The New York Herald Newspaper, November 7, 1878, Page 5

NEW YORK HERALD, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 1878.—TRI BASSETT’S CRIME. Revolting ®@tory Told by Mrs. Alexander. HER DOUBTFUL “FEELINGS.” Aiding Her Paramour to Smother Weinbecker, eaaneiaeeeiadiemimneemned “BLUBBERING IN THE BARREL.” \ Bargaining to Sell the Bodies of Former Husbands. EO Bripeerors, Conn.,, Nov. 6, 187: ‘The trial of Mrs. Alexander forthe murder of “Stut- tering Jack” Weinbecker was resumed’ this morning at nine o'clock, ‘The attendance through the day was unusually large, the greater portion of the crowd being females, who seem to haye taken an“interest in this trial. Mrs. Alexander was not as well as usual, md many of her answers to questions on the cross-examination were answered with a peculiar sort of indifference. After the names of the jury had been called Mrs, Alexander took the stand and, after explaining several spots on a diagram representing her rooms, shown her by lier counsel, took up her story at the point where she left off at the adjournment on Friday. THE THRBAD OF THE STORY. Bassett raised the body up in a sitting position and asked for the scissors; I brought them to him; he cut the coat from the bottom up, took it off and put it in the drawer; while taking it off the body tilted toward the corner of the lounge; he pushed the body back very savagely, 80 that it slammed “against the wall, and said, “Stay there, damn you;” he fre- quently pressed the body down in ‘the position he wanted it, with an oath; I left the room; he called me back, and when I came back he was taking off the shoes; he called for a piece of fope, und I handed it to him from where it lay on the kitchen tloor; he tied the legs up to the chin and the arms across the breast; he left it om the lounge and went out in the jopen part and got the barrel; he brought it in and ordered me to.hold it; I said, “Oh, Frank, I cannot help you;” he swore at me, and irked the body around and tried to put it in himself; ¢ couldn’t, and said “damn you, come and help me;”’ I said, “I can’t; he said, “Damn you, if you don’t I ‘will put you in the same plaeo:” he looked so wild and savage that though 1 tried to help him I could not; I took hold of the barrel as he told me, but fell down by the barrel from fright and weakness ; a he tilted it toward the lounge, and, holding it in the posi- tion he wanted it with his foot, slid” the body into it from the lounge; he then ‘tookfoff the rope; he asked me for the head of the barrel; I told him that I didn’t know where it was; he went and got it himself; he put in half the head then he put his nees on to press the body i exclaimed “Oh God protect me; this is terrible;” he put in the other half ot the head and noiled it up very savagely; then he rolled it around under the shelf; he then said he was going out: I begged him to take me with him; I said, “Frank don’t leave me here; take me with you” he said “stay where you are; he — told me he was going after a team for to-morrow; I went out on the stoop and stayed there uutil he came back; I beard his footsteps and got in the house before he saw me; he told me to go to bed: I laid down; then he began to tell me what to tell Dr. Sanford; previons to this I asked him what he wanted the team for; he said to go where I had been before; while he talking I ventured to ask him if he wus not sorry had committed that crime; he told me to “shut up, he wanted some sieep, he had to get up early; I was crying aud sai ht, God have merey on your soul!” I said no more that night. TAKING THE LODY TO MARKET. Bassett told me to throw the ashes in the hole as he had put the bottle there; it was about seven o'clock in the evening when I smelt the peculiar odor; saw Bas- sett standing near the lounge, but being nearsighted as could not tell what he. was — doi the lounge was movable, | und — the towerd = me as in; ‘door, saw the outl the yom and only w moments when he calied me out; T vhat he wanted; he told ime to hand him I did not know what it was; the man seemed sleeping when I went ba it seemed an age that I stood there at the time I handed him the botth Bassett looked so savage; he showed his teeth tinued :—I said to Mr. Holt, ‘after I had told him that Bassett had done enough to be bung, that Bassett had sworn my life if I disclosed it, and if he did not kill me some of his friends would; I told him that I had nothing to do with it except what I done through fear; I ‘could not do such a thing; my heart would rebel at such a thing; Mr. Holt title correctly as regards the connection I had with him; Mr. Holt said that if I was not coanected with this crime he would protect me; I had lived with Bassett one year and ten months up to the time of his arrest; the child Ihad was one that I adopted from Lizzie Cavanaugh; 1 had it from the time it was six weeks old; she said that it belonged to my husband; I'passed as Bassett’s wife one year ‘and ten months; my husband had deserted ime,¢wo years and four nionths; he went away June 10, 1876; havenot seen him since; he has done hothing for my support; never saw “Stuttering Jack” betore that’ afternoon; Bassett bought the barrel for me to send away some things to my folks; Bassett bought the chloroform for the toothache; it had been in the house quite uwhile; he may have bought it several times and Inot have known it; I never had occasion to use it; it was kept in the pot closet on a high shelf; Bassett put his hands in the man’s pockets after he had killed him and brought out seventy-five cents; he handed it out to me and said, “I did not get much for that job;” he wanted me to put it away; I said, “+1 could not touch it, Frank;" Lizzie Cavanaugh was as anxious to go to New Haven and sell her body as I was; I went in the room where she was. ANTICIPATING DEATH. I said Ihave a mind to go and sell my body; she said she never heard of such a thing: I said they used to in old times; she asked me what I wags going to sell it for; Isaid for dissection; she seid if I cou find out where to go she would go with me. ‘The, wit- nexa then corroborated the testimony of Dr. Young in regard to finding a place to dispose ‘of her body. In regard to, the conversation af Dy, Sanford’s the wit- ness said:—I asked if this was Dr. Sanford; he said, “Yes, at your service;” I asked him if he bought sub- jects; he asked me in what way; Isaid in any ay T told ‘him I would rather he would buy me alive, and let me live as long as Icould; he said they did buy subjects, but did not buy them alive any more; said that Lunderstood that doctors bought subjects and paid for them in monthly or quarterly instalments; he said they bad got through’ doing that; that they had had several law suits; said I wanted to sell myself to help’ my daughter; I hud had avery*sorrowful life in the choico of husbands; he said he felt sorry for me, but could not buy me while I was alive, but when I was dead he would be glad to do so; Lizzie told him she would like to sell herself; he told her the same thing; this was either the third or fourth week in March; during the conversation between Lizzie and Sanférd, before we went to New Haven, Bassett was present, REVOLLING HISTORY OF TRE SANFORD LETTERS, Mr. Thompson hete introduced « letter written by the witness to Dr. Sanford. She said she wrote it at the dictation of Bassett; he wanted me to write to Dr. Sanford and tell him that he wanted a man that dng up graves, one whorg he could trust; I told him that I could not write one like that; he told ime to tell him that he had two or three now; he told me to say that if he would send him a man they could reap a harvest; I said I could not write one like that; he then told me to write it in my own way, ds long as I said everything he wanted me to, and he would post it; he posted all of the letters; he directed both letters to Dr. Sanford I did not want to write them or did not want anything to do with it; he said I had better do it if I knew when 1 was well off; I did it under fear; I had no cause to write one myself; he used to drink, but atter the crime he stopped it for fear of exposing his crime; he would not let me go anywhere else; he was afraid I would expose him. ‘THAT JAIL SCENE, In regard to the interview at the jail she said the in- terview was on the 10th of October; Mr. Wells called me out; Mr. Olinstead said to me, “I have received a very appealing letter from you wishing to have an in- terview with Bussett;” he asked it it was my wish; I said yes, if he had not al- ready confes: this I repeated; I said I wanted to se in; Mr. Olinstead then told Mr. Wells to bring Frank; .he went to call hifh and stood quite a while in the door talking; heard his voice but could not hear the words: Frank came out, looking yery pale but defiant; Mr. Olmstead said,’ “Frank, Mra, Alexander has picaded tor an interview wth you;” Frank said he did not know as he wanted to see me for anything; then I spoke up and said, “Frank, I have asked these gentlemen for an interview with you, to see if you would acknowledge that your hands douse the deed and not mine;”” I said, “Do tell the truth; I don’t ask it for myself; it is for my widowed mother, my sister and my two children;” I said, “Do, Frank, tell that you done the deed, so as my’ people will not think me so cruel that I did a deed of that kind;” he said, “Ihave got nothing to say; I said, “Do, Frank, acknowledge it, and take one sin from off your shoulders ;”’ I said, “Do acknowledge that you dia’ it, and I will suffer your punishment if I will be let: he said, “Done what;” I said, “That deed;” he said, “I will have nothing -to say till the proper time comes; I went on my knees and put my hands on his knees and begged of him to say fe comimitted the deed and not me; I repeated what I said before; he turned sevagely toward me and said he would have nothing to say until the proper time came; [told him if he would tell the truth it would be all right, [had nothing to fear; I crouched down still. lower and took my "hands off his knoes and cried as it my heart would break: 1 nd suid, “Gentlemen, it is of n0 use plead- tony heart; he has no feeling;” Ithen hem kindly; Mr. Marsh told me that he had re eople and that they were well; Mr. Olmstead told hii to enter into no particulars with Mr. Olmstead told Mr. Wells to let my people come and see me and lot them bring me all I wanted to eat. Regarding the statement of Mary Coleman, 1 neveryeud any of my statements to her; I lett them iu my cell when she went out; they were there half I was so frightened; the next morning I arose {a day at a time; I did not tell her that I loved About five o'clock; “had a dreadful headaches | him #o that I could not give him away: washed and dressed myself and baby; Bassett made a | did not mistrust that she had read my manu- fire; he got me a cup of tea, but Icould not tuke it; | script; she never bad ocedsion to say that Lonly tasted it; be ate and drank as though nothing had happened; be then went after the teaiu; I went into the yard to curl baby's hair and stayed till he came back; when he returned he told me to hurty up, that he wanted to go away some time to-day; he put the barrel in the wagon at the back door and drove around to the front door; I took baby out and he helped me in the wagon and drove off fast; after we hac got over the firat bridge I heard a binbbering be- hind, and I sereeched out and grabbed Frank by the arm; said, “Oh, let me get out, do; how can you use me cruel when I ‘have’ beei #0 kind to you?” ‘old me to “shut up” 80 n and I had done enough and ought to be hung. WHO BOUGHT THE CHLOROFORM ? Cross-examined:—The household goods belonged to. me; I took them with me when I went there; Bassett moved with me then; I first lived with-him in December previous; he hired the house; t our rent for watching the place; I had known six years; four years I never sw him at all: he came to iny house once or twice a day; my husband was away from me with another woman; never was divorced; she lived with Bassett as his wife; my husband, Francis Alexander, left me on the 10th of June, 1876; I was troubled with the lungs; went to Dr. King's: op my noise or he would have me there too; | he gave me a powder; he accu me of he drove on until he came to a store, when he bought } getting it to kill my child; I waked Bas ‘baby some crackers; he drove very fast until he came | sett what — he brought that dirty man almost to Dr. ford’s office; then he told me to fix | home for; “he said, “It ‘s all right;"” inyself; I was erying; then he told me what to say to Dr. Sanford; when we got there I took baby and got out and went into t tice and waited for the doctor. NVOICE FOR A HUMAN BODY When he came in Lhanded him a slip read it and asked me if it was a male or £ with me. (The writing on the #lip of paper was:— “Dr. Sanford, I have a body with me. Please pay me,and let me go as soon ag possible.” Ttold him it was « male body; he eaked me if Thad any papers from any one; I said no; he then asked me where I got it; T'told him what Bassett had told que to say—that there was a disturbance a short dis- tance from the house, aud that one of the men was struck a severe blow, and his comrades took the body threw it over the fence into the yard; he usked me how I got it into the house; I told him that I took it Frank and he were talking at th cles; bad sent Bas after we moved there; Frank got it for the toothacl: as I went in the first time he waa holding the sponge table, but I said nothing to him; will not swear that | lid or did not write a note to Stevens, the druggist, for chloroform, wintergreen and aleohol to clean clothes with; don’t remember his bringing chloroform with them artl- ptt to Stevens with # note after things; can’t swear that I never sent a note to Stevens for chloroform; I moved the bottle with me; the first T knew of the chloroform it wi to Jack's noge and heid it till Thanded him the bottle which he demanded me to bring him; I did not stay but amoment; the reason I felt frightened was becanse I knew he was doing something that he ought not to; a.terror came over me; seeing the chloroform bottle and smelling the odor and seeing him in the house; put it in the barrey; he told me tocom- | hold the sponge to his nose caused the ter- @ myself so that he could tell what Iwas saying, | ror to come over me; I handed him the because I was erying 60; he said that he wanted mae bottle because I dare. not do otherwise; jects bad, but could not take that without a paper; I asked him if he could help me pay for the team, as 1 had no means of paying for it when I got buck; He said he could not, but felt very sorcy for me, deed. I asked him if’ he could tell me what to d : he said he could not; perhaps it would occur to me on the way home w to do with it. He said he was sorry he could not help me, but that he would never mention the affair. When I started to go out I was crying. g1 could scarcely sve the way out. He ® followed me to the door; he said goodby to me; when I forgot my manners; he stood on the stoop when — ‘ot into the wagon; Bassett sat in the wagon so that e passers by could not see him; he told me not to mention his name not for my life and not to impli- cate him; he made me- repest two or three times operating on the man ; T could not get out, as I was locked in; as soon as T had handed him the bottle at arm's length I ran into the other room; the doors were locked, as I tried them; did not try the windows, ax they were always nailed down; he had the key to the door in his locket; I dare not run away, as he told ine betore if I did not do ax he told me he would kill me, or his friends would; did not dave go out of the room ldenly Frank lit the light while he was vame back because he would stamp his foot and seemed as if he would look me through. Ms in my pocket; it DID NOT USK HER Had a pistol in the house, but was in the wardrobe; I could have got it, but I dare ; Frank loaded it; when I not; the pistol was loade ‘im the bottle, he was hold- went back, after handin; what he had told me; I repeated it: he | ing both hands on the ‘face and ose; he held the seolded me; he said T had made some blunders | body up in a sitting posture, with his knee or the doctor would have taken, the subject | against it, while I was handing | him | the off my hands; he scolded me tho rflost of the way | scivsors; Frank took the man's cap that night and home; Icould not see where [ was driving; he said that he had got to get rid of it in some way a very crooked road; after he had driven a distance he got out two or three times to find a suita- » ble place to leave it; some of the places that we went through he told me of and some he did not; at last he found a place, got out, took the barrel out and rolled it down the hill and came back to me after my knife; I felt frigutened and thought he wanted to murder ine, but he wanted it to seratch op te off the barrel; he covered bis tracks up in the sand with his hands, and walked to the carriage on his tiptoes; before we reached the place [ heard a blubbing sound and screeched out; he said I had no courage; Lacted like a child; I told him Thad courage in the right way. DASSEYT'S THREATS TO KILL HER. He scolded me all the way home, and laid all the blame on me, because I did not dispose of the body; he left ine about three bloc away from my hov in the street; Istayed there till he went home with, threw it off th stay so long when he went after the team; he said he went to throw that cap off the dock; flying in the air; he asked me to hand hin L asked him where, the floor;” I took hold of the barrel and tried to help him, but could not; I fell from fright; I did not mor from’ hitn to nail the barrel up with; Idid not help put the rope around the body; he told me that he buried the coat aud shoes near the hencoop; Lasked him which side; he said whore the old barrel came from; he did not lock me in; if he had I should have begged him not to; I never said that I could twist Bassett around my finger at not the next morning: Imay have told Mr. Holt that it was the 10th of: Ma: , | even numbers were giving that date ck; L asked bim what made him I saw the coat t rope: when he said ‘There, on it. to him at arm’s length; ave et the ham- any time; I could were all unstrung at sleep; I spoke first the my "nerves of the crime; y the erin Tigk I ne" was committed, and. that to me, the reason of my Hed an expressman last the team; it was about nine o'clock; then he carried | summer to come and get a box; it was a year ago. the baby home for me; when we arrived | REMARKABLE STATEMENTS—SELLING DISCARDED HUS+ home it was about ten o'clock; he BARDS, wtil we me because I did not get rid of the body; Tassett once said that he was sorry for what he had dly threatened me it L should mention the thing; he threatened to kill me; ae told me that he done, and T said that I was glad of it; don’t remeny whether I wrote T paper in the wagon or the slip of could take me to Dr, Santord’s and sell me as hix wite, the body which I thought and nobody could object; [stood in fear that he would him was a previous lw I did not disclose this crime because L stood in fear | band his name was William Ch of him; I thought that Jwould now move | he was acommon drunkard; [thought that I could away and go home to my mother; I made efforts to go | claim his body wh seen hin for two or three y hin conversation with Wyncoop; Lasked | on the ground of adultery; 805 Kee when I wrote to Dr, Sanford in regard nishing bodies he (Bassett) had in view William Clay and Thomas Baker, my son-in-law; I never warned them of this; I do not speak to him, but I may him some day told me to wri goods were packed to go home, and the most of a them; the first I discovered home to her when he sole of this was in him if he would take ime ashore, which he did in a small boat on the morfing of September 28; he told me that he wished would stay on board and cook for him; I said Teould not stay on the water as it made me sick; [thought Frank treated me cruelly; T was told that Frank had robbed me; he said that he wasaraseal to do so; he said that if any one had been as kind to him as I had to Prank he would not go back on them; he said he ought to be shot; I said he had, if any one knew what he had ver Leoukd find it; I haye not . but have heard from I was divorced from him in New York city at least he told me him: 1 did not in May — lust; fur: from York I ran him away in New to day; I may be — reconciled — to don't know that he (Bassett) ‘adion; he told me to add a postscript ; I did not hold the horse when Bassett took the bar- some done; Wyncoop wanted me to go up to the jail to see | rel ont; he threw the lines across the horse's back: Frank, but I wes engaged with Mr. Holt and did not Dr. Sanford requested me to put L. B.A. on anything keep the appointment; [never menYoned to Wyneoop | that IT chose to send to Wu I wrote L. E. about revenge on Frank, and never mentioned the | A. on the barrel after we had started for Bassett family; Mr. Stoddard told me to go to Mr. | New Haves he told me if 1 ever sent Holt; [told him 1 was robbed, TELLING HER WORS TO Mn, HOUT, Tho witness here related the conversation with Mr, Holt about the robbery by Bassett and then con- 3 J in a barrel or shoe bo: tion; Bassett took a diaper from the clothes line and put it over the man him a subject not to put it in a lon g bor, but to put it 80 it would not attract atten- head; [lived with him two months after the body was deposited; he was very sure of the time, but I did not leave him because I dared not; Henry Sturgess and Burr Jennings to loan mo money enough to get to my mother’s home; George Phelps was my former husband and died in Bellevue Hospital; he was a compositor in the Tritune ofiice at one time; I never was under arrest in New York for committing a robbery; I once _ lived at the corner of Grand and Henry streets, New York; I never was brought before the Court, of Sessions in the Tombs; my house in New Yorlé was never searched for stolen goods; I never saw the sponge shown me here before; 1 wrote the second letter to Dr. Sanford at the dictation of Bassett. Mrs. Alexander began to show signs of fatigue, hay- ing becn on the stand all day, and the hour for al- jJourning having arrived the court was adjourned un- til to-morrow morning at nine o’clock. _BROUGHT BACK FOR TRIAL. PETER FROMAN, THE MURDERER, ARRIVES FROM LONDON ON BOARD THE STEAMSHIP NEVADA. Peter Froman, of Bull River, 8. ©., the self- confessed murderer, who escaped to England and for whose extradition successful efforts hay’ been made by this government, arrived here yesterday on board the steamship Nevada, of the Will- jams aud Guion line. A despatch, signed by Sheriff Wilson, of South Carolina, was received by Captain Kealey, chief of the detective force, asking that a couple of detectives be sent to pier 39 North iver to assist in conveying to Police Headquarters a man whom he , bad arrested in ondon on a charge of murder, Captain Kealey despatched Detectives Woolsey and Thompson to await the arrival of the steamer and render the required assistance. When the vessel arrived the officers. boarded her and the prisoner was handed over to them by the ; South — Carolina official, «= and——taken to the Central Office. In the detectives’, room he* was tuken before Chief Kealey, and in answer to the latter's questions said that his name was Peter Froman, that he was thirty yeurs of age, was boru in Holland and is asailor by occupation. He will»be held at Police Headquarters until Saturday next and will then be taken to Charleston, 8. C., by Sheriff Wilson. HIS ATTEMPTED ESCAPE. ' Whil in continement in the Bow street prison in London, Frohman, after being remanded by the police court magistrate, pending his extradition, made a vigorous effort to escape, as related in the Heraup of the following day, Ocyober 4 last. Reach- ing the roof of the prison, he was recaptured onl after a fierce and prolonged struggle with the jailer an his assistant. OBITUARY. SAMUEL PHELPHS, COMEDIAN. The above distinguished artist, who long held an honorable position among the actors and managers of England, died yesterday in London of congestion of the brain, He was a performer of the Kean and Macready school, and did much even in his early youth to illustrate the art that afterward made him prominent. He was born ut Devonport, England, in 1806. His parents were respectable tradespeople, with circumstances moderately good, but unable to do much even for an ambitious boy. Therefore the education of the lad was limited to what he could gain in a com- mercial circle. It added more to his memory than to his intelligenee. Subsequently he was apprenticed to a printer, and after a while became a newspaper compositor. Jt was in this connection that he acquired a taste for theatrical attractions, and throw- ing away his “stick” ho entered earnestly on the study of the drama, Beginning as an apprentice in the art, he rose step by step until he achieved that position which compelled the public and press to do him justice. Mr. Phelps was always ambition. From the time he started it* was his aim to touch the highest notch in his art. Mr. Ppelps became a racognized Shakespearian per- former 4s earl: as = 1828, an it was at this time t his country reputation induced pro} from leading houses in the metropolis. is first appearance was in London at the Haymarket. Here he performed in “Hamlet,” “The Merchant of Veni “Richard II.” “Othello,” “The Iron Chest,” inning in each character an enviable reputation. ‘This led to an engagement or rather a series of performances, in which his remurk- able talent was recognized, He shared the leading business with Mr. Macready, play- ing Ingo and other strong Shakespearean characters, and it was frequently necessary for him te assume leading parts, which he did, as the papers of the day state, with a grace, a power, and an individuality that marked him as worthy of all honor. On the 25th of June, 1844, Mr. Phelps found a a permanent homme for the Shakespercan drama, as he then understod( it, at Sadler's Wells, a little theatre on the outskirts of London, but for the mo- ment adapted to his purposes. ‘The opening piece was ““Macbet! This was followed by “Othello,” ulius Cwsar, ‘The Merchant of Venice,” ‘Hamil and other tragedies, Mr. Phelps, however, always ad- hering closely to the purpose which he had in view— to wit., the making of Shakespeare’s plays popular. In January, 185, Mr. Phelps attempted the ‘produc: tion of a new play entitled “The Priest's Danghter,” but the effort was again attended with un- success. Afterward, however, he was instrumental in the revival of ‘Riche! Massinger’s ‘Fat Dowr; “King Lear,, ‘Henry IV.” an ter's allof which were warmly receive for the moment. gave impetus to dramatic enter- prise. In 1847 Mr. Phelps played in ‘Feudal Times” with considerable success, and then followed with “Henry VIL,” “As You Like It,” ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream,” ‘Love's Labor Lost’ and other Shakespearean works. For over twenty years the little theatre at Sudler’s Wells held out, but thé centering of the places of amusement ,in the heart of the ope, pee its distence from the fashionable quar- ters all combined to end in something of shadow, an enterprise that had for so many years been snecess- ful. The lease expired and Mr. Phelps could not dis- cover good reasons for renewing it. He was growing old and could not be induced to undertake the management of any theatre in the paying circle. He became a “star.” At Drury Lane he played Lord Byron’s Manfred and Shakespeare's King John and. Falstaff. His elocution was ponderous but it was also massive, some- thing the irreverent young fellows who ‘scouted Shakespeare ignored. ween Manfred, the soured moralizing hero of Byron, who shared — his author's morbidity, and the jolly tat knight who robbed honest men on Gad's in, is a long reach of character, but his Manfred was gloomy enough to suit Byron and his Falstaff was unctious humor itself. His Richelieu was a fine study, but perhaps | the character which he most’ strongly individnalized as his own in_ this generation was Sir Pertinax Mac- Sycophant, in Macklin's “Man of the World.” So great was his fame in this particular part that no actor of recent years disputed it with him. ‘The typeof oily subserviency, parsimony and persitence which Macklin fixed in the Scotch baronet was reproduced with a fidelity and finish that were inimitabie, His utterance of the line, in the advice fo, his mn, “rT cood never stand = atraicht = in presence of a great man,” was some- to be forgotten. Of late n_ actor did hot appear with the old- but he was always sur hearty auy mpliments, not only from the members of his own profession, but from members of the royal family, who recognized in him an artist of rare ability 'and a gentleman who worthily represented his art. ‘He loaves behind him thousunds who revere his mucmory and hundreds who are struggling to ill his place, GRAND GENERAL TOMAS CIPRIANO DE MOSQUERA, EX-PRESIDENT OF COLOMBIA, By the latest mail advices via Panama news has been received of the death, at his estate of Cocounco, in the State of Cauca, Colombia, October 5, of Grand General Mosquera, several times President of the old Republic of New Grenada'and of the modern United States of Colombia: General Mosq@sra was the most conspicuous figure in Colombian politics since the death of Bolivar in 1899, and one of the few surviving officors of the war of independence. He was de- scended from the Spanish nobility and belonged to the most distinguished family of the State of Canca, where he was born about 1798. He entered the Army of Liberation, under Bolivar, when a lad of fourteen, and served with distinction on the Liberator's staff until the achievement of independence, twelve years later. His uncle, Pon Joaquin, was Spanish Regent of New Grenada in 1812, and his elder brother, also a distinguished general, was the successor of Bolivar as Provisional President of the early Republic of Colombia during — the ‘Be short interval prior to its dissolution and separation into the three republics of Venezuela, New Granada and Ecuador. Another brother becan rehbishop of . During the administration Liberator” Bolivar General Mosquera was inted by him Minister in Pern, was more than once clected to the Colombian Congress and a Cabinet Minister. He was President of New Granada during the aygitated period from 1845 to 1849, « second time in i, third time as the leader of the revolution which in 1868 re-established ,the Republic of Colom- bia, and a fourth tine in 1865-8, Gener nown to poste anti-clorieal party which destroyed the vast power of » clergy in Colombia; but he had many other titles to remembrance. He’ was well educated, a good and an able administrator, and ‘was well acquainted with the history, ‘geography and ethnography of his native country, on which subjects he, delivered — an “address in New York about twenty years since at the first formal meeting of the American Ethnological Society. He was one of the carliest advocates and promoters of the Panama Railway, and of late years actively in favor of an interoceanic canal across the Isthmus of Darien. He bad served as Minister to France and Spain in 1852, and to England in 1868; was many times Governor and Senator ot his native State, more than once commander-in-chief of the national army, and in that capacity received the title of Grand General, which is the highest millitary distinction of Colom: PLE SHEET. bia. Though an energetic politician, he was of @ hu- mune disposition, and frequently distinguished hin- self by acts of clemency to his bitterest foes. His chief military achievements were the battles of Tescua and Barbacous, and that of Cuspad, in which he over- threw an invading army of Ecuadorians. He. pas many times through New York on his repeated visits to Europe, like his brother Joaquin, also once Presi- dent of Colombia, and one of his sons resided here for many years in charge of a mercantile house. One of his daughters was the wife of ex-President Herran, formerly Minister of Colombia at Washington. ALEXANDER SMITH, Alexander Smith, the republican candidate for Con- gress in the Twelfth district, whose sudden death in the hour of victory was briefly announced in yes- terday’s Henan, was first taken ill on Sunday after- noon, when he complained of slight indisposition. On Monday he experienced acute gastritis and weaken- ing of the action of the heart. It was not known that his illness was faial*until within a few moments of his death, on Tuesday evening. His funeral will take place from his home, on Palisade avenue, Yonkers, on ¥riday afternoon, at two o'clock, Mr. Smith was born near ‘Lrenton, N, J., October 1M, 1818, and re. moved to this State before attaining his majority. He began the manufacture of carpets in West Farms wbout thirty years ago, but in 1464 transferred his ‘business to Yonkers, At the time of his death he had in his employ upward of 1,600 persons. Mr. Smith, though commencing life without money or influen- tial friends, was enabled by his inventive genius and business capacity to compete, successfully with fpr- gan manufacturers, not only in the United ‘states, but in the markets of the Old “World. ‘Though never shirking public duty Mr. Smith was not an office seeker, and it was only at the earnest solicitation of his friends of ali political beliefs, it is suid, that he accepted the nomination for Congress, He was originally a democrat, but from the formation of the republican party in 1854 3 nith had been one of its most earnest and consistent supporters. His popularity was shown by the fact that Youkers gave him a majority of about 1,600, the largest it ever ave any Congressional candidate, and he was elected ya majority of about 2,500 in a district so strongly democratic as the Twellth. Anew election will be ordered to fill the vacancy caused by his untimely death. The workshops ond offices of the deceased were closed yosterday, and flags were displayed at mast throughout the town. Tho funeral will take place at Yonkers on Friday, at two P. M. CANON F, R. RAINES, ¥. 8. QUARY. By the death of Canon Raines, at Scarborough, Eng- land, October 17, the county palatine of Lancaster has Jost the most skilled antiquary it ever produced, Though by birth a native of Yorkshire, having been born at Whitby, February 22, 1805, he spent the greater part of his life in Lancashire and devoted him- self to preserving the ancient records of his adopted county. Being the son of a physician, he was at first destined for his father's profession, but ultimately decided to enter the Church, was ordained in 1828, and was appointed in 1832 incumbent of Milnrow, then a rural village, three miles from Rochdale, where he resided for the remainder of his life and where he was buried October 21, in the presence of a vast con- course, When the Chetham Society was founded, in 1843, for the reproduction of the ancient records of Lancashire and Cheshire, he was one of its most active amembers, and of the 103 volumes forming its publi- cations no less than nineteen were edited by him. Of these the most important were the four volumes of “Notitia Cestriensis,” a most valuable manuscript ac- count of the old diocese of Chester, written by Bishop Gastreil about 1720, the two volumes of ‘Lancashire Chantries,” the “Journal of Nicholas Assheton,” the ‘tunley Papers,” and particularly the interesting Diography of James Stanley, the ‘Martyr Karl” of Derby. He left full fifty folio volumes of ‘Lanca- shire Manuscripts,” transcribed in his own peculiarly neat handwriting. A., ENGLISH ANTI- JEAN-JACQUES FAZY, SWISS ECONOMIST. A cable despatch from Geneva announces the death of Jean-Jacques Fay, the eminent Swiss economist and statesman. He was born in Geneva, Switzerland, in 1796, and was descended from a French Protestant family exiled from France during the reign of Louis XIV. He was educated in France and finished his studies in Paris, where he took an active part in the liberal opposition to the restoration of the Bourbons after the fall of the first Napoleon. He published several pamphlets during this period on political economy. He was a disciple of Adam Smith and of J, B. Say, father of the present French Minister of Finan He was one of the founders of the France Chretienne in 1827, and on its suppression by the government censors started the Mercure de France au X¥LXYme Siecle, in which he published a series of articles entitled “Lettres d’un*Américain.” Since that time he has played a prominent part aso writer and politician, both in France and Switzerland. In 1864 his candidature for the Council General of Geneva was the cause of considerable commotion, and later on he was elected a member of the Council of State, CHARLRS DUKE OF SCHLESWIG-HOLSTEIN, Charles Duke of Schleswig-Holstein Sonderburg Qlitcksburg died October 2%, in the sixty-sixth year of his age. The Duke was born on September 30, 1813, and was the son of Duke Frederick William Paul Leopold, born in 1785, and the Duchess Louise Caro- line, born in 1789, daughter of the Landgrave Charles of Hesse Cassel. He succeeded to the dukedom on the death of his father, February 17, 158], and in 1838 married Wilbelmins Maria, daughter of Frederick VI., King of Denmark, who survives. him, but without issue. He is succeeded in the dukedom by Prince Frederick, born on the 23d of November, 1814, who, in 1841, married the Princess Adelaide Christine Julienne Charlotte, daughter of the late George Prince of Schaumburg-Lippe, by whom he has Prince Frederick Ferdinand, born in 1855, and other issue. SIMON DENYSE. Simon Denyse, eighty-three years of age, a veteran of the war of 1812, died yesterday morning at his resi- dence, in Bay Ridge, L. I. The deceased served under General Jeremiah Johnson, and was attached to Cap- tein F. Skillman’s compan; His intellect was very clear during the latter part of hiv life, and he remembered with great distinctness many ot the scenes and incidents of his stirring youth. He was a native and alinost life- long resident of Bay Ridge, where be leaves many descendants, Mr. Denyse was a consistent member of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and his upright living won him general admiration and respect. His funeral will take place at two o'clock to-morrow after noon from the Methodist Church at Bay Ridge. M. DAUZAT D'EMBARRERES, FRENCH POLITICIAN, ‘The death, at Bagnenx, near Paris, October 22, at the ade of sixty-nine, is umnounced of M. Dauzat d’Embur- rores, formerly Councillor General and Deputy for the Hautes-Pyrénées; creator, under the auspices of the Duke des of the horse breeding establishment of Visens. He wae grandson of the Count d’Embar- renew, Lientenant General, Peet of France, and Lieu- tenant General Baron Soult. DEAN STANLEY'S DEPARTURE. Dean Stanley arose yesterday morning bright and early and took a light breskfast at Mr. Cyrus W. Field’s residence in Gramercy Park. He was called upon by ex-Mayor Wickham and President Wood, of the Board of Education, who accompanied him to the Normal College, in Sixty-eighth street. There he inspected the different classes and expressed himself very much pleased with the exercises, He made two short speeches to the pupils and then returned to Mr. Field’s house to complete his preparations for his Enropesn voyage. The Dean had engaged passage on the steamer Bothnia, which was to sail at two o'clock. On the way to the dock he found time to visit the Cooper Institute, and was escorted throughoat the building by its venerable fonder, The Rev. Philips Brooks, of Boston; the Rey. Arthug Brookes, of New York; Henry ©. Potter, D. D.; George W. Childs, of Phila- delphia; David Dudiey Field, Abram 8S, Hewitt, Mr. Pollew, Mr. Coddington and inany other friend and acquaintances wore gathered on the Bothnia to bid him farewell. PLEASED WITH HTS VIsrr. The Dean expressed himself 28 much pleased with hia visit to America and said that he had the satisfac- tion of knowing that he had completed in dotail the tour he proposed to hituself before leaving England, not having missed # single thing that he had made up his mind to see on his trip to this country. He went away, he said, delighted with the country, the climate and the people. When the bell rang for visitors to leave the vessel the usual handshakings were per- formed and the Dean was saluted with cheers and the waving of handkerchiefs as the vessel swung out into the stream, BISHOP CORRIGAN'S APPOINTMENTS, Following is the official list of recent appointments made by Right Rev. Michael A. Corrigan, D. D., Bishop of Newark, N. J.—Rev. T. Hogan, of East Newark, transferred to St. John's, Trenton; Rev. Patrick Leonard, of St, John's, to St. Michael's, Newark; Rev. L. Gambosville, of Boonton, to St. John’s, Newark; — Nev. Pierce MeCarthy, of Dover, to St, Pius’, East Newark; Rev. J, Hanly, of Mount Hope, to St. Mary's, Dover: Rev. James J. Curran, of ‘Trenton, to St. Bernard's, Mount Hope: Revs John A. O'Grady, of New Brufswick, to Mary's, Boonton; Rey. dames A, MeVanl, of ‘St. Patrick's Cathedral, Newark, to be assistant at St. Peter's, New Brunswick; Rev. William Doherty, to be assistant at the Cathedral, Newark; Rey. Anthony Hechinger is promoted to St. Paul's, Green- ville; Rey. Joseph Easer, of St. Panl's of the Cross, Jorsey City, to St. Nicholas, Byg Harbor City; Rev. Gerhard Huygens to be ossistant at St. Paul's, Jersey City, and LO aah ac to be assistant at St. n. BURIED ALIVE. TERRIBLE FATE OF A WELL DIGGER IN NEWARK— “LOOK TO THE LORD, LouIs !”” ‘Louis Beehler, aged about thirty years, and residing at No. 41 Johnson street, Newark, met with a terrible fate on Tuesday. He is a well digger by occupation and had long followed the business, Mr, August Buerman, of No. 79 Lafayette street, employed him to dig 4 cesspool place for him in the yard of his resi. dence at the above number, and in the latter part of last week Louis began work, He had got down a number of feet into the saudy-clayey soil, when he was advised to provide a brace box, He did not think it necessary and went on digging, despite the warnings of Mr. Buerman and John Scherstal, a workman, BURIED BENEATH THE EMBANKMENT. He got to the depth of eighteen feet on Tuesday afternoon, and was busy arranging to lay the founda- tion stones of the walls, when suddenly the embank- ment on one side caved in and buried him up to the shoulders. Shouting for assistance, several workmen about the house hurried to the spot aud began to dig him out. This was about two o'clock. His head was twelve feet down from the level of the yard. A rope ‘was fastened about his body under the arms, and as some men dug the soi] away from his body others tried to pull him out with the rope attached to a windlass, ALMOST RESCUED" ‘They succeeded in getting him ciear down to below the hips, and were pitting alittle extra preasure on the windlass, hoping to pull him, out when he cried out, “Stop! you're pulling me to pieces. can’t stand it.” He wore heavy boots and his legs. were caught in the Inass of stone he had with him, the earth packing it aguinst his Limbs. IN A LIVING TOMB. The men went on digging, when suddenly a great mauss of earth caved in on all hands. The rescuers had hard work to rescue themselves. Bechler was buried beneath two feet of heavy earth. As he saw the ground swallowing him “up he. knew his fate was sealed, and, lifting his hands in the attitude of supplication, he cried in tones that would moye the strongest heart, “Oh! Mr. Buerman, for God's sake look out tor my children!” Mr. Buerman also realized the doomed man’s position and replied, “Look to the Lord, Louis!" In less time that it takes to relate it the earth had completely buried the poor fellow. Not a word nor a sound more from him ‘was heard, THE CORPSE RECOVERED. / ‘The workmen resumed their digging, but not until nine o'clock at night did they reach’ his head, Of course he was stone dead, He stood in the attitude in which he was last seen-that of supplication. When the head of the corpse was uncovered the wife of Louis was present. Her agony was terrible and impossible to depict. It being considered dangerous to dig further, and it being impossible to do anything for the corpse, it was left in the position described until yesterday, when about noon it was recovered and removed to the late residence of deceased, Bechler leaves a wife and five small children. ECUTION. A MAN DISAPPOINTED IN THE RESULT OF THE ELECTION ARRANGES A SCAFFOLD AND HANGS HIMSELF. Washington Thomas, fifty-four years of age, a well known and influential citizen of the Thirteenth ward, having become despondent by business losses, com- mitted suicide at an early hour yesterday morning in the basement of his residence, No. 434 Grand street. For a number of years he was the proprietor of a shoe store in Grand street. He was regarded as a man of character and mea ind was popular among his own class. He succeeded in business until re- cently. Some years ago he took an active part in local polities. Between the hard times and his inat- tention to business he lost what he had earned by years of industry. In this reverse of fortune he sought @ situation from his old time political friends, He received numerous promises that he would be taken care of after election time, and, en- couraged by this hope, he worked energetically all day Tuesday for the success of the Tammany ticket. He left his home at nine P. M. to learn the result of the election, and upon being informed that his friends were beaten he took the defeat to heart as a personal misfortune to himself. He returned home without his family being aware of his arrival. He descended to the kitchen, and there, with much de- liberation, erected his own gallows and became his own executioner. For this purpose he used the door of a closet which stood in a corner of the kitchen. The door opened close to the stove. Across the door and under the jamb he placed a wooden bar, to which he fastened a rope. Having in this manner erected the seatfold he stood upon the stove, adjusted the giooxe about his neck and stepped beckward off hix tempo- rary fyothold, His determinztion to die could be seen in the fact that #t any moment during his necessarily slow strangulation he could have prevented that rocess by placing hix foot npon the stove. His nephew discovered his body next morning and being horrified at the sight ran up stairs and alarmed his aunt, In his excitement and agitation he forgot to cut the body down until he had returned to the kiteben @ seeond time. Life, however, had been bi aga tor several hours, as the body was stiff and cold. Deceased had been twice married. By his first wife he had a son and danghter, both living. He was evi- dently a man of taste and education, as his apart- ments are well stocked with choice pictures and books. He was some years ago & school trustee of the Thirteenth ward, and generally took considerable interest in educational affairs. SUICIDE FOR WANT OF WORK. John C. Kipp, an unemployed clerk, who has lived with his familyat No. 620 Atlantic atreet, Brooklyn, for some time past, Qied yesterday morning from the effects of Paris green. Owing to his inability to ob- tain employment he had become despondent, and on several occasions informed his wife that he did not care to live any longer. At a late hour on Tuesday night he sent his little daughter to adrug store for the poison, and instructed her to tell the clerk that it was to be used for poisoning rats, When he had tained the Paris green he mixed it in some water, was drinking it us lis wife entered the room.’ She seized the cup containing the poison and dashed it to the floor. A physician was summoned and antidotes were adtninisterad, but the; to have any effect, and the unfortunate man died in great agony. A DESPERATE THIEF. MERRITT SCHUYLER TRIES TO SHOOT OFFICER PRICE ON HIS WAY TO THE STATION HOUSE. Two colored men, George Williams and Merritt Schuyler, were fellow servants at Mra. Beacham’s, No. 13 East Twenty-eighth street, some time ago, On Friday lust Merritt was discharged, and, it was thonght, had left the house for good. That night, however, not having been deprived of his latch key, when all was stilt at Mrs. Beacham’s he coolly opened the front door and entered, Finding the parlor m- locked ho walked in and laid down on the sofa and slept. During the night, it is thought, he a@oke and wandered about in quest of valuables, At any rate Williams in the morning announced to his mistress that he had been robbed of $80 and stated that he believed Schuyler to be the thief. ‘The Twenty- ninth precinct police was notified of the fact and De- tective Price was detailed to work up the case. On ‘Tuesday aight he sueceeded in capturing Schuyler and proceeded with him toward the station house in ‘Thirticth street. They had almost arrived there, Price rit pec vier’s right arm firmly, when the forifer fell the cold muzzle of a revolver ‘against his left temple afd before he could count two heard the trigger click and the hammer go down, But the cart- ridge did not explode. Quick as thought Price turned and seizel ‘Schuyler and a. struggle for the pistol followed. It was a matter of life and death for the officer, for the colored man was stroug and determined to effect his escape, even if he had to kill his captor. The conflict was long and terrible. The prisoner was strong and Price was desperate, The former fired his pistol twice without wounding the latter, who plied his short club vigorously. At length he dealt Schuylor a heavy blow on the head and laid bim senseless on the sidewalk. A few moments later the pair were in the station house. Yesterday morning Merritt Schuyler was arraigned before Ju Otterbourg at Jefferson Market Police Court to answer two cl i—one of lagceny, the other of felonious assault. He looked weak and had a bad cut on his head. On the first accusation he was held in $1,000 bail to answer; on the second he was required to furnish $5,000 bail. Being unable to ob- tain sureties in either he was locked up, FOES AND FRIENDS. “They wor both fightin’, Yer Honor,” said the officer as he brought his prisoners, a man and a woman with an old shawl over her head, before the Jefferson Market Court yesterday; “an’ he threw a pitcher or something through the window at her, an’ she flung something back at him, an’ I arrested the two of them for disorderly conduc “Well, what have you to say?” said Judge Otter- bourg to the mealy looking man. “Divil a thing; but she hit me first wid a pitcher,” said he in reply. “And you?” asked His Honor of the woman. “Oh, dedge! Jedge! Me brother is a detective. An’ I'm sorry! An’ just let us both off—election times, yer Honor. You know how it is yerself! I'm a dacint woman an’ I'll niver come back again!" “Decent! Decent! Way fone @ liquor store in your face now,” said the Judge. “You can go,’ he remarked to the man. To the woman he said, “Five dollars or five days, Next case, To the amazement of every! the mealy man stopped the officer ae he was ing the woman through the, prison door with the “Hould on, T'll_pay her fine!” And he did. Then they left the court arm in arm, 5 SPORTING EVENTS ABROAD. ‘The rumored break up of the Lagrange confederac, is a myth, although they will shortly have an exten- sive weed out in Paris. Beddington was bought in for 450 guineas after win ning @ selling stake at Newmarket on the 24th ult. It is said that Mr. Flowers gave 800 sovereigns fot the Irish two-year-old Shinglass, who was examined by Mr. Paley and pronounced of the right age. Echo IL, winner of the All Aged Trial Plate at New- market on Tuesday, 22d ult., was sold to Lord Dupplia for 800 guineas; and Mr. C. Hibbert purchased Merry Heart for 300 guineas. Mangostan, winner of a selling stake at Newmarket on the 23d ult., was sold to Mr. H. Owen for 400 guineas, and Fanfare to Mr. Theobald for 130 guineas, The stallion Oxford did not live jous enough to hear of his grandson’s success in the Cambridges! . He was turned out in the paddock appar fresh and well on rive sth bt set Sore rige oo ~ was found to be attacked wit paral; wi owner ordered him to be shot. xe - Cagliostro was bought in for 460 guineas after win ning the All Aged Solting. Sakea at Newmarket on Monday, 21st ult., when Dunkenny was sold to Mr. Humphries for 770 guineas, and the filly out of Queen of Prussia was bought in for 720 guineas, leaving @ balance of 1,450 sovereigns for division between the fund and second horse, It is arranged that there shall be a steeplechase mecting at Kennett, near Newmarket, early in next year. The course will be the one over which Captain Machell’s jumpers are trained by Jewitt. Kennett i¢ four miles from Newmarket. The meeting will ex tend over a couple of days. Mr. Gretton’s colt Isonomy, the winner of the Cam bridgeshire, is handicapped 110 Ibs, for the Liverpool Cup and 112 1bs, for the Great Lancashire Handicap and with 114 Ibs. for the Great Shropshire Handicap. ‘The negotiations opened by Lord Roseberry and Mr. Gretton for the purchase of’ Monsieur Philippe after the Criterion fell through, ‘The price set upon him was £4,000, with certain contingencies. Lord Allington has purchased Tommy Uj Tree for 1,000 guineas, and he has joined non’s stable. a Pear m Cans THE JONES AND BECKWITH SWIMMING RACE. [From Land and Water, Oct. 26.] It is an undoubted fact that since Captain Webb ac+ complished his celebrated Channel swim in August, 1875, the art of natation has taken a much more prome inent place in our sports and pastimes than formerly. Swimming baths and swimming clubs have increased in number, and during the present season the un- precedented number of 227 entries were obtained for one race alone at the entertainment of # ndon awime ming club. ‘The recent terrible calamity in the Thames has still further tended to draw attention to the value of this hitherto neglected branch of physical education, and the School Board are taking steps to encourage the practice of swimming in their schools whenever such a course is practicable. It was, therefore, only natural that the long ex. Reet match between E. T. Jones, of Leeds, and illie Beckwith, of London, two of our fastest pro- fessional swimmers, which took place on Monday night, October 21, at the Lambeth Baths, should have secured an attendance of spectators far above the ave erage in point of numbers, the baths being crowded to their utmost capacity, nearly every branch of sport being represented among the audience, It will be remembered that after the usual ne’ r correspondence between the intending competi- ‘ors two matches were arranged, each to be for a atakq of £50. The first, distance 110 yards, in the Cookridga Street Baths, Leeds, came off on the 12th inst., when, after a magnificent race, Jones won by two feet in the wonderfully fast time of Im. 17s. Notwithstanding this defeat so confident were the partisans of Beck- with that they doubled the stakes for the second match, making the amount at issue £100 for Monday night's contest. Soon after half-past nine P. M. both men appeared at the diving-board end of the bath, Beckwith with the left hand side. There was an unusual amount of Rong a the result, 5 to 4 on Jones being laid to lose some heavy sums of money. On the pistol being fired Beckwith, if anything, was the first to reach the water. Jones, however, swimming at a marvellous pace, came up level before half the first len, was completed, and reached the end of the bath (fort; ) in 25 seconds, with half a yard ‘to the Soak ing quicker on the turn, the Leeds champion doubled his lead in the return journey, swimming the eighty yards in % seconds, Beckwith still a yardin the rear, The spar marking the finish hed now been dropped across the middle of the bath, and Jones, dashing through the water in his well known style, touched the pole a winner by about four feet in the magnificent time of Im. 9s. To show how full of go the little Yorkshire- Tan was after his efforts, he vaulted over the spar at the finish. Both men were cheered to the echo as they left the water and én the anteroom of the baths an offer was made after the race by some of the Leeds supporters of the champion for Jones to give any mau in England ten yards in a hundred the followin; morning in the Serpentine for any amount that coul be staked. The challenge, however, was.not accepted. Considering that onde) a best record time for the distance (100 is) was Im. 158., done by W. Beckwith himself in this bath in October, 1877, the eagerness of the supporters of the latter to back their man—on the strength, no doubt, of a trial in which he did something like Im. 103,—can easily be under- stood. They hardly expected Jones to be capable of such ‘@ splendid performance as he accomplished on Monday, and both swimmers exhibited powers of the highest ‘order. Jones, who ix twenty-eight years of age, stands 5 fect 4', inches and weighed 10 st. 12 Ibs., looked in excellent condition, and as he is equally good, over a long distance, it will probably be some he is deprived of his hard-earned title of “Champion Swimmer of England.” PIGEON SHOOTING. Ahandsome gold badge was shot for by the mem- bers of the Fountain Pigeon Shooting Club, at the Brooklyn Driving Park, located in Parkville, Long Island, yesterday, in the presence of a number of spectators. Seventeen members competed, and cach fired at seven birds, handicap rise. The shooting throughout the match was first class, despite the strong wind which blew across the range. The badge was won by Mr, Cabenhaven, after an interesting con- test with Mr. De Frain, by killing ten birds out of thirteen, while his opponent killed nine out of the same number. The'following is the BUMMARY. Broortyy Daivina Pars, Pankyitr, L. I.— Wepxxespay, November 6, 1878.—The Fountsin ‘eon Shooting Club members omens a gold » seventeen contestants, at seven birds each, eighty yards, boundary, 14 ounces of shot; H and traps; ties decided at three birds each, aud the club rules to es Cabenhaven, De Frai iT 10—1 —100—1 eH cceoeese Scone ceceens Steere seenooee ene weer oescen Sot oso or ones BOP R operons OSH 8588S Fee Bee rere coo Ce Edwards . “ * Fell dead out of bounds. Reteree—Mr. Skidmore, of Flatbush, L. I. Time of shooting—One hour and thirty minutes, THE RIFLE. A meeting of the Board of Directors of the Nationa? Rifle Association was held yesterday afternoon, at three o'clock, at the aagociation offices, No. 23 Park row. ‘The president of the association, Mr. N. P. Stanton, was in the chair, and Mesars. Scherm Wylie, Waters, on, Holland, Scott, Story Casey were present. The principal business done waa the adoption of a resolution to the effect that matcheq shall take place at Creedmoor on two days during the eon month, the days to be het announced by the secretary. The also decided that in the des termination of ties the entire score shall be consid. ered in counting “outers” and “inners,” the string 6t the tongest range. The rest of the ness was merely of a routine character. BROOKLYN ATHLETIC CLUB. ‘The members of the Brooklyn Athletic Club hel& their first fall games on the Prospect Park parade ground yesterday afternoon, and although the day was cold and windy the sports passed off satisfactorily and much to the yment of a large number of , spectators, ‘The track is grass covered, and therefore not so Well adapted for rapid walking as one of dirt or sand, The ee y events were as followa:— ‘Two hun id twentyeyards run—First heat, Fy R. Bourne, 1; W. Fisher, 2. ‘Time, 28% seconds, Second heat, Joseph Baker, 1; H. ———s =“ 29 seconds. Final, F. 8. Bourne, 1; Joseph Baker, Time, 251; seconds. One mile walk—Charles Mackrell, 1; W. D, Baker, 29 B, Richardson, 3. ‘Time, 9m. 268, One Hund Yard re Baker, 1; We Fisher, 2; H, Lansdell, 3. ‘Time, 11 seconds, Running High Jump—John Baker, 4 ft. 9 in; We Armstrong, 4 ft. 8 in. Running Broad Jump—Q. C. De Grove, Jr., 16 ft. & in,; John Baker, 16 ft, 3 in, artor Mile Hun—i. G. Hudson, 1; B, Richardsotts 2; °W.D, Baker, 3. Thine, @% soconda Buiting the Shot (16 pound) —W. Blair, 27 ft. 1 img in. ek Se PA Rev. T. R. Slicer, H. and'J. @. 3 Team 2—W. D. Baker, John Baker, o mer Be Seere dr. and W. Blair. Won No.1 Im, Ws, ‘The games ended with a la cronse match, the capy tains being F. H. Logan and Q. C. De Grove, Je. Cape tain Logan's side wou. Score, 1—0, Judgeo—Mr, Barclay and Mr. Wilkinsom /