The New York Herald Newspaper, November 16, 1876, Page 8

THE MARTINEZ-DEL VALLE. SUT Continuation of the Trial Before Judge Donohue, EXAMINATIONS AND CROSS-EXAMINATIONS. Revelations by Confidantes and Restau- rant Waiters. It was expected that tho suit of Miss Eugene Mar- tine against Juan Del Valle for $50,000 damages for alleged breach of promise and seduction would reach Aconciusion yesterday, but the ease bolds over and will probably be given to the jury to-day, The nature of thetrialand the presence of a pretty woman in court to plead her case, have daily secured a large at- tendance at the court, and yesterday, despite the rain, was not am exception. The jury were seated in good time, and the plaintiff and defendant were seated diagonally opposite each other, near the eounsels’ table, which taces the jury box, The plaintiff sat be- bind Mr. Beach's chair, her mother on one side and her sister on the other. They, of course, attracted mueh attention; but the central figure of obsorvation remained closely yelled for somo time, to the disappointment of tho curious, who stretched their necks im vain to ges a giimpso of | her features, Mr, Del Vallo sat with his elbow leaning on the corner of the table, bis chin rest- ing in the palm of his hand, There was an abstracted look about him, which he retamed during the whole day. He never changed expression, and scarcely moved a musclo during the whole ime, THE Day's PROCEEDINGS were opened by the continuation of Mr, Choate’s aa- | dress for the defence. We will, be continuod, shed a hew light on the morals of the household in whith sho was brought up. She was or claimed to be exposed to | evil at the houso of her steptather; exposed to dangers not from knife or pistol, but from that more poweriul ‘weapon, lust, Nor was it without purpose that this liselosure was made, because she «ppealed to him to be taken in the capacity in which she served him, Ac- | cording to Mr. Del Valle sho sought him as a refugo from the dangers surrounding her at her stepfather’s house. ‘The plaintifl’s narrative that there was some entanglement of Mr. Del Valle’s affairs which prevented or hindered his marriage I ehall endeavor to show is ’ delusion, There was nothing in the way the ring was purobased and given, and its return has never taken place. On the morning of the 6th of Juno, itis alleged, criminal intercourse took placo between them. I leave it to your judgment, from her own story, What the nature of that transaction was, Alter Mr. Del Valle had installed her in his house, at a salary of $100 a month, he soon learned that she was not only inexperienced, but committed acts of impro- pricty—dressing id undressing with her room door | upen, carly and alone going out tor horseback exer. cise, leaving the house at dawn of day and returning when she pleased. Those and other acts uttracted his attention and he called her to aceount, remonstrated with her and gave her notice of instant dismissal. | What then?’ Sane was in tears, and begged not to be | thrust back into her father’s house. He forgave her tnd she prevaiied on him to retain ber, on \ promise of reformation, On the 24th of July Mr. Det Valle went to Niagara and other places, re- jurning to Poughkeepsio August 2 Remember tho threats of shooting, the concealment, &o., and remem- ber that while be and bis family were at Saratoga she | und her family were in the enjoyment of bis house, When she returned to hor father’s house the letter she wrote on that occasion expressed doubts that she vould ever see him again, Onthe 2d of October Mr, Dei Valle received @ telegram irom the complainant’s mother that there was sickness in their home and they wanted money, Tho money did not come, and tue telegram was followed by a letter from the daugh- ler. Did she write because he owed her or she thought he owed her? What if tho money did not comv? “Mr, Del Valle, do not make mo your enemy." It was Vhis money she wasthen seeking. I aim sure you will lo justice, and if the case presents itself to you in the Agbt I have shown it 1 have no fear for tho result, PINST WITNESS FOR THE DEFENCE The first witness culled for the dofence was Joseph fT. Maltman, acierk in @he jewelry store where tho ting was purchased. He testitied that on the 15th of January, 1875, the complainant and defendant called wogether; he waited on them; they looked at some tings and purchased one for $30; it was an amethyst [ring shown and identiied); the ring was left to be made smalier for the lady's finger; they went away, | and three er four days later the lady returned an cased jor the ring; she Wrote a note on a card tor Mr. + Del Vaile, put it 1m an envelope and left it for him; Mr. Del Valle'called some days inter; witness told him the lady took the ring and.gave him the envelope; he put it in his pocket aud went away; be was wrapped up and Jooked us if he bad been svc Tho witness was then cross-examined by Mr. Beach :— “Did you sowe three weeks ago address this young lady (pointing out Miss4idele, complainant's sister) on the street??” ‘No, sir.’? “When was your attention called to the purchase and sule of this ring?” “Three or four weeks ago.”” “Did not Mr. Del Valle purchase other things at your store ?'* “Yes, he purchased two pairs of earrings and other things previous to the purchase of the ring.” Robert Louis was the next witness, and, by his curt Answers, greatly provoked the examimng counsel, He said ‘ho was amerchaut and did business at No. ‘inth avenue, in this city; the complainant had sed to Miss Howard at the store; she and said there is a letter which contained moncy and that she had not receiwed it; on that occasion he told her not to nave any more letters sent there, A question Was here put by a juror as to whether complaipant gave the name of Howard or called for lotters addresses! to that name. It was answered that she called tor letters in that name. Atter a few minor questions a recess of half an hour was taken, AFTER RECESS, The Court reassembled at half-past one, when tho crowd seeking adinission was greatly 'incrensed. Judge Donobue ordered that no one should be admit. ted who could not be seated and many were conse. quentiy exciuded. Mr, Choate cross-examined tho witness 08 follow “Were the letters received all in the same hand. writing?” “No, . they were in various handwritings.” In What kind of handwriting were they 1”? “In men’s handwriting, I should say." “Did you novice any ove in particu “Yes; there was one which came twice a week under the monogram F. Mrs. Kravk, a chubby-taced the next witness introduced. She kept a toy ne = once or tue corner of Filty-second street and First avenue; the identified the complainant as a lady who had called Mt her store m 1875; she axed to make purchases she came in some ‘ime im the spring 5 and asked to bave letters directed ; the witness knew complamant by the ites; letters came there in care at her husband, J. . Krank, for Miss Howard during the whole summer, winter and spring; complainant fid not always come for them herself; she sometimes ther younger sisters tor them; sho leit no name, but took the address of witness when she mado the ar- Fangement; the letters were delivered by the mati car- Tiers, with wo exceptions ; two lesters were left | by a young man. ‘ Aller a shore cross-examination by Mr, Beach the ‘witness retired. STRANGE REVELATIONS, | Michel Myer was the next to testify, and when he answered 1h response to ine question that he was formerly a waiter at Solari’s restaurant tnero was a feneral expectation that his testimony would be en- livening. Ihe partiongo the action were then pointed put to the withess and the following questions put to him :— ave you over seen them together ?’’ at the'restaurant, | ‘Twenty times."* When waa tho first time you saw them!” “In January or February, 1873." “Did they come there during the day or evening r” “Aiways during tne day; 1 waited ob them." “How long were they accustomed to remain?” “About two hours of 80; they came at about velock and remamed uotil four or bal four.’”” “Whore did you serve them ?”” “In a private room, always”? “pid you ever see a little book withthem ?” “Yes? “Is this the book ?”” “[ think so, [found the book on the-tablo one day afler they had gene, and the Indy called and got it Alterward.”” “In what language did they converse together?’ “j could not teil; it was neither French nor Eng- ho” CHOSS-RXAMINED RY MR. MRACIL. This concluded the waiter’s testimony, Beach vegan bis cross-examination. “How many private rooms are there in that restau- and Mr. D * Bight.” “Do you keep @ registor of who occupy those me?” “No, sit.” “Did you over see Mr. Del Valle there om any other nity occasion besides when accom Yes, three or four times.’ “In what company do you say you saw him?” “In the company of temales.’* “Do you kuow who they were *”” . sir; but think I could recognize them.” ‘You remember seeing Mr. Dei Vallo and the com- Plainant there olt®n 7” “Yes, sir, “What did they do there ?’* “Ate and drank.” “Anything else 7"? They taiked “Whore were y “In and out of the room, as oceasion required me to wait on them ’’ “That will do.’? panied by complainant ?”” The next witness called was Professor Louis Philip | Mantillo, whose testimony elicited nothing of great importaneo, Mr. Dei Valle was then catied upon to take jd, Which he did. t.very eye was centred on bi xpectation that he would surely recount rome 1 toresting incidents, but the expectants were doomed to disappolutme: Mr. Choate’s first question was, “Where wei ju born?’? but Mr, Del Valle remained a8 dumb ux the proverbial oyster. It became evident that an interpreter was necessary, but as no one present was satisiactory to both sides, and the hour was growing late, the Judge adjourned the 1 the Court to halt-past ten o'clock this morning, when | the case will be resumed in Part 1 of the Supreme Court. THE BOARD OF EDUCATION. BUSIN¥SS TRANSACTED AT THE REGULAR MEET- ING HELD YESTERDAY—NEW APPOINTMENTS. The rogular meeting of the Board of Education was held yesterday, Prestdent Wood in the chair, Mr. Alexander McDonald, who represents the borough of Stafford in tho British Parliament, was a visitor, and, as he is widely known in connection with educational Intorests m England, his presence was made known by President Wood, Mr, Ernoss Caylus having lately resigned his position a3 a member of the Board a communication was read yesterday notifying the Commissioners that Mayor Wiakham had appointed Mr, Benjum F. Watson to fil tho position of Commissioner in his stead during tho unexpired portion of his term, The following appointments by Mayor Wickham were also formally communicated to the Board:—Com- missioners, for a term of three yoars, dating from January 1, 1877—William Wood, James W, Halstcd, Rutus G. Beardsloc, Kugeno Kelly, Everett P, Wheeler, Bernard Cohen, Jacob Vanderpoel. Inspectors of common schools, also for aterm of three years, from January 1, 1877—First district, John Votter; second district, Washington Thomas; third district, Charles Spears; fourth district, Harvey H. Woods; filth dis. trict, Alexander MeL. Agnew; sixth district, Andrew Finck; seventh district, Jacob Hess; elghth district, | Samuel G, Randall. ‘A report was read {rom the Committee on Finance, recommending the appropriation of $53,835" for the erection of a primary school in West Fifty-eightn strect, in accordance with a request of the irustece of the Twonty-secona ward, and was adopted by tho Board, Commissioner Beardsleo, chairman of the Commit. tee on Bylaws, presented’ a report containing several proposed amendments to the rules and regulations con- cerning babitual ney. One of these amendments Nmited the detention of truant children to fourteen weeks, and provided that they should be sent during that time to an institation which may be hereufter erocted by the Board, to the House of Keluge or to the New York Juvenile Asylum, Comiissioner Kelly moved an amendment to tho section of the report which mentioned the Juvenile Asylum asa place of detention, proposing to add the words “or Catholic Protector.” Upon this amendment considerable discussion took place. Commissioner Whetmore, who was appealed to on the subject, suid that the Juvenile Asylum was not a sectarian but a Protestant institation. If the Catholic Protec- tory, be suid, would take children on the same terms, and be subject to their superintendent to the . tent, he thought it right that Catholic children should be sent to it, The Juvenile Asylum took these children without expense, but they were not intormed what the Catholic Protectory was prepared to do, Comm sioner Keily’s amendment was uitimately put and cnr. rled by a majority of 11 to 9 votes. On the motion of Commisstoner Hazeltine the several sections of the report presented by Commissioner — Beardsiee were taken up seriatim, Several of these were passed, and when the clerk read the sec! ainended by Commissioner Kelly, Commissioner Ha eltine said bo wished to vote on the subdiv.sions of it, He desired, Jor instanco, to vote in favor of one of the places me ned where truant children might be de. tained, and thyrejection of the other. He was in- formed by the ch rman that he had already voted on that question voting on Commifiioner Kelly's amendment. ‘fe section was then put and carried by the necessary two-thirds vote, the only negatives out of twenty votes being those ‘ot Commissioners Hal- ated, Hazeltine, Schelland Vermilyee, The report was then submitted to the meeting as a whole and adopted, and Commissioper Boardsiee was appointed to obtain the sahction of the Justices of tho supremo Court to the action of the Board, ‘The election of City Superintendent was next pro- ceeded witn A vote was taken by ballot, the tellors being Commissioners Whetmore and Beardsiec, All the members present, twenty tn number, having de- posited their ballots it was found that sixteen had cast their votes tor Mr. Henry Kiddie, the present Super- tenuent, Two votes were cast ior Mr. G. S Babcock and two were blank. Mr. Kiddle was, thereture, re- elected for two years from December ‘A proposal to proceed with the election of an Aasist- ant Superintendent was rejected, and the Board adjourned. THE COLORED LINE IN SCHOOL, The Brooklyn Board of Education frequently finds subject for heated discussion upon the claims of negro citizens for the admission of their children to the white rublic schools, Principais of the schools, knowing the fecling of the parents of tho pupils, invariably object to recoive the colored children, A complaint was mado yesterday*by Alvin White, a colored man of con- siderablo wealth, Who carries on the wholesale drug business in this city, to the Board of Education, that bis children had been refused admission to School No, 1, on Concord etreot, by the principal, His ebildron are almost as {air skinned as any pupil m attendance, and taey are reflved m manner. Alter a warm debate the Bourd reterred the subject to tho Local School Committee, with instruct to admit Mr. White children, if consistent with the interests of the schoo! THE COST OF EDUCATION, Richmond county last year paid $86,802 97 toward the support of the public schools of tho county. The item of teaciers* salarics alone amounted to $52,794 20. Ot the total amount Castleton paid $33,043 83, North. 17,114 91, Middletown $17,833 42, Westfeld $10,736 $3, and Smithfield $8,073 98% The whole Aumber ol children in the county 1s “nearly 12,000, of whieh number 6,500 attend the public schools, The daily average attendance at the free schools is 3.100, The cost of schooling for each scholar por year is about $14 73. A "S PLRIL, OMcer O'Shea, of the Eignth precinet, while on duty in Greeno strect at two o'clock yesterday morning was assauljed and probably fatally wounded by a dranken carpenter, named James McLaughlin, who gives his age ae twenty-two years and his residence as Grecn- potot, L. 1. It has since been ascertained that McLaughlin came to this city on Tuesday and pur- chased a large end heavy carpenter's saw. Tuesday night he spent ina debauch among tho dens of tho Eighth ward, and at the time mentioned he was found drunk and disorderly in Greene street by Otlicer O'Shea. O'Shea, who is a young and clever officer and who has a model record on the force, stepped up to MeLaughiin, and, tapping bim on the shoulder, said, “It you do not behave yourself I will have to take you to the Station house.” McLaughlin continued his drunken mv nore and O'Shea cavght him by the collar and YY prisoner.” McLaughlin jumped , and, Faising the heavy saw which he had iu his hand, brought down with all his force on O'Shea’s head. The antortunate officer gave a cry of agony and jollto the sidewalk isensible. Fortunately Captain Chariek McDonnell and Detective Marphy happered to ve in Greene street at the time, on patrol, in citizen's clothes. y saw O'Shea fall to the ground, and at once gave chase to McLaughlin, who was running away, When the latter found that he was belug pur- ed, he suddenly turned and stood at bay. He had the saw tightly grasped jn bis hand and was prepariny: to resist’ when Captam McDonnet — jamped m and seized him by the ‘oat. AL the same time Detective Murphy caught him by the bands Meanwhile other oilicers had ar- rived on the ground and carried Olicer O'Shea to the station house in W’rince street, Police Surgeon Cook was summoned and on examining O'Shea tound that bis skull was fractured and that his injuries were m all Probability of a fatal character, By direction of Dr. Cook Vilicer O'Shea was taken to his residence, No. 35 Bleecker street. On MeLaughiin being searched a xied seven-chainber Colt’s revolver was found in Dis possession, On his being ar vetore Justice Kasmiro, at the Waghingto ce Court, yesterda be was heid to await the result of Officer O'Shen’s 1 Juries, At a Jate hour lust night Ottcer O'Shea w HUI insensible, and-at a consultation of the police sur- geons under Chief Surgeon M. F. Henry, his condition Was pronounced eritcal in the extreme, POLICEMA THE HUDSON RIVER TUNNEL. Colonel Haskins, President of the Hudson River Tunnel Company, and several of the directors were in consultation yesterday at Jersey City in reference to the prolonged Iitigation which has prevented the com. pany from proceeding with the work, The decision of the United States Circuit Couft on the motion for an injunction was expected some Ume ago and is now anxiously wwaited, the company, states that judgmont may be rendered ia ‘a tow days, wnu if it be favorable to the company work will be resumed forthwith, | Mr. Henry 8. White, counsel for, | against disasters by fire. | valaneing ads | nity tn this matter are best known, CITY HYDRANTS. WHAT HAS DEEN DONE BY THE DEPARTMENTS TO SECURE US AGAINST CONFLAGRATIONS, It will be readily seen that in the polity of city gov- ernment a complete and efficient system of public by- drants 1s.an indispensable necossity. When it is eon- sidered that there are about 4,000 hydrants in the city of New York, including the annexed districts of West- chester, it will be at once conceded that they form an important factor in the general measure of security But notwithstanding this seemingly large number many persons, who rely rather on technical than lay kuowledge of the matter, are of opinion that the city has outgrown the namber of hydrants, Just as the hydrants are out of proportion to the water supply from whieh they derive their efficacy. The present reduced water supply, however, should not operate against having the hydrants in a state of thorough effectiveness. It is true that in sone districts of tho city the inadequate pressuro of five pounds can hardly be obtained at present, when a pressure of fitty pounds would not be beyond the range of reasonable calcula- tong but it must also be remembered that the Croton dent, and that indications are much in favor of an in- creased volume of water, Agiong other obsiaclos which stand tn the way of perfecting the hydrant 6 tom is one which many citizens are more or less dis. posed to throw in the way, and which applies, also, and with more forcc, to the telograph pole. Briefly told, the obstacle is this, In front of many private residences the hydrant is regarded as a disfigurement; | In front of stores it 1s held to be an obstruction which materially interferes with the cartage, delivery and general man'pulation ot bales of goods, ‘The counter: tages which the proximity of theso hydrants aflords, such as the greater pressure ob- tained by not baving to carry the water through long | lengths ot hose, are, however, lost sight of or made subservient to these considerations, The hydrants of the ¢ity come within the charge of tho Croton Department, which takes its guidance, ag far as may be, from the Fire Do- partment, to which the requirements of the comma These depart. ments work harmoniously, but both are subject to certain considerations of public economy which do | not permit of more than gradual improvement. A great many of these may be traced back to tho severe winter of 1874, which served to show conspicuously MOST IMVORTANT DEFECTS in the hydrant system as it then existed—defects | from which itis now being freed. It wili be recollected that during that winter the frost ponetrated so far into the earth asto freeze the er ip the barrels of many of the hydrants, thus either bursting them or render- ing them perfectly useiees tn case ofa fire in which they might be needed, At that time the valves of the best bydrants were only tour feet beneath the sartace, while in sotne cuses they had been sunk to a depth olonly two or three fect, As a remedy against a recurrence ol this experience it was determined so far asthe funds at the disposal of the department would permit to sink the hydrants to a greater depth, | Thia could not, however, be done all over the city, nor | did tt seem necessary that it should be done, for come of the hydrants had not been aflected by the severust fr It was resolved, at all events, a8 a partial measure that the valves of all which were to be piaced in new positions shougd be sunk six feet beneath the surlace and that the same course should be observed in. respect to new hydrants which were to be substituted for ol¢ ones At had been ascertained that at a depth of six feet the penetrative power of the frost would bo inoperative and that consequently the valve would bo free at all times, while there would be no water in the barrel within the treezing iniluence. Thero was another matter in which improvements were required by the Fire Department, and the Croton Bourd, so jar ag it could, has endeavored to carry them into effect. Large hydrants were needed to meet the exigencies of reat conilagrations. First, of course, a copious supply of water was requisite, but after (hat the requisite machinery for using it eflec- was neediul, The reasonable. ‘ation Was apparent, and so in all y increased aperture fora larger Volume. ol water. Enlargements were also made in many of the ald hy- drants, and by the end ol tho year thore will be about 250 of tem the apertures of which nave been in- creased from two and a half to three anda half inches, All the NEW HYDRANTS ARE ON A LARGER SCALR than formerly, and nearly 200 of tutse are now in poal- tion, In order that they may the better serve purposes of adaptability and conveuionce, they are provided with two nozzles, one of two anda haifand the other of six inch perturo., In this way the firemen can use either their large or small hose, according 10 the exigencics of the occasion. ’ T hydrants are principatiy south of Canal # they aro also being introduced in the upper scclions ‘of the city, Eightof them aro connected with the mains which were laid last year on Greene street, and the department is now layiog a pipe in Wooster atreot with which some twenty of these hyarants will bo connected, The new pipe on Filth avenue has twenty attached, ana greatly increased protection from Bre is afforded by the new pipe in Church street extending from Canal street to Bowling Green, This mata will be im connection with no less than seventy-tive hydrants, aud the new pipe recently laid through Chathuin’ and Nassau streets, and extending trom Chambers to Wall street, has «a counection with twenty-five bydrants, all of the latest pattern, With an alundant supply of water in these districts, without which, ot course, the very best machinery would be of little avail, it is felt that the danger to proporty trot fire will be reduced to a mini- mum, Iti also believed that the risk of having the bydraats rendered useless by tho operation of extreme cold has been obviated by the greater depth to which they have been sunk in the earth. Assuming, bow- ever, tho conditions of water supply to be most favor- able‘and the hydrants to be of the very bost patter there are numbersot the tiremen—and their knowledge has a practical complexion which entitles it tu re- spect—who think that there are not enough hydrants to meet tho requirements of a city hke New York. THE U. §. REGULATIONS FIREARMS COMPANY. ACARD FROM GENERAL" DOUBLEDAY DENYING THE CHARGES AGAINST HIM, To THe Eprtor or Tite Heraun:— In one edition of your paper of the Sth of Novem- ber thero is an article from some disappointed gun man bitterly axsailing tho Springfleld musket, now used intho army. Hoe osserts that it was introduced by bribing General Grant, tho heads of he Ordnance Department and government officials generally. Tweea, General Butler and General Dent are mentioned as engaged in this nefarious business, and my name is brought in as a director of the United States Regu! tions Firearms Company, of which Tweed’s right- hand man, Ingersoll, was president. Now I have never to my knowledge seen Tweed or Ingersoll and have never had any communicaticn with oither of tuem. Farthermore, I was never a director of the company under Ingersoll as president, The compauy referred to was organized, not to manu. facture guns for the United States Army, but to manu. facture guns of the same pattern as thoso used in the army. This isa very different thing, but the anony- mous writer who makes those’charges does not make any distinction between us and the government lisetf, Every ono who knows anything about this subject knows that the United States manutactores tts own rifled musket at Springfeld Armory, and does not pur- chase that particular arm trom any company, 1 was a director in the company refetred to previous to 1869, but gave up the position in that yearand never resumed it, Our voject then was to tnrnish frontiers. men and other outside parties with the same kind of gun as that used in thearmy, This wasn fair, houor- able and legitimate busines We had no claim on the United States government, and could have none, for we only owned one part of the gun—the Allin Jocking device—and Intenued, in case we obtained large orders, to pay the other patentces a moderate royalty for the use of theit patents, and manufacture the gun in that The Allin locking device, the only part of the gun ‘e owned, had already been made over to the United States by Allin, with permission to wse it without any royalty, 80 that we ha no claim, as T have stated, un- less we contructed for or bought’ up the ethor patents, This was wever done while 1 was connected eth the company, and, so lar as I can ascertain, it hot been done since. About six months after I and left for Calitornia Tweed obtained in somo way the control ol the company for the. pu of supplying the State of New York with broechloaders, 1 was then inSan Francisco, and did not Jearn fora long time that he bad taken hold of the stock for the pur- pose indicated, 1 do not know what no did or did not do, except that he injured the gun very much by con- necting himself with it. The gist of these remarks is that having no claims against the United States, wo could have no porsibio object in resorting to bribery. If the Unwed States bad manutactured a million of guns it would have ad- ded nothing to the value ot our stock, Indeed, the accusation fails io the ground of itself. It Dent ‘was engaged in deploting the United States Treneury in favor of the United States Regulatio Firearms Company the stock ought to have becu! very valuab.e, whereas, according to tho levter pub: lished in the attack referred to, ue offered his stock at a mero nominal rato ER DOUBLEDAY, A Byevet Major Goneral United States Army BOARD OF POLICE. At amecting of the Police Board yesterday George Hall waa appomited messenger to the Treasurer, at a salary of $600 por year, in the place of Frank Cosgrove, mado patrolman, James Terwilliger was appointed s clere in the Central Otlice ata salary of $1,800 per un- nom. B. Murtha was appointed patrolman, Roungsman Paret was trausierred trom the Ey teenth to tho Eleventh precinct, and Roundsm: Martin from the Twenty-Orat to the Fo: vo up the directorship reservoirs are just now impoverished beyond prece- | and mains provision has been made | NEWS IN THE CITY. Ablers, aged soventy-two, of No, 15 Tomp. kins street, died suddenly last night im a store at-No. 486 Grand street, The following assignments were 5 rday Bled in the ety Clerk's office;—Varoum E, Cooper and Francis D, King to Heymes H. Lowenthal. The charitable Hebrew ladies of New York city will find at No, 346 Exst 105th street, New York, a poor but respectable family worthy of theirearly attention, Coroner Elliager was notified of the death of Conrad Victory, at the Ninety-ninth Street Hospital, and of Charles Blass, aged fitty-one, of No. 418 East Ninth street. Morrissey & Co. bave let thelr pool room until May 1 to Mautice Daly, who will take possession on Monday next and open the place as a biiliard hail, Morrissey & Co, retain their private offices, Robert Thompson, alias John Meee, who was ar- rested some days ugo on acharge of attempted bur- glary,m West Fifty-sixth street, and steahng $40 | worth of jewelry from No, 45 West Fiitieth street, was committed fur trial at the Viftyesoxenth Street Court yesterday, in default of $6,000, on both charyes. Shortly after seven o'clock last night Henry Rat- lodge, aged Miteen, of No, 318 East Eleventh street, while crossing Broadway and Waverley place, was ac- cidentaily knocked down and run over by Engine No. 33, driven by Clement L. Daniels, on the way to the fire at No. 80 Third avenue. The boy’s legs and collar b ero broken, He was attended by Dr. Dorn, at the Filteonth precinct station house, and sent to Belle- vue Hospital, Mary Salmon, agod thirty-two years, living at No, 38 Hicks strect, Brooklyn, attempted suicide carly yesterday morning in acell in the Prince street station house, where she was contined on a charge of disor- derly corduet, by 1 herself with a ribbon to the Sho was discovered by Captain McDonnell, cell door, who quickly cut her down and sent tor Jr. Dorn, A few moments longer would have proved fatal She was soon restored and taken to court in the proper time. Coroner Ejlinger held an inquest in the case of | Joseph Hendrelet, a native of France, aged forty-six, of No, 668 Eleventh avenue, who was accidentally | burned to death during a fire caused by the ignition of some benzine on the 6th ult, No. 1,512 Broadway. The place in question is tho dyeing establishment of Mrs, Mario Ulvéz. Deceased, who was employed there, bad in his hand aan of benzine, which he dropped and which accidentaily ignited, setting fire to the house and causing the death of the untortunate Hep- dretet, Coroner Woltman was notified yesterday morning of the finding of the body of an unknown man, about filty years of ago, in the North River, off pier 4, by Officer McEvoy, of the Twenty-seventh precinct, De- ceased was avout five feet five inches bign, had a tuli brown beard, slightly gray; long, dark hair, and wore black clothes, white shirt, boots, black tic, and tvory culf buttuns. ‘The body had not been long in the water, asthe vest and shirt were not wet through, it was Temuved to the Morguc. On deceased's person wero found four cents, aknife,-a pair ot eyeglasses, a tape line, a corkscrew und part of a footrule. lowing cases:— James McDonald, aged ninetcen, employed at the Grand Central Hotel, who accidentally tell down tho hatcuway of the elevator, died trom tue ellects. of his injuries on the 3ist ult, dusie Cespeda, agea thirty-five, of No 35 Kast Broadway, who while insane jumped out of the sec- ond story window of his residence on the 20tn alt, died at Bollovue Hospital on the 2d inst from his ins juries. Eugene Shen, aged sixty, of No. 346 Water street, who jelt down stairs on the 3ist ult. died in Bellevue Hospital on the 3d inst, from the injuries received. BROOKLYN, The annual fair for the benefit of the Brooklyn Or. phan Asylum was opened last cvening at tho Academy ot Music. Fanoy goods are sold on tables represent. ing the thirteen original States of the Union, presided over by ladies, Court for the discharge of A. A. Brown, former pro- prietor of the Williamsburg Brewery, who failed re- cently, and was arrested on complaint of John Wright, a Phiiadelphia creditor, Ho is now under $10,000 bail: ‘The caso 1s set down for examination on the 26th inst. Yesterday forenoon Colonel Henry C. Bull, who was arrested last May for killing Michael Hussey, but against whom tho Kings county Grand Jury failed to find an indictinont, was taken inte custody on un order Britton, issued at the instance Hed from Distriet Attorne; of Wiitiam Headley, Yosterda: Bull, as all atthe office of lawyer W. leged, ¢1 eadley, No. 306 that be should sign a legal document disposing of bis caim to a share of property of the company. Headiey rotused to sign the paper, which greatly in- censed tho Colouel, who used threats of violence against him, The prisoner was arrsiyned before Jus- tice Morse, hod bail was fixed at $2,000. As he was unable to procure the amount the District Attorney Permitted him to go on his own recognizance. NEW JERSEY. The fight for tho extension of Washington strect, Jersey City, to the Central Ratiroad, is being renewed and will be carried into the next Legislature, It is Bow aquestion whether private interests shall triumpa. over municipal rights, The Common Coancil of Bayonne has passed a reso- lution that no oMcer or committee of the city shall purchase, contract tor or order supplies or repairs tor an amount exceeding $10. lu cases ot larger amvunts the Common Counc! 1s to bo consulted. < Diphthersa is spreading from tho lower district of Jorsey City to Hoboken and the Heights, and the city physicians are kept busy. Dr. Hadden reports a Inrge namber of cases 1n tne vicinity of Houderson and Mor- e sireots, The disease is spreading so alarmingly in Paterson that the Mayor, yesterday, issued his proclamation to enforce sani Precautions witb ro.- erence to keeping the strects clean. Jersey City had dn election bet excitement on Tucs- day night, George Dufrane wheeled Jobn O'Hara from Germania Hall, on First street, to the railroad depot at Marion and return. The fent was witnessed by a large crowd, who Kept up cheering at intervals. ‘ibe wheelbarrow was ornamented with flags and bunting, Six of seven similar performances will take place during the ensuing two weeks, ‘Tho Board of Directors of the Central Ratiroad have mado the following appointments: —W. W. Stearns, of Elizabeth, formerly Superintendent of the Long Branch dtision, to be Assistant Generel Superintendent of tho Central Railroad, its divisions and branches mn New Jersey, and W. 8. Po\hemus to be Assistant General Buperintendent of the Lebigh and Susquehanna viston and branches. The investigation ito tho fraudulent payrolls has not THE NAUTICAL SCHOOL. ‘The annual examination of the Nautical Scbool of the port of Now York, by the Chamber of Commerce council, will be held to-morrow afternoon on board tho schoolship St Mary’ T ip is now at anchor {in tho East River of the Wall strect ferry, ANOTHER HOTEL REDUCTION. Tho Metropolitan Hotel bas roduced its prices to sult the times, Tuo rates horeafter will bo $3 50 per day, except for the upper floor, which is rated at $3 per day. ‘ollers wishing to avail themselves of the latter rate can do go by specilying whea registering, COMMISSIONER FOWLEK’S TRIAL, The members of the Crooklyn Commen Council re- sumed the trial of Willian A. Fowler, the suspended democraticCommissioner of the Board of City Works, yesterday afiernoon, President French occupied the chair, John W. Hunter, ex-mayor, was the first wit. ness oxamined by jorporation Counsel. He wai questioned touching a conversation said to have bee heid March 1, 1871, at Hempstead, betwoon the con- tractot for the storage revorvoir, William C, Kingsiey, ard Engineer MeAlpine, in which Mr. Kingsiey advo- caied the reservoir neatly a year betore tne contract for the work was awarded, “General Roger A. Pryor, counsel for the delendant, objected 10 the questions being admitted, Attera lengthy debate the questions were overruled, The witness then teatitied-to baying heard the conversation in question. Several docu- in connection with the reservoir wore placed in ce and the case adjourned til this afternoon, LONG ISLAND CITY POLICE. ‘The Long Island City Police Commissioners, at their meeting yesterday, took action upon the charges of drunkenness preterred against Officers Condon, Foley and Parcclis, They wero all found guilty aud dis- missed Irom the tarce, A WHITE GIRL. [From tho Portland (Oregon) Beo, Nov. 3. For several months past there bas been employed as a ‘waiting maid in the family of General Sably, ut Fort Vancouver, a young and handsome girl; whose naine we suppress for obvious roagona, There bas also been employed, a8 cook and general servant, a China- who Is described as being a smart fellow, and in of affection bi +boen noticed between the two, bat it was passed olf usa joke and nothing serious (nought of the mater til dio day last week, When both the gitl aud the Chi- naman were missing, Upon inquiry it was ‘uscer- tained that they had como over to this city togetuer by steamer, Hero all trace of them was joat, aia it 18 supposed they took ovoriand passage for California, Tho mother of the young lady is in grent distress over her daughter's departure and disgrace, and wo undor- stand bas loft for San Francisco in quest of the fugi- tives, * Coroner Croker yesterday held inquests,in the fol- Application was made yesterday in tho Supreme’ NEW YORK HERALD. THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 16, 1876.-TRIPLE SHEET. LITERATURE, “DEIRDRE,” THE NEW IRISH POEM: AN AN- CIENT THEME TREATED IN MODERN VERSE— THE BATTLES OF THE KINGS—DR. ROBERT DWYER JOYCE THE AUTHOR. ‘ Bostox, Nov. 13, 1876. “Deirdré,” the Irish poem which forms the second number in Roberts Brothers’ ‘No Name Series,” li redently been published, and the orders for it pour in thick and fast, and, thanks to Irish patriotism and American curiosity, the first edition will bo taken up almost immediately. As for the real merit of the book ‘and its prospect of obtaining a high rank in the poetry of the year, a carcful examination leads the writer to believe that it has much of the former and is well en- Litled to the later, The gossip about “Deirdré” has been slightly checked by the uifieulty about its name, whieh was to Am: cans a stumbling Dlock, and to many Irishmen fool- ishneas on accouct of the accent, bus gradually people have learned that it ts pronounced Deer-uree,”’ and use It as glibly as if they had been born in Ulster like the lovely Detrdré herselt. The story ia founded on an ancient Gaelic poem belonging to tho class called “Oitithe”? or “Deaths,” and entitled “The Death of the Children of Usnach.” The theme was used by McPher- son in “Dar-thula,” but in his usual modest way the author of “Ossian” refrained trom acknowledging bis obligations, The time of the story is carly in the Christian era, centuries before Malachi wore the collar of gold. To begin at the beginning of the tale, King Connor Mactessa’s storyteller has one fair daughter, whom he by no means loves passing we!l, inasmuch as at ber birt Cuifu, the King's Druid, predicted that she should be the diretul spring of woes unnumbered to Emap. Unaaunted by this formidav® prophecy King Connor determines to rear the babe to be his wite, and builds a suinptuous patace far apart, and surrounded by a ginnt wall, guarded by a triplo gate of brass, for her home. Here Deirdré grows up, seeing only Coffa, her tutor, the King, her nurse and Lavarcam, the aged dame whom Connor sends sometimes to look alter bis treas- ure. Sho is an cifish, nimble-tongued and nimble- footed maiden, and when fully grown she is ‘In light and loveliness without a poet." But, alas for King Connor! Lavarcam, like a!l go-betweens in fiction, seems to have Leven a predestined idiot, and one day when Deirdré saw a raven drinking blood that had been spilled on snow, and made the remark that so many other legendary maidens have tnade, that sho should wish her husband to bavo hair like the raven, cheeks ag red as vlvol ana skin as white as snow, Lavaream immediately replies that Naisi, son of Usnach, is such a man, and amiably brings him to Deirdré when she asks to seohim. Smail need to say that when King Connor sought his bride he sought her in vain, for she had flea to Albi or Scotland with Naisi, theie babe, Andi and Ardan, Naisi’s two brothers, and 150 followers, m tween erty lands gray JandiveKed omy, mins rose full high Fur on their front a miuty stream fling down, Its waters through the great xorge it had mad® ‘To the calm bay, 1n many a bright cascade, Now lest in groves of pine, now shadowed By some st ig that reared tts hy - by the storms of p ward the lovaly rowan Drooped with tty cluators all vermilion OF Trion bright rh its ‘Lhe larch uplifted, an: Of bireves giimmered trom their ierny knolls, Here they Ianded and lived in peace for a season. Deirdré was happy, and urged her husband to remain always apon this friendly shore and ict love be trium- phant over the King’s wrath and Caffa’s prophecy. Naisi promises, and With hand sti!l clasped in hers, “O peorless one!” He cried again, “look on thy litle son, May the cods calm through hin tay strange alarm, And with his intaut wiles shy soul so charm 4 ‘ree ed all forge! rt rer apok'st thon ye * Godhead utterance seomed tu flu 4 kind, 18% A or dross, ‘And 1.ove tho flower of life, the peleeless gif The gods the brave vestow whoso swords are ewiih ‘To guard it, and whose hearts adversity Can conuuer not, nor tire, alr, earta, or vem, Divide from the'belov'a But winter and fame togethor close darkly round the band of exileg, and one by ono the brothers go forth tor food, each leadiog a hungry band “with gnushing teeth and wild, red, roving eyes.” Ardan and Andli meet their brother returning, driving a great herd of cattle bofore him and closely puremed by thoir owner and his mem, The Irishmen conquer in the fight that follows, but take but one captive, Aran, the aged chic! of high Dunthrone. They set him tree and send bim away with peace gilts tor his King, and he soon returns, inviting thom to the Court. Deirdré wisely romiods her husband that the King is still un- wed, and that her iuckless face may att ; the women are Icft in tno tents, and Naisi and the King become brothers in arms. Prophecies are not evaded in this way, howevor, and tho King, indeed, sees Deirdré and covets hor lor bis wife. The exfles flee to their ships, the King follows, and a battle en- sues: ‘ And now Rage found a voice, and eithor side ‘Thandered togeth whon Wind aud Tide + In adverse battle join, one furious sweeps ‘Tne Lammas floods from Bloui if nto Jiown Shamon’s bed: ono drives with deafeni ‘Tween old Can-emy's Kuck and Kerry's Tho bwiting ocean in; with high ralved back, bpray-beindied, hago, comes ou eneh watery wrack, Meeting from i d, in chavs dread Wide ¥ ailowi ‘Thunder, and Be on the swii In giant cont ‘Naisi was conqueror in this Might, and .sailod away aday and a night's journey to an isle, where they lived for five years, Mcanwhile tho King Connor's chieftains long for the return of the exiles, and ask him to recall them. He consents, but with treachory in bis heart. He secretly asks Conal Carnaand Cuhnilin what, in their judgment, should be the doom of the man who should slay Naisi; and each, although the King bas saved the lives of both, says that only death should reward such an assassio. Fergus Royson, or Macroy, the third chi whom the King con. sults, says the same thing; but Conntr art. fully arranges matters, so that Fergus is com- pelled, after couducting the exiles back to Emania, to leave them to parsue their way under tho guidance of bis two sons. Kogan, of Fearnmaigho, meets Naisi near the King's shining towa and sluys him, and in the struggle that follows the suns of Usnach, their followers and Fergus Macroy’s son ara all killed. Forgus and his friends collogted 1 forces, fought with King Connor, slew his son, plundered and barned his capital and retreated on Connaught, tasuing thence at Intervals to join in battle with the chtols of Uladh, Moanwhile Detrdré is kept in confinement by King Connor for a long year, during which no smilo lights her lovely face, But at last, sated with the sight of this anguish, King Connor sent for Kogan, N: defor, and gave Deirdré to him. But the daughter of Erin 1s vo Apdromache to submit passively to be the slave of Ler husband's murderer, and whon he ts tak- ing her home sho flings horsc!f from his chariot and dashes out ber desperate brains against a rock. There are bits of the poom that are more Homeric | than morris, as, for instance, this prayer:— woo is me t tut clond of gore, t. wl portent of the av speak und dreathe in woou whl ‘Thou tleest not! ihen to Nenanan L pray— Lord of the crystal gveaming rani of spray, Hince here no human near: rut Yeu think —vethink thee of iy airtel My palace fair. my xardew all welcem With taurmuring ny tan Freighted exc morn and ev i ly on to theo, 'sdewy hours votive flowers ea living By ihess poor hands with wreaths the erystal ne “hontinse its i With tossing So raged betw Uluse packed and Vt straxgiing men it whelm! and gi « vt bickering spear nivel THe AUTHOR who wrote “Deirdré” was a question for some time. Wo have two Irish poots, Joha Boyle O'Reilly and Joyce, the authors respectiv-ly of Southern Seas” aud “Ballads of Irish Chivalry.” The former, onco a Fenian conspirator and afterward a political prisoner in Australia, is tow & newspaper proprietor and a bard working editor, His poetry, although be seems to be a thorough Irish. ‘maa, is cosmopolitan in its tone, He loves his country, he hes suffered her, but the world and are more t@ him tham any tand or any race, writes oD customs common to all rather than op which only au Irishman can feel Dr. Joyce, other hand, although he seems able to sound every chord on the barp of Erin, rarely touches any other iyre. His “Ballads” are fo many keys, but Ire Jand is still the theme, and their words are often writ- ten to the music of Irish aire. He iss quiet, pelished gentleman, whose face is known to few outside of his cirele of patients and persoual iriends, but who realizes in himaelt the portrait of the scuo.arly, versatile song of Erin, whom Lover aud Lever and Miss Edgeworth, and all who ever knew them, have delighted to vaint, That Dr, Joyee wrote rdré”’ there is no longes amy doubt. THE MENZIES LIBRARY SALE, The sale of the Mevzies Libraryyby George A. Leavitt & Co, was continned yesterday afternoon and last evening. There was a good attendance and lively bid: | ding, the most important sale of the week bev efcied, The largest price yet paid for any work wag given by Mr. Joseph W. Droxel tor Irving's “Lite 04 Washingtou’’—viz., $4,080, It contains fve volumes of “Wasbington’s Life,” by Irving, and the author's manuscript of chapter 20, volume 4, beskies the ‘Character and Portraits of Washington,” by Henry T. Tuckerman; the whole extended to tweive volumes, In addition to 102 India proof plates, there are 1,700 inserted illustrations, including 222 portraits of Washington, 861 portraits of his compcers and associates, and ninety-eight auto. graph letters, notes, &c, ten of which are by Wash. ington. ibe next highest price paid tor any work so far was $1,005 for Caxton’s 1482 edition of the Yolssbrasisos, ikewise bought by Mr. Drexel. The Chariemont copy once brought nearly $2,400. Among other large prices puid ior buoks at yeeterday’s sale were the follows — $300 lor J. Tyssher’s “Treatise Concerning ‘witiul Sayings of David the King”? This volume Loars the imprint of Wynkyn de Worde, London, 1509, “America Fainied w the Lite,” by F. Georges, Loadon, 165%, brought $200. A mall vole ume of Gregorious Magnus, printed, about 146 F & Schaier, wid for $142 50: ‘tho “Hiphotheca Grenv, brought $104. hn fixteen copies of this work were printed, Three vo umes of Hakluyt'’s “‘Navigations,’’ printed in 1589, 1599-1600, and 1809-12, brought $105, $225 and $100, respectively. ‘A True Discourse of the Present Estate ot Viewioin? by KR, Hamor, was soid for $220. This is a fine copy of the v rare original edition, Tho “Expositio Symbol Apostolorum,”’ of St, Jerome, was bougns tor $92 50. 1b was printed by Zell, Cowgne, abont the year 1460, Daniel Horsmanden’s “Proceedings in the Detection of the Conspitacy to Burn Now York’ was disposed of jor $240. Wiliam Huobard’s “Narrative of tho Troubvies With the Indians In New England” drought $200, Francis Higginson’s ‘New England Plantation” sold for $66, John Higginson Cause of God and His People jn New ‘Kagland” brought $50. Tuis volume was printed in the same year j with and by ono of the printers of Eliot's | Indian Bible. A copy of the 1518 edition of | the ‘*Houres & I’Usage de Rome,” brought $97 50, | Harriss Notes on Columbus,” pri printed in | this eny ten years ago, breught $57 "A Giass for the Poople of New Kngland—to which they may sve themscives and spirits, and, if not too late, turn from their abominable weys aud cursed contrivances,” was bought for $63. The author of tbis work was 3. Grooin, A fine copy of a raro edition of the ‘Gospel Order Revived”? brought $57. Garden's -*Anecdotes of the American Revoiution” was sold tor $45. The sale 1s progressing rapidly. A pumber of books have brought very large sums, but mauy have faiive | far below their expected price. AN ANECDOLE OF MRS. HAYES, [From the Warren (Ohio) Tribune.) The simplicity of manuers which makes Governot Hayes aud his family 80 popular with the people 1s well illustrated by an incident that occurred 1n 91863, Colonel Hayes was thou in camp with his regiment at Charlestown, W. Va: While there Mrs. Hayos visued her besband and made.a short sojourniv camp. James Parker, of Mesopotamia, Trumbull county, was @ good-natured, jollf ‘boy’ in one of the companies of Hayes’ regiment, Soon after Mrs, Hayes’ arrival, and belore it was known to all tho boys, larker was ox. pressing his regrets to some of his comrades that there wax uo one to mend hia biousc and put kets in it, - why don’t you t man who does the sewinz for the herto fix it?’ ‘Didn't know there awoman. Where is she?” asked Parker, ‘Sho’s up im the Colonel's tent,’” said omrade, “and it you'll take your biouse up there she’ll mend it for you, That’s what sho’s here tor.”’ The unsophisticated Purker at once started tor tho Colunel’s tent, blouse in hand. Colonel Hayes politely returned his salute, in vited bim in, and inquired what ho wanted. He re- plied that he wanted his vlouxe mended and pooketa Put tn it, and that he understood there was a woman there to do sewing for tho regiment, The Colonel took in the situation at once, With a merry twinkle in hig eyes he called to Mrs. Hayes and asked her if si could Ox the soldier’ blouse. She prompily accepted ad told Parker te call for it. in afternoon, Park returned to his Cumrades they wore lookiog out tor some fan, -Where’s Vege blouse?” they asked, “Why, 1 left it with tho woman, to be fixed,” said Parker. And whon, in answer to their further i tioning, bo told them how tne Colonel received bim, and how kindly the woman undertook the job of fx- ing his blonse, the boys could Lardiy tell whether the joke was on Jim or on themselves. And when, jai in the day, Parker appearod with his blou: mended end two ample pockets in it, he was of his company. It may well bo imagined that the incident did not lessen the popularity of the gallant Colonel and h wie, Poor Jim dicd in the service, and hia nam with many others, fs engraved on the beautiiul monue meat in Mesopo.amia, A CANADA BOY MISSING ‘Tho Montroul Star of the 1ith inst, says:— A boy named Robert A. Foster, of this city, lett home on tho Sist ult, When iast hoard of hy was atst Hyacinthe, making hig way, Portlaud, with the iptentivn, bi Liverpool, His poor mother about bim, and would thank any one who would gtve hor any information concerning bis present where- abouts, The following 1s his description :. was rs of age, with fair hair and blue eyen; wag iressed in a pilot overcoat, seamed w.th red, and had on a Scotch cap, with cheequered band. Mrs, Foster's address is No, 445, 5. Charics Borrommee street, A JUMPING THIEF, [From the Ci@etand (Onto) Leador, Nov, 8] A lady stopping at the Forest City Hor returned room, which she had left unlocked fora last evening, and sawa colored mam init, gular presence of mind she locked the doot < resiment, With a and notified the clerk, who repaired to the room, Opening it he found the man had gone, whither he wag ‘unable to tell unless open window coula solve the mystery. Subsequent events led to tho belief that the man must have become so afraid of capture that he risked a flying leap out of the window, the room bei! on the third floon About the time he was locked acouple of men in Solomonson's optician store on 8u- penor street saw a colored man co dashing down through their awning, feet first, and with much force that he a through it, «i Janded in @ sitting posture ont vement They captured nim ‘and asked him what © meant by shooting down like a moteor ons of thi sky. He replied that he had jumpod out of the secon floor window, but was unable to tell what ke meant by taking so short a out to the pavi 1. The mea finally let him go. He sat on a box for a few momenta ond then proceeded siowly down the stroot, limping bacquantly arrested while reet. Ho gave his name as Moses @ lived at the rear of No. 410 Perry street and was twenty-seven years ot ores but denied the jumping entirely, Ho was identilled by parties who saw him as being the party who took thi At tho time of the jump be had a dressed ¢! der one arin abd & dozen aud a halt of oges in ono pocket, Only threo of tho jatter wore broken, As $33 was missing from tho room in the hotel, Robinson was charged with being a suspicious person, He was locked up. A MIDNIGH’ MURDER, {From the Meriden (Mise.) Comot.} Last Tharsday night, about twelve o’otock, Mr, Eds wards, living five or six miles in the country. and father of Dr. Edwards, of this city, was shot by Joha Lackett, living in the neighborhood, from tho efforts ofwhich he soon died, Lackett went out to Mr. Ede wards’, where bis wife was, at a Into hour and de. manded that she accompany him home. She being in delicate health Lackett was prevailed upon by a lady present to let his wifo remain wotil morning. This seemed to onrage him and he ere her ov In the mélée which ensued Mr. Edwards, a man over seventy y very feeble, decropid aud really not a rational man, approached him, when bo was Knocked down the second and third times, He got hold of a gun, the contents of which he discharged at his antagonist, but it is supposed he missed fis aim, or more probably he never aimed atall. The fire was returned by Lackett, shooting him three times with a pistol, (rom the,egects of which he died, Lackett iminediately ted, ip to this time bas not been heard irom. The allair bas Created a xvod deal sympathy for the relatives of the deceased, and diligent search will be made for the urderor WhO Committed this foul midnight deed,