The New York Herald Newspaper, December 13, 1878, Page 4

} ‘ ; ‘ : i 7 vicinity on both sides. Bows sud 4 TDFECTS OF THE STORM Narrow Escape of a Schooner Off Atlantic City. IMMENSE LOSSES. Property Destroyed Along the Hudson River, FLOODS IN PATERSON, N. J. Reports from Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire and Maine, NEW YORK. GREAT DESTRUCTION OF PROPERTY ALONG THE HUDSON—GLANCING OVER THE DISTRICTS DES- OLATED BY TUESDAY'S STORM. Krnasron, N. ¥., Dee. 12, 1878, Considerable excitement still prevails here and in the neighboring villages which suffered from the effects of the storm of Monday and Tuesday. This storm was the most severe known in this part of the State since 1802. Imagination may slightly depict the state of affairs and the extent of damage done, but only those who were witnesses can form a just estimate of the flood. The destruc- tion is far more terrible than has already been chron- icled, as my rambles this morning show. The first point reached was Mutton Hollow, a settle- ment, or cluster of houses just outside the city and jail limits, to the west of the city, and connected with a wooden bridge about 125 feet in length, supported by heavy stone abut- ments. The first bridge at this point was erected in 1789, and being insufiicient in strength, was rebuilt in 1804. This was carried away by a freshet in Janu- * ary, 1818, and the third ¢ ected the same year, which ‘was swept away January 26, 1839, and the present one ‘was crected the same year. From this bridge a stone road extended a number of miles through a quarrying country. This road is completely gutted ‘and washed out in many places, huge stones weigh- ing irom five hundred to six hundred pounds having been rolled from twenty to forty feet by the force of the water. Trees Of enormous size were up- rooted and swept away, as if they had been mere reeds. Every house in the “Hollow” was flooded, and several were letel: Nearly all the furniture was dest: Creek at this point has fallen about six feet since yesterday morning, and is still slowly falling to its Feyuiar channel, though still pouring a tremendous volume of water toward its outlet. There is much distress among the poor Irish families here. The damage at Eddyville cannot yet be fully esti- mated. At this point the Delaware and Hudson Canal begins, and the breaking of the guard-iock of the canal changed the course of the stream (the Kondout creek), and the valley, in which the greater portion ot Eddyville lies, is converted into & channel of the roaring torrent. Many of the families in the tenement houses of, iyville vacated their homes at about nine o'clock on ‘Tues- dsy, before the guard-lock gave way. The Fly Mountain Hotel was deserted by all saye one young inan named Edward Donnelly, who remained’ there the whole of Tuesday night and was not rescued until Wednesday afternoon, after having been greatly frightened. The guard-lock gave way about three ay morning, letting down a great of water over the flats and struction over what is known as “‘The The bridge across the brook at New Salem was carried away yesterday afternoon. The creek at Bondout and the river at the mouth of the creek is fnll of floating débris and dead horses. MeCausland’s see tiopal dock, au ice barge and a platform of South Rendout ferry were all jammed together. Among the other craft damaged besides those men- tioned yesterday are the King of the North, Kate E., James 8. Ben » T. Coolidge, George A. > Narragansett, May Be, Dr. alter B. Crane. McEntee Dilion’s sutfered considerable damage. At Glenerie lead works will greatly ex- esterday, probably reach- foundry the damage to the whit ceed the amount repor' ing $40,000; their works are completely under water, ti wkdo, Dec. 12, 1873, ‘The storm which commenced on Monday has been of unusual severity. The barometer at the signal office on Tuesday night indicated 28.71, the lowest ever known here. There was a total rainfall of over four anda half in near the fort, is washed out and fears were entertained for the safety of the life saving station, Two cui- verts on the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western road were washed out, which delayed the trains, Nearly two hundred and fifty telegraph poles of the Western Union line are blown down between here and Syra- vuse, and telegraphic communication is cut off. About two hundred poles are prostrated on the Syra- cuse Northern line. Despatches are sent from here to Syracuse by the care Mowtoomery, N. ‘The damage by has been so serious that the trains have-all been aban- doned except one each way. As the water is sub- siding it is probable that the break can be reached to- day for repairs. Port Jrnvis, N. Y., Dec. 12—10 P. M. The water in the Delaware and Neversink rivers bas fallen between seven and eight feet during the ast eighteen hours and still continues to recede, hose who have suffered by the flood are thus enabled to estimate wir losses. In all directions in this vicinity barns, onthonses and fences are being put to rights, fonndations and cellar walls which were undermined are being rebuilt, &c. considered sate, the damage sustained by it being es- timated at $3,000, So far as heard from no lives have been lost, but there were some narrow escapes from drowning. While Mr. Irving, near Cuddebackville, was attempting to remove bis neighbors’ goods, he was thrown from his boat into the rushing water and came near losing bis life. Mr. Goddefroy’s trout pond was washed away, together with about 5,000 trout. A horse left in the bern of Mr. Lewis H. Meyers, at Cauddebackville, was taken out Wednesday, the water reachi ver his back. On the Delaware and Hudson Can puch damage has been done, the moxt serious being near Elienville, where thousands of feet of towpath were carried away, entailing heavy rie and West- © not been seriously delayed on ae- high water, all trains running nearly on Highway" travel in all directions has been re- -, Dec 12, 1878. time. euined. NEW JERSEY. FLOODS—IMMENSE DESTRUCTION OP PROPERTY — BUILDINGS SWEPT AWAY BY THE TORRENT—MIRACULOUS ESCAPES FROM DFATH. Little Falls, Paterson, Passaic and other towns and ALARMING hamlets of that portion of New Jersey bordering on | the river have suffered greath loss of property and terribly throng t comfort entailed in being driven from their homes by the raging waters. Not | lees then a thonsand persons have been rendered at least tom arily homeless in Paterson alone. Tuesday night was a night of terror and excitement, tnd in Paterson there were few who retired to rest, thousands watching the night through in the viein- ity of the river, expecting every moment @ tremen- dous catastrophe. ‘This was looked for more espe- tially from the threatened breaking away of the dam et Beattic’s Mills, Little Falls, which, when added to the already swollen river, would have carried de- struction with it. Couriers were arriving from time to time throughout the night, at one time reporting that a break was imminent, and at another that the | ‘The arrival of these messengers on | dam would hold. horseback greatly added to the excitement. Nearly the whole city ‘sat up with the flood.” Had the dam given way there would not have been a bridge left at Paterson. There are seven costly iron structures in the city proper, besides the Erie and New Jersey Mid- Jund Railway bridges and several wooden bridges in the suburbs toward Paseaic, At midnight the flood reached within a few inches of the height of that of 1454, the groatest since 1810, and the waters were till rising. Before morning the river was her by several inches than the highest point over rewhed within the memory of the resent generation. About one o'clock a por nm ot Broomhead’s mill, at the West street bridge, we way ana was carried down stream, teaving the Felance trembling over tho torrent that beat against dts foundations, ‘The dyehouse attached to the Pioneer Silk Mills went next. The waters swept throngh the first floors of the loom manufactory of ©. Kohleaat and through the Pioneer Mill to the depth of four to six feet, causing immense damage to Pi ‘These mills are built directly on the river, at the foot of Mill street, ‘These, as well as all the numberless mills and factories along the river, were watched all night long. Morril’s Flour- ing Mills, at the foot of Main street, were also threatened, but the foundations did not give way. The waters rose to the planking of the iron bridges, and the roaring torrent swept around the city in its tortuous course, encroaching more and more and ad- vancing higher and higher up all the streets in that Water, Jefferson, Holsman, Piereey streets ou the worth side, aud s. A portion of the east picr, | The Barrett Bridge at this place is now | NEW YORK HERALD, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1878—TRIPLE SHEET. until the grade had been raised about five feet above River, Tyler, Bridge, Washington, Godwin and other streets on the south side, were all inundated to a depth of from five to ten feet. Hundreds of families were moving out their furniture in boats, on floats, or anything that ered; hundreds were imprisoned in their houses, unable to come out, and bundreds more were out and could not reach their houses, the flood having overtaken them so suddenly. ‘The streets in the vicinity of the food, but which the waters had not yet reached, were filled with wailing women driven from home, some with little children and infants in arms. Household fur- niture and property of all sorts saved from the flood were piled on every side, As fast as possible these unfortunates were supplied with temporary born ings, either in private houses or in the public build- ings. Everything within two blocks of the river on one side was submerged, and still the river was rising. ONE MAN DROWNED. There was no loss of life except in one instance, though many escapes were almost miraculous, ‘Two doors from the corner of Washington, on River street, lived a man named Strohmeyer, aud when the waters reached his house—a miserable tenement—his family were taken out in safety, but yesterday morn- ing le was found in the basement drowned. It is thonght he made his way through the water and gained an entrance after the family left, and, being intoxicated, perished there alone. A woman named Vader left her house in Northstraight street early in the afternoon and came back from her work at the shirt factory in the evening to find all communi- cation cut off, and her four children, two of them very small, were there alone. She could hear their screams for help, but the torrent was rushing be- tween and she could not reach the house. Later the children were rescued and the family sheltered, At Morrow’s Mills, just out of Paterson, is a dwell. ing around which runs the Wagaraw Creek, now river. The double house was occupied by an old lady, Mrs. Story, and a family named Warren, the latter occupying a portion of the house with a lower foundation. When one of the dams above broke away the waters swept into the Warrens’ apartments, and the lady, catching up her infant, rushed into the rooms of Mrs. Story fer safety. Soon after Mrs, Warren was removed by the neighbors, but Mrs. Story refused to leave the house. Soon after another dam above gave way, and then the only bridge connecting with the land was swept away and the waters surged around the house and through the lower story all night long, threatening every instant to sweep it from its founda- tions. In this fearful plight the old lady pasked the night, expecting death every’ moment. For tunately the honse stood the onslaught bravely, and in the morning @ rescue was effected. ‘The condition of the lower portion of Paterson was perilous in the extreme. ‘he river, in which the cur- rent was running at the rate of about twenty-five miles an hour, was constantly rising, and on its bosom floated from time to time portions of buildings, logs and all manner of dcbris, including large trees, which were hurled against the bridges and against the foun- dations of houses on the river's bank with an almost irresistible force. There was a tremendous pres- sure against the gatehouse, at the Falls Bridge, of the Society for the Promotion of Useful Manufactures, and if that had riven way theentire lower portion of the city would ave been flooded, and the great locomotive works of Rogers & Co., Danforth, Cook & Co., and D. B. Grant & Co,, the latter of which is at work on the order for fifty Erie locomotives, would have been en- tirely submerged. STREETS TURNED INTO RIVERS. During Tuesday night and all day yesterday and last night, the streets in the vicinity of the river bore an extremely Venetian appearance. Boats of every imaginable description were being propelled to and fro, the only means of communicating with | the houses. Five cents fare was asked and freely aid. . ‘The scene at the Falls is magnificent. Such a vol- ume of water was never before seen pouring over in the chasm, and thousands visited the scene yes- terday, and many go there at night to have a view of it in all its wild grandeur by moonlight. And the sight is worth the trouble. The water rashes over the precipices, a mass of boiling foam, from the Water Company's works on the west side of the chasm bridge, the chasm itself being at least twenty feet higher than usual. The Valley of Rocks is completely submerged. A portion of the society's dam has gone. Tomperance Island is hidden from view in a mad waste of waters that make a clear sweep over it, leaving nothing to show it is nota portion of the river except the tops of the numerous trees. A TEAM SWEPT DOWN STREAM. Yesterday afternoon, about four o'clock, a thrilling scene was witnessed by the thousands who were present at the Falls. A team attached to a load of timber was being driven through the road leading to- ward the Falls from above. The road being sub- merged the team was by mistake driven off the bank, and in « twinkling the horses, load and ti two men were swept away by the torrent. This was about a quarter of a mile above the Falls bridge, which is the society’s dam, the cataract being but atew hundred feet below the dam. The catas- trophe was seen by hundreds, and every one turned pale with affright. Women screamed and wept, and even men were beside themselves and in many cases wept also. The sight was appalling. The men were seen being swept rapidly to certain destruction, they having cling fast to the wagon box, which sup- ported them. But there were those at hand who were equal to the emergency. Ropes were procured and let down from the iron bridge, within a few hundred feet of the cataract, and by a nice calculation and through the presence of mind of the men themselves they were saved. They caught each toa rope and were hauled up amid the deafening cheers of thou- sands of spectators, several women fainting when they saw that they were indeed safe. water has been falling since seven A. M. yester- day, but the town is still flooded. The Wesel, Rusling and Paterson and New York plank road bridges in the vicinity of Passaic are all under water and boats are plying on thei. Every mill in Passaic is stopped, Damage to the extent of many thousands of dollars has been done. The bleach house, at the Locke print works, is five feet under water. mildings seem as if standing out in @ lake. At Reid & Barry's print works the extensive calico and packing rooms are under water, the goods floatiug in every direction. The flood has swept all the lower floors. The water from the river actually fills the boilers. The Ammidon works are also submerged, and the damage is im- The Bache shoddy mill and the woollen mills of Waterlouse Brothers have been stopped and thou- sands of dollars worth of goods destroyed. The stock of timber in W. Anderson's yards, valued at $12,000, has ali been swept away and is strewn along the river. ‘The Passaic gas works are under water aud their ope- rations stopped. The Freeholders of Passaic county will call a special meeting to provide for the suffering and afford relief to the many who are cut off from communication by the destruction of bridges aud roads. Bonpentows, N. J., Dec, 12, 1873, TMH storm has so swollen the Delaware River at this place that all the railroads are under water. No trains have run from here since last evening. Pas- sengers and express matter are still he No mails or newspapers have been reecived from any point to- day, Five locomotives have been placed on the bridge over the stream between here and Trenton to secure ‘The river is still rising. Trenton, N. J., Dec, 12, 1878. ‘The Delaware River has riven higher than it wos in 1861, and that was the highest point in severai years, Last night it kept on risi rhan hour and to- day it Las been falling. It has, up to this hour, gone down eighteen inches. There has been no damage done, except the stoppage of all the milla. A large amount of drift wood, lumber, &c., is coming down. PENNSYLVANIA. THE WATER IN THE SUSQUEHANNA RIVER DE- CREASING-—DAMAGE TO MINES AND MANUFAC- TORIES —REPAIRING BAILLOADS IN THE COAL REGIONS. [BY TELFGRAPH TO TRE HERALD.) Witxrsmannr, Deo, 12, 1978, The flood along the Susquehanna River has ex- | ceeded in magnitnde even tl mijectures of the wild- est theorists. During last night the river continued to rise, and at midnight had spread over the Wyoming | Valley from the foot of the mountains on the west to the rising lands on the east, making a sheet of water two miles in width, and sweeping in its fury hun- dreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of property and destroying great industrial and manufacturing inter ests, Coal mines have been flooded, person away, railroads undermined and deep gullies replace heavy grades, Large and costly bridges have floated away upon the tide, and hundreds of acres of late vegetables, tons of cereals, tobacco, stacks of hay, houses and barns with their contents, furniture and live stock, have been destroyed. Confasion and terror reign for fifty miles along the banks of the Susquehanna. The Lehigh Valley Railroad track was flooded for miles, and nearly a mile of it has been completely swept away. The Lackawanna and Bloomsburg Railroad is greatly damaged in a number of places along its en- tire length from Scranton to Northumberland, and no trains have passed over the road to-daf. 1 raph wires and poles are mingled with the general debris. AN IMPROVISED VERRY OVERTURN ‘The street railway track between Wilkesbarre and Kingston is submerged under fifteen feet of water, Communication between the two places has been maintained only by venturesome boutmen, who, by the way, have met with strange adventures, Three gentlemen were being rowed trom Kingston | | | washed | | | | | to Wilkesbarre to attend court. Nearing the west end of the covered byw spanning the Susque- River, the current bein ry strong, the bout 4 et with a sunken log, and the ove’ 7 bi ipped over into the flood, passenger clang to the were carried down the str | feet, when they caught the branches of a tall elm ti Boats were launched to reseve them, and in abe | half an hour, after much manwuvring among th driftwood, the men were tuken into a boat and landed upon the Wilkesbarre side, REPAIRING THE LEM(OM VALLEY RATLROAD, The break in the Lehigh Valley Railroad between this city and Pittston is very extensive. Two hun- dred men are engaged in making a new road out of steamboat coal, To the west, north and south the view presented was of a vast inland #ea miles in ex- tent. Here and there the branches of trees protrude above the water, All along the railroad track long trains of cars loaded with steamboat coal and slate wore run into tho water. Laborers, standing in water up to their knees, unloaded the huge bewilders of coal ts | the old plane, consuming thousands of tons of mer- chautable coal. The track was soon laid, and William Cummings took the first train over the dangerous portion of the road. At Meshoppen there has beeu unother washout on the same road, SAILING A HUT. A track walker near there sought safety in his cabin, but that too went down the stream, the man hanging to the cabin. Nothing has been seen or heard of him since last evening, when the cabin moved off and he astride of the strange craft. The Geneva, Ithaca and Athens Railroad is idle, owing to the loss of two large iron bridges. The Southern Central Railroad, running from re to Auburn, loses one bridge. The water is falling at Pittston. Along the Susquehanne and Wyoming yaileys there will many homeless people, the er portion of whom have lost their entire personal effects, ‘The waters at Avondale are higher than at this time (eleven P. M,) last night The miners have not been able to return to their cabins, and are quartered about the neighborhood among friends who, luckily, are upon higher ground, The cellars of many of the residences on River street are flooded, and great damage has been done. The rain has ceased the weather is growing colder. The water in the Susque- hanna is falling rapidly, and no further damage is apprehended, CONNECTICUT. OVERFLOW OF THE CONNECTICUT RIVER—DAMAGE AT HARTFORD, [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.] Harrronp, Dec. 12, 1878, The Connecticut River at this point is twenty-four feet above low water mark, and all the section of the city along the river front is submerged, Residents have been forced to abandon their dwellings or seek refuge in the upper floors. Great damage has been done to stores. ‘The water extends back about tive hundred feet from the bank, and the Connecticut Valley Railroad Depot and the dock of the Hartford and New York Steamboat line were reached by passen- gers this evening in boats. RHODE ISLAND. THE CREW OF A SLOOP AT BLOCK ISLAND. (BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) ‘ Newrorr, Dec. 12, 1878. Advices from Block Island state that the recent storm at that place was very severe. Captain John Carnes, of the sloop J. H. Racey, of Plymouth, Mass., reports that he was wrecked off that place. He and his three sons were saved by the assistance of No.3 Life Saving Station. It was blowing a terrific gale at the time and both anchors of the sloop were dragged. ‘The vessel was carried into the breakers. Seven men went out from the station in a boat, carrying with them a line, by means of which they succeeded in dragging the sloop ashore. NEW HAMPSHIRE, FACTORIES CLOSED, RAILROAD TRAVEL STOPPED AND FARMS INUNDATED. Coxconp, Dee. 12, 1878. ‘The river rose steadily all night and this forenoon reached a point within an inch as high as in October, 1869, which was the highest ever known. The basement floors of the Concord Railroad work- shop are flooded and work is suspended. The intervales are submerged, and the tracks of the Montreal Railroad, between this city and East Concord, are covered with water and impassable. No train is in over the Bristol Railroad, owing to the track being covered with water in some places. A small bridge spanning “the ravine between Hooksct and Bristol was carried away. No train left or reached here over the Concord Railroad since the freight train, between oue and two o'clock this morning. There is w bad washout reported at Bow Juuction, where the track is overflowed, and asmull bridge across Turkey River, below the Bow crossing, bas been washed away. ‘Owing to washouts on the Pitts- field road no trains passed over it this forenoon. The water has now reached its height and will probably fall rapidly. As soon as the water recedes the tracks of the various roads will be repaired, as no serious damage has been done yet. MANCHESTER, Dec. 12, 1578. At Amoskeag Falls the Merrimack River is five inches higher than at any time since 1870, ‘Te Man- chester Mills were compelled to shut down on account of high water and will not start up again this week. All that portion of the Amoskeag works on the lower canal have also suspended. No northern trains have reached the city since Tuesday. In several plac between this city and Concord the roadbed is inw dated and a large number of men are at work = ing damages. The river commenced falling about six o'clock to-night. PrymovtH, Dec, 12, 1578, At Ashland the freshet carried away a iin anda dam, entailing a loss of about $3,000. In the Pemige- wasset and Baker vaileys bridges were injured and fields covered with driftwood and rubbish.; Insome places farms are much injured, cither by water carry- ing away the soil or covering it with sand and stones, On the line of the Boston, Concord and Montreal Railroad, from Ashland to Plymouth, nearly a mile and a half of track is twisted up and the roadbed entirely washed away. Above Plymouth are several small breaks, and at Wentworth theflarge washout oc- curred. The river has gone down fifteen feet since yesterday and is rapidly falling. MASSACHUSETTS. Noxtuampton, Dec. 12, 1878, No town in this county has escaped loss by high water. Southampton lost four bridges and several dams. Westhampton suffered a loss of from $3,000 to $6,000. Huntington and Cummington sustain still heavier losses, and Goshen und Worthington lose from $3,000 to $6,000. The Canal Railroad Company has not run through trains for a week. The Connec- ticut River Railroad resuméd through travel to- night, the Hatfield washout being repaired. MAINE. Mronanics Farr, Dec. 12, 1878. ‘The Rumford Falls and Buckfield Railroad has six washouts below West Minot, two of them seventy feet long and twenty feet deep. Trains will not resume for a week ut least. WESTERN LAWLESSNESS, TWO FRIENDLESS STOCK THIEVES ROASTED OVER A SLOW FIRE—A GAMBLER GUILTY OF MUR- DER ESCAPES WITH A TWELVE YEARS’ SEN- [BY TELEGRAPH TO THT HERAtD.] Omana, Neb., Dee, 12, 1878. Following close upon tlie lynching of two negroes at Nebraska City, on Tuesday, comes to-lay from the centre of the State details of horrible tragedies which have ‘had few parallels in the history of crime, and which show with what uncertainty laws are executed on the frontier. On November 26 Deputy Sheriff Stevens, of Plum Creek, Dawson county, went out at the head of a company of herders to bring to justice certain cattle thieves. Recent depredations ‘by Indians white horse thieves made all stock owners bitter and desperate, Mitchell and Ketchum, accused of stock thefts, were followed to Mitchell’s honse on South Loop, and on attempting to arrest them a fight ensued, ‘Stevens fatally wounded, and the herders were driven Two days later twenty herders left Pium Creek ermined to avenge Stevens’ death. Soor r the Sheriff of Custer coupty, also on the trail, found and RESCUE OF oe arrested Mitchell and Ketchum, and on ‘Tuesday started with a poske of men to take them to the county seat for trial. While en route they were met 1 surrounded by a masked mob of twenty- men, all armed, who overpowered the officers and took the two meu from them. Leading the captives to a grove «ome distance they were tied to a tree and burned to death by . enduring meanwhile ery torture the | Ne matter was telegraphed intense exeit the Custer county officers t these inen to terrify , A MURDERER AY LANGE. City Marshal Butler received a telegram this morn- ing from Sheriff Matthew Kieran, Kearney county, make an example of instructing him to look ont { D. Richards, who on December 9 murdered Anderson, Mrs, Herlan and three children of th tter, at a point seven tiles southwest of Meriden, Kearney county. ‘The bodies of Mrs. Harlan and children were found concealed ina haystack. The cause of the murder js unknown. Richards, it is stated, shaved off his whiskers and fled on horseback to Bloomington, where he obtained @ horse and wagon and proceeded to Red Cloud where he is supposed to have taken the train up the railway Tuesday morning for Hastings, en route to Omaha, HOW MURDERERA ARE TREATED BY THE LAW. Great excitement exists here over the result of the trial of James G. Burke for the murder of Morris Weibl three months ago, an account of which was published in the Henatp at the time, There was a ispute over a wager of $3 6 ning a game of pool. ‘The passion of Burke, known gambler, waa finally aroused and be left the saloon, procured tol and searching for Weihl, found him in a harness store, where he #hot him dead without a moment's ‘The murder was cold blooded and deiib- he defence attempted the insanity dodge, ing Burke was afilicted ane, the result The — red a verdict of nding that the flict the extreme penalty of th 6 RON tenced the prisoner to twelve years, Grave charges are made against the District Attorney, and numer ous threats are made of lynching the prisoner. SUDDEN DEATH, (BY TELRonarn To THE HeRATD.] Newvort, RB. 1., Dec, 12, 1878, Mrs, Eliza Jones, annt to General Schofield, United States Army, in command at West Point, was found dead in her bed this morning. CHARTER OAK CONSPIRACY TRIAL. BESPONSIBILITY OF INSURANCE COMPANIES IN ADVERTISING ANNUAL RETURNS—FURBER'S COMMISSION ACCOUNT—MISLEADING FIGURES IN AN ANNUAL REPORT. Harrrorp, Conn., Dec, 12, 1878, On the meeting of the Court this morning in the Charter Oak conspiracy trial Judge Hovey announced his ruling reserved from yesterday on the question of the admissibility in evidence of newspaper adver- tisements of the annual statements of the condition of the insurance company at the close of the years 1876 and 1877, The prosecution had presented these as proofs that the accused had made false statements, the returns sent to the Insur- ance Department having been ruled out. The Court ruled that the advertisements could not be received, and said that an advertisement of the annual report of an insurance company is not a statement from which policy holders could infer, without inquiry, that the company had such a@sets as the advertisement alleges, or that the same were good, dollar for dollar, The Court could not believe that anybody will pretend to say that the company, by means of this advertisement, presented state- ments that all its assets were good and collectible for their full amount. It may be the duty of the officers of a corporation like this to see that or doubtful assets are marked off or reduced in value on the books of the company, but as a matter of fact this is not the case or practice, and officers are not to be charged as conspirators because of negligence in this respect. These accused did not state in the advertisement that the company’s assets were “good,” as alleged in the information. If they had done so, then they might be held respon- sible for such representation. In conclusion Judge Hovey said that as this was a criminal prosecution the strict rules of evidence for such prosecutions must apply. MR, FURBER’S ACCOUNTS WITH THE COMPANY. The principal bookkeeper of the Charter Oak re- sumed the reading of the several accounts between the company and Furber as its financial manager. ‘This account showed a balance due by Furber on July 2, 1877, about the close of his connection with the company, of $203,477 98 on his gen- eral account, but there were special ac- counts reducing this balance, and when Furber retired from the company, twenty-six days later, a settlement of his severa! accounts showed a balance due him of $91,000. This was settled in the settle- ment made under the contract with Jewell when the latter entered upon the presidency of the company. The credit side of the account is made up principally of credit for payments on real estate and other ac- counts for legal services, for Furber's salary, &c, One of the largest items is a credit of $121,537 50 for special commissions on preminm receipts and profits from lapsed policies under the contract by which he contributed assets to the amount of half a million to save the company from insolvency. ‘This sum is made up of credits of $15,000 per month for seven months and $16,537 for the last month, June, 1877. NEWSPAPER INTERVIEW RULED OUT. Charles W. Dyar, of the Boston Globe, was brought forward by the prosecution to testify to statements by Wiggin in January last regarding the conspiracy, aid which were printed in that paper in the form of aninterview. ‘The defence objected to these state- ments being admitted in evidence, on the ground that the statement of a co-conspirator could not be held to the prejudice of the others when made after the conspiracy had terminated. The Court ruled for the defence and Dyar retired. On the same matter the prosecution also had in reserve E. 8. Sears, at the time of the interview city editor of the Globe, but now a publisher at St. Albans, Vt. COMMISSIONER SEYMOUR'S TESTIMONY. ‘The testimony of .ex-Chief Justice Origen 8. Sey- mour was important, as he was chairman of the special commission appointed by the Legislature to examine the life insurance companies of the State, and his commission had made the report which re- sulted eventually in the overthrow of the Furber management of the Charter Oak. During his testi- mony the prosecution succeeded, after having failed once or twice previously, in getting in evidence the report of the condition of the company on the 31st of December, 1876, as fur- nished to the State Insurance Department by the accused as officers of the institution. The prose- cution also presented a schedule ot real estate assets which had been prepared for the use of the commis- sion while the investigation was in progress. The witness was examined until the time of adjournment as to the differences between the values placed upon the properties by the accused and the values placed upon the same by appraisers employed by the com- mission, these differences in many instances bein; very large. The company appears to have estima: the properties at their cost, whereas the appraisals were made in 1877, when values had depreciated. GOVERNOR COLQUITT VINDICATED. IMPUTATIONS ON THE INTEGRITY OF THE GEORGIA EXECUTIVE SET AT REST—SENATOR HILL'S CHANCES FOR RE-ELECTION IMPERILLED, (BY TELNGRAPH TO THE HERALD.] ATLANTA, Dec. 12, 1878, A very serious scandal, involving the reputation of the Governor of Georgia, was put to rest by the unanimous report of a Legislative Committee of Inves_ tigation made yesterday. The scandal involved the integrity of Governor Colquitt and the democratic administration of the State. Some years ago the Leg- islature repealed all acts giving State aid to railroads. It was held, however, by the friends of the North- eastern Railroad that their road was excepted by specal provision from the operations of this act. The opponents of State aid contested this claim, and the imatter went into the courts, the Governor de- clining to act. Senator B. H. Hill was employed by the holders of the $263,000 of Northeastern bonds to argue the case for them. He had a contingent fee of $7,000, ‘The Governor baving looked closely into the qatter, aud having received affirmative opinions from ex-Governor Brown, Generals Hill and Gordon and General Toombs as to the State's obligation to in- dorse, and of the Speakers of the houses as to the in- tention of the Legislature to except the Northeastern from the repealing act, indorsed the bonds, AN I8kU# OF VRRACITY, When Senator Hill applied for his fee he was told that the corporation holding the bonds was not able to pay it, and that $8,000 had already been paid as a foe to Mr. J. W. Murphy, Assistant Treasurer of the State. Mr. Hill was very indignant, and held that this was paid as a lobby fee and that Mr. Murphy should be at once discharged from his position. Mr. Mur- phy, having heard of Senater Hill's remarks, was very much angered. He met Mr. Hillon a public corner, and, stopping him, asked if he had said that he (Mr. Murphy) shouid be discharged from his posi- tion. Mr. Hill replied that he had made such a state- ment. “Then,” said Mr. Murphy, “I denounce you as a scoundrel ana a slanderous har.” Mr. Hill drew back to strike him, but retrained, as he seys Mr. Mur- phy put his hand on his pistol. He says he felt certain that it was « plot to assassinate him, and he therefore contented himself with denouncing Mr. Murphy as a ruffian and an assassin aud then lett him, Mr. Mur- phy denies that he intended to kill Mr. Hill or that Mr. Hill replied with denunciations to his insult. He says Mr. Hill left him, saying he would have him a rested; aud that he insulted Mr. Hill simply to pro- tect his personal and official integrity, which Mr. Hill had assailed. GOVERNOR COLQUITT VINDICATED. It soon became bruited about that Mr. Murphy, in getting the company to agree to pay him $8,000 when the bonds indorsed, had used oxpressions that suggested that the Governor in some way or other interested in the fraud, and that he had in- dorsed the bonds through improper motives. The | Governor at once indignantly demanded that | these rumors be submitted to the “most rigid investi- | tigation, The committee was ordered, and Mr. Hill, | Governor Colquitt, Mr, Murphy and othera taken be- | fore it a8 witnesses, The investigation was thorough | | and pitiless, it having been openly branded as ma- levolont by many of the papers. ‘The result is a per- fect vindication of the Governor. Every doubtful circuinstance has been thoroughly and fully explained, and the cominittee Was unanimous in its vindication. Mr. Murphy claims that he yot his fee for having uments from various prom- and laid them before the excitement in Its infin. it will | collected testimony.and arg at lawyers and officials Nothing has created so much # long time as this inves politieal future will be 5 bo used against Mr. Hill, and bas already all many of his friends. He avers that he has enmity against Governor Colquilt and that he has not directed suspicion against him, Colquitt’s friends and many of Mr. Hill's {rieuds claim to think differ. ently and swear vengeanc inst Mr. Hill, Mr, Hill wrote a full cireular Je upon the subject and mailed it to the press, but withdrew it from publiea- tiou by telegraph and had the proofshects destroyed. Large amounts of money were offered for a copy of this civealar. It was produced finally by Governor Colquitt, who had been secretly su pplied with » copy. Governor Colquitt ts the ally and bosom friend of Gordon, and they make beyond all comparison the strongest team in the State. It is said that they will make it interesting for Mr. Hill when the Senatorial election approaches, A. & W. SPRAGUE'S ESTATE. TRIAL OF A SUIT BROUGHT BY THE RECEIVER, (BY TELEGRAPH TO THR HERALD.) Provivence, R. L., Dec. 12, 1878. The affairs of the house of A. & W. Sprague were ain before the Supreme Court to<lay. The case was that of Zachariah Chaffee, receiver and assignee of the property of A. & W. Spragne, va. The First National Bank, of this city, to recover $90,122, with st, as dividends from 1874 to 1877 on 1,074 shares pital stock of the defendant corporation held the plaintiff for A. & W, Sprague. The that the plaintiff? ia not the owner and that the creditors of A. & W. served writs of attachment upon the 1 that an aasessment of forty per cent upon the capital stock of said bank was ordered, and the plaintiff not paying the same the dividends may be treated as a set off. After the production of « part of the testimony the parties waived the cage will be heard by the Court at » sub Sy icon First ee te Lie pid wd the Sprague paper, and is the largest gorporation creditor in the Li This large amount, however, has, b; ea ta he etockhoiders torty per cent, | been ‘ged off books, | in which all participated, standing. THE INDIAN QUESTION. TESTIMONY REGARDING THE TRANSFER CLOSED BY THE JOINT COMMISSION. Wasurncton, Dec. 12, 1878. The Joint Commission on the proposed transfer of the Indian Bureau from the Interior to the War Department, closed the hearing of evidence to-day, Mr. Joseph T. Bender, chief of the finance division of the Indian Bureau, was the first witness. After de- tailing the duties performed by him he said, with reference to the flour handled by Army Inspector Nash, referred to in the letter of General MacFeely, on yesterday, that he had never known of Nash’s re- jecting any flour which had been purchased by the Interior Department, and if the flour was unfit for use, as stated, that is the course the inspector should have pursued, COMMISSIONER HAYT RECALLED, Commissioner Hayt being recalled said the state- ment of General MacFeely, that large herds of cattle could be purchased much clfeaper than sinall, was erroneous; that if proper pains were teken there need be no material difference in the cost, and the fact of the army having their beef dressed before shipment, while the Interior Department did their own slaughtering, did not necessarily increase the amount of expenditure, because, if desired, the con- tractor would do the slaughtering for the hides. Indian Inspector Watkins being recalled said, in reply to an interrogatory regarding the flour in- spected and found unit for use by the War Depart- ment Inspector, Nash, that it was his (Nash's) duty to report the flour, notwithstanding it was equal to the seple given, and report the fact to the depart- ment, Samuel Janney, an ex-superintendent of Indian tribes in the State of Nebraska, subinitted a lengthy statement from the Society ot Friends, giving their views ax to the qualities an Indian agent should pos- sess and in opposition to the transfer, claiming that the sense of the Indians had been tested on this point and found to be almost a unit against it. CUSTOM OF BEEF CONTRACTING. Mr. George H. Giddings, of ‘Texas, formerly a mer- chant and beef contractor, was invited to give his views upon the subject with relation to his knowledge of the custom of beef contracting. He said it was a general understanding among the beef dealers in Texas that when they entered into a contract to furnish beef for the the army it had to be a first class article, but when furnishing Indian beef, interior qualities were invariably selected. He had seen bids accepted for Indian beet which were so low that in his judg- ment it would be utterly impossible to supply a good quality. He thought it impossible to purchase beef in small lots at the same rate for which large herds could be secured. At the conclusion of Mr. Giddings’ remarks Judge Boone moved that the evidence upon the subject of the transfer be now closed, which was unanimously adopted, and the commission adjourned subject to the callof the chairman, PEDESTRIANISM. Jamestown, N. J., Dec. 12, 1878, May Marshall, the pedestrienne, has accepted a challenge from Dan Carroll, of Warren, Pa., to walk 100 miles at the Opera House here for a purse of $400, The start was made at half-past seven o'clock this evening. O'LEARY AND CAMPANA, Campana came to the city yesterday from Bridge- port, and, accompanied by Roarke and Scannell, his backers, met Daniel O’Leary and Al Smith at the Brower House, whore the party breakfasted together. They then drew up and signed the articles of agreement to govern theo six days’ walk. There was nothing of any special interest in the articles, as they merely covered the terms of the match as already printed. The party then went over to Gilmore's Garden and Campana took aspin round the track, expressing himself highly pleased with the place selected for the match, He returned to Bridgeport last night, and will remain there until the end of next week. FAST TROTTING IN CALIFORNIA. San Francisco, Dec. 12, 1878, At Stockton to-day Rarus and Sweetzer trotted in an exhibition race for a purse of $500, with $500 added if Rarus beat Goldsmith Maid’s time—2:14!4— the best ever made in the State. Rarus trotted the first mile in 2:16!4. In the second heat a running horse went with him, and Rarus trotted the mile in 2:1444. The track was fast and in good order, PIGEON SHOOTING. The Excelsior Shooting Club of Kings county held their regular monthly match for the club badge at Monteverdi's Grand Street Park, Columbusville, L. 1, yesterday, with the following result:—Mutch, 21 yards rise, 80 yards bounds, ten pigeons each—Henry Atlenbrand, 8; Otto Huber, 7; Will: Kampfmuller, 5; F. Baeringer, 6; H, Hideman, 7; Otto Dunwey, 6: P, McGill, 8; and in shooting off the tie Atlenbrand won, HONORING A YELLOW FEVER HERO. BRILLIANT RECEPTION OF COLONEL J, M, KEAT- ING, OF THE MEMPHIS “‘APPEAL,” BY THE NEW YORK PRESS CLUD, All the journals of the country, during the late yel- low fever scourge in Memphis, paid their respects, very modestly, to an old New Yorker, Colonel J. M. Keating, editor of the Memphis Appeal, who, sending his family to this city when the disease first assumed an epidemic form, remained at his post through {Ml the trying and tragic scenes of the plague, acting as editor, publisher, printer and reporter of his journal, as well as nursing the sick and burying the dead. This was but a small portion of the work per- formed in behalf of humanity by this gentleman, who also found time to assist in the distribution of money and supplies sent from New York and other cities for the relief of the sufferers of Memphis. A few days ago Colonel Keating came North for the purpose of escorting his family home, and his pres- ence here ked journalists and prominent residents of Washington and Baltimore to do him honor in the shape of public dinners, A similar honor was Fes to him last evening at the rooms of the New York Press Club . by journalists of this city and others who had learned long e of his faithful services in standing at his post in the face of a plague. The ae at No. 6 Centre street were opened by Dr. J, B. Wood, president-clect of the club, who, afterannouncing the objects of the meeting, called npon Barclay Galagher, first vice president-elect, to read letters of regret for non-attendance, Among those who congratulated the club for thus honori a brother editor were Mayor Cooper, Rev. Dr. Bel- lows, Rey. Dr. William Taylor, Rev. Father Preston, Rev. Dr. Deems, of the Church of the Strange Postmaster James, Mr. . Godkin, of the . Mr. Whitelaw Keid, of the 7ribune; Colonel Littlefield, of the Second United States artillery; Mr. Lorin Palmer, of the Brooklyn Daily Union- Argus; Isaac Henderson, of the Hrening Post, and Mr. D. Stone, of the Journal of Commerce. All of thes ters were bes complimentary to Mr. Keating. past nine o'clock, while Peter Cooper a Rev. Dr. Talmage, Mr. Simonson, Thomas Kinsella, of the was speakin, of the Associated Pre Brooklyn Eagle; Chaun of the Lo van, and a host 0 strangers were listeners, Colonel Keating, escorted by Major Bundy, of the Heening Mail; Colonel A. Ht. H. Dawson and others, entered. The arrival of Colonel Keating was the signal of an ovati Peter Cooper was one of the first to get on his feet as Mr, Keating entered. Dr. Talmoge followed suit, and priests, artists and members made the rooms of No. 6 Centre street ring with cheers for the honored guest. The programme, directed by Major Bundy, of the Mail, ‘who was chairman of the committee, was admirabiy arranged, aud under the direction of Mr. Williamson, of the Dispatch, the guests were well served with the creature comforts, The artists present included George Warrenrath, the well-known tenor; Mr. Camp, of Piymouth Chare! Marry Millard, the well known composer; Carl F utino, the precentor of Dr. Hep- worth's church; Professor Stubb, the pianist, and many volunteer musicians and elocutionis By eleven o'clock the reception was at its height, and at that time speeches hed been made by Mr. Peter Cooper, Chauncey M. Depew, Rev. Dr. mage and Joseph J. Howard, Jr., while many others were waiting forachance. At this writing the rooms of the club are still crowded, and the “press boys,” old and young, seom determined to make the reception worthy of the occasion. BEATEN WITH A SASH WEIGHT. Wednesday afternoon Charles Devlin and William Kavanagh, of Jamaica, L. 1, quarrelled, it is said, about a young woman, but did not come to blows. Devlin made threats and Kavanagh dared him to nn- dertake to carry them out, Kavanagh was in the vil- lage during the evening and at ten o'clock was on his way home, At the corner of Fulton street and the Blackstump road, a dark spot lined with cellars, half filled with the débris of five recently burned build- ings, he was met by Devlin, who uttered a terrible oath and dealt him # blow on the head which felled him to the earth. Several additional blows were struck until Kavanagh, who cried “imurder”’ lustily, fell insensible into one of the cellars. People rushed from the neighboring honses, and hearin, Kavanagh moaning lifted him out of the cellar and carried him home, blood pouring from the wounds in his head, Devlin was seen to run away by those who hurried from their houses, and he was pursued by Officer Smith to the vicinity of the old Union Course, but without stceces. His father's house was watched all night by order of Justice Betts, who thought that he might retarn there, but he did not. Warrants for _the arrest of Devlin haye been issued by the Justice, Ce A A RELEASED FENIAN. ARRIVAL IN NEW YORK OF PATRICK TIERNEY, THE LAST BUT ONE OF THE FENIAN MILITARY PRISONERS—SET FREE AFTER THIRTEEN YEARS’ IMPRISONMENT, The City of Chester, which arrived last night, brought to these shores the last but one of the pris- oners held by Great Britain on the charge of Fenian- ism. His name is Patrick Tierney, and he had been confined at Spike Island Prison, in Cork Harbor, Ire- land, for nearly thirteen years He was arrested im May, 1866, charged with stabbing, with intent to kill, an informer named John Warner, and upon the 21st of June following ‘was convicted and sent to the prison named, where he remained, enduring hardships more or less severe, until the 4th of the present month, when he was taken off in a small boat from the prison and placed on board the City of Chester, The Queen’s pardon was granted on the 18th of November, and is conditional upon his never again setting foot upon English territory, At the time of his arrest ‘Tierney was a soldier in the Eighty-seventh Royal Irish Fusileers, known as the “Faugh-a-Ballagh” regiment, and was only twenty-five years old, He appears to be in good health and spirits and talks cheer- fully of the future. He entered the British army at the age of eighteen and was consequently about seven years in the service when convicted. Previous to be- coming a soldier he had been 8 leather worker, and while confined he learned the stonecutter’s trade, His mother died in 1872, while he was in prison and he was never informed of the fact until a few weeks ago, when he learned itfrom his brother. Mr. Tierney took up his quarters at Sweeny’s Hotel, in Chatham strest, after his arrival, and was there called upon * by a number df re- porters, to whom he told the story of his sufferings and release. He complains of the treat- ment he received at the hands of the principal warder of Spike Island Prison, who loaded him with chains and then torced him to do the work of @ man with free limbs. ‘hat official, he says, told him on his ar- rival at the prison that he was on a level with the meanest pickpocket within the walls and would be made to feel so before he left it. ATTEMPTS TO ESCAPE. On one occasion, driven to Soaneranas by unjust and invidious hard treatment, he tried to escape to the mainland ina boat, but was captured, con- fined on bread and water for months, and then, bei convicted of an attempt to escape, was treated wil increased rigor. hearin suffering from an abscess in the back and pains in his limbs, caused by wearii heavy fetters, he was not allowed to go into hospital. His release came about through a visit from his sister, in March last. He told her how he was treated, and her efforts in his behalf resulted in the sending of a commission from Dublin Castle; to inquire into 4 the truth of his statements. He had an interview with Sir Walter Crofton and Dr. O’Counor, of Cork, who were of the Commission. After that a royal commis- sion was appointed to inquire into the treatment of the political prisoners. Its members were the Right Hon. Spencer Talbot and Sir Henry Holland, mem- bers of Parliament. ENT INTO PERPETUAL EXILE. They examined the prisoner as to his treatment, and were kind enough to inform him that Her Majesty had graciously determined to release him. On November 20 he was informed by Dr. Barlow, of Spike Island, that he was about to be set frec on condition that he should leave the country forever. ‘Tierney asked if there was no alternative, and was told there was none. Then he asked that his friends be telegrayshed, that they might see him before ho should leave. He was told that if he did not leave just then he could not get away for fourteen days more, and he had only ten minutes to decide. Tho prisoner said he had been so long contined that a few days more or less was not of much consequence, and he would wait to sce the friends from wnom he had been separated so long. Pending the time of release thus postponed tho Doctor offered to admit Tierney in the hospital, where he could have some little com- forts and nutritious articles of food. “Would you have permitted me to enter the hos- pital but for the fact that I am released?” asked the jong suffering prisoner. “Certainly not,” was the reply. “Then I'll get along without your nutriment for ma time I have yet to remain,” said Tierney, and he 0. His friends were permitted to have an_ interview of twenty minutes’ duration with him, and then he was left indoubt as to when he should beset free. He was notified one day five minutes before the boat left the island, Seventeen pounds ten shillings and ten- hear were given to him as the earnings of his thirteen years, and he was marched down to the boat by the Deputy Governor. Instead of being rowed over to Queenstown, to be put on board of the tender, he was pulled round the island ina small boat by prison warders and put on board the bee of Lag ae Ces Bae men treated him with great kindness, and he & prosperous sage of @ little more than eight days. af UNION LEAGUE CLUB. REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING AND ELECTION OF THE MORTON TICKET ON NOMINATING COMe MITTEE. ‘The regular monthly meeting of the Union League Club was held last night and attracted a full house, as the election of the Nominating. Committee formed a portion of the programme of tho evening. The hall of the club was packed with gentlemen election- ecering for their respective candidates, and as the members entered the door they were at once button holed and handed copies of the different tickets, It is not often that there is so much feeling dis- played in a club clection, but last night everybody seemed to pe working as if the interests of the coun- try were at stake. A colored youth in a page's livery was one of the most active parties on the floor, as he kept up an almost incessant ringing of a hand bell, occasionally stopping for a moment to readjust the tongue, which was once or twice slung on the floor through the violence of his gymnastics. THE TICKETS. ‘The following tickets were in the field:— Regular. Union. Union League, Levi P. Morton. EF. D. Morgan, B.D, Morgan, John Sloane. ‘Dr.T.M.Choeseman, George Joues. A. MeL. Agnew. George Monta; . H. E, Howland. canvassers, W. H. Hurlbt be ag? Dowd. —L, P. Morton- The inspectors and R. B. Hartshorne, 8. Van Rensselaer Cruger David Milliken, Jr., were the same on each ticket. VARIOUS OPINIONS. There appeared to be quite a diversity of opinion among the members as to the cause of the ‘ition to the Morton ticket. One gentleman said it was a Conkling fight, and another was equally conddent? that the fight was made in order to defeat one gentleman who had made himself very prominent in support of the Morton ticket. One of the young members, a supporter of the Morgan ticket, sai there was really no vei great importance to be attached to the matter. re was certainly a stro: feeling among a number of the young members the club that it would be better to pay less attention to politics. In the war times it was ali right, as every member was then of the same opinion, but the club had changed very much since then, and he believed if @ vote were cast to-day one-half of the club would vote against Hayes, It had always been customary on election day for the club to hang out a banner, and that was something to which a number of the members ol . ‘The canvassing for votes was actively kept up until ten P. M., when the polls closed, and the ma- jority of the members sat down to a liberal freelunch provided by the club. THE MEETING. ‘The meeting was held in the theatre, and President George Cabot Ward delivered an address to the mem- ‘bers, as this was the last meeting of the year. Mr. Ward's remarks were for the most part confined to the financial legislation of the past year. A resolution was framed Cage ed ratitude and thanks of the members of the club to Mr. Ward, for his various services in connection with the club since its organization. MR, MORTON'S TICKET ELECTED. In the meantime the tellers were hard at work counting the votes, and shortly after eleven P. M. they announced the following result:—George Montague, 3; H. E, Howland, 316; L. P. Morton, Nf illiam Dowd, 303; J. Warren Goddard, 900; ohn D. Lyon, 240; Dr. T. M. E. D. Morgan, 150; John Sloane, 107, and Alexander ‘The result of the election was re- s George Jones, 147; MeL, Agnew, 100, ceived with great applause, and the lar ticket, headed by Levi P, Morton, declared duly elected, MRS. PEARSON'S REWARD. Mrs. Alice Pearson brought suit yesterday in the Brooklyn City Court, before Judge Reynolds, to re cover the sum of $500 which had been offered as @ reward for the recovery of @ package of diamonds lost by Mr. Morch, @ Williameburg jeweller. Tho lady found the jewels, which were valued at $7, and returned them to the defendant, but he ref to pay the reward on the ground that a pair of ear- rings, valued at $1,200, ana a $35 diamond ring were missing from the package. The case was given to the jury with instructions to bring in a sealed verdict to-day. THE FITCH HOMICIDE. Coroner Woltman yesterday eommenced to take testimony in the inquest on the body of Daniel Fitch, who was found opposite No, 22 South Fifth avenue, last Sunday morning, suffering from @ frac+ tured skull. He was removed to St. Vinoent’s Hos Ne pital, where he died the following nigh! ‘Tibbs, who was with Fiteh when ihe was peated the testimony he gave in the T several days ago, when William Keating and Willian Keely wore committed to answer a charge of homi- cide, The inquest will be continued to-day,