for ama Crock warrior. L have nothing to requoxt in behalf of myself; you oan kill and ft ‘ack Cr you desire, But Toome to bog you to send lor the womoa and childron of the war party who are now starving in the woods, Their flelds and cribs have been destroyed by your vou them to the wood: ‘you will send will satoly conduct them hero in order that ed myself in vain to provout tho massacre of the FYomen, and children at Fort Mime, fam now duno fight. ing. Tho Red Sticks aro noarly ail killed. If T could ht ui “H 80. for the did y harm. Kill mo If the white people want it do a At the conclusion of those words m Dorsons who | surrounded tho marquee oxclaimed, “Kil him! Kill him) Kill him! General Jackvon commanded witence, and in am emphatic manner said, “Any man who would kill us brave @ man ag this would rob tho dead.” He then invited Weatherford to alight, drank 1» glass ot brandy with him, and entered into a cheerful conversation under bis hospitable marquee. Weatherford gave him the deer, and they wore then good friends. He took no Jurther part in the war oxcept to influence his warriors to surrondes PIONKER PASTIMES, In the course of our conversation Captain Fitz patrick alluded to his hunting expeditions at tne vor place where now the city of Montgomery is situ: and which then (1816-17) was a wilderness of forest and swamp. Hunting and fishing were thé only pastimes, and oven indulged in on the Sabbath, There were no ladies the young men could visit. ‘There warn’t women enough’ to court,” suid the old pioneer, There were na preachers and no preaching then ; and not until the ag- tumn of 1818 did some few Methodist and Baptist preachers from Georgia venture into the vastnesses “or the Alabama wilderness. DANGERS OF LUMBERING. CRUSHED TO DEATH BENEATH TWO HUNDRED ROLLING LOGS—DROWNED WHILE BUNNING LOGS—KEILLED BY A LOG JUMPING A SHUTR Mansrigtp, Pa,, May 16, 1876, The running of lumber down tho precipitous and rocky mountain tributaries of the Susquehanna and its branches is one of the most perilous of vocations, and only the most daring and active of the Jambering classes engage in it Some of theso streamé are little better than wild torrents, dashing over beds of huge jutting rocks, and the guiding of logs over their precipices and through their roaring chasms ig at | tended with no little loss of lifo during the course of a season, while the starting ofa “rolling” of logs from its place on their steep banks {requently results in one or more of the “ranners”’ being caught in the avalanche and crushed to death. Reports of three un- usually shocking casualties among the lumbermon Po veen received here, all having occurred on Sat- urday. A gang ofmen were running the logs piled on the teep banks ot Slate Run down that stream to the larger stream of Pine Creek. roll "’ had been wuccesstully started into the water, wh: xtraordl- narily large one, containing over 200 logs, was encoun- tered about a mile above the mouth of the creek. The head runner ordered George Shampane and Abr: Seacroase, two of his best men, to reloase the forwi log and start the rolling into the creck. The former started the head log, the latter standing noar by, Tho bank was Uucommonly steep, and more logs were prese- ing directly on the one released than the ranner sup. posed. The consequence was that before Shampane could get out of the way the whole 200 came thunder ing down the slope, He was knocked down by the head log and cach of those following it roiled over him in succession. Ho was crushed into a fy mast, Seacreago wus caught by one of the logs and had one be ap arm and his shoulder blade broken .Shampane @ young wan, but one of the most daring and skilful log runnors ip the Susquebanna region. Saturday alternoon a gang was ranning logs dow@ Briery Gulch Run, when a bad jam occurred at the head of Old Jako’s Falls. This ja a spot where the | water has a fail of twonty-tive feot im a distance of 100, and gets its name from a noted lumberman known ag “Old Jake” Hooper, who rode the falls some years ago ona two-foot pine log. When the jam mentioned above occurred two men, named Oscar get and Fra! Godley, jumped on the with their pike poles began disengaging the head logs forming the ovstrac. tion, Having started some of them Laps ago about to take a position less dangerous, when +! loge. they were standing on became loosened and started for the fulis. Both men sprang for a lodged stick of ¥ but missed it, the next justant swept the rolling and crashing logs through the falls, ~ Th bodics were recovered a mile and a half below, crushed and mangled beyond ail recoguition. Atsome pomts along the streams the banks are so high that shutes are made from the top to the bottom by which th ‘are carried to the stream. It is not an uncommon thing for them in their rapid a fow tect away from the shate. uly a large pine log, meeting with some obstruction in its J and, flying with great velocity thre Joa in the back and him with 1 to the water below. Every bone in the unfortunate man’s bay ‘was broken. STATEN ISLAND MUDOCE, Four notorious ruMfans, known as ‘Rocky Hollow Modocs,”’ named James Jakey, William and James without Se hetore Justice Kashner, who hold them in @ach (0 appear for trial, U. A. M, OF HOBOREN. Star Council, No. 49, of the Order of \U. A, M., 08