The New York Herald Newspaper, November 16, 1878, Page 3

THE GREAT SEARCH Hopeful Signs for the Recovery of Stewart's Remains, WINKS AND NODS. Remarkable Correspondence Provoked by the Robbery. SUPERINTENDENT WALLING’S ‘TRIP A Herald Reporter on the Trail of a Rumor. —— ‘MOONLIGHT RIDE ON A LOCOMOTIVE. An Anticipated Sensation Terminates in a Game Bag. o The announcement which came from an official source on Thursday night that the remains of A. T. Stewart had been located, and the men coricerned in the ghastly spoliation had been tracked, created a pro- found sensation. Evidently the police and others Concerned in the search had not been prepared to see such wide publicity given to a clew which had engaged their attention so long and from whieh they were hopeful of gleaning large results. When, however, their intentious leaked out and certain premature announcements forced them into the glare of publicity there was a sudden desire manifested to retract what was said and a tacit admission that much was still undone. In and about the Central Office yesterday there was a sudden cessa- tion of excitement and a sesming indication that the frenzy and heat of tho search wero over and now substantial results might be looked tor, even though they were tardy in coming. One thing seemed pretty certain—the announcement of yesterday had~ not been without some foundation ‘and the papers had not struck very wide of the mark. Judge Hilton himself, and several officials concerned im the case, admitted that there was a sufficient ap- proach to the truth in the published accounts to in- terfere to some extent with the accumulation of evi- &ence to commit the culprits. i A “personal” appearing in this day’s Hxnaup would tuggest, too, that the guilty parties wore in reaching flistence and that some of the officials wore in a mood for making negotiations with them. At Headquar- ters yesterday things wero very quietly conducted. Inspector Murray was away most of the day, but ho ‘was said to have on his hands a matter foreign to the Stewart search, Caplain McCullagh appeared once or twice—sanguine looking, but reticent, and disposed to question rather than answer. As for Captain Kealy be remained locked up in hia office, but in frequeut sommunication with members of his force. ‘Two New York detectives, registered at the Sheridan House, in Elizabeth, N. J., as John Irwan and ¥’. San- juan, have been for several days fluctuating between Newark and that city. They were arrested on Thurs- day night on suspicion, but wero discharged on tho receipt of a telegram from Inspector Murray. They ‘are engaged in working up a clew in the Stewart case. Detective Fields, of the District Attorney’s office, paid yesterday that four men had already been arrested on suspicion of stealing Mr. Stewart’s body. The de- tective declined to give their names at present, lest the publication of them might interfere with the full de- velopment of the case. The detective, however, as- Berts that the connection of these men with the out- Tage is settled almost beyond dispute. SUPERINTENDENT WALLING'S RETURN, About two o'clock in the afternoon 4 cab rolled up to the door of Police Headquarters and Superinten- dent Walling jumped out and was followed by Mr. Waite, the companion of -his alleged gunning expedi- tion into the wilds of New Jersey. The gentlemen lifted out of the vehicle their guns and a capacious basket supposed to contain the ttophies of their bkill at the ‘trigger. Superintendent Walling Bt once seated himself at his desk and began to open the letters which had arrived during his brief Sbsence. He seemed to be in no pleasant frame of mind, and when asked whether there was anything new in relation tothe mystery of the day, replied courtly that he knew of nothing. ‘The newspapers,” he added, in nettled tone, “seem to have a great deal that is new. I had no sooner got out of town than I was beset by telegrams, reporters followed on my track and there was a great deal of talz about my ‘mysterious disuppearence.’ There wasn't anything mysterious about it. I simply wanted to have aday’s shooting and Iwent when I‘ could get it, I did not think it was necessary to tell everybody where I was joing.” mee Mien it was not because of the statements made in the newspapers that you came back?’ asked the re- porter. THE HUNTER HUNTED. “Oh, no. -I started for the railroad station at day- fight this morning with Mr. Waite, congratulating wy: thet wo were in a region where the news- papers ceased trom troubling, where the weary could we reat and where thieves were unknown. On reaching the setticment 1 asked whether thero was anything going on in tho vicinity. ‘Oh, nothing,’ said the station master, ‘except that Troporters ware here last night and have been searching for you.’” ** dkeperters?' I said, ‘Why, I didu’t know you had any newspapers out here.’ “Neither have we,’ he said, ‘but these reporters eame from New York snd from Philadelphia.’ “I was thunderstruck. ‘Good God!’ I said, ‘can I ever got away from these fellows? There ‘was no train jast night.’ “ No,’ he said, ‘but the New Yora Henatp men rolled iu here on a special locomotive at midnight, ‘woke us all up and sent off a long despatch about your doings here. It's all in this morniny’s issue.’ “Well, I was disgusted. You may judge of my sur- prise ut all this, and it was increased when I got hold of the aes and found o' step I had taken chroni- sled tor tho benedit of the pul lic,” “Then your sudden departure had absolutely nothing to do with the Stewart mystery?’ said the reporter, innocently. ‘he question seemed to exasperate the Superin- tendent and ho answered peevishly-— “No, no; I waa hunting game, not clews.”* ‘The reporter attempted to bring him into a more pleasant frame of mind by talking of the birds he had Blain, but the Superintendent's eyes reverted con- tinnally to the headlines of half a dozen newspapers spread out upon his desk, and, as be was evidently in Fo mood for conversation, the reporter took his ave. AKOTHER WHO KXOWS, ‘The subjoined epistio was received at the Hsnacp ofiice yesterday and shown to Judge Hiltou, who read it without making sny comment :— Eiazanxruront, N. J., Nov, 15, 1878, To ram Epiton or ye Hsnaid Sim—Mr. Ph awblo at Flisabethport makes the can tell where the remains of the late A. . wart are for the sum of $5,000, Thinking this nicht ol nee to y hich may loud to ihe reoot of the body, [ sead you the information. Mr. Schawb! well kuown here, and from his connections I boli has some knowlodgu uf the transaction. Yours THOMAS J. CROSHY QlcKinaie's Block), Elizabethport, N. J. JUDGE MILTON. Judge Hilton was found by a Henan reporter —, terday forenoon at his oftice, corner of Chambers strect and Broadway. He was busily engaged looking over 8 pile of correspondence from all = ions of the country boa on the robbery of late A. T. Btewurt’s re In reply to @ question by the writer Judgo Hilton said:—‘There is really nothing new to communicate. Wo ere = working hart to solve this mystery, and, of course, there are some developments that will not bear to be given to the public just now. I fear that the papers this morning published something which inay tend to thwart our plans. don't know, however, but it looks to me as though it might iuter- fere with what we aro doing. When there ix anything now in the caso I will not hesitate to give it to the press, as this isa question and on@which affects society at large, It they are to succeed in stealing the dead there is no telling how soon eae, turn their attention to carrying off the living. hy, Dua derstand it has beon proposed to steal me—to carry me otf, in the hope of getting a large rowerd. Just ‘think of it! There is no telling w thay may do next if they succeed in this.” During the forenoon Judge Ifilton called at Police meaner, and remained in consultation with tho officials for some time. Tn the afternoon Detective Robert Pinkerton, aecompanied Ly another detective, was closeted for about half an hour with Judgo Hilton at the Chambers street office, At five o’clouk the Judge again drove to the Central Office, and on in- quiring for Inspector Murray was informed that he ‘waa abyent, whereupon he drove away, WHOLKSALE CORRESPONDENCE, ‘The rollowing Unique epistle came in on envelope NEW YORK HERALD, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1878—WITH SUPPLEMENT. hs directed to “Mrs. Cornelia Stewart’ and bearing the Philadelphia postmark of November 14. The letters forming the words contained thesein are uniformly of a lenvth bordering on half an inch, and placed so closely together as to give the be the agpeatence of having been coveren with straight pencil marks, None of the characters display the slightest curve, andit is evident thab it was the inteation of the wuthor to disguise his handwriting :— YOR THF SAKU OF TUKIR RUNGKY MARES, Wo regret exceadingly that it must needs be that acts of gure should bring aerrow tv your hoart, 18 paine ue to know that so en! become the victim: of our ttecd yom will call Tt—rapactons greed, the world love me, it was the earnest, honest. de- cries of our hungry babes that inctted us wrong. Six profossional imen—one lawyer, ono banker and three detectives—all inen f had boon straggling hard and honestly in the baitle of life, but had met only failure, cou spired together to de this deed. On Thursday morning last, abont three o'clock, used te be removed from Mark's the remains of owrly eneased in a juare i ie x, mane that mornin: carried them by water sway fiom the city, and, a them placed securely beyond the sight of wan. ‘Onr object, of course, isto extort money from you for their return. Our price'ts ($5,000) five thousand dollars per man, thirty ‘The method of our coming together that we shall require fas follows, viz.:—On Friday next ot fully instructed from you will take the ono train for Philadelphia, with tho monoy in dono np in @ brown’ paper parcel, with sel a shawl strap. He will wear a white rosebud in bis battou- bole, und wilt be subject to our surveillance from the time he leaves Now Yo Me will take the five o'clock train from West Philadoip Depot for Ragle Station, main li Pennsylvan' h and there at Euglo inquire fot a letter For A. In that letter he will find direc- Sina Hens how-next to procesd, If ho isnot on that (rain, if he is preceded, aceompuniad or foliowed by a detective, or if at any tine he is discovered talking with cuy one, your plans wilbe thwarted. It will bo impossible fer tho shrewdont Tewotive to accompany him In the plan that we have et. fanged without discovery, und that will thwart you, It thos is any failure in this arrangement wo shall uako urther = effurt to restore = th remains to = gwd ne of our. number bas ‘alrendy found Market for thom at our price, the propristor of ainusoum desiring (fom to intke a cas! from, The majority desire to return them to you, but we wil! ran no risk, W also require. aluirty days in which to yet rid of the notes before we return the body, as we intend to ran no risk frown marked notes: We are not bad mon, Wo are especially ans vhat no harm shall come to ayciety is, To that end wo suggest that if you accopt our proposition that you at once adver- tige that you have abandoned tho search, and for the sake of goriety recall the rewards. in order that otbors way not Then at the end of thirty in w decent and proper told thas we return it bo- Within the above letter was a picce of the same yel- low-tinted paper as the note itself, and this was folded in a compass of about an inch square, fastened with mucilage and superscribed “Judge Hilton, pri- vate.” It read as follows :— ‘To spare Mrs. Stownrt’s foclings we address this to‘ you. In order that you may be fully sutistied that we really havo the body, we tuail to you a portion of Mr. Stowurt’s coat, pants, vest, necktie, collur, shirt aud hair. We sappose the men we hired to do tho digzing must have stolen the jewelry on his porson and ulyo the coftin pluto and have defaced the mouutlugs. ‘This we vory much regret, PUL OF SUGGESTIONS. The following are, additional specimens selected from among the large number which are sent daily to Mrs. Stewart and Judge Hilton:— Cry, November 11, 1878, Honorable Mr. Hiutos : h reference to the theft of A. leave to state au follow and observations show fiat corpse has, not been taken outside Nn that” cho” some Ig, in the hands of prion | re- spectively, Jesuita, My information may seom peculiar, perhaps ridiculons, bue T havo again to state that 1 have my reagons for this suspicion. Yoq will therefore have again visited (thoroughly searched) the churches, or rather hurches and their vaults; also have the former ine Stewart’ corpse, ‘ark 18 Caltves, robbod but I be, reagor % man of the Stewart vault interrogated if he canuot description of two or three persons whd have conversed to him (the watchmen) about said grave (vault), In the hope that this hint will lead to the required result, ‘SioNa, truly, A CORRESPONDENT IN DANGHK. 1 for Mr, Midelton of 28 Bond str... and Let Him foot of Grand st. Stde about ug until about 3 frernoou— 10 o'eloc 5 then Let Him come to Wmsburgh side & watch from 3 Pm till after Dark & See if Ho can find the man canld on Him for the fluid to Decomposo the Body of Whitin, you must not Publish anything i Send 9 gee but Do asl xay £1 willy keop you Informed as quicl 1 Possibly Gan, if this should Got out i would Bo in groat Danger Block Stump, or Block Swamp ts on Long Island Back of Flushing. ABOVE THE AVERAGE, Sire— After wating some time to alow you timo to sea what an ass you have mado of yoursolf—t will ask you what you think now of your 25 thodsand rewared.—what do you take mo and my palls to bee, we aint beggerors—wi do you think wee coold dos with 25 thousand dollars; why You must bid & cheep price for covor like us. fast you want to Ketch 5 of us and geé that rotton old body buck for 2500 lets figur up a bitt. fust, the detectives wownt 0 into it fore less tliwu one halfe ded then you want mo and mi 4 palls (o pat onre nm the halter and go up the Xi ours and pay one th and fine—extray—now in a word when you otfer 100000 or half. million we will think about mak trade with you und give you back the Rotton old curkuse. if you ate judge off law instead of horseflesh—you had better use a Iistlo Judgment and you might set back tho carkaso of one of tho mecnest white men that ever god let live, he robbed grave yards at wholo- sale, but. they didn’t’ have money enough to make hin’ swot for it. You keep om the old track and tho finest police pups in the world will do you lots of good. why they are made up of grave rob- beré state prizen burds men that can put in most voter on election Da: om air the cuves that that look after grave yard: ks and stores now a days, fine paps—hepo we will hear from you agin. GRAVB YARDS. BRIEF, BUT TO THE POINT. The next ix addressed to the Hon. Judge Hilton, firm of late A. 'T. Stewart & Co., New York city, the envelope bearing the Boston post mark. It is aa follows :— Bostox November 11. Honoured sir to be short in this letter I would say i kno Whore They body of Mr Stewart iy hid if you Wit send me Acheck for 1000 dollars i Will let you kuo By the adres STAR COLONY Boston P, 0. Here is a note which came through the New York Post Ofice, It is written in pencil in « good business hand:— WANTS PAY FOR HIS THEORY, Jupex Henny Huron :— Sin—If you pay nothin for theories a conferenes bo- twoen us will never take place; ff of! ise'we may confer together, I have no idew where the rewaine of the Jate Mr. Btowart are, but honestly believe that could name two’ men that hed a hand in tho st chyand. ef you care t may pat in the “Person Y Toth “inet. the following itallicited and quoted word: itl 1 pay for theory, if eal T am anxious to make money, but I do not want something for nothing. Should my theory discover the human hyenas, I shall oxpoct the re- ward, if i: bo of no ave, | ask uo mon FOR REASOXS TOO PATENT TO MENTION. OLY A pipam. “ Novaunen, 12, 1878. Judge Hintox «- Duar Six—As fam rather ashamed to appear iu person I take this mouns of informing you of a strange droum. The commencement of the dream iy this:—That T should ‘go to all the masou builders in the elty and find out {f they had built aay strange sort of vaults lately, tho very first one Teall on told ine he had, and I stared out. he call ine would not co back, but went and got « policeman, and took him with me, and found in the back basoment a vault built of brick ayainst the wall, tho ep way covered with mortar. LT removed the top. bricks, (aud saw the — corpae —innide, this is all a dream But somothing occurred the eventng previ- ons to this droam that prompts me to inform you where this dream directed ine to. it was to a house in Twelfth st, to let, in railing, Now this may be all a foolish dream [ hope itis, But as we are all interosted In the finding of the body of Mr. Stowurt, any little ocearrence might lead to thet resnit sbould this amount to anything, my mark is Yours truly vee A “PRIRND'S” LPRYESION, Judge Hutos D{U it over oveur to you that the reurins may have been only romoy ad fron offin and pat In tho one directly le 0 78, my dream T saw the nents to let eon it. under it and never taken from tho vault? My Impre: are, if you oxamin jug his fatier-in-law's remairis, you will seok. A FRIEND. PAD FoR THE DETECTIY: The following, addressed to Judge Hilton, was written with a lead pencil and in & fine back hand:— Noveunny 14, i734. it Mr. Stewart's body was Dear §re—One weok laat ni taken. Your detectives have botn within w block of it within forty-eight hours the, hant until doomaday, they find its bi for $200,000 and no questions asked it will be delivered. per. sonal fi; the H ing you will pay this, will . tee, will be answered. Yours, XERXES. ‘Vo the next lettor Judge Hilton called’ the attention of the HenaLo reporter cs iy, and requested that the name and address of the writer be omitted. It ts us follow A “STRAN GEE'S" Nw yey. ‘oak, Nov. 14, 1873, yt! fato husb rs. A. T. Stewart Mapam—I take tho i! rty to address stranger, in regard te the sad fate of your al, Me. A. 7. Stewart, ‘Though the police have thus far failed to find’ auy elew, ay yw ing to the “duding solution of this amnpa simple. Many theo and deriber, Ihe many ot to advance alvo, I will be briet, in us few words as porsthle, As you are aware the person or. pers whon coinmitting this erime, dux their the toml through the cailiag. in this process sand must have id to the hoor of the v6 tomb, After these persons had commitiod the crime, why f¥ it not powsibio that the body was not taken vatof the tomb at all? id it not be pusmible that, instead of re moving the body, runuing the danger of detection by Veing seen or causing suspicion throuch the odor, that they simpiy removed one of the stones or slabs, of whntever I eovaring the round, dug & hole Inrge enéugh for the body, whieh was in tl 0 slabs were carefully repiaved? The | place i my opin. on, for the reinterment body,” would mom likely bo tha piace whore the sgnd when they working way thirowgh the coiling, as this place taist have been the spot whore the Brat didturbunce took place (Girvugh tho failing earth), and by = removin, that sal slab, a disty ico hav. fig occurred mt the same spot before, this sve. ond disturbance would most ory not be no. tivoable, vond ny the boily could x have very easily disposed of by simpl putting it on the outside of the tomb where the enteases wus where ® Lor two of eurth, more or less, would not bo noticed, In rogard to the statis found in the graves Ml port I bave no explanation whatever, Ses wegen’ aid'ove “have, boca ‘ooun by | Serials the wagon 8 oth u certain Taonm thle might have been n provision made by tho rob: Pers tor'a speedy excape In case Of w surprise or detect T hope that you will give iny Lines some consideration, they aro written in the best of faith and in the hope you may speedily recover the body. ‘coe THAT AMITY STRERT GRAVEYARD, Mr. Richard Brownlow, former sexton of Amity Street Baptiat Church, was found last evening at his piace of business No. 301 First avenue. ‘The writer asked bim what he knew in regard to the removal of human bones from tho grave. yard attached to that now obsolete cuifico, and Mr, Browalow replied as follows :—“‘L was sexton of that chareh in 1863 and had charge of the removal of the remains. 1 think it was in February of that year that the church obtained peri n un the Court to transfor tho remaius to Cypress Hills Cemetery. The trustees had previously purchased a number of lots in that cemeter, tor the purpose, and I know of my own knowledge that Mr. Stewart had nothing whatever to do with the propesty previows w the removal vf the remains, Some months afterward I had s conversation wiih Mr, siewart in the late Amity Street Deptist ‘Church, and in the presence of Mr. Butler, end that was the Iknew of Mr. Stewart's intention. to purchase the property. ‘Th owned the vurial ground outside of the Amity street clure) The Amity street folks held a lease of the land on which their church stood from the Oliver fog and war ms Stewart the rying groum e subsequently purchased the church and the land it stood upon. I wish here again to state that at the time the remsins were removed Mr. Stewart had nothing whatever to do with the property, and I have in my possession pewspaper clippings to corroborate, if necessary, this statement.” “Was there not consiserablo excitement among the people of the neighborhood at the time those remains were to be removed?” “Ishould consider thet the people who gathered around the premises while the reniains were boing taken away wero more actuated by morbid curiosity than indiguation, ‘Those who had relatives buried here were admitted othe graveyard, and, as far as possible, thoy pointed out wheze bodies of their kinsfolk lay. Every courtesy was shown to these people, and the remains were removed in a decent, Christianlike manner. ‘Those which wore not called for and taken away by their friends, their remains were placed’ in suit- able boxes and conveyed to Cypress Hills Cemetery at the expense of the trustees of the Oliver Strect Baptist Church. Inspector Dilks, who was wt that time captain of the Fifteenth precinct, had relatives buried there, and vis the gronnds on several occasions to ascertain whether the diggers had found his friends.”’ “Did you have to callin the police to preserve order while the removal was going on ?” “Never; Ihad no occasion to ask the assistance of SiR seen ered nee Cn Meee eR off the grounds, In connectién with the present epidemic of exhu- mations it is curions to note that the Human of the 2sth of September which was found alter the rob- bery in St. Mark's churchyard, and which hed evi- dently been left there by the ghouls, contained a de- tuiled account of the exhumation of the body of Mrs. Bhinebart at Silver Lake. ie TRACING 4 BUMOR--A HERALD CORRESPONDENT AN SEARCH OF SUPERINTENDENT WALLING-—— A FAST BIDE BY MOONIIGHT ON A SPECIAL ‘TRAIN-—BRIGHT ANTICIPATIONS ENDING IN A BASKET OF GAME. ‘ (BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HRALD.] Suamona, N. J., Nov. 15, 1878, Fow readers of the Henao have any conception of the amount of work on a great journal which is performed under the surface, I do not mean the brilliant and striking pictures of events, nor the manifestations of enterprise and skill which result in the publication of important news in advance of other papers, ‘This is all labor which has a visible and sat- isfactory result. There is another class of effort fre- quently uecessary in making up the daily record of the world’s history contained in the newspaper which has no tangible result and which may be called work that does not tell and is not often told. I refer to the investigation of rumors and so called information, which turn out to be false aud valucless after patient search and ex- penditure of both time and money, making up the thousand and one occasions when the enterprising and painstaking journalist has nothing to show for his labor—his only recompense being the conscious- noas of having done his duty. Nobody outsido the office of a yreatmewspaper has the slightest idea of the number of missions which cud in nothing but this negative result. It often happens, moreover, that they constitute the most difficult and troublesome of all the reporter's tasks, as they certainly are the most ‘unsatisfactory and annoying. The amount of hard toil, personal dangers and lavish expenditure of money which produce nothing worth laying beforo its readers is an incident in the daily life of a great mewspapcer which seldom tinds arecordin public, TRACING A RUMOR. An illustration of this phase of journalism had its origin in the rumor disposed of in these despatches mornil in regard to the finding of Mr. Stewart's stolen body. Tho story was that Police Superintendent Walling had mysteriously left New York and turned up in an obscure point of New ferséy at or near Shumong, and that the millionuaire's dead body had been tound there. When. at half past six o’clock last evening, tho Haratp correspondent at Philadelphia was informed of this rumor and was ordered from the home office to ‘go immediately to Shamong?’ he knew that but one thing was to be done, namely—to get there at all hazards in time to investigate and write a report for to-day’s Hezanp, A hurried investigation showed that Shamong was an obscure village away down among the Jersey pines on the Now Jersey Southern Railroad. SEARCH FOR A LOCOMOTIVE, ‘The little telegraph Oifice at the station had closed, and nothing remained to be done but to hiro a train and get there. A quick journey to West Philadelphia and a rasping interview with a petty railroad official, who drawled out s chilling an- nouncement that no engine could be had to go there for any money, only served to put the impatient cor- respondent on his mettle. Recognizing that in the lexicon generally used in the modern vewspaper oftices there is no such word as fail, and mesatime fretting largely under the loss of tine, application was made to the superintendent of the New Jersey division of the Pennsylvania Railroad, That individual hap- pened to be nearly one hundred miles distant at Jersey Bity, but, being @ man of business, he answered a tel- egram fp aud with equal promptness apes all the little obstacles put in the way by ais small sab- ordinate at the Philadelphia end. Stating the diff culties in the way Superintendont McCray tell graphed that he would do his best to get the co: spondent as near to his destination as his railroad could go. The start was to be made from Camden, N, J., # five-mile ride by street car and boat from West Philadelphia. By the time this Brouklyn of Philadciphia was reached—a short stop was made to enlist a first class telegrapher os a valuable asaistaut—it was nearly ten o'clock. Engine No. 53, of the Burlington county branch of the Cam- den and Ainboy Railroad, was already attached to a passenger car in waiting for the HxnaLp man, and Superintendent Buckalew was giving all the aid in his power to hasten imatiers. The cugine did not quite have enough steam to start, and another little delay fretted the soul of the traveller. “How far can you take ime ?"* was the first question. “To Whitings, ‘orty-five miles, the end of our road,” was the Superiutendent’s respouse. ‘an you reach the Supeviutendent of the other road by wire and get another engine “Doubdtfal, but [il try.” “By all means do bv, and spare no expense, as this is*a question of time, not mowey.” ‘Phe telegraph operator was then ordered to telegraph to Whitings to have the best team in the place in wiit- ing for a midnight ride, und lest this sould fail, end the second locomotive also, Superintendent Buckslow was asked if he could yet a evew fora band car to take the correspondent from Whitings to Shamong ? oubtful,” was the response again, “but I'll “Anyhow,” said the writer, “hav hand car wait- ing. We will work our own passage if necessary. % ten minutes past ten the engineer took hold of his lever and sang out “All aboard.” As the Hunanp man stepped on he said:-— “Mtr, Superiutendeat, wo want to meke that torty- five miles in forty-five minutes, Will you order your engincer to do itr” “Well,” repliet he, laughing, “I have ordered the last irain up to wait for you at Hartford. He cannot o fast until alter he pauses that place. Then if he fee s'mind to break his neck trying to mako sixty imiles an hour on this railroad that is his owa look- oat.” “Very well.” And then came the last ques- tion:—“Have Lugain permission to push ahead at our own speet?”” “You have. member you are on a Je ON PIU Re At eleven minites after ten the start was made. There wos @ nipping sad an eager air; but, fort. hutely, it was » beantiful moonlight night and ihe enyiticer said he guessed 4 on the track if one hap; rumbled und bounced with yraduaily ii speed, the telegraph polos seeming nearer and ueere wogether, ‘Tbe road was rough and “wabbling, and the car, with the two solitary passengers, swayed from side to side ins manner not calculated to soothe the nerves, Lhe impatient seribe had to content himself with thirty miles an hour until the up train was passed on a siding, for the road has but a single track. Then began a systematic nagging of the engineer to increase his speed, and the anx- jous traveller thought with profound mgret of those ood old days of steamboat racing on the Mississippi iver, when the order to “throw in another nigyer’’ ‘was invariably followed by au increuse of speed. SOMEWHAT VASTER. By dint of scrambling over the coal in the tender to Teach the cab and persistently arguing with the engine driver to show him how absurd it was to think that he conldn’t do sixty niles an hour, the engineer was finally induced to “let her out,” though with many misgivings. ‘Three stops were wo oil up and water and to oil up again. Then at twenty- five mainutes to twelve we drew up alongside the plat- form at Whitings. Then another cxasporating delay took place. There was no second engine to take us over the Jersey Southern division. After sending telegram aficr telegva:n to Manchester offering any sum demanded, and urging and eutreating, word came over the wiro:— “She is just starting.” Then came the siraining of eyes down tho track and listening with all our ears. After a half hour what was so anxiously looked for came at last. Tho wait avemed hours to tho or with visions of a rival ahead of him who had started two hours before with a tean, OvF AGAIN, . There was no car attached to this engine, and wi jumped into the cab without @ moment's delay or a thought of oonfort, in too much haste to Good night and asafe joarney. Re- ey railroad.” § bo critical. A little vigorous langu age to the onginser and wo wore off with his Promise to mrtke that lar locomotive get over the groand faster than had ever been known in the history of the New Jersey Southern Railroad. He did his best, and then began a jolting so violent that it was difficult to believe we were not Jumping over the ties. Woe whiazed over bridges, actors wagon roads and through sand banka and scrub pines and oaks, The country was dis: in the extreme and the wind in our faces was cutting, We strained our eyes aboud ty watch for any obstruction om the | ld see a cow | track with the earnestness of men who knew that death tay be before them. ‘fheve are no flagmen or stetion men to guard the railrosds way down in Jersey and we carried our lives im our own hauds, Portunately it was still moonlight. No one nocd a word whic the engine few on amd on, AG length thore was glimmering light ahead. “That's the place’? we thought, but no one spoke, The light grew lurger, larger, larger und then we stopped. “Fifteen miles in eighteen minutes,” said the engi- neer with a long breath of relief. It haa never been done on this road before, What the resuli of the visit to Shamong was the Heraup readers know. INTERVIEW WITH SUPERINTENDENT WALLING. The Superintendent of the alleged tinest police in the world is not given to betraying much emotion, but he certainly looked soimewbst astonished this morning when the Henatp correspondent suddenly confronted him with extended hand and the greeting, “How do you do, Mr. Walling ?” ‘The police official was very naturally surprised to meot a newspaper representative im ihe imidst of the wilds of New Jersey, in a conntrycorsisting of stunt- ed pines, cranberry ‘bogs, sand und desolation. One may travel miles here without s # house, and the village of Siamong consists of about gix fainilies and a store, with no hotel or lodging house. Mr. Waite's shooting box, where the Superiniendent has been staying, is in the midst of a waste six miles back from the villag A WELL VILLED BASKET, ‘Mr. Walling was puzzled to know, first, how the Henrarp had discovered his retrbat, and, secondly, why and how he hud been followel. When told that lis presence in this obseure place bud led to the rumor that it pad soimething todo with the finding of Mr. Stewart's body tho genial afficer laughed atid assured the correspondent — that is sole and only reason for comi was in tho poe Eco ae ‘The bape Laseage Pada tained a brace of fire partrid; a couple of dozen ait this wae the meni off day's Piouting by ‘t. Waite ad the Superintendent, not counting the rabbits and several birds which fell in the cket, where the dog could not get at them. The Suporiatendent and his host, Mr. Waite, left for New York on the morning train, taking the trophies of their sportsmanship with than ond discussing with some merriment the singular rumor that led the correspondent on such a fruitless errand merely because the Saperintendent of the New York Police chose to take a day’s shooting. “Why,” said Mr. Walling, “almost cverybody else at the Central Office got away lust panto te hag no vacation and no rest, but I did not Sicpose that my going home for a duy or so—for I was burn and raised in Monmouth county—would have made such a sensation for the newspapers.”* WHAT MB. WALLING THINKS, Coming up on the train and ialking with your correspondent the Superintendent said that be was afraid that the offering of the voward of $25,000 tor the conviction of the thicves might prevent the police from finding Mr. Stewart's body. He likened this caso to the Charley Koss abduction, in which the offering of alaurge reward for the return of the child and the capture of the kidnappers prevented the thieves from negotiating for the restoration of the boy through fear of discovery. I do not know how far My. Walling may have thought it prudent to de- ceive me, but he certainly did not speek very hope- fully as to the recovery of Mr. Stewart's remains. HUMAN BONIES AWAITING AN OWNER. Poveuxrerram, N. Y., Nov. 15, 1878. Coroner John P. Schenck, of Matioawan, N. X., tele- graphs td the Zagle as follows:— A box contuining human bones was tuken to Sylvan Lake, Wodnesday, in a wagon and vent by curs yesterday to Cl Branch Junction via Clove Branch Railroad, A telogeam was sent to nie to Investicute the ei 6 the box joved to contain the remains of AT. Stewart, Leonsider Teonly°a blind, but gation, i Coroner Schenck has sent a second despatch as fol- lows :— id the remasins for further tnvesti L. B. Freeman, telegraph operator at Clove Branch Junc- ton, telographed that a box had been shippod, by some per- son inkuown, from Sylvan Lake to Messrs: Fatrehild & Van Wyke, Clove Branch Juaction, On wpening the box it was found to cont man bones. Tt wus vont back to in the depot and the Coroner notified. | The bot the skeloton not complete, and uo doubt ha: divert public attention, Another despatch says the skeleton was that of a grown peradn and that the skull was sawn in two. It 18 reported that a tried to sell it to a Pough- keopsic junk dealer, who retused to have anything to do with it, and that the padler then shipped it to Syivan Lake Station, where it now is. Mr. ‘Talmage preached last night in tho Brooklyn ‘Tabernacle on the secular events ‘of the week. This week, suid he, closea with the brightening prospect that the profanation of the: sepulchre in St. Mark's churchyard will end with tho discovery of the despara- docs and the return of the body for which the crypt in the memorial chapel at Garden City is now wait- ing. ‘The boldness and horror of the deed shook al) Christendom. That sucha crime against the dead could be committed in the heart of a great city lighted with more than ten thousand street lamps and guarded by 2,500 police was simply inscrutable. Many have plainly stated that they think all this was retributive Justice, from the fact that w church Durlal ground purchased by Mr. Stowart years and the skulls of the dead shovel into carts and thrown awuy in ruthless sacrilege. Gut, my friends, it is a dangerous thing to deal with the jadgments of God. Better not attempt to play with the Lord's thunderbolts. If the quiet of your ulchre de- pends on your having in your life slways done Tight you Will not be safo’ against the vulturous resurrectionists. 16 was uot in God's name thet this bad business of exhumation was condacted. { am certain it was not under divine but under satanic auspices. It was « burglary against the resurrection day. Once in the tomb no hand but the land of God has @ right to lift the dead, unless it Le the hand of Kindred and friends who may have planned a more appropriate and beautiful resting place. So far trom being a case of retribution it seeme to me the infernal | elnteh of the hend of avarice on ® stage where al! na- tious may execrate the perfidy. + Tho cheerful event of the week is the sailing of the Queen's daughter for America. Our huurts are stirred because she is the child of the best quoen of the nineteenth century, and of a noble hearted Chris- tian woman. We have no dislike for royalty, though republicans, if it be the royalty of Christian woman- hood, Another event of the week 1s the opening of a new temperance movement by Mr. Murphy! If our tem- perance people went to succeed they thust quit quer- reliing. I have soon men delivering temperance lec- tures Who were so drank they could hardly stand up. ‘They are the chief obstacles to the advancement of the causo, May God Almighty save you aud imo from the scathing, scalding, blasting, damning in- tluence of strong drink. (Applause.) INDIANA ROUGHS. Oo was desecrated UNOFFENDING NEGRO#S ATTACKKD BY A MOUNT VERNON MUB. [BY TELEGRAPH TO Taz HERALD.) Evansvrie, Nov. 15, 1878, Mount Vernon, where the negroes wore recently lynched, has made a bid for further unpleasant noto- riety. By request, the Evansville Light Guards—one of onr leading military organizations—wert (o that place last night to take part in @ ladies’ fair. Several colored porters were taken along tq look a the bug- gage and such muatiers, and these at once became the objects of vile abuso. by.a mob of a dozen or more No attention was paid to their insn’ting re- nd, evidently emboldened by this, the rascals hall for the depot. approached ope of the porters threateningly, when the latter pointed a #ix shooter at his head, compell- ing him to drop a bowlhicr which he had pieked up. This excited the mob to 1nore ageress've ac- tion, and for & time an ongagement between the mili- tary and the mob seemed unavoidable; but by great coolness on the part of the former bloodshed was avoided, As the med made wunited rash upon the colored fttendants Lieutenant Williazn Warren | stepped forward with drawn sword and threatened to attack the scoundrels with his company if they did not withdraw. Being fewer in wumbor and not so i armed as the company, they were evidently ‘aid to make an attack, and finally withdrew, allow- ing the military to depart without further molesta- tion. EX-SURGEON GENERAL HAMMOND. A NEW BOARD CONVENED WITH AUTHORITY TO REPORT AND PASS ON IMTS CASE. (ex TELEGRAPH TO THE HeRALD.] Wasitrxatox, Nov. 15, 1878. The cavo of Dr. William A. Hammond, ex-Surgeon Genoral of the Army, has been given fresh considera- tion by the President and his advisers, and # new de- tail of officers has been made by orders through the Adjutant General's office, with authority to report and pass upon the caso, The Board originally appointed last April was the one which bas bad under exam- ination the cave of General, Vitz John Porter, com- prising Generals Sehoiteld dnd ‘Terry and Colonct Getty, with Captain B. W, Hall as Kocord- er, but the time and attention of this Board are BO rag / to bo fully occupied with the merits of the Fitz John Porter dase that the President has deemed it proper to relieve it of the consideration of the Hammond caso. which has been, therefore, as- signed to # new Board specially created for the pur- pose, composed of Colonel Edmund Schriver, Inapec- tor General, und Colonels Williaa FF. Barry, Second artillery, and John Gibbon, Seventh infantry, with yer William Winthrop, Judge Advocate, a Ro corder, ‘The President has directed that the Board shall convene for ite first meoting at Washington on Tu day next, the 19th inat., aftor which it is suthorized to adjourn to and meet at such thucs and plaves as in its Judgmont may bo expedient. FArTan VALE fkOM A HORSE, (bY TELE@RAPH TO THE HERALD.) SvainerteLy, Ohio, Nov. 15, 1878, ‘This afternoon Robert Mitchel, » wealthy farmer, residing #ix miles north of this city, was . funeral services would be held at the deceased’ riding spirited and favorite black horse, when the horse became frightened at some loose planks in » bridge o “h he was cross, The horse reared and thre vitchell, who felt on his head, breakin; his neck and killing him instantly, The horse retarned to the house and by his actions aroused the Jamily, who, becoming alarmed, followed the horse to the #pot where his mester lay dead. RELICS OF THE SCOURGE. REPORT OF THE YELLOW FEVER COMMISSION AT MEMPHIS-—-COMING SESSION OF THE PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOCIATION AT RICHMOND-—LAST RAVAGES THROUGH ‘THE SOUTH. (BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) " Mrawnss, Tenn., Nov. 15, 1978, Drs. Cochran and Bemiss and Colonel T. 8, Hardee, members of the Yellow Fever Commission, will leave to-night for Richmond, Va., to attend the sixth an- nual session of the American Public Health Associa- tion, which convenes at that place next Tuesday. Dr, Cochran told the Hemavp correspondent this evening thet the investigations, made by the commission in Memphis were fuller than at any point which had been visited. He expressed his gratification at the faverable scope which had been given the work here and the aid which had been extended to the commis- sion by all classes of citixens., SUBSTANCE OF THE REPORT, Dr. Cochran gave the following grounds which would be urged in the report to be presented at Rich- mond:— ‘Lhe Commiasion, in the first place, are convinced that the facts reveuled in the investigation proye con- clusively that yellow fever is not indigenous in the atmosphere in any part of tho United Statce, and that in New Orleans it wes iraported. Whatever doubt there was in the case of New Orleans there was no doubt but that it was carried from New Orleans to every other place. The disease does not seem to be revented from prevailing epidemically either by dis- nce from the sea or distance above the sea level, as, under favorable cirenmstances for its dissemination, it might prevail in any part of. the United States. INADEQUACY OF QUARANTINE. Heretofore seaboard quarantines, as far as the Gulf of Mexico is concerned, end making exceptions this year in the case of Texas, have been inadequate to Pst the introduction ot the disease. The difticul- tos of inland quarentite aro so muny and so great in the case of plac on the Mississippi River or in the case of towns ha: xtensive railroad connection as to be ahnost practically impossible, and, in view of this state of facts, it seems to be the opinion of the Commission that the only reasonabie protection to keoy the yellow fever froia the country is to be found in awystem of uationsl quavantine under the direc- tion of the United ‘States government. ‘Theso Dr. Covehran gtated would bo the principal poinis touched upon in the report. Local causes of the lever, he was convinced, entered into the discussion of the subject to but. smal) extent, and even where a city was in a condition described as unsanitary, the fever would uot prevail to # grener extent than if properly cleaned, STILT, WORKING IN MEMPAIS. ‘he work is Memphis is not yet complete, The police who are sevaring the names of the deud lave about throe days still before them, and the result when veached will be forwarded to the Commission at Richmond. The map of Memphis in possession of the Comunission is m ad with dots in the locelities where deaths occurred, and moro than two thousand of these deaths have been thus noted. MERLING OF THE ASYOCLATION, F'The meeting of the American Public Eealth Associ ation will bo attended by trom three hundred to fivo hundred physicians and eanitarians. ‘Tho States represented will bo New York, Pennsylvania, Missouri, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessce, Georgia, Min- nesota, Mussachusetis, Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama. Doubtless other states will be represented. Congress wil). be petitioned ou the subject of a na- tioual quarantine, and possibly the commission will be peenee. during the winter to make « full investi- gation. SEVEN “DEATHS IN NEW ORLEANS, New Ontxans, Noy, 15, 1878, There haye becn seven deaths here from yellow fever during the twenty-four hours ending at six P. M., most of these where from relapses—some after one or two months’ recovery, The deaths inciude be hildrea, The total number of deaths to date is WUS,, AT VICKSBURG. ‘VicksDuRG, Miss,, Nov. 15, 1878. Two new cases of yellow fever sre reported here and three at Delta, La. THE HEALTH OF MOBILE. Morte, Ala., Noy. 15, 1878, The Mobile Register of this evening, by authority of the Board of Heulth, invites all absenteos to return, and states that Mobile is as safe an any city in the land, the many rumors to the contrary notwithstand: ing. COST OF THE FEVER TO TEE COUNTRY. Washinaton, Nov. 15, 1878, A. B, Farquhar, proprietor of the Pennsylvania Agricultural Works at York, writes to Surgeon General Woodworth that the yellow fever epi- demic of this fear has cost the country about $175,000,000, estimating from such data as he can ob- tain, and that in common with a large number of prominent gentlemen and business men of the coun- try he reels great interest in the investigation under- taken by the Yellow Fever Commission, and hoping that Dr. Woodworth will continue his laudable rts until some decided result is obtained, encloses a check for $100 to promote their success. FOR THE SULYERERS, The Henavp has received $1 30, deposited at the Post Oftice box at Sea Gizt, N. J., and $2 from “R, H.,”” for the yclow fever suieters. PROVIDING FOR LIEUTENANT BENDER'S FAMILY. William Dickson, secretary of the Yellow Fever Re- lief Commission, hus received a letter from C. C. Augur, accepting the trasteeship of the fund now being contributed for the support of the family of the late Lieutenant Benner. Contributions to this fund were received to-day trom Baltiinore and, Chicago amount- ing respectively to $200 aud $700, A CASK AT LONG BRANCH, ‘The Henaup of yesterday published a brief de- patch of the sudden death at Long Brauch of Benja- min Woley, from “malarious or Southern” fever. It now proves to be a genuine case of yellow fever, Benjamin Wolley has remded at Pleas- ure Bay for «# gteat many years, his occupation being that of a dealer in fish. Abranch of his business is an oyster market at Nor- folk, Va. Mr. Wolley for severai months had been at Norfolk with his son Joseph until last Saturday, when he was summoned North on account of the death of his brother, Joseph Wolley, who died sud- denly of apoplexy at Long Branch on Friday last. Ho Was busy in attending to tho affairs of his de- ceased brother up to Wednesday, when ho was taken snddenly and violently ill, At first he began to throw up blood and then emiited a black vomit. Dr. Fughes, the town physician, was summoned, but conld give no ail to the aifferer, who died in agony a few hours after being stricken by the disease, Although it wes ovident that Mr. Wolley hed died with the dreadful Southern scourge, ‘nh he had coutractéed at Norfolk, it was announced, to allay any excitement that cur, that doath was caused from malarial . Tho relatives of the stricken man ware re- quested to have the funcral strictly private, and it was aunounced that the remains would be privately interrod at Mechanicsville this morning, and that the # late Tesidence at Ploayure Bay after the interment of the body. A great inany friends, notwithstanding, attended the burial. The, mort Peta episode of the uffeir was the reception of a telegraphic despatch b; the Wolley family announcing the death ot prok§ Wolley, son_of the deceased, yesterday morning at Norfolk. The canse of the of young Wolley was learned on ee authority to have been yellow lever. There is little danger of the disease spreading fn Long Branch, as heavy frosts visit the place each night. There is no excitement, as but fow know that a gea- vine case of yellow Jack has been in their midst. SOUTHERN METHODISTS. SUBSCRIPTIONS TO THE FUND TO PAY THE DEDLS OF THE NASHVILLE PUBLISHING HOUSE. (BX TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) KesBuMe, Va., Nov. 15, 1873, Wn tho Virginia Conference ofjthe Methodist Episco- pal Church, South, to-day, Rev. Dr. James B. Me- Ferrin, of Nashville, agent of tho Methodist Publish- ing Company, made an urgent appeal for subscriptions to the bonds proposed to be issued for the payment of $300,000 of debt resting on the house, This ts the publishing house concerning the occupancy of which by General Buoli, during the war, there have been so many propositions of indemnity brought forward in Congress. Dr. McFerrin gave a history of the enter- prise and strongly deprecated the sale of the property at auction as casting an indelible stain om the benny mi A i" the to wed hours’ ro ttl in subscriptions lour per cent Sica which the debt of the publishing use is wed to be fund the amount of 86,490. The be lad asked for $10,000 and will bably Coon, Other Southern conferences have st od Tiev. C. A. Apple, lato president of the Conference of the Christian Church of Virginia and editor of Its — tho — 4: Rigg oo ne from enon On Mothodis Obureh today aud was received by 4 toanimous vote, two 3 CONFLAGRATIONS. Destructive Fire in a Penns sylvania Oil City. VALUABLE BUILDINGS BURNED, Narrow Escape of Another New Jersey Seaside Resort. DAMAGE TO A VIRGINIA PENITENTIARY Braproup, Pa., Nov, 16, 1878. A fire broke out at half-past nine o'clock in the wine room over the Theatre Comique, cansed by a de fective chimney, which rapidly spread, and soon the whole lower and of Main street was in flames, and be- fore it could be checked an area was destroyed extend ing trom Boylston street north, Corydon street south, the Erie Railroad track east and Osgood’s dwell- ing house on Main street west, comprising fifty buildings, including the Riddle House, tha Pierce House, tho United States Express Building, Bavard & Syfang’s machine shop and foundry, Stewart's planing mill and numerous small hotels, boarding houses, saloons, &e. ‘THE Loss. As near as can be got at in the wild confusion that, prevails the losses are as follows:—Five buildings! below the Theatre Comique und the theatre, $25,0005 ten buildings south of the Comique, $50,000; Expres office, estimated loss in goods, $5,000; Riddle House, $35,000; eight buildings north of the Riddle House, $5,000; Mavard & bead Th 35,000; planing,’ ~ $10,000, lumber and wheel fi ry. estroyed bnildings is The vai unknown, f the oil wells and ¢ Oo insurance can be ascertained. SKETCH OF BRADVORD. ‘The town of Bradford, in McKean county, Pa., is one of those mushroom cities which sprung up ont of the wilderncss in a night. It has a history like Pithole, Petroleum Centre, and other, placed inthe mervellous oil regions, and owed its proml« to the wonderful discoveries of petroleum in Aiew years ago Bradford was unknown vorid save us a lumbering region and » Where hunters were wont to resort in search ot bears end. wild yame of various descriptions, A few years ayo 4 company of capitalists bought some land in the vielnity, and believing in their theory ot an ‘oil belt’ commenced to sink wells in search of the precious fluid. ‘Liaeix success was phenomenal. ‘Searc well was drilied but what produced oil, and. hardly one but ber eae to be a ‘flowing’ well; that is, one which did not require to be pumped, but the gas from which ejected the oii into the receiving tanks. Ina short time the speculators from all over the oil country flocked to the new El Dorado; out of the little valloy sprung high derricks overtopping ite the green firs; far into the adjacent and distant villages the smoke of engiuet wes to be seen, and the quiet little town ot ‘Larport was a hive of bustling industry. farmeys sold out their little acreage ut what seeme to them to be a great profit at the time, but since thea has proved to be only for “a song.” Property which was held at $40 an acre in fee simpie has since realized that amount per month in leasehold. Bradford be- came a town of importance; Tarport, an oesing | village, teeming with an industrious popalation giving buay trade to its thriving neighbor. DESTRUCTIVE FIRE AL ATLANTIC CITY—-NARROW ESCAPE FROM ANOTHER CAPE MAY DISASTER— SUDDEN DEATE OF A CITIZEN FROM HEART DISEASE, ArLanrio Crry, N. J., Nov. 15, 1878. It was feared this morning that this seaside resorg would besdcvastated like Cape May by fire, and the calamity was only preveated by the superior facik ities which the city possesses for extinguishing fires, ORIGIN OF ‘THE FIRE, ‘The grocery store of Charles E. Adams was discove ered to be on fire about one o'clock this morning. ‘The alarm was quickly sounded and a large number of citizens and the firemen were promptly at the scene. The building on fire was in a thickly settled block of wooden buildings, situated in the very heart of the business centre of the,city, Before the worlg of fighting the flames was begum Adams’ store wad doomed to destruction, and the flames had fired the adjoining building, used as a drug store and residence by E.8. Reed, Although the men worked heroically, the stationery store and dwelling of Lewis Reed,Sr., and John Skinuer’s boot and shoe store were soon en< veloped in flames. It was then found necessary, in order to prevent the #] of the fire, to tear ‘ the building of C. W. Tompkins, an ice cream dealer.’ Toey labored with vigor and the structure was uickly levelled, and the spread of the fire wasi checked, after consuming the cottage of James M.. Reed, for the wantof tuci. The Reed family owned, ali of the property destroyed, except Skinner's build ing. Te loss will be between $40,009 and $50,000, covered by insurance in Newark, Philadelphia anc Millville companies. DEATH FROM EXCITEMENT. Among those early at the fire was Edward S, ‘ a popular painter. He worked arduously to stay: progress of the flames, aud when it seemed as if” fire was spreading he became frantic with excitement and dropped dead from heart disease. The wife when informed of her husband's sudden demise swooned, ‘and when she partialiy recovered suddenly sprang to! the door and ran through the streets ina dazed way. Bho was caughiand removed to herhome, It is feared the shock has unseated her reason. FIRE IN A VIRGINIA PENLTRNTIARY — EXCITE* MENT AMONG YHE INMATES, BUT ND ESCAPE— A LOSS OF SIXTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS, RicumonD, Nov. 15, 1878, A fire at the Virginia Penitentiary at an early hout this morning destroyed a large three story brick building over two hundred feet long, in which were q cooper shop, @ carpenter shop, a shoe factory anda machine shop. The fire originated in the enging room in the middle of the building, and wae acciden« tal. Another building of similar proportions, sep= erated from the burning building by a narrow yard, @ part of which was occupied us» vo menufacs: tory, and the remaining pert used as a dining hall for+ tRe prisoners, caught fire at many windows, Wat: the flames were kept down by the strenuous efforts, of the Fire Department. last named build. iug intervened between the fire and the main buildings, in which the prisonersare confined, Much, excitement existed among them, but the privonguard, aided by the police force of the city and some citizem soldiers, kep' perfect order and no mpts to eseay were made. The entire lose willapproximate $ to $70,000,apon which there is no iusurance, EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO A HAY DEPOT. Bostox, Nov. 15, 1878. A fire in the Fitchburg Hay Depot, at Charlestown, this forenoon, daniaged hay belonging to some twenty: partics, to the amount of $4,200, No insarance, On the way to the fire two hose carriages collider, throws ing siX firemen to the ground, four of whom were badly injured. AN PXCITING PTRE, ‘The threo story frame building No. 203 Elizabet, streo$ was suddenly wrapped iu a sheet of flame yos~ terday afternoon that broke out from the lower wim dows. That portion of the building is used as a carpen« ter shop, and on the upper floors a cigar manufactory: and hurdware shop are located.'Tho fire spread with such rapidity that the inmates had to move lively ta get out with their lives, One of them, John Myets by name, who resides in Sixth street, was shut up in one of the rooms when the flames curled up abo ve the pening and stretched ‘his: bunds. supptestingly ta o and «' is hands su: below. At once the fire laddies peng der and had it‘against the side of the house in a The bape mortal in his haste to get out his ankle in the ler, and the window sash down upon him at the same time held him fast. He aucee ia wriggling out though and making his: ‘way to the ground. Henry Fossett, who owned the hardware business, lost $1,500; Doyle &§v' care, Ee $1,200, aud John Moyers, cigar $300. Lorillard Brothers sustained ‘a loss of $1,000 om the building. YALE ALUMNI REUNION. The Yalo Alumni Association of New York held. their first monthly reunion of the season last evens ing at Detmonico’s. In tho absence of Mr. William, M. Evarts, president, Mr. Albert Mathew took the chair and the minutes of the last moeting were read and adopted. Meny distinguished alumni were present, including Mr. Edwards Pierrepont, Admiral ited Staves Ni and Mr. Rdorand Ng ag St wut. ba resolution was offered dis. Hiimory im Yale Collage, rude ery inbreat ry " oa historical fictions, A of thanks was rider r, and after some remarks from Mr,