The New York Herald Newspaper, March 23, 1877, Page 4

oa 4 NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY. THE COAL REGION Four Hundred Collieries and Sixty Thousand Miners Idle. WINTER WANT AND SUFFERING. Baleful Influence of hal Molly Maguires. LOW PRICES AND LOWER WAGES. Rumored Terrible Destitution in the Wyoming Basin. Porrsviu.te, March 22, 1877, The anthracite coal region of Northeastern Peun- sylvania 18 divided into four great basins—namuly, the Soutberu, the Shamokin and Mahanoy, the Lehigh aud the Wyoming basins. ‘The 400 collieries operated 1p them employ 60,000 men and yicid 23,000,000 tons of coal a year, Most of tho collieries and coal lands passed long ago under the control of powertul ratiroad | and transportation lives tributary to New York and Philadeiphia, The Delaware and Hudson Canal Com- pany, tho Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railroad | Company, the Pennsylvania Coal Company, the Leigh | Coal und Navigation Company and tho Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company have for yeurs been the principal operators in the region, dictating wages to miners and prices to consumers, and accel- | erating or retarding the production of coal by general or partiul agreement. ‘The interests and necessities of the 60,000 employés of the collieries and their famslics caused them to adopt various measures of self-protection. Miners’ ase sociations and labor unions were formed and funds subscribed to bridgo over fluctuations of pay and lapses ofemployment. Strikes were organized from time to time, checking the production of coal and sending up its price, to the profit of the monopolics and resulting 4m no permanent advantage to the mine! THE MOLLY MAGUIRES. About one-half the miners employed are of ‘mixed nationalities—Americans, Germans, Welshmen, Kung. lishmen and Swedes, The rest are Irishmen, and, although the majority of this Jatter class are industri- ous and lawfully dispos they tolerated for mure than twenty years the organization kuown as the Molly Maguires. This terrible band, which was re- sponsible for the worst outbreaks and crimes in the coal region, held three-fourths of all the miners and | their bosses under a terrorism to which 1s traceable most that is bad and pitiable in the condition of the miniug popalation to-day. Through the exertions, principally, of Franklin B. Gowen, President of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company and the Philadephia Coal aud Iron Company, the history and deeds of the organization wero at last uncovered, In Trench’s ealities of Irish Life’? is an account of the Rivbonmen of Ireland. They sprang up ata ‘ime when most of the landowners were non-resie dent, and when there was an organized resistance to the payment of rents, Thoir objects were to intimi- date tho agents of tno landowners and the constables and bailiffs who aided them in collecting dues. Asa branch of this society sprang the Molly Magui the name arising from this circumstance, that when per- petrating their offences they dressed as women and generally duckea or beat their victims, or inflicted some other punishment which infuriated women would administer, Exactly when or bow this society came to this country is not known, It has been tdene tifled here as a branch of the Ancient Order of Hiber- ians, whose headquarters ure in New York city and whose members are distributed over every State and Territory of the Union. ‘The national delogate and the president reside in Now York, and are understood to receive udvice und instruction from the Board of Erin, in freland, ach State has an organization; there are separate county organizations and separate district organizations in the several counties, In no part of the United States, howover, did the members of the Ancient Order of Hivernins take upon them- selves the prerogatives and addict themselves to the Practices which have distinguished the Molly Maguires of the anthracite coal basing, Bound together by oaths and by mutual knowledge of mutual crimes the Molly Magaires were usually uble to secure work ut good ‘wages while other miners wero half idle or starving. | They dealt with the bosses at the colliories, who were induced tocive the Moliies the pick of what printers would call the fat jobs. The easiest Jobs always went to these men: or, when such jobs were not so assigned, the boss was invariably warned, The warn- ing came to him in a shape like this: — Pei ae, Kra' smith This is your hous, Notice you have caried this as faras you can by cheat- Ing thy men you three Bosses be carefull if the above don't be your howe in A short Time From a le now Stranger you aN a) ORGANIZED ASSASSINATION, Ifhe did not heed the warning be was certain to be shot dead, his murderers escaping with impunity. Tho district organizations of the stolly Maguires were so Telated—each having its bodymaster, secretary, assiat- ant secretary and treasurer—that whenever a murder ‘was desired to be committed in one locality men {rom | another or distant locality were ready to do the deod, 1t was part of the plan to select members who wero strangers both to the person to bo killed and to the people of the locality where the criine was to be com. | mitted, Those who were selected were always to be | upkoown in that particular neigiborhood; so that if they were observed they would not be likely tobe recognized again, especially if seen only ouce, and then for « short time, In return for the assus- sination of a bosg or other obnoxioas person «im district No. 1 by the Mollies of istrict No, 2, the ‘ecommodated Moilies of district No. 1 were bound by their oatns to reciprocate the favor by murdering somebody in district No. 2 whenever they were called Upon to do so, In this way when @ boss was siain none of the miners who had a grudge against him were ever distinguished as the murderers; they were seldom ac- cused, The crimes were enveloped for nearly a quar- ter of a century in doubt, although it was well known that the criminals belonged to the Molly Maguire Asso- ciation, ,Every week's payroil showed the officers of the different coal companies the price that their bosses were paying to members of that association for their personal safoty, and the officers shrugged their shoul dera and said nothing. THE GREAT STRIKE, At jast arose the combination of miners that forced the great strike uf two years ago. The Moliy Maguires | pbdtained contro! of the movement by placing at its head, asa blind, a president who aid not belong to their organization. ‘The strike lasted about six months, and was disastrous to most of the men who participated in it, who wore glad, at its termination, resume work on the terms proposed by the com- panies, During and after the strike the Moily Ma- guires turned the whole southern coal region into a Slaughter field, Among the most conspicuous mur- ers of the period were the shooting of Gomer James at midnight, ata picnic, near Shenandoah, August 14, same day of Thomas Gwythe, Justice of the Peace, in the public street of G the killing by tive men in September, 1875, of Thomas Lange, mining boss, and William Wren, at Raven Run; the murder of John 8, Jones, a mining boss, at Sum- ford, and the assassination, ut two in the morning, of Benjamin F, Yost, a police ollicer, in the borough! of Tamaqua, There were wany other murder and a long Jiat of outrages, especially in tho Schoylkill and Bhamouie basins, which included arson, assault and | | | battery on railroad men, destruction of telegraph lines and offices, demolition of railway trains, dump- ing of coal cars, blockading tracks, tearing up ratis, mobbing repair shops, &c. These crimes were the last committed by the Molly Maguires as an orgauization. For nearly two years a detective in the empipy of the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company—a young Irishman named James Mcl’arlan—had been fraternizing with the band as James McKenna, He entered tho region in the guise of @ fugitive from justice—a counterteiter anda murderer to boot; and he was befriended by some of the most influential Mollies, These gradually gave bim their confidence. He joined them and became a secretary of one of the county divisions. In this way ho obtained the history of crimes committed and got wind of crimes intended, He notified nis employer, President McGowen, at Philadelphia, sometim but not always, in season to frustrate murder, In one case (that of Gomer James) the victim was warned in time to save himself from assassination at the colliery where he was employed. But be was foolish enough to attend a picnic the same evening, aud was shot down, DISCOVERY AND CONVICTION, But the evidence collected by McParlan was conclu- sive and sweeping cnough whon brought to bear last year in the courts to convict about fitteen of the lead- ers of the band and completely shatter the Moily Maguire Association. Tho murderers are etill lying 1 prion under sentences of death. Their trials revealed some strange facts, among them the poltiical power of the Molly Maguires and the uses to which it had been put, not ouly in counties and Congressional districts, but in State campaigns, Ono Patrick Collins, detected as a body master, was County Commissioner ot Schuyl- kill, John Slattery, another body master, was very nearly elected Associate Judge. Released trom the terrorism which was for so long atimo wielded by the Molliies the employés of the coal region Lave not recovered from its effects, The object of the Molly Maguire Association was to get the most pay for the least work and to foment troublo whenever that seemed likely to serve their purpose, When wages at the collieries teli aléng with the price of coal and tho wages of other employés and the prices of most other products througbout the country, they reiused to submit to the inevitable and in- duced thousands of miners to jom them in vain and wasteful resistance. A shiltless and undetermined mode of living was thus fostered among miners—a method which took too little heed of to- ; morrow and next winter, Consequently every winter descends among these mountains upon villages pinched by penury and gnawed by actual starvation. Here in the southern districts, where the Philadelphia and Reading Company virtually controls everything, the company’s oillcers manage to supply enough win- ter work to the needy to enable them to ward off the worst pangs of the seasou. The rates of wages paid (always on the condition that coal is worth $2 50a ton) aro about as follows: OUTSIDE LABOR. Hoisting engine drivers. ....$55 00 to $60 00 a month. Pumping engine drivers..... 50 0010 60 00a mouth, Watchmen + 40 00 to a month, Carpenters ‘ a week, Helpers to carpenters, * @ week, Blucksmiths. 2 a week, Helpers to blacksmiths,...0. 8 00 u week, Breaker engine drivers...... 8 00 a week, Coal andairt planeengineérs, 8 00 & week, Firemen. + 9 50 to 10 00a week. Stablemon. « 10 0010 K. Laborers. ve» 80010 10 00a week, ‘Teamsters (boys and men)... 6 00to 10 00a week, Masons........ : +13 50to — a week, Slate pickers (boys + 3:Q0to 9 00a week, INSIDE THE INES. Miners cseesesesseseee +++/$12 2010 — A Week. ‘These tind oil for their lamps, costing trom 3Uc. to $12 60to — a week, there ia an excess ol tire. seeaseceeeseeeee+$10 40 to $11 00 a week. Whenever the price of coal rises above $2 50a ton the wages of all employéa are increased according to a sliding scale of percentay When the price sivks below $2 50 down go the wages of empleyés likewise. In February the average price of coal was $1 $2; the rate of wages for that month was, thereiore, twenty- two per cent below the $2 50 basis. Such fluctuations are serious, for tho wages are meagre at best. lam given to understand that in the north, especially in the vicinity of Scranton, where certain companies have for some time stopped payments to their men, a great deul of suflering exists. 1 sball go north to-morrow and give you the facts in my next letter, THE CINCINNATI BABY SHOW. [From the Cincinnati Gazette, March 21.) Mr. Harry Gtlbert’s great baby show ended yester- day afternoon, It was a novelty in Cincinnati, and will not scon be forgotten by those who entered their darlings tor competition or the thousands who gazed upon the multitude of dimpled sweetness. Every mother considers ber baby the finest production of the kind im the world; and it ts no wonder, then, that out of the 200 mothers who exposed their personal | creations to the public gaze 180 or more are pouring muledictions on the heads of tue commitice who were #0 Diind as not to see the meriis of each individual mother’s own and the demerits of every other mother’s aarling. An hour before the dpening of Greenwood Hall yes- terday alternoou the street was crowded with people, mostly ladies, eager to gain admittance, and it wae almost three ‘o'clock betore the stairway could be ascended with comfort, Until fuur o’clock a vast throng poured through the halls—Greenwood and Mo» gart—and it ty estimated that fully 4,000 of our citi- zens yisited the entertainment, At four o’clock the unuouncement of prizes was made from the stage ip Greenwood Hall, We give the list of premiums:— EXTRA CLASS, Children under six months; prize, five dollar green- back, ‘This was a special prize, presented by Mr. Hurry Gilbert. Awarded to William Alberisua, No, 231 Vine Street; age, Hive and one-bal! months. CLASS A. First Prize—A walnut bedstead, awarded to Thomas A. North; age, eleven months; residence, Central avenue, ‘Second Prize—Ten dollar gold piece; awarded to May rice, aged 7 months and 10 days; residence, Covington, Ky, CLASS BL i First Prize—Twenty dollar gold piece; awarded to Charles Kearns Buckner, aged 13 month residence, Covington, Ky. « ond Prize—Ten dollar gold piece; awarded to Legove Chestnor, aged 20 months; residence, city. CLASS De First Prize—Ten dollar gold piece; awarded to Lottie | Wilson, aged 2 years and $ mouths. Second Prize—Five dollar guld piece; awarded to Cora Morton, aged 2 years and 8 months, The extra prize iv this class of a five dollar greenback, pro- sented by Mr. Leon Van Loo, was awarded to Albert Willams, aged 2 years and 9 months; residence, Riv- erside, CLASS B—TWINs, Tweuty-dollar gold pleco; awarded to | and Ida May Bollinger, corner of Bay- milier and Everett streets, Second Prize—Ten doliar gold piece; awarded to George and John Woodson ; age, two years and seven months ; residence, No. 665 Sycamore street. Extra Prize—In this class a tive dollar greenback was presented by Mr. Harry Gilbert, upon recommen- dation of the committee, to Joshua aad Blooma Laz- erous; uge, two years and two months; residence, | No. 209 Broaaway. Extra Vrize—A floral cradle, presented by Cook, the florist, to the beautiful twins outside of the regular class, Eday and Ida Manne, 432 Main street, Extra Prize—Another extra prize, presented by Me- Donald, the florist, consisting of a beautitul floral chair, ‘The award was made to James Hattersley, No. 7: Front street. First Prize Esteila Gru CLASS P—TRIPLETS, No premiutns were awarded, but a five doll buck Way presented to each of the two se respoctively, by Mrs. Doherty and Mrs, Lederman, THE JUDGKS were as follows Mrs, Dr, Orr, Mrs. Nolan, Dr J. G, Ort, Mrs, C. A. Plimpton, Mrs, Dr. Joseph Garretson, Mrs. Dr. D. 1, Bramble, Dr. M. B. Wright, Dr. D. D, Bramble, William MeAlpia, Mra. Dr. Geo, Blackman, Dr. Wiltiam Judking, Dr. C. 8. Museroft, Mrs. Leon Van Loo, Mrs, Dr, Maserott, Dr. P, F. Maley, Mrs, Jobn H, Patterson, Mrs, Josephine K, Maley, GOOD FRIDAY AND COTTON. Pursuant to a special call the members of the Cotton Exchange held a meeting yosterday at their Exchange to consider the propriety of closing busin Friday. Mr. James F. Wenman, the President, occu- pied the chair, It was proposed to close the Exchange on Good Friday only, when amendments were offered to close also on Saturday and Fipally it was resolved, by un Friday and Saturday Thomas £, Johnson, the mate of the ship Princeton, was arraigned before Judge Duty yesterday, charged with shooting Jobn Flanagan, an emigrant ranner, of No, 10 Hamilton stroet, A’ Flanagan is in a dying condition the prisoner was committed to await the result of his injuries, The story of the assault on Jobugon by Flanagan and & gang of tivo others at pier No. t North Kiver, and bis plucky defence of himacit, was published in yesterduy’s issue. Thompson related the story over again yesterday of the fight i the bay aod on the dock, avd it Was told with so much frank. ness hat every one ib Court sympatuized with bi THE MURDERGUS APACHE The Red Devils Laying Waste the Fairest Valleys of Arizona. AN AMERICAN GENERAL BOUM. The Governor of the Territory Appeals for Protection to General Kantz and is Publicly Insulted, “ HELP US, OR WE PERISH!” Tunac, Feb, 22, 1877. To tux Evirox or tHe Herasp:— As u dernier ressort the people of Southern Arizona, particularly tho acttlers on the San Pedro, Sonoita aud Santa Cruz rivers, appeal to the general government and the citizens of the United States through the col- umny of your world wide und invaluable paper for as- sistance for the protection of their lives and their properties. Our uoble Governor, a. P. K, Safford, bas done everything that bus lain in bis power to assist us, but owing to tho inefficiency and iI) nature of Brovet Mojor General August V. Kau‘z, who at present commands this military department, al! bis endeavors have been iutie, The citizeus of this part of Arizona have memorialized the general government to provide means for their protection, but said memorial remains upanswored. TH GOVERNOR'S APPEAL. Governor Safford bas written, telegraphed and ap- pealed in person repeatedly to General Kautz for tho protection of his people on the southern border, which appeals have not only been answered by personal cal- umny, abuse and insult, in pubiie and private, but by either positive refusals of assistance or such meugro aid as to thwart the desired end, General Kautz bas ensconced himself in headquarters at Prescott, in the northern purt of the Territory, nearly 250 miles away from duty aud danger, aud rarcly shows himselt in this purt of tho Territory; certainly never to pursue our marderous enemies and his path of duty, His nearest camp is sixty miles north of this place and over 100 miles north of the Mexican line, leaving an arca of country of over 10,000 square miles in extent utterly unprotected. One or two more Indiau raids such as this last one will completely depopulate Southern Arizona. Many families have already lett here and moro are going, for they feel that there 1s no hope of protection for life or property while the geveral government permits aman liko Kautz to misdirect military affairs in thisdeparitmeat. We ure daily expecting that theso raiding Indians will com- municato with their brothers on the San Carlos and other large reservations, and if they should wo may look for a massacre unparalleled in American history, On the San Carlos reservation alone there are nearly 6,000 Apache Indians, while outside of tho city of Tucson the entire population of this part of the Terri- tory is not over half as many, and those few widely scattered over the country extending from the New Mexican live to the Colorado, and from the Gila River to the Mexican line. I have been in this part of the Ter- ritory about nine months, and since my arrival I bee lieve at least fifty to a hundred valuable lives havo been sucrificed through the negligence and incapacity of General Kautz. a THK RED MAN'S VICTIMS, in their last raid through the valicys of the Sonoita MARCH 23, 1877.—TRIPLE SHEET. and Sauta Cruz, since the beginning of the present | month, fourteen citizens of the United States aro known to have lost their hives, and as many more are missing or seriously wounded; and in Sonora, where ney went alter leaving here,. fifteen are suid to have been killed, and at the same tine thousands of dollars worth of property, much of it the accumulation of lifetimes, destroyed or stulen, Geverai Mariscal, of Souora, hus set our worthy commanvery a vebic example, for no sooner did he bear of the depredauios Ol tue Apaches on the people under Lis charge iban Le desputched every federal suldier that could be tt in pursuit of (hem, aud irom the progress they @uve Toude 10 a week's time there will not bea single h@ule Judian left im Sonora Aud this he has done while the revolutionury army of Pesquicra tureatened tue very lite of his State. say that they could put an effeciual stop to avy farther raiding 1u Ubis richest and most beautiiul poruion of oar whole country ina month if they were allowed to; but, their orders being restrictive, tuey can go su fur'aud uo fartuer, On General Kautz’s head res the burden of every crop ot human blood tout hus beea shed by tuese murderous In- dians simce he took commanu, He founu our Territory at perfect peace, but anucr mis mar administration this part of Arizona has vecowe Hie vetter than a periect helt, Milhous ot acres of the richest land 1 the United States are awaiting settie- ment, aud hundred of setticrs Who were on the way hore ‘have stopped or returned back whence they came ‘The fichest mines in ine world are awaiting development, but even the hardy and brave miner hus had tv leave his prospecuug wnd desert his mine for the provecuicn of life, which 18 dewrer than gold, The drawbacks wilich this part of Arizona bas reveived in the past nine moutos will not be overcome in the Lext livé yeurs, and ior this we have to thank August V. Kautz. OFFICIAL INSOLENCE, At the beginning of the present raid our beloved and ever watchtul Governor telegraphed Geavral Kautz the (ull state of alfuirs, but be received no other reply Uian thw usual imsult—ieling bizn cat we only wanted the troops here to speculate on and make muney out of, and the only answer,made by Kautz was to send a few men to Cawp Crittenden, thirty milk from this scene of destruction aud death, there or m that vicinity to remain. Into tue yalleys ot Santa Cruz and the lower Sonoita, where all this havoc wag made and where bauds of Indians are now roaming at will, nota soldier nas us yet put his foot, although more than fourteen days have olapsed siuce tho commencement of the raid. Finding uo assistance or relie! could be expected trom Genera, Kautz Goveraor Satfurd ieiegraphed the Seereiary of War for ars and ainmunition w arm tue citizens. The Secretary tmmediatety telegraphed tho required permission. On this being communicated to General Kautz bo reiused to comply, siying he had not received orders to deliver, &c. All Wis oc- curring while heipless citizens were falling daily at the, hands of the ruthiess savages, , THE PRKOYLa'S CHAMPION, All these endeavors tailing our noble Governor showed what ouergy, pluck and sell-sacrifico could do. Suoscribing largely himself he started a subscripuon among the cruzenus vi Tacson und vicinity, and in a | few days rawed suilicient money to arm and equip enough scouts, whom he placed unuer the command of the renowned Buford, one of the best scouts, guides and Indian fighters now living, and two days ago started them from Tucson to | part of the country from Apaches, and we feel satisied they will clear tt, or leave their bones bleaching on our plains and hillsides, But what a disgrace tuis 1s to vur army to think that citizens have to be called out to do soldiers? duty and work even to the death, While the idle troops are filing camps and feasting their useless bodies with savory rauiuns, purchased even with our hearts’ blood! If the general govero- tent will vot recall the present usele-8 ornament of a commander, and wid us by appointing w man in b place who will simply do his duty—which 18 all we ask—will the people ol the United States stand idly by aud. see us rutbicssly butchered, our ull taken trom us by amereileas foe, and not stretch un arin to our suc- cor’ Had we only arins and atumuniuon the entire portion of our army now here might go guard Wash- ington, Columbia of New Orleans; for with meaus of | defence we have plenty of brave hearts and willing hends to detend our lives and the lives of those dear to us and our properties; but we are all poor, What httle we bad bas beeo robbed trom ug; Where there 1 Ove man io circumstances to pur- chase bis arms, ammunition ana equipments there aro # hundred woo are pot. In conclusion I beeen | Toler you to the accompanying articles, to which would ask the favor of your particair attention, in- cluding the ‘*Measago” of Governor Satford to our Legislative Assembly, as also his “Review of ladian Al- fairs in Arizona’? ‘The article headed “true Inward> news” is one of the mavy public insalis which bave been hurled by that graceless apology tor a general, August V. Kautz, upon the pead of our worthy aud re- spected Goverpot, A. P, K. Salford, Had [ time and opportunity I Gould have this signed by at _loust 3,000 luw-abiding, taxpaying, suffering citizens of Southern Arizona, We hopo that the Heraco will bear our prayer and publish to the world our deplorable condition, Our only hope for the preservation of our properties and our sull more valuable lives is in immediate assiste ance, You must belp us or we porisb. For the citizens of Southern Arizona I am, dear sir, your obedivot servant, MERC Just as I close this @ report comes im that the Apaches have again showed in force in the bilis west of this town, with many rastros of footprints extend- ing in all directions, showing the force to be a large one God only knows whose turn it will bo next! GOVERNOR SAFFORD'S MESSAGE. Exxeutive DreaRTMKyt, Tuesox, Arizona, Feb. 6, 1877. Hon, Kixe 8, Woorsny, President of the Counc :— 1 received information yesterday that on the 4th inst, a band of Apache Indians, numbering about fity, attacked the settlers in the Sonoita Valley, and had, betore the messenger (Mr. William Morgan) lett tho seone of slaughter, killed ten or more persons and bad rothis | ihe suburdinste oiicers of our army | Mr. Morgawleft the savages were still engaged in their work of death, and whether any of the mbabitants of the valley have escaped remains to be told. Previous to this attack and within the Jast #1x months at least twenty persons bave becn murdered in Southeastern Arizoua and a large amount of property has been taken and destroyed, 1 have repeatedly during this time called the attention of the Department Com. mauder to this condition of affairs, * It is a demonstrated fact that without tho use of iriendly Indians it is almost uscless to attempt to fol- Jow with any hope of overtaking und punishing hos- tile bands, and yet for months scouts have been sent out uccompanied with heavy army wagons to follow weil beaten roads at the rate of a few miles per day. needless to inform you that this system has not resuited ia any sanguibary conflicts, nor has it given protection to the aillicted settiers, During all this time but one efficient scout with friendly indians has been made. Lieutenant J. A. Rucker, be tt'said to his credit, receotly followed a hostile band and overtook and killed a number near the Chiricahua Mountains, but this success was not followed up. The scout returned to the post, and the settlements of San Pedro, Bai ba- comari, Sonoita and Upper Santa Cruz have been lett entirely unprotected, with the results narrated above. Unless active, ellicient wartnre 18 prosecuted against these Indians the settlers in this exposed district wiil be compelled to abandon the country, and if these savages are not restrained in the commission of these depredations it will greatly endanger the breaking out of those now living on reservations, and thereby hazard the peace of the whole Territory. in view of the alarming condition ot affairs [deem It to be the duty of the Legislative Assembly to memor- jalize the Secretary of War, asking bim to immediately order such vamber of Ludinn scouts piaced in the field under the command of energetic officers us may be found necessary to pursue these hostile Indians until they ure subdued of exterminated; or to make such appropriation as you may deem requisite to orgunize a militia force with Irendly ladian auxiliaries for this purpose. Uniess the former is managed with more energy thau bas been practised during the past six months the whole urmy of the United States, with all the iriendiy Indians employed by the government, will not subdue this Intle band of hostile (ndiaus in’ the next twenty years; while [ believe a scout composed of twenty-live Citizens and twenty-Uve friendly [naians would subdue them within three months, ‘This matter is now pluced in your hands, and some action should bo taken to protect the lives and prop- erty of our people, Af those who are puid to give us protection will not do it then we must protect our- selves, A. PK. SAFFORD, Governor, HANDBALL AND RACKETS. McQuaae’s ‘court In this city was filled yesterday with the admirers of handball and American racket players, Tho attraction was to witness four matches, ‘Nhe playing in all the contests was very skilful and gave general satisfaction, The first match was at handball, betweon James Kirby and Michael! Gavan against the two experts of Jersey, James McGovern and John Gilmore, It was the best three games in five, and was won by Kirby aod bis partnor in three games by u score of 82 to 73, The second match was at American rackets, 15 aces up, best two in abree, The contestants were William Punch and Richard Irwin, who played against James Boylan and Samuel Miller, It was a close straggle, the tirst named winning alter piaying three gates, ‘by tho foliowing SCORE. Punch and Irwin . -1 131 Boylan and Mille +14 15 10 The third entertainment of the day was one at hand- ball between Arthur McQuade und John Murphy agamst Willam Ryan and Michael Landy, which, atter pluying five games, resulted as follows:—Ryan and purtner, 95 points; McQuade and Murphy, 93 pots. The sport ended with a match at American rackets, in which Jobn Leniban played single-banded against William Motloy and John Sheridan, The game was a short one, but splendidiy played. In the first gume Lenihan was bebind trom the start, Molloy and Sheri- dau winning by a score of 13 to 13, The second and third games and match were won by Lenihan in flue style by a score of 1 to 14 and 15 to 12. SPORTING EVENTS ABROAD. The ontire breeding stud of Thomas Gee, Esq., will be sold by wuction by Messrs Tattersall, at Dewhurst Lodge, Wadhurst, carly in Juno, and his yearlings in Park Paddocks, Newmarket, as usual, in the July meeting, 80 that anothor of the finest studs tn England, consisting of Scottish Chief and several other staliious, about seventy mares of the highest class, most of them with foals by their sides and in foal again to the most fashionable horses, will be dispersed, after having been got together with great judgment, quite regardiess of expense, as the purchase of such mares as Formosa, Mandragora and Agility, at an average of about 3,000 guineas, amply proves, Mr, Geo’s sole reason for part- ing with bis splendid stud 18 that it has become so largo a8 to be an unxious busiuess instead of an amusement, as it was in the tirst instance, and keeps him too much at home, and he intends to travel during the autamao, Spartacus, who cost 620 guineas as a yourling at Cob- ham, was sold to Mr. Greewood fur 140 guineas, alter winning a nurdie race ai Croydon on the 6th inst, and ho was again sold for 240 guineas to Mr, Fitzroy, a winning a kurdle and selling race at Croydon on 12th, Sir Walter, winner of the Selling Hauter’s Fiat Race, wns bougut in for 300 guineas, apd Mr. Yates clained Lovestinent for 176 guineas. ‘The prospectus of the Orieans Club intorms us that the club “is establishea” at Orleans House, Twicken- ham, “tor the conyeutence of gentlemen interested in 1s intended us au agreeable country Tesort for membe & place of rendezvous tor members of th and ching ciuvs.’? There are to be garden parties, flower thows and dances in the season, and the ing ground will bo devoted to polo, lacrosse, cricket, lawn tennis and archery, Moreover, the promoters propose to ran a stage coach daily irom Hatchett’s to Twickenbam. In the three days’ walking match between Crossland and O'Leary, at the Pomona Garden, Manchester, for £200, the Engh an was, at Gh, 22m. 22s. P.M. Saturday, the 3d inst., huiled the winner, O'Leary tiring altogether when he had covered 267 miles 7 Japs. When Crossland was told be need persev longer he had walked 287 miles, in 69h. 2: O'Leary bas no cause to complain ot his det mnuch us he accomplished 200 iniles im the shortest time on record—viz., 46h, 35m. 308,—and, indeca, from the l4zd, all the miles are the fastest heretotore recorded, It is stated that Sir John Astley won £10,000 un Scamp by his winning tho Croydon Grand Interna- tional Hurale Race on the 6th inst. The magniticent two-year-old brother of Prince Charlie already shows bad symptoms of roaring. DEATH IN THE POST OFFICE. ‘Tho employés of the Post Oflice were startled early yesterday morning at the suddon death by paralysis of Henry J. Beach, one of thelr companions. Lt appears that the deceased had suffered from two previous at- tacks of this fearful malady, and notwithstanding the fact that he was partially paralyzed on ono side no apprehension of his iinmediate demise was bad by any of his associates, Mr, Beach was employed on the city letter table under Mr, Thainas O'Brien, the Superintens dent of that department. His tour of duty commenced very carly in (ho morning, At a quarty belore eigut o'clock, while assorting the mail and having a landful of letters, he was seen to totter and fail upon the ground, A moment after a numver of persons on the floor were ut his side, but the unfortunate nan was beyouu recovery aud died almost instantly. The de cussed has a wile and family residing at No. 312 Kast Forty-tnird street, He had been employed in the Post Oilice for « number of years, He was tirst appointed by Postinaster Isaac V, Fowler, May 4, 1855, and with tho exception o/ two or three years Was constantly en- gaged in that service, DEATH IN AN OFFICE, Walinoe ©. Caldwel!, a man ot seventy, was suddenly taken {ll in his office, at No, 25 William street, yestor- day, and died tn his chair In the presonco of two phys ‘The cause of his death is supposed to be upo- plexy. SPILZ DOGS DISCUSSED CINNATI {From the Cincinnati Gazette, March 21.) ‘The Spitz dog bas thus far had only one promiment supporter—the Boston evolutionist—wno wants it spared becuuse wogs and meu have the same origin. Meanwhile the ranks of its enemies are increasing, Dr, Hammond, of New York, whois an expert im ner- vous diseases whatever he may be regarding canines, '$ that the Spitz is a cross betwoen the Pomeranian hound and Arctic fox. Its inhorited wildness makes tt doubly dangerous, and it is quite likely that its saliva 1s always poisonous, especially when the irritable animal has been more toan ordinarily excited, While Spitz dogs may have increased the frequency ot bydrophobia, they are not its sole causes, dr. N. M. Yooaia, a commission merchant of New York, is the latest victim of the maiady, and he was bitten by asmall cur, The wound was a deep one, between the thumb and forefinger, Mr. Loomis encouraged its bleeding, Washed it in warm jor and walked to his physician's residence, a mile cauterized, Nothing more wi ver until Jast week—a period of about six we when strange symptoms manifested themselves ard Mr. Loomis died after two or three days of suifering, he physicians pronounced the case a genuine specimen of hydrophobia, The disease js wa old as the days of the great father of medicine, butno cure has ever been efivcted, unless in gno or two instances which need further confirmation Belure they can be fully accojied as true Jast now there seems Lo be an unusual mumber of victine of the mal. ady, and the Spitz ts held chiefly responsibic, But 16 was an ordinary cur that killed Mr, Loomis, Tho natural inference trom these tucts is to kill all the Sp:tzes and all the vagrant dozs that can be jound, aud to restrict the number of useful dogs as much us pos- IN CIN- if, to have the place thought of the taken most of tho stock inthe vulloy, At the tuno | sible, SITTING BULL REDIVIVES. eeeieectineecinestie’ The Sioux Warriors Again on the Warpath. THE TROOPS BEGIN TO MOVE. Prospect of Lively Times on the Plains, THE CROWS BADLY SCARED The Hostiles Gathered on the . Big Horn River, Bozemax, M, T., March 6, 1877. After General Miles’ fight on the 7th of January, #0 fully describea in the Hxkano, the hostiles commenced moving up from Tongue River through the Little Wolf Mountains to the Little Big Horn River, Here they established w monster camp, and to tt guthered all the hostiles within a radius of soveral hundred miles, A eump of Arrapahoes und Cheyennes at the mouth of Stinking Water, on the Big Horn, was first brought down, and then the Cheyennes and Arrapahoes fought by General McKenzio were induced to join the Little Horn camp. The Sioux, after their drubbing by Miles, seemed to feel unaafe, and their object was by concen- tration of all the hostiles to make themselves so strong as to be able to resist any future attack that might be made by the soldiers upon them. ‘The Little Hora camp was located on the Little Horn River near the place whero the Custer massacre took place, It was several miles long, and supposed to contain 2,000 lodges, with perhaps 2,500 warriors. The large number of aaimals soon eat tho gruss up, and the camp moved up to Rotten Grass Greek, a tributary of the big Horn, Hero it stretched itself along tor twenty miles, reaching all the way from Rotton Grass to the site of old Fort C, F, Smith, ‘This move brought tho hostiles very near the Crow Nation, and the Crows began to feel uncasy. The Crow chiefs held a council and sent their agent to Fort Ellis to sce the commander there, They represented that they had been the friends and allies of the whites, and pow were in danger, They said their young men had gone to the war with General Crook and General Terry, and thus incensed the Sioux against them, They said they wore too weak to resist the Sioux alone, who outnumbered them three to one, and im- plored the assistance and protection of the soldiers, ‘Tho commandant at Ellis replicd that it was winter and ‘the snows deep on the mountains, and that he could not get his wagons over with forage for the animals, and it he sent them without any they would be unfit for spring service, Besidés, he did not believe the Sioux would venture to attack tho Crows at their agency. He told the Crows to keep close to home and watch tho hostiles night and day, reporting to him every movo they made, however slight ‘Thy Crows are the most daring and wily scouts on the Plains, and in obedience to their tnsiructioos they hang about the Sioux day and night. Every hilltop had a pair of sharp eyes which peered down into the valley, und every copse contained a lurking Crow war- rior, with his swift pony near by, ready to fly if a Stoux approached. Two of tho Crows were frozen to death while pertorming this terrible scowting duty during the bitter cold nights in Februaty. Every two or three days a dusky courier breasted the deep snows on the mountains and went to Ellis with the news, All remained quiet until about ten days ago, whon a courier came to Kitis with hot haste to say the Sioux were moving, and toward the Crow Agency. Givboa came trom Fort Shaw, and, after consultation with General Brisbin, it was determined to push the cavalry over the mountains und protect the Crows from theie savage enemies, The work was no small oue at this season of the year and the troops and trans muafe onfy iourveen miles in three days, The snows werg deep and the gullies filled with arifts, Hundreds of men shovelled away day and night, the thermometer standing at 14 degrees below zero, Many men were frozen aud both auimals und solaiers suilered eeverely. At last, alter days of toil and nights of sleeplessness, the snows of the mountains were passed und the cavalry column debouched on the Yellowstone River, ‘The valley of tne Yellowstone is almost ulways tree from snow and wood Wheeling for trains oven in winter, ‘he Crows put on a boid front und tried to bluff the Sioux, but they did not bluff worth a snap, On the 27th of February, while a sinall Crow camp was ou the mateb hastening to the ageney for greater salety, the Sioux swooped down upon it and captured seventy 11 the poor Crows had but ubout teu head, ‘The ‘wok to the bush and escaped, while the Sioux made off with their bouty. This affair happened within twenty-tive miles of Crow Agency, on the north bank of the Yellowstone River, and just below the mouth of Stillwater, When the news reached tho Crow camps at the agency 100 warriors at once set out and toilowed the Sioux trail down the Yeilowstone, At Baker's Battie- field the trail crossed from the north to the south bank of the Yellowstone and ied tw Pryor River, The Crows followed eagerly and at dusk reached the Pryor, and run suddenly ou a large Sioux camp, There were fully 500 Sioux in the camp, but the Crows charged them boidly and kept up the fight for over two hours. In the coniusion aud darkucss some Crow warriors got among the Sioax herd and ran off twenty American horses, nearly every one of them branded “7 U. 3. Cavairy.’? The Crows, after a running figut, got sately back to the Crow Agency with their stolen stock, Next day it was reported that the whole Sioux force was coming down on the agency, and the Crows be- coming alarmed abundoned their agency and retreaved to the mouth of Stillwater, Afteen miles distant, Ouly a few oid men, Women and children and employés re- mained about the agency. Agent Carpenter was away at Bozeman, where he hid gone to make purchases and te secompany some River Crow chiefs who wanted to sve the commandant of Fort Ellis, Colonel Stanton, of General Crovk’s staff, who happened to be at the agency at the time the stampede occurred, at once ua- sumed direction of affairs and restored order there, but could not induce the ken Crows to roturn, Colonel Stanton had gone to the agency to pay off some Crow scouts who bad been in General Crook's service under Major Randall. As We write the lroops are approaching the agency as rapidly as possible trom the west, while the sioux are beheved to be approaching from the south, Couriers bave been sent to the Crows telilag them the soldiers are coming and directing them to return to their agency and defend it at all hazards, Lite anxiety is felt lor the agency, as it 1s not velieved by the mili- tary mon the Sioux will attack it, but if the Sioux knew of the situation they could easily take and de- Stroy the whole place. When the Crows hear that tke soldiers nre coming they will uo doubt return to the agency and defend it to the last There wre about forty civil employ és at the agency and the families of several of thom are living there, As | close it t# stated on good avthority that the Sioux camps are all moving down to the Yellowstone, Itts said sitting Bull, Dut Knite and Crazy Horse all have their caiups together and are prepared to fight it out i ittukes all summer, Colonel Stauton, who has returned from the agency, contirms the above state- ment and adds that seven white men are reported Killed at Baker's battletield, A mau named Hubbell has come tn and says that while trapping his partuer, Cox, was suddenly surrounded by Sioux ard killed, Hubbell made bis escape with great aifficulty, and states that the country is full of Sioux between Gen- eral Miles and the settlements, LATEST PROM THK HOSTILES. The following letter was received this morning at fort Ellis trom Mayor T. H. Stanion, who has gone to pay oif the Randalt scouts: Crow &cexcy, Feb. 27, 1877. vening and find everything in a state of stampede on account of the approweh of the Sivux. The Crows have all left the agency and assembled at the { Stillwater, on the Yellowstone, ready to move aw trent many hav ‘on moving west. nt the agency ext e -xeney people and a few old Indians, Atter talking ail the guides, d others who had any information on ue subject { gather abuut as follows :— ‘There 18 «large Sioux war party on Pryor's Creek, forty- five miles cnst of here, threatening the agency. The Crows say the purty numbers about 1,000 warriors, A small party of Crows, camped on the Yellowstone « short distance below the mouth of stillwater, were uttncaed by Sioux yesterday and lost ull their horses, about 100 head, ‘The main camp of the Sidux are moving this way, and the situation here looks by wil accounts decidedly thre T give yon the information as itis given here by the About 100 0 gone Out toward Pry @ Sioux. but the rest pins and getting toward a nutety, as fast here, are n number of here who, of course, are very wnxious, and as the Ina Crows have all gone there are only about forty men lett who gould resist the Sioux, and whether all these would stay is a question, or if they shuntd stay Td muelt account they wo . Edo not inten Thursday, March 1, and if anyth out dangerous will vacking think it Ms jd be weil q dt sone t 0 tight, but they muy, and their prosen store contidence and might be the means of saving ‘much life and property. BEGINNING THR CAMPAIGN, Company F. Captain Tyler, and Company G, Captain Wheelan, of the second cavalry, leave im the morning for the agency. Orders are issued for movement ot the entire cavalry command (to report to Miles) by the 16th inst, The infantry wil not move until May, ANOTHER ALATAL Sint. Waten, YeLtowsroxn, M. Feb. 24, 1877. Dear Siv—On tho night ot February 27 the Sioux stole over 100 ponies from the Crows eainped at. the mouth of . General | J Th ture f ens =n then within twenty 25th) news reached here that a bund of 300 Si the Crows back to with to regain their lust boo ul ews reached here & lodges was, within half «nu hour, on to relieve their comrades. The Crows, that the Sioux were beyowd their reach, spit up in parties, but this will again unite them, "Yours truly, EB. SPERLING. MR. HALL’S DISAPPEARANCE, THE EX-MAYOR STILL MISSING—AN UNFOUNDED RUMOR FROM ISLIP—-THE POLICE GIVE UP THE SEARCH—A FORMER DISAPPEARANCE, The continued absence of ex-Mayor Hall yesterday caused much more of the same general talk and gossip which so largely prevailed on Wednesday, and, as before, all sorts of theories wore launched to account for his absence, This uneasiness gave way toa pleasurable feeling of relief in ¢he afternoon, when despatches were received announcing that Mr. Hall was found trout fishing at Islip, L. I, Subsequent despatches, which were posted up in front of the evening newspaper offices, intimated a doubt in the authenticity of the story, and then the public conundrum was changed trom “Where is Oakey Hall?” into ‘Is he at Islip?” But even helore these despatches from Islip arrived few of those who had known the ex-Mayor were found who did not believe that Mr, Hall would turn up ina day or tw6 as well and hearty as ever. Of course, the people who will perpetrate a joke atall times ‘and at all hazards seized upon the event ant gave iree vent to their fancy, “What have you done with Oukey Hall?’’ or Where have you spirited Oakey Hall to?” were facetious queries very com- monly asked, and such answers as “I heard that you have been hiding him all along,” “Now you know where he is—tell the truth,’’ &&, were equally commoa retorts, Mr, Hall bas undoubtedly to answer for th@ perpetration of a great many stale jokes, NOT GONK TO KUROPR, Mr, James Niemann, the young clerk at Mr. Hall’s office who bad told the remarkable story about Mr. Hall changing his money into English bank notes and bad also given his opinion that he sailed in the White Star steamer Germanic on Saturday morning, gave reasons yesterday for belicving that his statement wag erroneous. He said thut ho had discovered that Mr, Hall did not keep the bank notes, but sent them to a chent of his in . France in settlement of some legal business, He could not believo that tho statement of the parties at the Tombs, who claimed to have scen Mr, Hall on Sat- urday morning, was true, for nobody olse bad acon him alter Friday eventug. They must have been mis- taken in the day, Mr. Niemann thougnt, which was not Saturday, but Friday. As to the theory that Mr, Hall had goue to Europe, he thought that was disposed of by the statement of Detective Jones, who watched tho steamcr Germanic and who was positive that Mr, Hall did not sail in her, and also by tho fact that he hud only from ilve hundred to seven hundred dollary on his person. He had two checks cashed on Tharsday and Friday last, one for $200 and the other for $500, and these amounts wero maniestly insuillcient for a Eu. ropean tour. ‘It ts inconceivable, again,” sald the young man, “that Mr, Hall should go away in this ‘manner and louve important. busimess engagements unattended to without leaving word cither with me or nis family, He is always very punctual and methodical in nis busi- ness affairs, und never mises an appointment without Jeaving word to that effect. I um now afraid that something has happened to him—what, 1 cannot, of course, surmise,” SATURDAY, AND NOT FRIDAY, If the stories of the parties at the Tombs about see- ing Mr. Hall on Saturday morning, about elovon o'clock, are to be believed, the puzzie becomes rather more perplexing, tor then the question arises, What was be doing oa Friday night and Saturday morning? All those who believe that he was last seen on Friday ovenimg think these parties ure mis- taken about the day, but does that dispose suustactorily of their story? The — writer visited the Tombs yesterday and found not less than six persons who had either seen Mr. Hall call apon Thomas, the alleged forger, on Saturday morning, or whu remembered the circumstance and the day irom Thomas’ statements to chem. ‘Thomas bimselt remembered the day from the fact that nis wife was with him all day on Friday, and as 16 certainly wag not Thursday it must have been Satur. day. dir. Hall came to him and simply acquainted him with the fact toat he bad veen engaged b¥ Thomas’ friends as Thomas’ counsel. Thomas ex- pressed the convictirn that Mr, Hull wound turo up wound and gale in a day or two und meanwhile he would engage no other counsel. Keeper Kennedy, who has chargs of the tlor on which Thomas’ cell 18 situated, remembered letting Thomas out when hd went to the counsel room to seo Mr. Hall. He remembered tne circumstance more particularly from tho fuct that tho keeper, Mr, Falion, who, with him, iad charge of the tier, Was away to see the St. Fatrick’s parade, so that it mast have bees Saturday, which was St. Patrick's Day. Keeper Lynch, who took Fallon’s place on the tier for the day, remembered seeing Thomas go out to tbe counsel room, Keeper Cunningham, on the first tior, bered Jetting out Thomas on Saturdty to see Mr. H O'Keeto, the alleged homicide, who shures Thomas! celi with him, also remembered that the latter went to the counsel room, and told him on his that he had seen Oukey Hall, who would vecome his counsel. In direct contradiction to these statements are thoso of the Warden and Assistant Warden, who both think that 1 was Friday and not Saturday when Mr. Hull called upon Thomas. Who is right? ” : MR. HALL’S ACCOUNTS ALL RIGHT, Mr, Everett, cashier of the Broadway National Bank, stated yesterday that Mr. Hall had been depositing with bunk for nearly twenty-live years. He did not believe that Mr. Hall's flouncial affairs were em: barrassed. Mv had looked into the missiog man’s accounts, and found everything regular and nothing to indicate a resolution of either Joaving for Europe or breaking up the usual routine of hia business. Mr. Hall was in the receipt of a very large income aud had sull # balanco to bis credit in the bank. . THX POLICE NAVE GIVEN UP THE SEARCH, Superimtendent Walling yesterday said that the do. tectives had given up ther search jor Mr, Hall, ag they had exhaustea all means of ascertaining a clew to bis whereabouts, and would do nothing turther thao to await developments, The search was begun on Mon- day afternoon and euded on Wednesday, so that wo have here the spectacle of the finest police force in the world giving up the search for a missing ex-Mayor after two days! Alas, poor (New) Yor?k! MR. MALL SKEN ON SATURDAY EVENING, Confusion seemed to grow worse confounded when a respectable mechanic culled upon the Superintendent yesterday alternoou and positively stated that be nad een Mr, Hall in a Third avenue car ou Saturday even- ing, Mr. Hall getting in wien the car started {rom the City Hail, about ten o’clock. He wore his gray ulster, aud loft the car at Fourteenth street. ‘This mechanic claimed to have beea familiar with Mr. Hall ance lor years, and the Superintendent aad I ‘Thorne seemed to beheve Lim, but bis story is con. tuted by the fact that Mr, Hall lett his gray ulster at his office ou Friday evening, 80 that, to believe this mechapic’s narrative, he must have got another of the same color on the next day, which appears slightly inprobable, to say the least, q AT THE HALL RESIDENCE. Mrs, Hall received. many visits from condoling friends yesiesday, Unul the Islip despatches were communicated to her, which somewhat reassured the family, they seemed deeply distressed, and Mrs, Hall was also greatly annoyed by the reports 10 someot the newspapers about some alleged differences between her und her husband. Shoe emphatically denied these statetnents to her frieads and declared that their home hile had always been one of unalloyed happiness, The most rigorous search at his home and office bus not jed anything Indicating Mr. Hall’s departure tor parts, All his satchels, nis linen, &¢., are in- and, with the exception of the hand-luss and ‘medicine bottle, mentioned yesterday, absolutely hoth. jog ig missing, As to the latter, Mr. Hall wasin tre habit of carrying medicine on his person, 80 that this circumstauee does not necessarily imply a preparation: for leaving the city. AT POLICE HEADQUARTERS, Several rumors were afloat at Houdquarters yestets day atiernoon and evening concerning the whereabouts of ex-Mayor Hall, The Superintendent of Potce said that he knew nothing about him, aod stated that he no longer bad a man’ upon the case, One gentieman called and tola him twat Mayor Hall had got into a car with him noar the Tribune Building on Saturday evening, about ten o'clock, and had ridden up to Fourtecoth street, where he alighted. Another sald a friend ot his bad scen him ou a New Jersey train coming into Jersey Cuy on Monday morning, but the stories could not be relied upon. NOT AT I8SLIP—A FORMER VISIT TO, THE SPORTS* MAN'S CLUB, Oakvate, L. L, Mareh 22, 1877. An investigation of the rumor that ex-Mayor Hall ‘was stopping here at the South Side Sportsman’s Club proves it to be untrue. I called at the club house thi evening and Mr, Snedicor tolls me that Mr, Hall has not been a guest at the house for the Inst six years, None of the géntiemen at the house have seen or heard ot tho missing lawyer for some weeks. 1 have also tuvestiguted the report that @ conductor on the South Side Katlroad saw Mr. Hall on Saturday Morning. This persoa was not awaro that he had seen Mr, Hail until be read in (ho papers the accounts of bis Gisappearance, He now says be 1s not sure that he Mr. Hall, but sume one who looked like him came up on the early train irom Hunter's Point on Saturday morning and alighted at Jamaica, The first report originated trom a degpateh cut from the whole cloth and t to a press agent at Jamuca from this place, The last time Mr, Hall was at the cluvhouse, in 1870 or 1871, bis departure hence was attended by the same mysterious and dra matic incidents that ‘marked his lave retirement from fumihar haupts, Ove atternoon ho started tor a stroll through the club grounds and he nover revurned, Late on tho night of nis departure a servant of the club was called to Islip on busin and while there be saw Mr, Hall sitting alone on the depot platloraa enjoying the cool breege and bright moonlight,